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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
Do As I Say, Not As I Do, John McCreight
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Tensors and Adjoints and Circs, Oh My! A Study of Advanced Topics in Linear Algebra, Shannon McIntyre
Department: Mathematics
Celtic Invasion of Ireland: Myth or Fact? Revisiting the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition, Catherine McMahon
Department: Archaeology
Effects of the Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, on the Periphyton and Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Upper Yellowstone River System, Derrick Miller
Department: Biology
"Somos Como La Madre Milpa": Un Estudio De La Identidad Socio-Linguistica Maya En Guatemala, Sarah Caroline Minton
Department: Spanish
Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House Ethos of Food, Christine Elizabeth Moffett
Department: History
Donnie Darko: Writing a Film From a Reader's Perspective, Jeffery A. Morgan II
Department: English
Public Opinion's Negative Effect on U.S. Foreign Drug Policy, Nicholas Morris
Department: Political Science
Anti-Predator Behavior in Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Tadpoles, Leah Jennifer Mycoff
Department: Biology
ATP Analogue, Adenosine 5'-Sulfatopyrophosphate: An Alternative Substrate or Inhibitor of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase, Hai Dang Nguyen
Department: Chemistry
Jesus + Folk - Son of God = Bob Dylan, David J. Orr
Department: History
Change Deafness: Allocating Attention to Auditory Changes and the Effects on Earwitness Testimony, Ellie A. Papke
Department: Psychology
Apoptotic Cascades As Possible Targets For Inhibiting Apoptosis in Huntington's Disease, Lindsay Pattison
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Examining the Physiological Role of An Arginine Kinase in Caenorhabditis Elegans, B. Daniel Pipitone
Department: Chemistry
Stress Response to Prolonged Capture House Sparrows, Anthony J. Porter Jr.
Department: Biology
Of Bogs and Men: a Study of the Messages Museums Tell Us, Melinda I. Potter
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigating the Effects of Different Diets on the Microbial Communities and Cellular Morphologies Within the Intestinal Tract of Broiler Chickens and Turkey Poults, Rebecca Connelly Prada
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Will They or Will They Not? the Lone Crescent and Star's Quest For European Union Membership, Michael George Prohaska
Department: Political Science
Are Your There, God? It's Me, Prime Time Television.: An Analysis of Religiosity and Religious Practitioners on Popular Prime Time Television Shows with a Focus on The Simpsons, 7th Heaven, South Park, and Joan of Arcadia, Andrea K. Ragsdale
Department: Religious Studies
Have a Seat This May Take a While: the Process of Chair Design, Kimberly Rastetter
Department: Art and Art History
Fat Doesn't Pay: the Effect of Obesity on Wages, Elizabeth Rice
Department: Economics
Living History Or Cultural Obsolescence? A Study Of Modern Pipe Organ Restoration Projects In Germany And The Netherlands And Their Impact Upon The Musical Life Of Their Churches in Which They Reside And The Wider Community, Bryan Evan Rodda
Department: Music
From Innocence to Corruption: An Analysis of the 1960s Through Presidential and Civil Rights Leaders' Obituaries, Jayson T. Rogers
Department: History
The 1948 Cleveland Indians Influence on Cleveland's Economy and Society in the Post-War Era, Robert R. Romick II
Department: History
Comparative Analysis of a Novel Tyrosine Kinase, McsB from Bacillus subtilis, with the Phosphagen Kinases Using Mutagenesis and Phylogenetics, Julianne Rutt
Department: Biology
Comparing the Aggressive Responses of Crayfish Influenced By Caffeine and Theanine to Studies of Humans: Limitations Within the Study of Simple Systems, Stephanie Sandmeyer
Department: Biology
Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Poly(Para-Phenylenevinylene) Derivative Substituted With Dibenzo-30-Crown-10, Josephine Sasu-Tenkoramaa
Department: Chemistry
Too Cool For School? The Relationship between High School Students' Self-Monitoring and Gender Identity to Academic Achievement and their Perception of Valuable Qualities in Peers, Alissa M. Schmidt
Department: Psychology
Learning Lessons From Bears: a Study of the Message Embedded in Children's Literature in the United States, Sarah Schnackel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Had You Behaved in a More Gentleman-Like Manner" (Austen 127): a Study of Social Conventions in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and How the Novel Acts As a Microcosm in the Context of Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century English Society, Caitlin A. Schneider
Department: English
Decreasing Fall Risk in Osteoporosis Patients in Primary Care Settings Using Novel Methods For Screening and For Physical Therapy Follow-Up, Katherine Schwinn
