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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2012
In Memoriam and Moratorium: Trauma and Maturation in Young Adult Fiction, Katie Blachman
Department: English
Talking Walls: The Role of Community Murals and Mural Programs in Urban Spaces, Lauren E. Bloomfield
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Arginine Kinase of Myxococcus Xanthus Influences Development in a Manner Dependent on the Conditions of Development, Thomas Bohl
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Geochemical and Field Relationships of Pillow and Dike Units in a Subglacial Pillow Unit Undirhliđar Quarry, Southwest Iceland, Lindsey J. Bowman
Department: Geology
The New Buffalo: the Effects of Exchange on North American Indigenous Tradition, Kathryn I. Brady
Department: Religious Studies
A Rhetorical Analysis: Using a Generic Criticism to Find the Visual and Verbal Advertising Strategies of the Top Five Supplement Companies in Print Magazines , Matthew Breidigam
Department: Communication Studies
Phylogeography and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Polychrus marmoratus on Trinidad, Tobago, and Mainland South America With Remarks on the Introduced Status of Anolis richardii on Tobago, Patrick J. Brennan
Department: Biology
Agrarianism: Red Barns, Happy Cows, and Ignorant Farmers? Or is there More to it?, Mary Helen Brickhouse
Department: Philosophy
Does Spatial Mismatch Still Occur in 2010? An Examination of Race, Income and Urban Georgraphy in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Area, Kelsey Bridges
Department: Urban Studies
Influence of the Protein Cross-Linker Diethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate on 20S Core Particle Degradation of Candidates for the 26S Proteasome, TeQuion M. Brookins
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alterations in the Activity of the Yeast Peroxidase Tsa1 Upon Modification By Alkylating Agents, Haley A. Brown
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
On the Origins of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Jameson Brown
Department: History
Modern Day Slavery: A Literary and Pedagogical Liberation Movement for Human Sexual Trafficking as a First-Year Seminar, Esther Elizabeth Bryant
Department: English
Cowboy Mythology in National Politics: The Pre-Presidential Political Career of Lyndon Johnson, Alyson Bujnoski
Department: History
Seams You Wear, Alec Burns
Department: English
Preserving the Past: A Comparison Between the United States and India, D. Claire Burns
Department: Archaeology
Democracy and Political Citizenry: Wolin From Student Revolt to Superpower, James Bush
Department: Political Science
Sailing on the Edge: a World-Systems Analysis of Pirates and Privateers in the Atlantic and Caribbean in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Emily Butcher
Department: Archaeology
Prediction of Professional Basketball Games Using Artificial Neural Networks and Linear Models, Keshia Butler
Department: Mathematics
Air Drag and External Ballistics, Patrick Butler
Department: Physics
Artist Francesco Clemente's Understanding of Tantrism As Demonstrated By the Unfolding of Female Genitalia in His Works, Eliza Cady
Department: Art and Art History
Assessing the Conservation Status of the Critically Endangered Caribbean Frog, Mannophryne olomonae, Travis L. Calkins
Department: Biology
Mom, What Are We? Culture Contact Between Maya and Olmec in Pre-Columbian Honduras, Anarrubenia P. Capellin Ortega
Department: Archaeology
Clinical Predictors of Neuropsychological Outcomes in Persons With Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in An Outpatient Rehabilitation Setting, Madison Jane Carey
Department: Psychology
Daily Show: Jon Stewart's Comic Court, Kevin Carpenter
Department: English
American Dream: a Foucauldian Analysis of the American Discourse on Education, John P. Carter
Department: Political Science
Mind the Gap, Willa Cary
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Procedurally Generating Everything, Micah Caunter
Department: Computer Science
Landmark Legislation and Models of Presidential Power: a Case Study of the 2010 Health Care Reform Bill, Chris Caventer
Department: Political Science
Effexor® Concentrations in Bluegill Sunfish Liver, Brain, Muscle and Plasma Samples, Nita Chavez
Department: Chemistry
Discovering the Nameless Soldier: a Social History of Union Volunteer Infantry Soldiers in the Civl War, Benjamin H. Christ
Department: History
Corporate Hedging and Firm Value: Before and After the Financial Crisis, Duc M. Chu
Department: Economics
They Will Lie to You: a Solution For Interorganizational Conflict Through a Quantitative Analysis of the Communication Patterns Between Law Enforcement and Journalists in Small Town America, Julia Chunglo
Department: Communication Studies
Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name?: An Anthropological Investigation of Naming, Haley Lisa Close
