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 2024
An Analysis of How the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs Impacts Player Performance in Major League Baseball, Kieran Sidebotham
“Para Ser Cambiado, Ser El Cambio”, Diana Simonds
Copyrights and Wrongs: Evaluating Copyright Law's Adaptability to Generative AI, Benjamin Smith
Determinants and Effects of Offset Usage Within the California Cap-And-Trade System – A Firm-Level Analysis, Adarsh Srinivasan
The Grateful Heartbeat: Review of The Effect of Gratitude on Cardiovascular Health, Ashley Sung
Progressive Maternity and Reproductive Justice: The Identity of Motherhood as a Conduit of American Social Policy, Sharanya Suresh
The Effects of AI on Recruiting in the Accounting Field, Reina Tain
The People Are A-Changin’: The Political Groupings that Built American Folk and Country Music, Nicholas Taubenheim
Saving Social Security: A Comprehensive Approach to Finding a Path Forward, Nicholas Teresi
CEO Characteristics That Lead to Extreme Outperformance: A Statistical Analysis of William Thorndike’s “The Outsiders”, William Turner
Activism Aftershocks: Looking Beyond the Short-Term Stock Surges Caused by Activist Hedge Fund Campaign Announcements, Zara Vakath
Search Funds: a Growing Asset Class and their Potential Implications in Emerging Markets, Rafael Villanueva
“¡Salud, Compadre!”: An Analysis of Tequila as an Instrument of Mexican Cultural Diplomacy, Michelle Villar Cervantes
How Hollywood Engages in the Renarration of Political History, Eric Workman
A New Challenger Arises: Authoritarian Capitalism as a Viable Alternative to Liberal Democracy, Timon Xu
Zoned Out: Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Inclusionary Zoning Programs in Bay Area Cities, Zane Yamamoto
The Role of Genetic Factors in Primary Hyperhidrosis, Audrey Yoon
Beyond the Wage Gap: Gender Differences in Unpaid Labor During COVID-19, Joy Zhu
Poor Decisions: Understanding & Preventing Decision Biases Through Case Studies, Laura Zimmer
Senior Theses from 2023
Humor or Rumor? Differentiating Between Irony and Xenophobia in Ancient Roman Representations of Judaism and the Cult of Isis, Kimiko Adler
Understanding the Alt-Right Pipeline: Algorithms, Strategies and Oppostion, Cithlaly Aguilar
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Effectiveness and Carbon Implications, Alexander S. Albrecht
Is There a “Sin Premium” Abroad? An Investigation into Chinese Sin Stocks, Joshua C. Allen
Examining how the Cultural Differences Between Countries Influence Individual’s Perceptions of a Successful Leader, Karen Almachi
From Equality to Equity: California K-12 School District Funding Since Proposition 13, Julian Amaya
Education for Foster Youth: Pennsylvania vs. California, Tatiana Amaya
The Effectiveness of Housing First in Reducing Homelessness in the United States, Christopher Amemiya
The Paycheck Protection Program's Effect on Real Estate Prices, Someswar Amujala
Modi’s India: How Modi And the BJP Used Social Media and Misinformation to Gain Social Control In India, Aryan Mohit Anand
Gender Diversity in Private Equity: The Making of a Deal, Trevor Anderson
To ESG or Not to ESG? The Looming Decision for American State Pension Funds, Joshua Angle
The Gay Science: Power on the Body, Population, and Psyche, Nicola Augustyn
Utilizing Machine Learning in Healthcare in an Ethical Fashion, Nishka Ayyar
Equity financing choices as a market signal? Differences in CVC and IVC-backed companies’ Tobin’s Q post-IPO, Michal Bachar
North Korea’s China Shock, Byoungjoon Bae
The ILM Industrial Complex: Star Wars and VFX in the Digital Age, Jane Baldwin
A Review Examining How the Republican Party Can Win Key Electoral Votes in Georgia and North Carolina, Kyle Ballack
UNSCR 1325 DID NOT HELP WOMEN, PEACE, OR SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN: THE ROLE OF MILITARISM AND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, Sawyer Bannister
Excuse Me, Everybody, Noah G. Battaglia
Playing Mastermind: The Manipulation of Ideological Criticism in the Quest for Global Hegemony, Katherine Beinkampen
Have Mega-Pass Mountain Resorts Continued to Charge Higher Lift Ticket Price Premiums?, Roman Bergeron
The Impeachment Ten: What Explains the Ten House Republicans who took the Courageous Vote to Impeach President Trump, Marshall Bessey
he Impact of COVID-19 on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) Loan Repayment Rates in India, Ravraj Singh Bhullar
Foreign Lobbying in the United States: Influence and Information, Jacob Boles
THE IMPACT OF HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CHANGED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LOANS IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN BORROWER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE HEAVILY SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT STIMULUS, COMPARED TO THOSE NOT SUPPORTED TO THE SAME EXTENT, Brandon Bova and Nishant Dass
