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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993
Testing the Boundaries: a Study of the Relationship Between News Magazines and Society, Jennifer F. Goebel
Department: English
What Are the Motivational Factors for Developers to Develop Shopping Or Strip-Malls in Suburban as Opposed to Urban Areas, Stuart C. Goldsberry
Department: Urban Studies
Structural Adjustment & the International Monetary Fund: An Examination of Its Successes and Failures - A Comparative Case Study of Ghana and Tanzania within the Context of the IMF's Structural Adjustment Facility and the Extended Fund Facility, Meenakshi Goswami
Department: Political Science
La Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras en la Educación Primaria Estadounidense: Un Estudio de FLES, Kristen Mara Grandey
Failure of the Code: The Dysfunctional Family in Southern Fiction, Emily C. Grevstad
Department: English
Chetnik Resistance Movement During the Second World War and Serbian Ideology, Sean B. Grindall
Department: History
The Effects of Marital Separation and Divorce on Children, Christine Gueulette
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Soviet Mass Media: Pravda and the Untruths of the Chernobyl Accident, Laura B. Gutnick
Department: Russian Studies
Phillis Wheatley in Context: A Critique of Ten Poems Within the Socio-Historical Constraints of Her Life-Time, Erik B. Haakonsen
Department: Africana Studies; English
Deterioration From the Olympic Ideal: a Study of 1936 and 1984 Olympics, Erik A. Hagen
Department: History
Head Start: Lobbying For Success, Jeniver K. Hamilton
Department: Political Science
Vietnam War: An Autobiographical Perspective, John W. Hamilton
Department: English
Path of Progress, Cally M. Haserot
Department: English
Everything Waits For Touch: a Collection of Poems, April N. Heck
Department: English
The Impact of AIDS on the Sexual Behavior of College Women, Juliann W. Hench
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Divorce and the Disruption of the Family: A Study of the Relationship Between Family Status and the Self-Esteem of College Students, Scott E. Hendon
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wait, Mark H. Herriott
Department: English
Bottle That Broke: The April 1975 Evacuations of Cambodia and South Vietnam, Scott A. Hoellrich
Department: History
Comparative Study of the Effects of Nine to Five on Female Clerical Workers, Jennifer L. Holscott
Department: Political Science
La Esclavitud y las Relaciones de Raza en la Narrativa Cubana de los Siglos Diecinueve y Veinte, Kelley Beth Howell
Sort of Deviation: A Collection of Stories, Ann M. Intrieri
Department: English
The Weimar Republic Through the Eyes of Ernst Junger, Hans Fallada, and Kurt Tucholsky, Thomas Jackson
Department: History
Emergence and Evolution of Russian Women's Prose, LeAnn Judd
Department: Russian Studies
American Dreaming, Shawn K. Judge
Department: English
You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks, or Can You? Examining Cultural Assumptions Through American Media Portrayals of Russian Privatization, Jennifer L. Kalbaugh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Contemporary Views of the American Civil War, Kelly D. Keenoy
Department: History
Wahoo, Pennsylvania: A Collection of Short Stories, Peter K. Kenworthy
Department: English
Presidential Agenda-Setting Skills and Their Impact on Legislative Success of President's Proposals, Irina B. Khanin
Department: Political Science
United States and Norway: The Barriers Which Limit a Woman's Access to Office at the National Level, Jennifer J. Knauff
Department: Political Science
World of Boundaries: Analyzing Racial, Spatial, and Gender Boundaries in the Writings of Selected Ethnic Women, Jessica M. Knight
Department: English
The Art of Command: Patton and Bradley, Robert E. Koe II
Department: History
Multicultural Education in America's English Classrooms, Sara L. Koester
Department: English
"Cast in Stone:" A Collection of Short Stories, Daniel Kotchen
Department: English
Parents and Teachers: Forces Inflencing Educational and Occupational Pursuits of Inner-City and Suburban School Students, Nicole M. Krantz
Department: Urban Studies
Creating and Controlling the "Savage:" The Evolution of Native American Oppression in the United States, J. T. Krovel