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Eloquence of Stone: Propagandistic Function of Monumental and Funerary Art in Nineteenth Century Paris, Lauren Close
Department: Art and Art History; History
Radical Absurdity: Reinterpreting Camus For a Better Absurdism, Michael Lee Cohen
Department: Philosophy
Comparison and Analog-Based Analysis of Sinuous Channels on the Rift Aprons of Ascraeus Mons and Pavonis Mons Volcanoes, Mars, Andrew Collins
Department: Geology
Social Relevance of Speakeasies: Prohibition, Flappers, Harlem, and Change, Joseph Collins
Department: History
The Effects of Male Seminal Fluid Proteins on Female Receptivity to Re-Mating in Southern House Mosquitoes, Culex quinquefasciatus, Della Connelly
Department: Biology
Voice of the Voiceless Ones: the Culture of Nuevo Canto, Nueva Canción, and Nueva Trova; and the Polarization of Argentina, Chile, and Cuba, Samuel Connor
Department: History
Finding Peace Through Religious Difference: Healing the Wounds of Violent Conflict Through Interfaith Dialogue, Kristen J.E. Connors
Department: International Relations; Religious Studies
Is Altruistic Behavior Rational? a Test of Garp on Social Preferences, Samuel G. Cook
Department: Economics
Breaking Down the Bones: Understanding the Occupation of Forensic Anthropology, Maria L. Cox
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Which Is Better, Democracy or a Traditional Government?; Fiafia i Malo Democracy o i Aganu'u Malo Matai? Customized Democracy in the South Pacific: Theory, Opinions, and Understanding, Christine Marie Crites
Department: Political Science
Jihad Calling: a Rhetorical Fantasy Theme Analysis of Al Qaeda's Online Magazine Inspire, Gregory Crocker
Department: Communication Studies
Whose Britain Is This Anyway: Questioning Race, Class, Immigration and Nationality in Great Britain Between 1948 and 2011, Christina Jayne Cruce
Department: History
Chilean Cultural Identity: a Case Study of Contemporary Mapuche Poetry, La identidad cultural chilena: un caso de estudio de la poesía mapuche contemporánea, Christopher Culbertson
Department: History; Spanish
Using Mathematical Models to Evaluate NFL Field Goal Kicking, Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Department: Mathematics
Catalytic Dechlorination of Persistent Environmental Contaminants Via Swellable Organically Modified Silica With Sequestered Palladium, Allison Curtze
Department: Chemistry
Multivariate Statistics, Joshua A. Dailey
Department: Mathematics
Progress Toward Using An Optical Tweezer to Make Scattering-Based Size Measurements, Matt Damon
Department: Physics
The Effects of Testosterone and Corticosterone in Rats on Nociception and Recovery Times Following Minor Cutaneous Injury, Cameron J. Daniels
Department: Biology
The Wooster Model: A Staff Scheduling Problem With An Application to Student Activities, Hannah Dauber
Department: Mathematics
During the Time of Non-Stop Creation, You Travel to the Past and the Future: An Exploration of Beijing’s Underground Music and Its Relationship with Modern China, Charlie W. Davis
Department: Chinese Studies
Effect of Athletic Media Images on Women's Body Dissatisfaction and Drive For Muscularity, Gwen Davis
Department: Psychology
My Child, Your Child, Our Child? the Nature of Children, Elders, and the Obligation to Educate, Molly Davis
Department: Philosophy
An Investigation of the Effects of Estrogen on Anxiety and Hippocampal-Dependent Fear Conditioning, Ashley Dawes
Department: Neuroscience
Synthesis and Characterization of Pt(II) and Re(V) Complexes As Potential Anti-Tumor Complexes, Michael DeBord
Department: Chemistry
Hitting Eject: a Study on the Use of Frames to Influence Public Opinion of the United States Automotive Industry Bailouts, James DeCrispino
Department: Political Science
Introduction of Streptomycin Resistance through Repeated Exposure in Pseudomonas chlororaphis: an Environmental Model for Acquired Resistance in the Clinical Pathogen, Kevin A. DeGroot
Department: Biology
Pornographic Influence: Men's Perception of Women and Their Relationship Reflections, Caroline B. Denzer
Department: Psychology
The South Will Rise Again! A Study of the Effectivnes of South-South Trade Blocs, John Derksen
Department: Political Science
Absurdity with God: Faith in Walker Percy's Novels, Emily DeTar
Department: English; Philosophy
The Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Dinotefuran on Apis mellifera Hives, Jordan E. Dieterle
Department: Biology
How We Seem "To Be": English- and Spanish-Speaking Children's Susceptibility to the Fundamental Attribution Error and Actor-Observer Bias, Mary E. Dixon
Department: Psychology
Behavioral Effects of Intraguild Predation by Harmonia axyridis on Aphidoletes aphidimyza and the Biological Control Services of Shared Prey, Ethan M. Doherty
Department: Biology
Echoes of Silence: The Japanese-American Experience in the 20th Century, Helen Doherty
Department: History
