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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Influences of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on the Foreign Policy Actions of Hegemonic and Non-Hegemonic Nation States, Elizabeth M. Heerkens
Department: Political Science
A Silent Pen Is Wakened: Reviving the Voices of Women Humanists of Late Quattrocento Italy, Helen C. Henderson
Department: History
Justice Raises her Blindfold: How Race and Gender affect the Implementation of the Death Penalty, Kristiana Hess
Lorain, Ohio's Neighborhood House: a 'Small Town' Example of How Female Empowerment Hanged Patriarchal America's Settlement Movement and City Spaces, Dawn M. Hirth
Department: History
Breaking the Mold: the Re-Definition of Women's Role and Formation of New Identites As Presented in German Lesbian Films, Rebecca Hollenberg
Department: German Studies
Resisting the Gender Binary: Women Novelists Negotiate Their Social and Cultural Contexts, Pieta C. Horvath
Department: English
Jesus of Harlem: Reflections of the Playwright, Rachel C. Hunter
Department: Religious Studies; Theatre and Dance
Multinational Corporations and Socio-Economic Development, Batool Z. Hussain
Department: International Relations
"Marriage Means Commitment, means, the Way I Was Raised: Love, Honor, and Obey. and I Ain't Obeyin' No Man.": Rural Single Mothers' Views on Marriage and Family in Wayne County, Ohio, Ruth Butterfield Isaacson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wonderland, Slone Isselhard
Department: English
The Relationship Between Family Structure and Academic Performance, Demar Jackson
After the Battle: World Trade Organization Labor Policies in the Post-Seattle Era, Hilary Jones
Department: Political Science
He, Arlyn E. Keith
Department: English; Philosophy
As the Baseball Team Goes, So Goes the City: the Revitalization of the Cleveland Indians, John J. Kelly
Department: History
Notions of Nationalism: Terror or Talks, Atika Khawaja
Department: Political Science
The Mysterious Maya Revealed, Paul Brendan Kingston
Department: History
Homemade Voyeur: a Collection of Poems, Robyn M. Kocher
Department: English
Primary Steps of Evolution of the Submarine and the End of Traditional Naval Warfare, Chad D. Kraus
Department: History
Finding My Voice: Exploring Identity Through Literature, Elizabeth M. Kriynovich
Department: English
The Sreaming Eagle and the Hidden Dragon: Analyzing the Future of Sino-American Relationship Through Historical, Economic, and Political Patterns and Trends, Nicholas P. Kuhns
Department: History
"Am I the Only Weirdo in the World?": a Study of the Misfit in Children's Literature, Jennifer Kunkler
Department: English
Policy Effect: Lowi's Policy Typology, Direct Democracy, and Voter Turnout, Allyson T. Kyer
Department: Political Science
Not So Black and White: Affirmative Action and Diversity After Bakke, Whitney D. Lacefield
Department: Political Science
Women's Sexuality in America, 1890-1920: An Investigation of Working-Class Women in Cities, Elizabeth Lawrence
Department: History
Grandma's Intestinal Fortitude, Lori A. Lehr
Department: English
La Privatisation D'Airbus: Élément clé Pour Partir à La Conquête De Ciel, Christopher L. Liao
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Aniconic Images in Ancient Aegean Cultures, Michael Ludwig
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act and the End of Apartheid: a Critical Assessment, Laura A. Mahanjane
Department: Political Science
Two Trees Deep: a Summer of Love and Learning, Elizabeth H. Martin
Department: English
Bienvenue à la Technologie: La Pédagogie et le Cinéma Françias, Diana C. Mason
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Cycling: a Local Bike Magazine For Everyone, Nicholas E. Mason
Department: English
"Strange" Relationship Between the United States and Spain: 1936-1975, Katherine A. McCoy
Department: History
May His Shoul Be Bound up in the Bond of Eternal Life: Religious and Ethnic Self-Identity at the Ashne Hesed Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Heather L. McEwan
Department: Archaeology
According to Me: the Stories of My Mother, Melissa Marie Melvin
Department: English
The Social Relationships of Adolescent Cancer Patients, Allison C. Merfeld
