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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2011
A Crash Course in Riding Philosophy: Why Zen & Motorcycles Really Do Go Together, Alexandra Gioiella
Department: Philosophy; History
Japanese Popular Culture: Why and How Behind Its Increasing Appeal to American Fans, Anna Goodman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Feminism and Magic in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy: An Exploration of Representations of Women and Paganism in Modern Fantasy Literature and How These Stories Reshape Ideologies, Abigail Gordon
Department: English
Achieving Autonomy: a Gendered Exploration of Space and Class in the Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Villette, Margaret Goss
Department: English
Gourmet Pioneers: Exploring the Role Food Writers Play in American Society, Amanda Gottesman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
First Century Judean Synagogue Architecture: How Understandings of Identity, Space, and the Sacred Influenced This Development, Derek Greeley
Department: Archaeology
Blood, Money and Power: How Piracy Challenged the Legitimacy of a Government, Michael Haggerty
Department: History
The Voices of the Pequot Museum: An Exploration of Backstage Messages and Authentic Authority, Alison Emily Hall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Romantic Partner Influence on Body Satisfaction in Undergraduate Females: An Experimental Study of Exposure to Positive and Negative Verbal Commentary, Suzanne Hamby
Department: Psychology
Children and Nature, Adria Hankey-Brown
Using Dynamic Assessment to Measure Word-Learning Ability in Low-And Middle-Socioeconomic Status Preschoolers, Kelly R. Harrold
Department: Communication Studies
Beyond GNP: An Analysis of Individual Experiences with Gross National Happiness in Bhutan, Lisa Hazelton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Camille Pissarro's View of a Modern City: Paintings in Paris, 1893-1903, Laura Hazlett
Department: Art and Art History
Sharing Food From the Master's Table: Working Towards Feminist Solidarity Through Bible Study, Abigail Heimach
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Religious Studies
Subjugating Sex: the Sexual Categorization of Women in Ancient Rome, Andrew Heironimus
Department: History
Television, Still a Worthwhile Medium for Advertising to College Students?: College Students' Attitudes Toward Television Commercials, Scott Heisler
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Developing a Mechanistic Proposal For 2,5-Dihydroxypyridine-5,6-Dioxygenase (NicX) from Bordetella Bronchiseptica, Matthew Henke
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Importance of Being Earnest: Virtue Ethics and the Environment, William Hiatt
Department: Philosophy
Determining the Goal of An Education, Jacob Hill
Department: Philosophy
Selling Cars or Selling Culture? How Porsche Print Advertisements From 1993-2008 Reflect German Culture, Robin Hirtle
Department: German Studies
American Voting Behavior: Moral Voting Issues and Their Impact on Vote Choice, Brian H. Holmes
Department: Political Science
Diverted: An Evaluation and Exploration of Wayne County's Intensive Supervision Probation Program, Anna Hopkins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Greenspace and Quality of Life: a Hedonic Analysis of Parks in Chicago, Illinois, J. Brendan Horgan
Department: Urban Studies
The Camelot Garden: a Novel, Alison Hornbeck
Department: English
Kali the Bloodthirsty, Lilith the Vengeful: a Compartative Analysis to Determine Goddess Stature, Houstin Phyllis Hoskins
Department: Religious Studies
Caring For Justice: When Liberalism Is Not Enough, Meghan Hough
Department: Philosophy; Sociology and Anthropology
A Battle For Grass; E. R. Fryer and the Navajo Livestock Reduction, Audrey Hudak
Department: History
Bioerosion on Oysters Across the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary in Alabama and Mississippi (USA), Megan Innis
Department: Geology
The Language of Totalitarianism: Newspeak, Freedom, and Orwellian Dystopia, Thomas Irvin
Department: English; Philosophy
Laboring to End Child Labor: the Effects of Transnational Advocacy Networks, Fernanda A.M. Iunes
Department: Political Science
Racial Paralysis: Responses to Racial Humor in Interracial Context, Somadina Iworisha
Department: Psychology
Behind in the Count: An Analysis of the Decline of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Brandon Kyle Jacobs
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Sociology and Anthropology
Oh, to Be a Monk on a Lonely Mountain: A Collection of Four Short Stories, Joseph Jensen
Department: English
