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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009
A Study of the Calculus of Variations, Jeffrey Alan Willert
Department: Mathematics
Coach-Athlete Relationship: The Impact of the Coach-Athlete Relationship on the Performance of Division III Women's Basketball Players, Meredith Colette Wilson
Department: Communication Studies
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee: Does Intervention Using Children's Literature Change Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of a Child With Autism?, Joanna Wisneski
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Politics of GMOs: a Case Study Examination of Underlying Social, Cultural, and Political Variables Influencing Consumer Attitude Toward GMOs, Natalie S. Worcester
Department: Political Science
A Burdensome Relationship: George Bush's Relationship With China and Its Effect on Sino-American Relations 1989-1992, Andrew C. Wrenn
Department: History
Comparison on the US Consumption of Chinese Textiles between the ATC and Safeguard Periods, Yufen Wu
Department: Economics
Laws, Love & Lesbians: International Human Rights and Women's Sexual Orientation, Stefanie H. Zaranec
Department: Political Science
Culture Shock: A Life Changing Experience, Luxi Zhang
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Way You Do the Things You Do: An Analysis of Major League Baseball Owners' Ticket Pricing Decisions, Patrick J. Zimmerman
Department: Business Economics
Green Consumerism: How America Turned the Jagged Pill of Environmentalism into a Spoon-Full of Sugar, Sarah M. A. Zwikelmaier
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
Using Math to Play Like a Champion: How Game Theory Can Be Used to Predict Behavior in International Relations, Biology, Politics and Economics, David Adams
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Environmental Ethics in the Arctic: Investigating the Source of Moral Obligations to Wilderness, David Albrechta
Department: Philosophy
Purification of Protected Cyclohexyl Phospho Carbobenzyloxy-L-Serine Benzyl Ester and the Synthesis and Purification of Deprotected Cyclohexyl Phospho-L-Serine Which Is a Potential Analog of Phosphatidylserine, Nicholas Jay Amato
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Colorblind Youth: An Analysis of Black Youth's Understanding of Racism in Contemporary American Society, Megan E. Ammon
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Your Choice. Their Future: A Study of How to Promote Early Learning Education in the Wooster Community, Piper Teresa Annese
Department: Communication Studies
An Education in Possibilities Rather Than Consequences: The Sex Ed Wars, Roza Anthony
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Synthesis and Characterization of Iron and Cobalt Salts With P-Phenylenebis(Picolinaldimine), James N.A. Aryeetey
Department: Chemistry
Misunderstandings and Conflicts in Situations Where Japanese and U.S. Employees Work Together, Chandra Asar
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Pre-War and Current Opinions of ROTC Cadets About the War in Iraq As Affected By War-Time Events, Laura Ayer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Problem of Memory in Post-Franco Spain, Amanda Bailey
Department: History
"You'll Go Places You Never Thought You'd See": The Relationship Between Rural Teens and Military Enlistment, Stevia Baldwin
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Are Smartboards a Smart Decision? the Residual Effects of Interactive Whiteboards in Early Childhood Mathematics, Melissa Bay
Department: Mathematics
The Five Permanent Members of the Security Council and Their Actions Inside the Security Council in Relationship to Cote D'Ivoire and Rwanda, Andrew J. Becker
Department: Political Science
A Consideration of Human Trafficking Policy in Canada, the Democratic Republic of North Korea and Honduras, Daniel P. Blommel
Department: Political Science
The Women of the Uso in World War II, Emily G. Bowditch
Department: History
An Investigation Into the Role of Creatine in Muscle Toxicity Associated With Statin-Use, Jason Bowie
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Looking For Watts and Other Stories, Jack Shelton Boyle
Department: English
Crime Seriousness and Its Effects on Eyewitness Accuracy, Confidence, and Arousal, Kevin M. Brooks
Department: Psychology
The Construction of a European Identity Through Discourse Othering "Less European" Actors: Debates on Turkish Accession to the European Union, Alex E. Brower
Department: Political Science
The Synthesis and Characterization of 4-Nitrobenzylidene Derivatives, Jonathan Butensky-Bartlett
Department: Chemistry
It Ain't All About the Benjamins, Baby: Dismantling the Link Between Musical Taste and Social Class, Erin Byrne
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Can the Hopes of "Never Again" Become a Reality? A Comparative Study of How Three of the Nation's Prominent Holocaust Museums Strive to Prevent Another Holocaust, Nicole C. Calderone
