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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
Nothing New About Nafta: How Maquiladoras Paved the Way For Mexican Neo-Liberal Economics, Felicia Lambe
Department: History
"Princess Jasmine? She's More Than Just An Arabian Hottie With a Bare Midriff! Gender and Ethnic Stereotypes in Children's Animated Film", Amy Joy Latalladi
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Making the Grade or Grading the Makers: A Look at Nclb in America, Christopher James Laubenthal
Department: Political Science
Development and Evolution of the Army Air Force and its Bombardment Strategies Employed in the Pacific During World War II Through the Example of the 11th Bombardment Group's History, Cyrus Nathaniel Lawyer
Department: History
Du Plein Emploi Aux 35 Heures: Repenser La Place Du Travail Dans La Societe Francaise Depuis Les Trente Glorieuses, Andrew Michael Le Blanc
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
Online Confusion: An In-Depth Look at the Design Elements of a Web Based Database and User Interface, Zach Leeds
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Consumer Decision Making: An Interactive Account Between Information Load and Presentation Format, Hyun Joon Lee
Department: Psychology
Visual Acuity and Physical Condition of the Eyes After Moderate Damage From Ultraviolet Light Exposure in Albino Rats, Allisyn Leete
Department: Biology
Government Warning--The Ingredients of this Regime may be Carcinogenic: A Comparative Case Study of Corruption in Four Developing States, Audra Lewicki
Department: Political Science
Power to Negotiate: How Power Symmetry Affected American Bilateral Arms Control Treaties, Eli Lewine
Department: Political Science
"The Story of Our Lives Becomes Our Lives:" Lesbian Readers and the Construction of a Lesbian Self Through Textual Experience, Sheila Liming
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; English
Furniture or Art? a Visual Exploration of Objects Integrating Sculpture and Design, Jeffry J. Liptak II
Department: Art and Art History
A Study of Adolescent Girls' Definitions of Sexuality and How Outside Influences Impact these Definitions, Aubrey Dawn LoCascio
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
With No Uncertain Terms: An Examination of the Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Management, Matthew A. Long
Department: Political Science
Importance of Different Sensory Systems in Animal Learning, Alexis Louttit
Department: Biology
Response of Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) Seed Banks to Repeated Annual Treatments of the Aboveground Vegetation Using Glyphosate Contain Herbicides, Brian D. Lutz
Department: Biology
Churchmen As Resisters: the Public and Secret War Waged By Protestant Pasters Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller, J. David Lyle
Department: History
"Religion in China Under Communist Rule", Jeff Maceyko
Department: Religious Studies
"Loving You This Way Is a Crime": Desire as Causation for Social Deviance and Self-Destruction in the Films of Pedro Almodóvar and David Lynch, Melissa K. Malone
Department: English
A Study of Marijuana Use and the Subcultures of a College Campus Using Symbolic Interaction and the "Hang-Loose" Ethic, Michael Malone
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Factors Affecting Sex Allocation in Two Populations of a South-Central Welsh Bird, the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), Benjamin McCarty
Department: Biology
"A Mother Bore Each One of You:" A Study of the Goddess in Ancient Ireland, Amy Irene McDowell
Department: Religious Studies
Effects of Accutane on the Development of Depressive-Like Symptoms in Rats, Susan McDowell
Department: Psychology
Moving Through the World One State at a Time: An Investigation of Markov Chains, Erin McGinnis
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Stock Price Reaction to a Recall of a Pharmaceutical Product: An Event Analysis, Lisa McMillen
Department: Business Economics
Tipping Point: Determinants of the Choice to Attend The College of Wooster, Richie McNally
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Sugar Plum Fairy's Christmas Tradition: An Americanization of the Nutcracker, Jessica K. Metcalf
Department: History
America's Hang-Up: a Social History of the Telephone From Bell to Cell, Anne Elizabeth Michaels
Department: History
Geophysical Study of Northern Cyclone Canyon Graben in Canyonlands National Park, Utah: Sediment Depth and Implications For a Cross-Sectional Model, Joshua Alan Michaels
Department: Geology
Physically Based Modeling Using the Mass Spring System With An Analysis of Numerical Solutions, Chad Miller
Department: Computer Science
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Male Negro: How Discourse Leads to Tragedy, Courtney L. Miller
Department: English
I Do Not Want to Die: Fear, Fantasy, and Grief in Death-Related Literature For Children, Elizabeth A. Miller
Department: English
Every Hand's a Winner: Reasons People Gamble, Garnett Miller
