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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
Differential Photometry of Transiting Exoplanets, Tyler Rhoades
Department: Physics
Scenic Design and Cultural Space: Towards a Communicative and Heterogeneous Space, Kaleigh A. Richards
Department: Theatre and Dance
Broke City, Broke Schools: Desegregation of Public Schools and the Economic Decline of Akron, Ohio, Abigail S. Rider
Department: History
El Exilio Y La Identidad En Cuatro Novelas De Julia Alvarez Y Cristina Garcia, Elizabeth Rigsbee
Department: Spanish
The Balance of Power Has Shifted: How Affluent Interest Groups are Contributing to Income Inequality in the United States, Michele R. Ring
Department: Political Science
The History of the Americanization of Sushi and its Application as an Art Form, Margaret Graham Roberts
Department: Art and Art History
A Spectroscopic Study of Excited State Intramolecular Charge Transfer of Newly Synthesized Ethyl 4-(Dimethylamino) Benzoate Derivatives, Evan Robinson
Department: Chemistry
Sorting Spacial Wavefunctions of Photons by Parity, Michael-Erik Ronlund
Department: Physics
Give Me a Minute to Figure this Out: A Memoir of Learning, Larping, and Living a Young Life with Aspergers, Hannah J. Rothman
Department: English
The Gift That Keeps on Taking: Modelling the Impact of a Natural Resource Shock on an Economy, Rutendo Ruzvidzo
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Identification and Functional Analysis of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels in Paramecium Tetraurelia, Stephen Ryan
Department: Neuroscience
Searching For Alice: An Examination of Identity Through Dreams, Gender, Class, and Language in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alea Safier
Department: English
Stranger Than Fiction: The Realism of the Unreal in Balzac's La Peau De Chagrin and Dostoevsky's Dvoinik, Kellen Safreed
Department: Comparative Literature
Stereotypes About Parents in the Workplace: Bringing Kids to Work and the Effects on Person Perception, Nicole Sager
Department: Psychology; Sociology and Anthropology
Spacetime: Engineering and Metaphysics, Syne Salem
Department: Philosophy; Physics
Whistling Jesters and Talking Donkeys: An Ethnographic Study of Renaissance Faire Humor, Thomas Sanchez
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Architectural Interventions, Abigail Aloe Sandberg
Department: Art and Art History
Social Boundaries: How they are Formed, when they are Reinforced, when they are Broken Down, and why, Alex Schaeffer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Investigation of the Potential Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Alzheimer's Disease, Mary Ellen Scherer
Department: Communication Studies
Forgiveness and Resentment: A Study in Philosophy and Psychology, Katherine Kay Schiller
Department: Philosophy; Psychology
A Possible Cure For the Curse?: A Comparative Analysis of Democratic Institutions and Domestic Polices on the Economic Growth of Resource Dependent Countries, Patrick Schlick
Department: International Relations
A Theoretical and Experimental Pattern Analysis of Electrohydrodynamic Convection in a Liquid Crystal System, Matthew Fritz Schmitthenner
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Influences of Age and Education Level on Non-Literal Language Usage in Adults, Kimberly Michelle Schmitz
Department: Communication Studies
The Little Gods, Ian D. Schoultz
Department: English
The Real Face of Mental Illness: The Effects of Messaging on Attitudes Towards People with Severe Mental Illness, Kelsey J. Schulman
Department: Psychology
Talking Black and Sleeping White... Talking White and Sleeping Black: A Socio-Legal Examination of Interracial Marriage in America, Kailey J. Schwallie
Department: History
Controlled Release of Fragrance Compounds by Porous Organosilica Materials, Caitlin L. Scott
Department: Chemistry
Around the World in 45 Minutes: An Exploration of Culture Through Music, Kristen Scuderi
Department: Music
The Extremes of Our Own Nature: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Three Short Stories by Flannery O'Connor, Hilary Sehring
Department: English
Whether Horizontal or Vertical Power Structures are Best Suited for Creating Extensive, Equitable, and Financialy Sustainable Public Transportation Systems in Cities, Evan Severs
Department: Urban Studies
Improved Synthesis of the Proposed Phosphatidylserine Analog Cyclohexylphosphoserine via the H-Phosphonate Approach, Ryan Thomas Shafranek
Department: Chemistry
Women Bleed. Period: An Exploration of Feminine Hygiene Companies' Print and Commercial Advertisments, Charlotte Shapiro
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
La Identidad Social Andaluza: Un Estudio Sociolingüístico De La Zeta Castellana En Málaga Y Sevilla, Rachel Shonebarger
Department: Spanish
