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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993
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
Three Poems of Revelation for voice and piano, Peter Hoopes
Department: Music
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
Differential Absorption and Excretion of PCB Congeners (Aroclor 1254) in Dairy Cattle, Tina Darnae Irwin
Department: Chemistry
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
A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of the Selective Reduction of 4-nitrobenzophenone Using the Hydridotetracarbonylferrate (0) Anionic Reducing Agent, Hans Frederick Luecke
Department: Chemistry
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
The Crystal Structure Determination of A B12 Model Compound: [CH3CH2CH2Co{(DO)(DOH)bn}im]PF6, Shannon Majors
Department: Chemistry
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
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