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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011
Evidence in Hiatus Concretions of Regressions Recorded Within the Black Hand Sandstone (Osagean) of Ohio, Michael Snader
Department: Geology
Off the Enrollment List and Then Back on Again: How the Circumstances of Living in a Rural Area Affect the Educational Attainment of Rural General Equivalency Diploma Students, Kendra Spergel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Influence of Authority on Economic Decision Making, Dusty Staggs
Department: Psychology
Identification of Genes That Provide Cellular Protection Against a Thiol Cross-Linking Agent in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Chelsea Stamm
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hidden Behind the Purple Box: College Students' Perceptions of Sponsored Links, Stephanie Standera
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
The Quest Through Emerging Adulthood: A Look at the Influence Travel has on Emerging Adults, Rena A. Starr
Department: Religious Studies
Quantitive Analysis of the Reproducibility of Sertraline-D3 Degradation By Activated Aerobic Sludge, Katherine Stencel
Department: Chemistry
The California Roll: The Construction and Americanization of Sushi in the United States, Keri Leinani Stenerson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Superstar Phenomenon: a Study on the Impact of Superstars on Revenues in the National Basketball Association, Zannah Stoermer
Department: Business Economics
Ain't I a True Woman?: a Foucauldian Exploration of Agency Within the True Woman Movement, Laura Stricklen
Department: Religious Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Deviant Behavior Among College Students and High School Students, Ellen Super
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Breaking the Law: Justified Civil Disobedience, Dylan Takores
Department: Philosophy
From Bennets to Bridget: the Construction of the Ideal Woman in Nineteenth-Century Women's Literature and Contemporary Chick Lit, Emily Tarr
Department: English
Stewards of Their Own Lands: An Evaluation of Tribal Cultural and Historic Preservation Effectiveness, Sarah Tate
Department: Archaeology
Selection Pressure on a Selfish Herd: Evolution of Ecological Relationships in An Agent-Based Model, Robert Taylor
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
The Experience of Place, Patryk Tenorio
Go With the Lava Flow, Joshua Thomas
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Der Menschliche Wille: Hoffmans Erzahlungen Und Die Zeitgenossische Philosophie, Ingrid Thvedt
Department: German Studies
Exploration of the Effects of Cohesive Forces in a Bead Pile, Ingrid Thvedt
Department: Physics
Fantastic Reality: An Analysis of the Conflation of Fantasy and Reality Through Cinema, May Tobar
Department: English
Listening For the Peace Caught in the Wind: a Collection of Poetry, Miatta Toothman
Department: English
Fort Ross: the Eastern Frontier of the Russian Empire, Catherine Trainor
Department: History
Tomorrow's Leaders: a Comparative Analysis of Social Reproduction in American Charter and Public Elementary School, Robyn L. Trem
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Tomorrow's Leaders: A Comparative Analysis of Social Reproduction in American Charter and Public Elementary Schools, Robyn L. Trem
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Printed Circuit Board Layout Optimization, Sean Twining
Department: Mathematics
Practioners Know How to Do It: Negotiating the Divide Between Allopathic and Alternative Medicine Among the Amish, Sarah Uschak
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
I'd Like to Talk to You About the Upcoming Election ... : An Empirical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Get-Out-The-Vote Messages, Marijke van Dijk
Department: Political Science; Economics
Blood, Spit, and Tears: Art As a Model For Feminist Theory and Dialogue, Zoe Van Dyke
Department: Art and Art History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
An Evolutionary Study of Multimeric Phosphagen Kinases using Ancestral Protein Reconstruction and the Prediction of Phosphagen Kinase Substrate Specificity using Artificial Neural Networks, Jason M. Van Houten
Exploring the Effects of Initial Conditions in the Kinetics of the Decomposition of Dichloroacetic Acid Through a Hydrogen Peroxide and Ultraviolet Radiation Oxidation Process, Pamela Wales
Department: Chemistry; Mathematics
Clean Room, Moral Thoughts: the Effect of the Physical Environment on Memory and Moral Action, Samantha Walker
Department: Psychology
Stigma Manifested in Silence: A Sociological Investigation of AIDS in Ghana, Elizabeth Wall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
