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 2018
The Smith-Inspired Interpenetrating Spheres of Association Model: An Analysis of the Shortcomings of Rationality as Self-Interest for Women’s Double Binds in the Workplace, Isabella Lombardo Romeo
The Impact of Regulation on Industry Abnormal Returns Following the 1933 Bank Holiday, Lauren Rosenberger
Constructing an Ionic diode using Solid Supported Lipid bilayers: A Proposal, cunfan ruan
Model Specification for CMBS Loan Default: A Retrospective Look at CMBS Performance Through the Great Recession, Benjamin Sacks
Pay to Win? The Influence of Capital Investment on Win Probability in the North American LCS, Dean Sagafi
The Relevance of Caste in Contemporary India: Reexamining the Affirmative Action Debate, Shambhavi Sahai and Shambhavi Sahai
Culture and Subjective Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Methods, Indira Sanchez
Can a comprehensive transition plan to barefoot running be the solution to the injury epidemic in American endurance runners?, Michael A. Scarlett
The Political Economy of Participation in the Euro: A Case Study of Italy and Germany, Thomas Schalke
Examining U.S. Drug Policy and Recidivism Rates, Julia Seacat
Making Nobody Matter: Performance and Vision in Frances Burney's Evelina (1778) and Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games (2008), Emily J. Segal
Illinois’s Shift to the Left: How a Bellwether State Diverged from National Trends, Jack Segal
The Balance Between Financial and Quality Performance in For-Profit Hospitals versus Non-Profit Hospitals, Blake Seidner
FIFA World Cup: Factors that explain the performances of National Football Teams, Shivaan Seth
The Micellization of Tetrabenazine as a Nanomedicine for Huntington's Disease, Kailee Severt
Institutional Ownership in Relation to the Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation Rule and its Effect on Audit Quality, Latisha Shah
Using the Venture Capital Rule of 40 to Predict SaaS Stock Returns, Jonathan Shaw
Systems of Expression: Counter-Discourse in Online Intersex Communities, Jasmine Shirey
Determinants of Retaining a PGA TOUR Card, Matthew Shuman
An Empirical Test of Optimal Diversification Theories, Phoebe Shum
The Impact of the 2010 Home Grown Rule on EPL Club Success, Jake Skoll
Israel's Absentee Property Law: When is Democratic Failure Necessary?, Bria Smith
Do the Lifetime Prevalence and Prognosis of Schizophrenia Differ Among World Regions?, Cheryl Lynn Smith
Investor Reactions to the Enforcement Actions of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, James Smith
Approaches to Natural Language Processing, Sydney Smith
Going Undrafted: Survival of Undrafted Free Agents and Seventh Round Draft Picks in the NFL, Trey Smith
The Convergence Pattern in the Latter Economic Development: Evidence from 1959-2016 U.S. Counties, Yiliu Song
The Visible Helping Hand: IPO Success as a Product of Friendly Markets, Shelbi Stein
Balancing Act: A Novel, Teagan Stewart
"Pig-Sawce" and Politics: The History of Barbecue as a Political Institution in the United States, Campbell Streator
The Digital Puppetmaster, Ryan Sung
Decoding Book Barcode Images, Yizhou Tao
Risk and Returns: The Impact of Political Risk on Financial Returns in Emerging and Developed Markets, Aarushi Tibrewala
Benchmarking Public and Private Blockchains and Understanding the Development of Private Blockchain Networks, Peter Tilton
Determinants of Flows Between Active and Passive Equity Investments, Shruti Topudurti
The Hookup Culture: Effects on Dating, Relationships, and Love Among College Students in The United States, Rachelle Trimarchi
A Comparative Philosophical-Psychoanalytic Study of Buddhism in China and Japan, Anthony Tung
Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: A Look at Cryptocurrencies, Daniel Walker