The Asian Tigers and Their Mothers: A Comparative Case Study of the Role of Culture at the Government and Societal Level in Determining Educational Success, Kathryn Shull
Department: International Relations
This Is How Girls Walk, Jane Meryl Siegel
Department: English
The Shallow Depth of Origin of Lacustrine Sedimentary Xenoliths in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field, the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah, Kevin W. Silver
Department: Geology
How Ceo Compensation Structure Effects the Stock Price of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Scott Simpson
Department: Business Economics
Geochemical and Geospatial Analysis: Mapping of Miter's Lava Flows in Ice Springs Volcanic Field, Black Rock Desert, Utah, Whitney Sims
Department: Geology
Understanding Division-I Ethical Sports Scandals, Their Public Relations' Approaches, and Effects, Tyler J. Sinclair
Department: Communication Studies
Benvenuto a Roma! An Investigation of the Impact of Tourism on Roman People and Culture, Cory Smith
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Electrons Aligned and Felines Undefined: Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics and Perturbing the Spin-Orbit Interaction in Electrons, Karl Smith
Department: Philosophy; Physics
The "Woman Question": the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Intersections of Race and Gender in the 1960S, Kelsey Smith
Department: History
Powers Beyond Performance: An Exploration of Taksu and Its Role in Relation to Balinese Performances, Lauren Smith
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Inside the "Strategery" of Impression: a Study of Political Satire on Saturday Night Live, Libba Smith
Department: English
Let's Get in the Mood: An Exploration of Data Mining Techniques to Predict Mood Based on Musical Properties of Songs, Sarah Smith-Polderman
Department: Mathematics
Shifting Solidarities on the Global Plane: An Analysis of Cultural Dialogues in Nepal's Emerging Middle Class, From Heavy Metal Music to International Education, Kyle Smucker
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Computer Vision: Object Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction, Benn Snyder
Department: Computer Science
Dream Worlds, Madeleine Socolar
Department: Art and Art History
Breaking News in Emerging India: Analysis of the Indian Broadcast News System (2007- 2012); Broadcast News in India, Tanvi Sood
Department: English
Head For Safety: A Quantitative Analysis of Headgear Effectiveness in Soccer, Andrew D. Sopher
Department: Physics
Schönheit Über Alles: Eine Untersuchung Nach Der Verbindung Zwischen Leni Riefenstahl Und Der Faschistischen Ästhetik, Sally P. Soto
Department: German Studies
A Quantitative Analysis of the Diagnostic Assessment Procedures Audiologists Use When Determining Candidacy For Cochlear Implants in Children With Multiple Disabilities, Jennifer Springmier
Department: Communication Studies
Investigation of D6-Venlafaxine Degradation in Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Via Community Composition Identification and LC-Ms/Ms Monitoring, Cody J. Staebler
Department: Biology; Chemistry
Amish War Criminals and Fascist Hippies: How Combatants' Methods of Motivations Affect the Amount and Intensity of Their Nonmilitary Atrocities, Nicholas S. St. Amour
Department: Political Science
The Jackson Thieves, Justin Stanger
Department: English
A Study on the Impact of School Consolidation on Student Academic Achievement, Timothy Stehulak
Department: Economics
The Truth About Lie Symmetries: Solving Differential Equations With Symmetry Methods, Ruth A. Steinhour
Department: Mathematics
Cuándo El Aspecto Cambia El Código En La Literatura, Kimberly Stevenson
Department: Spanish
A Study of Modern Geometries and Felix Klein's Erlanger Programm, Ashley Stopka
Department: Chinese Studies; Mathematics
Determining Environmental Consciousness of the "Post-Wende" Generation in Germany, Claire H. Stragand
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; German Studies
More Than Just a Meal: the Economic Utility of Social Capital in the Lives of the Poor, Benjamin Higby Strange
Department: Political Science
Monarch of the Plains: a Cultural and Environmental History of Buffalo in the West, Alexander Strapp
Department: History
Assessing the Ability of Environmental Microbes to Catabolically Degrade the Antidepressant Venlafaxine (Effexor®), Kathryn Clare Sullivan
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Asymmetric Information, Adverse Selection, & Contract Adjustment in the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cmbs) Market., Samuel Susanin
Department: Business Economics
Young People Don't Vote: An Investigation of the Methods and Motivations of Contemporary and Past Student Political Activists, Brandon Sutton
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