The Cleveland Oil and Steel Industry: the Making of Industrial Cleveland, c.1870-1900, Charles W. Kamen
Department: History
Tempting Treats and Bootleg Booze: a Working Class Woman's Story on Life and Crime From 1920-1933, Elizabeth Kaplan
Department: History
Finding a New Home in Bulgaria: Achievements and Challenges in the National System For the Integration of Refugees 1993-2010, Stefka Katzarska
Department: International Relations
Exploring the Evolution of International Organizations Within Food Aid Regimes 1947-2010, Taylor Keegan
Department: Political Science
Louisiana Island Stories: Cultural and Coastal Erosion, As Seen Through Kate Chopin's the Awakening, Lafcadio Hearn's Chita: a Memory of Last Island, and the Stories of Isle De Jean Charles, Amanda Keith
Department: English
Viewing the "Other" in China: A Critical Analysis of Han Majority Views of Minorities Through Film, Katherine Kelly
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Examining the Resource Curse: the Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth in Resource-Rich Countries, Mary Kennedy
Department: International Relations
Process (R&D) Innovation: Cost Reduction & Value Added in Innovative Firms, Maaz Tasneem Khan
Department: Business Economics
The Eagle Flew Over the Mountain: the History of America and Afghanistan Since 1945, Joshua Kime
Department: History
Traductrice, Traidora: Confronting Betrayal in Translation, Martina Kinkle
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Spanish
A Study of the Structure/Function Relationship of NicF in the Bordetella Bronshiseptica Nicotinic Acid Degradation Pathway, Roger Klein
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Boom! How the Human Population Explosion Affects Our Future, Bridget Kraynik
Department: Mathematics
The United States in the Age of Anxiety : How Atomic Technology Impacted American Society, Jacob Kubasta
Department: History
Faith, Politics, and the State: the Impact of Antagonistic Rhetoric By the U.S.' Christian Right and India's Hindu Nationalism, Linda Kuster
Department: Political Science; Religious Studies
The Media's Effect of Public Opinion of Congress, Nathan Laslow
Department: Political Science
The United Methodist System of Itinerancy, and their Congregations' Understanding of It, Michael Law
Department: Religious Studies
Why do Women Seek Midwifery Care?: A Quantitative Study Exploring Cultural Motivations for Women's Choices of Maternity Care, Eleanor Lawrence
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
I Left My Heart in Malawi: A Young Woman's Six-Week Journey of Self Discovery and Cultural Awakening, Brittanny Lee
Department: English
Increasing Self-Control in College Students, Gordon S. Lee
Department: Psychology
Next to Nothing: a Novel, Rachel Lindenberger
Department: English
Consumer Rationality of Auto Loan With Respect to Personal Financial Background and Education, Sihan Li
Department: Business Economics
How Should Pope John Paul II Be Remembered? a Study of the Legacy of the Pope John Paul II, Justin R. Lizik
Department: Religious Studies
Method Development For Quantitative Analysis of Prostanoids and Isoprostanes in Human Serum to Investigate the Molecular Basis of Aspirin Resistance, Mary Kate Lockhart
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
In the Forests of North America They Dream of India: A Cultural Exploration of Postmodern Americans as Buddhist Pilgrims, Noreen Lucic
Department: Religious Studies
Presidential Character in the Decision Making Process: a Case Study of Richard Nixon, Jacob Lucius
Department: Political Science
Reimagining Romantic Relationships: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Isabel Allende's Novels, Grace Lundergan
Department: English; Spanish
From Bland to Delicious: Beer and Its Implications on American Consumption and Identity, Alexandria MacKay
Department: History
Marijuana Prohibition Costs, Contradictions and Rhetoric, Scott MacKenzie
Department: History
Organosilica-Polymer Composit Materials For Capture and Release of DNA for Forensic Application, Laszio Marcze
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Living Well in a Neoliberal World: An Alternative Vision of Climate Change, Christopher Marino
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Thermodynamic and Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Excited State Intramolecular Charge Transfer of 4-Aminobenzoic Acid and 4-Dimethylaminobenzoic Acid, Zachery Matesich
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Analysis and Characterization of Siphonosoma Cumanense HTK: Evolutionary Implications, Robert Mayer Jr
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Fear of ...., Kathleen Mazzei
Department: Art and Art History
The Russian Civil War of 1917-1920: Need the Reds Have Won?, Joseph McCarthy
