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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
Investigation of the Interaction Between Neuronal Interleukin-16 and An A-Type Potassium Channel Subunit, Hannah Patia Leahy
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pecking the Eggshell at Once from Inside and Out: Encountering Self Through Nature in Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and the Phenomenal Experience, Timothy James Lehmann
Department: Religious Studies
"My Name Is Legion; For We Are Many:" a Study of Demonology and Exorcisms in the Christian Faith, Miranda Leigh Leickly
Department: Religious Studies
Illegals: An Intertextual Study of Legitimacy and Voice, Anne L. Leigh
Department: English
Two Movements for String Quartet & Concertino for String Orchestra, Stephen Lett
Department: Music
Choreographing Roots: a Study of a Square Dance Community in Northeast Ohio, Rachel Libben
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
When Lizards Attack: the Effect of An Audience on Aggressive Territorial Behavior in Male Green Anoles, Anolis carolinensis, Danielle Lightle
Department: Biology
Birds of a Feather Flock Together: a Study of Ethnicity and Personality Value Similarities Concerning Interpersonal Attraction, Patrick Litam
Department: Psychology
Portrait of the Artifice As a Young Man: Cold War Homophobia's Effect on the Comines of Robert Rauschenberg, 1954 Through 1959, Jenny Lockerby
Department: Art and Art History
Characterization of a Bacterial Arginine Kinase from Desulfotalea Psychrophila LSv54: The Influence of Physiological Conditions on Enzyme Activity, Charles D. Lockhart
Department: Biology
"You Know What They Say About a Person With Tattoos?:" A Historical Evaluation of Stereotypes Linked With Tattoos, David T. Loudenslager
Department: History
Amount of Formal Care Prior to Kindergarten, Erin Lustic
Department: Psychology
Developing Subfossil Conifer Tree-Ring-Width Chronologies to Investigate the Glacial and Climate History of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Eva Lyon
Department: Geology
Determining the Role of Isoforms of Arginine Kinase in Paramecium tetraurella, Leslie Magida
Department: Biology
And If That Boisterous Channel: Crossing Borders, Deleting Lines, Marissa A. Marangoni
Department: English
Investigating the Siloxymethylation of Acetylated Glucuronide: One Step in the Synthesis of C-Linked Retinoyl-β-Glucuronide, Alaina R. Martinez
Department: Chemistry
Emotional Intelligence: Impact of Stress on Self-Regulation, Dia A. Mason
Department: Psychology
Continental Union: OAU and the Challenges of Unity, Sarah Mayo
Department: History
Blending Identities: Queer Subculture in 21st Century China, Amanda Rose McCreight
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Effects of Depression on Explicit and Implicit Memory: Mood Congruent Biases and Decreased Performance, Taylor A. McKay
Department: Psychology
Audio-Visual: a Collection of Illustrations Derived From Captured Sound, Joanna McKeon
Department: Art and Art History
Financial Flows and Uncertainty in the Small Economy, Bret McNab
Department: Economics
Junia, a Female Apostle: a Study of the Women in Ministry Debate in Evangelical Christianity, Matthew Mellott
Department: Religious Studies
Junia, a Female Apostle: A Study of the Women in Ministry Debate in Evangelical Christianity, Matthew Melott
Department: Religious Studies
Life's a Game, Play It! a Study on Game Theoretic Modeling, Julie F. Meredith
Department: Mathematics
Sociological Discussion Addressing Potential Motives For Sport
Participation Among High School Students, Bradley M. Michel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Impact of Advertising on Firm Profitability Depending on Firm Age, David Miller
Department: Economics
Mathematical Guide to Casino Gaming, Andrew Mizak
Department: Mathematics
Herodotus the Impartial Observer: a Look at Herodotus' Treatment of Greeks and Persians in the Histories, Nicholas J. Monin
Department: Classical Studies
El Texto Resistente E HĂbrido: Una InvestigaciĂłn Auto-Conciente De La Narrativa Personal De Un Trabajador Mexicano, David P. Montgomery
Department: Spanish
Comparatist's Collage: Crossing Borders Among Five Films, Taz Jenna Morgan
Department: Comparative Literature
Investigation of Six Sigma: the Fact, Fad, and Fiction of Corporate America's Favorite Tool, Will Morrison
Department: Mathematics
Tgyarcophryp MRFO Tencani Ot Donmre Sitem: the Cryptographic Advancements in the Security of Messages From Ancient to Modern Times Form a Mathematical Perspecitve, Steven Motil
Department: Mathematics
Contamination History of Boot Lake Granodiorite, Nova Scotia, Canada, Brian Mumaw
Department: Geology
Comparative Explanation For the Lack of Universal Health Care in the United States Using the Residual Welfare Models of Great Britain and Canada, Ernest Neilson
