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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000
The Battle of Lake Erie: What We Don't Know, Bryan J. Solomon
Department: History
Enjoy the Silence: Exploring the Poetic Significance of European Pop-Music, Ben Spieldenner
Department: English
El Baseball Y El Béisbol: La Influencia De Las Ligas Grandes En El Deporte Y El Idoma De América Latina, Heather Stauffer
Department: Spanish
In Pursuit of Prospectives: The Private, Liberal Arts College, Marketing, and the View Book, Christina P. Stern
Department: Communication Studies; English
Escaping Sweet Valley: A Feminist Approach to Beauty, Sexuality, and Gender in Young Adult Literature, Megan A. Tarrant
Department: English
What Affects International Cooperation? An Examination of the International Pressure and Domestic Politics That Affected the Ratification of the Treaty on European Union, 1992, Sonia Vaidya
Department: Political Science
Lithics and Prehistoric Economy in Knox County, Ohio: A Lithic Debitage Analysis From the Acton Site (33Kn395), Jonathan Vanderplough
Department: Archaeology
Gantenbein Goes to the Movies: Intertexuality in Films of Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, and Jean-Luc Godard, Ken Walczak
Department: Comparative Literature
Ideological Chaos Sprinkled With Literary Ambiguity: a Critical Analysis of Second Amendment Interpretation, Brock A. Wanless
Department: Political Science
How Tuscarawas County, Ohio Contribution to World War I and II, Brian Watkins
Department: History
Collective Revolution: An Examination of Intentional Communities, Emily E. Welty
Department: Religious Studies
Capricious By Nature: The Mutable Role of Pan in a Selection of Classical, Nineteenth-Century and Twentieth Century Texts, Megan W. Whinery
Department: Classical Studies; English
One Woman Reading: A Personal Inquiry in Transactional Reading, Carrie L. Wiles
Department: English
America's Biographers: The Personal and Political Poetry of Robert Lowell and John Berryman, Nathan Wilkinson
Department: English
The British Ruling Elite and Hong Kong: A Perspective of Chinse Foreign Relations, Max Alec Wilson
Department: History
About God... Talk!: Feminist Thological God-Talk Within the Abrahamic Religions, Alexia C. Zdral
Department: Religious Studies
Intermonastic Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: A Vehicle in Which to Explore the History, Models, Themes and Theories of Interreligious Dialogue, Timothy R. Ziegler
Department: Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
Vision of the Child in the Nineteenth Century British Fiction, Christina K. Alberto
Department: English
Person Is a Person, No Matter How Small Breaking the Communication Barrier Between Adults and Children Through Literature, Jayme Armistead
Department: English
Public Opinion Towards Race-Targeted Interventions as Evidence of Support or Oppression of the Ku Klux Klan, Zakiyyah N. Ashshaheed
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Visions of France and the French: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Robert Doisneau, and Brassai, Amanda M. Atkinson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Comparing and Contrasting Human Evolution Exhibits in Natural History Museums, Anne-Maria Baas
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Billman Family As a Case Study of German-American Farming Families in the Archaeological Record, Laura Baird
Department: Archaeology
Wise Use Perspective: Values of the Grassroots Land Use Movement, Eric M. Bakken
Department: Political Science
Transforming the Traditional Christian Definition of Divine Power: Calling Christians to Accountability and Justice, Rebecca J. Barnes
Department: Religious Studies
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Analysis of the Prevelance of Body Image Among Preadolescents, Danielle Baughman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Analysis of the Prevelance of Body Image Among Preadolescents, Danielle Baughman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Political Instability and Currency Depreciation: A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Politics and the Exchange Rate, Amrita Bhandari
Department: International Relations
Presidential Success: Structurally-Constrained or Presidency-Centered?, Holly K. Bockbrader
Department: Political Science
Legitimacy and Nicaragua: The Case of Governmental Obligations and Popular Resistance, Gregory A. Boettner
Department: Political Science
Religious Voices in a Sixth Graders Life: An Examination of How Attending a Religious School Affects Students Views of Religion, Caroline Bohn
Department: Religious Studies
