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.

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Senior Theses from 2023

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Investment Psychology, Luke Field

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The Controversies of (Immersion) Piss Christ and The Perfect Moment: An Argument for State Funding of the Arts as an Extension of Free Speech Protections, Olivia Fish

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A Great National Purpose, Zach Fogel

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Creating Homeplace in Chicago's Public Housing, Camille Forte

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Fan Impact on Home Field Advantage in Baseball, Theodore Fournier

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How has the Shift to Remote Work Affected Organizational Performance?, Leigh-Ann Franetzki

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The Relationship Between Parasite Infection, Body Condition, and Migration in White-Crowned Sparrows and California Towhees, Madeline Galbraith

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Metrics at 8,000 Meters: Determinants of Summit Success in the Himalayas, Alyssa Gallagher

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The Effects of Government Relief in the Airline Industry, Kaden Gallant

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Verbesserung: The Idea of Improvement in Frederician Prussia, Noah Galper

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Treatment of Anxiety by Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Retrospective Chart Review, Rhea Gandhi

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Are Stable Coins Stable? Stable Coins' Exposure to Cryptocurrency and Financial Market Volatility, Joseph Ganley

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The Impact of Pump and Dump Schemes on Major Cryptocurrencies: An Analysis of Price Volatility and Trading Volume, Ruilu Gao

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An Event Study of Corporate Venture Capital Investments and Streaming Service Launch Events by Media & Entertainment Firms (1999-2020), Christopher Garnett

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CMC Shuttle Native(Mobile) Apps in Flutter, Abdoul Hanane Gbadamassi

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TikTok Made Me Buy it: Emotional Carryover of Doomscrolling on Purchasing Decisions, Maria Gerges

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When Walls Could Talk: Republican Murals as Internal Borders in Northern Ireland, Alexis Gero

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Examining the Effectiveness of NBA General Managers at Determining Value in the NBA draft, and the Impact of Drafting Team on Player Future Value, Benjamin S. Glass

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Pop Spiritualism: The Experience of Superfandom, Samuel Goldberg

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Using an Intersectional Historical Materialist Perspective to Understand and Propose a Solution to Caste and Gender Discrimination in India, Amanda Goldman

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Cruzando La Frontera: Examining Policies to Better Serve Work-Commuters on the U.S.- Mexico Border, Valentina Gonzalez

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Why Demographics Matter in the Political Representation of Racial Minority Groups: A Standpoint Epistemology and Visibility Account, Sophie Grossman

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“Ella Se lo Buscó”: Marianismo as a Cultural Vehicle for Self-Invalidation among Latina Survivors of Sexual Violence, Juliana Gutierrez Hudson

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The Role of Implicit Racial Bias in the Undervaluation of Black-Owned Homes, Ian Habbestad

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The Effects of Gender Stereotypes and Types of Crime on Perceptions of Responsibility, Sentencing Severity, and Likelihood of Recidivism, Spencer Hagenbuch

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To Whom Did Pushkin Write? The Narrator-Reader Friendship in Eugene Onegin, Tatum Grace Hall

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Management Strategy and Return to Office Mandate Responses: Bottom-Up or Top-Down?, Michael Hao

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Acquiring Knowledge of Ultimate Reality Through Psychedelic Experience, Lia Harel

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OLS Price Analysis of Magic: The Gathering, Simon Harsanyi

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Institutional Capital Effect’s on Single-Family Housing Markets, Henry Harvego

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Performing Grrrlhood: A Lyrical Analysis of Riot Grrrl Music, Vida Hasson

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Analyzing the Restorative Justice Principles and Aspects within Jurupa Unified School District’s Student Youth Court Program through an Ethnographic Lens, Camille Hermosilllo

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Raising the Bar: The Impact of Gender Quotas on Legislator Quality, Viola Hernandez-Derbez

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The Stateless Agent: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transboundary Air Pollution in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Region of the U.S.-Mexico Border, Elizabeth Hernandez

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Women Factory Workers of the Great War, Mayin Hinduja

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The Near Impossibility of Saving in Argentina: Exploring Three Options to Combat Devaluation, Kira Hirsch

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The Proximity Penalty by Sector: The Case of The War in Ukraine, Jack Holden

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A Defense of Kantian Ethics Against Rigorism, Leyna Hong

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Implications of the Stoic Theory of Emotions, Mustafa Hourani

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Fashion in 1930s Chinese Prints: A Study of Linglong Women’s Magazine Depiction of Qipao and the New Life Movement, Maple Htet

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Understanding Financial Inclusion: A Comparative Analysis of Financial Mechanisms in Uganda, Amari Huang

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The Implausibility/Triviality Dilemma of Standpoint Epistemology, Lucas Hyman

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Further Complicating the Tension Between Alienation and Act-Consequentialism, Thomas Philip Ivashkiv

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Doing Well While Doing Good? The Cost of Responsible Investing, Elizabeth Iwicki

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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment, Net Portfolio Equity Inflows, and Balance of Payments, Kalpita Jain

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Ghana Dier: An Analysis of How Availability and Access Impact Food Security in Ghana, Aishat Doyinsola Jimoh

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Plipastatin as a Potential Chalkophore: Resistance Mechanisms Against Copper in B. Subtilis, Grace Johnson

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The Effects of Age on Working Memory Capacity and Neural Function, Jasmin P. Joshi

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The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Depression in College Students, Bryn Kable

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Using the Gravity Model to Determine the Impact of Hallyu on International Students’ Decisions to Attend South Korean Universities, Sojeong Kang

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Trials to Triumphs: A Conceptual Integration of Resilience and Leadership, Siri Kazilionis

