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 2019
Evaluating the Impact of ASC 606 on the Preparation and Presentation of the Financial Statements and the Corresponding Market Reaction, Peter Williams
Civilly Disobedient: Justifying Juror Misconduct, Grace K. Wilson
Presidential Political Realignment in the Southern United States: Beyond the Civil Rights Act, but not Beyond Race, Richard Wiltshire-Gordon
“Of Every Sort”: Conceptions of Property Rights at the Time of the American Founding, Zachary Wong
Differences in Seasonality Based on Movie Quality, Alex Wrenn
Deterrence in Gray Zone Conflicts: China’s Rise in the South China Sea, Gina Wu
IPO Underpricing: The Role of Expected Future Business Conditions, Shujie Xia
Strongly Eutactic Lattices From Vertex Transitive Graphs, Yuxin Xin
Ambient Air Pollution in Beijing: Short-term Policy for Political Events, Shutian Xu
The Impact of Processing Fluency on Liking and Memory of Consumer Products, Kristin M. Yang
Operating Leverage and Systematic Risk of the U.S. Airline Industry, Yujia Yao
Monte Carlo Methods in Option Pricing, Haocheng Ye
Catching Congress Up: Restoring the Office of Technology Assessment, Bruno Youn
The Predictive Power of the VIX Futures Prices on Future Realized Volatility, Siran Zhang
Is the Linked Exchange Rate System Still Viable in Hong Kong – A Comparative Analysis with Singapore, Kristy Zhu
Senior Theses from 2018
Step-Selection Functions for Modeling Animal Movement -- Case Study: African Buffalo, Maia Adar
Synthesis of N-methyl acetazolamide and N-methyl methazolamide, Christopher Ahn
The Influence of Home Country Factors on Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S., Kayalin Akens-Irby
Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities: A Case for Meaningful Involvement, Bailey S. Albright
Why the U.S. Needs to Implement Integrated Reporting, Aakriti Anand
The Effect of Mandatory Adoption of IFRS on Transparency for Investors, Crystal Anderson
The Cost-Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Review of Previous Analyses and Graphical Model, Danyon Anderson
Modern Supreme Court Jurisprudence Through the Lens of the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, and Obergefell v. Hodges, Nolan Anderson
From Parilla to Pa' amb Tomaquet: Argentine Migrant Identity in Barcelona, Spain, Vera Armus
A Critical Analysis of Humanitarian Intervention as a Source of Reputational Credibility, Margaux Arntson
Optimize Your Fitness, Optimize Your Business: The Balanced Scorecard, Analysis and Application for the CrossFit Affiliate, Jordan G. Aronowitz
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the Search for Justice: A Comparative Study of Chile, Argentina and Guatemala, Pastor Jose Arroyo
A Path Towards Visibility: Chicana Feminist Organizing During the 1970s, Rebecca Ayala
The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Type 2 Diabetes Rates, Grace Bailey
Profligate or Prudent: The Efficacy of Development Expenditures in Indian States, Anna Balderston
The Effect of Chinese Capital Control Liberalizations on Shanghai Stock Market Integration, Emily Bassett
Shifting Priorities? Civic Identity in the Jewish State and the Changing Landscape of Israeli Constitutionalism, Mohamad Batal
An Investigation into the Effects of Social Influences on the Paradox of Choice in Retirement Plans, Claire Baxter
Legal and Scientific Implications of Daubert: An Empirical Analysis of Expert Psychological Testimony, Zachary Bern
A History of United States and North Korean Relations with Strategies for a new era of Bilateral Cooperation, James Bilko Jr.