Historical Fact or Fiction? a Study of the Historical and Literary Components of Louis De Bernieres's "Corelli's Mandolin," Evelyn Waugh's "The End of the Battle," and William Craig's "Enemy at the Gates: the Battle For Stalingrad", Maren L. Miller
Department: English
Lithic Reduction Strategy of the Archaic: Manufacturing and Use Traces in the Maccorkle Bifurcate Tradition of Ohio, Michael J. Miller
Department: Archaeology
Perspectives on Living and Dying: The Beliefs, Practices, and Modern Movements in Tibetan Buddhism, Virginia A. Miraldi
Department: Religious Studies
The Fraternity Question: the Prohibition of National Greek Letter Societies at the University of Wooster, Brian R. H. Mitchell
Department: History
Consent of the Governed: a Public Policy Analysis of the Federal Recreational Fee Demonstration Program, Thomas A.E. More
Department: Political Science
Nineteenth Century Abortion and Bourgeois Normalcy: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Reproduction, R. David Mowry
Department: History
Self Concealed: a Memoir, Melissa Myers
Department: English
Reaching the Formal Agenda, Michael R. Narad
Department: Political Science
She Might Be Giant, Mary J. Nienaber
Department: English
Hidden: Suburban Legends at the College of Wooster, Daniel F. O'Connor
Department: English
Powered By PR: An Analysis and Overview of Public Relations Campaigns For Country Kitchen and Habitat For Humanity, Kathryn E. Orwin
Department: English
Painting an American Musical Form: Arthur Dove's Vision of Jazz, Susan C. Park
Department: Music
International Terrorism and the Affects on the United States, Timothy G. Pellman
Department: History
Infestation of American Public Schools: Challenges to Literature in the American Educational System, Miranda H. Pfahl
Department: English
La Fuerza De Las Ideas Frente a La Fuerza Bruta or Nationalism Within the Modern Democratic State of Spain: the Duality of the Basque Case, Adam Price
Department: International Relations; Spanish
Woman's Place Is in the House...And the Senate: An Exploration of Gender Framing in the Campaigns of Senatorial Candidates, Elizabeth L. Quilligan
Department: Political Science
Reform Judaism in America: the Chosen Identity of the "Chosen People", Robin Ragsdale
Department: Religious Studies
California Dreams, California Nightmares: Celebrity Culture and Female Identity in Three Texts, Alicia H. Reed
Department: English
"Vieux Carre, Nouveau Vie" and Other Stories, David D. Reeves
Department: English
Did the Populists, the Lafollette Progressives, or the Socialists Ever Influence the Presidency? a Look at the Depression Era Politics and Third Parties to See If Minor Political Organizations Ever Influence Policy in Major United States Elections, Charles H. Requardt
Department: Political Science
Bearing: a Nontraditional Memoir, Allison Roger
Department: English
Bureaucratic Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making, Craig D. Rolle
Department: Political Science
An Imitation of a Film a Filmed Screenplay, Victor Rortvedt
Department: English
British Participation in the Spanish Civil War, Jacob Charles Ruttinger
Department: History
Revolution, Reform, or Resistance? Secular States Face Religious Nationalism, Neha Sahgal
Department: Political Science
People and the Stones, Jen Schade
Department: English
Domestic Servants in Nineteenth Century New York, Pamela Scherphorn
Department: History
Anglais, Frances, Spanish: La Possibilite Et La Realite De L'Education Bilingue, Dana Schrum
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Divine Inspiration: the Influence of Religion on the Lethality of Terrorism, Anisha Shah
Department: International Relations
Tension Decreased, Interaction Achieved: the Eruption of Spontaneous Community in Postwar America, Hallie Shapiro
Department: English; History
A Nation on Fire: the United States Response to the Vietnamese Buddhist Protest Movement, 1963, Daniel F. Shortridge
Department: History
Does the Media Give 'Special' Coverage to the Special Prosecutor?: a Study of Media Bias, Jacob B. Sintich
Department: Political Science
European Integration Theories and the Formation of the European Monetary System and the European Monetary Union: a Comparative Case Study, Melinda M. Smailes
Department: International Relations
Monkey See, Monkey Do: a Project Demonstrating Ceative and Practical Applications of Race, Gendern and Disability in Children's Literature, Diana M. Smith
Department: English; Communication Studies
