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 2022
The Black Love Fantasy: An Analysis of the Oppressive White Imagination and Its Effects on Black Women’s Portrayals within Romance Films, Danielle Payne
The Faces of War: Reintroducing Women's Narratives in War, Robin Makena Peterson
Mixing Sports and Politics: How Totalitarian Regimes Used Sports to Achieve the Goals of the State, Caroline Phillips
Building Our Own Houses: AAPIs in Congress, Daenerys Pineda
Outside the Box: Using a Sibling Training Protocol to Increase Imaginative Play Among Autistic Children, Rachel Podl
Liquidity Outbreak: A 49 Country Analysis of the Money Supply’s Effect on Stock Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dylan Porter
Effects of Drought on Habitat Quality for Native Bees in Residential Gardens of Claremont, CA, Max Proctor
How weather and price affect residential electricity consumption in U.S. military installations, Hanzhi Qiu
The State Collapse of Afghanistan in 2021, Samay J. Rahim
Seeing Forced Isolation Through New Eyes: COVID-19, Anne Frank, and the Violence of the Nation-State, Anna Raines
Cash Flows Metrics as Predictors for Stock Returns in Different Volatility Environments, Vasu Rai
Do ESG Scores add incremental explanatory power for asset pricing relative to other factors?, Trishul Raja
Entre Piedra y Pared: A Multi-Level Analysis of Housing and Immigration Policies’ Effect on Undocumented Immigrants in Mexico City, Sophia Ramirez-Brown
The Relationship Between Rent Control and Educational Attainment in California, Karina Ramirez
Putative Mechanisms Underlying the Antidepressant Actions of Ketamine: A Review and Study Proposal, Tristan Reece
Rejecting the Digital Utopia: An Analysis of How Technological Structures Allow Racial Harms to Persist Online, Courtney Reed
Analysis of the Determinants of the “Korea Discount”, Samantha Ree
Connection and Competition: Navigating the U.S.-China Race to 5G, Hannah Reilly
Cataluña y Cuba contemporáneas: El uso de las redes sociales como plataformas de solidaridad y nacionalismo virtual, Alicia Reynaga
Analyzing the genetic mechanisms for the sex-biased penetrance of autism spectrum disorder, Lauren Richards
A Retrospective On NAFTA: The Effects of Trade with Mexico on U.S. Manufacturing Employment, Joaquin Riojas
Cultural Resistance in the African Diaspora: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of Land-Based Community Care, Toluwani Roberts
Is Versatility a Blessing or a Curse in the National Football League?, Benjamin Rosen
A Serological Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Obstetric Population, Sophia Rose
How to Vote Well: Rebuilding Barriers to Demagoguery and Incentivizing Responsible Leadership in the American Republic, Harper Rubin
How Personality and Internet Use can be Protective Factors Against Loneliness During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Stephany Ruelas
Does H1-B Visa Restriction Hinder American Innovation?, Dharkann Sainani
Containing Compounding Container Congestion, Curtis Salinger
Moral Hazard in Monetary Policy: Assessing the Impact of the Federal Reserve Actions on Asset Returns during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Guillermo J. Santos
An Exploration of Moral Personhood Through the Eyes of All, Noa Schachtel
Exploring the Generational Evolution of Black-White Wage Inequality across Geographic Regions of the United States, Rachel Scharff-Hansen
How Do Firm Characteristics Affect Stock Price Reactions to COVID-19 Fiscal Stimulus?, Alexa Schulten
Sports Scandals Impact on Consumer Opinion, Lucas Schwallie
Critical Race Theory and the Civic Education Debate: Why Race Should be a Part of the Curriculum, Reilly Scott
Integrating Carbon Pricing Approaches, Amay Shah
COVID Long-Haulers: An Unprecedented Change in the History of Chronic Illness, Maya Shah
Designing and Evaluating an Intervention to Foster Authenticity on Teams: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Shania Sharma
The Impacts of Internal Migration on Rural Chinese Children: An Overview of Left-Behind Children, Yuming Sheng
Repairing the Rung: An Analysis of the Influence of the Female Identity in Peer-Ratings, Saskia Shirley
Impact of School Closures on Female Labor Force Participation in the Covid-19 Pandemic, Shreya Shome
Algorithms in Law and Healthcare: How Machine Learning Is Being Utilized, Joe Anthony Silva
