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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Clarification of Rate Constants of N-Heterocyclic Ligands in Pentacyanoferrtae (2) Complexes, Matthew Clapham
Department: Chemistry
Military Influence on Political Decision-Making in Argentina and Brazil, Mark A. Coates
Department: Political Science
Matriarchy, Maternity, Monogamy, and Black Women's Empowerment in the Novels of Toni Morrison, Emily M. Coleman
Department: English
A Study of the U.S. Army Special Forces From 1952 to the Present, Adam D. Cornett
Department: History
Examination of Astronomical Alignments As Related to Public and Religious Structures in the Maya Region, Rebecca Crane
Department: Archaeology
Job Satisfaction, Alienation and Anomie in the Nursing Profession, Jeremy J. Dadzie
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Tracking the Fates of Pentane Extractable Compounds Through the Wooster Sewage Treatment Plant, Michael Dean
Department: Chemistry
This Slower Death: a Collection of Poems, Nicole Donnelly
Department: English
Democracy? the Roma in the Czech Republic, Kalima J. Drga
Department: Political Science
Voyage à Travers La Modernité, Jan M. English
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Inbetween Spaces Le Cas De La Littérature Postcoloniale de l'Afrique Occidentale, Helen Aine Flewelling
Department: English; French and Francophone Studies
The Design and Construction of a Capillary Electrophoresis Seperation System, Wesley Forbes
Department: Chemistry
"Why Vodka?: Understanding the Russian's Obsession With Alcohol", Heather Foster
Department: Russian Studies
A Critical Examination of the Role of Art in the Lives of Australian Aborigines, Jesse M. Fowler
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Viking Women: An Exploration of Female Roles and Activities in Late Iron Age Scandinavian Society, Ann-Catherine Frederick
Department: History; Archaeology
"Entartete" Kunst im Dritten Reich: Eine Studie über das Schicksal Monderner Kunst und ihrer Künstler in Nationalsozialistichen Deutschland, Victoria J. Ganz
Department: German Studies
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: The Forgotten Victims of Prostitution and Rape during World War II and the Vietnam War, Eliza M. Gerlach
A Critical Exploration of African Oppression and Subsequent Means of Liberation, Tobey Esther Goldfarb
A Critical Exploration of African Oppressions and Subsequent Means of Liberations, Tobey Esther Goldfarb
Sur Le Chemîn De La Révolution Tranquille: Bonheur D'Occasion Et Au Pied De La Pente Douce, Julie A. Good
Department: French and Francophone Studies
A Historical Investigation of American Society During the Establishment of the Consitution From a European Perspective, Brian M. Grindall
Department: History
Beyond the Horse-Race: A Study of the Media and the Presidential Nomination Process, David L. Halpin
Department: Political Science
Faith-Based Community Development Organizations: a Study in Social Production and Social Capital, Elizabeth D. Hansburg
Department: Urban Studies
The Power of the Presidential Team, Brian J. Hansen
Department: Political Science
Ordination of Women, Benjamin E. Harpster
Department: Religious Studies
Role of Hegemonically Based Racial Constructs in the Social, Political and Economic Interactions of Developing Countries: Hispanola a Case Study, Jana T. Harris
Department: Africana Studies; Spanish
Phoenician-Punic Tophet: An Analysis of the Evidence Concerning Child Sacrifice, Sarah Harris
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Gender Biases of the Middle Ages Indicated By the Narrative Cycles of Two Thirteenth Century Italian Hagiographical Altarpieces Depicting Saint Francis and Saint Clare, Melanie Hartman
Department: Religious Studies
We Must Use What We Have to Invent What We Desire: Poetics and Politics in the Later Poems of Adrienne Rich, 1978-1995, Heidi R. Haverkamp
Department: English
"Finally", Charles W. Hayes II
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
School Vandalism: Strain, Control, and Differential Association, Dan Howard
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"No Madder Than the Queen of England": Representations of the Nineteenth-Centruy Madwoman in Twentieth-Century Literature and Popular Journals, Kristin E. Hundertmark
Department: English
Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods: Observations and Analysis of a Musical and Its Music, Deborah Jacobson
Department: Music
