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
Harmless Constitutional Error: How a Minor Doctrine Meant to Improve Judicial Efficiency is Eroding America's Founding Ideals, Ross C. Reggio
Asserting Indigenous Identity to Substantiate Customary Forest Claims: A Case Study of the Dayaks of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Charlotte Reinnoldt
The Psychology Surrounding Legal Standards of Competency and Representation for Children in U.S. Immigration Court, Natasha Reyes
Price and Preference: The Endurance and Proliferation of Suburban America, William Richardson
An Examination of California's 2030 Transportation Electrification Goals, Patricia Rivera
How Skills Learned During Childhood Play Can Improve Interpersonal Conflict Resolution, Justin J. Rodriguez
The Connective Inequality, Omar Rodriguez
The God Collection, Namaste Rosas
“Insignificant Exceptions”: Confronting Sexism in Armed Conflict through Gender-aware Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, Payson A. Ruhl
Musical Activism: A Case Study of Janelle Monáe and Her Digitized Revolution of Love, Saif Saigol
Entrepreneurial Spirit and Immigrant Self-employment, Alejandro Sandell-Gandara
Neural Underpinnings of the Framing Effect: Increased Inhibition of the Default Mode Network May Explain The Foreign-Language Effect, Felipe Sant'Anna
The Rise of Mass Incarceration: Black Oppression as a Means of Public “Safety”, Maleny Santiago
Voter Income, Demographics, and Political Polarization, Harrison Sattley
Abnormal Returns around Lock-Up Expiration Date and the Explanatory Power of Insider Trading for Technology Firms, John Savard
White Skin, Black Masks: Jewish Minstrelsy and Performing Whiteness, Joshua Scal
The Digitalization of Development: Understanding the Role of Technology and Innovation in Development through a Case Study of Kenya and M-Pesa, Kara Schachter
Growing Earnings Response Coefficients: Are analysts getting smarter, or are investors getting lazy?, Joseph L. Scheuer
Constructing Memory in the Wake of Tragedy: An Analysis of Film as a Tool of Collective Memory in the Aftermath of the Dictatorships in Argentina and Chile, Megan C. Schneider
Finding Balance between the Needs for Conformity and Individuality: An Exploration of Identity, C.C. Schwab
Impact of Music on Categorical Facial Perceptions, Andrew Segre
Beauty and Politics, With Special Reference to Politics, Nicolas Segura Dobjanschi
Investigating the Effects of One Selfish Agent on Another in the Jewel Wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, Pooreum Seo
Racial Discrimination in Home Ownership: Impact of the 2008 Economic Crisis, John Severtson
The Importance of Cultural Identity to Liberal Democracy, Rebecca Ilana Shane
Investigating the Fluoride Content in Black and Green Tea, James Shelley
Trump, 2018 Trade War Edition: An Analysis Through the Political and Economic Perspectives, Yue Shen
Swinging Babe's Bat: Optimizing Home Run Distance Using Ideal Parameters, Patrick Shore
How Political Hegemony is Secured Through Technology What 21st Century Dystopian Literature Can Teach Us About How Political Institutions Affirm Legitimacy, Jacqueline Siegler
An Overview of Computational Mathematical Physics: A Deep Dive on Gauge Theories, Andre Simoneau
Truman - Trump, why are there inconsistencies in presidential policy towards Israel?, Sean A. Smooke
Putting Educational Reform Into Practice: The Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act On Students, Teachers, and Schools, Timothy Song
Consonant and dissonant music chords improve visual attention capture, Graham Spurrier
Love at First Byte: An Economic Analysis of the Internet Dating Apocalypse, Hamsa Srikanth
Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Media and Mass Culture, Savannah Stern
A Critical Interpretation of Aristotle's Ethics, Louis Stervinou
Giving to Get: A Neorealist Explanation of Japan’s Foreign Aid Program, Tiana Steverson Pugh
Considering Parental Alienation When Assessing Best Interest of the Child, Danielle Stewart
Persistent Populism: Uncovering the Reasons behind Hungary’s Powerful Populist Parties, Michael Stolarski and Michael Malcolm Stolarski
The War on Plastics and Other Environmental Damages: An Analysis of Innovative Environmental Policies, Rebecca Strong
International Music Preferences: An Analysis of the Determinants of Song Popularity on Spotify for the U.S., Norway, Taiwan, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, Brendan Joseph Suh
The Use of High-Throughput Virtual Screening Software in the Proposal of A Novel Treatment for Congenital Heart Defects, Caitlin D. Suh
Do There Exist Industry-Specific Predictors of Deal Failure in Technology M&A?, Mark Sui
Are Women Executives Hurting Firm Performance? An Examination of Gender Diversity on Firm Risk, Performance, and Executive Compensation, Krystal Diane Sung
From Red to Blue: The Political Transformation of Orange County, California, Caroline Mohr Sunshine