Department: Political Science
I Hate Packing, Katie Nelson-Croner
Department: Theatre and Dance
School Reform Success and Failure: the Use of Civic Capacity to Reform Urban Public Schools in Two U.S. Cities, Nora Neustadt
Department: Urban Studies
Attempted Anhydrous Synthetic Routes to the [Co(tn)2(L2)m(S2O6)n Type Complexes, Nikki Lynn Hue Nguyen
Department: Chemistry
Investigating the AKS Algorithm, Andrew Michael Nicol
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Influence of Politeness on Likeability: Using Grice's Maxims in Human-Computer Interaction, Krysta Niemczyk
Department: Psychology
Effects of Human Nest Box Disturbances on Visitation Rates, Visitation Durations and Return Times of Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Parents in Three Ohio Counties, Daniel D. Noble
Department: Biology
Filling the Cup: Voltaire, C.S. Lewis, and the Inclusion of Religion in the Public Sphere, Kara M. Olson
Department: History; Religious Studies
Synthesis of the Monomeric Components of a Polyfluorene Copolymer With Pyrene End-Caps, Brian A. Ondrusek
Department: Chemistry
Power of Persuasive Speech: the Interplay Between Ethnicity, the Speaker, His or Her Message, and the Audience, Michael Panfil
Department: Psychology; Political Science
Progress Towards a Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled With Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry Method For the Quantitative Analysis of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Environmental Matrices, Eric C. Panzer
Department: Chemistry
Laundry Is the Only Thing That Should Be Sorted By Color: the Role of Anxiety in Deterring Interracial Interactions, Katherine E. Patton
Department: Psychology
Continental Shift: the Evolution of American Imperialism and Hawaii's Struggle For Sovereignty, Catherine F. Paulson
Department: History
"The Creator's Game": An Examinationof the Fusion of Athleticism and Spirituality in Traditional Native American Lacrosse, Margaret A. Peake
Department: Religious Studies
Effects of Family-Ownership on Firm Value, Drew Pelger
Department: Economics
For How Long Do Neighbors Remain 'Dear Enemies' to Resident Convict Cichlids (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)?, Sara M. Perry
Department: Biology
Does On-Site Child Care Matter: a Case Study, Erin Plant
Department: Business Economics
Birth Order and Competition: the Effects of Family Dynamics, Gender, and the Developmental Nature of One's Ordinal Position, Amanda K. Popiel
Department: Psychology
Bayesian Source Direction Determination For Gravitational-Wave Bursts, Stephen Poprocki
Department: Mathematics; Physics
Strangers in a Strange Land: of Jews, Japan and Their Tangled History, Jason N. Portner
Department: History
Investigation of Creatine to Creatinine Ratios in Fibromyalgia, Severin Pouly
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Levy Processes With Particular Interest in the Poisson Process and Its Application in Queuing Theory, Timothy Presto
Department: Mathematics
"Jerome Has Legs": Classical Philology and Sacred Text in the Works of Saint Jerome, Desiderius Erasmus, and Martin Luther, Megan Grace Prichard
Department: Classical Studies; History
Defining Coping Strategies For Eastern Bluebirds, Sialia sialis, Leslie Erin Prince
Department: Biology
Determination of Oxidative DNA Damage in Iron-Overloaded HEPG2 Cells and Implications for the Development of Hepatocellular carcinoma, Kimberlee K. Rankin
Department: Biology
"Not Only With Both Eyes Open, But With Both Hands Dirty": Tradition and Social Criticism in the Life and Work of Cornel West, Christopher Hyde Redding
Department: Religious Studies
Concepto De La Salvacion En Las Obras De Miguel De Unamuno, Emily Erin Richardson
Department: Spanish
The Influence of Religion on Environmental Attitudes and Conservation Behaviors, Crystal M. Riley
Department: Psychology; Religious Studies
Reducing the Homeownership Gap: An Analysis of Tenure Choice Decisions For Individuals in the Cleveland Metropolitan Area, Travis Robertson
Department: Business Economics
Siam 100.0000000-Digit Challenge: a Study in High Accuracy Numerical Computing Using Interval Analysis and Mathematica, James Rohal
Department: Mathematics
Big Business Vs. Public Interest: the 1978 Default of Cleveland, Christina Rokakis
Department: History
Satisfied?: Examining Job Satisfaction and Marital Satisfaction of Professors at State Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States of America, Erica Marie Ropers
Department: Psychology
Effects of Compression on Conducting Spheres As They Pertain to Studying Granular Percolation, Jonathan Louis Rosch
Department: Physics
Assisted Suicide: An Interest Not a Right, Eric G. Roscoe
Department: Political Science
