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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Tangled Threads: An Exploration of Choose Your Own Adventure Stories and Fictional Writing, Kristin DeAngelis
Department: English
African-American Literary Theory and Criticism: An Exploration to Find a Minority’S Voice, Melanie A. DeNardo
Department: English
Sustainable Forestry: a Policy Evaluation of British Columbia and the United States, Jim Deprez
Department: Political Science
Birthright: a Collection of Short Stories, Greta N. Dishong
Department: English
Polarity at Arms... An Examination of International Power Structures and Their Influence on Global Conflict, Jacob D. Dodson
Department: Political Science
"We Live For Dying". The HIV/AIDS Epidemic's Effect on Commercial Sex Workers in Thailand and South Africa, Women's Struggle to Protect Themselves Against Infection, Katherine R. Dunne
Department: History
Aesthetics of Naming and Making: An Esemplification of Frank O'Hara's Poetics Within a Study of the Influenceof Painting on Modern Poetry, Adam T. Dupaski
Department: English
Entactment of and Implications of Sex Offender Laws in the United States, Catherine M. Dwyer
Department: History
New Reality: Reflections on Volunteering in Ethnically Divided Villages in Bosnia and Kosovo, Jonathan M. Eischen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
How City Politics Affects Stadium Building: a Regime Analysis, Matthew D. Englander
Department: Political Science
Die Soziale Marktwirtschaft Deutschlands: Ein System Von Dauer? Eine Kritische Betrachtung Der Geschichte, Der Prinzipien Und Der Praktischen Wirklichkeit Der Deutschen Wirtschaftsordnung, Heidi M. Erdmann
Department: German Studies
A Study of Berlioz's Orchestration Theories on the String Section, Evidenced by his Three Symphonies: Symphonie Fantasique, Op. 14, Harold En Italy, Op. 16 and Romeo and Juliette, Op. 17, Nils S. Erickson
Department: Music
From the Page to La Peau: Tearing Women's Identities Out of the Advertisements in Elle and Vogue, Elizabeth Farina
Department: French and Francophone Studies; English
The Aggression of Chinese Communism Towards the Tibetan State and Its Religion From the 1950s to the Present, Eric R. Ferguson
Department: History
Impact of Regional Economic Integration on the Quality of the Labor Environment: a Case Study of the Mercosur Region, Thomas S. Fishwick
Department: Political Science
Day Soweto Burned, Claire B.G. Frese
Department: English
Waterbirth: A Feminist Alternative to Patriarchal Childbirth, Laura J. Fritzsche
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Waterbirth: A Feminist Alternative to Patriarchal Childbirth, Laura J. Fritzsche
To See the Sky in Blood: Poetry As Witness to Stalinism, Schuyler M. Gilmore
Department: History
Variations on a Scale of the Greeks: The History of Tuning and Temperament in Western Music, Nicholas C. Goffee
Department: Music
Devolution to Scotland and Wales: Catalyzing Movements For Further Autonomy?, Kurt J. Gottfried
Department: Political Science
Looking For Salvation, Douglas N. Hagler
Department: Religious Studies
Striking a Balance in the War on Terrorism: An Analysis of the Bush Administration's Anti-Terror Policies and American's Civil Liberties in the Post-9/11 Era, Alexander H. Hastie
Department: History
Russian Foreign Policy 1995-2002, Jonathan L. Hayes
Department: Russian Studies; Political Science
Artist Couples in the Early Twentieth Century: An In-depth Look at Effects of Significant Others in the Careers of Women Artists, Margaret Maus Hazlett
Influences of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on the Foreign Policy Actions of Hegemonic and Non-Hegemonic Nation States, Elizabeth M. Heerkens
Department: Political Science
A Silent Pen Is Wakened: Reviving the Voices of Women Humanists of Late Quattrocento Italy, Helen C. Henderson
Department: History
Justice Raises her Blindfold: How Race and Gender affect the Implementation of the Death Penalty, Kristiana Hess
Lorain, Ohio's Neighborhood House: a 'Small Town' Example of How Female Empowerment Hanged Patriarchal America's Settlement Movement and City Spaces, Dawn M. Hirth
Department: History
Breaking the Mold: the Re-Definition of Women's Role and Formation of New Identites As Presented in German Lesbian Films, Rebecca Hollenberg
Department: German Studies
