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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
Wise Use Perspective: Values of the Grassroots Land Use Movement, Eric M. Bakken
Department: Political Science
Transforming the Traditional Christian Definition of Divine Power: Calling Christians to Accountability and Justice, Rebecca J. Barnes
Department: Religious Studies
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Analysis of the Prevelance of Body Image Among Preadolescents, Danielle Baughman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Analysis of the Prevelance of Body Image Among Preadolescents, Danielle Baughman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Political Instability and Currency Depreciation: A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Politics and the Exchange Rate, Amrita Bhandari
Department: International Relations
Presidential Success: Structurally-Constrained or Presidency-Centered?, Holly K. Bockbrader
Department: Political Science
Legitimacy and Nicaragua: The Case of Governmental Obligations and Popular Resistance, Gregory A. Boettner
Department: Political Science
Religious Voices in a Sixth Graders Life: An Examination of How Attending a Religious School Affects Students Views of Religion, Caroline Bohn
Department: Religious Studies
Settlement Patterns Along the Vermillion and Black Rivers in Lorain County, Ohio and Subsistence Patterns Seen Through Microwear Analysis, Steven Brandes
Department: Archaeology
A Computational Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding in the Formic Acid Dimer, Nicole Brinkmann
Department: Chemistry
Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities, Alyssa N. Brodsky
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Man Among Men: A Critical Analysis of the Life and Teachings of Marting Luther King, Jr., Daniel W. Broehl
Department: History
Creation at the Intersection of Media, Francis Browne
Department: English
Pathogens, Pesticides, Productivity, and Policy: Mathematical Modeling of Plant Virus Disease to Determine How Altering Vector Conditions and Plant Susceptibility Changes the Outcome of Disease Spread in An Agricultural System and Provides Farmers the Ability to Assess the Impending Risk, Reducing Their Use of Pesticides, and Establishing Farmers' Decisionmaking As the Key to More Visionary U.S. Environmental Policy, Jennifer A. Buckley
Department: Biology; Political Science
Drama of Her Own: J.M. Synge and the Quest For National Identity in Ireland, 1903-1909, Brooke Bulkeley
Department: English
Etruscans and Rome: A Relation of Influences, Gabriel Califano
Department: Archaeology
Examining the Holocaust Through Stricken Eyes, Christoph M. Cantwell
Department: German Studies
Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Compunds as Phospholipid Analogs of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion Binding Site, Jacob Carmany
Department: Chemistry
Unemployment and Nationalism: A Case Study in the United Kingdom, Matthew G. Carpenter
Department: Political Science
The Horror, The Horror; Horror Films: Directors' Visions and Audience Reactions, David R. Celebrezze
Creating and Implementing an Effective Elementary Reading Program: A Discussion of a Whole Language, Literature Based Reading Program, Laura J. Chazan
Department: English
Spice: The Making of a Magazine, Amy M. Chidiac
Department: English
Testing the Possibilities: A World-Systems Perspective on Interaction Between Mesoamerica and the Southeastern United States and the Development of the Mississippian Culture, Jody Clauter
Department: Archaeology
Reparing Broken Windows: The Role of the Police Officer in Community-Oriented Policing, Robert B. Clayton
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
House of the Vetii at Pompeii, Sarah Conway
Department: Archaeology; Art and Art History
Writing From the Belly of a Paradow: Thomas Merton and the Recovery of the Christian Experience Through Zen, David J. Cooper
Department: Religious Studies; English
Color at the Final Curtain: The Creation of Mood Through Color in Europides Medea and Dassin's Dream of Passion and How the Ancient and Modern Audiences Responded, Danielle M. Coppola
Department: Classical Studies; English
Effects of Hellenization on the Oral and Written Tradition of the Sefer Yetzirah and the Beginning of the Kabbalah, Christopher A. M. Coughlin
Department: Religious Studies
The Investigation of the Nitrate Concentration in Surface Waters in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Carrie Coutts
Department: Chemistry
Transcendentalism of Gatsby's Dream: Illusions of Time and the Material, Jonathan N. Crawford
Department: English
Slave Rebellions in the American South, Carl Crumbaker
