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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
How to Be a Liberal in the Face of Liberalism, Sarah F. Lawton
Department: Political Science
To Grow or Defend: An Analysis of the Growth/Differentiation Balance Hypothesis, Catherine Love
Department: Chemistry
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
To Conserve or Not To Conserve: Possible Evolutionary Advantages to Non-Conserved Residues, Mutagenesis of H112 in Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase, Maren Mayer
Department: Chemistry
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
The Effects of Small Heat Shock Proteins from Zea mays on the Thermal Aggregation of Citrate Synthase, Cameron Miller
Department: Chemistry
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
A Theoretical Investigation of the Mechanism for the Reduction of Formaldehyde and Subsequent Hydrosilation by Homoleptic Ru(2) Hydride Catalyst, Michael Mrozik
Department: Chemistry
Effects of Homelessness on the Development of Peer Relationships in Children, Michael M. Nienaber
Department: Psychology
Catalytic Reduction of Formaldehyde Using Anionic Homoleptic Iron(2) Penta-hydride, Ahren Olson
Department: Chemistry
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
Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-Gels Prepared from a Novel Bridged Organo Silane: Towards the Development of a Chemical Sensor for TNT Based on Molecular Imprinting., Donald Alexander Prochazka
Department: Chemistry
Cloning and Expression of Putative Bacterial Phosphagen Kinases from Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis, Matthew Ralls
Department: Chemistry
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
The Synthesis and Purification of Cyclohexylphospho-L-serine as a Small Molecule Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, Benjamin Swarts
Department: Chemistry
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
Fabrication of Microfludic Capillary Electrophoresis Devices on Glass Substrates, Aaron Vannucci
Department: Chemistry
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
A Theoretical Investigation of the Site Preference of Atomic Oxygen Chemisorption on fcc (111) and hcp (0001) Surfaces of Selected Transition Metals, Yan Min Aung
Department: Chemistry
'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
"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
A Computational Study into Nitrogen-Inversion of N-benzyl-2-methylaziridine, Amanda Bain
Department: Chemistry
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
Temperature Effects on Substrate Binding and Activation by Creatine Kinase, Jennifer Ann Bayuk
Department: Chemistry
The 'Dirty War' in Argentina: Explaining Variation in the Use of Repression, Amir S. Beg
Department: Political Science
Catalytic Reduction of Ketones Using [FeH6] [Mg(t-Bu0)]4, Carson E. Bennett
Department: Chemistry
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 Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Nucleophilic Ring Opening of an Aziridium Ion at the Monosubstituted Center, Dorottya Blaho
Department: Chemistry
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
The Computational Modeling of Oxygen Chemisorption on Cu(110), Christie L. Boost
Department: Chemistry
It's a Wonderful Holiday: An Examination of Christmas Films and the Family From 1945-1999, Elizabeth S. Brashear
Department: History
Attempted Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chemotagrophy Separation with Acetonitrile for the Minor Product in the N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-methylaziridinium Triflate Formation Reaction and Characterization of the Eluted Compounds, Jaime Bryk
Department: Chemistry
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
Unshattered Mask: Melville's Narrators Confront the Gothic Void, Matthew A. Cutler
Department: English
"Appalling Manners:" Working Through Evelyn Waugh's Fiction, Gregory M. Davis
Department: English
Towards a Wider Understanding of Advertising: a Neo-Marxist Theoretical Critique of the Concept of Advertising, Devin Deaton
Department: Political Science
Mary, the Screenplay: An Adaptation and Expansion of Nabokov's First Novel, Darren C. Demaree
Department: English
Oh The Places You'll Go! How Race, Parental Involvement, and Socioeconomic Status Affect Academic Achievement in Children, Kristen Elizabeth Dershak
Has the Internet Changed International Political Movements?: a Comparative Case Study Analysis of the Environment, Falun Gong, Chinese Pro-Democracy and Save-Napster Movements., Jeffrey A. Dickson
Department: Political Science
Preliminary Evidence for RNA Interference in the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora infestans, Sherrie Divito
Department: Chemistry
Screening for Active Creatine Kinase, Jennifer Dlwgosh
Department: Chemistry
The Political Pulitzer, Erin Donnell
Department: English
The Synthesis and Characterization of the Hydridosilsesquioxanes, Matthew Dreyfus
Department: Chemistry
Measuring the Success of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Eric Duncan
Department: Political Science
God of Peace and the Peace of God: the Power of Nonviolence and Contemplation, Michael DuVall
Department: Religious Studies
Between History and Memory: the Commemoration of Frédéric Chopin in Poland, Paris and Mallorca, Caroline D. Eaton
Department: History
Philadelphia's Love Park: "All Decks Out and Now Where to Go?" --- an Exploration of Public Space, Situationist Urbanism, and Skateboarding, Nicholas Edman
Department: Urban Studies
Rogue States and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: What Are the Conditions That Lead So-Called "Rogue States" to Seek to Develop Nuclear Weapons?, Ji Soon Eom
Department: Political Science
Tradition and Determination: the United States Air Force During the Opening Months of the Korean War, Eric E. Fillinger
Department: History
Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Alice Louise Finke
Department: Music