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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
Breaking (Amish) News: Citizen Journalism in the Digital Age, Leah M. Brown
Department: English
Putin and the Russian Federation: Securing Power at the Expense of Democracy, William F. Burkhart
Department: History; Russian Studies
Economic Capability and Its Role in Determining Compliance With International Law, Kees C. Burns
Department: Political Science
The Good Farmer, the Productive Farmer: Paradigms and Worldviews in Contemporary U.S. Agriculture, Luke Butcher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Pre-G.I.L.S. (Guided Inquiry Learning Sessions): Supplemental Instruction For Introductory Chemistry 110, Cassidy Erin Calkins
Department: Chemistry
Every Citizen a Soldier: World War II Propaganda Posters and the American Home Front, Benjamin Caroli
Department: History
Breaking Patriarchy: the Utopias and Discontents of Gilman, Atwood, Le Guin, and Burgess, Milo Carpenter
Department: English
Ballistics Analysis of Volcanic Ejecta: Miter Crater, Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, William Cary
Department: Geology
Get Back to Work, Sir: An Empirical Study of CEO Compensation with Regards to Company Monitoring, Glenn Caventer
Department: Business Economics
Gettysburg: The Speeches, Reunions, and Monuments that Rewrote History After the Battle of Gettysburg, Shawn Chaffee
Department: History
Synthesis of Monomeric Precursors for an Electroluminescent Polymer-Crown Ether: Polymerization via Acyclic Diene Metathesis, Michael Chido
Department: Chemistry
The Effects of a Magnetic Field on a Conical Bead Pile, Lilianna Christman
Department: Physics
Comedy Tomorrow, Tragedy Tonight: Euripides' Choral Innovations in Greek Tragedy, David Chu
Department: Classical Studies
The Curse of the South: Using Trauma Theory to Examine Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!, Evelyn M. Clarke
Department: English
Violent Sex Crime and Federal Legislation: the Effects of Federal Sex Crime Legislation Implementation, Crime Expenditures, and Population Demographics on State Level Forcible Rape Rates, Joshua Claytor
Department: Political Science
Goin' to the Chapel, Gonna Get Married: An Examination of Why Young Adults Want to Get Married, Amanda Collins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Unique Value of Autonomy, Daniel Copfer
Department: English; Philosophy
The Flâneuse in Film: Female Flânerie in the French New Wave and Contemporary Indie Cinema, Emily Corwin
Department: English
The Strength of Neighborhoods' Mosaic: An Empirical Analysis That Examines the Relationship Between Community Based Assets and Physical and Social Disorder, Devin Cotten
Department: Urban Studies
Measuring Inequality: a Sociological Look at Alternative Schooling, Theodore D. Cox
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mogadishu....We Have a Problem: How Decolonization Set Up the Democratic Republic of Somalia to Collapse, Rachel R. Craddolph
Department: History; International Relations
Kinetics and Mechanism of the Reaction Between Oxalic Acid Species and Hydroxyl Radical, Rebecca L. Craig
Department: Chemistry
What is the Goal? Nationalist Mobilization Through Football and Regional Government in Three Spanish Autonomous Communities, Kathryn Marie Dengiz Crawford
Inequality and Influence on Cheating Behavior, Stephen Crozier
Department: Economics
The Roles of Individual Personality and Statewide Personality on Individual Corporal Punishment Beliefs, Katherine E. Darling
Department: Psychology
The Foundation of a Leader: the Education of Benjamin E. Mays, Dexter Davis
Department: History
Picture Perfect: The Evolution of Photojournalism During the Second World War, Kenneth Joseph Davis
Department: History
The Torus and Graph Theory, Kyla Davis
Department: Mathematics
Quaternions and Octonions, Erin Davison
Department: Mathematics
Max Weber Meets Michel Foucault, and Society Ensues: "Charisma" and "Parrhesia" in Societal Evolution, and Other Musings, Edward Alter Day
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
If My Kids Aint Got Me, They Got Nobody Parents' Perceptions of Their Child's High School, Roxie Deer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Leadership. Empowerment. Gender: a Sociological Examination of the Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Empowerment on Female Leadership, Jacqueline DeFrancesco
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Monkey See Monkey Do: Imitation and Tool Use in Cebus Apella Monkeys, Human Children, and Infants, Anna Divis
Department: Psychology
The Grey Area: Using Film to Educate Independent Music Artists in Practices of Branding and Promotion, Darius Dixson
Department: Communication Studies
Lazarene, Mary K. Donnelly
