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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
The Sphere of Influence of a Religious Cult: Why the Aztecs Never Achieved Empire, David C. Gash
Department: History
Piano Converto No. 1 (I), Amy Gerber
Department: Music
Piano Converto No. 1 (II), Amy Gerber
Department: Music
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
Dealing in Diamonds: the Consequences of Conflict Diamonds in Africa, Hannah Rayclar Gilman
Department: History
Success or Failure? An Examination of World Bank Development Programs in Africa: Three Case Studies, Elizabeth Greene
Department: International Relations
Baseball Pioneers: Jackie Robinson & Larry Doby, the Lives They Led and the People Who Made It Possible, Jennifer Green
Department: History
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
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
From Exploit to Implicit Racism: a Study in the Ability of Movies to Reflect Society, Matthew E. Gullatta
Department: Political Science
Does Foreign Direct Investment By Multinational Corporations Lead to Economic Growth and Human Development in Less Developed Countries?, Shanika Gunesekera
Department: Political Science
A Quantitative Analysis of Ohio Police Officers' Perceptions of Females in Policing, Carmen Hackworth
Morality and U.S. Foreign Policy: a Normative Examination of the Use of Civilian Contractors and Foreign Military Training, Karl Haddeland
Department: Political Science
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
Cultural Differences in American Baseball and Japanese Besuboro, Nickolas R. Hajjar
Department: History
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
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
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
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
Sacred Politics: a Theoretical Outlook and Application of Religion in the United States, Kevin R. Huffman
Department: Religious Studies
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
ProFootballGamePlan.com, Duke Johnson
Department: Communication Studies
Overcoming the Representational Problem of the Apocalypse in Kurt Vonnegut, Peter King
Department: English
State Capacity and Fertility Politics in Ghana and Zambia, Michael Knoop
Department: Political Science
The Compson Family: A Lineage of "Ancient Wounds", Caroline Kramer
Department: English
African Inter-State Conflicts: a Study on the Causes of Armed Conflict, 1965-2003, Sunanda Lahiri
Department: Political Science
Women and Power in Tragedy: Macbeth, Hedda Gabler, and The Crucible, Katy L. Leedy
Department: English
Postmodern Values and Their Effect on Military Conflicts, Jaehwa Lee
Department: Political Science
Moving in the Right Direction: A Study of Success for all in Three New York City Elementary Schools, Anika C. Lehman
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
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: the Influence of American Public Opinion on American Foreign Policy During War, Bisma Shahid Loan
Department: International Relations
States Vs. International Organizations- What External Actors Are More Successful in Resolving Nationalistic Conflicts?, Marina Majdek
Department: Political Science
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
'A Hunger For Justice:' The Development of the Modern Detective Story, Emily L. Martin
Department: English
Conflict, Warfare, and Viewshed Analysis: the Pueblo III Period in the Silver Creek Drainage, East-Central Arizona, Leslie Nicole McCluskey
Department: Archaeology; Geology
Do Presidents Really Matter? a Look at the President's Role in the Legislative Arena, Ryan Meadows
Department: Political Science
"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
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
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
A Study of Community Development Corporation Policies and Programs in Response to Their Socio-Economic Context, Benjamin W. Mitchell
Department: Urban Studies
Un Quatuor De Voix: Brossard, Cixous, Wittig Et Moi, Arete Moodey
Department: French and Francophone Studies
The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: How History Is Remembered, Beth Moore
Department: History
A Way, the Truth, and the Life: Sojourner Truth An the Search For Community, Crystal R. Moore
Department: History
Interest Group Communities and the Impact of Federal Devolution on the Predictive Power of State Level Intstitutional Variables, Sarah Moorhouse
Department: Political Science
Girls Girls Girls: Girlhood and Its Construction in the 1950s, Molly Moreland
Department: History
Not Like Us: A Collection of Short Stories, Theresa A. Morgan
Department: English
Cultural and Narrative Renewal in Leslie Marmon Silko's Novels, Laura Nader
Department: English
The Effects of GIS on City Planning, Brodie Napaver
Department: Urban Studies
?: An Exploration of Existentialism, Jennifer C. Novicki
