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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993
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
The Isolation and Spectral Characterization of Leptinidine and Acetylleptinidine from Solanum chacoense, Gregory J. Morris
Department: Chemistry
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
The Determination of the Three-Dimensional Crystal Structure of the Coenzyme B12 Model Compound: [((CH3)2CHCH2)Co(III)99DO)(DOH)bn)H2O]+PF6-, Amy Jean Reese
Department: Chemistry
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
Development of a Procedure for the Determination of Seven Pesticides in Water Samples Using Solid-Phase Extraction and Gas Chromatography, Johanna Salmon
Department: Chemistry
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
Mechanistic Study of the Oxidative Condensation of HFe(CO)4- to HFe3(CO)11-, Using Trifluoroacetic Acid as an Oxidizing Acid, Steven Reed Schriever
Department: Chemistry
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
Enantiomer Seperations of 1-Phenylethanol and 1-Phenylpropanol by Gas Chromatography Using a Permethylated beta-Cyclodextrin Stationary Phase, Vincent Storhaug
Department: Chemistry
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
Demise of a Federation: A Czechoslovakian Case History, Elizabeth F. Vadasz
Department: Political Science
The Medieval Garden As a Reflection of the Twelfth Century Cistercian Reform Movement's Belief in a Universal Hierarchical System, Robert J. Vosburgh Jr
Department: History
Hemingways Perfect Woman: A Structural Analysis of Four of His Major Novels, Kathi Wallace
Department: English
Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study at Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Walsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Snapshots, Brooke H. Watts
Department: English
The Effects of School Desegregation on Levels of Prejudice Among High School Students, Jonathan W. Weidenhamer
Department: Urban Studies
Factionalism in the Chinese Communist Party's Response to the Student Democracy Demostrations of 1986-1987 and 1989, John R. Weikart
Department: History
Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study of Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Welsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Experiments in Short Narrative Fiction, Donald W. Wheeler
Department: English
External Influences on Third Parties in Presidential Elections, Russell W. Wheeler
Department: Political Science
Kaleidoscope, Kristen F. Whitaker
Department: English
John Marshall Contributions of the Chief Justice to the United States and the Trial of Aaron Burr, Casey J. Wilson
Department: History
Words, Women, and Change, Kathryn E. Wilson
Department: English
Creating a New World: a Study of Anglo-Indian Relations in Virginia, 1607-1677, Amanda H. Winter
Department: History
Nazi Film Propaganda: a Successful Use of This Medium Encouraged An Uncontested, Complete Devotion to Hitler's Rule, Aaron P. Wismar
Department: History
Crystallization and X-ray Diffraction of a Cyclic Phenylsulfonamide Compound, Jill Wolken
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology/Anthropology, Kathryn Wood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Evolution of Poetry and Self, Paul M. Yeakel Jr
Department: English
Exposing the Myths: Rethinking the Christian Justification for the Human Domination of the Animal World, Lea K. Zawatski
Department: Religious Studies
From Chattel to Partner to Equal? How Women's Roles and Images Have Changed Over Time a Content Analysis of Three Women's Magazines, Allison J. Zweig
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1992
A Critical Study of Peter Chaadaev's Philosophy, Jennifer Amtmann
Department: Russian Studies
A Marriage Born of Necessity: German-Soviet Relations From 1933-1939, Frank H. Andorka Jr
Department: History
Multi-Cultural Curriculum: Offering a New Perspective, Tami Augustine
Department: History
Circus Twins Within, Jennifer L. Balbo
Department: English
"Commitments" and Other Stories, Dorsey W. Barnett
Department: English
The Women of the Early American Industrial Revolution and the Culture They Wove: An Examination of the Mills Girls of Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, Jill M. Baumeister
Department: History
Divergent Images: a Comparative Study of the British Working Class Condition in Cinema, Alex Benchimol
Department: History; English
The Hometowner, Kristy K. Bender
Department: English
The New Deal and the Creation of a National Urban Policy, Peter L. Berry
Department: History
Portrayal of Gender and Ethnicity in the Works of Selected Chinese-American Women Writers, Julie C. Blosser
Department: English
The Influence of the Jewish Religion on College Age Jewish Women's Decisions on the Abortion Issue, Jacqueline Boulanger
American Recognition Policy Toward the Soviet Union and the Peoples' Republic of China, Walter J. Bozentko
Department: International Relations
A Qualitative Analysis of the Self-Efficacy of Woman on AFDC Participating in the Program, Cleveland Works, Inc., Tammy L. Brooks
Body Politic: Women, the Body, and Oppression in Popular Literature, Katrina L. Brown
Department: English
Recipes for Life: Ritual and Gender in an American Christian Community, Margaret E. Bryant
Creatures and Creators: a Study of the Development of a Feminine Consciousness in the Works of Shelley, Bronte, and Woolf, Christine Chamberlin
Department: English