Location, Location, Location: An Empirical Study of the Factors That Determine the Location of Natural and Organic Grocery Retailers in the United States, Alexis Donnorummo
Department: Business Economics
The Effects of Head Motion on Mood, Life Satisfaction, and Future Expectations, Abigail Douglas
Department: Psychology
Optimization of BEEM Techniques Through the Analysis of GaN Nanowires and Au: GaAs, Lorenzo Dumancas
Department: Physics
Cracks Between the Cobble: France and the World Out There, Joseph Dziedziak
Department: English; French and Francophone Studies
Only For Honest Men: A Survey of Voting Theory, Anna C. Easterday
Department: Mathematics
Monitoring Theory Within Governmental Decision-Making: a Panel Data Analysis of Domestic Terrorism Between 1997 and 2008, Simon Kantor Ebbott
Department: International Relations
Transnational Advocacy Networks and Human Rights Issue Emergence Amidst Internet Repression: a Case Study of Syria and Egypt, Kurt Eicher
Department: International Relations
La Vie Des Réfugiés Ivoriens Au Libéria : Des Obstacles Sans Solution ?, Samira El-Adawy
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Encaustic Internal Organs Paralleling the External Industrial World, Betsy J. Elderbrock
Department: Art and Art History
Senior Independent Study in Composition: Claire and Annette; Thanatopsis; Notes from Undergrad, Frederick Evans
Department: Music
Chekhov: a Response to Romantic Solopsism in the "Little Trilogy", Briana Ewing
Department: Russian Studies
Exploring the Microhabitats of Marsupial Frogs: a Study of the Forces Driving Habitat Selection For Flectonotus Fitzgeraldi Within Herbaceous Xanthosoma Jacquinii Populations of Tobago, Meredith M. Eyre
Department: Biology
From Compost to Gram's Kitchen: a Cultural History of Food, Elizabeth Jean Fackler
Department: English
LenORE: Poe and Baudelaire at Play, Carolyn Martha Fado
Department: Comparative Literature
Can Incentive Influence Susceptibility to Inattentional Blindness?, Tristan D. Fava
Department: Psychology
The Lost Letters of Calpurnia: An Epistolary Novella Based on the Life of Pliny the Younger's Wife, Lisa Marie Favicchia
Department: Classical Studies; English
Increasing the Salience of Inadmissible Evidence to Decrease Its Effect on Juror Judgments, Brandon Fay
Department: Psychology
Warlordism, Opium, and Party Purges: the Guomindang's Use of Shanghai's Green Gang in Efforts of National Unification During the Late 1920s, Mark Samuel Federman
Department: Chinese Studies; History
Mastering the Patrol: a Look at the Importance of Training For American Pilots in the Battle of the Atlantic, Ethan M. Feinstein
Department: History
Ears, Hooks, Hunchbacks, and Fins: An Ideological Analysis of Physical Disability in Disney Animated Films, Dana L. Feit
Department: Communication Studies
From Cold Warrior to Peace Advocate: How John F. Kennedy Utilized Epideictic Progression in His June 10, 1963, Commencement Address at American University, Shawna Ferris
Department: Communication Studies
Sport As a Vehicle For Fostering Environmental Consciousness: An Examination of Ultimate Frisbee in the United States, Noah Fisher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Action, Normativity, and Desire: Reflections on Reasons Internalism, Quentin Andrew Fisher
Department: Philosophy
Blaming Victims: the Effects of Sexual Orientation, Provocation, and Gender on Perceptions of Domestic Violence, Gillian Fiske
Department: Psychology
Use of Bibliotherapy in a First Grade Classroom and Its Efficacy in Positively Impacting Perceptions of Disabilities and Increasing the Knowledge of Students, Morgan Foster
Department: Communication Studies
The Orchestration of Persuasion: An Analysis of the Audible and Prosodic Features of American Television Ads, Alexandra Francis
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Consumption of Visual Art in Contemporary American Society, Sarah Frecker
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Machete Number, David Freund
Department: Mathematics
Grand Forks Kept the Faith, Gustave Fuguitt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Fashion Blogs... the New Black: the Creation of Identity and Use of Consumption Through Fashion Blogs Within the Millennial Generation, Brenna Fujimoto
Department: Communication Studies
The Seven Deadly Sins, Kathryn Furbee
Department: English
Lower Leg Compression Shows Promise to Improve Prolonged Peroneus Longus Reaction Time in Individuals With Functional Ankle Instability, Hanna Gabriel
Department: Neuroscience
Resisting Colonialism: Cultural Syncretism, Indigenous Agency and Exploition in Colonial Potosí, Isaac Galef-Brown
Department: History
Measurement of Glacial Meltwater Outflow Through Water Analysis For Geohazard Recognition, Laura Lynne German
Department: Chemistry