An Event Study to understand the Varied Response of Demonetization on the Indian Stock Exchange, Abhishek Biyani
Strength Through Diplomacy: A Fundamental Review of the Relationship between North Korea and the United States, Benjamin D. Blackstone
IPO Underpricing and Insider Wealth Maximization in Internet firms, Bhavika Booragadda
The Presence of Collateral Damage in Financial Restatements and its impact on Securities Litigation, Johnny Brandt
The Mortgage Interest Deduction and Implications of Its Limitation in Tax Reform, Cara Brinster
The Effects of the Correspondent Banking Network on the Real Economy, Jack Brown
Proposed Study of Landscape Behavior in Claremont, CA, Lindsay Brown
Pollution and Persuasion: An Investigation of Corporate Toxic Releases and Lobbying Expenditures, Alexander Brussell
The Changing Nature of Death Qualification and its Interaction with Attitude Salience, Brendan Busch
Waterways - Soon Dry, Aiyanna Cameron-Lewis
Planting the Seeds of Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Green Belt Movement on Multisectoral Cooperation and Grassroots Expansion, Aiyanna E. Cameron-Lewis
The Glass Ceiling’s Missing Pieces: Female Migrant Domestic Workers Navigating Neoliberal Globalization in Latin America, Roselyn Cantu
Dance as Treatment for Orthorexia Nervosa, Johanna Carmany
A New Strategy for Climate Change Litigation: Recovering the Rising Costs of Rising Sea Levels, Elizabeth Marie Carrade
Conserving the San Gabriels: A Historical Analysis of the Management of the San Gabriel Mountains, Jack Carroll
Work Can Suck but Offices Don’t Have To: An Analysis of the Office Design Trends & Strategies of Corporate America, Christina Cheledinas
TERMS: A Short Film, Alexandra Cheng
Impact of Model Updates Among German Luxury Car Manufactures, Keliang Chen
The Effect of the Change in Call Loan Rates and Volatility on Stock Returns in 1929: An Empirical Study into a Determinant of the Great Depression, Amberish Chitre
Immigrant Integration in the United Kingdom: Transnationalism and Nativism in Post-Brexit Britain, Brian Chmelik
The New Retail Industry: How Retailers Can Adapt for Success in an Ever-Changing Consumer World, Caroline Chmiel
Size Effect in the Cryptocurrency Market, Jae Sung Choi
The Battle of the Siblings: The Effect of Birth Order on the Probability of Working in Managerial/Professional Occupations, Michael Choi
The Politics of the Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell: Analyzing the Impact of the Little Sisters on the 2016 Presidential Election, Rebecca Chong
Investigating the Inclusivity of Face Detection, Alexander Clemens
A Link Between Gut Microbes & Depression: Microbial Activation of the Human Kynurenine Pathway, Christina Cobb
Evaluating the Effects of Nutritional Intake During Adolescence on Educational Attainment and Labor Market Earnings as an Adult, Mikaela Connell
The Effect of Bat Predation on Crop Yield in Thailand and the Winter Garden Region of South-Central Texas, Jackson Cooney
Binding and expression analysis for identification of an antibody specific to T1, an RTK target, Daniel Cui
Developing a Recurrent Neural Network with High Accuracy for Binary Sentiment Analysis, Kevin Cunanan
Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Cap-and-Trade Policies in the United States, Chris Cziesla
Mental Health in U.S. Prisons: How Our System Is Set Up For Failure, Katherine Daifotis
Social Movements and Environmental Law: A Case Study of Politically Disenfranchised Communities in Ecuador and Argentina, Krista De La Torre
Learning to Live and Love Virtuously, Henry DeRuff
Are Volatility Expectations in Different Countries Interdependent? A Data-Driven Solution to Structural VAR Identification for Implied Equity Volatility Indices, Timothy H. de Silva
The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legislation on the Opioid Epidemic in Washington State, Steven Dickerson
Adapting to the Changing Tide: An Evaluation of California’s Drought Policies and Future Mitigation Strategies, Lauren Dorsey
Using Renewable Energy to Increase Tribal Sovereignty: A Feasibility Study for a Biomass Energy Plant on the Cocopah Reservation, Lauren Katrina D'Souza
Cartesian Dualism and the Feminist Challenge, Klaudia Dziewulski
Education as Democratic Persuasion: Addressing Systemic Inequalities in Brettschneider's Value Democracy, Kyla L. Eastling
Can Problematic Cellphone Usage Be Considered Addictive Behavior?, Chase Eller
Personality in Elite Athletes: A Review of the Five-Factor Model and Athletic Outcomes, Jack Ely
The Last Mile Solution: E-commerce and Metropolitan Industrial Rent Growth, Daniel Douglas Enzminger
Making Money and Making Change: Understanding and Overcoming Tension between Profits and Purpose within Social Entrepreneurship, Elijah H. Etzioni
Correlation Between Bitcoin Adoption and Fiat Default in Venezuela, Qi Feng
A Writer's Exploration into What Could Have Been and What Is, Andrea Fiechter
Hope in a Conflicted Place: Analyzing the Successful Mediation of the Johnston Plan, Monika Ford
Kierkegaard’s Solution to the Problem of Nihilism: Inwardness and The Paradox of Faith, Devon Fox
Hyperthermia as a Cancer Treatment- From Theory to Practice, Graham Fullerton
An Implementation of the Neural Style Transfer Algorithm, XIANGYU FU
The Benefits of Nutritional Treatments for Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (VEO-IBD) Patients, Jessica Gaffney
The Need for Enhanced Physical Infrastructure in the United States, Tanvi Gandham
A STUDY OF HUTCHESON’S AND HUME’S THEORIES OF AESTHETIC TASTE, Weining Gao
Human Development and Subnationalism: A Disaggregated Analysis of Indian States: Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, Manika Garg
Fetal Rights Regarding Prenatal Substance Abuse, Lizzette Gazca
The Mall Ain’t Dead Yet! An Aristotelian argument for the continuation of physical retail space with the rise of modern technology, Tarah Gilbreth