What is a God Onstage: Fabricating the Horses for Equus, Paul Swanson
Department: Theatre and Dance
My Ticket to Becoming An Athletic Director, Samuel H. Swartz
Department: Mathematics
Anchored: a Novel-In-Stories and a Brief Exploration of Why We Love Horror, Shaina Switzer
Department: English
For the General Diffusion of Knowledge: Social, Juvenile and Mercantile/Mechanic Libraries in Colonial America and the Early Republic, Gwenlyn Symons
Department: History
People and Plants in a Rust Belt City: a Critical Analysis of Urban Agriculture in Cleveland, Ohio Using a Sustainable Development Framework, Erika Takeo
Department: Religious Studies
Gay, Asian, and Religious: the Search For Religious Community By Queer Asian Americans, Celeste Tannenbaum
Department: Religious Studies
Singing Against the Grain: Exploring the Effects of National Identity & History on Counter Cultural Musical Output, Matthew Eulberg Taylor
Department: History
The Impact of Formate on the Physiology of Campylobacter jejuni, Michael T. Terribile
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience
The Land of Immigrants?: the Role of Nationalism in the American Public in the Creation of Restrictive Immigration Policies in the United States From the 1920s to the 2000s, Tablet Tesfaye
Department: Political Science
Blown Covers: Una Novela Corta Postmodernista/Eine Postmoderne Novelle Von Identität, Ryan Thomas
Department: German Studies; Spanish
Attachment Theory Applied to Middle School Students' Parent and Peer Relationships in Connection to Their Self-Reported Academic Achievement and Involvement, Deidre Lynn Thompson
Department: Communication Studies
Leaving It to the Streets: An Examination of the Consequences of Memorializing Street Art, Emily Timmerman
Department: Art and Art History
Characterizing the Role of 2-Oh-Pca in P. Chlororaphis Pathogenesis, Abigail Toothman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Paleoecology of a Brachiopod-Bearing Marly Subunit of the Matmor Formation, Israel: a Middle Jurassic Shallow Marine Environment Near the Equator, Melissa Torma
Department: Geology
The Great Matter: the Role of Environment and Queenship in the Decline of the Catholic English Monarchy, Margaret Trainor
Department: History
The Triumph Over the Unreasonable: a Theory of Political Justice For the New Age, Chad Elliot Trownson
Department: Philosophy
Three Appearances of Literary Youth and a New Definition, Alexander Turner
Department: Chinese Studies
Minds on Fire: or How I Learned to Stop Being Paranoid and Love the Young Adult Dystopia, Lauren Tweddale
Department: English
Tree-Ring Evidence of North Pacific Volcanically Forced Cooling and Forcing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), Lauren Vargo
Department: Geology
Gallery of a Colored Girl: How Black and White Perceptions of the Black Female Body Affect the Ways Millennial African American Women Perform Race and Gender On and Off Stage, Jasmine Verreen
Department: Africana Studies
The Ultraviolet Photochemistry of Aqueous Oxalate Species, Erica Rosemary Villa
Department: Chemistry
An Artificial Eden: Experiencing the Suburban Landscape in Postwar American Literature, Elyse Vukelich
Department: English; History
Process and Performance: a Study of Solo and Collaborative Performance and Their Compositional Methods, Amanda Marie Wagner
Department: Theatre and Dance
ξ: Spring Dot, Philip Wales
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Triclocarban in Biosolids and Soil Amended With Biosolid Applications, Clare Walsh
Department: Chemistry
Unraveling the Toilet Paper Tax Revolt: An Investigation Into the Demise of Politics in the Garden State 1989-1993, Richard Walter
Department: History
Protein Drug Delivery Using Swellable Organically Modified Silica, Stephen Wanner
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Workingmen! To Arms!, Joshua Ware
Department: English
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: the Historical and Social Relevance of Comic Books in the United States, Devin Warner
Department: History
Extensions of the Farey Sequence and Ford Circles, Alice C. Webb
Department: Mathematics
The Effect of Modesty and Gender on the Perception of Attractive and Unattractive Individuals, Amanda Weeks
Department: Psychology
Firm Productivity: How a Firm's Wage Structure Impacts the Productivity of It's Workforce, Zachary A. Weidrick
Department: Business Economics
Solving the Retirement Savings Puzzle: How Illiquid Assets Can Help Hyperbolic Consumers Reach Their Retirement Savings Goals, Seth White
Department: Business Economics
Insights Into the Tectonic Evolution of the Northern Snake Range Metamorphic Core Complex From 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronologic Results, Northern Snake Range, Nevada, Joseph Thomson Wilch
Department: Geology; Mathematics
Insults to Significant Others, Elaine Wilcox-Cook
Department: Psychology