Settlement Patterns Along the Vermillion and Black Rivers in Lorain County, Ohio and Subsistence Patterns Seen Through Microwear Analysis, Steven Brandes
Department: Archaeology
Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities, Alyssa N. Brodsky
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Man Among Men: A Critical Analysis of the Life and Teachings of Marting Luther King, Jr., Daniel W. Broehl
Department: History
Creation at the Intersection of Media, Francis Browne
Department: English
Pathogens, Pesticides, Productivity, and Policy: Mathematical Modeling of Plant Virus Disease to Determine How Altering Vector Conditions and Plant Susceptibility Changes the Outcome of Disease Spread in An Agricultural System and Provides Farmers the Ability to Assess the Impending Risk, Reducing Their Use of Pesticides, and Establishing Farmers' Decisionmaking As the Key to More Visionary U.S. Environmental Policy, Jennifer A. Buckley
Department: Biology; Political Science
Drama of Her Own: J.M. Synge and the Quest For National Identity in Ireland, 1903-1909, Brooke Bulkeley
Department: English
Etruscans and Rome: A Relation of Influences, Gabriel Califano
Department: Archaeology
Examining the Holocaust Through Stricken Eyes, Christoph M. Cantwell
Department: German Studies
Unemployment and Nationalism: A Case Study in the United Kingdom, Matthew G. Carpenter
Department: Political Science
The Horror, The Horror; Horror Films: Directors' Visions and Audience Reactions, David R. Celebrezze
Creating and Implementing an Effective Elementary Reading Program: A Discussion of a Whole Language, Literature Based Reading Program, Laura J. Chazan
Department: English
Spice: The Making of a Magazine, Amy M. Chidiac
Department: English
Testing the Possibilities: A World-Systems Perspective on Interaction Between Mesoamerica and the Southeastern United States and the Development of the Mississippian Culture, Jody Clauter
Department: Archaeology
Reparing Broken Windows: The Role of the Police Officer in Community-Oriented Policing, Robert B. Clayton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
House of the Vetii at Pompeii, Sarah Conway
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History
Writing From the Belly of a Paradow: Thomas Merton and the Recovery of the Christian Experience Through Zen, David J. Cooper
Department: Religious Studies; English
Color at the Final Curtain: The Creation of Mood Through Color in Europides Medea and Dassin's Dream of Passion and How the Ancient and Modern Audiences Responded, Danielle M. Coppola
Department: Classical Studies; English
Effects of Hellenization on the Oral and Written Tradition of the Sefer Yetzirah and the Beginning of the Kabbalah, Christopher A. M. Coughlin
Department: Religious Studies
Transcendentalism of Gatsby's Dream: Illusions of Time and the Material, Jonathan N. Crawford
Department: English
Slave Rebellions in the American South, Carl Crumbaker
Department: History
Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments, James F. Cubie
Department: Religious Studies; Philosophy
Film Adaptation As Autoethnography: Three Cinematic Offspring of Oliver Twist, Dan Darling
Department: English
Differential Mobilization of Black and White Churches For Political Action: Presbyterian Churches in the Pittsburgh Area, Andrew J. Dawson
Department: Political Science
Ya-Ya Mamas and Women Warriors, Kristen Demaline
"If I Could Be Like Mike": Professional Athletes as American Role Models, Lisa Marie DeWitt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gender, Age, Education, Size, and Race as Indicators of the Thematic Content of High School and College/University Bathroom Graffiti, Jennifer E. Diehl
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wooster in Pella: a History of the Site, the Excavations, and the Collection, E. Michael DiPaolo
Department: Archaeology
Conflict Deconstruction Theory: a Case Study of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1981-1998, Nicole E. Dodds
Department: Political Science
Under the Rim: a Sportswriter's Season With the 1998-99 Scot Men's Basketball Team, Neil Domer-Shank
Department: English
Pleasure Unto Death, Colleen V. Dunn
Department: English
Modern Christian Fiction: Bridging the Gap Between the Believer and the Unbeliever, Rachel E. Evans
Department: English
Dirty Tricks and Dirty Dresses: Newspapers and White House Scandal, Sarah C. Fenske
Department: English; Political Science
Canonized Sexuality? Exploring Women's Sexuality within the Context of the Song of Songs, Elizabeth L. Feroe
Can Courts Produce Social Change? An Analysis of Ohio's Third Wave School Finacne Litigation, Erick D. Gale
Department: Political Science