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Claus Stauffenberg, Ludwig Beck, Hans Oster and the Construction of a Model For a Military Resister to Adolf Hitler, Michael T. Morris
Department: History
Oligomerization and Chaperone Activity of Two Small Heat Shock Proteins From Zea Mays, Emily N. Morse
Department: Chemistry
Strength of a State: Modeling Hard and Soft Power, Allison M. Nau
Department: Mathematics
En El Nombre Del Trabajador Explotado: a History and Discussion of the Bracero Program, Andrea B. Nelson
Department: History
Lost Boys: Sir James M. Barrie and Peter Pan, Margo Nelson
Department: English
Paper on Selected Works For Senior Recital, Parke Nicholson
Department: Music
United States Operations Mission: Economics and Technical Aid to South Vietnam Before the Second Indochinese War, 1950-1960, Parke Nicholson
Department: History
I Don't Want to Be the Assistant: Black Leaders in Major League Baseball Since 1947, Ross K. Nickel
Department: History
Post-Event Representations of the Bombing of Hiroshima: in Memory, Testimony and Witnessing, Kenzo Niwa
Department: History; Art and Art History
Virtual Environments: Gender in Spatial Learning Ability in a Virtual Morris Water Maze, Nicholas Ryan Novak
Department: Psychology
Casting a Wide Net: An Investigation Into How Political Campaigns Are Utilizing the Internet For Political Gain, Joshua Nowack
Department: Political Science
Art of Changing Minds: a Comparative Study of the Political Significance of the Works of F.T. Marinetti and Vaclav Havel, Michael C. Nunnari Jr.
Department: Political Science
Economic Causes and Consequences of Terrorism, Gerrit Cornelis Frans Ockers II
Department: Economics
Berg, the Wagnerian Serialist: An examination of musical references to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in Berg's Lulu, Jeremy W. Orosz
Department: Music
Assessing the Diversity of A-Genotype Strain of 2,4-Diacetylphoraglucinol-Producing Pseudomonas Fluorescens Using Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization, Adam E. Osborne
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dreamtime: A Look Into Australia's Aboriginal Religion, Phyllis Owiredu
Department: Religious Studies
Behavioral Comparison of Allopatric and Sympatric Red-Back Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Interactions With Slimy Salamanders (Plethodon glutinosus), Emily Pagano
Department: Biology
Photo Finish or a Finished Photo? a Picture of Hard-Fought and Low-Key U.S. Senate Competition, 1998-2004, Douglas Mark Palmer
Department: Political Science
Voices of Travel: Exploring Study Abroad, Travel Literature and Contemporary Issues of Travel Through the Creation of a Magazine, Angel D. Pappalardo
Department: English
Following Yellow Brick Roads: a Visual Exploration, Elizabeth Grace Peebles
Department: Art and Art History
Visions of Hope For the Future: a Critical Exploration of the Stem Cell Research Debate--Involving Discussion of Biological, Philosophical, and Religious Arguments on the Moral Standing of the Embryo, Kathryn Elizabeth Peel
Department: Religious Studies
Sacrificing Self: the Loss of the Individual in Identity-Based Groups, Amy Pelak
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Political, Social, and Community Oriented Purposes of the Grange, Denzel G. Peterman II
Department: History
Examination of the Effects of Federal Budget Deficits on Long Term Interest Rates With a Focus on the Impact of the Composition of Federal Spending, Michael Pickford
Department: Economics
Sex Differences Reflect Evolutionary Significance of Auditory Looming, Rianna L. Planisek
Department: Psychology
Disease and Conflict: Analyzing the Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sameera S. Pochiraju
Department: Political Science
"Tak Slucham" Listening to the Life Experiences of Polish Domestic Workers in Chicago, Magdalena J. Popadiak
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Does Public Involvement in Economic Development Benefit the State? a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Four Case Studies, Andrea Porter
Department: Political Science
If "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile," Why Do Some People Walk Around Naked?, Kathryn Powell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Do Reference Prices Really Matter? An Empirical Study Examining Whether Consumers Bargain Shop in the Market For Education, Starlyn Priest
Department: Business Economics
Effectiveness of Approach and Avoidance Coping Strategies on Performance in Golf Putting, Joseph P. Punturi
Department: Psychology
Do Acquiring Bank Shareholders Receive Abnormal Returns When Changes in Systematic Risk Are Acknowledged?, Mustafa Khalid Rafique
Department: Economics
From the Boers to Berlin: How the British Commandos Helped End the Second World War in Europe, Matthew Ryan Rahde
Department: History
Strategies For Success: Union Learning and the Latino Migrant Worker Community in the United States, Shoshana Ellenbogen Raskas
Department: Political Science; Spanish