Department: History
A Recipe for Rioting: a Comparative Case Study of the Nature of Urban Uprisings in Six Major Cities From 1960-1990, Jeffery P. Langer
Department: Urban Studies
Jack Kerouac's Visions of Cody: A Re-Evaluation, Jennifer R. Ludowise
Department: English
Attempted Annexation of the Dominican Republic in 1870 in the Context of North American Expansionism, Paal-Andre Lund
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
Continuity and Change in Italian Immigrant Tradition, 1880 to the Present, Amy G. Magnotto
Department: History
How Has the Military Expained Defeat in the Vietnam War From 1975-1992?, Charles G. Mallonee III
Department: History
The Life of Saudi Arabian Women, Hollis Mandell
Department: History
A Study of the Social Correlates of Rape Myth Acceptance, John Marcinek
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Impact of Abortion As An Issue on Voting Behavior in the Presidential Elections of 1984 and 1988, Jennifer L. Markus
Department: Political Science
Conducive to Health and Happiness:'The Literature of Fly Fishing, Thomas F. McCoy
Department: English
Textual Representations of the Cultural Other and the Interdisciplinary: A Changing Conception For the Study of Native Americans, Stephen D. McMillan
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Puerto Rico and Its Colonial Experience Under the American Flag, M. M. McNally
Department: History
George Kennan and the "X-Article", Michael E. McTiernan
Department: History
Alternative Approach to Literary Instruction: The Integration of Reading Recovery Teaching Strategies in Whole Language Classrooms, Stacey A. Meissner
Department: English
Disintegration of Yugoslavia: Why Did It Fall Apart?, Janet M. Mello
Department: Political Science
Worlds Within: Fictional Ontologies and the Role of the Reader in Mikhail Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita, Louisa Merchant
Department: English
The New Age Movement and Native America Spiritual Traditions: Appropriation and Use, Jeffery Scott Mettee
Coming Together: Helping Men Understand Women at the College of Wooster, Heidi M. Miller
Why a State Administered Income Redistribution Program Is Undesirable: A Neoclassical Study of the Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program, Wiliam D. Minser
Department: Economics; Political Science
Four Southern Authors: Feminist Exploration Through Voice, Cynthia Morrison
Department: English
Summertime Blues: The Effects of Tourism on Small Host Communities, Peter W. Mortensen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Rich Time, Garrett C. Munson
Department: English
Malawi, South Africa, Southern African Development Coordination Conference (Sadcc): Conflict and Tension Towards Regional Integration, Mphatso T. Namwali
Department: Political Science
Our Children's Debts, Drew F. Nicholson
Department: English
Economic Deprivation, Culture and the So Called "Subculture of Violence", Larry O'Neal Jr
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Socio-Physchological Effects of Music Videos on the Youth Culture, Shawn M. Perry
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Failure of a Movement to Change Administration Policy: a Study of the Antiwar Movement, 1965-1968, Randall A. Pitts
Department: History
Points of (P)Light: Discourses of Community Service in America, Erika C. Poethig
Department: Political Science
Divorce and Its Effects on Attitudes and Behavior: A Study of American Adults, 1988-1990, Brent Ponstingle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Thomas Confirmation Hearings and the Female Candidates For U.S. Senate: 1992, Cristina Pratt
Department: Political Science
Social Significance of the Roman Baths, John Ramsier
Department: History
The Politics of Infertility and the "New" Reproductive Technologies: An Interactive Feminist Critique Addressing the Ethics of Contemporary Surrogate Motherhood, Jennifer Lynn Read
Changing Expectations and Attitudes Toward Contemporary First Ladies As Shown Through Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter and Nancy Reagan, Heather A. Renshaw
Department: History
Drinking Patterns Among College of Wooster Students: The Role of Gender, Age, Race and Greek Membership, Elizabeth Richards
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Lost Sheep Theology: a Study of Graham Greene's Catholic Novels, Emily E. Riley
