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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1989
Determination of the State and Content of Water in Bovine and Human Corneas As It Pertains to Mccarey-Kaufman Medium Preservation Utilizing Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Nmr Imaging, Stephanie Scierka
Department: Chemistry
Progressions: The Origin and Evolution of a One-Woman Show, Julie A. Shargel
Department: English
Dare to Be Tandy, Christine Sines
Department: English
The Image of Women in Physical Fitness: An Anthropological Perspective, Jessica A. Skolnikoff
Slavic Paganism and Russian Orthodoxy: A Synthesis, Beth E. Snyder
Department: Russian Studies
Red Wedge: An Examination of Economic and Political Ethnomusicology in Britain, Paige Soewrby
A Study of the Political Bias in the Great Lakes College Association Faculty, Dennis G. Solensky Jr.
Department: Communication Studies
Performative Ethnography: An Experiment in Learning, Caroline A. Somers
Special Language Observed: Slang and Its College Context, Scott M. Spangler
Department: English
Ramifications of the Reign of Kabaka Mutesa I of Buganda, Thomas J. Spino
Department: History
H.G. Wells: Prophesy and Premonition in the Scientific Romances, Alison Stenta
Department: English
Vine Symbolism and Sacrifice in Early Christian Art, Amelia J. Stratton
Stefan Zweigs Vergessenes Dramatisches Werk, Andrea Stummer
Department: German Studies
Public School Reaction to the AIDS crisis: A Field Study, Kimberly B. Tatlock
The 1980 Election: The Republican Realignment of the Executive Branch, James R. Tausche
The Impact of Political Culture on the Development of Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Haiti and the Virgin Islands, Bonnie M. Thomas
The Effects of Deinstitutionalization and Attitudes toward the Homeless, Katherine L. Thomas
Reinterpreting Hitler: The 1970's Hitlerwave in Germany, Sarah Thomas
Department: German Studies; International Relations
Graham Greene Properties of His Fiction in Different Media, Charles E. Thorne
Department: English
Society's Involvement in the Evolution of Children's Treatment: Wet-Nurses to Corporate Child Care, Elizabeth A. Tingley
Department: History
The Rise and Decline of Black Nationalism in America: 1965-1988, Elizabeth L. Toole
Department: History
The Role and Significance of Religion in Conservative Political Thought, Brian A. Troyer
A Comparative Study of the Values of the Poor and the Nonpoor and the Working and Nonworking Poor, Katherine J. Vierow
Children, From "Young Vipers" to "Potential Servants of God", Wendy F. Watson
Department: History
"I'm Going to Shoot Anything That Moves and Is Black:" An Analysis of Two Riots, Edward W. Weintraub
Department: History
Countercultural Movements: Why Might One Join?, Amy J. Weitz
Race and Class as Divisive Factors in the Women's Liberation Movement: Black Women and Feminism, Catherine White
A Theological Methodology for an Islamic-Christian Dialogue, Geoffrey Willour
Connecting: Biocentrism and Communalism in Three Novels By African-American Women, Katherine R. Wolfe
Department: English
My Lai Massacre Reconsidered, H. F. Wood III
Department: History
Colonial Taverns in the Boston Area and Their Influence on Pre-Revolutionary Politics, John C. Zazzaro
Department: History
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Gentrification and Displacement Within Inner-City Neighborhoods: Does it Cause Integration?, Timothy M. Abrams
Presidential Lyndon B. Johnson and the Development of Peace With Escalation in 1964, David B. Allen
Department: History
Perspective on Racism in the United States: Historical Overview and Analysis of Selected Contemporary Literature, Carol L. Anderson
Department: English
Les Meres Et Les Filles De Mme De Stael, Laura M. Anfang
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Initial Persistence of Poverty in Rural versus Urban Areas between 1966 and 1976, Kanaya Aradi
A Few Significant Things, Kathryn A. Baldwin
Department: English
The Nixon Supreme Court Nominations of Clement F. Haynesworth and G. Harrold Carswell, Thomas M. Ballentine Jr
Department: History
Film As a Reflection of History: Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe and the Bedford Incident, David S. Banigan
Department: History
Influence and the Contemporary American Poet, Jonathan C. Barclay
Department: English
The Efficacy of Education on Attitudes of Racism, Rebecca Bing
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
La Violación De Los Derechos Humanos En Argentina Durante La "Guerra Sucia", Tami Blackwell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Vin Et Alcool: Mythe Et Realite, Debra M. Brozek
