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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1996
A Secondary Analysis of the Pretrial Home Detention Program in Marion County, Indiana, Kevin P. Wukela
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Looking to the North Star: Octavia E. Butler's Use of the Ante Bellum Slave Narrative and Science Fiction in the Novel Kindred, Courtney L. Young
Department: English
Political Participation in Cyberspace: An Examination of the Claim that Interactive Technologies Promote Civic Participation, Mashruk Zahid
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995
Comic Books and Cartoons: the Social Mirror of Our Society, Todd E. Adamson
Department: History
Ritual Awakening: A Spiritual Rebirth for Veterans of the Vietnam War, Heather Marie Altstaetter
Department: Religious Studies
Imagenes Especulares de una Identidad Multiple: Los Murales Chicanos en Los Angeles, Susan Atkins
Tet Offensive of 1968: Examining the Relationship Between Print Media Discourse and Trends in Public Opinion, Amanda L. Avery
Department: English; Political Science
Les Problèmes d'une intégration des Musulmans dans une Société Occidentale, Telle Qu'elle est la France, Angela Bakaysza
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Modernism Expanded: Questions of Self, Narration, and Language in Virginia Woolf's to the Lighthouse and Margaret Atwood's Surfacing, Ruth E. Berry
Department: English
Investigation Into the Effects of Ultraviolet Laser Keratectomy in Bovine Corneal Tissue and Radial Keratotomy Comparison, Todd Michael Bescak
Department: Chemistry
Charles Evans Hughes and His Influence in the Washinton Conference Treaties, Eric H. Black
Department: History
Revision of Paradise: The Apocalypse of Jehovah's Witnesses and the American Millennial Dream, Rebecca D. Boatright
Revision of Paradise: The Apocalypse of Jehovah's Witnesses and the American Millennial Dream, Rebecca D. Boatright
Revision of Paradise: The Apocalypse of Jehovah's Witnesses and the American Millennial Dream, Rebecca D. Boatright
Parliamentary Democracy and Democratization in the Czech Republic and Poland, 1990-1993, Gina M. Bombaci
Culture's Influence on Mental Illness, Jamieson B. Bowman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Proposal for a Diversion Program in Wayne County: Based on the Analysis and Comparisons of Currently Existing Programs in Counties Across Ohio, Megan C. Bruce
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Woodstock: a Whole Generations Rebellion or a Commercial Effect on American Society, Susan H. Bunch
Department: History
Feminism and Conceptions of Sex Equality: An Inquiry into the Sameness/Difference Debate, Matthew Burress
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology, P. Butler
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: A Case Study in Policy Failure, Robert O. Cahill
Unemployment Rates, Poverty Rates and Race as Potential Indicators of Crime Rates in 100 U.S. Cities, Jim Campbell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Success of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Recoverry Programs for Women, Pregnant Women And/Or Women With Children, Amanda R. Carey
Department: Urban Studies
Stadiums, Arenas, and Urban Renewal: Gateway's Economic and Social Impacts on Downtown Cleveland, Paul Caviglia
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Construction of Identity: The Effects of Defining the Personal and Collective 'Self' in the German and American Feminist Movements, Erin G. Cross
Dragons, Sirens, Warriors, and Goddesses, Naomi A.C. Crummy
Department: English
Student Protests at the College of Wooster, Cristina A. Das
Department: History
Foursquare: an Examination of Gender Differences in the Play of Elementary School Children at the Beall Avenue School, Jo-Lynne DeNapoli
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Venus of Nazareth, Jesus of Willendorf, Alan DeNiro
Department: English
The Public's Image of the American Public School Teacher, Mike Doty
Department: History
Like a Rolling Stone: The Media's Influence Over a Generation at War, John Carleton Drake II
The Colony of Washington: a Study of the Movement for National Representation for the District of Columbia, William F. Dunn
Department: Urban Studies
The Holocaust in the American Mind From 1940 to 1990 and the Impact Roosevelt Had in Its Development, Daniel C. Ephraim
Department: History
The Cultural Construction of Domestic Violence: Battered Women's Shelters in the United States and Ecuador, Emily K. Fortney
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Identity Crisis: Islam and Modernization in Post-Colonial Algeria and Tunisia, Sarah Grace Fuller
The Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier and Its Effects on Naval Warfare, Michael H. Gale
Department: History
From Paradox to Paradigm: Understanding Fiction As Knowledge in the Novels Native Son and Go Tell It on the Mountain, Ben Geiger
Department: English
Living as Fishers of Men: A Study and Application of Christ's Methods of Lifestyle Evangelism as Recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, Karen L. Gerber
Department: Religious Studies
Reconstructing Byatt, Michelle Gershman
Department: English
The Growth and Development of the Irish Republican Army, Terence M. Gladis
Department: History
Formalist Analysis of the French Lieutenant's Woman: Novel Into Film, Kevin M.M. Goheen
Department: English
America the Untaught History a Review of the Last Fifty Years of American History, Reginald A. Good
Department: History
Television News and Election Outcome: A Case Study of the 1994 Ohio Senatorial Race, Samuel A. Gradwohl
Gorge, Michael D. Grau
Department: English
Geography of the Spirit: Implications of the Escape Motif in the Regionalist Works of Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, and Mark Twain, Kendra L. Hancock
Department: English
"Freedom Cannot Be Conceived Simply": the Conflict Between Divine and Human Wills in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Joyce Carol Oates, Lisa M. Hannan
Department: English
Physican - Assisted Suicide : A Legal and Theological Perspective of Oregon Measure 16 the Death with Dignity Act, Debra Hartrum
Department: Religious Studies
