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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1997
Examination of the Collapse of the Anasazi Civilization in the Chaco Canyon Region, Terressa Skinner
Department: Archaeology
Influence of the Classics on Henry David Thoreau, Aaron V. Skrypski
Department: English; Classical Studies
Concepts of Mother: Motherhood, Mother Tongue, and Motherland in the Novels of Buchi Emecheta and Alice Walker, Amanda J. Smith
Department: English
Music For the Accordion: a Collection of Poetry, Susannah C. Sprong
Department: English
The Transition from Peacekeeping to Peace-Enforcement: A New Paradigm for UN Operations, Meredith J. Spungin
Decision Making Processes and Foreign Policy: Public Opinion and the Wars in Korea and Vietnam, Amanda J. Stanley
Chair That Sits at the End of the Hallway, Katherine E. Steger
Department: English
A Continuous Thread: Women From the 1930s to the Present, Katherine G. Stewart
Department: Art and Art History; History
On the Stoop: a Collection of Short and Short-Short Stories, Mary Tartir
Department: English
The Strength of Community: Liberation Theology in El Salvador and Guatemala, Juliana B. Taylor
Department: Religious Studies; Spanish
Site-directed Mutagenesis of Structural Arginine-313 in Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum, Ronald Tebbe
Department: Chemistry
Ruby Fire: a Romance, Jacqueline Tolonese
Department: English
Biomonitoring of Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussels) from Lake Erie for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Pesticides in Soft Tissues and Shell Material, Carolyn Elizabeth Toth
Department: Chemistry
Feminist Speculative Fiction: Reshaping the Archetypal Patterns of Motherhood Rooted in Myth, Margaret A. Toth
Department: Classical Studies; English
The Third Reich and the Kingdom of God: the Absolute Claims of Two Absolute Belief Systems, Stephan K. Turnbull
Department: German Studies
What does it take to become a "Successful" Dictator? Five Types of Dictatorship: A Case Study of 80 Contemporary Dictators since 1945, Mashu Uruta
Department: Political Science
Carnival Fish, Audra M. Variakojis
Department: English
Attempted Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Calmodulin Gene from Paramecium tetraurelia, Philip Verhoef
Department: Chemistry
Making Jack a Dull Boy: Alienation in the Modern Work Force, Stephanie R. Viti
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Religion and the Education of Muslim and Hindu Communities in America, Miriam J. Wahid
Department: Religious Studies
Alcoholism as a Culturally Constructed Phenomena: Al-Anon as an Indicator of Cultural Values, Christy Ann Watts
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Variables Which Influence the Decision to Terminate Life: A Study of Attitudes Toward Euthanasia, Mary Beth Weimer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Compunds as Small Molecule Analog Components of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion-Protein Ternary Complex, Marna Whisler
Department: Chemistry
So that Is What Brothers and Sisters Are For! Birth Order: How It Effects the Social Interaction and Academic Performance of Children in Elementary School, Katie Whitehead
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Air Underneath My Wings, Mariama K. Whyte
Department: English
Jennifer Willis Actually Turns in Independent Study, Jennifer Willis
Department: English
Spatiality, the Anglo-American Home, and the American Dream: an Analysis of Contemporary Domestic Space in the United States, Erin E. Wilson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Mary Magdalene in Text: a Whore or Leader?, Heather M. Wilson
Department: Religious Studies
Sneaky Monks and Other Fuzzy Stories, Brad A. Winter
Department: English
Serving Up the Soul: a Multi-Genre Examination of the American Diner, Susan Wittstock
Department: English
The Meanings of Food in Hindu Indian Culture (A Study of Food, Dietary, and Eating Practices of Hindu Indian International Students at the College of Wooster), Allison M. Wu
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Shrine of the Sorrowful Mothers, a Marian Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio, Julie A. Yeager
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
One Unsatisfied Customer, Derek J. Young
Department: English
Tent Worms and Other Stories, Kathryn A. Youther
Department: English
Great Writers of the People: a Fictional Journey Through the Writings of Fyodor Dostoevdky, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, and Douglas Coupland, Joseph J. Zenir
Department: English
Spatial Location and the Needs of Battered Women, Karen Zimmer
Department: Urban Studies
Christian Line of Authority From the Apostasy to the Restoration, Carrie A. Zuro
Department: History
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Sustaining Culture through Ecotourism: A Comparative Case Study of the Kuna of Panama and the Maasai of East Africa, Liya Aklilu
U.S.-Japanese Trade Relations after Hegemony, Alison M. Alexander
Historic Presevation: Examining Whether Renovating Public and Commercial Buildings Is a Profitable Policy that Will Promote the Revitalization of Cleveland's Central City, Kandis D. Anderson
Department: Urban Studies
Perspectives on Censorship in Adolescent Literature, Erin Martha J. Balsat
Department: English
Developing the Atomic Bomb: Cooperation, Collaboration, and Success Within the Manhattan Project, Clinton Behm
Department: History
Crystallization of a Small Heat Shock Protein from Maize, Amy Beilstein
Department: Chemistry
Women in the Military: the Evolution of the Struggle For Equality in the United States Military With An Emphasis on the Debate of Women in Combat, Brijin L. Boddy
Department: History
"Allons Au Café!!!" Le Rôle et La Significance du Café et de I'Alcool Dans La Société Française, Ryan Boeding
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Toni Morrison: the Advantage of Post Colonial Writing, Heather S. Bond
Department: English
Restructuring of the American Canon in the Twentieth Century, Maureen Bowles
Department: English
Jacob's New Kite: a Study of Self-Esteem in Children's Picture Books, Amy Boyden
Department: English