What Is It Like to Be a Shark?, Michael Allan Walton
Department: Philosophy
To Be or Not to Be; To Do or Not To Do; To Have or Not To Have: An Exploration of the Differences in Economic Decision-Making For Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples, Elizabeth Wardrop
Department: Economics
Characterization of Siderophore Transporters Abc1 and Mfs1 in Histoplasma Capsulatum Pathology, Emily Weitz
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Why Countries Accept or Reject U.S. Drug Policy: a Study of International Pressure and Domestic Bases of Political Support, Benjamin Welbourn
Department: International Relations
Evidence of Subfunctionalization in the Calcineurin Gene Family in Paramecium Tetraurelia, Jordan Welker
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Dark and the Bloody: a New Chapter in Fairy Tales, Eryn Wells
Department: English
No Child Left Behind: the Influence of Hidden Children on Catholic Jewish Relations, Jordan White
Department: History
Equal Opportunity Pleasure?: A Feminist Sociological Exploration into the Effects of Pornography on Young Women's Sexual Behavior and Body Image, Kristin Georgianne Whitlock
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Segregation in Columbus, Ohio Did It Ever Leave, Bryan Wickliffe
Department: History
The Impact of Core Labor Standards on Economic Growth: Quantifying CLS and Why Democracy Matters, Cora Wigger
Department: International Relations
Robust Vocabulary Instruction and Cultural Context in Children's Books: Their Effects on Word Learning in Children, Heidi M. Wilhelm
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Skyscapes: Concerto For Electric Guitar and Orchestra, Paul Winchester
Department: Music
Isaac Albéniz: The Great Spanish Composer and His Piano Masterpiece Iberia, Lisa Wollenberg
Department: Music
The Impact of Calculators on Student's Test Scores, Derek Wyman
Department: Mathematics
Wilderness Value in the Mountain West: a Case Study of Ketchum, Challis, and Stanley, Idaho, Larken Yackulic
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Inspiration for Orchestra, Kentaro Yamada
Department: Music
Theme and Variations on a French Folksong for Symphonic Band, Kentaro Yamada
Department: Music
So, You Think You Can Dance? - An Examination of Societal Expectations of Dance and Performance, Kaitlin Yankello
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
Measuring Success: the Phoenix Program and Its Lessons For Modern Day Counterinsugency, Graham Walbridge Zimmerman
Department: History
Policy and Regime Choice: the Missing Link Between Economic Growth and Human Development, Christina Zink
Department: Political Science
Young Bodies on Display: a Feminist Exploration of the Photographic Series and Surrounding Controversies of Sally Mann and Tierney Gearon, Marnie Zoldessy
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010
Synthesis and Characterization of Potential Anticancer Gold(III) Coordination Compounds, Bryan A. Albani
Department: Chemistry
Batman, Superman, and Spiderman: A Cross Cultural Study of Hero Mythology, Carly Amster
Department: Religious Studies
Batman, Superman, and Spiderman: a Cross Cultural Study of Hero Mythology, Carly Amster
Department: Religious Studies
Photochemistry of Oxalic Acid and Malonic Acid in Aqueous Solution at Different Protonation States, Alexander Anderson
Department: Chemistry
Explanation, Relation, and Meaning in Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism, Christopher J. Andrews
Department: Philosophy
Soaring to Different Heights; A Comparative Analysis of Middle School Education and Social Reproduction, Amanda R. Artman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Accretion Features of AU Mon, Corwin Atwood-Stone
Department: Physics
Reconstructing Late Holocene Glacial Movement in Muir Inlet Glacier Bay, Alaska, Kelly Aughenbaugh
Department: Geology
Animals Behind Bars: The Effect of Animal Facilitated Therapy Programs on Inmate Rehabilitation, Alyssa Diane Barrett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Viral Pathogen Removal From Water Using Swellable Organically Modified Silica, Emily J. Barth
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Time to Back Down: Explanations of Sudden Termination of Enduring Rivalries in the Middle East, Davis Bates
Department: Political Science
Development of a Sensor For Gas-Phase Triacetone Triperoxide Using Waveguide Interferometry, Rachel V. Bennett
Department: Chemistry
The Dehumanization of Healthcare in America: A Sociological Investigation and Critical Analysis, Krista Berger
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Reparations in "Post-Racial" Society: What Makes a Winning Case, Tobias Bokum-Fauth
Department: History
Requiem For a Nightmare: Six Tales of Malevolence Mourned, John Boucher
