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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
"Is It Just Me?" - the Development and Writing of An Original Situation Comedy and An Analysis of the Writing Process, Jennifer Telischak
Department: English
The Wrong Man Out: a Look at the Life and Career of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series, Brandon J. Thomas
Department: History
Hope & Strength: Images of Women in Ivan Klíma's Work, Laura Tobin
Department: Russian Studies
Growing Up in a Contradicting Nation: a Critical and Creative Analysis of American Identity in Fiction, Emily Van Oeveren
Department: English
Britons, Wholly Sundered From All the World: Diet and Identity on the Northern Frontier of Roman Britain, 43-400 C.E., Michael A. Vidmar
Department: Classical Studies
Exploring the Personal Traits of Tito and Milosevic: Ethnic Unifier or Divider?, Kristin Walley
Department: Political Science
Una Exploración De La Metodología Y El Dresarollo De Un Plan Del Curso Comunicativo Para La Enseñanza Del Español Al Nivel Primario, Audra E. Warner
Department: Spanish
"Out of Hope Comes Prophecy": a Critical Analysis of the Scholarly Prophet Paradigm in Defining Native American Spiritual Leaders, Betsey A. Watson
Department: Religious Studies
A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity," Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh
A Feminist Analysis of Women's Low Representation in Physics: Scientific "Objectivity", Contextual Bias, and Barriers to Women's Inclusion, Michelle Anna Waugh
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Un Estudio Sociolingüístico Del /S/ En Posición Final Absoluta Y, Cuando Se Elimina, La Percepción De Los No Nativos, ¿Todavía Plural?, Andrew J. Weaver
Department: Spanish
Failure at Los Alamos: An Alternate Conclusion to World War II, Kevin West
Department: History
Attica Prison Riot and the Effect on Prison Reform in the United States, Emily M. White
Department: History
Transcending the Roadblocks: Northern Irish Writers and the Troubles, Meghan E. Wills
Department: English
The Marital Satisfaction of Interfaith Couples Compared to the Same Faith Couples, Janie Winston
Catch Me When You Can, Jaime L. Wolfe
Department: English
Spatial Organization and Residential Satisfaction: a Study of How the Spatial Organization of a Suburban Neighborhood and a Planned Unit Development Affect Residential Satisfaction, Nathan A. Zahn
Department: Urban Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
False Promises: the Impact of Structural Adjustment on the Quality of Life For Women, Natasha Abbas
Department: Political Science
Sex, Lies, and the Presidency: From Camelot to Clinton, the Changing Face of Journalism and the Politics of Personal Destruction, James B. Allardice
Department: Political Science
I'm a Man: A Look at Masculinity in Highway 61 Revisited, What's Going on, Born to Run, and Me Against the World, Bryan C. Appel
Department: English
What Is Becoming of Me: Personal Agency As National Possibility in the Post-Apartheid Narrative, Karen Auble
Department: English
The Provision of Benefits Environmental Interest Groups Offer As Membership Inducements, Sarah Ann Bandomer
Department: Political Science
Crises in Africa: An Examination of U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda Setting, Betsy L. Bare
Department: Political Science
Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British Burial Practices: Signs of Migration and Cultural Interaction, Christopher Jeremy Barney
Department: Archaeology
Reflectiveness, Creativity, and Spirituality: Can Reflectiveness and Imagination Revitalize Spirituality and Religious Belief?, Stephen B. Baughman
Department: Religious Studies; Psychology
Opening Childrens' Minds: The Implications of a Multicultural Education in Kindergarten through Second Grade, Lisa Erin Beam
Une Exploration De Théâtre De L'Absurde Une Autre Vue De Fin De Partie, Elise M. Becchetti
Department: English; French and Francophone Studies
Use of Infrared Spectroscopy to Detect Disease, Jennifer Elisabeth Becker
Department: Chemistry
Redefining American Conservatism, Karl A. Bekeny
Department: Political Science
Ethnographic Fiction Revisited in the Age of the South Asian American Diaspora, Priyanka Bhalla