Department: Religious Studies
Policy Implementation and Homelessness, Jeffrey R. Rink
Department: Urban Studies
Disappearance of the Soviet Union As a Political Union, Kristen B. Rogers
Department: Political Science
Black Humor As a Response to War, Stacey M. Root
Department: History
The Effects of Athletic Participation on Academic Achievement: a Look at Cleveland South High School, Paul Ruggles
Department: Urban Studies
Eating Disorders in College-Aged Women and Men, Hilary Sayer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Una Investigación del Mercadeo de las Materias Primas Plásticas en Colombia, Nicholas E. Schalk
Defining Child Abuse and Remembering the Nazi Past, Andrea A. Scherz
Department: German Studies
Political and Economic Implications of the Convertibility of the Ruble in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Steven P. Schroeter
Department: Political Science
Historical Discussion of the Oppression of the Sioux From 1868 to Present, Benjamin W. Sears
Department: History
Different Side of Summer: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems, Karl G. See
Department: English
Coming Out of Under, Ann M. Shmitz
Department: English
Capitalist Environment: An Examination of the Relationship Between Capitalism and the Environment in the United States, Megan D. Shore
Department: History
African and Native American Interactions in the Southeastern United States During the Colonial Era: Focused Upon Their Relationship With Europeans, African Enslavement Among the Native Americans, and the Evolution of Maroon Societies., Erin J. Siders
Department: History
Evaluation of Reagan's New Federalism: a Case Study of Medicaid, Jodi Siebold
Department: Political Science
JFK Had Big Hair...And Other Essays, Emily B. Silverman
Department: English
La Controversia de la Educación Bilingue en los Estados Unidos: Las Opiniones de los Padres y los Maestros, Sabrina Rose Simon
Reversal of Development in Argentina, Timothy R. Smith
Department: International Relations
Challenges to the Realist Claim that Ethics and National Interest Are Antithetical: an Examination of the Paradigms of Moralism and Realism and Their Effects on International Relations, Alissa N. Steelman
Department: History; Religious Studies
The Effect of Fiscal Stress on Mayoral Style and Municipal Union Strength: the Case of Phildelphia, 1962-1993, Carrie M. Stoddard
Department: Urban Studies
Terrorism in Northern Ireland- the Print Media Coverage of Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday, Sara L. Sutherland
Department: English
Atrocities Committed By the Japanese During World War II, David B. Swartz
Department: History
Nostalgia, Otherness and Reinvention: A Critical Reading of Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa As a Postmodern Text, Rachel B. Sweeney
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
1993 Split of Czechoslovakia: Contributors to Ethnic Tension Between the Czechs and the Slovaks, Anne M. Swierenga
Department: Russian Studies
Inequality in the Work Force: the Competition Between Men and Women For Positions of Authority and Between Different Types of Women in a Traditionally Male Occupation, Karen B. Taylor
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Factors That Affect the Self-Esteem of Sexually Abused Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Females, Annamma U. Thomas
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effect of State Funding and Expenditure Per Pupil on the Achievement in Public Schools in Ohio, Alfred L. Thompson
Department: Urban Studies
Dance As a Social Construct: Sex-Role Socialization in the Ballet Classroom, Madelon E. Tieman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology; Theatre and Dance
Perpetutating Gender Stereotypes: Care-Giver/Child Interaction During Story Time, Dorothy A. Tinker
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
India and America, the Cold War Friendship: An Analysis of American Economic Assistance to India, Chimie C. Topden
Department: Political Science
Intertextual Analysis of Subject Matter, Matthew Trantum
Department: English
Changing Language, Changing Lives: The Role of Speaking in Short Fiction of Three Contemporary Women Authors, Rebecca L. Tremaglio
Department: English