Resisting the Gender Binary: Women Novelists Negotiate Their Social and Cultural Contexts, Pieta C. Horvath
Department: English
Jesus of Harlem: Reflections of the Playwright, Rachel C. Hunter
Department: Religious Studies; Theatre and Dance
Multinational Corporations and Socio-Economic Development, Batool Z. Hussain
Department: International Relations
"Marriage Means Commitment, means, the Way I Was Raised: Love, Honor, and Obey. and I Ain't Obeyin' No Man.": Rural Single Mothers' Views on Marriage and Family in Wayne County, Ohio, Ruth Butterfield Isaacson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wonderland, Slone Isselhard
Department: English
The Relationship Between Family Structure and Academic Performance, Demar Jackson
After the Battle: World Trade Organization Labor Policies in the Post-Seattle Era, Hilary Jones
Department: Political Science
He, Arlyn E. Keith
Department: English; Philosophy
As the Baseball Team Goes, So Goes the City: the Revitalization of the Cleveland Indians, John J. Kelly
Department: History
Notions of Nationalism: Terror or Talks, Atika Khawaja
Department: Political Science
The Mysterious Maya Revealed, Paul Brendan Kingston
Department: History
Homemade Voyeur: a Collection of Poems, Robyn M. Kocher
Department: English
Primary Steps of Evolution of the Submarine and the End of Traditional Naval Warfare, Chad D. Kraus
Department: History
Finding My Voice: Exploring Identity Through Literature, Elizabeth M. Kriynovich
Department: English
The Sreaming Eagle and the Hidden Dragon: Analyzing the Future of Sino-American Relationship Through Historical, Economic, and Political Patterns and Trends, Nicholas P. Kuhns
Department: History
"Am I the Only Weirdo in the World?": a Study of the Misfit in Children's Literature, Jennifer Kunkler
Department: English
Policy Effect: Lowi's Policy Typology, Direct Democracy, and Voter Turnout, Allyson T. Kyer
Department: Political Science
Not So Black and White: Affirmative Action and Diversity After Bakke, Whitney D. Lacefield
Department: Political Science
Women's Sexuality in America, 1890-1920: An Investigation of Working-Class Women in Cities, Elizabeth Lawrence
Department: History
Grandma's Intestinal Fortitude, Lori A. Lehr
Department: English
La Privatisation D'Airbus: Élément clé Pour Partir à La Conquête De Ciel, Christopher L. Liao
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Aniconic Images in Ancient Aegean Cultures, Michael Ludwig
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act and the End of Apartheid: a Critical Assessment, Laura A. Mahanjane
Department: Political Science
Two Trees Deep: a Summer of Love and Learning, Elizabeth H. Martin
Department: English
Bienvenue à la Technologie: La Pédagogie et le Cinéma Françias, Diana C. Mason
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Cycling: a Local Bike Magazine For Everyone, Nicholas E. Mason
Department: English
"Strange" Relationship Between the United States and Spain: 1936-1975, Katherine A. McCoy
Department: History
May His Shoul Be Bound up in the Bond of Eternal Life: Religious and Ethnic Self-Identity at the Ashne Hesed Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Heather L. McEwan
Department: Archaeology
According to Me: the Stories of My Mother, Melissa Marie Melvin
Department: English
The Social Relationships of Adolescent Cancer Patients, Allison C. Merfeld
Historical Fact or Fiction? a Study of the Historical and Literary Components of Louis De Bernieres's "Corelli's Mandolin," Evelyn Waugh's "The End of the Battle," and William Craig's "Enemy at the Gates: the Battle For Stalingrad", Maren L. Miller
Department: English
Lithic Reduction Strategy of the Archaic: Manufacturing and Use Traces in the Maccorkle Bifurcate Tradition of Ohio, Michael J. Miller
Department: Archaeology
Perspectives on Living and Dying: The Beliefs, Practices, and Modern Movements in Tibetan Buddhism, Virginia A. Miraldi
Department: Religious Studies
The Fraternity Question: the Prohibition of National Greek Letter Societies at the University of Wooster, Brian R. H. Mitchell
Department: History
Consent of the Governed: a Public Policy Analysis of the Federal Recreational Fee Demonstration Program, Thomas A.E. More
Department: Political Science
Nineteenth Century Abortion and Bourgeois Normalcy: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Reproduction, R. David Mowry