Collected Poems of Lawrence Raysor and the Lyrics of the Son of Sin, Lawrence Raysor
Department: English
What Business Ethics Should Not Overlook: a Re-Examination of the Scope of Business Ethics, Jameson David Rehm
Department: Philosophy
Buddhist Paradox of No-Self: Can It Be Resolved in Today's Terms?, Bethany Lynne Reiner
Department: Philosophy
Creating Pathways: a Comprehensive Study of Children's Literature in Amish Parochial Schools, Hannah Richardson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Do Low-Income and Minority Households Have Less Accessibility to Housing Credit? An Empirical Study of Possible Disparities in the Mortgage Lending Market of Cuyahoga County, Jennifer Riegelmayer
Department: Economics
Natural Occurrences: a Ceramic Exploration of Nature's Characteristics Through Organic Form, Mary Risley
Department: Art and Art History
Fictional Invitations Into Ojibwa Worlds: a Reader-Response and Cultural Study of Louise Erdrich's the Antelope Wife and Love Medicine, Emily E. Ritter
Department: English
Mathematics Anxiety: the Links Between the Education System and Students Attitudes About Mathematics, Cassie Ritzmann
Department: Mathematics
Voice For the Future? the Lasting Effects of the 1968 Student Movement on Contemporary German Foreign Policy, Jessica L. Riviere
Department: German Studies; Political Science
Fall of the House of Rubber: Wooster and Rubbermaid, 1808-2004, Dane Ralph Robbins
Department: History
Reconstruction of Self Through Narrative: An Exploration of Who I Was, Who I Am, and Who I Will Be?, Elizabeth Ann Roesch
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
No More Mister Nice Guy: Masculinity in Comic Books and the Role of the Antihero, Scott Roger
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Turning the Now Into Always: a Look at Persuasion, Group Identity, Ritual, and the Evolution of Epideictic Rhetoric in the Funeral Orations of Pericles, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan, Amanda Lynn Rollins
Department: Classical Studies; Communication Studies
Broken Landscapes, Divided Classes: a Portrait of Agrarian Reform and Its Effects on Rural Class Structure, Sarah Elizabeth Romorini
Department: International Relations; Political Science
Reconstruction of Self Through Narrative; An Exploration of Who I Was, Who I Am, and Who I Will Be?, Elizabeth Ann Rosech
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Living With the People": An Ethnographic Study of Worldview and Belief of An Aboriginal Community on the Dampier Peninsula, in Western Australia, S. Clark Rubino
Department: Religious Studies
"I Am in Hell!": the Bounty Mutiny and the Memory of William Bligh, Michael James Ruttinger
Department: History
More Than Just Busy Hands, Emily Ryan
Department: Art and Art History
Filtering History: The Story of the Burbages and the Birth of the Globe Theater, Meghan E. Sackett
Department: English
Can a Woman Deliver a Sports Report As Well As a Man? Differences in Male and Female Viewers' Perceptions of the Credibility of Sports Reporters, Benjamin A. Schafir
Department: Psychology
Queen of Mathematics: Topics in Number Theory Including the Prime Number Theorem and Its Proof, Matthew Schlingman
Department: Mathematics
Cuentos de una Cumbiambera, Christina Elena Schmitzler
Department: English; Spanish
"Excellence in Body, Mind, and Spirit:" Health Beliefs and Practices of Health Food Users in Wooster, Ohio, Katherine G. Schneider
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Do I See That Treat at All? Well...Maybe?": An Examination of the Concept of Theory of Mind and Dominance Competition in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) Through Their Ability to Use a Mirror to Locate Hidden Food Rewards, Courtney M. Segovis
Department: Psychology
Idle Witness, Joel Servillo
Department: English
Comfort in Serenity: a Photographic Depiction of Nostalgia, Adrianne Michelle Sharrock
Department: Art and Art History
Models Among Friends, Emma Shaw
Department: Religious Studies
Friendly Masks Made of Plastic Smiles: An Examination of Subordination and Emotional Labor in the Service Industry, Lauren Sherry
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Steiner Trees, Christopher M. Sirois
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
"He Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea," But Can Spongebob Be Influencing Children's Body Image Development?: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of "Spongebob, Squarepants" and Other Popular Television Programming on a Child's Development of Body Build Stereotypes, Bethany B. Skelton
Department: Psychology
Testing Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat Variables in the Decline of Blanchard's Cricket Frogs in Ohio, Allen Skinner
Department: Biology
Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Model Electroluminescent Polymer, Daniel Skully
Department: Chemistry
Effect of Live Versus Videotaped Testimony on Juror Perceptions of Recall, Confidence, and Nonverbal Cues of An Adult Female Eyewitness, Meghan Grant Slipka
Department: Psychology