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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2012
America the Automatic Empire: Roads, Highways, and the Consolidation of American Capitalism, Robert West
Department: History
Technology Adoption: Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries, Nathaniel Wheeler
Department: Economics
Spectroscopic Study of Excited State Intramolecular Charge Transfer of Various Ethyl 4-(Dimethylamino)Benzoate Derivatives, Kaitlynn R. Wilson
Department: Chemistry
The Young Man and the Lake: An Exploration of Hemingway in Michigan, Megan A. Wilson
Department: English
Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus: Arthurian Legends As Indicators of British National Identity Throughout History, Audrey Ellen Wimbiscus
Department: History
Metaphorical Halo-Halo, Matt Wong
Department: History; East Asian Studies
Survival or Collapse? Comparing the Legitimacy of the Communist Regimes in China and the Soviet Union During the 1980s, Yuxin Wu
Department: Political Science
Photochemical Decomposition of Oxalate in the Presence of OH Radicals, Taehyung A. Yi
Department: Chemistry
Protective Effects of Nicotine on Ethanol-Induced Toxicity on SH-SY5Y Cells, Hanna Yousuf
Department: Neuroscience
Interracial Analysis of Expatriate "Americanization" in the City of Paris-- An Examination of a Shared Space Occupied By White Male Authors and Intellectuals and African American Performers and Artists, Cassandra Zavis
Department: History
How Does Organizational Structure Affect the Sustainability of Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations, Shitong Zhan
Department: Economics
No Title, Shitong Zhan
Department: Music
Mapping Polyprotein Cleavage Sites in the R78 Region of Maize Chlorotic Dwarf Virus, Yujing Zhao
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tunics and Tights: An Analysis of Ancient Greek Heroes in Modern Comics, Emma Zieske
Department: Classical Studies
Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Dirty Secret; An Analysis of the Causes of Sex Trafficking in Costa Rica, Caitlin Zusy
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011
The Effects of Stereotype Threat and Cognitive Load on Math Performance in Women, Hannah Ackerman
Department: Psychology
Investigating the Localization and Function of the Prodomain of Neuronal Interleukin-16 on N1E-115 Cells, Cassondra Agozzino
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Construction of a Subglacial Pillow Ridge: Insights From Field Relationships and Compositional Variations, Undirhlíðar Quarry, Southwest Iceland, Rebecca Alcorn
Department: Geology
Terrorists and the Internet: a Study of Counter-Terrorism's Impact on Group Functions, Benjamin D. Althaus
Department: Political Science
Shaken But Never Stirred: a Historical Analysis of American Masculinity Through the James Bond Films., Ethan Arenstein
Department: History; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Not Done Fighting": a Sociological Investigation and Critical Analysis of the Washington, D.C. Public School System, Silvia Arieira
Department: Education; Sociology and Anthropology
Preventing Offenders from Becoming Lifelong Felons: An Evaluation Study of Pretrial Diversion, Amanda Armstrong
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Sowing the Seeds to a Higher Consumption: a Study on the Impact of Access to Formal Savings and Credit Mechanisms on the Economic Portfolios of Farming Households, Sadaf Asrar
Department: Economics
Influence of Proteasome Inhibition on the Baker's Yeast Transcription Factor Yap1p Following Its Activation By Organic Electrophiles, Omar Atassi
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
To Regulate or Not to Regulate Your Hormones? the Involvement of Gonadotropins in the Development of Alzheimer's Disease., Taryn Aubrecht
Department: Neuroscience
Nun Yo' Business: How American Women Religious Responded to the Apostolic Visitation, Emily Ludlow Auth
Department: Religious Studies
"You Just Gotta Be Real": Hip-Hop and Cultural Perceptions of Authenticity, Ana-Nicole Baggiano
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Enhanced in Situ Remediation With Swellable Organically Modified Silica Catalyst Composites in Combination With Metal Particles For Reductive Transformations, John Bain
Department: Chemistry
Defining Episodes in the History of the Russian Moderate Activist, Kaitlin Ball
Department: History; Russian Studies
Good Medicine: a Response to Libertarian Concerns Regarding Universal Health Care, Jennifer Barnes
Department: Philosophy
Surviving a Death Sentence: A Qualitative Analysis of the Modern HIV/AIDS Experience in America, Eileen V. Barrer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Is This a Set?: the Relationship Between Creative Thinking and Playing a Visual Perception Card Game, Mara Bartlett Asenjo
