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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Jonathan Swann
Department: Music
Masculinity and "The Greatest Generation:" An Oral History, Austin Ernest Taylor
Department: History
Inter Arma Leges Silent: the Supreme Court and Their Decisions During War, Anne M. Teckman
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Synthesis of Siloxymethyl Glucuronide: Progress in the Synthesis of C-Linked Retinoyl β-Glucuronide, Kathryn M. Torrey
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Simulating the Path of a Fastpitch Softball Pitch, Angela Lynn Triplett
Department: Physics
On Meaning and Life, Colin Turner
Department: Philosophy
Cryptic Marine Community From the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Langton Herring, Dorset, Southern England, Monica A. Umstead
Department: Geology
Effect of Art Therapy on Self-Esteem and Short Term Memory Performance in the Elderly, Jessica L. Ward
Department: Psychology
Heroes Without Wings: Rescue, Redemption, and the Persistence of Western Myth, Elizabeth Weiss
Department: History; English
Uzbekistan on the Threshold of Revolution? Radical Islam and the Threat to the Post-Soviet State, Andrew White Whitner
Department: Political Science; History
Topology-Based Algorithms For Self-Organizing, Self-Healing Peer-To-Peer Search Networks, Joel Wietelmann
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Spreading the Word: the Promise and Disappointment of the Nicaraguan Literacy Crusade, Angela Winningham
Department: History
Heroes: Reflections of World War II Through the Stories of Those Who Lived It, Jennifer R. Woloschyn
Department: English
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
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
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
Smokin', Jeffrey W. Adamson
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Origin of the Strjugsskarð Andesite, Skagi Peninsula, North-Central Iceland, Charlene Adzima
Department: Geology
Struck Out: the 1919 World Series, Robert L. Andreoli
Department: History
Effects of Erythropoietin (EPO) Treatment on Muscle Strength, Fatigue, and Hemoglobin Levels in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Angela Arnold
Department: Biology
Effects of 2,4,4,-Trichloro-2-Hydroxydiphenylether on Salmonella typhimurium, Ashley Arnold
Department: Biology
Pillage the Village! The Sources of Viking Perceptions, Ian Barrett
Department: History
Retold: Interpretations of the Influences of Storytelling, Anne Baughman
Department: Art and Art History
Far From Sterile: the Microbial Contamination and Food-Borne Disease Potential of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) Seeds, Jonathan Robert Bell
Department: Biology
Presidential Success in Congress: the Myth of Second Term Failure, Christopher M. Billow
Department: Political Science
They Are Likened With Air Quality: the Use of Corticolous Lichen Communities and Elemental Analysis of Punctella rudecta As Indicators of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Air Quality at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Andrew Bishop
Department: Biology
The Landscape: Catalyst of American Identity, Ann Marie Bliley
Department: English
SALTing the Nukes: The Effectiveness of the Nixon and Carter Administrations to Conclude a Strategic Arms Limitations Agreement, 1969-1979., Amanda K. Bonus
Department: History
From the Euro to the Afro Lessons From European Monetary Union For Africa, Patrick M. Bourke
Department: Economics; Political Science
Paleoenvironments and Stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Strata of Central Tennessee, Suzanne E. Boyenton
Department: Geology
Passe Recompose: L'Histoire Et L'Histoire Dans Les Trois Mousquetaires, Adrienne K. Brayman
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Religion's Effects on Mental Health: A Brief Look at the Study of Psychology and Religion--Its Past, Present, and Future., Jennifer Ann Brooks
Department: Religious Studies
"What He Has Now to Say": a Thematic Narrative in John Berryman's 77 Dream Songs, Jay Brumfield
Department: English
Special Education Served With a Silver Spoon: the Analysis of a Special Education Program in An Affluent School District, Amanda Burnett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: the Mythic Trials of Jesus of Nazareth, William Burton
Department: History