Cultural Representation of the !Kung San in Film and Ethnography: Implications of Our Perceptions About the Cultural "Other", Nikoo R. Kasmai
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Diffusion of Power in the Post-Cold War Era, Angad Katyal
Department: Political Science
Mexica (Aztec) and the Maya Religious Beliefs and Their Role in the Practice of Human Sacrifice, Ian V. Kopf
Department: History
A Cost, Benefit, and Effectiveness Study of Three Ohio Americorps Programs, William G. Kopka
Department: Urban Studies
Read Me, Read Me, Read Me!: An Analysis of the Persuasive Functions and Powers of Language in Advertising and Marketing, Megan Kreider
Department: English
In One Ear and Out the Other?: How Talk Radio Influences Political Attitudes, Patrick A. Kreider
Department: Political Science
Dating and Arranged Marriage: A Study of South Asian Dating Patterns at the College of Wooster, Marjorie Krieg
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Better to Leave Your Audience Wailing in the Dark": A Study of the Reader-Text Relationship and the Readers Struggle With Indeterminacy in Tim O'Brien's "In the Lake of the Woods", Holly L. Kyle
Department: English
Television Baggage: A Study Examining the Progression of Successful Television Strategies Among Incumbent Republican Campaigns, Christopher W. Lee
Department: Political Science
McGaw Chapel: A Wooster Revolution, Rowell A. Levy
Department: Religious Studies
Lights, Hellman Rolling, Action, Gregory B. Licht
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Organic Compounds in Waters of Bogs and Wetlands, Jennifer Liebfried
Department: Chemistry
Linking Dollars and Freedom: An Analysis of Human Rights and Foreign Aid Distribution in the United States, Canada, and Sweden, 1977-1990, Jeff Lowry
Department: Political Science
"The Two of Us, Working Together At Full Capacity, Could Do the Job of One Normal Man": The Construction of Masculinity on Seinfeld, Matt Mariola
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Synthesis of Two Novel Aromatic Nitro Vinylidene Compounds and a Study of Their E and Z Isomerization, Heather McConeghy
Department: Chemistry
A Critical Study of Hip-Hop and the Messages That Hip-Hop's Music Express, Bernard L. McGinley III
Department: History
Revising the Mother Metaphor: Male and Female Nurses as Healers, Kelly C. McLarnan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
How Native American Artifacts and Mounds Have Influenced the Development of the Adena and Hopewell Identities, and the Ethical Considerations Involved During Archaeological Excavations and Examinations, Daniel C. Mecredy
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Matters of Life and ? Correlates of Public Opinion on Abortion and The Death Penalty, Malcolm T. Meyer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Legal Subversion of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown V. Board of Education: The Failure of School Desegregation Policy, William J. Miklandric Jr.
Department: Political Science
Community Design, Past, Present, and Future: a Case Study of Wooster, Ohio, Dorian Mobley
Department: Urban Studies
Humanitarian Action Against Forced "Disappearances:" a Comparative Case Study of the External Initiatives Combating "Disappearances" in Iran and the Philippines, Leah C. Montesano
Department: International Relations
Storage of Water Samples Containing Atrazine, Julie Morrison
Department: Chemistry
Pacifying Vidalia, Jennifer Nadar
Department: English
Independent Study in Sociology, Chiaki Nakamura
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Piece of the Pie: The Influence of Ethnicity on Political Development in Kenya, Esther W. Ndichu
Department: Political Science
Effects of German Corroprations Dual-Listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Travis R. Nieman
Department: Economics; German Studies
Snakes and Ladders: a Study of Indian Democracy in the Context of Emergency Powers, Zaheer Nooruddin
Department: History; Political Science
Hayden Carruth, Rose Marie, and This World's Love, Eduardo Nunes
Department: English
Manipulation of Greek and Cypriot Rural Sanctuaries From 1050 to 450 B.C.E., John Oswald
Department: Archaeology; Classical Studies
Eyeblink of Rokeness, Matt R. Pietz
Department: English
Why the M-16 Rifle: a Case Study of Infantry Small Arms During the Vietnam War, Timothy A. V. B. Pollard
Department: History
With Love From the Man in the Bush, Rachel Pope
Department: English