Department: French and Francophone Studies
Folk Tradition of Guthrie, Dylan, and Springsteen, Peter T. Burrus
Department: English
Society As An Influencing Force: Female Friendships in Four of Jane Austen's Novels, Catherine Jean Campbell
Department: English
Theories of Political Development: Guatemala as a Case Study, Marcel Castillo
Poetic Roles: The Response of Four Poets to the First World War, Debra A. Celinski
Department: English
Parental Value Expectations By Social Class: A Field Study, Molly A. Chesher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Competing Claims and Assumptions of the Political Behavior of American Women: Traditional vs. Situational Frameworks, Victoria E. Clark
Stowe, Twain, and Styron: Separating Reality From Fiction, Dale Thomas Cochran II
Department: English
"What It Is?", David Cook
Department: English
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers and Readers: An Exploration of Values in the Characters of a Streetcar Named Desire, Mary Winifred Cox
Department: English
Divided Selves of Audre Lorde: a Quest For Autonomy and Self Definition, Dawn L. Crownover
Department: English
Attitudes, a Comparative Study on Age, Michelle A. Davis
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
God, Politics and the First Amendment, Charles B. Delana
Reading Comprehension and Preferences of Seventh Grade Students: An Analysis of the Fry Readability Formula and Children's Literature, Rebecca L. DeNelsky
Department: English; Psychology
Professionals' Attitudes Towards Hyperactivity, Nicole Dennard
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Noah Webster and the Early Development of American English, Julie M. DeRitis
Department: English
Emerging From the Ghetto Without Getting Lost in the Shuffle: Jane Martin's Talking With in the Context of Women's Drama, Caroline T. DeWalt
Department: English; Theatre and Dance
Exploring Relational Impossibilities: Women's Lives in Margaret Atwood's Novels, Karen M. Dietz
Department: English
The Politics of Privatization in Great Britain, Glenn B. Dorr III
An Independent Study of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the American Federation of Labor -- Congress of Industrial Organization Past and Present, James P. F. Dowling
Department: History
Altruism vs. Selfishness: A Study into the Motivation Patterns Behind Charitable Donations, Heather Lynn Duncan
South African Dilemma: Apartheid As Seen Through Fiction, Jennifer Ells
Department: English
American Unions and Labor Management Participation Programs, B. Roy Engle
It Was Mystery, They Wrote, Garidith K. Enold
Department: English
Breaking Silences: Literature As Political Tool For Cultural Change, Christina Evans
Department: English
The Role of Verification in Arms Control Negotiations from 1945-1980, Mark H. Eveleth
Nation-Building and Political Instability in the First Republic of Nigeria, Todd Fach
The Economic Implications of the Separatist Movement in the Province of Quebec, Gordon S. Finkelstein
Reflections in the Mirror, Michael F. Finnie
Department: English
Bats in the Belfry but Not in the Courtroom, Elizabeth J. Fowerbaugh
The Cost of Segregation to Metropolitan Blacks within the Cleveland MSA, Susan L. Friedman
Variations in Societal Perceptions in Relation to Correctional Procedures, Daniel E. Gallagher
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Examination of the Effectiveness of Social Controls: Perceptions of the Campus Community, Mercy R. Garland
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Politics of Implementing AIDS Programs, Rebecca L. Geiger
The Role of Nukes in Europe? An Assessment of the INF Debate, Matthew J. Gymer
The Yugoslav Economic System and its Performance 1945-1980, Sissie T. Hadjiharalambous
Soviet Foreign Policy in the Third World: With a Focus on Iran and India, Donel E. Hartswick
Department: International Relations
Retrogression, Harald Magnus Hasiba
Department: English
No Place, No Power, and No Voice: the Era of Women's Union Participation and Activism in the Garment Industry, 1900-1912, Sarah E. Heath
Department: History
Neighborhood Attributes as Predictors of Gentrification, Christopher C. Hedges
Women's Work, Women's Choice: a Contemporary Analysis, Kristin M. Helms
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Somoza, Sandinisimo, and Uncle Sam: the Making of the Nicaraguan Revolution, John H. Hemann Jr.
Department: History
Perceptions of a Name: Facts and Testimony Following the Bolshevik Revolution and Anna Anderson-Manahan's Claim to the Title of Grand Duchess Anastasia, Cynthia Hoepf
Department: History
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
