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 2019
The Winchester Gospel: The 'Supernatural' Fandom as a Religion, Hannah Grobisen
Reforming Police in The Post-George Floyd Era: The Role of Public Opinion and Bureaucratic Police Community in Reform Outcomes, Mackenzie Gruver
Mulan: Journey in a Time of Change, Elaine Guo
Welcome to the Neighborhood, Tech, Maya Gutierrez
The Second Amendment: A States’ Right, for the People, Protected by the Federal Government, Marie Hardwick
FDR and Economic Rights in the American Tradition, Charles Harris
Coverage of American Anthem Protests in the Kaepernick Age, Torrey Hart
(Un)Safe Zones: Good Intentions, Bad Logic, Emma Henson
Nonprofit Organizations: A New Method to Increase the Quality of Education in the United States, Julian Hernandez Jr
Machines Are Taking Your Jobs, Not Vietnam: Regional Automation Vulnerability in the United States, Bach Hoang
Combining a helminth infection with BM32 vaccination for the treatment of grass pollen allergy, Riley Hoffman
A Merely Comic Conclusion: A Comparative Analysis of Xenophon’s Spartan Constitution, Conor Hogan
The Predictive Power of CEO Equity Incentive Compensation on the Enforcement of an SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release, Alexander Houy
The Impact of Independence-Related AAERs on the Provision of Non-Audit Services, Kevin Hsu
Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Implementing Motivational Strategies to Combat Decision Fatigue, David Huang
The Road to a Nationwide Electronic Health Record System: Data Interoperability and Regulatory Landscape, Jiawei Huang
Mystical Experience and Epistemic Injustice, Jake Hudson-Humphrey
An Analysis of Gender and Racial Diversity in the Big Four Accounting Firms, Victoria Huynh
Potential role of NCM, HVC, and NCC in Female Preferences for Male Song in Zebra Finches, Esther Hwang
The Predictive Power of Gold in Times before Financial Crisis, Ari Ifshin
(Venue) Shopping for Felon Voting Rights, Elijah Jackson
An Analysis of Corporate Structures Available for Social Enterprise: “To B or Not to B?”, Jesse Jennings
An Econometric Analysis of Auction Price Results of the Shanghai Car License Plate from 2004 to 2018, Jinyi Jiang
Leveraged Buyouts: The Predictive Power of Target Firm Characteristics, Yutao (James) Jiang
A Tale of Two Industries: The Impact of Diversification on Financial Health, Ruogu Jin
Reduced Expression of Single 16p11.2 CNV Genes Alters Neuronal Morphology, Adrienne Jo
The Evolution of U.S. Immigration Policy: The Effect on Migrant Workers and its Impact on the Agricultural Sector, Aidan Johnson
Let Food Be Our Medicine: Adaptation of Cultural Ethnographic Methods to Create Effective Nutrition Guidelines, Shivali Joshi
Family Anthology, Danielle Kagan
The Denial of Transcendental Freedom is Self-Refuting, Theodore Kahn
The Happy Pill: Is anti-depressant medication more effective than alternative methods or simply more cost effective for patients?, Malka Yasmeen Kausar
Accounting for Earnings Management through Bad Debt Expense, Caroline Keeney
Modeling Returns on Carbon Emission Allowances: An Application to RGGI, James Keneally
Mortgaging California’s Future: The Politics of California’s Housing Shortage, Jake Kessler
Identifying Inhibitor-Specific Resistance Mutations in Src Kinase, Gayatri Ketavarapu
A Nuanced Look at Gender Interactions on Informal Employment and Income in Argentina and Uruguay, Teagan Knight
The Study of Japan's Economy with Reference to Ethnographic Publications and Quantitative Data, Yusuke Kobayashi
A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Uranium Concentrations at the Abandoned New Hope Method Mine in the Mojave Desert, Jahnavi Kocha
The Use of Personality Testing in Personnel Selection, Riya Kumar
Studying Geometric Optical Illusions through the Lens of a Convolutional Neural Network, Nick LaBerge
Economics Impacts of Genetically Modified Organisms: An analysis of Bt Cotton in India, Joseph LaHorgue
Durability of Bone, Blake Lapin
CENH3 Suppression of Centromeric Drive in Mimulus Guttatus, Silvia Leblanc
Assessing Made in China 2025, the US - China Trade War and Ways Going Forward, Boris Lee
The Effects of Connectivity on GDP per Capita Across Diverse Economic Landscapes, Catherine Leon
The Effects of Transfer Spending on Success in European Soccer, Hunter LePla