Establishing a Viable Protected Area in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tristan Svenson
The Rhesus Macaque Corticospinal Connectome, Sydney Talmi
Controlling Switches Between Attractors in a Time-Delayed Dynamical System, Jackson Tate
The Effect of In-Country Conflict on the Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants from Syria and Lebanon, Christian Tchamitchian
Spanish Employment's Never-Ending Siesta: An Investigation of Hysteresis, Celeste Terni
The 'Push' Factors of International Venture Capital, Meredith Thieme
Financing Method and Abnormal Returns in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Patrick Thomas
Generosity in Gaming: The Effect of Prosocial Video Games on Charitable Donation Behavior, Ethan Tom
How the Mexican Cartels have capitalized on U.S. policies, Ande Troutman
Teaching the Leisure Skill of Photography to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alicia Tsai
The Effects of Financial Liberalization in Myanmar and its Implications for Exchange Rates & Monetary Policy, Win Lei Lei Tun
An Analysis of California Drug Courts: Why Drug Treatment Programs Should Have Teeth, Kimberly Tuttle
Mass Incarceration: Causes, Impact and Recommendations for Reform, Pedro Urena
Are (Liberal Arts) Colleges Making Students More Liberal? Examining Millennials’ Party Identification Preferences in College and Beyond, Tess van Hulsen
Dissecting Sino-African Economic Relations, Avinash Vemuri
God's Divine Hiddenness, Michael Wagenveld
TARP Fund Allocation and Return to Taxpayers Post 2008, Brian Wahl
Russian Intervention in Syria: Examining Moscow’s Goals and Success in the MENA Region, Elizabeth Wainstein
A Slight Re-telling of the David and Goliath Story: Surprising Power Dynamics in Proxy Relationships, Ruiyang Wang
From NAFTA to USMCA: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Forces Producing North America's Regional Trade Agreements, Edgar G. Warnholtz Perez
Giardia lamblia growth in viscoelastic fluids, Kelly Watanabe
Nukes and Niceties: North Korea’s Warming Tensions and Growing Nuclear Power, Tyler Welty
Mouse Model Behavior in APP/PS1 Mice Treated with a BBB-penetrating Erythropoietin Fusion Protein, cTfRMAb-EPO, Kathrine Whitman
Evaluating the Impact of ASC 606 on the Preparation and Presentation of the Financial Statements and the Corresponding Market Reaction, Peter Williams
Civilly Disobedient: Justifying Juror Misconduct, Grace K. Wilson
Presidential Political Realignment in the Southern United States: Beyond the Civil Rights Act, but not Beyond Race, Richard Wiltshire-Gordon
“Of Every Sort”: Conceptions of Property Rights at the Time of the American Founding, Zachary Wong
Differences in Seasonality Based on Movie Quality, Alex Wrenn
Deterrence in Gray Zone Conflicts: China’s Rise in the South China Sea, Gina Wu
IPO Underpricing: The Role of Expected Future Business Conditions, Shujie Xia
Strongly Eutactic Lattices From Vertex Transitive Graphs, Yuxin Xin
Ambient Air Pollution in Beijing: Short-term Policy for Political Events, Shutian Xu
The Impact of Processing Fluency on Liking and Memory of Consumer Products, Kristin M. Yang
Operating Leverage and Systematic Risk of the U.S. Airline Industry, Yujia Yao
Monte Carlo Methods in Option Pricing, Haocheng Ye
Catching Congress Up: Restoring the Office of Technology Assessment, Bruno Youn
The Predictive Power of the VIX Futures Prices on Future Realized Volatility, Siran Zhang
Is the Linked Exchange Rate System Still Viable in Hong Kong – A Comparative Analysis with Singapore, Kristy Zhu
Senior Theses from 2018
Step-Selection Functions for Modeling Animal Movement -- Case Study: African Buffalo, Maia Adar
Synthesis of N-methyl acetazolamide and N-methyl methazolamide, Christopher Ahn
The Influence of Home Country Factors on Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S., Kayalin Akens-Irby
Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities: A Case for Meaningful Involvement, Bailey S. Albright
Why the U.S. Needs to Implement Integrated Reporting, Aakriti Anand
The Effect of Mandatory Adoption of IFRS on Transparency for Investors, Crystal Anderson
The Cost-Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Review of Previous Analyses and Graphical Model, Danyon Anderson
Modern Supreme Court Jurisprudence Through the Lens of the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, and Obergefell v. Hodges, Nolan Anderson
From Parilla to Pa' amb Tomaquet: Argentine Migrant Identity in Barcelona, Spain, Vera Armus
A Critical Analysis of Humanitarian Intervention as a Source of Reputational Credibility, Margaux Arntson
Optimize Your Fitness, Optimize Your Business: The Balanced Scorecard, Analysis and Application for the CrossFit Affiliate, Jordan G. Aronowitz
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the Search for Justice: A Comparative Study of Chile, Argentina and Guatemala, Pastor Jose Arroyo