Department: Biology
Two Regimes and the Principles of Enlightenment Thought: Religion and the State in Augustan Rome and Modern America, Samuel Courter Morris Shimeall
Department: Classical Studies
Progress Toward Synthesizing a Dimeric Calix[4]Arene Molecular Container, Erica Shubeck
Department: Chemistry
Comparison of Bully Prevention Programs in Middle Schools to the Number of Students Involved in Bullying Situations at Each Middle School, Collette R. Smith
Department: Psychology
National Enquirer Eats New York Times: An Examination of the Tabloidization of U.S. Daily Newspapers, Leslie Mae Smith
Department: English
Foreign Influence in the Third Wave of Democratization: a Comparative Study of United States Hard and Soft Power Influence, Elizabeth Steiner
Department: Political Science
Man's Best Friend: Examining Social Functions of Dogs' in the Lives of Humans, Emily J. Sterling
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed: An Exploration of Healing in Mainline Protestant Traditions: Historical Roots, Modern Dilemmas, Katie Ann Strednak
Department: Religious Studies
Give Me a Penny & I'll Make You a Fortune, Ashley G. Sturtevant
Department: History
Slut Alphabet: A Feminist Dictionary of Sex & Agency, Kory Sutherland
Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Jonathan Swann
Department: Music
Masculinity and "The Greatest Generation:" An Oral History, Austin Ernest Taylor
Department: History
Inter Arma Leges Silent: the Supreme Court and Their Decisions During War, Anne M. Teckman
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Synthesis of Siloxymethyl Glucuronide: Progress in the Synthesis of C-Linked Retinoyl β-Glucuronide, Kathryn M. Torrey
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Simulating the Path of a Fastpitch Softball Pitch, Angela Lynn Triplett
Department: Physics
On Meaning and Life, Colin Turner
Department: Philosophy
Cryptic Marine Community From the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Langton Herring, Dorset, Southern England, Monica A. Umstead
Department: Geology
Effect of Art Therapy on Self-Esteem and Short Term Memory Performance in the Elderly, Jessica L. Ward
Department: Psychology
Heroes Without Wings: Rescue, Redemption, and the Persistence of Western Myth, Elizabeth Weiss
Department: History; English
Uzbekistan on the Threshold of Revolution? Radical Islam and the Threat to the Post-Soviet State, Andrew White Whitner
Department: Political Science; History
Topology-Based Algorithms For Self-Organizing, Self-Healing Peer-To-Peer Search Networks, Joel Wietelmann
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Spreading the Word: the Promise and Disappointment of the Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, Angela Winningham
Department: History
Heroes: Reflections of World War II Through the Stories of Those Who Lived It, Jennifer R. Woloschyn
Department: English
Local Citizen's Knowledge and Attitudes of Environmental Concerns Within the Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area: Transitions Towards the Goals and Ideals of Ecosystems Management, Tim W. Wyatt
Department: Political Science
An Investigation of the Frequency and Effects of Extra-Pair Paternity in Two South-Central Welsh Populations of Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula Hypoleuca) During the 2004 and 2005 Breeding Seasons, Marliese Anne Zimmerman
Department: Biology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
What's Personhood Got to Do, Got to Do With It? Questioning the Relevance of Personhood Within the Context of Abortion and Other Related Issues, Abigail Perry Adams
Department: Philosophy
Smokin', Jeffrey W. Adamson
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Origin of the Strjugsskarð Andesite, Skagi Peninsula, North-Central Iceland, Charlene Adzima
Department: Geology
Struck Out: the 1919 World Series, Robert L. Andreoli
Department: History
Effects of Erythropoietin (EPO) Treatment on Muscle Strength, Fatigue, and Hemoglobin Levels in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Angela Arnold
Department: Biology
Effects of 2,4,4,-Trichloro-2-Hydroxydiphenylether on Salmonella typhimurium, Ashley Arnold
Department: Biology
Pillage the Village! The Sources of Viking Perceptions, Ian Barrett
Department: History
Retold: Interpretations of the Influences of Storytelling, Anne Baughman
Department: Art and Art History
Far From Sterile: the Microbial Contamination and Food-Borne Disease Potential of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) Seeds, Jonathan Robert Bell
Department: Biology
Presidential Success in Congress: the Myth of Second Term Failure, Christopher M. Billow
Department: Political Science
They Are Likened With Air Quality: the Use of Corticolous Lichen Communities and Elemental Analysis of Punctella rudecta As Indicators of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Air Quality at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Andrew Bishop