Department: English
Perceived Effects of Employment on Identity Formation: A Case Study on the Residents of Weirton, West Virginia, Chelsea Breux
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
On the Outside Looking Out: The Para-Society of Nomadic Artists, Alexander McCord Briggs
Department: Music
Josephine: A Bluegrass Opera Act 1, Jake Briggs
Department: Music
Teaching Separate to Remain Separate: A Case Study of an Amish Parochial School, Abigail P. Brokaw
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Directly-Controlled Lichen Growth Curves For Western Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Travis Brown
Department: Geology
Cultivating Discontent: Colonial Forestry in Mandate Palestine, 1920-1939, Daniel Buckler
Department: History
When the Arahats Go Marching in: A Brief Historiography of the Study of Tibetan and Japanese Religions as They Were Impacted by the Introduction of Buddhism, Gregory Carlisle
Department: Religious Studies
The Face in the Looking Glass: An Examination of Self Through Character Traits in Lewis Carroll's Stories of Alice, Alice O. Case
Department: Art and Art History
Continuity or Change? The Strategic Culture of Australia, Andrew A. Charlton
Department: Political Science
To Entertain or to Inform: An Examination and Comparison of Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese Audiences' Perceptions of Entertainment Oriented Television News Programs, Fengzhi Chen
Department: Communication Studies
A Human Being Can Be Forced to Be Free: the Study of Individualism in North Korean Human Rights, Esther S. Chhakchhuak
Department: History
Differential Gene Expression of H. Bacteriophora TTO1 in Response to Heat Stress, Marc Christian
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Mathematics
Ancient Virtue Theory Verses Contemporary Virtue Theory: Why/How Macintyre's Virtue Theory Is Better Perceived Than Aristotle's Virtue Theory, Ramses Saladin Clements
Department: Philosophy
Fears, Riots and Rebellions: the Civil War Draft Riots in New York City and the Holmes County Rebellion, Sarah C. Coffin
Department: History
From "Big Jack" to "Bugsy": Jewish Gangsters and the Jewish Immigrant Communities of Chicago and New York City, 1900-1933, Amy Cohen
Department: History
Hellhammer, Evan Conzett
Department: English
Social Kombat in Video Games: Interacting With Others While Playing Violent Video Games May Reduce Levels of Aggression and Frustration, Henry Ernest Cook IV
Department: Psychology
Comparing Body Image and Self Esteem Across Cultures: a Look at Jamaican and American Women, Kacy-Ann K. Cordiel
Department: Psychology
The Role of the MLBPA in Creating the Steroid Era in Major League Baseball, Patrick Coyne
Department: History
Hip-Hop as Hegemony: Articulating Contemporary Crises in Masculinity Through White Appropriation of Hip-Hop, Julia Penelope Dann
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Agglomeration of the Service Industry: a Case Study on Sector 62, Ashton A. Deist
Department: Business Economics
What Women Want and What the Media Won't Give Them: An Examination of Media Coverage of Male and Female Candidates in Gubernatorial Elections, Simone C. DiSalvo
Department: Political Science
Matando El Pelo: An Ethnographic Study Exploring Dominican Women's Perceptions of 'Good Hair' and 'Bad Hair' Within the Environment of the Beauty Salon in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Amy Dupper
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Matando el Pelo: An Ethnographic Study Exploring Dominican Women's Perceptions of 'Good Hair' and 'Bad Hair' Within the Environment of the Beauty Salon in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Amy Dupper
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Christmas Presents and Christmas Past: a Study of Memory in Holiday Fiction and Film, Meghan Durand
Department: English
Effect of Mental Imagery on Performance, Eric Dyer
Department: Psychology
Going Rogue: An Ethnographic Study of the Social Networks and Social Behaviors of Aging Women in the Red Hat Society, Victoria N. Early
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Analysis of Automotive Valve Train Springs, Eric Enoch
Department: Mathematics
Independent Study in Anthropology, Nicholas Ferri
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Origins and History of Parole in California, Daniel Feutz
Department: History
Wastewater, the New Lipstick in Feminization: the Analytical Determination of a Range of Endocrine Disruptors in the Chicago Watershed, David Flannelly
Department: Chemistry
Feel What You Eat: the Emotional, Psychological, and Physiological Responses to Ingestion of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Stimuli in Unrestrained Males and Females, Rachel A. Gaines
Department: Psychology