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Betting the House: How Legalized Sport Gambling Affects State Level Bankruptcy Rates, Brian Kenyon

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The Implications of Natural Gas and Oil Dependence on Nuclear Proliferation Efforts: A Case Study of the 1970s Energy Crisis and the Beginning of OPEC’s Nuclear Ambitions., Luca Amrit Khalsa

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A Historical Analysis of the Evolution of Violence Targeting Palestinian Children (1947 – Present), Saneen Khan

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Leaning In, or Lack Thereof: Uncovering the Impacts of Intersectional Discrimination on Asian American Women, Nishka Khoobchandani

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An Economic Model for Longevity Controlling for Pesticide Exposure, Radiofrequency Radiation, and Subjective Well-Being, Nessa Kiani

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The Impetus for Innovation within the Department of Defense, Abigail Kim

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The Rise of Populism and the Decline in Fertility Rates in South Korea, Hyung Jin Kim

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Challenges of Nutrition in Malaysia: Poverty, Land Appropriation, and Indigeneity, Jeanie Kim

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The True Cost of the American Dream: A Loss of Identity, Jeffrey Kim

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Perils and Promise of Basing Welfare Through the Tax System: An Analysis of Tax Filing and Credits, Anika Kimme

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The Effects of Workforce Gender Composition on Mental Health Outcomes: An Industry Comparison, Seungmin (Amy) Kim

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Where did all the tweens go? The erasure of pre-teen culture as a result of online parasocial relationships and exposure to sexual content., Sophia Kim

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Medicare Advantage for Whom? An Evaluation of the Benefits and Shortcomings of Privately Managed Medicare, Young Kim

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Using blowfly hosts to investigate Nasonia vitripennis population in Southern California, Julia Knolton

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The Bad Guy and the Good Guy: Harnessing LIN28B and let-7 in diffuse midline glioma, Truman Knowles

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An Analysis of Salary Difference for Left-Handed Pitchers, Jarrett Korson

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Tail Risk Hedging: Do Hedged Portfolios Outperform Unhedged Portfolios Over the Long Run?, Adam Koszut

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Review of Solid State Battery Life Cycle Analysis and Resource Criticality, Elmir Kouliev

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Listed Private Equity Returns: The Forecasting Power of Premiums and Discounts, Daniel Krasemann

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The Challenges of Developing New Renewable Energy Technologies, Kiran Kruse

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Sustainable Capitalism: Arriving at a Suitable ESG-Reporting Framework, Matthew Landeros

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Habitat Influences Eye Size in the Evolution of Cetaceans, Gregory Larrabee

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Simulacra and Simulation Hypothesis: How Real is Our Reality?, Annika Larson

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Maximizing Productivity and Quality in Senior Thesis Writing with Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing Driven Tools, Lauren Leadbetter

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School-Based Approaches to Mitigate Childhood Obesity’s Negative Health Effects, Kristin LeBlanc

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Documentary: Vintage LA, Troy Lehenbauer

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The Effect of Securities Class Action Lawsuits on Investor Sentiment, Lok Yiu Natalie Leung

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Agricultural Subsidy and Insurance Program Reforms to be Considered in the 2023 Farm Bill, Augusta Lewis

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Autonomy, Influence, and Impunity: the Failures of the Western Intelligence Institution, Ava Liao

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Inland Empire Warehouse Moratorium Debate: When Economics Gets Spicy, Muxi Li

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Analysis of Biologically Effective Dose for Retroactive Yttrium-90 Trans-arterial Radioembolization Treatment Optimization, MJ Lindsey

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From the Top of the Mountain to the Rock Bottom of Addiction: The Opioid Epidemic that Devastated Appalachia, Mikaela Lipsky

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Should Old Comrades be Forgotten: Kazakhstani-Russian Relationship in 2022, Boyang Liu

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The Emergence of a New Soviet Self: Political Implications in the Prostokvashino Trilogy, Boyang Liu

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Visualization and Characterization of the Immunological Synapse Between Chlorotoxin Chimeric Antigen (CLTX-CAR) Redirected T Cells and Targeted Glioblastoma Tumors, Arianna Livi

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Moralize through Sympathy: An Analysis of Adam Smith’s Sentimentalist Moral Theory, Zhutao Li

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The Role of the Wagner Group in the Russo-Ukrainian War, Erik Herbert Lohmus

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Ethiopian Jews: A Historical Inquiry of Beta Israel, Brian Loudermilk

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Failing History: How Multinational Institutions Cannot Prevent Cultural Racketeering, Molly Luce

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Vulnerable Culture: Protecting History in War and Peace, Molly Luce

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Gender Disparity in Pretrial Criminal Processing, Grace Huai-Jie Lu

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The Yasuní-ITT Initiative: Ecuador’s Ambitious Proposal and What We Can Learn from its Failure, Lucy Mahoney

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Revisiting the 2018 Corsica oil spill - a preliminary case study of ecosystem recovery from PAHs in Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), Makenna Mahrer

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Modern-Day Hearing Impairment: The Role of Environmental Factors and Lifestyle Choices, Hassan Majeed

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Impact of Demand for H1B Visas in the US on the Performance of Listed Indian Firms, Jayaditya Shekhar Maliye

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Evaluating the Performance of U.S. Card Networks in the New Fintech Era: An Event Study Analysis, Samantha Pauline Manywa

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How the Middle Class Exists (in Academic Literature): A Semantic Analysis, Sophie Mars

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Analysis of REIT Capital Structure on Market Leverage Ratio, Nick Maurice

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The Effect of Visual Alcohol Cues on Risk Taking Behavior Based on Memory Primes and Individual Drinking Habits, Madison McCue