Department: History
Earning Their Wings: The Military-Industrial Complex and Defense Procurement, Justin Chapman
Department: History; Political Science
Percolation Via Electrical Conduction, Mateo Chinchilla
Department: Physics
The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Personality Traits Among College Athletes at The College of Wooster, Bradley C. Chisnell
Department: Psychology
Sinking or Swimming in the Corporate Ocean: An Investigation of Product Recalls and the Most Successful Public Relations Tactics to Survive the Recall, Carolyn Ciriegio
Department: Communication Studies
Treasures From the Coral Reef, Alanna Marie Clark
Department: Art and Art History
It is a Wild Thing: Using the Connection Between Women and Horses to Ride into Myth, Antonia Ruth Clement
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Setting the Stage For Terrorism: Non-State Actors Taking Advantage of State Failure, Heather M. Couch
Department: Political Science
The Family of the Scabby One Will Treat Her: a Study of Honour Killings in Middle Eastern Tribal Culture, Kristen B. Cox
Department: Religious Studies
An Analysis of Male Body Image in College Athletes and Non-Athletes, Grant D'Augustine
Department: Psychology
Content Analysis Study of Food Advertisements and Children, Lauren Nicole DeZellar
Department: Communication Studies
Management Inefficiency and the Risk of Takeover, Russ Dieringer
Department: Economics
Population Based Incremental Schema Learning, Matthew S. Dominski
Department: Computer Science
Fire in His Wake: Mobutu Sese Seko and Zaire in the 1970s, Benjamin Joseph Downs
Department: Africana Studies
Hitchhiking: America's Vanishing Pastime, Allison Dupuis
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ammonia Borane As a Selective Reducing Agent, Charles A. Ebner
Department: Chemistry
Putting Her in Her Place: Gender, Archaeology, and the Anglo-Norman Castle, Elizabeth Sand Eckel
Department: Archaeology; History
"Onward Christian Soldier" : The Allegorical Relationship Between the Crucified Christ and Great War British Soliders on the Western Front and the Essence of Clerical Revivalism As Expressed in Primary Accounts of the War Experience, and Presented With the Mourning Breed, and Original Devised Performance Piece in One Act, Sarah B. Engdahl
Department: History; Theatre and Dance
Para Mi Gente, José A. Esparra
Department: Art and Art History
Synthesis of a Putative Calix[4]arene Molecular Container With An Azobenzene Tether, Paul Jameson Evans
Department: Chemistry
Lemonade Lucy and The Debutante: The Changing Images of Two Notable First Ladies, Katherine A. Foulds
Department: History
Naughty, Negative and Nice: Women's Experiences With Pornography, Natalie Hutchinson Friedman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ohio Volunteer Infantries: Heroes of Gettysburg and the Union, Devin Fulk
Department: History
An Investigation of Methods Speech-Language Pathologists in Ohio Public Elementary Schools Use to Improve Social Deficits in Children With Specific Language Impairment, Molly Gaffney
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Foundations of Quantum Decoherence, John Gamble
Department: Physics; Mathematics
A Revealing and Remarkable Transformation: An In-Depth Analysis of the Complex Life and Evolution of Malcolm X, Andrew Paul Garnett
Department: Africana Studies; History
Why Am I Taking This Class?: An Investigation of College Students and Their Expectations About Interacting With Culturally Different Others When They Enter the Workplace, Jeffrey Bartholomew Geffert
Department: Communication Studies
The Costumes of Cabaret: An Analysis of Audience's Perceptions of Historic Gender Roles and Sexuality, Stefanie Genda
Department: Theatre and Dance
In Support of Natural Beauty: a Study of the Effects of Urban and National Parks on Conservation Attitudes and Mood, Natalie E. Gertz
Department: Psychology
Pandemic Policymaking: Examining Cross-National Variation in AIDS Governance, Drew H. Glassroth
Department: Political Science
Facilitating Cooperation in Economic Sanctions: An Analysis of Decision-Making Models in State Cooperation, Christopher L. Goodness
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Role of the C-Terminal Domain in McsB, a Structurally Unique Tyrosine Kinase Found in Bacillus subtilis, James Graham
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gardens and Revolutions: Guy Debord, Wendell Berry and the Cultivations of the Creative Subject, Andrew Gross
Department: Political Science
I Hate Music! But I Like to Sing, Laura Gross
Department: Music
Progression of the Synthesis of 1,3-Trans-Cyclohexylphospho-L-Serine as a Phospholipid Analog For Phosphatidylserine, Paul N. Hamilton
Department: Chemistry
The Evolution of the Military-Industrial Complex and the History of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Bomber, Steven Allen Hammerschlag
Department: History
