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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
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
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