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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988
Rhetorical Analysis of Language Used in Advertising, Susan O. Hollingshead
Department: English
Function of Afro-American Trickster Tales in Slave Culture As a Means of Gaining Freedom and Resisting Oppression, Anita Homily
Department: History
A Slice of Life, David R. Hood
Department: English
Why Welfare Can't Be Removed: A Case Study of Presidents Carter and Reagan, Leslie Hopeman
A Woman-Centered Care Reclaimed, Mary K. Hueske
Attitudinal Study of Surrogate Motherhood Via Artificial Insemination, Cheryl M.A. Isaacson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ultimate Utopia: a New Ideal, Wesley Alton Johnston
Department: English
The United States in the First World War: The Question of Amalgamation, Thomas R. Karsten
Department: History
Expression and Reflection of Their Time: The Lyrics of the Beatles, Thomas C. Keenan
Department: English
Pastoral Influence on Shakespeare's Plays, Daniel Kenzie
Department: English
Effect of Perceived Violence on Students' Involvement in Sports, David C. Kilfoyle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Wordsworth and Shelley: An Examination of Their Poetic Processes, Thomas W. Kincaid
Department: English
The Effect of Federal Spending on Cities between the Years 1980 to 1985, David B. Kintu
Analysis of the Emergence of Self in the Novels of Toni Morrison, Sarah Louise Kotchen
Department: English
Various Issues in Children's and Young Adult's Literature, Ann K. Kroeger
Department: English
Humor in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: From Black Humor to Slapstick, Gregory A. Kunkel
Department: English
The Meaning and Causal Factors of Jurgen Moltmann's Theology of Eschatological Hope, Timothy F. Lewis
Supportive Role of Musical Expression in Musical Theatre Applications, Barbara A. Lockley
Department: English
Judging a Book By Its Reader: Responses to Literary Criticism, Gordon Lubold
Department: English
Effects of the Perception and Fear of Violent Crimes on Elderly Persons' Patterns of Behavior in the United States, Fernando Mack
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Broken Stereotypes in Early Twentieth Century Society, Katrine Maier
Department: English
The Causes of Homelessness in Urban Areas, Chanley M. Martin
Corporate America and the PAC Power Game: How Corporations Play Power Politics with Political Action Committees, Andrew Martines
Reading Instruction: An Alternative Approach, Sarah E. Masters
Department: English
Connection Between Past and Present in Four of Sir Walter Scott's Historical Novels, Carrie Lee McGraw
Department: English
Reagan and the Press: A Study of Marines in Lebanon and the Iran-Contra Situation, M. Anne McLean
Meade's Missed Opportunity: a Speculation of the Battle of Gettysburg and Its Aftermath, John P. Mead
Department: History
From Myth to Reality: International Politics and the Olympic Movement, Scot Mellor
Department: History
The Passage of Annex v Ocean Plastics Dumping Legislation, Robert D. Murphy
Suburban Film Location and New Housing Construction, Beth M. Nardone
Redevelopment in Boston: A Test of Peterson's Unlimited City, Carl F. Olson
Atlanta: Black Children Missing and Murdered Case; An Assessment of Black Leadership, Kristen A. Patton
Department: History
Containment of Political Dissent in Soviet Literature: a Case Study of Vladimir Voinovich, Kimberley A. Paul
Department: International Relations
The Depiction of Women in Television Commercials: An Attempt by the Controllers of Society to Maintain Power Over them, Beth A. Pohl
Department: Communication Studies
Red Cloud's War, Daniel D. Pope
Department: History
No More Heros: A Study of Vietnam Fiction, William J. Porter
Department: English
The Determinants of Social Support on Teenage Pregnancy, Jenny C. Potee
Margaret Atwood: Gothic Romances and Anti-Gothic Feminist Novels, Sara Wells Potier
Department: English
Astérox Et Gailois: Un Françias Partriotique, Jane P. Rawling
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Astérix le Gaulois: Un Français Patriotique, Jane P. Rawlings
Department: French and Francophone Studies
The Index: Judging Presidential Success, Graham Ashley Rayman
Refugee Experience of Lithuanian Displaced Persons, Marcie Ray
Department: History
Analysis and Study of the Police Use of Deadly Force, James R. Reeser III
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Lost Diamonds: A Literary Search of the Meaning of Life For the American Jew, Tiffany Michelle Reichert
Department: English
Une Recherche Sur La Significantion Des Contes De Fées Écrits Par Charles Perrault, Anne A. Roberts
Department: French and Francophone Studies
La Filosofía Política De Martí y su Influencia en la Política Cubana, Eileen C. Robinson
Department: History; Spanish
Homophobia: A Study of Heterosexual Views on Homosexuality, Mark E.M. Rodriguez
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
United States Responses to the Tonkin Gulf Incidents: The Government Responds to Crisis, Scott M. Rogers
Department: International Relations
The Effects of Athletic Participation on Academic Performance, Jamie Ross
