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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
你吃了吗? Have You Eaten?: Using the Westernization of Chinese Food to Explain the Transformation of the Chinese Identity in America, Molly Young
Department: Chinese Studies; East Asian Studies
Sino-African Relations: Various Media Perspectives and The Impact of Chinese FDI on African Inequality, Xiaochen Zhang
Department: Chinese Studies; International Relations
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2012
Say Yes to My Fair Bridezilla: a Q-Sorting Analysis of the Effects of Reality Tv Wedding Programming on College Women's Wedding Reception Desires, Sarah Abboud
Department: Communication Studies
Evolution of the National Football League: the Coaches That Changed America's Game, Thomas Adams-Wall
Department: History
Parity-Based Measurement and Control of the Spatial Wave Function of Photons, Mohammad Ahmad
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Art of Voice Therapy: An Investigation of Estill Voice Training and Fitzmaurice Voicework As Nontraditional Techniques For Voice Therapy, Lindsey Marie Allen
Department: Communication Studies
Comparing the Number of Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria, For the Genus Aeromonas, Isolated From Four Different Aquatic Environments Throughout Wayne and Summit County, Loren Alohan
Department: Biology
Hurrah Hurah Look Who's Rising? It's the Frelinghuysens!: a Select History of New Jersey's Frelinghuysen Family, John Anderson
Department: History
Will to Be Oneself: Does Kierkegaard's Subjective Faith Triumph Over Despair?, Brandon Andrew
Department: Philosophy
The Effect of Invasive Bamboo on the Coloration of the Bloody Bay Poison Frog, Mannophryne olmonae: An Analysis of Phenotypic Plasticity and Background Preference, Stephanie M. Andrus
Department: Biology
Dating of the Mid-Holocene History and Glacial Stratigraphy of Wachusett Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Southeast, Alaska, Sarah Nicole Appleton
Department: Geology
Soldier's Perspective: a Chronological and Thematic Analysis of the Vietnam War Through Oral History, Alexandra Armstrong
Department: History
Evolving to Explore: the Potential in Land Art, Nora Byrne Armstrong
Department: Art and Art History
Effects of Simultaneous Antagonism of Nicotinic and Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Neuronal Apoptosis, Kevin James Audet
Department: Neuroscience
Domitian's Rome: the Urban Image Built and Written, Daniel P. Axmacher
Department: Classical Studies
Mating: a Creative Exploration of Comedic Television, Jadon Baker
Department: English
Are You Ready For Some Football? Why Football Is the Dominant Sport in American Sport Culture, Anthony Barone
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Revolution Has Gone Viral: the Effect of Facebook and Youtube on Social Movement Mobilization Within the Arab Spring, Zuri Rose Baron
Department: Political Science
¡Venga! A Non-Fiction Magazine for The College of Wooster Study Abroad Students Interested in Andalusia, Spain, Emily Bartelheim
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Regulates DNA Methylation Near Genes Implicated in Bipolar Disorder, Colleen Marie Bartman
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keepin' the 'Hood Intact: Using Civic Capacity to Study and Prevent Displacement in Redeveloping Neighborhoods, Timothy Barz
Department: Political Science
Effects of Solvent Environments on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Within 1-Acylaminoanthraquinone Derivatives, Miles Batson
Department: Chemistry
Structure-Function Analysis of 6-Hydroxynicotinate 3-Monooxygenase (Nicc), Matthew Bauerle
Department: Chemistry
The Effects of Curcumin on a C57Bl/6J Mouse Model of Thiamine Deficiency Induced Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Nikkisha Antoinette Baugh
Department: Neuroscience
Promoting and Critiquing Child Beauty Pageants: a Narrative Analysis Through a Feminist Sensibility, Isabel Rivka Baylor
Department: Communication Studies
Waiting on the World to Change: a Study of Professors' and Disability Support Staff Members' Knowledge of Asperger's Syndrome, Elizabeth A. Beal
Department: Communication Studies
Synergistic Effects of Triclosan and Triclocarban on Physiology and Behavior of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Sureni A. Beckford
Department: Biology
Isolation Effects on Insect Communities Found in Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) of Crawford County, Ohio, Benjamin Richard Bellamy
Department: Biology
Boom and Bust: a Study Employing Principal Agency to Investigate the Behavior of Borrowers, Lenders, and Investors That Led to the Mortgage Crisis in 2007, Gregory D. Benckart
Department: Economics
Timekeepers of Progress: Buffalo and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, Bonnie Berg
Department: History
Assessing Bee Abundance, Diversity and Richness in the Urban Gardens and Vacant Lots of Cleveland, Ohio, Jesse A. Berkowitz
Department: Biology
Personality Determinants of Political Orientation and Nation-State Political Systems, Erik Beuck
Department: Psychology
Experiences in Vietnam, Interpreted Through Art: Creating New Process and Technique, Lida C. Bilokur
Department: Art and Art History
An Investigation of First and Second Generation Latinos' Experiences of Racialization, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, and Linguistic Oppression in the United States, Danielle W. Birget
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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