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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006

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Happily Ever After? Three Modern Day Fairytales, Jayna Hanson
Department: History

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A Qualititative Study of the Role, Changes, and Direction of the Jewish Faith Within My Family, Samuel Harris
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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"A Word of Hope and Good News and Comfort, as Well As Challenge:" Reconciling Justice and Care in Women's Ministry, Emma Hayes
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Climbing the Social Ladder: The Effects of Social Skills Training on Children with Autism, Lindsey A. Headman
Department: Psychology

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Strangest Man That Has Ever Been: Socrates' Influence on Julian and Kierkegaard, Margaret Heller
Department: Classical Studies

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From Mozart To Bernstein: A Brief Summary of Recital Repertoire, Leslie N. Hensley
Department: Music

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Re-Conceptualizing Political Participation: Hannah Arendt, Jurgen Habermas, and Their Theories of Democratic Engagement, Emily Cross Hilty
Department: Political Science

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Teacher Support and Locus of Control As Protective Factors For Physically Abused Children, Carly C. Hofmann
Department: Psychology

Glowing Devices: Fabrication of a Functional, Single Layer Organic Light-Emitting Diode Using a Non-Traditional Metal Cathode and Three Light-Emitting Materials, Maria Holdcraft
Department: Chemistry

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"Necesitas Siempre Algien Que Te Qyude:" A Qualitiative Analysis of Health Care Utilization and Experiences of Mexican (Im)Migrants in the Rural Midwestern United States, Lindsay Horst
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Laying Down the Law: Family Dynamics in Law Enforcement, Nicole Hunt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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How Has the Russian Identity Been Portrayed Through Film Since the Fall of Communism and the Onset of Perestroika and Glasnost?, Helena M. Iaquinta
Department: History

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Effect of 3,4-Diaminopyridine on the Recovery of Fatigued Diaphragm Tissue in Rats, Michele Ionno
Department: Biology

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Analysis of Ceramics From the Malloura Valley of Central Cyprus to Determine Social and Economic Change During the Late Roman Period, Christin M. Jones
Department: Archaeology

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Historical Role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Preparing For Disaster in a Post-September 11th Nation, Alexander R. Junker
Department: History

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While in BeTween: An Examination of Tween Fashion and its Implications on Tween Development in Society, Crystal Justice
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; History

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Influence of Bilingual Experience on the Developing Brain: Dichotic Listening Differences Between Bilinguals and Monolinguals, Jung Kim
Department: Psychology

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Impact of Two Herbicides on Growth, Development, and Survival of Eastern Gray Treefrog Tadpoles (Hyla versicolor), Erica Ann Kovacik
Department: Biology

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Relationship Between Codependency, Paternal Parenting Style and Intimate Opposite-Sex Mate Choice Among College Women, Amanda Kravochuk
Department: Psychology

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267 Year Long Reconstruction of Spring Lake Erie Levels Based on North Pacific Tree Ring Series, Anne Krawiec
Department: Geology

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Understanding America's Not So Simple Reaction to the 1919 White Sox World Series Scandal, Daniel Joseph Kremer
Department: History

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Poesie als Heimat: Adel Karasholi und Roza Domascyna schreiben sich zu Hause, Ashley N. Lackovich

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"Just Say No" to Being "Tough" on Drugs: a Historical Analysis of Drug Abuse and a Cost-Effectiveness Study on Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Drug Courts, Samuel D. Langley
Department: History; Economics

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Mp3: Laws, Ethics, and Metaphysics, James Richard Lauwers
Department: Philosophy

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Judicial Review of the Executive Prerogative: Do Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures or Does Objectivity Reign Supreme?, James Thomas Lazar
Department: Political Science

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Marriage of Opposites: Development of a Silver-Containing Photosensitive Ceramic Glaze For Ceramic Art, Megan Sarah Lazorski
Department: Art and Art History; Chemistry

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And They Turned Her Into a Tree! Metamorphosis in Ovid and Once on This Island, Yi-Ning Lin
Department: Classical Studies; Theatre and Dance

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Is Taking a Break Really a Mistake? the Cross-Cultural Factors That Influence Gap Year Participation, Lauren Lipps
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Computational Investigation of the Structure, Energy and Reactivity of 9-Tryptycylcarbene, Nathan W. Little
Department: Chemistry

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Desdoblamiento De La Mujer: El Uso De La Ironia En El Cuento Femenista Puertorriqueno, Daren Loughrey
Department: Spanish

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Scheduling Is (Np) Hard, Genevieve Mae Luken
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science

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Can Infant Vocalizations be Used as Audio Analgesia? The Effect of Listening to Infant Laughing and Crying on Pain Perception and Coping, Ashley L. Maciulaitis
Department: Psychology

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Madre Mia, Gracias Por Favores Recibidos: Un Estudio De Las Ofrenda Y Sacrificios a La Viregen De San Juan De Los Lagos, Katherine Maguire
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Spanish

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Quantitative Analysis of Trihalomethanes in Wooster City Water, Audrey L. Malosh
Department: Chemistry

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Cornal West: A Modern African American Organic Intellectual, Una Kwong Mangus
Department: Religious Studies

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Selling Wars to the Morally Conscious: A Comparative Content Analysis of Leaders' Use of Just Rhetoric As An Extension of Policy, Ryan Matura
Department: Political Science

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American Dream Redefined: Thomas Hart Benton's Missouri Mural, Sloan Mills McBride
Department: Art and Art History

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Characterization of Beem Performance, Kathleen McCreary
Department: Physics

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do, John McCreight
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science

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Tensors and Adjoints and Circs, Oh My! A Study of Advanced Topics in Linear Algebra, Shannon McIntyre
Department: Mathematics