Homogeneity and Trust: The Swedish Model as Support for American Policy Change, Alec Sinek
The Impact of Merger and Acquisition Events on the United States Video Game Industry, William Smith
Tumor Spheroid Growth Modeling Using a Harvested Bertalanffy Formula, Garegin Soghomonyan
Sòng Pèi Xīng, Jocelyn Song
Analyzing Marriage Statistics as Recorded in the Journal of the American Statistical Association from 1889 to 2012, Annalee Soohoo
Disembedded Liberalism: The Global Pressure on Democracy, Hallie Spear
The Impact of Statewide Legalization of Marijuana on Opioid Overdoses, Emily Spielmann
Synthesizing the Silver Screen: Electronic Music and the Motion Picture Score, Ryan Stackpole
Seeing Empty Spaces, Pippa Straus
Case Study on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Remote Work and Compensation in the San Francisco Bay Area, Carson Stubstad
A Critique on Ideology Critique, Jiaying Tang
The End of Silicon Valley as We Know it? An Event Study on the Financial Implications of Relocation and Remote Work Decisions, Josiah Tarrant
The Impact of EV Tax Credits on Automaker Stock Returns, Zach Taylor
Legal Origins as a Contributing Factor to Civil Wars, Grant Thieroff
Altruism in the Good Life: An Archetype of Virtuous Friendship, Elliott Thornburg
The Experience of High-Skilled Immigrants in the US STEM Job Market, Eda Topuz
Queens of the Hill: How Title IX Fares in the Hilltop Neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, Georgia Tuckerman
The Effects of Macroeconomic Policy Shifts on US Housing Market Pricing Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ethan Tyng
Dynamic Nonlinear Gaussian Model for Inferring a Graph Structure on Time Series, Abhinuv Uppal
Wreaking Havoc and Building Power: An Analysis of Saul Alinsky’s Methods in the 21st Century, Sobechukwu Tanitoluwa MinnaMasala Oreoluwa Uwajeh
Designing Virtual Reality Headsets to Prevent Myopia, Kyril van Schendel
Turkey’s Soft Power in the South Caucasus: An Assessment of Neo-Ottomanism Influence on Regional and Global Geopolitics, David Vardanian
The Morality of Euthansia: Determining Precedence of Contradictory Prima Facie Principles for Moral Justification, Rohaan Vaswani
Out of Bounds: How Race and Gender Have Shaped Women's Basketball, Laura Vences
An Agent-Centered Approach to COVID-19 Vaccinations, Nila Venkat
Dead Money: Measuring the Influence of Representatives on Government Spending, Adhitya Venkatraman
A Unified Theory of Musical Meaning, Luis Verdin
Ousted: An Analysis of the Dismissal Gap Between Male and Female CEOs, Theresa Versen
The Silence of Nazi Looted Art in South America, Maria Emilia Vieira da Motta Piacsek
The Effect of Announcements about Electric Vehicle Developments on Traditional Automakers' Stock Prices, Viraaj Vig
A Marxist Re-Imagining of Capitalism, Alejandro Villegas
Using Short Bursts to Optimize Redistricting in Georgia, Vedika Vishweshwar
Herschel Walker, Black Voters, and the 2022 U.S Senate Race in Georgia, Janise Waites
The Effects of CFO Gender on Earnings Quality and Financial Risk, Ashley Wang
The Female Perspective on Self-Worth, Zixuan Wang
Forest Offsets in the California Carbon Market: Challenges of a Market Based Climate Solution, Eric Warmoth
Greenpeace in Germany and the U.S.: A Case Study in Non-Profit Web Design, Maximilian J. Weirauch
Analyzing Potential Career Paths for Collegiate Basketball Athletes, Garrett White
Nusantara: The Social, Economic, Political, and Environmental Implications of Moving the Heart of Indonesia’s Government, Chloe Fiorine Wibawa
Mary Eleanor Spear's Importance to the History of Statistical Visualization, Melanie Williams
After All That, Phillip Williams
A Paradoxical Relationship: US Government Authority and the American People, John B. Wills
Private Equity – the Rescue or Destruction of Financially Distressed Investments, Alex Wilson
The Impacts of Competition in the Audit Market on Audit Fees and Audit Quality, Andrew Winssinger
An Intersectional Analysis of Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States, Devon Wolfe
The Influence of Political Party Affiliation and Park Accessibility on COVID-19 case incidence, Sascha Wolf-Sorokin
Solving the Cortisol Puzzle, Benjamin Wolters
Balance Sheet Strength: A Retrospective Analysis of Corporate Liquidity and Solvency and Firm Stock Returns, Andrew Wraith