Theoretical Examination of a Possible Dihydrogen Complex in Homoleptic Iron (II) and Ruthenium (II) Penta-Hydride, Bryant Cameron
Department: Chemistry
"The Youngest Really Is the Favorite" a Study of the Effects of Birth-Order, Ryan Carson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Investigation of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots With a Ballistic Electron Emission Microscope, Austin R. Carter
Department: Physics
Scandal of Geometry, Zachary Charles Carter
Department: Mathematics
The Jewish Perspective of the Messiah: Why Not Jesus?, Anthony J. Caruso II
Department: Religious Studies
Live and Let Die: the Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia, Donald Cornelius Caughlan
Department: Philosophy
Search For a Fair and Just Society: Regulating Deviancy From Puritan America to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines of 1987, Timothy S. Cline
Department: History
Redeeming Voices: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Dorothy Allison, Jessica Paige Conn
Department: English
Rhizome Media: Exploring the Effect of the Internet on Journalism Today, Sarah Core
Department: English
Análisis Feminista De Personajes Femeninos En Don Quijote, Y Otra Historia Más, "La Campesina Aldonza Lorenzo Del Toboso", Alexandra Curley
Department: Spanish
Living Liminal: the Dynamic Relationship Between Psychic Vampirism and Spirituality Also Known As Vampire Hunter A: Prana-Lust, Amanda Dahlin
Department: Religious Studies
Hamilton Population Analysis of CO Chemisorption on Pd(111) and Rh(111), Gregory C. Dallinger
Department: Chemistry
Reflecting on the Multiplicity of the Emotional Being: a Self-Portrait, Angela Damore
Department: Art and Art History
Effects of Creatine and Androstenedione on Body Weight, Food and Water Intake, and Physical Strength and Endurance on Trained Lab Rats, Martin Danial
Department: Biology
Determining Variations in Glyphosate Susceptibility Among Velvetleaf (Abutilon Theophrasti, Malvaceae) Accessions, Jala J. Daniel
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Can You Believe What's on TV These Days? An Examination of the Effects of Citizen Groups on the Enforcement of Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Indecency Policy, Andrew C. Darneille
Department: Political Science
Investigating the Role of the N-Termini in the Dimerization and Active Site Communication of Creatine Kinase, Krystal R. Davis
Department: Chemistry
Proposed Method of Tagging Hair Samples For Identification With Straight Chain Alkane Thiols, Sarah E. Davis
Department: Chemistry
Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Films As a Molecular Recognition Element For a Chemical Sensor to Detect Gas Phase Trinitrotoluene, Stacey Lynne Dean
Department: Chemistry
"Suddenly, I'm Thinking About How I Fit Into the Context of This Larger Whole:" a Study of Rural, Secular Intentional Communities in the United States, Katherine Deardorff
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Development of Simple and Effective RNA Interface in Phytophthora infestans, Elise Susan Demitrack
Department: Biology
I Know You Work More Than Any Woman I Ever Seen, Lindsay Demmy
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Computational Investigation of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide on Platinum and Ruthenium, Morgan DeSantis
Department: Chemistry
The Conversion of the Roman Empire Form Pagan to Christian, Tracy Lynn DiBiasio
Department: Religious Studies
Scarlet Women of the Emerald Isle: Convent Operated Female Institutions in Ireland, Rebecca J. Dieleman
Department: History
How Does the Conflict Between An Option to Defer and An Option to Expand Determine An Investment Decision Under Uncertainty? a Real Options Approach Applied to the Software Migration Project at the College of Wooster, Desislava Dimitrova
Department: Economics
Artisans of Impression: An Examination of the Impact of Lawyer Image, Reed Domer-Shank
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Diamonds in the Roughly Dismissed Literature: Plot, Theme, and Character Development in the Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury, Michelle Douglas
Department: English
Tum the Beat Around: a Discursive History of Music Criticism, 1978-1984, David J. Drake
Department: History
Word Problems, Juliann Frances Draper
Department: English
New Dendroclimatic Tree Ring Network From Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, William Driscoll
Department: Geology
This Is Hard, Nancy Dujmovic