Department: Psychology
Can Environmental Sustainability Lead to Increased Profits? a Study of the Environmental Porter Hypothesis, Channaa Bassel
Department: Economics
Assessing Histoplasma Capsulatum Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans: Will Virulence Factors Be Expressed at 25C, Jessica Susan Battaglia
Department: Biology
The End of a Nation: Russian Nationalism As a Reaction to Westernization, Jeremy Bervoets
Department: Russian Studies; History
The New Scramble For Africa: An Explanation of the Differential Success of China and India in Entering the African Oil Industry, Benjamin Bestor
Department: International Relations
Can Work Be Fun? the Effects of Feedback and Need For Cognition on the Achievement of a Flow State, Casey Biggs
Department: Psychology
How Has the European Union Led to Sub-Nationalist Movements Gaining Greater Political Control? a Comparative Analysis of Scotland and Catalonia, Emily Billingsley
Department: Political Science
Past Phantoms and Pollutions: Evolution of the Ghost Story From Ancient Greece to Modern America, Joshua Binus
Department: Classical Studies
Seven Deadly Satires, Elspeth Bloom
Department: English
A Daydream of Freddie Cool: An Examiniation of Record Label Promotion of Its Artist, Nana Boamah-Acheampong
Department: Communication Studies
The Effects of Digitalization on Profit in the Music Market, Zachary Boylston
Department: Economics
Gender Differences in Unemployment: the Effects of Human Capital, Occupational Sex Segregation, and Household Location on the Probability of Being Unemployed, Brandin Bozsik
Department: Business Economics
That's What (S)He Said: the Effects of Leader Rhetoric on the Outcomes of Public Diplomacy, Elijah Bresley
Department: Political Science
Nihil Sub Sole Novum: the Struggle of Latin in the Twentieth Century, Kurt A. Brown
Department: Education; History
The American Dragon: the Influence of Hollywood on Martial Arts in America, Mackenzie E. Brown
Department: History
From "Gypsy" Myths to Roma Realities, Julie Bularzik
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Economic, Political, and Social Consequences of the United States War on Drugs For Indigenous South Americans, Sarah Burpee
Department: International Relations
Naturally Born Techies: How Children Infuse Technology and Media into Their Academic and Social Lives, Amelia Elizabeth Burris
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Comparative Analysis of the Binding of 2-Aminobenzophenone to p38 MAP kinase Amino Acid Residues, Ryan J. Burzese
Department: Chemistry
Exploring the Roots of Autism: Neurobiological Differences Between Btbr T+Tf/J and C57Bl/6J Mice, Carolyn Cahill
Department: Neuroscience
Conditional Foreign Aid: the Morality and Success of Its Use For Democratization, Ian Carlin
Department: Political Science; Philosophy
Tighten Up: a Preliminary Study of Knots, Louisa Catalano
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Can Environmental Sustainability Lead to Increased Profits? a Study of the Environmental Porter Hypothesis, Bassel Channaa
Department: Economics
Portraits and Figures of Women at Yuli Mental Institution in Hwalien, Taiwan, Feng-Ju Chien
Department: Art and Art History
Psychosocial Development: the Socio-Emotional Dimensions of Deafness and Hearing Loss in Jamaica, Nikitta Chin-See
Department: Communication Studies
Waiting For Death, Stephanie Cholley
Department: English
The Synthesis and Characterization of Au(III)--4,4'-Dimethoxy-2,2'-Bipyridine Complex, Youngjoon Cho
Department: Chemistry
The Songs We Keep: the Pop Music Anthem and American Youth Identity, Will Christiansen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Domain Specific But Structurally Shared: Exploring the Syntactic Processing of Music and Language in the Brain, Sarah Ciriegio
Department: Psychology
Civil Rights of the Developmentally Disabled: a Study of Apple Creek Developmental Center, Jeannette Coleridge
Department: History
Gender Differences in Auditory and Visual Spatial Memory, Matthew Copple
Department: Psychology
Too Far Gone: Abstract Films, Intelegence, Sensation Seeking and the Need For Cognition, Michael C. Corby
Department: Psychology
Defining Ourselves: Ethnic and Racial Identity Among Domestic Students of Color at the College of Wooster, Estancia Cota
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La Representación Del Sexo/Género En El Muerto Disimulado Y La Traicion En La Amistad, Dana Culbert
Department: Spanish
Protolith Determination of Mylonitic Rock Adjacent to the Madison Mylonite Zone, Henry's Lake Mountains, Southwest Montana and Idaho, Jesse Davenport