Department: English
Koffie and Dreams: The European Experience as Seen Through the Eyes of an American Teenager, Christopher Olson
Department: English
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
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
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
The Soldier Slighted- the Organizational Response of Vietname Veterans, Kerry Petersen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Plain and Simple: Health Care Decision-Making Among the Amish and Its Implications on the Process of Cultural Evolution, Cori Philips
Department: Archaeology
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
Knock Twice, Erin Popelka
Department: English
Something Palace and Other Poems, Haley B. Pritchard
Department: English
The Business of the National Pastime: the Commercialization of Baseball, Daniel A. Pursel
Department: History
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
Things Other Than Flowers: a Collection of Poems and Their Rejected Brethren, James Redick
Department: English
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
Glimpse of Truth, Alison Richardson
Department: Religious Studies; English
The Study of Japanese Atrocities During the Pacific War: Rape of Nanjing and Unit 731, Yi Ming M. Roberts
Department: History
Technological Evolution of the Law: Law.Com, Nicholas Robinson
Department: History
The Intersection of Poetry and Community within the Poetic Works of Sherman Alexie, Martin Espada and Yusef Komunyakaa, Hannah W. Russell
Department: English
After Tragedy: An Aesthetic Solution, Philip Sandifer
Department: English
Errant Passages: Essays Towards a Literacy of the Land, Emily Schadler
Department: English
Self Help: Intentions of the Author and Responses From the Reader, Gina T. Serrani
Department: English
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
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
Razing the Dead: the Issues of Cemetery Preservation in Wayne County, Carolyn L. Speros
Department: History
The Development of the Ion Selective Electrode Methodology for the Analysis of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Small Molecule Analogs, Jeffrey Spraggins II
Department: Chemistry
Exposing Time's Lie: A Bergsonian Analysis of William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury, Rebecca C. Stinson
Department: English
Power of All Girl Single Sex Schooling, Maurizia A. Stock
Department: Political Science
National HIV/AIDS Policies and Human Capital Development: the Case of Botswana, South Africa and Zambabwe, Katharine C. Stover
Department: Political Science
Technology, Industry and the Economy: Necessary Conditions of Effective Integrated Rural Development Policy, Paul F. Strain
Department: Political Science
Schengen Agreement and Cross Border Crime in the European Union., Kathryn A. Sullivan
Department: Political Science
La Historia De Vida De La Mujer Hondureña, Rachel M. Swift
Department: Spanish
Presidential Scandal: Response in Modern American Politics, Bradley F. Templeman
Department: Political Science
Born to Be Wild: the Image of the Outlaw Motorcyclist, Brian P. Thomay
Department: History
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
Lessons From the Third World: Ugandan Aids Prevention Success and Potential Replication in the United States, Sarah J. Trafford
Department: Political Science
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
Integrating Religious Studies Into Public Education, Lindsay M. Vargo
Department: Religious Studies
"Primitive, Uncivilized, and Backward:" the Influence of the Media on Negative Stereotyping of Hispanics and Latin Americans, Pilar F. Velasquez
Department: History
Animating Japanese History: Indelible Truths and Malleable Fictions, Matthew Wagner
Department: History
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
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
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
As Lived By Me: An Innovative Yet Academic Look at Late Twentieth Century Grrrlhood, Trish L. Whittington
Department: History
Determinants of Success in Democratic Transitions: Spain, Russia, Mali, and Chile in Comparative Perspective, Todd Worly
Department: Political Science
"I Hate Your Fleshly Lives:" Ann Lee, Celibacy, and the Second Appearance of Christ in Early Shaker Doctrine, Marta N. Zaborowski
Department: Religious Studies
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
Transformation, Renewal, and Gifts: the Cosmic Significance of Sacrifice in the Era of the Fifth Sun, Melissa I. Acosta
Department: Religious Studies
Race For Realignment, Richard S. Albeit
Department: Political Science
No Bones about it, he has TB: Tuberculosis Indicators on Human Rib Remains and its Implications for the Population, Courtney L. Anson
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
Birth of a Siren: Creating the New Voice of Third Wave Feminism, Leila H. Atassi
Department: English