Kpanlogo: Ghana's Inspirational Movement, Marion A. Smith
Department: History
"Sex": A Comparison on the Place of Sex in the Buddhist, Tantric, and Platonic Traditions, Sarah Sobel-Poage
Department: Religious Studies; Philosophy
The Synthesis of Cyclohexyl CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl Phosphodiester as a Synthetic Precursor to a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, Jennifer Sorrells
Department: Chemistry
"Cause I'm a Twenty-First Century Digital Boy:" Looking Back From the Future in William Gibson's Cyberpunk, Andrew J. Stimson
Department: English
Roman Legion at the Transition From Republic to Empire, Sara N. Streeter
Department: Classical Studies
La Adquisición De Una Segunda Lengua Y Los Estudiantes Con Deficiencias De Aprendizaje, Monica Sved
Department: Spanish
"Is It Just Me?" - the Development and Writing of An Original Situation Comedy and An Analysis of the Writing Process, Jennifer Telischak
Department: English
The Wrong Man Out: a Look at the Life and Career of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series, Brandon J. Thomas
Department: History
Hope & Strength: Images of Women in Ivan Klíma's Work, Laura Tobin
Department: Russian Studies
Growing Up in a Contradicting Nation: a Critical and Creative Analysis of American Identity in Fiction, Emily Van Oeveren
Department: English
Britons, Wholly Sundered From All the World: Diet and Identity on the Northern Frontier of Roman Britain, 43-400 C.E., Michael A. Vidmar
Department: Classical Studies
Exploring the Personal Traits of Tito and Milosevic: Ethnic Unifier or Divider?, Kristin Walley
Department: Political Science
Una Exploración De La Metodología Y El Dresarollo De Un Plan Del Curso Comunicativo Para La Enseñanza Del Español Al Nivel Primario, Audra E. Warner
Department: Spanish
"Out of Hope Comes Prophecy": a Critical Analysis of the Scholarly Prophet Paradigm in Defining Native American Spiritual Leaders, Betsey A. Watson
Department: Religious Studies
A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity," Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh
A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity", Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Un Estudio Sociolingüístico Del /S/ En Posición Final Absoluta Y, Cuando Se Elimina, La Percepción De Los No Nativos, ¿Todavía Plural?, Andrew J. Weaver
Department: Spanish
Failure at Los Alamos: An Alternate Conclusion to World War II, Kevin West
Department: History
Attica Prison Riot and the Effect on Prison Reform in the United States, Emily M. White
Department: History
Transcending the Roadblocks: Northern Irish Writers and the Troubles, Meghan E. Wills
Department: English
The Marital Satisfaction of Interfaith Couples Compared to the Same Faith Couples, Janie Winston
Catch Me When You Can, Jaime L. Wolfe
Department: English
Spatial Organization and Residential Satisfaction: a Study of How the Spatial Organization of a Suburban Neighborhood and a Planned Unit Development Affect Residential Satisfaction, Nathan A. Zahn
Department: Urban Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
False Promises: the Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Quality of Life For Women, Natasha Abbas
Department: Political Science
Sex, Lies, and the Presidency: From Camelot to Clinton, the Changing Face of Journalism and the Politics of Personal Destruction, James B. Allardice
Department: Political Science
I'm a Man: A Look at Masculinity in Highway 61 Revisited, What's Going on, Born to Run, and Me Against the World, Bryan C. Appel
Department: English
What Is Becoming of Me: Personal Agency As National Possibility in the Post-Apartheid Narrative, Karen Auble
Department: English
The Provision of Benefits Environmental Interest Groups Offer As Membership Inducements, Sarah Ann Bandomer
Department: Political Science
Crises in Africa: An Examination of U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda Setting, Betsy L. Bare
Department: Political Science
Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British Burial Practices: Signs of Migration and Cultural Interaction, Christopher Jeremy Barney
Department: Archaeology
Reflectiveness, Creativity, and Spirituality: Can Reflectiveness and Imagination Revitalize Spirituality and Religious Belief?, Stephen B. Baughman
Department: Religious Studies; Psychology