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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Higher Education Aspirations: a Comparison of Students in Rural and Urban Areas, Erin Craw
Department: Urban Studies
Replicating the South African Model? Truth Commissions As Tools For Reconciliation: The Cases of Nigeria,Ghana, and Sierra Leone, Christabel E. Dadzie
Department: Political Science
The Vietnam War: A Better Understanding, Carl E. Davis
Department: History
A Study of the Relationship of Prohibted-Conduct Laws and Stigma to the Victimization of People Experiencing Homelessness, Elizabeth DeNiro
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Zwischen Diaspora Undsozialistischer Utopie: Probleme Judischer Identitat in Der Deutschen Demokrastischen Republik, Kristin Dill
Department: German Studies; History
Pulse of the Continent: the Railroad in Nineteenth Century American Art, Literature, Thought, and Song, Peter N. Durbin
Department: History
Light Rail Transporation Systems in American Cities: a Case of Six Metropolitan Area's Who Considered Light Rail, James Eichstaedt
Department: Urban Studies
Heroes of a Lost Cause: An Historical Inquiry of American Myth, Matthew. D. C. Elrod
Department: History
Can Narrative Heal? Honoring the Creativity, Consciousness and Self-Authorship of Sick Patients and Re-Humanizing Health Care Through the Art of Narrative, Daniel R. George
Department: English
Unexpected Revelations: the Relationship Between the Third Reich Era and the Reception of Black Germans After World War II, Amika J. Gibbons
Department: German Studies; History
Agriculture, Agents, Assimilation and Assassination. An A+ Guide to Teaching Colonial America, Benjamin M. Gillig
Department: History
Experiences of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment of the 43rd Infantry Division of the United States Army in the South Pacific During World War II: 1943-1945, Drew W. Gittus
Department: History
Motherhood in Black and White: How the National Organization For Women and the National Welfare Rights Organization Politicized Motherhood From 1966-1975, Rachel-Amelia M. Glickel
Department: History
The End of An Era: the Reform of the CIA, 1945-1975, John Goss
Department: History
Caught Between: An Analysis of Guatemala's Battle with Internal Insurgent Groups and how it Affects Civilians, in Particular Women, Rian Graves
Department: Political Science
Georgia O'Keeffe and Willa Cather: The Exploration of Women, Art, and Identity in Twentieth Century America, Jacquelyn R. Gulick
Department: History
"Tired and Poor" or "Wretched Refuse"?: Study of the Roles of Religious Groups and United States Government Policymakers in Regards to Immigrants Across the Mexican United States Border, Kathryn Harrison
Department: Religious Studies
The Japanese Control of the American Video Game Industry, Justin I. M. Hart
Department: History
More Peaceful Society: the Application of the Buddhist Theology of Peace in the Christian West, Danielle Hawkins
Department: Religious Studies
Residue Analysis of Ceramics From Late Byzantine and Mediaeval Contexts at Pella, Jordan, Hanneke Aaltje Hoekman
Department: Archaeology; Chemistry
Class Choice: A Study of Factors in Parents' Elementary School Selection, Lindsey Howell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Always the Patient, Never the Playmate: The Impact of Chronic Illness on Children's Social Functioning, Heather E. Humphrey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Talk to Me!: A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Interfaith Dialogue, Lindsay M. Jarvis
Department: Religious Studies
Crawling Through the Mist, Melissa Johnson
Department: English
Testing Rational Deterrence Theory: An Analysis of Defense Spending and Conflict, Cyrus D. Karimian
Department: Political Science
Silent Partner: The Duality of Terrorist Negotiations, Kelly C. Kenyhercz
Department: Political Science
Positive Peacebuilding: Tools of Non-Governmental Organizations in Southeastern Africa, Erin King
Department: Political Science
Justice for Whom? A Feminist Inquiry into Rape, Stacia Lucille Kock
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Sentimentality in Aids Documentaries, Rachel Kranch
Department: English
Art of Justice: An Examination of the Architecture of the United States Supreme Court Building As a Mode of Political Expression, Erin M. Kriynovich
Department: Political Science; Art and Art History
Inequality in Special Education: An Examination of Ethnicity, Economic Disadvantagement, and Special Education Placement, Anna Krumwiede
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Realism, Liberalism, and United Nations Reform: Which School of Thought, Realism, or Liberalism, Better Explains the Successes and Failures of United Nations Reform?, Emmanuel N.L. Lamptey
Department: Political Science
Dying to Live: Justifying Martyrdom, William M. Laukitis
Department: Religious Studies
How to Be a Liberal in the Face of Liberalism, Sarah F. Lawton
Department: Political Science
Is Baseball Still America's Game? Historical Thoughts on a National Pastime and Its Most Celebrated Franchise, Mark A. Lucas
Department: History
Settlement Dynamics of Central Cyprus: a Gis Analysis, David Massey
Department: Archaeology
