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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003

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The Sphere of Influence of a Religious Cult: Why the Aztecs Never Achieved Empire, David C. Gash
Department: History

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Piano Converto No. 1 (I), Amy Gerber
Department: Music

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Piano Converto No. 1 (II), Amy Gerber
Department: Music

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An Exploration and Analysis of the Construction of Chicana Identity in the Short Stories and Novels of Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, Meena Marie Ghaziasgar
Department: English

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Dealing in Diamonds: the Consequences of Conflict Diamonds in Africa, Hannah Rayclar Gilman
Department: History

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Success or Failure? An Examination of World Bank Development Programs in Africa: Three Case Studies, Elizabeth Greene
Department: International Relations

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Baseball Pioneers: Jackie Robinson & Larry Doby, the Lives They Led and the People Who Made It Possible, Jennifer Green
Department: History

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Spilling Over to Human Rights? the Effects of Regional Economic Integration on Human Rights Conditions: a Case Study of the Mercosur Region, Julie E. Gruber
Department: Political Science

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Role of Identity in Post-Conflict Societies and Its Effect on the Reconciliation Process: the Case of Northern Ireland and South Africa, Malika L. Gujrati
Department: Political Science

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From Exploit to Implicit Racism: a Study in the Ability of Movies to Reflect Society, Matthew E. Gullatta
Department: Political Science

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Does Foreign Direct Investment By Multinational Corporations Lead to Economic Growth and Human Development in Less Developed Countries?, Shanika Gunesekera
Department: Political Science

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A Quantitative Analysis of Ohio Police Officers' Perceptions of Females in Policing, Carmen Hackworth

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Morality and U.S. Foreign Policy: a Normative Examination of the Use of Civilian Contractors and Foreign Military Training, Karl Haddeland
Department: Political Science

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Whose Line Is It Anyway in International Negotiation? Collective Versus National Interests in the Treaty Making Process at the ILO, WIPO, and WHO, Leslie A. Hahn
Department: Political Science

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Cultural Differences in American Baseball and Japanese Besuboro, Nickolas R. Hajjar
Department: History

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Å Travers Les Yeux de la Sainte-Chapelle Une étude De La Mentalité Parisienne au XIII Siécle, Louisa Valien Harbage
Department: French and Francophone Studies

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Using An 18th Century Cemetery and Interviews With Parishioners of St. Genevieve to Determine How Religion Reinforced Ethnic Identity in the French-Catholic Settlement of Calmoutier, Holmes County, Ohio, Jeanne Harrington
Department: Archaeology; Sociology and Anthropology

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Charter School Implementation in States: An Evaluation of the Best Combination of Discretion and Clarity Within State Charter School Law For Success in Overall Improved Quality of Education, Kendra C. Heffelbower
Department: Political Science

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Women Bound: The Deconstruction of Gender Boundaries in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot and Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Emily S. Hines
Department: English

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Sacred Politics: a Theoretical Outlook and Application of Religion in the United States, Kevin R. Huffman
Department: Religious Studies

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Reducing Conflict Through Inter-Group Contact and Free Spaces: Evaluating Governmental and Grassroots Community Relations Initiatives in Northern Ireland, S. Corey Humphrey
Department: Political Science

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ProFootballGamePlan.com, Duke Johnson
Department: Communication Studies

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Overcoming the Representational Problem of the Apocalypse in Kurt Vonnegut, Peter King
Department: English

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State Capacity and Fertility Politics in Ghana and Zambia, Michael Knoop
Department: Political Science

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The Compson Family: A Lineage of "Ancient Wounds", Caroline Kramer
Department: English

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African Inter-State Conflicts: a Study on the Causes of Armed Conflict, 1965-2003, Sunanda Lahiri
Department: Political Science

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Women and Power in Tragedy: Macbeth, Hedda Gabler, and The Crucible, Katy L. Leedy
Department: English

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Postmodern Values and Their Effect on Military Conflicts, Jaehwa Lee
Department: Political Science

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Moving in the Right Direction: A Study of Success for all in Three New York City Elementary Schools, Anika C. Lehman

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The Clinical Use of Electroacoustic Analysis of Hearing Aids and American National Standards Institute Specifications of Hearing Aid Characteristics, Brandon Seth Lichtman
Department: Communication Studies

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Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: the Influence of American Public Opinion on American Foreign Policy During War, Bisma Shahid Loan
Department: International Relations

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States Vs. International Organizations- What External Actors Are More Successful in Resolving Nationalistic Conflicts?, Marina Majdek
Department: Political Science

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Kurt Weill and His Contributions to the American Musical Theatre Genre as Evidenced In His Production, Lady in the Dark, Mary Lindsay Marchio
Department: Music

