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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
Sideshow: An Artistic Expression of Social Insecurities, Nancy Luken
Department: Art and Art History
Thinking Outside the Belief-Box: Problems With Mental Representations in Cognitive Science, Jonathan Martin
Department: Philosophy
I Do' X 2: the Stain of Mormon Polygamy, Aliya Madhur Deepa Maseelall
Department: Religious Studies
Children of Divorce Versus Children of Intact Families: Does Parental Status Influence How One Evaluates Different Marital Situations?, Milena E. Mauric
Department: Psychology
Street Gangs in New York During the 1970s, Brandi McClure
Department: History
Evolution of Cooperativity in the Phosphagen Kinase Family, Marisa P. McGinley
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keep It or Give It Away? Motivations For Philanthropic Giving to the College of Wooster, Katharine B. Minetti
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Fascist Jewish Policy: Unofficial, Official, and Inconsistent, Abigail Padfield
Department: History
Classes Apart: Exploring Perceptions of Class and Experimenting With Propaganda of Agitation, Mikael Page
Department: English
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: a Toulminian Analysis of First Amendment and Privacy-Based Judicial Rhetoric and An Exploration of the Constitutionality of Anti-Paparazzi Legislation, Cassia Jo Pangas
Department: Communication Studies
Atom and Eve: An Exploration of the Conflict and Concordance Between Religion and Science--Involving Creation Myths and the Apocalypse As a Foundation For the Understanding of This Relationship, Mary Erin Patton
Department: Religious Studies
Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian...Does it Really Matter?: A Study of the Changing Face of Mainline Protestant Denominationalism in the United States, Kate Persing
Department: Religious Studies
Moral Foundations of Truth Commissions in Theory and Practice, Lara Anne Pfaff
Department: Philosophy
Mathematical Experiences of Students From the Ohio Appalachian Valley, Darcy Sue Poland
Department: Mathematics
Fluency Specialists, Generalists, and School Psychologists: Differences in Perceptions of People Who Stutter and Therapy Perspectives, Abigail Polglase
Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Ecosystem Versus Traditional: Yielding Successful Natural Resource Management in Terms of Sustainability and Public Needs, Ted Polley
Department: Political Science
Impermanence of Life and Light, Emma Powell
Department: Art and Art History
Philosophy or Social Science: Determining and Assessing the Factors That Underpin Moral and Profitable Worker Productivity, Jolene Poynter
Department: Philosophy
Is Corporate Diversification a Fatal Attraction? Evidence From U.S. Firms, Ali Raza
Department: Business Economics
Violent Video Games, Contact Sports, and Aggression: Application of the Feneral Aggression Model, Aaron Rezendes
Department: Psychology
Gender Display and Romantic Attraction: Uncovering the Connection Between Gender and Sexuality and Predicting the Future of Gender Roles and Norms of Sexual Attraction, Susan Richardson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Role of the Church in Disaster Response: a Case Study Analysis of Hurricane Katriana, Patricia Riley
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Helium and Idiom: Translation as Interpretation and the Poetry of Félix de Azúa, Claire M. Robertson
Department: English
Controversies Surrounding the Jonathan J. Pollard Espionage Case, Eric C. Rossi
Department: History
Inside the Rivalry: A Comparison of Michigan and Ohio State Fans, Allison T. Rubin
Desecrating the Flag: a Genre Analysis of Congressional Hearings Concerning the Appropriate Use of a Powerful Symbol, Manu Samanna-Spagnoli
Department: Communication Studies
Political Agendas in Attracting Professional Sports Franchises, Adam Samson
Department: Political Science
Postwar Collinwood: the Crisis and Transformation of a Cleveland Neighborhood, Jared J. Sankal
Department: History
After Incarceration: a Case Study of Ex-Offender Re-Entry Programs and Services in Austin, Texas, Colleen Selgestad
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Transnational Advocacy and Asylum, Erica L. Seng
Department: Political Science
Nightshades, Tara Severance
Department: Art and Art History
"You Say You Want a Revolution": How the 1960s Shaped Today's Culture with Specific Attention to Music and Drugs, Margaret Warfield Shepherd
"You Say You Want a Revolution": How the 1960s Shaped Today's Culture with Specific Attention to Music and Drugs, Margaret Warfield Shepherd