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Celtic Invasion of Ireland: Myth or Fact? Revisiting the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age Transition, Catherine McMahon
Department: Archaeology

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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

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"Somos Como La Madre Milpa": Un Estudio De La Identidad Socio-Linguistica Maya En Guatemala, Sarah Caroline Minton
Department: Spanish

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Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House Ethos of Food, Christine Elizabeth Moffett
Department: History

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Donnie Darko: Writing a Film From a Reader's Perspective, Jeffery A. Morgan II
Department: English

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Public Opinion's Negative Effect on U.S. Foreign Drug Policy, Nicholas Morris
Department: Political Science

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Anti-Predator Behavior in Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) Tadpoles, Leah Jennifer Mycoff
Department: Biology

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ATP Analogue, Adenosine 5'-Sulfatopyrophosphate: An Alternative Substrate or Inhibitor of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase, Hai Dang Nguyen
Department: Chemistry

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Jesus + Folk - Son of God = Bob Dylan, David J. Orr
Department: History

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Change Deafness: Allocating Attention to Auditory Changes and the Effects on Earwitness Testimony, Ellie A. Papke
Department: Psychology

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Apoptotic Cascades As Possible Targets For Inhibiting Apoptosis in Huntington's Disease, Lindsay Pattison
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Examining the Physiological Role of An Arginine Kinase in Caenorhabditis Elegans, B. Daniel Pipitone
Department: Chemistry

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Stress Response to Prolonged Capture House Sparrows, Anthony J. Porter Jr.
Department: Biology

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Of Bogs and Men: a Study of the Messages Museums Tell Us, Melinda I. Potter
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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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

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Will They or Will They Not? the Lone Crescent and Star's Quest For European Union Membership, Michael George Prohaska
Department: Political Science

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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

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Have a Seat This May Take a While: the Process of Chair Design, Kimberly Rastetter
Department: Art and Art History

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Fat Doesn't Pay: the Effect of Obesity on Wages, Elizabeth Rice
Department: Economics

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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

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From Innocence to Corruption: An Analysis of the 1960s Through Presidential and Civil Rights Leaders' Obituaries, Jayson T. Rogers
Department: History

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The 1948 Cleveland Indians Influence on Cleveland's Economy and Society in the Post-War Era, Robert R. Romick II
Department: History

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Comparative Analysis of a Novel Tyrosine Kinase, McsB from Bacillus subtilis, with the Phosphagen Kinases Using Mutagenesis and Phylogenetics, Julianne Rutt
Department: Biology

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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

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Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Poly(Para-Phenylenevinylene) Derivative Substituted With Dibenzo-30-Crown-10, Josephine Sasu-Tenkoramaa
Department: Chemistry

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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

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Learning Lessons From Bears: a Study of the Message Embedded in Children's Literature in the United States, Sarah Schnackel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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"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

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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

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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

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Progress Toward Synthesizing a Dimeric Calix[4]Arene Molecular Container, Erica Shubeck
Department: Chemistry

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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

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National Enquirer Eats New York Times: An Examination of the Tabloidization of U.S. Daily Newspapers, Leslie Mae Smith
Department: English

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Foreign Influence in the Third Wave of Democratization: a Comparative Study of United States Hard and Soft Power Influence, Elizabeth Steiner
Department: Political Science

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Man's Best Friend: Examining Social Functions of Dogs' in the Lives of Humans, Emily J. Sterling
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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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

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Give Me a Penny & I'll Make You a Fortune, Ashley G. Sturtevant
Department: History

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Slut Alphabet: A Feminist Dictionary of Sex & Agency, Kory Sutherland

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Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Jonathan Swann
Department: Music

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Masculinity and "The Greatest Generation:" An Oral History, Austin Ernest Taylor
Department: History

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Inter Arma Leges Silent: the Supreme Court and Their Decisions During War, Anne M. Teckman
Department: Political Science

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Investigating the Synthesis of Siloxymethyl Glucuronide: Progress in the Synthesis of C-Linked Retinoyl β-Glucuronide, Kathryn M. Torrey
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Simulating the Path of a Fastpitch Softball Pitch, Angela Lynn Triplett
Department: Physics

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On Meaning and Life, Colin Turner
Department: Philosophy

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Cryptic Marine Community From the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Langton Herring, Dorset, Southern England, Monica A. Umstead
Department: Geology

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Effect of Art Therapy on Self-Esteem and Short Term Memory Performance in the Elderly, Jessica L. Ward
Department: Psychology

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Heroes Without Wings: Rescue, Redemption, and the Persistence of Western Myth, Elizabeth Weiss
Department: History; English

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Uzbekistan on the Threshold of Revolution? Radical Islam and the Threat to the Post-Soviet State, Andrew White Whitner
Department: Political Science; History

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Topology-Based Algorithms For Self-Organizing, Self-Healing Peer-To-Peer Search Networks, Joel Wietelmann
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science

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Spreading the Word: the Promise and Disappointment of the Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, Angela Winningham
Department: History

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Heroes: Reflections of World War II Through the Stories of Those Who Lived It, Jennifer R. Woloschyn
Department: English

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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

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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

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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

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Smokin', Jeffrey W. Adamson
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics

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Origin of the Strjugsskarð Andesite, Skagi Peninsula, North-Central Iceland, Charlene Adzima
Department: Geology

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Struck Out: the 1919 World Series, Robert L. Andreoli
Department: History

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Effects of Erythropoietin (EPO) Treatment on Muscle Strength, Fatigue, and Hemoglobin Levels in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Angela Arnold
Department: Biology

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Effects of 2,4,4,-Trichloro-2-Hydroxydiphenylether on Salmonella typhimurium, Ashley Arnold
Department: Biology

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Pillage the Village! The Sources of Viking Perceptions, Ian Barrett
Department: History