Regulation is at the heart of bilingual language control, Nathaniel Braswell
At the Intersection of Identity: An Exploration of Sense of Belonging and Depression, Kalah Brown
A Comparative Study on How Governments and Outside Entities Responded to Natural Disasters: Haiti 2010, Ecuador 2016, and Japan 2011 Earthquakes, Cindy Burga-Romero
Cryptocurrency and Stock Market Returns: Implications for Modern Investors, Christian Campbell
Sarbanes-Oxley: Quantifying the Effect of Section 404 on Financial Reporting, Anthony NV Carrano
Who Is An Independent Voter? An Extensive Review of Arizona Independent Voters and Their Impact on Statewide Elections, Jacey Carter
Minimum Wages and Educational Attainment: The Effect of Minimum Wage Changes on High School Graduation Rates, Rhett Carter
Pressing the Verdict: The Social Influence of Pretrial Publicity on Juror Biases, Kara Cato
If You Lived Here, You Would Already Be Home: A Novella, Annie Cave
Finding Answers in Gaps: The relationship between drugs and Mexico's Economy, Mariela Centeno
Exploring how Determinants of the Gender Wage Gap in the United States have Changed Women’s Wages over time, Highlighting Changes During the COVID-19 Period, Vikram Chatterjee
Balancing Trade and Security during the US-China Trade War: A Gravity Model Approach to South Korea’s Relations with the United States and China, Nathalie Chavez
A Review Examining Biases in Workplace Hiring and Promotion Processes, Claire Chen
Shaping Knowledge with Distortions: Museums as Oppressive Spaces and Hermeneutical Injustice, Fangzhangyi Chen
How did investors in the United States financial market react to the Evergrande Crisis?, Katherine Chen
The Effect of COVID-19 on Cross-Border Tax Avoidance For Washington Border Counties, Qiaoling Chen
Analyzing Trends in the Global Electric Vehicle Conversation on Twitter, Samuel Chotzen
Sexed Propensities and Gendered Penalties?: An Analysis of the Economic Outcomes of Transgender People, Jiwon Chung
Psychedelic-assisted therapy: Support for the REBUS hypothesis and its application to specific psychiatric illnesses, Wren Cilimburg
Portrait of an Insecure Young Man; An Exploration of the Online Propagation of Mewing, Jamie Cockburn
Executive Option Mix and Firm Litigation Risk, Andrew Cohen
Does Firm Payout Behavior Serve as a Signal for Future Profitability?, Michael Colangelo
The Los Angeles Police Department after the End of the Consent Decree, Daniela Corona
The effects of UV-B radiation on crop yields across 4 countries from 1966-2021, Diya Courty-Stephens
Effects of male attractiveness on prostaglandin E2 production levels, Kyra Cousins
The Effect of Changes in US Money Supply on S&P 500 Returns During the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 Recession, Connor Cryan
Do Divestment Announcements Affect Fossil Fuel Company Stock Returns?, Wesley Dale
Societal Impacts of Payment for Order Flow, Kieran Daly
My Physical-Digital Self: Exploring the Detrimental Effects of the Metaverse on Relationship & Identity Development, Sophia de Castro
Modeling the Performance-based Compensation of MLB Catchers, William DeForest
Japanese Tattoos and Globalization: An investigation on the Social Impacts of Cross-Cultural Interactions, Roberto De Leon Arriaga
Impact of Recessions and the Business Cycle on Altruism, Nicolas De Mello
ESG Factors as a Determinant for Firm Decision Making: A Review of Literature, Bryce DesJardins
Measuring Racial Segregation in Los Angeles County using Random Walks, Zarina Kismet Dhillon
Justice That Heals: Transforming Discipline in Schools Through Restorative Practices, Sophia Diomande
The Economic Impact of H1B Visa Approvals on Industry Specific GDP, Tarika Dorairaj
A Philosophical and Empirical Investigation into Buddhist Economics, Hannah Doyle
Size Matters: An Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Tyler Duggan
Mysteries of the Gothic, Addison Duvall
The Psychology Behind the Marketing of Alcohol and Tobacco: How We Convince People to Do Things That Are Bad For Them, Sophie Dvorkin
A Tale of Two Cities: The Divergence of Social Housing in Berlin and Vienna, Ben Eibl
Identifying the Main Causes for Support of Crime Control Theater Forms, and Understanding How to Correct the Public’s Perception, ErisJames M. Elliott
Guns and Fatal Police Shootings: Accuracy of Firearm Prevalence Proxies in a Panel Data Analysis, Corin Elmore
Impact of ASC 842 on Company Valuations and Returns in the Transportation Industry, Justin Esters
How Extreme Weather Events Affect When to {ick Strawberries, Michael Etchandy
Impact of Inventory Turnover on ROA and Cash Flows from Operations: Analyzing the Impact of Blockchain Technology on Inventory Management Practices, Najeeb Fakhoury
The Criminalization of Girls’ Mental Illness: Race, Gender, and Class in Juvenile Collaborative Courts, Miriam Farah
A Study on Global Reef Deterioration: Exploring Coral Bleaching, Emily Fernandez
The Value of Water in Irrigated Agriculture in The United States, Abelino Fernandez Leger
