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 French
- 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
- Best Senior Thesis in Spanish
- 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
- Robert Day School Prize for Best Senior Thesis in 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 2027
S&P 500 Returns and the Household Production Allocation of Retired Americans, Hadley Griffin-Schmidt
Senior Theses from 2026
Audit Fee Spillovers Following SEC Scrutiny: Evidence from Auditor Portfolio Effects, Rakhshaan R. Adamjee
Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Policy in California: A Study of Crime Trends and Perceptions, Hannah Adams
Algorithmic Trading in Idiosyncratic-Payoff Markets: A Multi-Agent System for On-Chain Prediction Contracts, Saif Aldeen A.K. Agha
An Examination of Sycophantic LLMs: The Case for Withholding Judgement, Josephine C. Albrecht
CEO Gender and Firm Performance: Evidence from Market- Adjusted Returns Around Executive Transitions, Casper C. Aliaga
The Impacts of Institutions and Corruption on Low-Carbon Technology Trade, Diana Alimzhan
Has the introduction of express lane congestion pricing affected residential housing prices in the Bay Area?, Francesco Argueta
Quantification, Predication, and Epistemic Defeat: The Real Problem with “The Real Problem with Evolutionary Debunking Arguments”, Sara Arjomand
How the Economic Impact of Immigration is Framed Across Media Houses, Georgia Arnold
The Interaction of Neurodevelopment and Sociocultural Environment in Speech Disorders Among Bilingual Latine Children, Camila Arzate
More Than a Lawyer: Participation, Representation, and Outcomes in Los Angeles Debt Collection Court, Josephine V. Aspromonte
Impact of Attention and Yield Curve on Term Structure of Equity, Matthew C. Aved
An Examination of Black Representation in Children’s Media, Jordan Baffour
Rule of Law Originalism: A Re-Examination of Justice Scalia’s Interpretive Approach to Constitutional Law, Elizabeth Barry
The Evolution of the Human/Dog Relationship: History, Modern Interactions, and Ethical Considerations, Eliza S. Baxter
Assessing the Feasibility of Small Modular Reactor Deployment on Islands in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Hayden C. Beauchemin
PillPetz: A Smarter Way to Encourage Medication Adherence in Children, John H. Begley
Overton, Hale B. Behan
Rebalancing the Docket: Empirical Analysis of the SEC’s Enforcement and Forum Selection After Lucia and Jarkesy, Sydney Behrens
Alternatives to Agri-Food Systems Development: Translating Visions into Practice, Anna Behuniak
10 Years of the Hive: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons for Designing Creative Learning Hubs in Higher Education, Celine Bernhardt-Lanier
Wiener-Granger Causality to Model Banking Sector Contagion, Riya Bhasin
Policy Windows and Political Walls: The Rise of IVF on the 2024-2025 U.S. Political Agenda, Katharine Bhatt
ESG and Misvaluation in U.S. Equity Markets, Rohaan Bhojwani
The TCJA and Shareholder Payouts, Carson T. Bloom
Opening Weekend Box Office Surprises and Abnormal Stock Returns: Evidence from Major U.S. Film Studios, Peter M. Boehm
From Endowment to Extraction: Critical Mineral Governance and Supply-Chain Integration in the Arctic, Charles Bollwerk
A Stock Market Event Study of Data-Related Initiatives (1990-2024): How Does Data Impact Returns?, Anson Bouchard
Do Data Centers Reduce Renewable Energy Curtailment? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Texas, Miles Brodey
Watching Music: The Rise of Music Videos, Festivals, and Audiovisual Listening, Oliver Yeoh Broegger
Gendered Rhetoric and the Representation of Female Authority in Ancient Historiography, Sadie Brown
Regulatory Burden and Public Market Exit: Evidence from Financial Firms After Dodd-Frank, Samson M. Brown
Understanding Parkinson’s Disease: How levodopa/carbidopa affect the dopamine receptor of Drosophila Melanogaster, Yohanan L. Brown III, Sandra Watson PhD, and Darin Brown
Bleeding Steel: Technology's Promise Against Mexico's Gun Trafficking Crisis, Daniela Brun Matar
Malware Analysis: Quantifying Attack Impact on System Resources, Fallyn Buckner
What Drives High-Yield Municipal Bond Spreads? An Empirical Test of Credit and Liquidity Effects, Henry Burke
Maternity Leave and Women’s Leadership in a Changing Work Environment: Global Evidence, Josefine Byström
Factors Correlated with State-Level Variation in Grocery Consumption Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sun Young Byun
Ownership Changes in Chinese Consumer-Facing Firms: A Study of Ownership Reform’s Effect on Firm Performance, Charles Caiati
Family, Stability, Mentors & Money: Student Definitions of Success, Arturo Caldera
Costly Signals: The Olympics as a Tool to Demonstrate State Rehabilitation, Riley Capuano
Morals without Movement: Veganism, Contentious Politics, and the Lifestyle Politics Constraint, Luke M. Carfaro
The Original Joe Rogan: Evidence from Walter Winchell and American Political Outcomes, Quinten E. Carney