Dirty Little Secret: Photography's Relationship With Harm, Christina Marie Shiroma
Department: Philosophy
Refugees, Externalization of Violence and Interstate War in Indochina: a Humanitarian Dilemma, Clarence George Simmons IV
Department: Political Science
Salary Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Does Experience Matter?, Daniel J. Skulina
Department: Business Economics
From Chains and Shackles to Bentley Dreams: the Influence of Social Advancement and Change on the Hip Hop Culture, Brian Robert Smith
Department: History
6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 Reasons Why Sudoku Is a Puzzle Worth Solving, Bethany Smith-Polderman
Department: Mathematics
Wired Emotions: Blurring the Boundary Between Sculpture and Design, Kristen Sorek
Department: Art and Art History
Will You Remember, Sweetheart? Understanding the Role of Music in the Lives of Elderly Residents of a Residential Care Community, Angela Starkey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Forgotten Children: America's Love Affair with Optimal Performance, Mollie Allison Stockdale Moreci
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Plant Accumulation of Atrazine and Its Major Metabolites in Food Crops, Andrew P. Storey
Department: Chemistry
Christology and American Culture, Kyle H. Story
Department: Religious Studies
Making Monads: Binding to a Specific Type of Computation With a Return to Familiar Themes, Benjamin Strecker
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Exploration of Curves, Elizabeth Stroud
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Effects of Monitoriing Mechanisms on CEO Restricted Stock Compensations, Bradley C. Stuetzer
Department: Business Economics
Implementing Optimizations in the Joeq Virtual Machine, David J. Sullivan
Department: Computer Science
It Happened Here: a Novel, Heather A. Summers
Department: English
Converting a Monomeric Arginine Kinase to a Dimer Through Directed Evolution, Warren C. Swegal
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Guns and Sexuality: Pulling the Trigger of Attractiveness, Daniel Keith Terlonge
Department: Psychology
When Does Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold? Investigation of the Reproducibility and Causes of the Mpemba Effect, Joseph H. Thomas
Department: Physics
Oversexed, Overpaid, Overfed and Over Here: the American Military Presence in Britain 1942-1944, Megan Thomas
Department: History
Journey to a New Realism: Kazimir Malevich's Transcendence to the Supreme in Art, Jordan B. Tobin
Department: Art and Art History
Dendroclimatology and Divergence: a Case Study From Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Alexander A. Trutko
Department: Geology
Evaluating Swellable Organically Modified Silica For Environmental Remediation Applications, Laura A. Underwood
Department: Chemistry
Liberty and Justice For All? The Influence of Media Exposure and Socioeconomic Identity on Perception of Crime, Martina Ward
Department: Psychology
Character and Context in Two Ideological Novels: a Comparative Analysis of the 'Brothers Karamazov' and 'Atlas Shrugged', Benjamin Jacob Weaver
Department: Comparative Literature
Historical Perspective and Modern Realities: An Analysis of Health Insurance in Rural Tanzania, Nicholas A. Weida
Department: History
Slavery and Shari'a: Khartoum's Oppression in Southern Sudan During the 1980s, Heather Williams
Department: History
You (Don't) Sound Gay!: a Study on the Effects of Homosexual Speech and Expectancy Violation on Target Likeability, Emily E. Wilson
Department: Psychology
At Home in the World: Third Culture Kids' Mobile Identity, Jilian Wright
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Animals Through My Eyes, Courtney Wuensch
Department: Art and Art History
Just War Theory: a Normative Approach to Understanding State Action in Warfare, Kyle O. Yoder
Department: Political Science
At the Crossroads of Fiction and Reality: Nicaraguan Women Respond to Aquel Mar Sin Fondo Ni Playa, Heather Yomboro
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Diminishing the Other-Race Effect: An Investigation Into Creating Better Cross-Cultural Facial Recognition Using Social-Categorization, Stephen Zumbrun
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
Eicosapentaenoic Acid Does Not Reduce Immobility in the Mouse Forced Swim Test, Salim Elie Abboud
Department: Psychology
Just to Get By: Social Support Networks Inside Women's Prisons, Anlyn Addis
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Kinetic Mechanism of Pseudomonas Putida Creatine Amidinohydrolase By Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Senyo Agidi