If You're Happy and an Atheist, Clap Your Hands: A Study of Atheism Inside, Outside and Alongside Religion, Kathryn A. Russell
Department: Religious Studies
Concerns of An Anti-Skeptic: Traditional Epistemology: Why It Should Be Naturalized and Taken Back to Common Sense, Andrew Russo
Department: Philosophy
Metacognitive Ability in Paired Associate and Text Comprehension Tasks: Comparisons and Attempts to Improve Metacognitive Accuracy, Stephanie Salisbury
Department: Psychology
A Qualitative Study of What Works and What Doesn't in Offender Rehabilitation, Cassandra Sattazahn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
President's Agenda: "The Politics Behind Presidential Spending and the Federal Budget", Justin M. Schafer
Department: Political Science
Attack of the Killer, Elongated Tomatoes! the Role of Tomato Gene CDSI in the Control of Fruit Morphology, Erin Kathleen Schaffner
Department: Biology
What in the World Is That?: Predator Recognition and Subtle Visual Cue Discrimination in the Domestic Horse (Equus caballus), Catherine Schlichting
Department: Biology
Microgeographic Song Sharing and the Formation of Dialects in the Dickcissel, Spiza americana, Derek M. Schook
Department: Biology
Plant Uptake of Triclosan, Sarah E. Schostarez
Department: Chemistry
Civic Capacity and Regional Sustainability: the Evolution of Metropolitan Sustainability Policy, Steven Christian Schott
Department: Political Science
Literacy: A Responsibility or an Unreasonable Request? An Investigation of School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists' Attitudes Towards and Involvement in Literacy, Paul F. Seling
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Effect of Recycled Sand Bedding Materials and Probiotics on the Fecal Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Dairy Cattle, Joseph D. Sevier
Department: Biology
Monte Carlo Studies of the Globally-Coupled Ising Model, Daniel Edward Shai
Department: Chemistry; Physics
Value of Race: the Effects of African American Presence on Property Values in the City of Philadelphia, Clark Samuel Sheffield
Department: Urban Studies
George Washington's Character and Religion, Grant M. Simmons
Department: History
Examining the Interaction Between Neuronal Interleukin-16 and the NR2A Subunit of the NMDA Receptor, Stephanie Simmons
Department: Chemistry
Examining the Interaction Between Neuronal Interleukin-16 and the NR2A Subunit of the NMDA Receptor, Stephanie Simmons
Department: Biology
Effects of Larval Rearing Density and Food Availability on Adult Wing Coloration and Mating Success in Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus), Amy L. Smith
Department: Biology
Is the Current Election System in the United States Truly Democratic? a Normative Study of Felon Disenfranchisement in United States Election System, Andre M. Smith
Department: Political Science
Business of Brides: the History of the White Wedding in America, Elizabeth Marie Sorice
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Is There a Correlation Between Wing Coloration and the Ejaculate of Male Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)?, Kevin A. Spragg
Department: Biology
Effect of Short-Term Food Deprivation on Corticosterone, Corticosterone-Binding Globulin, and the Testosterone in Adult Male Zebra Finches, Teresa B. Stamplis
Department: Biology
Evolution of Poison Gas in Germany From World War I to World War II, Andrew Stebbins
Department: History
Is Chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Present in Declining Populations of Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)?, Sheldon Steiner
Department: Biology
Inside the Grand Illustion: How Presidents Make Decisions Based on What They Already Believe, John Warren Steinman
Department: Political Science
New Orlean's Colleges: Life After Hurricane Katrina, Emmanuel Paul Sterling
Department: Art and Art History
Reactions of the United States to External Threats As a Result of Bureaucratic Politics, William J. Stevens
Department: Political Science
Geochronology of Late Pleistocene Corals Associated With a Rapid Sea Level Change (Great Inagua and San Salvador, the Bahamas), Ann Steward
Department: Geology
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Strip Mine Reclamation on Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Populations in the Racoon Creek Watershed of Southwest Ohio, Mary Fiona Stewart
Department: Biology
Defend Yourself, While Your Hands Are Still Yearning: Norwegian Civilian Resistance to German Occupation and National Socialism, Elisabeth Stove
Department: History; German Studies
"No Place For Children in a War:" the World War II Evacuation of British Children in History and Chidren's Fiction, Julia Stuckman
Department: English; History
Fighting the Blues and Coping With Depression: a Historical Perspective, Linda M. Studer
Department: History