CMC gives yearly awards for the best theses. Search on the award title in quotes will result in a list of the award winning theses:
- Best Senior Thesis in Biological Sciences
- Best Senior Thesis in Environment, Economics, and Politics
- Best Senior Thesis in Gender Studies
- Best Senior Thesis in Government
- Best Senior Thesis in History
- Best Senior Thesis in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Best Senior Thesis in International Relations
- Best Senior Thesis in Literature
- Best Senior Thesis in Mathematical Sciences
- Best Senior Thesis in Military Science
- Best Senior Thesis in Modern Languages and Literatures
- Best Senior Thesis in Neuroscience
- Best Senior Thesis in Philosophy
- Best Senior Thesis in Psychology
- Best Senior Thesis in Psychological Sciences
- Best Senior Thesis in Public Policy
- Best Senior Thesis in Religious Studies
- Best Senior Thesis in Science Management
- Robert Day School Prize for Best Senior Thesis in Economics and Finance
- Robert Day School Prize for Best Senior Thesis in Economics (Accounting) and Finance
- Fulbright Fellowship
Please NOTE the theses in this collection are Undergraduate Senior Theses completed by Senior Undergraduate students who have received a bachelor's degree. Many are made Openly Accessible at the request of the Author. Some authors have chosen to keep their These closed to the current faculty, students, and staff of the Claremont Colleges. If you are not a current member and cannot download, note that we cannot provide you access to the Theses.
Senior Theses from 2020
The Advent of Private Equity Secondaries Trading and its Effect on IPO Timing for Large Tech Firms, Joseph Tallerico
The Impact of Demonetization on Digitization and Transaction Technologies in India, Gauri Taneja
A Dynamic Model Assessing Ramifications of Maternal Health Care on Populations, Megan Tankersley
Biomechanics and Neural Control of Walking: The Effects of Cognitive Load on Limb Muscle Activity in Forward and Backward Walking, Nicole Y. Tan
LIBOR Manipulation and the Transition to SOFR, Seth Taylor-Brill
Women with High Functioning ASD: Relationships and Sexual Health, Isabelle Taylor
Industrial Policy for Regional Development in Lithuania, Guoda Terleckaite
Escaping the Snowstorm: Legal Rights and Economics in the Developing World, Zane Tolchinsky
Addressing Issues of Immigration: What Lessons can be Learned from Germany and the United States?, Claire Torza
The Limits of Affirmative Action and the Illusion of Whiteness as Property, Gino Townsend
The Peach Flower: A Memoir of Lê Thị Trúc Đào, Julie Tran
The Democratic Self Amid the American Renaissance, Sofia Trigo
The Effect of Feedback and Knowledge Activation on Suggestibility to Misinformation, Sarah Tritschler
Media Self-Authorship as a Cultural Harmonizer in Los Angeles, Isaiah Tulanda
Trailer Park Boys: A Contemporary Work of Frontier Humor, Gabriel Velarde
CRUZANDO LA FRONTERA: CHOREOGRAPHING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN IDENTITY, Chloe Vich
Totalizing Intentionalities in Levinas, Samuel Vilenski
Bioremediation as a Tool for Reducing Heavy Metal Contamination of Desmognathus fuscus Habitat and Amphibian Habitats Around the Globe, Juan Villasenor
Insider Trading in the Capitol? An Analysis of Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of U.S. Senators, George H. Walker V
Authoritarian Regime and Economic Reform: A Case Study of China and Vietnam, Danrong Wang
The Impact of Tax Loss Harvesting on End of Year Trading Behavior, Samuel Whittemore
Investor Reaction to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Samuel Willett
The Necessity for Sustainable Development in Indonesia: A Governmental Analysis and Carbon Neutral Coliving Recommendation, Michael Wirth
Investigating the Municipal Nudge Unit: How Behavioral Interventions Have Quietly Emerged and Made their Mark on American Cities, Melanie Wolfe
Desperate for Democracy: A Comparison between Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement and 2019 AntiELAB Protests, Annette Wong
Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2, Applicable Vaccines, and an Epitope Design for a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine, Lauren Yamagami
The Role of Job Polarization on Employment: An Analysis on Recession Exacerbated Effects, Cherin Yoo
No Pain, No Gain: Australia, UK, and US Stock Market Responses to the 2020 Stimulus Efforts, Jett Zeimantz
The Effects of Childhood Maltreatment on Attachment Throughout Life, Wanling Zhang
The Impacts of the Quota Changes of the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors Scheme in China, zhaoyu zhang
Senior Theses from 2019
Balancing Power on the Internet: US Security Policy in Response to Russian Cyberwarfare, Matthew Abrahamsen
Are the Public Subsidies of Professional Sports Stadiums Worth the Cost of Building Them?, Spencer Abraham
What do we know about the recent performance of Indian banks?, Laira Aggarwal
The Nature of Latin American Markets in the Presence of Credit Events, Patricio Aguilar
Images of the Part Sharing Stories for the Future: The Social, Political, and Aesthetic Influence of Chicana Revisionist Muralism in Los Angeles, Kathryn Ahmanson
Populist Power- Examining the Rise of PiS and Fidesz in Poland and Hungary, Jessica Ainslie
Le Café Parisien et la Sociabilité Française: Un Travail Socioculturel et Historique à Travers les Derniers Trois Siècles., Ellie Aldous
Are Nudges for Alternative Transit Persistent?, Mitchell J. Allan
An Evaluation of the Sri Lankan Government’s Policies in the Defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Chloe Amarilla