An Economic Analysis of Discrimination in Hiring Practices With Regard to Physical Attractiveness, Devin Giles
Department: Economics
American Quaker Activism: Emerging Leadership, Evolving Faith, and Extraordinary Change, Catherine Gillette
Department: History
The Effects of the Norm of International Election Monitoring on Voters' Confidence Levels in Francophone West Africa's Presidential Elections 1990-2011, Lauren E. Gilliss
Department: International Relations
Manipulation of Transverse Photonic Degrees of Freedom Via Classical and Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference, Thomas F. Gilliss
Department: Physics
I Have to Own That! Exploring the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Internet Shopping Behavior, Amanda Leigh Gittleson
Department: Psychology
Exploration of Play Behaviors of Children with Autism and Typically Developing Children as Perceived by College Students, Amanda Kay Graeser
Department: Communication Studies
Go Greek or Go Home: Investigating Greek Versus Non-Greek Perceptions of Fairness, Devin B. Grandi
Department: Psychology
The Global City of New York: Neoliberalism, Occupy Wall Street, and the Polarization and Repoliticization of Denationalized Space, Daniel Grantham
Department: History; Political Science
The Manliest of Men: Understanding Heterosexual Male Same-Sex Friendships in the Context of Football, Kelsey Grassman
Department: Communication Studies
Time-Dependency of Β-Estradiol Neuroprotection Against Scopolamine-Induced Anterograde Amnesia in Rats, Rebecca Gravenstede
Department: Neuroscience
Chicago's Wall: Race, Segregation and the Chicago Housing Authority, David T. Greetham
Department: History
An Exploration of Balancing Roles at Work and in Private Life for Full-Time Workers in the United States, Nashaunta I. Gross
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La Démocratisation De L'Enseignement Secondaire En France : L'Égalité Pour Tous?, Eowyn Groves
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Fire, David Grunfeld
Department: English
Prisoner Reentry and the Reentry Court System, Camille Marie Guthrie
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects of the Antimicrobial Agent Triclosan on Thyroid Hormone Levels and Metabolism in Rats, Lauren E. Hadney
Department: Biology
Disidentifying Performance of Freedom, Laura Haldane
Department: Physics; Art and Art History
Optimizing Arithmetic for Public Key Cryptography, Spencer W. Hall
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Effective Pain Management in the Reduction of Addictive Behaviors: A Review of Greek Theories with Modern Implication, Grace Hamilton
Department: Classical Studies; Psychology
An Indelible Mark: Support Networks and Institutional Interactions for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Alexander Hammerslough
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
They're As Clear As Mud: An Investigation of the Quality of Life of Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Michelle Louraine Hamstra
Department: Communication Studies
走婚: A One Night Stand or Eternal Love?: An Ethnographic Study of the Effects of Tourism on the Mosuo and Their Walking Marriages, Caroline Hanson
Department: Chinese Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
To Speak of Building my House: A Life with Gastroparesis, Kelsey E. Hardin
Department: English
Seeking Respect in the Face of Poverty and Gendered Inequality: A Case Study of Structural Violence in the Kibera Slum, Kenya, Alexandra Harmony
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Judgment and Justices: Judicial Philosophy and Modalities of Constitutional Argument, Brandon Harris
Department: Political Science
Examining the Efficiency of "Superman": The Comparision of Efficiency and Academic Achievement of Charter Schools Compared to Traditional Public Schools in Ohio, Brittany Harris
Department: Economics
A Hometown Approach to Homegrown Terrorism? A Comparative Case Study on Countering Violent Extremist Policy, Peter Hause
Department: International Relations
L'Imagination De Lenore: A Song Cycle in Six Movements For Soprano, Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble, Cara Haxo
Department: Music
Examining the Efficacy of a Killed Bivalent (H1N1/H3N2) Swine Influenza Virus Vaccine Co-Administered with Two Adjuvants when Challenged with the 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Virus in the Pig Model, Kara T. Henn
Department: Biology
Variation of Female Genital Mutilation Rates Between Egypt and Sierra Leone Examined Through Underlying Root Causes, Jenna Hohan
Department: Political Science
Waking the Sleeping Bear: Strategic Culture or Realism as Explinations for Russian Foreign Policy Behavior in Territorial Disputes, Andrew Holmes
Department: Political Science