Bible or Beer? a Look at Amish Rumspringa and Baptism, Kate Matthews
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Inside the Outback: A Study of Isolation and the Influenecs of Peer Socialization on a Child's Development, Mary S. Medaris
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Doubt and Faith in Dostoevskii's Later Novels: a Re-Evaluation of Bakhtin's Polyphonic Theory, Jesse R. Menefee
Department: English; Russian Studies
Hand That Gives You Life, Strangles You By the Throat: What Is the Hidden Agenda of the World Bank?, Adoley Mensa-Bonsu
Department: Political Science
Learning From the Past: An Examination of Decision-Making and Covert Actions, Clinton J. Miller
Department: Political Science
Lest Her Name Should Cease From the Mouths' of Men: Helen As Ovid's Fantasy Woman in Heroides 16 and 17, Pamela J. Miller
Department: Classical Studies
Contributors to the Success of the Great Highland Bagpipe Throughout the World and the College of Wooster: A Macro and Micro Historical View, George C. Morrison
Department: History
Effects of Homelessness on the Development of Peer Relationships in Children, Michael M. Nienaber
Department: Psychology
Wayne County Cemeteries, Aaron Orszag
Department: Archaeology
Rally 'Round the Flag: The Impact of 9/11 on the Patriotism of Interest Group Advertising, Joshua M. Pantesco
Department: Political Science
North Korean Defectors in South Korea: Their Own Experiences, and South Koreans' Views of Them, Meeri C. Park
Department: History
Investigation Into the Situation of Midwives During the European Witch Trials in Bavaria, Megan H. Potts
Department: Religious Studies; German Studies
Language Mobilizing the Masses: Political Rhetoric in Cold War West German Electoral Speeches; Its Breakdown Along Linguistic Lines and Ability to Inspire Voters, Cecily Raynor
Department: Political Science; German Studies
Myths, Monuments, and Materialism: the American Search For a National Identity Through National Park Tourism, 1865-2005, Heather A. Reed
Department: History
Putting the States Back to Work: An Examination of State Economic Policies and Their Effect on Employment, Douglas S. Reiser
Department: Political Science
Discussion of the Literature and Analysis of Data Concerning the Presence of Language and Evolutionary Placement of Neandertal, Adam Ridout
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Lenny's Legacy: How a Star Athlete's Death Helped Shaped American Drug Policy, Joseph Rogers
Department: History
Red on Pink: The Effect of the Cuban Socialist Revolution on the Lives of Women, Mary Kate F. Russell
Department: Political Science
A Two-Level Games Approach to the Study of American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba, Katherine E. Ryan
Department: Political Science
Pathways to the Formal Agenda: An Analysis of John W. Kingdon's Multiple Streams Theory of Agenda Setting, Mary Schantz
Department: Political Science
I Volunteer...But Why? Does My Christian Faith Influence My Decision to Volunteer Within the Community, Susan Scheaf
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"By My Self": Reconceiving of Welfare "Dependency", Christina J. Shadle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Courts in Order: Why Inequities in Public School Funding Have Become a Litigious Issue Since 1968, Kevin Shelly
Department: History
Factors That Contribute to Professional Football Dynasties, Erickson L. Shipe
Department: History
Deadly American Waiting Game: An Analysis of the Clinton Administration's Decision Not to Intervene in Rwanda in 1994, Erin E. Skinner
Department: Political Science
"Jamming with the Boys": A Look at Women and Gender in Bluegrass Music, Christine Alkire Smedley
Masculine Image of Cleopatra VII: A Connotative Symbasis in Literature and the Visual Arts, Andrew C. Spencer
Department: Classical Studies
Cults: The Bad Religion?, Molly Spirer
Department: Religious Studies
Cultural Construction of the West Nile Virus in Wooster, Ohio, Anna Steckel
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Sex in the Classroom: A Study of the Affects that Students and Techer Gender Have on the Classroom Dynamic, Kathryn Steirer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Osteological Analysis of Irish Bronze Age Populations: Searching For Nutritional Deficiencies As Evidence of Social Complexity, Joyce Stockins
Department: Archaeology
Produclng a Literate Nation: A Critical and Creative Approach to Teaching and Encouraging Chlldren's Reading, Serena A. Sword
Suburban Gangsters': A Screenplay, William C. Thomas
Department: English
Urban Regimes, Gerald Turner
Department: Political Science
From Taqueria to Sushi Bar: Gentrifification and Displacement in the American City, Asiya F. Wadud
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Vocal Music of Gabriel Fauré and Ned Rorem: A Senio Independent Study for B.A. in Music, Ansley Livingston White
Department: Music
This Bitch Has Her Own Bike: Women Motorcyclists, Social Position, and Gender Identity, Julia Wiesenberg
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
What is more Important: Context or Strategies? A Study of Whether it is the Strategies themselves or if it is the Context Under which they are Employed that will Determine the Success or Failure of the Organizing Campaign, James D. Williams Jr.