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Shaman Healing and Western Medicine: An Examination of Culturally Relative Techniques of Healing, Elizabeth Laurena Dunbar
Department: Religious Studies
Waves of Meaning: Advertising the Cruise Industry, Michelle Lynn Durham
Department: English
Φ, Clarkson Dzapasi
Department: Computer Science; Mathematics
Investigating a Catalytic Role of Dimerization For Creatine Kinase, Ijeoma G. Eccles-James
Department: Chemistry
Is There a Difference Between a Work of Literature and An Instruction Manual?, John Evans
Department: English; Philosophy
Synthesis and NMR Analysis of Cyclohexylphospho-L-Serine: Continuing Research in the Development of Small-Molecule Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, James W. Faulkner IV
Department: Chemistry
Social Stigma of Stuttering, John A. Fishburn
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Adult Attachment Style As a Predictor of Success and Exploration in First-Year College Students, Kathleen Fones-Wolf
Department: Psychology
One Dimensional Chaotic Dynamical Systems, Jacob D. Frank
Department: Mathematics
Fines Educativos de Hechos Culturales, Literarios e Historicos en Dos Novelas De Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Ashley Frederick
Department: Spanish
Who Influences You? A Study of the College of Wooster Women and Their Body Image, Barbara Fritzsche
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Similarities in Fish Communities Separated By a Geographical Barrier in First and Second Order Streams in Medina Co., Ohio, Kenneth E. Fry IV
Department: Biology
Urban Economic Growth: An Analysis of Human Capital Spillovers and Productivity, Jonathan Nye Fuller
Department: Economics
Four Moral Criteria: Reconciling Kantian Moral Theory and Utilitarianism, Roderick F. Ganiard III
Department: Philosophy
Adjusting the Dials: Primetime Television of the 1970s as a Reflection of Social History, Vanessa Georgeson
Department: History
Nest Site Selection in Female Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata), Melanie Lynn Gertz
Department: Biology
Incorporating a Consumption Tax Into the Tax Structure of the United States: An Empirical Analysis of the Value-Added Tax and Its Effects on Personal Savings, Lauren M. Gilbert
Department: Economics
Selling the Femme Fatale: the Poster Art of Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha, Lisa Anne Glazer
Department: Art and Art History
Leading the Way: An Analysis of Leadership and Gender, Lane E. Green
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
La Música Y La Lengua Dos Hermanas De La Vida Parte II, Scott Griffin
Department: Spanish
Shadow Cast Forward: the Austrian Pan-German Movement, 1800-1918, and Its Influences on Hitler's Political Vision and Worldview, Colin James Grindall
Department: History
Obeying the Law: An Exploration of Benford's Law and Its Application to the Detection of Accounting Fraud, Lauren Gruenebaum
Department: Mathematics
Can Bankruptcy Be Predicted? the Creation of a New Bankruptcy Prediction Model, April Guarnera
Department: Business Economics
"What Do You Mean, I Can't Drink the Milk?": the Psychological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident, Annabell Christin Haessler
Department: History
Examination of Image Recognition With Neural Networks, Katherine Haines
Department: Computer Science
Effects of Severance Tax Incentives on the U.S. Oil Industry: Based on Extractive Firms Behavior For Oil Production and Exploration, Carlyn Rebecca Hall
Department: Economics
Understanding Single-Sex Education: How Group Gender Composition Affects Predictions and Interpretations of Task Performance, Sarah M. Hamerstone
Department: Psychology
Inmates Have Taken Over the Asylum: a Study of Argentina's Grassroots Worker Cooperative Movement, Katherine Harold
Department: History
Gravity Model Analysis of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA), Syed Imran Hasnain
Department: Economics
City Architecture, the People's Perspective, Ashley E. Hecker
Department: Art and Art History
Friendship Structures: Motives in Forming and Managing Ideal and Actual Friendships, Tyler S. Heisterkemp
Department: Psychology
Making Life Simpler: An Investigation of Some Isoperimetric Problems, Katherine Henley
Department: Mathematics
Effects of Juniperus communis Oil on Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain UT189, Elizabeth Margaret Herbert
Department: Biology