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'A Hunger For Justice:' The Development of the Modern Detective Story, Emily L. Martin
Department: English

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Conflict, Warfare, and Viewshed Analysis: the Pueblo III Period in the Silver Creek Drainage, East-Central Arizona, Leslie Nicole McCluskey
Department: Archaeology; Geology

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Do Presidents Really Matter? a Look at the President's Role in the Legislative Arena, Ryan Meadows
Department: Political Science

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"But I Don't Have Any Boot Straps" Fashion, Gender, and Social Mobility in Eighteenth Century Britain, Anne C. Medlock
Department: History; Theatre and Dance

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Can International Criminal Tribunals Aid the Reconciliation Process in Societies Struggling to Recover From Violent Ethnic Conflict? a Study of the Cases of Rwanda and Bosnia, Russell D. Miller
Department: Political Science

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Red: A Look at the History of Little Red Riding Hood and her Impact on our Culture, Cara Milne
Department: English

Peak Experience: The Logos Within, Karl Mischler

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A Study of Community Development Corporation Policies and Programs in Response to Their Socio-Economic Context, Benjamin W. Mitchell
Department: Urban Studies

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Un Quatuor De Voix: Brossard, Cixous, Wittig Et Moi, Arete Moodey
Department: French and Francophone Studies

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The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: How History Is Remembered, Beth Moore
Department: History

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A Way, the Truth, and the Life: Sojourner Truth An the Search For Community, Crystal R. Moore
Department: History

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Interest Group Communities and the Impact of Federal Devolution on the Predictive Power of State Level Intstitutional Variables, Sarah Moorhouse
Department: Political Science

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Girls Girls Girls: Girlhood and Its Construction in the 1950s, Molly Moreland
Department: History

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Not Like Us: A Collection of Short Stories, Theresa A. Morgan
Department: English

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Cultural and Narrative Renewal in Leslie Marmon Silko's Novels, Laura Nader
Department: English

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The Effects of GIS on City Planning, Brodie Napaver
Department: Urban Studies

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?: An Exploration of Existentialism, Jennifer C. Novicki
Department: English

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Koffie and Dreams: The European Experience as Seen Through the Eyes of an American Teenager, Christopher Olson
Department: English

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Pink Celluloid: An Examination of the Views and Experiences of Ex-Communist Film Directors Elia Kazan and the Edward Dmytryk With the House Committee of Un-American Activities Expressed Through a Selection of Their Motion Pictures, John Daniel Oswalt
Department: History

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Die Theorie Und Praxis Der Wirtschaftlichen Und Politischen Entwicklung Und Integration Im Rahmen Der Europaischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft: Die Rolle Von Deutschland Und Die Anderen Hochentwickelten Mitgliedstaaten In Der Vorbereitung Auf Den Weg Zur Entwicklung Und Integration Der Weniger Entwickelten Mitgliedstaaten Der Gemeinschaft, Miroslav Z. Parashikov
Department: German Studies

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Suppression of Black Mobilization in Majority-Minority Districts: a Study of Black Voter Turnout in Georgia During the November 2002 Elections, Jonathan B. Parker
Department: Political Science

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The Soldier Slighted- the Organizational Response of Vietname Veterans, Kerry Petersen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Plain and Simple: Health Care Decision-Making Among the Amish and Its Implications on the Process of Cultural Evolution, Cori Philips
Department: Archaeology

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Scientific Evidence and Theological Arguments For the Failure of Scientific Creationism to Provide Sufficient Common Ground Between Theory of Evolution and Christianity, Richard W. Poole
Department: Religious Studies; Geology

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Knock Twice, Erin Popelka
Department: English

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Something Palace and Other Poems, Haley B. Pritchard
Department: English

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The Business of the National Pastime: the Commercialization of Baseball, Daniel A. Pursel
Department: History

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War on Drugs and Its Implications on Women of Color: a Case Study Analysis of the Omnibus Drug Education, Eradication and Control Act of 1986, Christina LeeAnne Ratleff
Department: Political Science

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Things Other Than Flowers: a Collection of Poems and Their Rejected Brethren, James Redick
Department: English

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Literary Canon: A Blast from the Past or a Modern-Day Teaching Tool?: Compilation of Essays dealing Critically with the Concept of the Literary Canon, Kristen Rice
Department: English

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Glimpse of Truth, Alison Richardson
Department: Religious Studies; English

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The Study of Japanese Atrocities During the Pacific War: Rape of Nanjing and Unit 731, Yi Ming M. Roberts
Department: History

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Technological Evolution of the Law: Law.Com, Nicholas Robinson
Department: History

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The Intersection of Poetry and Community within the Poetic Works of Sherman Alexie, Martin Espada and Yusef Komunyakaa, Hannah W. Russell
Department: English