Department: Political Science
Beehive: A Comparative Study of Xenophon's Oeconomicus and Its Influences on Modern Household and Family Economics, Curtis D. Wolfe
Department: Classical Studies; Economics
L'Internationalite De La Culture Hip Hop:Des Battements, Des Rimes, Et La Vie De La Culture Hip Hop Au Pays Francophones, Benjamin R. Wood
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Regional Economic Integration in ECOWAS and SADC, Chriss Yohuno
Department: Political Science
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
Cognition in Foreign Policy Crisis Decision-Making: Computer Analysis of Public Statements By John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush, Thomas W. Ahlfors
Department: Political Science; Computer Science
A Case of Security Interests: Explaining Indian and U.S. Intervention in the 1971 War, James Alter
Department: Political Science
'One Ring to Rule All Men' The Historical Culture of J.R.R. Tolkien, Jennie K. Bachelor
Department: History
"Every Soul is to be Cherished, Every Flower is to Bloom": Women's Studies as an Inviting Environment to Women of Color, Lauren Adelle Bailey
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Every Soul is to be Cherished, Every Flower is to Bloom": Women's Studies as an Inviting Environment to Women of Color, Lauren Adelle Bailey
Neorealism Vs. Neoliberalism: An Analysis of Two Case Studies Regarding Vladimir Putin Foreign Policy, Amy M. Baker
Department: Political Science
Little Ol' Excursion Trips: Selected Travel Narratives of John Steinbeck and William Least Heat-Moon, Daniel S. Bartha
Department: English
Progressive Report on the Impact of the Transnational Women's Movement on National Legislation Addressing Violence Against Women, Lisa M. Basalla
Department: Political Science
Hawks, Doves, and Agents: An Application of Two-Level Games to the Negotiation Process of Relocating Marine Air Corps Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan, Hannalori S. Bates
Department: Political Science
The 'Dirty War' in Argentina: Explaining Variation in the Use of Repression, Amir S. Beg
Department: Political Science
Symphony No. 1, Brian E. Biddle
Department: Music
Presidential Character Type and Management Style Preference: a Study of Their Direct Influences on a Presidential Decision to Wage War on a Foreign Aggressor, F. Graham Binder
Department: Political Science
Reconnecting the Christian Male With the Wilderness: Embodying the Christian Wildman, Jeff Binder
Department: Religious Studies
The Social Dynamics of Team Disney: An Organizational Perspective, Kevin G. Bischof
The Romance Novel and the Controversies Surrounding It, Erin Miller Bode
Department: English
Theology, Law, and Ethics: Uncovering a Potentially Safe Space For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth Through the Role of the School Counselor in American Public Schools, Kathleen E. Boin
Department: Religious Studies
It's a Wonderful Holiday: An Examination of Christmas Films and the Family From 1945-1999, Elizabeth S. Brashear
Department: History
Between Moments: A Collection of Short Stories, Margaret Buck
Department: English
Exploration X: A Look into Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, Andy Busch
Department: English
"All Dude Ever Wanted Was His Rug Back": American Men Reacting to American Ambition, From the 'Founding Brothers' to the Coen Brothers, Brendan Callahan
Department: History
King Charles I and the Ship Money Tax, Jessica Clark
Up in the Air, Catherine Anne Clifford
Department: English
Mothers, Wives, Prisoners: Feminine Literary Perceptions of Stalin's Purges, Lindsey Coleman
Department: Russian Studies