The cis-trans Isomerization of Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds using HFe(CO)4-, Rebecca J. Bryant
Department: Chemistry
Anti-Semitism in the United States during the Second World War, Dorie A. Buchman
Mainstreaming in Elementary Education: a Study of Handicapped Children and Their Right to An Appropriate Education, Susan H. Bunch
Department: History
Dances of Universal Peace: An Ethnography of Sufi Spirituality through Dance, Christine Cairns
The Budget Battle: The Role of the Speaker in the House of Representatives - The Case Studies of: Thomas O'Neill and Newt Gingrich, Scarlett E. Caminiti
Analysis and Interpretation of the Aurelian Column, David Carew
Department: Archaeology
Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost: the Evolution of German Blitzkrieg Doctrine, 1914-1942, Kenneth W. Casais
Department: History
God's By-Products and Other Discrepancies: A Critical Analysis of Plato's Magnesia and Liberation Theology as Viable Utopic Constructions in Relation to Mainline Christian Tradition, Courtney Caswell-Payton
The Impact of British Rule on Indian Society: a Discussion, Neelabja R. Chowdhury
Department: History
Environmental Organizations, GIS and Ideology: A Case Study Analysis, Benjamin K. Christensen
Juvenile Justice in the United States and Our Symbolic National Policy, Tyson A. Christ
Women's Travel Literature From Russia, M. Alexandra Clark
Department: Russian Studies
Teaching Banned Books: the Case of Little Black Sambo, Elizabeth C. Conrad
Department: English
Fly on the Wall, Beth Cooperman
Department: English
Yitzhak Rabin An Extinct Breed of Leadership in the Middle Eastern Conflct, Eric G. Core
Department: History
Grunts, Brass Hats, and the Media: World War Two and Images of Battle in the American Imagination, Scott A. Crawford
Department: History
From Fifteen To?: The Future of European Integration, Amrita Daing
Department: International Relations
Cadavers and Calculators: Are We Sending Mixed Signals? An Intricate Look at the Relationship Between Administrators and Physicians in a Growing Appalachian City and What Happens When a For-Proft Corporation and Managed Care Come Knocking on the Door, Esteban T. de Koos
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Reform in Russian History, Thomas F. Della Torre
Department: History
From the Bully Pulpit to the Idiot Box: The Effects of Presidential Rhetoric on Entertainment Television, Anastasia A. Diamond
The No-Win Situation: Shedding Light on the Indian Woman's Romantic Heterosexual Relations, Meher D'Mello
Department: English; History
World War One and Its Effects on American Literature: Romantic Vision to Disillusion, Meghan H. Doughtery
Department: English
Makin' Freedom Languages: a Cyclical Journey in Conversation With Writings By Toni Morrison & Nitozake Shange, Erin I. Dreistadt
Department: English
How America Won the Vietnam War: the Rise of Capitalism in Southeast Asia After the Fall of Saigon, Ethan A. Dunsford
Department: History
Northern Teachers in the Antebellum South: a Search for Independence, Janet L. Engle
Department: History
The Effect of Democatization on the Election of Women to Parliament in Six European Countries, Lisa D. First
Influences on Shakespeare's Fairy Mythology in a Midsummer Night's Dream, Heather Ford
Department: English
Militarization and Human Development: a Comparison of Costa Rica and Paraguay, Erika Friedman
Department: International Relations
Angel, Whore, Bitch: An Analysis of Mothers, The Cultural Implications and Assessment of Motherhood in Portnoy's Complaint, Life is Elsewhere, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Heidi M. Georgi
Department: English
Tracking in High Schools: The Effects of the College Preparatory Track on Student Grades and Attitudes Toward Education, Heather E. Gleason
Synthesis and Characterization of 2-(2-Nitrobenzyl) Acetoacetic Acid Ethyl Ester, Meredith L. Graham
Department: Chemistry
Abortion: Evaluating the Moral Complexities of Reproductive Rights in the Realm of the Roman Catholic Church and the Supporters of Choice, Julie S. Grimm
Abortion: Evaluating the Moral Complexities of Reproductive Rights in the realm of the Roman Catholic Church and the Supporters of Choice, Julie Smyth Grimm
The Images of Women in Mortal Kombat II, Timothy P. Hallett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III
Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III
Department: History; Political Science
Finding a Voice in Middle School Classrooms: An Exploration of the Influences of Teachers and Peers on Adolescent Girls, Leah Margaretha Hergott
Party Ideology and Party Structure: Maurice Duverger's Theory on Party Structure and die Grünen in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, James E. Hervey
Oppression Through Experience: the Effects of the Industrial Revolution on Children As Seen in Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Anthony M. Humbert
Department: English
The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adult Survivors, Sarah Humphries
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Images of Women in Advertising 1960-Present, Jesmon Idriss
Department: English
Literary Texts As Ethnographies: the Folkloric Design in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Toni Morrison's Sula By Which the Writers Present Myth of Self and Community, Achila Imchen
Department: English; Sociology and Anthropology
The Relationship of Adoption Status, Self-Image, and Family Structure, K. Brooke Johnson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Entering the Realm of the Unknown: the "Problem" of Convention and Cultural Context in Three Representations of Satan, Amanda L. Junkin
Department: English
Une Étude sur les Analyses Des Contes de Fées Européens et Ouest-Africains, Heather C. Keeney
Department: French and Francophone Studies
The Analysis of Area Ground and Drinking Water for the Presence of Atrazine, Jennifer Dawne Kostelnik
Department: Chemistry
Mata Hari Escort, Jennifer Lazor
Can You See What I'm Saying?: Comics, the Graphic Novel, and Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Lizbeth A. Leathers
Department: English
The Isolation and Characterization of Multifunctional Compounds Extracted from the Leaves and Stems of Lagascea helianthifolia, Robert S. Leonard
Department: Chemistry