Computer: Enemy of the Humanities?, Christopher D. Pugh
Department: English
Beep! Beep! You're Dead. an Exploratory Study of Aggressive Driving from the Point of View of Traffic Enforcement Officers, Barbara E. Queen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Russia Under Ivan the Terrible: a Widowed Nation, Frank L. Reutter
Department: History
Kindred Parables: An Examination of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and "Parable of the Sower", Kathryn E. Rhoads
Department: English
An Examination of Corneal Water Content as a Function of Age and Breed in Dogs as Determined by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Terah Robbin
Department: Chemistry
Oral History: Sounds of the Past, Chadwick J. Roberts
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Hate Speech in the Classroom: The True Test of Free Speech, Deron Rolla
Department: Political Science
Calcium Ion Binding to O-Phospho-L-Serine in Relation to the Phospholipid-Metal Ion-Protein Ternary Complex, Heather Rowell
Department: Chemistry
The Design and Solution Phase Synthesis of a Sequence of Annexin 5 for Study of Protein-Membrane Interactions in the Ternary Complex, Colleen Ryan
Department: Chemistry
Black Urban Head Start Children: an Ethnographic Perspective on the Importance of Culture in Evaluating Socioemotional Development, Megan H. Schatz
Department: Urban Studies
Subversive Dreams: An Historical Analysis of the Evolution of French Feminist Consciousness With Specific Emphasis on Enfranchisement, 1789-1914, Kristen S. Schermer
Department: History
The Grameen Bank, a Modified Capitalist Model of Development: Does it Deliver to Women?, Catharine D. Scott
Department: Political Science
The Reluctant Exodus: The Last China Missionaries and American Culture, Church, and State, Jonathan A. Seitz
Valuing Success: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Cultural Values and World Bank Successes, Laura J. Shaffer
Department: International Relations
Continuation, Pertinence and Evolution of the Catholic Worker Movement in Contemporary Society, Stott M. Shlaes
Department: Religious Studies
Boxed In, Andrea K. Shreve
Department: English
The Structural Determination of a Mutant Uteroglobin Protein Using Molecular Replacement and Simulated Annealing Techniques, Douglass Sillars
Department: Chemistry
The Civil Rights Movement: Events That Changed the Movement, Sylvester S. Slaughter
Department: History
Wiccan Symbolism in Social Context, Theresa Snowman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The ETA and the Continual Struggle For Basque Independence, Sarah L. Soroos
Department: History
Kids Far From Home: International Adoption, 1948-1998, Catherine M. Swartz
Department: History
An Examination of Water Quality: Wooster Tap Water and Various Bottled Waters, Valerie Taylor
Department: Chemistry
In Here It Is I Must Kill the Priest and the King: the Deconstruction of Cultural Hegemony in James Joyce's Ulysses, Hilary A. Teynor
Department: English
World's Best I.S., Sally Thelen
Department: English
Critical Exploration of African Oppression and Subsequent Means of Liberation, Esther G. Tobey
Department: Religious Studies
The Role of Mothers As Portrayed in the Ladies' Home Journal During Three Decades: 1920, 1950, and 1980, Jennifer L. Toll
Department: History
Ethnicities at War: An Examination of the Causal Nexus Between Ethnic Nationalism and Separatist Conflict After the Cold War, Ramzi M. Trabulsi
Department: Political Science
If the Grass Is Greener on the Other Side, Kill It!!! or the Ecological Impact of the Vietnam War, Richard L. Updegrove II
Department: History
Affliction and Attention: a Study of the Philosophy of Simone WeilAnd Its Connections to Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez, Shannon R. Vance
Department: Philosophy; Religious Studies
A Qualitative Study of Gender Constructions Among Female Free Trade Zone Workers in the Domincan Republic, Mieke Vandersall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Realignment or Dealignment?: An Analysis of Realignment Theory and How It Applies to Contemporary Politics, Julia A. Vincentsen
Department: Political Science
Wayne County Area Organic Farming: Ideology and Behavior, Elizabeth Wiemels
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La Teoria De Dependencia Economica: Una Explicacion Verdadera Del Subdesarrollo En Mexico?, Peter Wilson
Department: Spanish
Was Bowers v. Hardwick Adjuducated Correctly?, David E. Winpisinger
Department: Political Science