The U.S. Social Contract with Pakistan: A Theoretical Analysis of U.S. Drone Use in Relation to Sovereignty, Alexander Li
Examining the Risks of Joining the International Criminal Court and Ways to Increase Ratification, Chenyu Li
Can the Priest-Klein Model Explain the Falling Plaintiff Win Rate?, Andrew Lindquist
The Effect of CFO Gender On: Auditor Turnover, Audit Fees, and Financial Reporting Timeliness, Franny Lin
Factors Contributing to the Growth of Electric Vehicle Sales, Zixin Lin
Social Media's Influence on Consumers' Purchase Intentions, Joshua Lopez
Statistical Theory Through Differential Geometry, Adonis Lu
Are CDS Auctions the Tail Wagging the Dog? An Empirical Study of Corporate Bond Return Volatility at the Time of Default, Jennifer Mace
The Financial Incentives to Adopting Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing Practices, Alexander Malmlund
Burning, Drowning, Shining, Blooming: The Shapes of Aging in W.B. Yeats’ Poetry, Malea C. Martin
Policy Alternatives to Employment Overwork in Japan, Mei Masuyama
Associating Attacks with Actors, Patrick McDonough
How Has the Growth of E-commerce Sales Affected Retail Real Estate?, Jacob McGowan
@yourlocation: A Spatial Analysis of Geotagged Tweets in the US, Ocean McKinney
Why Did Trump Supporters Vote for Bilingual Education? The California Attorney General & Ballot Language, Bryn Miller
The Power to Participate: An Analysis of the Full Cost of Criminal Disenfranchisement, David Miller
California, the Land of Opportunity Zones: Using the Real Estate Market to Evaluate a New Tax Program, Logan Miller
First Movers in Marijuana: Tourism Boom or Bust?, Henry Klyce Minervini
Signal Processing of Exhaled CO2 as Tracer Gas in Residential Ventilation Assessment, Becky Monroy
The Effect of Neighborhood Crime Rates on Childhood Obesity in Los Angeles County, Lachlan Montgomery
Investigating the role of black carbon in S. pneumoniae quorum sensing, Charlotte Morrissey
The Transition Tax: Why it was Created and How it Could be Altered, Ryan Motter
Self-Ownership, Equality, and Socialism, Eric C D Myers
Leadership, Empowerment, and Motivation: An Analysis of Modern Management, Patrick J. Myers
Movimientos de Secesión en España: ¿Como puede responder el gobierno?, Amiya Narula
Developing a model for effective community development agreements in the extractive industries, John Nikolaou
An Evaluation of a Simple Merger Arbitrage Strategy in Middle-Market Mergers and Acquisitions, Charles Novogradac
Le pré carré africain : de de Gaulle à Macron, Paloma Palmer
M&A Performance: Market’s Initial Reaction as an Unbiased Indicator of Post-acquisition Performance, Nikolaos Papageorgiou
Still Outcasts: Newspaper Discourse Surrounding People with Mental Illnesses in Korea Post-1950, Annie Park
Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown, Michele Pashby
Introducing Multi-Tribrackets: A Ternary Coloring Invariant, Evan Pauletich
The Role of Quality Education in the Economic Development of Mexico, Betzayra Perez
Women and Domestic Violence: The Influence of a Femicidal Mentality on Gender Relations in Mexico and Opportunities for Prevention, Jennifer Perez
The Effects of Luxury Brands’ Social Media Marketing on Purchase Intention and Consumer Behavior, Jenia Petrova
Voluntary Disclosure of Non-Financial Key Performance Indicators during Earnings Releases, Lan Phan
Social Media Warfare: How Egypt, ISIS, and Russia Changed the Nature of Contemporary Conflict, Paloma Pineda
Deal Or No Deal: The Relationship Between Firm Determinants & Venture-Capital Financing Decisions, Raghav Prasad
An Examination of Rails-Based Public Transit and Neighborhood Wealth in Los Angeles County, Matthew Psaltakis
Art's Truth: An Aid to Ethical Sensibility, Nova Quaoser
Evolving Conceptions of Sovereignty as Applied to Membership in International Organizations, Luke C. Radice
Paranoid Epistemologies: Essays on Thomas Pynchon and the Scene of Disappearance, Christopher Raguz
Why Empirical Studies of the Groupthink Model have Failed, Nolan Rajakumar
ASC 842: The Leasing Update and its Impact on Investors, Kelly Ransom
The Neuroscience of Fashion Browsing as an Aesthetic Experience, Nina Rathi
Harmless Constitutional Error: How a Minor Doctrine Meant to Improve Judicial Efficiency is Eroding America's Founding Ideals, Ross C. Reggio