Increasing Access to Public Urban-Oriented Institutions of Higher Education: An Analysis of Political, Institutional, and Economic Variables, Mary Beth Henning
Presidential Decision-Making: An Examination and Evaluation of the Models of Barber, Neustadt and George, Michael A. Householder
Muckraking Tradition: a Dynamic Between Society and Texts, Peter A. James
Department: English
Characterization of Diseased Tissue Within the Cornea, Chad J. Jessup
Department: Chemistry
The Stability of the Post-Cold War System: A Bi-Multipolar Configuration, Marguerite Johnston
The Bauhaus: Its Sources, Achievements, and Continuing Impact, Lawrence A. Keller
Department: History
The Transition of Soho From Industrial to Artist Community: a Debate in Urban Theory, Rasmia W. Kirmani
Department: Urban Studies
Community Power Structures: Do the Established Theories Apply to the Small Community of Wooster, Ohio?, Brian P. Kish
Roman Civilization For Middle School Students, Sean E. Leseiko
Department: History
La Femme, Le Féminisme, Et L'Ecriture Feminine: Une Traduction d'Une Vie Pour Deux De Marie Cardinal, Jennifer L.A. Ligas
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Saviors and the Saved: a Novella, Jennifer L. Lindquist
Department: English
Reflexive Rage, Racialism, and Religion: The Relationship Between the Christian Identity Movement and the Federal Government, Matthew Linsley
Department: Political Science; Religious Studies
Sustainable Development in Latin America: An Empirical Model Testing Development Concepts from 1971-1988, Tim Ludwig
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Daphne Du Maurier's Gothic Novel Rebecca, Amy K. Madden
Department: English
The Representation of Black Interests in Congress: Can Blacks Represent Blacks in "White" Districts?, Christopher Ndeki Maher
Predictors of Attitudes Toward Gun Control, Kristofer D. Mallarnee
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Contemporary Soldier and Her Changing Role in the United States Military, Julie A. Mayne
Department: History
Holistic Or Conventional Practitioners? an Explanatory Study Into the Practices of Rural Ohio Physicians, Merrill S. McCumber
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Requiem For the Holocaust and Other Poems, Susan K. McGowan
Department: English
The Effect of Parental Divorce on the Attitudes of Young Adults Toward Marriage and Relationships, Shannon McIvor
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Women's Roles During the American Civil War: As Told By the Women Themselves, Theresa A. Morgan
Department: History
Heigh, Ho; Heigh, Ho-It's Off to Work We Go: the Effect of Part-Time Employment of Urban High School Students on Their Self-Esteem, M.K. Mullins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Self-Representation in the Autobiographies of Jean Rhys, Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou and Annie Dillard, Stefanie Muntzel
Department: English
Political Influences of the Defense Budget: A Study of the Politics of Military Base Closure, Jack Naylor
The Portrayal of Males and Females in Television Commercials: a Content Analysis, Shawn A. Nickens
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
El Mantenimiento de la Cultura Tradicional en Otavalo, Ecuador: El Quechua y los Tapices, Kate M. Oggel
"Adult Children of Alcoholics" a Study of Latent Effects and Gender Differences Among College of Wooster Students, Jennifer L. Pagano
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Religion, Rhetoric, and Grassroots Political Organization: An In-Depth Examination of Christian Coalition and People for the American Way, Noah D. Parker
Religion, Rhetoric, and Grassroots Political Organization: An In-Depth Examination of Christian Coalition and People for the American Way, Noah D. Parker
The Dilemma of Low Income Homeownership: Evaluation of the Conventional System of Lending and Presentation of Neighborhood Development Organizations as an Alternative Source, Arthur W. Pearce III
Department: Urban Studies
Women Owned Businesses: a Thesis Concerning Women in Businesses and the Motivations Behind Owning Their Own Businesses, Katrina W. Pease
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dating Violence: Women and Dating Violence on the College Campus, Sakia A. Peck
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Groupthink and Defective Decision-Making in the Korean and Persian Gulf Wars, Tim Pettorini
Sandwiches: Text and Paintings, Noah C. Phipps
Department: English; Art and Art History
Martin Amis: Fiction As Paradox, Elizabeth S. Puterbaugh
Department: English
History of Maltreatment, Expectations of Children, Social Distancing, Stress, and Stress Management as Causes of Child Maltreatment Or Unsung Song, Diane Randolph
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Central City Revitalization: the Case of Land-Use Planning and Light Rail Transit Systems, Jonah A. Rees
Department: Urban Studies
Cherokee Removal: Executive Politices and Judicial Politics, Jennifer Robertson
Department: History
Story-Time Interactions in the Elementary School: What Role Do Teachers Play in the Gender Role Knowledge Development of Students?, Malin Sallander
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Community-Oriented Policing: Officers' Attitudes Toward the Community-Oriented Policing Program, the Community, and the Perceived Attitudes of the Community, Jeffery Samaco
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gang Intervention Programs Within the Cleveland Area, Frederick N. Schroeder
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
America's Changing Perspective of Smoking Through National Opinion and Local Regulation, Alan M. Schwartz
Department: History
Power Maps and Pit Stops: the Development of the 1993 Russian Constitution and Its Historical Context, Jennifer B. Seaman
Department: Russian Studies
Power Maps and Pit Stops: The Development of the 1993 Russian Constitution and Its Historical Context, Jennifer Bolton Seaman
Alphonse Capone: the Man That Inspired the Myth, Anastasia L. Seyer
Department: History
Whose Trees These Are: Private Forestlands and Governmental Regulation, Elizabeth Ellen Shannon
The Relationship between Christianity and Generation X in the United States, Melissa Knight Shipley
Department: Religious Studies
Legal and Literary Theory; a Missed Relationship, Caleb R. Shreve
Department: English