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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
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
Testing the Efficacy of 2,13 and 3,13 Octadecadiel-1-OL Acetate and Commercially Available Lures As Sex Attractant Pheromones For Pennisetia Marginata (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Justin Sloan
Department: Biology
Tartuffe: An Analysis of Design Strategies; Devices of Theatricality and Alienation through an Adaptation of Selected Semiotic Principles and Vocabulary, Ada Elizabeth Sharwell Smith
Department: Theatre and Dance
Making the Tour: Effectively Implementing Navigation, Realism, and Information Dissemination Using Principles of Human-Computer Interaction in a 3D Environment Created in the X3D Format, Jesse Smith
Department: Mathematics; Computer Science
Menace of Lemming Heights, Julia Smith
Department: English
Un Estudiante De ISL Sin Pragrama: El Caso De Raúl (Parte II), David Snell
Department: Spanish