Department: History
Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments, James F. Cubie
Department: Religious Studies; Philosophy
Film Adaptation As Autoethnography: Three Cinematic Offspring of Oliver Twist, Dan Darling
Department: English
Differential Mobilization of Black and White Churches For Political Action: Presbyterian Churches in the Pittsburgh Area, Andrew J. Dawson
Department: Political Science
Ya-Ya Mamas and Women Warriors, Kristen Demaline
"If I Could Be Like Mike": Professional Athletes as American Role Models, Lisa Marie DeWitt
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gender, Age, Education, Size, and Race as Indicators of the Thematic Content of High School and College/University Bathroom Graffiti, Jennifer E. Diehl
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wooster in Pella: a History of the Site, the Excavations, and the Collection, E. Michael DiPaolo
Department: Archaeology
Conflict Deconstruction Theory: a Case Study of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1981-1998, Nicole E. Dodds
Department: Political Science
Under the Rim: a Sportswriter's Season With the 1998-99 Scot Men's Basketball Team, Neil Domer-Shank
Department: English
Pleasure Unto Death, Colleen V. Dunn
Department: English
Modern Christian Fiction: Bridging the Gap Between the Believer and the Unbeliever, Rachel E. Evans
Department: English
Dirty Tricks and Dirty Dresses: Newspapers and White House Scandal, Sarah C. Fenske
Department: English; Political Science
Olefin Hydrogenation Using a Cationic Ruthenium Catalyst, Jennifer Ferguson
Department: Chemistry
Canonized Sexuality? Exploring Women's Sexuality within the Context of the Song of Songs, Elizabeth L. Feroe
Can Courts Produce Social Change? An Analysis of Ohio's Third Wave School Finacne Litigation, Erick D. Gale
Department: Political Science
Community Development Corporations and the Urban Regime: a Study of New York City Development Politics, Alessandra T. Garber
Department: Political Science
Expression, Purification, and Kinetic Analysis of The N285D and N285A Mutants of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase, Elikem R. K. Gbeddy
Department: Chemistry
"Hey!...Look What Zog Do!": A Revealing Look Inside Gary Larson's The Far Side, William Drew Gibson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Do We Get to Win This Time?": The Changing Portrayal of the Vietnam Veteran In Major Motion Pictures, Zachary J. Goode
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Decade of Terror: a Study of Political Violence in El Salvador and Honduras in the 1980s, C. Curtis Gore
Department: Political Science
The Changing Meanings of Fairy Tales, Karen Grimwood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Changing Meanings of Fairy Tales, Karen Grimwood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Detailed Analysis of a Hastily Called Presidential Investigation into the Reasons for the Pearl Harbor Disaster: the Roberts Commission of 1941-1942, Todd K. Grubich
Department: History
Impact of Financial Crises Upon the Sovereign State, Travis L. Grundke
Department: International Relations
Photography and Text: a Meaningful Conversation, Micheal L. Hahn
Department: English
An Analytical Comparison of Municipal Tap Water and Various Bottled Waters, Andrew Hamilton
Department: Chemistry
An Examination of the Capabilities of Spartan and MacSpartan and the Interpretation of the High Pressure Spectrum of trans- 1,3-Bromochlorocyclobutane and the Low Temperature Spectrum of trans-1,3-Dibromocyclobutane Using ab initio Calculations, Farhan Hashim
Department: Chemistry
We Have Paid Our Dues: Black Women And Their Perceptions of Labor Organizations in the United States, Deidra Haygood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Irony in Selected Short Stories of O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: 1890-1910, Andrea J. Hiner
Department: English
Dula: An Acoustical, Lucien G. Holmes
Department: English
Quality of Life V. the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution a Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago V. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett J. Holmgren
Department: Political Science
The Quality of Life v. The Fundamental Rights of the Constitution: A Theoretical Analysis of the City of Chicago v. Jesus Morales and the Prediction of the United States Supreme Court, Brett James Holmgren
The Binding to Tooth Enamel of Phospholipid Vesicles Containing Entrapped Oral Medication, Jason Holton
Department: Chemistry
Rise of Legal Fiction, Elizabeth B. Howard
Department: English
"Where Are You From?" Third Culture Kids: An Evaluation of Reentry Programs, Elissa A. Irish
