Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995
The Cultural Construction of Domestic Violence: Battered Women's Shelters in the United States and Ecuador, Emily K. Fortney
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Predictors of Attitudes Toward Gun Control, Kristofer D. Mallarnee
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Holistic Or Conventional Practitioners? an Explanatory Study Into the Practices of Rural Ohio Physicians, Merrill S. McCumber
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effect of Parental Divorce on the Attitudes of Young Adults Toward Marriage and Relationships, Shannon McIvor
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Heigh, Ho; Heigh, Ho-It's Off to Work We Go: the Effect of Part-Time Employment of Urban High School Students on Their Self-Esteem, M.K. Mullins
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Portrayal of Males and Females in Television Commercials: a Content Analysis, Shawn A. Nickens
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
"Adult Children of Alcoholics" a Study of Latent Effects and Gender Differences Among College of Wooster Students, Jennifer L. Pagano
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Women Owned Businesses: a Thesis Concerning Women in Businesses and the Motivations Behind Owning Their Own Businesses, Katrina W. Pease
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dating Violence: Women and Dating Violence on the College Campus, Sakia A. Peck
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
History of Maltreatment, Expectations of Children, Social Distancing, Stress, and Stress Management as Causes of Child Maltreatment Or Unsung Song, Diane Randolph
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Story-Time Interactions in the Elementary School: What Role Do Teachers Play in the Gender Role Knowledge Development of Students?, Malin Sallander
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Community-Oriented Policing: Officers' Attitudes Toward the Community-Oriented Policing Program, the Community, and the Perceived Attitudes of the Community, Jeffery Samaco
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gang Intervention Programs Within the Cleveland Area, Frederick N. Schroeder
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Unique Development of Identity in Chronically Ill Adolescents: the Relationship of Identity and School Experience, Janis Stennett
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Islamic Resurgence in Turkey, Mehmet T. Uner
Department: Economics; Sociology and Anthropology
The Impact of Social Movements on the Definition of Wife Battering, Jennifer L. Vella
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994
How the Family and the Media Interact to Influence a Female's Gender-Role Values, Janice Abud
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Correlates of College Dating Behaviors, Jessica S. Amburgey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
100 Years at the National Museum: a Cross-Time Comparison of the Smithsonian Institution, Christina Anderson
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Influence of Perceived Track Level or Academic Standing on High School Students' Attitude Toward School, LaRae Barnes
The Effects of Income on Attitudes Towards Education, Rachael Baur
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects of Athletic Participaton on Academic Performance and Self-Esteem Levels of High School Students, Brett S. Beech
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Dynamics of Gender and Culture: A Close Look into the Experiences of South Asian Men and Women at the College of Wooster, Elora Chowdhury
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Talking Without Speaking and Hearing Without Listening: Gender Differences in Nonverbal Communication, Sandra L. Clark
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ritual in the American College Classroom, Susan M. Gearhiser
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Shelters For Battered Women, Lydia L. Geddes
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Ethnicity, Hannah C. Guggenheim
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Cultural Basis of Attitudes Toward Birth Control in Japan, Jean L. Harris
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Ideas of Family and La Leche League: Gender Domains Reflected, Ariann Harvey
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Loose Coupling of Classroom Activity to Integration Legislation: a Micro Perspective, Joanna Hise
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Image of Law and the Justice System in Films 1950-1990, Katherine E. Hoffman
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Analysis of the Relationship Between the Media's Portrayal of Serial Killers and Its Effect on College Students' Attitudes Toward Serial Killers, Delia A. Hoye
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Attitudes of Adults Toward Sex Education in the Public Schools: Predictors of Support and Opposition, Jamice L. Huston
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gender, Sex Role Attitudes and Perceptions of Physical Attractiveness: A Test of the "What Is Beautiful Is Good" Physical Attractiveness Stereotype, Stephen E. Ifeduba
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Adolescent Pregnancy and Early Parenthood Rites of Passage in the Innter Cities, Courtney Jones
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Study of the Media's Influence Through Film on Attitudes Towards Transvestism, Eleanor F. Kalejs
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Imperialism through Mass Media: A Case Study of Vanidades, Gina Kouba
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology, Elizabeth A. Kurtz
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Folklore and Oral Traditions: a Collection of Folklore in Wayne and Holmes County, Ohio, Emily S. Moorefield
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
College Students' Attitudes About Premarital Sex, Knowledge of Aids Risk Behaviors, and Perceptions of Aids: an Integrated Study, Marianne D. Moore
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
A Study of the Contributing Factors to Assimilation Patterns in Contemporary American Jewry, Amy S. Morros