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Analysis of the Significance that Socioeconomic Factors have on the Total Number of Child Abuse Reports in each of the 88 counties in the State of Ohio, Michael Peter Schlessigner
Biology Meets Politics: Regulating Biotechnology, Peter C. Schmeck
Limiting Campaign Advertising Expenditures as a Means of Encouraging More Citizens to Seek Office, Patrick J. Schmitz
Fruits of Labor: Impact of Missionaries on the Hawaiian People, Eric Schoenke
Department: History
The First Crusade: Pope Urban II's Attempt to Reunify Eastern and Western Christendom, Hugh R. Scott
Eine Intertextuelle Analyse Des Filmes <> von Helma Sanders-Brahms, Andrea Siewers
Department: German Studies
An Oral History of Ukrainian, Baltic, and Russian Displaced Persons, Kathleen R. Smythe
Department: History
Church and State: A Study of the Interpretations of the Establishment Clause, Marilana L. Sofield
Department: Religious Studies
Cult Religions of Pompeii, Daniel A. Sponseller
Department: Classical Studies
An Empty Room, Suzanne Jacqueline Spoor
Department: English
Comparative Study on Soviet and American Families and the Influences on Their Childs Upbringing, Todd P. Stansbery
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Urban Bias in Kenya: The Role of Harambee, Linda Stevenson
An Examination of Corruption within the Municipal Government of New York City: 1900-1980, Douglas B. Stewart
Between Church and State: The Interaction of Religion and Politics in Nicaragua, Candia L. Sweet
History of Grenada 1498 to 1983: The Struggle For Independence, John A. Taylor
Department: History
Language and the Presidency, Gregory John Thomas
Department: English
A Case Study of the 1978 Federal Pregnancy Disability/Discrimination Act, Kathleen K. Toth
Frederick W. Taylor and the Changing Interpretation of Scientific Management, Laura A. Tuennerman
Department: History
COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret Counterintelligence Program, Lisa M. Vacca
Department: History
Rembrandt Meets Kandinsky: Conservative Ideology and the Avante-Garde, James A. Van Dyke
Department: English; Art and Art History
Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte: Two Different Outlooks, Michele A. Voigt
Department: English
Hong Kong's 1997 Deadline: How It Became and What It Will Become, Ralph E. Wadleigh III
Department: History
Socialization and Student Anti-Vietnam War Activists, Caroline Carlsen Walker
Quiet Riot: Cultural Nationalism in Poems By Gwendolyn Brooks and Amiri Baraka, Elizabeth Lucia Walsh
Department: English
The Bureaucratic Cognitive Model of Decision Making, Kevin P. Walsh
Charles Degaulle's Vision of a Third Force, Christian D. Welch
Department: International Relations
A Study of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Timothy J. White
Department: English
Heir of Dreams, Cassandra Whittington
Department: English
Industrialization of the Mexican Economy Through Foreign Investment, Ida Williams
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The "Patton Affair" and the American Public: Changing Perceptions of the Military, Richard J. Williams
Department: History
Storyteller at Work: Life, Process and Product, Elizabeth A. Winans
Department: English
Women in the Colonial Period, Glenn J. Winter
Department: History
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1987
Wordsworth and the Philosophy of Nature, Hesham Salem Abdeen
Department: English
Thermodynamic Properties and Melting Mechanism of Potassium Pentanoate and Lithium Isobutanoate, Ramin Abhari
Department: Chemistry
Plautine Humor: An Examination of the Models of Erich Segal and David Konstan, Robert J. Affeldt
Department: Classical Studies
Nikita Khrushchev's Tour of the United States September 15-27, 1959, David Albion
Department: History
Poetry and Prose, Carrie Allison
Department: English
A Journey to Healing, Elizabeth B. Ameling
Special Interest Media Campaigns: Effects on the Liability Insurance Crisis in Ohio, Randall B. Anderson
L'Ame Noire Dans La Poésie De La Négitude, Suzanne E. Atkins
Department: French and Francophone Studies
The Plight of the Loyalist Clergy During the American Revolution, Timothy D. Austin
Department: History
Religious Behaviors and Use of Religion As a Coping Mechanism: A Study of Elderly People, Mary L. Bianconi
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Impact of Socioeconomic Conditions on a Political System, Darell Biesheda
I.M.T. Nuremberg and Tokyo: Equal Justice?, Tracy R. Callahan
Mothers and Sons in D.H. Lawrence and Tennessee Williams: Assertions of the Self Through Creation, Elisabeth A. Carman
Department: English
Tennessee Williams: Voices of Despair, Patricia A. Cary
Department: English
A Liberating Theology as a Response to the Social Ethical Description of the Homeless Mentally Ill, Andrea Castner
An Assessment of Factors Related to Motivations to Participate in Sports Among College Athletes, Mike Collins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
U.S. Policy Options Towards Nicaragua: An Inquiry into Strategies and Belief Systems, Michael S. Crowe
Attitudes Toward the Married Working Mother: a Comparative Study, Diane Cullen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Thematic Study of Edwin Muir's Poetry, Susan J. Cunliffe
Department: English