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Scout's Honor: Ethnography of Girl Scout Gender Ideals and Practices in Contemporary American Society, Amanda L. Johnson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Rave Experience: An Ethnographic Study of the Cleveland, Ohio Rave Scene, Janice L. Kazimir
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Development of Sol-Gel Based pH Sensing Films and Accompanying Program to Optimize pH Indicator Selection, Ian A. Keith
Department: Chemistry
"Yes, There Are Homeless People in Wooster": Memoirs of Invisible Women, Kathryn A. Klonowski
Department: English
Towards a More Progressive Theme: the Democratic Party Between 1988-1992, Leslie A. Knapp
Department: Political Science
http://sww.Vote4Me.com: Creating Evaluative Web Site Design Principles to Study U.S. Congressional Election Candidate Us of the World Wide Web, James W. Koller
Department: Political Science
The Militia Movement in America, Nicholas Lacy
Department: History
"I Should Kick Your Ass Just For Wearin' Them Ugly Shoes:" An Exploration Into the Popularity of Professional Wrestling, Matthew R. Lang
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Everything I Do, I'm Seen as a Black Person": An Interpretive Study of the Racial and Class Consciousness of the Black Middle Class, Jesse B. Larson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
World Wide Web War: An Examination of Information Warfare, Samuel Howe Lincoln
Department: History
"Ange Ou Demon, Qu'Importe?" Napoleon Bonaparte vu a Travers Six Hommes De Lettres Français de XIXe Siecle, John R. Lytle
Department: French and Francophone Studies; History
In the Beginning There Was the Word?, Christopher T. Mace
Department: History
Humor In The Workplace: A Study of the Differences in the Use of Humor By Gender and Status, Gretchen L. Maier
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Implications of St. Augustine's Use of Virtus in Book XIX of the City of God, Sean P. Malone
Department: Classical Studies
Perceptions of the Black Underclass Analysis of William Julius Wilson's Theory of the Inner-City in a Changing Economy, Mathias D. Manner
Department: Political Science
The Evolution of the Jazz Guitarist, William F. Marcell II
Department: History
The Evolution of the Jazz Guitarist, William F. Marcell II
Seconds Anyone? An Exploration of the Secondhand Consumer Market and its Consumers, Katharyne L. Marcus
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Nitrate-Nitrogen Concentrations in Surface Water of Selected Areas in Wayne County, Ohio, Laura Markley
Department: Chemistry
"Many Faces of God: Individual Images of the Christian Deity and Their Interactions With Society", Rebecca J. McClintock
Department: Religious Studies
Lacrosse: the Fastest Growing Game on Two Feet, Jared R. McKee
Department: History
Impact of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 on Native American Reservations in the State of Arizona, Megan D. McKinney
Department: Political Science
The Effects of Local Population and Brook Height on the Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations in Addams Brook(NY) During the Course of the Summer Vacation Season, Sarah Mengers
Department: Chemistry
The Odds Against Us: Self-Esteem Levels of Women Working In and Out of the Home, Kate Messer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Odds Against Us: Self-Esteem Levels of Women Working In and Out of the Home, Kate Messer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Serial: Fixations...Ratings...Objects, Hope E. Miller
Department: English
Once Upon the Lawsuit: Narrative Coherence and Legal Metaplots in the Microsoft Antitrust Case, Benjamin C. Mizer
Department: Political Science
Trees or Fees, Hugs or Thugs: An Exploratory Study on the Evolution of India's Chipko Movement, Bhavana Mody
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Examination and Detection of Drug Samples Using Microscopic Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Krystal Louise Mohn
Department: Chemistry
Abomination: a Controversy of Homosexuality in the Church, A. J. Moore
Department: Religious Studies
An Examination of Vaclav Harvel's Synthesis of Theater and Politics, David J. Moore
Department: History
Examination of Animals in Literature: What They Are Saying About Us and Why, Yael Moore
Department: English
"Taking Care of Hopes and Dreams in a Plastic Box" The emotional labor of a nurse when communicating with parents in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Erica J. Moser
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ideology and Foreign Policy: the Soviet Union's Foreign Aid Policy in Africa, Anna M. Navis
Department: Political Science; Russian Studies