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Support for Gun Control: What Influences Public Opinion?, Ryan M. Morse
The Dynamics of Relationships: Exploring Dating and Marriage From the Perspective of College of Wooster Students and Alumni, Shannon M. O'Neill
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Health, Healing and Illness in Christian Science, Sarah L. Prince
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effect of Outward Bound on Attitudes Toward the Environment, Susan B. Roberts
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
An Exploration of College Women's Aspirations and Orientations in Career and Family, A. M. Rorer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Crimes of Fashion: an Exmanination of Stereotypes Created by Particular Clothing Styles at the College of Wooster, Ellen P. Russell
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
How Learning Disabled College Students Respond to Being Labeled, Heidi A. Schulz
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Relationship Between Types of Music and Selected Attitudes of College Students, James L. Shepard
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology, Kristen Strain
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
College Student Attitudes Toward the Censorship of Music: the Significance of Religion, Race, Income, and Exposure, Charles C. Voorhis IV
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Partnerships in Education: Business/School Alliances for the Future, Megan Wereley
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Tuberculosis as a Symptom of Poverty in Ecuadorian Society, Melisa J. Whigham
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Gated Communities: Havens in a Heartless World, Robin A. Woodall
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
The Dismantling of a Monolith: Conceptualizations of Womanhood Among Elite Mexican Women, Abigail Rae Adams
The Female Athlete: Analysis of the Socialization Process and Various Affecting Factors, Tammy Berger
Children of Divorce: An Analysis of Academic Achievement and Behavior in the Classroom, Susan D. Boggs
Back to the Beat: An Investigation of Community Policing and its Contribution to Improving Police, Community Relations, Maximillian Marshall Busselle
Officer Blue: An Organizational Assesment of Job Satisfaction in a Small Urban Police Department, Edgar W. Carr III
Exploratory Study of the Self-Esteem and Identity Choices of Mixed Heritage Children, Jennifer Ann Clement
An Exploratory Study and Evaluation Proposal of Boys' Village Residential Treatment Center; Smithville, Ohio, Stephen M. Collins
Manga: An Anthropological Study, Robert A. Craig
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology, Alden Faulkner
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Police and Community Relations: A Social Indicators Approach to Formal Community Complaints and Demographic Correlates, James A. Foster III
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
The Effects of Marital Separation and Divorce on Children, Christine Gueulette
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
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
Attempted Annexation of the Dominican Republic in 1870 in the Context of North American Expansionism, Paal-Andre Lund
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology
A Study of the Social Correlates of Rape Myth Acceptance, John Marcinek
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
Summertime Blues: The Effects of Tourism on Small Host Communities, Peter W. Mortensen
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
Divorce and Its Effects on Attitudes and Behavior: A Study of American Adults, 1988-1990, Brent Ponstingle
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Drinking Patterns Among College of Wooster Students: The Role of Gender, Age, Race and Greek Membership, Elizabeth Richards
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Eating Disorders in College-Aged Women and Men, Hilary Sayer
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
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
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
Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study at Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Walsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Institutions of Decontextualization: A Field Study of Museums in Bali, Indonesia, Murray G. Welsh
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Senior Independent Study Thesis in Sociology/Anthropology, Kathryn Wood
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
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
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
The Influence of the Jewish Religion on College Age Jewish Women's Decisions on the Abortion Issue, Jacqueline Boulanger
Recipes for Life: Ritual and Gender in an American Christian Community, Margaret E. Bryant
High School Athletes and Coaches: the Influence of Motivation, Goals and Sex on Desired Coaching Methods, Ellen Paige Curfman Conrad
Conflicting Visions: Reflections of the American Dream in a Substance Abuse Center, Lisa Defendiefer
A Prescription for the Workplace: The Effects of On-Site Child Care on Job Satisfaction and Productivity, Heather Eppley
Selling the American Dream: Images Present in Mail Order Fashion Catalogues, Peter Falcone
The Effect of Athletic Participation on Academic Performance, David A. George
The Effects of Participation in a Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program on Recidivism Rates for a Sample of Felony Offenders from Indiana and Ohio, Jennie Dunham Johnson
Exploratory Study of Transracial Adoptions and the Process of Adjustment Beginning with the Time of Placement in the Homes, Coretta D. Jones
Life History as a Window on Culture Change and its Impact on Gender in an Immigrant Sikh Family, Raveena Khehar
Habitat For Humanity-Building For God's Children In Need-Does That Include The Homeless?, Elizabeth R. Kirkpatrick
Social Change In Country Music, Lori L. McNeely
Making Choices: Working Mothers-Working Daughters, Kathleen N. Millican
The Adjustment of Black College Students at a Predominantly White Institution, Travis Moyer