Surviving War, Surviving Memory: An Oral History of the South Vietnamese Civilian Experience in the Vietnam War, Leann Do
Department: History
Di Renjie and the Mystery of the Imposter Judge Dee: An Analysis of Di Renjie's Career As a District Magistrate and His Fictional Counterpart, Robert Tyler Dowdell
Department: History
No Child Will Be Left Behind in My Classroom!: NCLB's Effects and Elementary Teachers' Strategies to Beat the Test, Logan Dunn
Department: Communication Studies
Music and the Brain: Exploring the Effects of Music on Spatial Learning and BDNF Protein Expression in the Mouse Hippocampus, Gideon P. Dunster
Department: Biology
Bindis and Blue Jeans, Saris and Starbucks: An Analysis of Identity Among First and Second-Generation Indian Immigrants, Cassie Dutton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Impacts of Military Expenditure Upon Economic Growth Under Varying Circumstances Through the Lenses of the Realist Paradigm and the Solow Growth Model, Castine L. Echanis
Department: International Relations
Extended Family, Will Ehrenreich
Department: Art and Art History
Caring About Stories: A Conceptual Investigation of Narrative Art and Moral Understanding, Nicholas Alexander Ehrhardt
Department: Philosophy
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Soeginina Beds (Paadla Formation, Lower Ludlow, Upper Silurian) on Saaremaa Island, Estonia, Richa N. Ekka
Department: Geology
Incentivizing Developed Country Foreign Direct Investment: An Efficient Means of Closing the Gap For Developing Countries?, Charles Erhart
Department: Economics
Game For the Ages Forever Changed By the New Age: How Hip Hop Changed the Game of Basketball, Michael Evans
Department: History
Bilateral Misunderstanding: A Historical Analysis of the Obama "Reset" and Post-Cold War American-Russian Relations, Timothy Robert Faerber
Department: History
Cracks in the Sidewalk: An Examination of "Freaks" and Women in Garry Winogrand's Volatile Sixties, Charlie Fanelli
Department: Art and Art History
Refusing the Voice of the Mother: The Generative Failure of French Feminist Thought in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing, Jordan E. Farrar
Department: English
I Never Thought Black and White Before I Came to Wooster: An Investigation of Diversity at the College of Wooster, Madeline Fauser
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Wenlock/Ludlow Boundary at Saaremaa Island, Estonia, Nicholas Fedorchuk
Department: Geology
Gender Divide: Re-Examining the Feminization of Teaching in the Nineteenth Century with Emphasis on the Displaced Male Teacher, Matthew Fegan
Department: History
Now I Walk in Beauty: A Comparative Examination of Historical and Contemporary Native American Religious Traditions Through the Lakota and Shoshone-Bannock Sun Dances, Jessie Felling
Department: Religious Studies
Male Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) Respond Aggressively to Song Playback Without Modulating Plasma Testosterone or Corticosterone, Stephen M. Ferguson
Department: Biology
Single Moment: The Effect of Gender and Other Social Factors on a Student Athlete's Performance Under Pressure, Jason Filatov
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Authenticity and Art: Towards a New Conception of Authenticity and its Application to Art, Jared Fink
Department: Philosophy
Reading Sesame Street: a Study of Literary Structures in Children's Educational Television, Geoffrey T. Fisher
Department: English
Effect of Power and Accountability on Cognitive Performance, Abigail J. FitzSimons
Department: Psychology
Effects of Short-Term Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Body Composition, Skeletal Muscle Strength During Anaerobic Exercises, Salivary Testosterone, & Urinary Creatinine in “Non-Active” Indiviudals at the College of Wooster, Robert Flagg
Department: Biology
Culture Et L'Enfance : Les Mysteres De La Litterature De Jeunesse, Frances Flynn
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Testing the Limited Resource Model and Its Effect on Task Performance in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella), Courtney Chase Foster
Department: Psychology
Chechnya: Death, Journalism, and History, Samuel Foulkes
Department: English; Russian Studies
Isolation of Bacterial Strains in Wastewater Sludge Capable of Degradation of Sertraline, Venlafaxine and Triclocarban, Jonathan Fox
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Exploration of Hyperbolic Geometry/ Mathematics and Studio Art, Rachel Frank
Department: Art and Art History; Mathematics
Disaggregation Is Key: Using Alternative Growth Models to Evaluate the Impact of AIDS on Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Elizabeth Freeman
Department: Economics
Marshallese Time: A Critical Reflection of the Magazine, H. Kris Fronzak
Department: English
Does BMI Correlate With the Time Interval Between An Injury and a Joint Replacement?, Brianna S. Fulmer
Department: Biology