Wealth for Health: Applying Rawlsian Principles to Healthcare, Anugraha Anand
Colonialism and Catastrophe: Hurricanes, Empire, and Society in Puerto Rico and Cuba, Jeremy Anderson
ESG Disclosures & Materiality, Mariakamila Arias
Dynamic Motivation to Lead: Construct Validity of Motivation to Lead, Leya Aronoff
The Triple Bottom Line: A Study into Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Accounting Trends, Moe Myat Aung
PIPE Discounts, Premia, and Performance, Jason S. Barbarosh
Golden Years: Gold Mining Equity Returns After Introduction of the All-In Sustaining Cost Metrics, Jared Scott Barclay
A Contentious History: How Operation Pedro Pan is Remembered in Cuba and the United States, Camerin Barney
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children Following the Bosnian Genocide, the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina, Ajlina Basic
Leveraging Trade Agreements to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Accordance with the Paris Agreement, Sam Becker
Pricing Concert Tickets and the Impact of Streaming on the Live Music Industry - Revisiting Alan Krueger’s Bowie Theory, elliot behling
Reason And Imagination, Nicholas Bell
Liquidity Risk and Mutual Fund Manager’s Stock Choice, Hannah Berg
Lewisian Properties and Natural Language Processing: Computational Linguistics from a Philosophical Perspective, Lucy Berman
Counterfactual conditional analysis using the Centipede Game, Ahmed Bilal
Examining the Relationship Between Salary, Performance and Individual Characteristics in Major League Soccer, Simon Bjerkholt
Mobster Pioneers: A Western Jewish Perspective on the Founders of Modern Las Vegas, Ben Bleier
How do Democracies Address Malnutrition?: A Synthetic Theory to Explain Brazil and Peru’s Success, Megan Blomberg
The Feasibility of Whole-Blood-System Genotyping: A Case Study using the San Diego Blood Bank, Connor Bloom
Global Consciousness: A Functionalist Neurophilosophical Perspective, Connor C. Bowen
The Rise of Populism in 21st Century France: Normalizing Islamophobia, Evan Boyer
To Rely or Not to Rely? A Study of how Analyst Earnings Forecast Error Changes Leading up to Recessions, Mackenzie Bradford
Bayesian Hierarchical Meta-Analysis of Asymptomatic Ebola Seroprevalence, Peter Brody-Moore
The Homecoming of the Negro Spirit: Black Spiritual Intelligence as a Structural Form of Intelligence, Quincy Brown
The Convergence of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs: A Counter-Narcoterrorism Approach as a Policy Response, Lindsay Burton
Identity Invalidation among Multiracial Individuals: Do the Identities of the Source and Target of Invalidation Matter?, Lauren Calogero
The Effectiveness of Collaboration Within Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of Adidas Group, Daniel Carr
The War on Drugs in Contrast to the War on Big Pharma: Contextualizing Shifts in Drug Policy During the Opioid Crisis, Alexandra Carter
What Would You Buy? The Effect of Color and Font Size on Purchase Intention in Digital Advertisements, Julian E. Castañeda
Eigenvalues and Approximation Numbers, Ryan Chakmak
What's Going Wrong in Nevada? A Comparative Analysis of California and Nevada Gun Control Laws as They Relate to Gun Violence, Danielle Chami
Truth or Consequence?: Navigating Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Resources for Sexual Minority Women, Isabel Chavez
A Theory of Systemic Racism in America and a Partial Remedy, Lauren Chavez
Should Highly-Skilled Parkinson’s Disease Patients Undergo Deep Brain Stimulation or Thalamotomy?, Alice Chen
The Impact of Regional Return on Education on the Self-selection of Mexican Immigrants, Warren Chen
Does Managerial Risk-Taking Incentive for R&D Investments Translate to Future Earnings?, Ha Yun Cho
The Ghost of Modernity: Normative Power of Modernity as Propaganda, Seoyoon Choi
Selfies for Health Care, Caroline Chou
The Earnings Effects of Conscription: Lessons from Conscription Reforms in the Netherlands and Italy, Jay Chung
Assessing and Addressing Threats to the US from Sovereign Wealth Funds: Case Studies on the Russian, Chinese, and Saudi Arabian Funds, Natalie Coffin
Yield-Curve Momentum, Mackenzie C. Cooney
A Global Hybridity: Snakehead Influence on Identity and Migration, Teeana Cotangco
Walking in Their Shoes and Around Their World: Perspective-Taking in Fiction, Allison Crum
Accounting for Goodwill: The Effectiveness of Amortization and Impairments Before and After ASC 350, Jessica Cruz
A Comparative Analysis to Understand the Subnational Motivations for Renewable Energy Development in India, William Cullen
Why Hollywood Isn't As Liberal As We Think and Why It Matters, Amanda Daily
The Fall of the 10-K Report: Measuring the Impact of Accounting Ratios on Financial Performance, Matthew Daruty
Long-Term Financial Success of Ethical Companies, Evan Davis
The 2016 Election Earthquake: Pacific County and the Future of the Democratic Party in Rural Areas, Matthew Dayton
Venture Capital Investment Duration: Asia, Europe, and North America, Nicholas GR DeGallier
Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, Jassmin Del Rio
Rise, Rule, and Graduation: A Study of U.S. Manufacturing Offshoring to China from 1990 to 2016, Pallavi Deshpande
Malfunction, Namrata Dev
Approximating Solutions for NANIP-Blackstart, Varun Dhananjaya
The changing nature of work, leadership, and organizational culture in future ready organizations, Saloni Dhir
The Ballot and the Bible: an Examination of the Role that Faith Played in the 2018 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election, Robert Dobie