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After Tragedy: An Aesthetic Solution, Philip Sandifer
Department: English

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Errant Passages: Essays Towards a Literacy of the Land, Emily Schadler
Department: English

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Self Help: Intentions of the Author and Responses From the Reader, Gina T. Serrani
Department: English

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Do You Come from a Land Down Under?: Hegemonic Representations of the Ethnic Other in Mainstream Australian Films, Emily E. Silberstein
Department: Sociology and Anthropology

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Read Two Passages and Call Me in the Morning: a Study of the Effects That Religion Has on the Physical and Mental Health, With An Examination of How to Apply These Religious Aspects in a Clinical Setting, Kenneth S. Simmons Jr.
Department: Religious Studies

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Razing the Dead: the Issues of Cemetery Preservation in Wayne County, Carolyn L. Speros
Department: History

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The Development of the Ion Selective Electrode Methodology for the Analysis of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Small Molecule Analogs, Jeffrey Spraggins II
Department: Chemistry

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Exposing Time's Lie: A Bergsonian Analysis of William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury, Rebecca C. Stinson
Department: English

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Power of All Girl Single Sex Schooling, Maurizia A. Stock
Department: Political Science

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National HIV/AIDS Policies and Human Capital Development: the Case of Botswana, South Africa and Zambabwe, Katharine C. Stover
Department: Political Science

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Technology, Industry and the Economy: Necessary Conditions of Effective Integrated Rural Development Policy, Paul F. Strain
Department: Political Science

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Schengen Agreement and Cross Border Crime in the European Union., Kathryn A. Sullivan
Department: Political Science

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La Historia De Vida De La Mujer Hondureña, Rachel M. Swift
Department: Spanish

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Presidential Scandal: Response in Modern American Politics, Bradley F. Templeman
Department: Political Science

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Born to Be Wild: the Image of the Outlaw Motorcyclist, Brian P. Thomay
Department: History

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Silent Houses: An Examination of Social and Economic Pressures Present in Residential Architecture During the Classic/Postclassic Transition in El Coyote, Honduras, Georlin Denise Thorne
Department: Archaeology

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Lessons From the Third World: Ugandan Aids Prevention Success and Potential Replication in the United States, Sarah J. Trafford
Department: Political Science

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Thomas De Quincey and Irvine Welsh As Mirrors of Subculture: Continuity in the Discussion of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Drug Discourses, Matthew D. Trent
Department: History

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Integrating Religious Studies Into Public Education, Lindsay M. Vargo
Department: Religious Studies

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"Primitive, Uncivilized, and Backward:" the Influence of the Media on Negative Stereotyping of Hispanics and Latin Americans, Pilar F. Velasquez
Department: History

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Animating Japanese History: Indelible Truths and Malleable Fictions, Matthew Wagner
Department: History

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National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.): Its Inception As a Benefactor to Student-Athletes and the Vicissitudes of Its Business Control From 1968-1979 and Its Evolution Through Today., Nathan A. Weakland
Department: History

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New Forms of Contention: the Role of Heightened International Integration on Domestic Violent Protest, the Case Study in the European Union and Italy, Adrian Weisell
Department: Political Science

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Analysis of the Balance Needed Between a Religious Group's Freedom of Religion Claims and Then Government's Obligation to Protect the Interests of a Child's Right to Individual Autonomy, Rachel C. Welty
Department: Political Science

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As Lived By Me: An Innovative Yet Academic Look at Late Twentieth Century Grrrlhood, Trish L. Whittington
Department: History

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Determinants of Success in Democratic Transitions: Spain, Russia, Mali, and Chile in Comparative Perspective, Todd Worly
Department: Political Science

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"I Hate Your Fleshly Lives:" Ann Lee, Celibacy, and the Second Appearance of Christ in Early Shaker Doctrine, Marta N. Zaborowski
Department: Religious Studies

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Woman Warriors: a Contemporary Examination of the History, Contributions, and Areas of Controversy of the American Servicewoman From World War I to Present Day, Lindsay M. Zella
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002

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Transformation, Renewal, and Gifts: the Cosmic Significance of Sacrifice in the Era of the Fifth Sun, Melissa I. Acosta
Department: Religious Studies

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Race For Realignment, Richard S. Albeit
Department: Political Science

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No Bones about it, he has TB: Tuberculosis Indicators on Human Rib Remains and its Implications for the Population, Courtney L. Anson

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Para La Educación De Los Niños: La Gran Importancia De Empezar El Estudio De Una Lengua Extranjera En Las Escuelas Primaria. Y Cómo Establecer, Mantener, Y Presentar Un Programa Exitoso., Emily Arundel
Department: Spanish

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Birth of a Siren: Creating the New Voice of Third Wave Feminism, Leila H. Atassi
Department: English