Department: Biology
The Landscape: Catalyst of American Identity, Ann Marie Bliley
Department: English
SALTing the Nukes: The Effectiveness of the Nixon and Carter Administrations to Conclude a Strategic Arms Limitations Agreement, 1969-1979., Amanda K. Bonus
Department: History
From the Euro to the Afro Lessons From European Monetary Union For Africa, Patrick M. Bourke
Department: Economics; Political Science
Paleoenvironments and Stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Strata of Central Tennessee, Suzanne E. Boyenton
Department: Geology
Passe Recompose: L'Histoire Et L'Histoire Dans Les Trois Mousquetaires, Adrienne K. Brayman
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Religion's Effects on Mental Health: A Brief Look at the Study of Psychology and Religion--Its Past, Present, and Future., Jennifer Ann Brooks
Department: Religious Studies
"What He Has Now to Say": a Thematic Narrative in John Berryman's 77 Dream Songs, Jay Brumfield
Department: English
Special Education Served With a Silver Spoon: the Analysis of a Special Education Program in An Affluent School District, Amanda Burnett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: the Mythic Trials of Jesus of Nazareth, William Burton
Department: History
Theoretical Examination of a Possible Dihydrogen Complex in Homoleptic Iron (II) and Ruthenium (II) Penta-Hydride, Bryant Cameron
Department: Chemistry
"The Youngest Really Is the Favorite" a Study of the Effects of Birth-Order, Ryan Carson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigation of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots With a Ballistic Electron Emission Microscope, Austin R. Carter
Department: Physics
Scandal of Geometry, Zachary Charles Carter
Department: Mathematics
The Jewish Perspective of the Messiah: Why Not Jesus?, Anthony J. Caruso II
Department: Religious Studies
Live and Let Die: the Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia, Donald Cornelius Caughlan
Department: Philosophy
Search For a Fair and Just Society: Regulating Deviancy From Puritan America to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines of 1987, Timothy S. Cline
Department: History
Redeeming Voices: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Dorothy Allison, Jessica Paige Conn
Department: English
Rhizome Media: Exploring the Effect of the Internet on Journalism Today, Sarah Core
Department: English
Análisis Feminista De Personajes Femeninos En Don Quijote, Y Otra Historia Más, "La Campesina Aldonza Lorenzo Del Toboso", Alexandra Curley
Department: Spanish
Living Liminal: the Dynamic Relationship Between Psychic Vampirism and Spirituality Also Known As Vampire Hunter A: Prana-Lust, Amanda Dahlin
Department: Religious Studies
Hamilton Population Analysis of CO Chemisorption on Pd(111) and Rh(111), Gregory C. Dallinger
Department: Chemistry
Reflecting on the Multiplicity of the Emotional Being: a Self-Portrait, Angela Damore
Department: Art and Art History
Effects of Creatine and Androstenedione on Body Weight, Food and Water Intake, and Physical Strength and Endurance on Trained Lab Rats, Martin Danial
Department: Biology
Determining Variations in Glyphosate Susceptibility Among Velvetleaf (Abutilon Theophrasti, Malvaceae) Accessions, Jala J. Daniel
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Can You Believe What's on TV These Days? An Examination of the Effects of Citizen Groups on the Enforcement of Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Indecency Policy, Andrew C. Darneille
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Role of the N-Termini in the Dimerization and Active Site Communication of Creatine Kinase, Krystal R. Davis
Department: Chemistry
Proposed Method of Tagging Hair Samples For Identification With Straight Chain Alkane Thiols, Sarah E. Davis
Department: Chemistry
Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Films As a Molecular Recognition Element For a Chemical Sensor to Detect Gas Phase Trinitrotoluene, Stacey Lynne Dean
Department: Chemistry
"Suddenly, I'm Thinking About How I Fit Into the Context of This Larger Whole:" a Study of Rural, Secular Intentional Communities in the United States, Katherine Deardorff
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Development of Simple and Effective RNA Interface in Phytophthora infestans, Elise Susan Demitrack
Department: Biology
I Know You Work More Than Any Woman I Ever Seen, Lindsay Demmy
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Computational Investigation of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide on Platinum and Ruthenium, Morgan DeSantis
Department: Chemistry
The Conversion of the Roman Empire Form Pagan to Christian, Tracy Lynn DiBiasio
Department: Religious Studies
Scarlet Women of the Emerald Isle: Convent Operated Female Institutions in Ireland, Rebecca J. Dieleman
Department: History