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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
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
The Synthesis of Cyclohexanediol Biphosphate and Cis-Cyclohexyl (Bis)diphenylphosphate for the Process of Developing a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, John Peterson
Department: Chemistry
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
Expression and Purification of SeMetHSP18-9 in Preparation for Crystallization and the Crystallization of sHSHP18-1, Emily Rainey
Department: Chemistry
The Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide on Late Transition Metal Alloyed Surfaces, Jeb Ray
Department: Chemistry
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
Inducible Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli K12: The Role of Motility, Abhishek Saharia
Department: Chemistry; Biology
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
Synthesis of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probe for Measurement of Sol-Gel Aging, Alvira Shah
Department: Chemistry
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 Computational Analysis of the Relative Stabilities of the Oligomers and Isomers of Hydridosilsesquioxanes, Jocelyn Somers
Department: Chemistry
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
A Computational Approach to the Modeling of CO Chemisorption on Pure and Alloyed Transition Metal Surfaces, Shawn Sullivan
Department: Chemistry
La Adquisición De Una Segunda Lengua Y Los Estudiantes Con Deficiencias De Aprendizaje, Monica Sved
Department: Spanish
"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
The Siloxymethylation of beta-D-Glucose Pentaacetate: Progress Towards the Synthesis of the C-linked Retinoyl beta-Glucuronide, Tracy Ward
Department: Chemistry
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
A Theoretical Study of Carbonyl Chemisorption on Platinum and Platinum Titanium Surfaces, Matthew Wellons
Department: Chemistry
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
The Determination of Atrazine in Surface Waters of Eastern Wayne County, Ohio, Eric Scott Bodle
Department: Chemistry
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
Synthesis of an Active Monomer of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Julia Cox
Department: Chemistry
Brown V Board of Education An Investigation of the Progress of African-American Education Since 1954, Katherine A. Daly
Department: History
St. John's Wort: Determination of Antidepressant Efficacy of Commercial Hypericum perforatum Extracts Using a Learned Helplessness Paradigm, Joseph Davis
Department: Chemistry
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