The Stolen Generation: A Historical Examination of the Social, Political, and Economic Impact of Colonization on the Aboriginal People and their Culture: 1788-2008, Sarah Jean Hammond
Department: History
"Cops and College Kids" An Examination of Collegiate Attitudes Towards Law Enforcement, Conor F. Hannan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dengue Fever and the Formation of Cultural Collectives: a Brief Study of Three Unincorporated Squatter Settlements in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jose Enrique Hasemann Lara
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Regulation of the Activation of Heat Shock Factor 1: One Mechanism of Glutamine-Mediated Protection During Cellular Stress, Sarah Haserodt
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Silent Lines: Comics and the Language of Image, Julia Vodrey Hendrickson
Department: Art and Art History
Tactical Change: the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1954-1981, Peter B. Hill
Department: History
Looking in a Shattered Glass: Coming to Terms With History, Family, Identity and Place, Cora Hofstetter
Department: English
New Canvas: An Exploratory Study of the Changing Social Perspectives on Tattooing, William R. Hollinger
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Jamaican Slavery and British Oppression, Margaret Howland
Department: History
Kumu Hula Experience: A Study of Cultural Beliefs and Practices of Modern Hula Schools through the Eyes of the Hula Instructor, Alexandra Hribar
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
To Boldly Go Where No Country Has Gone Before: Star Trek and American Values in the Late Twentieth Century, Fay Hughes
Department: History
What the #$%?!: the Life Cycle of Censorship in Young Adult Literature, Allison P. Hunter
Department: English
Invisible Men and How to See Them: a Critical Introduction to Off-Kilter Magazine, Jacqueline C. Hunter
Department: English
How Do Sales Representatives Create a Successful Buyer-Seller Relationship? An Investigation of Cisco Systems Sales Representatives' Perceptions of How They Build and Maintain Client Trust and Their Views of Mediated and Face-To-Face Methods of Communication, James B. Ipema
Department: Communication Studies
What's the Big Deal?: a Sociological Approach to Reality Television's Popularity, Emily Jensen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Recovery of Philosophy Through Pragmatism, Matthew E. Jensen
Department: Philosophy
Interpreting Africa's Past: the Use of Ekistics and Oral Tradition in the Examination of Great Zimbabwe, Ashley Marie Jirsa
Department: Archaeology
The "Proudly South African" Generation: University Students' Identity and Thoughts on Social Change, Karin Johnson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Help, You Know I Need Somebody: An Analysis of Helping Behavior, Courtney Joliat
Department: Psychology
Look Into the Subconscious Mind: Manipulated By Society's Rules For Beauty and Perfection, Jennifer Christian Jones
Department: Art and Art History
There Is No Theory, Only a Strategy: Speculation to Death, Jeff Kaatz
Department: Philosophy; Political Science
Synthesis of An Electrophosphorescent Fluorene Copolymer With Diphenylquinoline-Coordinated Iridium, Joel D. Keelor
Department: Chemistry
From Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art: Approaches to the "Masculine Masquerade" in the Work of Roy Lichtenstein, Katherine Louise Kelley
Department: Art and Art History
Hawaii's Struggle: A Peoples' Fight For Power, Stephanie Kilgore
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Don't Be Deceived, This Is Not a Lie: An Examination of the Role of Truth (Or Lack Thereof) in Our Adversary System, Abigail Adams Kline
Department: Philosophy
Photophysical and Photodegradation Study of Sunscreen Active Ingredients: a Combined Computational and Spectroscopic Study, Neal D. Kline
Department: Chemistry
Examining the Effects of Realism and Perspective on Aggression in a Video Game, Eric W. Klingemier
Department: Psychology
Antimicrobial Effects of the Organosulfur Compounds Diallyl Monosulphide, Diallyl Disulphide, and Kiallyl Trisulphide Found in Allium Sativum Against Planktonic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa) and Mrsa Biofilms, Kelly Knapp
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: Making the Simple Complex, Denise R. Koessler
Department: Mathematics
From Anglo-Saxons to Anglo-Normans: the Origins of Medieval England, Donald A. Kolich
Department: History
Philosophy of Development: Towards a Normative Theory, Erik Russell Larson
Department: Economics; Philosophy
Investigation of Speech-Language Pathologists and Teachers Participation in Literature-Based Collaborative Models for Mainstreaming Students Who Suffer From a Traumatic Brain Injury, Jacqueline Lucas
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Reconciling Work and Family Life: An Analysis of Corporatist Family Policies in France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Peter Lucas
Department: Political Science