Department: Chemistry
Money, Cash, Hoes: A Feminist Exploration of Black Masculinity in Hip-Hop, Jacquelyn Arcy
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Black-White Achievment Gap: a Preliminary Case Study of Race, Household Income, and Gpa in a Suburban High School in Ohio, Adam Artman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Effects of Woody Debris on Stream Fish Species Richness, Diversity, and Biomass in Two Second Order Streams in Ashland County, Ohio, Nathan L. Atterholt
Department: Biology
Changing the Substrate Specificity of Creatine Kinase to Glycocyamine Through Random Mutagenesis of Non-Conserved Residues: Philosophical Reflections on Theory Choice and Objectivity, Ana Clara Azevedo
Department: Chemistry
Politics, Planning, and Popular Movements in Postwar Detroit: Urban Redevelopment Under the Cavanagh and Young Administrations, Alexander Balloon
Department: History; Urban Studies
Chippewa Lake Park: the Evolution of One Park Through America's Fascination With Amusement, Byron T. Barlow
Department: History
Covering All the Bases: the Coming of Age in Baseball Fiction, Michael T. Barone
Department: English
Artist and Aging: Becoming Aware of the Timeless, Julianna M. Barringer
Department: Art and Art History
Photophysical Behavior of Sunscreen Active Ingredients: a Combined Computational and Spectroscopic Study, Brandi M. Baughman
Department: Chemistry
Misconceptions of the War in Iraq: College-Aged Students' Socially Constructed Reality of the War in Iraq, Wiliam Frederick Behnke
Department: Communication Studies
Melodious Decree of the Passions: Defining Melody's Role in Opera, Theater, and Life, Kyle McRee Beliczky
Department: Philosophy
Une Affaire De Bûcherons Et De Casse-Tête: La Traduction De Quelques Textes Au Sujet De L'Histoire Des Franco-Canadiens Dans Le Michigan, Elizabeth Caitlin Martens Benett
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Opportunistic Racism's Role in the Changing International Relationship Between the United States and Iran Since the 1940's, Dante V. Benincasa
Department: History
Jean-Luc Godard Through a '68 Lens, Thomas Bennett
Department: History
Hybrity, Space, and the Religious Incorporation of Latino Immigrants, Mark H. Bergen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Other's Blood: Nonfictions, Arianne M. Beros
Department: English
The Fairy Tale in History: Wild Swans and Donkey Skin As Sources of the Social History of Early Modern Europe, Marta Best
Department: History
Following the Bright Red Bags: An Ethographic Examination of the Socializing Messages in American Girl Products, Marta E.C. Beyer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Bill Graham's Influence on the Counterculture Movement: An Analysis of His Business Tactics, Demeanor, and Impact on the Live Concert Industry, Robert Raymond Block
Department: History
An Immigrant Nation: Ethnicity in American Society, Laska G. Blodgett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
More Than Meets the Eye: the Use of Auditory Cues in Hitting a Pitched Baseball, Brandon L. Boesiger
Department: Psychology
Sweet Home Appalachia: a Study of the Inhabitants of a Small Appalachian Town and the Factors That Affect What They Consider Home, Margaret Brisker
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Uncle Pen Played the Fiddle, Lord How It Rang, You Can Hear It Talk You Can Hear It Sing: a Study of How Music Has Helped Preserve Appalachian Culture", Joshua Pierce Burton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Resurrecting the Dead Canvas: Aesthetic Post-Essentialism and the Reevaluation of the Traditional Theories of Justifying Art Restoration, Stewart William Campbell
Department: Philosophy
Hirnverpflanzung: Rainald Goetz, deutscher Pop und das Übersetzen aus dem Deutschen, Mollie Cardina
Department: German Studies
Author Has No Authority Here: Issues of Identity, Community and Textual Interaction Online, Nora E. Cascadden
Department: English
It's a Hard Knock Life For Us ... Does TANF or the EITC Increase the Well-Being of Single Mothers?, Stephanie Lynn Casey
Department: Economics
Integrative Study of Hand Lateralization and Tool-Use in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) and Their Effects on Human Observers' Environmental Attitudes, Christine M. Cassella
Department: Psychology
Prevalence of Sodium Chlorate Resistant Escherichia Coli O157:H7 and a Potential Resistance Mechanism, Alicia Cattaneo
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Torquing Modern Game Engine Design, Alex Chvatal
Department: Computer Science
Catalytic Proficiency of Creatine Amidinohydrolase, Chafen Clarke
Department: Chemistry