Department: History
Self Concealed: a Memoir, Melissa Myers
Department: English
Reaching the Formal Agenda, Michael R. Narad
Department: Political Science
She Might Be Giant, Mary J. Nienaber
Department: English
Hidden: Suburban Legends at the College of Wooster, Daniel F. O'Connor
Department: English
Powered By PR: An Analysis and Overview of Public Relations Campaigns For Country Kitchen and Habitat For Humanity, Kathryn E. Orwin
Department: English
Painting an American Musical Form: Arthur Dove's Vision of Jazz, Susan C. Park
Department: Music
International Terrorism and the Affects on the United States, Timothy G. Pellman
Department: History
Infestation of American Public Schools: Challenges to Literature in the American Educational System, Miranda H. Pfahl
Department: English
La Fuerza De Las Ideas Frente a La Fuerza Bruta or Nationalism Within the Modern Democratic State of Spain: the Duality of the Basque Case, Adam Price
Department: International Relations; Spanish
Woman's Place Is in the House...And the Senate: An Exploration of Gender Framing in the Campaigns of Senatorial Candidates, Elizabeth L. Quilligan
Department: Political Science
Reform Judaism in America: the Chosen Identity of the "Chosen People", Robin Ragsdale
Department: Religious Studies
California Dreams, California Nightmares: Celebrity Culture and Female Identity in Three Texts, Alicia H. Reed
Department: English
"Vieux Carre, Nouveau Vie" and Other Stories, David D. Reeves
Department: English
Did the Populists, the Lafollette Progressives, or the Socialists Ever Influence the Presidency? a Look at the Depression Era Politics and Third Parties to See If Minor Political Organizations Ever Influence Policy in Major United States Elections, Charles H. Requardt
Department: Political Science
Bearing: a Nontraditional Memoir, Allison Roger
Department: English
Bureaucratic Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making, Craig D. Rolle
Department: Political Science
An Imitation of a Film a Filmed Screenplay, Victor Rortvedt
Department: English
British Participation in the Spanish Civil War, Jacob Charles Ruttinger
Department: History
Revolution, Reform, or Resistance? Secular States Face Religious Nationalism, Neha Sahgal
Department: Political Science
People and the Stones, Jen Schade
Department: English
Domestic Servants in Nineteenth Century New York, Pamela Scherphorn
Department: History
Anglais, Frances, Spanish: La Possibilite Et La Realite De L'Education Bilingue, Dana Schrum
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Divine Inspiration: the Influence of Religion on the Lethality of Terrorism, Anisha Shah
Department: International Relations
Tension Decreased, Interaction Achieved: the Eruption of Spontaneous Community in Postwar America, Hallie Shapiro
Department: English; History
A Nation on Fire: the United States Response to the Vietnamese Buddhist Protest Movement, 1963, Daniel F. Shortridge
Department: History
Does the Media Give 'Special' Coverage to the Special Prosecutor?: a Study of Media Bias, Jacob B. Sintich
Department: Political Science
European Integration Theories and the Formation of the European Monetary System and the European Monetary Union: a Comparative Case Study, Melinda M. Smailes
Department: International Relations
Monkey See, Monkey Do: a Project Demonstrating Ceative and Practical Applications of Race, Gendern and Disability in Children's Literature, Diana M. Smith
Department: English; Communication Studies
Kpanlogo: Ghana's Inspirational Movement, Marion A. Smith
Department: History
"Sex": A Comparison on the Place of Sex in the Buddhist, Tantric, and Platonic Traditions, Sarah Sobel-Poage
Department: Religious Studies; Philosophy
The Synthesis of Cyclohexyl CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl Phosphodiester as a Synthetic Precursor to a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, Jennifer Sorrells
Department: Chemistry
"Cause I'm a Twenty-First Century Digital Boy:" Looking Back From the Future in William Gibson's Cyberpunk, Andrew J. Stimson
Department: English
Roman Legion at the Transition From Republic to Empire, Sara N. Streeter
Department: Classical Studies
La Adquisición De Una Segunda Lengua Y Los Estudiantes Con Deficiencias De Aprendizaje, Monica Sved
Department: Spanish