Return of the Black Hundreds: Antisemitic Social and Political Trends in Russia, 1988-1999, Daniel B. Borsody
Department: History; Russian Studies
Letters From Home: a Novel, Siddhartha Bose
Department: English
Implications of Ptolemaic Rule on Traditional Egyptian Culture, Matthew J. Breznai
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Voice 'In-Between': Oral Dialogues Within Written Texts, Ashley C. Brister
Department: English
Tools of the Second Chemical Revolution: Instrumental History and Design, Christopher J. Brubaker
Department: Chemistry
Functions of the Internet in the People's Republic of China, Kristin Buemi
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Translating Between Cultures in Novels by Bhara Ti Mukherjee and Chitra Div Akaruni, Elizabeth A. Byrer
Department: English
The Ghost Story: It's Not Just For Kids, Michelle Cady
Department: English
Luso-Brazilian Studies: An Exercise in Curriculum Design, Antonia E. Cassarino
Department: History
Evolving Relationship Between American Society and American Football: Focusing on the Victorious Struggle of African Americans in Professional Football, Felix H. Catheline
Department: History
NV: The Making of a Fashion Magazine, Sarah C. Chazan
Department: English
Modernizing China's Medical Elite: the Medical Missionary Movement in China From 1834-1951, David Chidester
Department: History
Seeking Slam, Erika Joy Chouinard
Department: English
Anger's Call to Arms: An Application of Sociological Theories to School Shootings, Marie Clare Christiansen
Junior High Girls' Experience with Sexual Harassment, Talley Burk Clyde
Origins of Gambling in American Society, Sean E. Conway
Department: History
George Eliot's Realism and George Sand's Idealism: a Comparative Study, Marjorie D. Cooper
Department: French and Francophone Studies; English
Brown V Board of Education An Investigation of the Progress of African-American Education Since 1954, Katherine A. Daly
Department: History
How Many Tears? How Many Smiles? The Perceived Effects of Raising Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults, Amanda Gray Dieterich
The Same Thing Every Night: A Collection of Poems, Tim E. Drouhard
Department: English
Tales of Disjunction: a Collection of Short Stories, Craig E. Duff
Department: English
Politics of Rationality?: Habermas and Foucault on Contemporary Political Reason, Kevin D. Egan
Department: Political Science; Philosophy
Common Ground of Peace: Using Pluralism and Nonviolent-Theologies As Tools For Change, Kristen L. Elkington
Department: Religious Studies
Communist and Democratic Answers to the "Women's Question": Gender Equality in the Czech Republic, Emily S. Fleming
Department: Political Science
Analysis of Two Rival Theories of Integration in Post-WWII Europe: Can There Ever Be a United States of Europe?, Marcus J. Fowler
Department: Political Science
Verbatim: a Behind the Scenes Look, Matthew H. Frank
Department: English
Combining Archaeological Databases, Geographic Information Systems, and Multimedia Digital Reconstruction; An Application of the Modern Archaeology Lab in Settlement Pattern Analysis, Aaron Fuleki
Department: Archaeology
Revisionist History of Pearl Harbor, Nathan Gaubatz
Department: History
Simple Procedure, Kate Kutina Gessler
Department: English
Bedtime for Daytime TV: A Study of Television Talk Shows and the Mediation of Everyday Life, Jason Scott Gillespie
Affliction Among the Affluent: a Case Study of Increasing Conflict as a Result of the Tear-Down Phenomenon, Kevin B. Gray
Department: Urban Studies
The Influences of Young Athletes into Sports, Michael S. Griffith
A Quantitative Model and Test of Journalistic Writing Quality, Jeffrey R. Guciardo
Department: English
The Hunted: Francis Marion and Partisan Warfare in Occupied South Carolina During the American Revolution, Brian W. Gulotta
Department: History
Transgressing Limitations, Timothy B. Hagen
Department: Art and Art History; English
Reasons to Riot: a Closer Look at the Rodney King Incident and the Los Angeles Riots in 1992, Douglas R. Harper
Department: History
More Popular Than Sex: An Analysis of A&M Records v. Napster, Rayanne L. Hawkins
Department: Political Science
Feminism in Art: An Analysis of the Exclusion of Women in History Through The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, Margaret Maus Hazlett