Community Development Corporations and the Urban Regime: a Study of New York City Development Politics, Alessandra T. Garber
Department: Political Science
"Hey!...Look What Zog Do!": A Revealing Look Inside Gary Larson's The Far Side, William Drew Gibson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Do We Get to Win This Time?": The Changing Portrayal of the Vietnam Veteran In Major Motion Pictures, Zachary J. Goode
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Decade of Terror: a Study of Political Violence in El Salvador and Honduras in the 1980s, C. Curtis Gore
Department: Political Science
The Changing Meanings of Fairy Tales, Karen Grimwood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Changing Meanings of Fairy Tales, Karen Grimwood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Detailed Analysis of a Hastily Called Presidential Investigation into the Reasons for the Pearl Harbor Disaster: the Roberts Commission of 1941-1942, Todd K. Grubich
Department: History
Impact of Financial Crises Upon the Sovereign State, Travis L. Grundke
Department: International Relations
Photography and Text: a Meaningful Conversation, Micheal L. Hahn
Department: English
We Have Paid Our Dues: Black Women And Their Perceptions of Labor Organizations in the United States, Deidra Haygood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Irony in Selected Short Stories of O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: 1890-1910, Andrea J. Hiner
Department: English
Dula: An Acoustical, Lucien G. Holmes
Department: English
Quality of Life V. the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution a Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago V. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett J. Holmgren
Department: Political Science
The Quality of Life v. The Fundamental Rights of the Constitution: A Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago v. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett James Holmgren
Rise of Legal Fiction, Elizabeth B. Howard
Department: English
"Where Are You From?" Third Culture Kids: An Evaluation of Reentry Programs, Elissa A. Irish
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Scout's Honor: Ethnography of Girl Scout Gender Ideals and Practices in Contemporary American Society, Amanda L. Johnson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Rave Experience: An Ethnographic Study of the Cleveland, Ohio Rave Scene, Janice L. Kazimir
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Yes, There Are Homeless People in Wooster": Memoirs of Invisible Women, Kathryn A. Klonowski
Department: English
Towards a More Progressive Theme: the Democratic Party Between 1988-1992, Leslie A. Knapp
Department: Political Science
http://sww.Vote4Me.com: Creating Evaluative Web Site Design Principles to Study U.S. Congressional Election Candidate Us of the World Wide Web, James W. Koller
Department: Political Science
The Militia Movement in America, Nicholas Lacy
Department: History
"I Should Kick Your Ass Just For Wearin' Them Ugly Shoes:" An Exploration Into the Popularity of Professional Wrestling, Matthew R. Lang
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Everything I Do, I'm Seen as a Black Person": An Interpretive Study of the Racial and Class Consciousness of the Black Middle Class, Jesse B. Larson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
World Wide Web War: An Examination of Information Warfare, Samuel Howe Lincoln
Department: History
"Ange Ou Demon, Qu'Importe?" Napoleon Bonaparte vu a Travers Six Hommes De Lettres Français de XIXe Siecle, John R. Lytle
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
In the Beginning There Was the Word?, Christopher T. Mace
Department: History
Humor In The Workplace: A Study of the Differences in the Use of Humor By Gender and Status, Gretchen L. Maier
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Implications of St. Augustine's Use of Virtus in Book XIX of the City of God, Sean P. Malone
Department: Classical Studies
Perceptions of the Black Underclass Analysis of William Julius Wilson's Theory of the Inner-City in a Changing Economy, Mathias D. Manner
Department: Political Science
The Evolution of the Jazz Guitarist, William F. Marcell II
The Evolution of the Jazz Guitarist, William F. Marcell II
Department: History
Seconds Anyone? An Exploration of the Secondhand Consumer Market and its Consumers, Katharyne L. Marcus
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Many Faces of God: Individual Images of the Christian Deity and Their Interactions With Society", Rebecca J. McClintock
Department: Religious Studies
Lacrosse: the Fastest Growing Game on Two Feet, Jared R. McKee
Department: History