Department: History
Progesterone and Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment Effect on Behavioral Tests in Transgenic Mice, Matthew Patrick McCaslin
Department: Psychology
Engendering the Solow Growth Model: An Empirical Analysis of the Impacts of Female Human Capital and Female Labor Force Participation on Economic Growth, Marguerite McClain
Department: International Relations
Mistake By the Lake: the History of the Cleveland Browns, Art Modell's Controversial Decision to Move the Team to Baltimore, and Its Impact, Justin McDowell
Department: History
An Eye For the Future: Digitalizing Costume Collections in the Twenty-First Century, Julie Melrose
Department: Theatre and Dance
The Impacts of Distraction on the White-Coat Hypertension Effect in College Students, Emily Meyer
Department: Psychology
Stuck at the Fork in the Middle of the Road?: Towards the Rational Discretion of Microfinance Institutions, Christopher Miller
Department: Economics; Philosophy
A Qualitative Investigation of the Photochemical Decomposition of Copper-Oxalate Complexes, Matthew Miller
Department: Chemistry
"The Outside of a Horse is Good For the Inside of a Person": The Symbolism of Horses in Amish Culture, Colby Mills
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
United Nations Peacebuilding and Economic Development Programs: Evolution of Peacebuilding Mandates and Impact on Implementation, Sarah Minot
Department: Political Science
The Characterization of a Hybrid Histidine Kinase in the Pathogenic Dimorphic Fungus Histoplasma Capsulatum, Mary Rebecca Moreci
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Re-Souling" the Glass Slipper: The Transforming Voice of Fairy Tales From Traditional Stories and Disney Films to Modern Adaptations, Erica Morgan
Department: English
Establishing Good Will- Its Not Just About the Criminal: An Analysis of Punishment Theory, Laura Munro
Department: Philosophy
The Poetics of Metaphor: How It Means, Conceptualizes, and Creates, Lindsay Neff
Department: English; Philosophy
Bertolt Brecht and David Hilbert: a Connection Through Formalism, Kevin Nicholson
Department: Mathematics; German Studies
Exploring the Branch-And-Cut Algorithm, Itai Njanji
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Malicious Competitive Individualism in the Fairy Tale Tradition, William Regan O'Connor
Department: English
Babel, Nicholas Ouellette
Department: Art and Art History
An Investigation of the Ability of Pseudomonas Fluorescens to Degrade the Antidepressent Sertraline (Zoloft®), Brad Palanski
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Down-Regulation of Gonadotropins But Not Estrogen Replacement Improves Cognition and Pathology in Ovariectomized 3xTg AD Mice., Russell Palm
Department: Neuroscience
An Analysis of the Impact of Negative Equity and Liquidity on the Likelihood of Mortgage Default, Mohammad Paracha
Department: Business Economics
Create, Think, Be, Sarah Pardee
Department: Philosophy
Adult Attitudes of Shame and Stigma Toward Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Victoria Patrello
Department: Psychology
America's 'Pass' Time: How Football Has Grown in Popularity and Helps to Define American Culture, Christopher Perez
Department: History
Case Studies of States With and Without Educational Voucher Programs, Jeremy P. Petit
Department: Political Science
The Regular Season: An Exploration of the Effects of Research and Self Reflection on the Creative Process, Lindsay Phillips
Department: Theatre and Dance
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Select Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the Chicago Watershed Via Derivatization By Pyridine-3-Sulfonyl Chloride, Caitlin Popa
Department: Chemistry
Le Paris Moderne : Trois Axes Selons Lesquels Paris a Modernisé
À La Fin Du 19Ème Siècle, Emily Popovich
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Art and Art History
Exploring the Earworm Phenomenon: a Study of Hooks and Musical Imagery Repetition (Mir), Matthew Pullara
Department: Psychology
Electoral Competition and Political Repression: the Effect of Competitive Presidential Elections on State Repression, Ayshna Rajbhandary
Department: Political Science
Sharing Lanes: a Collection of Interconnected Short Stories, Eowyn Randall
Department: English
Framing Conservation: the Implications of Framing For Public Opinion on Conservation Policies, Whitney A. Rappole
Department: Political Science
The Economic Impact of the Steroid Era: a Study of the Impact the Steroid Era Had on Major League Baseball Teams' Gate Revenue, Michael Redick
Department: Business Economics
Fear and Arrogance: Why Death Needs a Revolution, William Reid
Department: English; Psychology