Department: Geology
An Echo of An Echo: Stories, Emily Davis
Department: English
"Hope I'm Funny...": An Exploration in the Performance of Black Masculinity By African American Male Standup Comedians, Yassamin Davoodi
Department: Africana Studies; Sociology and Anthropology
Medea Through the Eyes of Her Audience: Judgments on the Child-Killer From Antiquity Through Modernity, Emma DeLooze
Department: Classical Studies
Investigation of a Putative Arginine Kinase From Desulfobacterium Autotrophicum: Evolutionary Implications For the Bacterial Arginine Kinases, Christopher DeMoll
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Korsgaardian Agency and Lived Agency: Some Concerns, Sophia Derugen-Toomey
Department: Philosophy
IMPRO-VIBES 17X: The Visual Expression of Hip-Hop Lyrics, Nina R. Dine
The Historic Built Landscape of The College of Wooster: An Investigation into Architecture, Curriculum, and Memory, Jacob L. Dinkelaker
An Exploration of the Future of the Book: the Effect of Cultural and Technological Changes on the American Publishing Industry, Hannah Diorio-Toth
Department: English
Irish Political Society: a Normative Democratic Evaluation, Andrew Dirgo
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
Apotheosis: Cantata on the Monomythcome: Two Choral Poems By Sara Teasdale, Quinn Dizon
Department: Music
Breakthrough? a Comparison of Civil Rights Era and 21st Century African American Mayors in Washington, D.C., and Newark, New Jersey, Sally Dorman
Department: History; Political Science
Patagonian Peregrinations: Chatwin, Giardinelli, and Soriano's Literary Interpretations of Rural Argentina, Caroline Drozdiak
Department: Comparative Literature
The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Alice Dudley
Department: Classical Studies
International Trade and Its Impact on C02 Emissions, Tracy A. Duhaney
Department: Business Economics
Shapes and Forms Against the Norrms: Authenticity, Individualism and Masculinity within the Music, Lyrics and Image of Rush, William A. Dziatkowicz
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigating the Role of Threonine-58 in Creatine Kinase Activity and Active Site Communication, Dmytri Eck
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Would You Vote For a Woman? a Study Looking at Gender Identity and Party Politics in America, Arielle Lauren Einstein
Department: Psychology
What Factors Really Affect Jurors' Decisions: a Mathematical Modeling Approach to a Common Psychological Question, Dustin Eisele
Department: Psychology; Mathematics
J'Ai Tellement Envie ... Le Mariage Au Service De La Critique Et De La Satire
De L’Ancien Régime Et De La Révolution Française, Kelly Lynn Epstein
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Novel Synthesis and Purification of Cyclohexyl Phosphatidylserine Analogs Via the H-Phosphonate Approach, Forrest Etheridge
Department: Chemistry
From Goddess to Dragons, Rta to Ren: Water Through the Lenses of Hinduism and Chinese Religions, Christine Evans
Department: Religious Studies
Volunteerism, Food Access, and Community Resilience: a Case Study of a Non-Profit Urban Farming Organization, Sara Falkoff
Department: Psychology
Souls For Sale: An Exploration of the Methodological Approaches Implemented in Reintegration Programs For Trafficked Persons, Constance Ferber
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Study Testing the Effect Government-Sponsored Enterprise's Activities Have on Homebuyers, Eric Fertig
Department: Business Economics
Synthesis of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes and Their Use as DNA Light Switches, Nathaniel Firestone
Department: Chemistry
Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Thermodynamics of 1-Acylaminoanthraquinones, and Their Solvent and Substituent Dependencies, Stephen Andrew Ford
Department: Chemistry
A Touch of Homophobia, Elijah Franklin
Department: Psychology
The Driving Forces of the Ohio State-Michigan Rivalry: How Media and Television Shaped "The Game", Ian Franks
Department: History
They Did What to Their Junk: Roman Views of Greek Athletic Nudity, Kaylin Gaal
Department: Classical Studies; History
E-Readers Vs. Paper: An Investigation of Cognitive Differences in a College Sample Reading From Popular E-Readers and Paper, Thomas Gable
Department: Psychology
Engineering New Life in a Utilitarian World: Creating a Social Policy For Synthetic Life, Benjamin Gartin
Department: Philosophy
Experiencing a Narrative: An Empirical Exploration of a Reader's Social Engagement With Text, Sarah Gerlach
Department: English; Psychology
Comfort of Animals: Effects of An Animal's Presence on Stress, Melanie R. Gillan
Department: Psychology