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Tressie Mcintosh Site, Clinton, Ohio: Using Nineteenth Century Ceramics As Indicators of Socioeconomic Status and Consumer Choice, Aileen Heiser
Department: Archaeology
Le Role D'Une Langue Etrangere Au College En Plein Centre-Ville Aux Etats-Unis, Signe Helgeson
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Anti-Haitianism: the Literary Expression of Dominican Racism, Ana I. Hilton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Splendor: A Magazine - Concerning Politics of Women's Magazines in American Culture, Stephanie A. Hoffman
Department: English
Lithic Analysis of the Action Site (33KN345) and the Millwood Rockshelter (33KN395), Knox County, Ohio: a Study in Methodology, Kimberly House
Department: Archaeology
Brown and Reed Vs. Cleveland in the Twentieth Century: a Study of the Supreme Court and Social Reform, Jacob D.R. Johnson
Department: Political Science
Archaeology of Mummification and Its Significance in Egyptian Culture, Thomas Frederick Johnson
Department: Archaeology
Who Owns the Past? An Analysis of the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, Kathryn Joynt
Department: Archaeology
Conflict Resolution and Christian Values: a Pilot Program With High School Students in a Parish Setting, Christina L. Jureller
Department: Religious Studies
Journalism Ethics and the Outing of Oliver Sipple A Discussion About the Importance of Incorporating Feminine Ethics into the Practice of Journalism, Amelia Kays
Department: English; Philosophy
I Never Knew It Had a Name: Experiences of Trichotillomania, Erin R. Kollar
Department: English
Walls Broken: Poetry and an Interview with Authors of the Former East Germany, Naomi R. Kresge
Department: English; German Studies
"My Task Which I Am Trying to Achieve Is, By Power of the Written Word,... to Make You See": Apocalypse Now, a Clockwork Orange, and Lord of the Flies As Adaptations of Three Modern Novels, Lauren E. Kulchawik
Department: English
The Journey to the American Dream: The Patterns and the Developments of Chinese Immigrants into the United States From the 1850's to the Present, Yukha A. Lam
Department: History
Bargaining For German Unification: a Study of Diplomacy and Negotiation, Eric Yong-Sun Lee
Department: Political Science
MyMarx.com: What's Your Revolution? - Signs of Modernity in Literary Fiction at the 20th Century's End, Johathan G. Lindsay
Department: English
Elements in Measured Balance: An Analysis of the First Movements of Béla Bartók's String Quartets, Jeffrey VanVoorhis Mansell
Department: Music
Portrayals of Chinese Eurasian Identity in the Autobiographies of Edith and Winnifred Eaton: Identity Politics and Social Protest, Sheri Marker
Department: English
American College Football: the Black Experience, Seth T. Mastrine
Department: History
From Risk to Monopoly: the Implications of Economic Espionage For International Relations Theory, Brian J. McFillen
Department: Political Science
"The Island of Women" and Other Stories: a Fictional Exploration Into Writing From What We Do Not Know, Molly S. McKinney
Department: English
Assessing Foregin Aid: the Effect of Foreign Aid on Economic Development in Emerging and Less Developed Economies: a Case Study Analysis of India and Pakistan, Radhika Mehra
Department: Political Science
We'll Make Heaven a Place on Earth: An Examination of Three Millenarian Societies in Nineteenth Century America, Angela B. Merritt
Department: History
Future Is in the Leaves, But the Present Is in the Pot: Reflections of Political, Economic, and Ideological Changes of the Ming Dynasty in Yixing Teapots, Crystal Miller
Department: Archaeology
Historical Archaeology Analysis of Slave Life on Plantations in Louisiana and Throughout the Southern United States, Amanda Moreland
Department: Archaeology
A Llama Caught In Rain: A Collection of Poems, Caroline Morrell
Department: English
Wilder Frau Oder Gelehriges Weib? Eine Analyse Der Undine Legende, Irene Myatt
Department: German Studies
Wilder Frau oder Gelehriges Weib? Eine Analyse der Undine Legende, Irene Mynatt
Department: German Studies
Translating Theran Wall Paintings, Sarah E. Nichols
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Ecofeminism and History: Making Connections, Elizabeth B. Palchak
Department: History
Magpie in June Sun, Brendan Park
Department: English