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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
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
An Analysis of the Impact of Underwriter Reputation on the Underpricing of New Issues, Daniel C. Wilhelm
Department: Economics
The Synthesis and Characterization of Pt(II) and Au(III) Complexes As Potential Anti-Tumor Complexes, Adam Will
Department: Chemistry
Welcome to the Jungle: A Hallucinogenic Phenomenological Experience, Ashle S. Williams
Department: Art and Art History
The Golden Ratio, Emily Williams
Department: Mathematics
An Investigation into the Methods of Detection of Toxocara Species Eggs in the Environment and the Differentiation of G217B and Wu24 Strains of Histoplasma Capsulatum By Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms in the Cbp Gene, Tyler C. Williams
Department: Biology
Social Responsibility and Awareness in the Museum: a Case Study of the Empowering Women Exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Jessica Wingen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Cinema of Videodance: Understanding Time, Space, and Energy on Film, Annie Woller
Department: Theatre and Dance
Exercise Intention and Motivation: Intrapersonal Relationships, Feedback, and Personality, Kendal Wong
Department: Mathematics; Psychology
Athletes' Self and Metaperceptions of the Coach-Athlete Relationship and Its Impact on Athletes, Hannah K. Woodske
Department: Psychology
Independent Study Thesis, Eva M. Woo
Department: Music
M to F to Endangered: the Violent Consequences of Breaking the Gender Binary, Elizabeth Worrall
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Preparation of the Bip Ligand For Use in a Photo and Metallo Responsive Polymer, Matthew Worth
Department: Chemistry
Réplicas Heroicas/Heroic Replicas: Don Quijote de La Mancha y/and Song of Solomon, Alexia Wynn
Department: English; Spanish
Experiencing the Change of Home, Hava K. Yoast-Hull
Department: Art and Art History
Impact of Solvent Upon the Photo-Induced Chemistry of 1-Acylaminoanthraquinones, Andrew Young
Department: Chemistry
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 the Physiology and Behavior of Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Sureni Beckford
Department: Chemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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