Pesos for pesos and no one feels at home: Gentrification and Displacement in Mexico City, Sophia L. Castellanos
Legitimacy Competition and Narrative Constructions: Analyzing Sudan’s Civil Conflict, Yahjairi Castillon
Federal Credit and Post-Disaster Economic Recovery: A County-Level Study of SBA Lending from 2002 - 2022, Tanveer Singh Chabba
From Reconstruction to the Carceral State: Law, Labor, and Punishment in Black America, Nicolas S. Changbencharoen
Investigating the PTP1B Inhibitory Effects of Claramine on A-Beta Internalization and Microglial Longevity, Ethan Chen
Keeping America Ahead: The Global Chip Conundrum, Ethan Chen
Modeling Taiwanese Monetary Policy: Augmented Taylor and McCallum Rules, Yu-Chi (Yunnie) Cheng
On The Subject of Love, Natalie Chen
Shadows of the Past, Pressures of the Present: ROK-Japan Relations in Transition, Ella Chiu
Effect of asxl1 Loss on Developmental T-Lymphocytes, Jisue Choi
The Effects of State EITC Programs on Federal EITC Take-Up from 2009 to 2018, Melanie Chombo She/Her
Authoritarian Development & Political Economy of East Asia: The Making of South Korea’s Developmental Regime, Christopher J. Chung
Salary Caps and the Valuation of U.S. Professional Sports Teams, CHASE J. CIOE
Detroit: A Duality of Reality and Narrative Through a Media Perspective, Cole B. Clark
The Role of Resilience in the Relationship Between Well-Being and Wellness Behaviors: Implications for Burnout, Grace Clark
Imagining Rural America: Media, Myth, and National Identity, Charles Coluccio
Diagnosis and Proposal for Addressing the Depopulation in Northern California Towns, Cahal T. Connolly
Determinants of Player Compensation in the NBA and WNBA: Performance, Experience, and Market Effects, Hannah Conte
A New Playbook: The Procedural Resilience of Oregon’s Rooney Rule in the Wake of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, Jada I. Cook
Prediction Markets vs. Sportsbooks: A Comparison of NFL Forecast Accuracy, Dylan Cotti
The Impact of the Filibuster on the Ideological Composition of the Judiciary, James Cullers
Miscalibrated Credibility: How Markets Overweight Analyst Track Records, Vishnu Dandi
Staring Into the Void: What Absolute Nothingness Reveals about Existence, Anxiety, and Love, Jasper Datta
Modulating Oran Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria to Enhance Nitric Oxide Bioavailability as a Therapeutic Target for Atherosclerosis, Donovan C. Davidson
Do the Oscars Move Markets? Best Picture Recognition and Public Equity Responses, Avi Dayani
Informed Trading in Prediction Markets: Evidence from Kalshi Mentions Contracts, Ellis Delvecchio
Disaster and Democracy: Electoral Consequences of the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Isabel S. Del Villar
The Structure Of Exploitation, Abigail W. Dercole
The Persistence of the Distance Effect in Trade: Updated Meta-Analysis, Nathan Dhanani
Burnout and Job Performance: Exploring The Influence of Gender, Teya A. Diaz
Monetary Policy and Corporate Investment: A Panel Study of the U.S. Technology and Electric Vehicle Firms, Zirou Ding
Analysis of δ¹¹B as a Seawater pH Proxy: Comparing Ocean Circulation Inverse Model Output with Marine Calcifier Geochemistry, Jesse I. Dong
Mutual Benefit or Structural Imbalance? China-Nigeria Relations Before and After the Belt and Road Initiative, jasmine Duncan
Grandeur Without Exit: Colonialism Reconfigured in the Fifth Republic, Davis C. Eglin
Exercise-Induced Cortisol Response and Its Link to Cognitive Performance: Should I Run Before Or After Class?, McKenzie K. Emmons
Procedural Rhetoric and Prosociality: How Game Mechanics Shape Altruistic Decision-Making, Elijah Emory-Muhammad
Litigation, Environmental Review, and Duration: The Limited Role of Lawsuits in Renewable Energy Project Delays, Isabella Estey
The Zoom Town Effect of Remote Work on Rural Housing Markets, Luc R. Fabing
Performance Curve Analysis of Shrinkage Estimators under General Covariance, Yishu Fang
What You Bring to the Table: Decision-Making in Food Choice, Jack Farber
The Offshore Premium and Geopolitical Risk: Evidence from Dual-Listed Taiwanese Firms, Xinyi Feng
Is Inflation Self-Fulfilling? Asymmetric Evidence from U.S. Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty, Jhila Ferdows
Who Wins the Trade? A Quantitative Analysis of Deferred Contracts in MLB, Cesar Fernandez
Who Gets to Stay? Selective Compliance, Local Power, and the Politics in San Juan Capistrano, Daniel Fernández
Designed to Please: How Sycophantic AI Voices Reinforce Gendered Expectations, Zoe O. Feuer
Unspoken Loving: Depictions of Brown Latina Motherhood & Mothering Onscreen, Jennifer L. Florencio
The Emergence of Buy Now Pay Later Platforms: A Business Analysis Study, Asher Frye
Trade Barriers and Policy Uncertainty: The Impacts of U.S. Tariff Announcements and Partial Reversals on Industry Returns in 2025, James M. Frye
Democratic Support for the 1991 Gulf War Resolution, Ryan C. Gaghen
By the Light, Desiree Galamgam