CCL11 as a Biomarker for the In Vivo Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Robert Weissenfels
Model Specification for Bank Failure: A Retrospective Look at Banks in Missouri during the Great Depression, Peter Welch
Do High School Football Recruit Ratings Accurately Predict NFL Success?, Nicholas Wheeler
Nonperforming Loans: Asset Pricing and Determinants of Profitability, Tyler Wheetley Amaya
Owning Our Implicit Attitudes: Responsibility, Resentment, and the Whole Self, Wesley Whitaker
Labor Movement and State Fragility: The Case of the Yemen Arab Republic from Oil Boom to Gulf War, David White
Nationalizing Nature: A Critique of the English National Trust Interpretation of Stowe Landscape Garden, Sarah Whitney
Empathy: A tool to unite?, patrick wildman
Cryptocurrencies and Cybercrime: The Effects of Ransom Events on the Evolution of Bitcoin, Jacob Wilson
Art of the Weimar Republic and the Premonitions of Fascism, Leshan Xiao
Examining the Cross-Cultural Differences in Affect Valuation: Whites, East Asians, and Third Culture Kids, Joey Yamada
In the Mind of the Machine, Marcia Yang
Reaching the Unreached: The Role of Information Communication Technologies on Agency of Women in India, Suvena Yerneni
Success Factors of First Time Fund in Venture Capital, Zihan Ye
Measuring the Impossible Trinity: Lessons for Developing Countries, Zheng Ying
Democracy At Stake in the Digital Age: Engaging in the Net Neutrality Debate for the Preservation of Free Speech and the Redemption of Public Interest, Christina (Sung Min) Yoh
A Founding Mother of Mathematics: Emmy Noether, Won Sang Yoo
Change in Transient Institutional Ownership and its Effect on Return on Net Operating Assets, Bracebridge Young III
Empowered or Impaired? The California Parent Empowerment Act vs. Palm Lane Elementary, Camille J. Zelinger
Inspiring Change in Intangible Asset Valuation and Identification, Jackson Zepf
Blockchain Scalability: Prospective Solutions for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Blockchain Networks, Ray Zhang
The Boundedness of the Hardy-Littlewood Maximal Function and the Strong Maximal Function on the Space BMO, Wenhao Zhang
A Comparison of Historic Preservation and Project Planning: Suzhou and Pasadena, Yijing Zhang
Twisted Virtual Bikeigebras and Twisted Virtual Handlebody-Knots, Yuqi Zhao
An Econometrics Analysis of Mark Rothko's Auction Results, Jiahong Zheng
Winning off the Court, Rebecca Zimmerman
Senior Theses from 2017
Is Silence The Answer?, Gator Adams
An Evolution of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey: Beyond a State-Centric Perspective, Jack Adolfson
Short-Termism and Corporate Myopia: The Values Assigned by the Market to Short-Term and Long-Term Firms, Justin Alexander
Ask Your Doctor if Psychedelics are Right for You: A Closer Look at the Clinical Uses of Psychedelics, Haya Al-Hejailan
Optimizing Urbanization in South Asia, Aleena Ali
Welfare Economics and Public Policy in Early 20th Century Great Britain, Mohammad Alsabah
Bay Area Real Estate Boom or Bust, Erik Michael Anderson
Holding Back: An Analysis of the History, Utility, and Effects of Academic Redshirting, Athena Andrew-Sfeir
The 2016 "White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr": An Analysis of its Positioning, Reception, and Conditions of Implementation, Hunter Lee Ashburn
Determinants of Professional Soccer Team Values: Analyzing the International Effects on the Value of Professional Soccer Teams, Muhammad Fadri Attamimi
Platform Companies: Explaining the Emergence of High-Value Technology Firms, Muhammad Farhan Attamimi
Daily Traffic Flow Pattern Recognition by Spectral Clustering, Matthew Aven
Aristotle on the Family: An Analysis of Books I-III of Aristotle’s Politics in reference to Plato’s Republic, Leili F. Azarbarzin
Negotiating Intersectionality: Women in the Civil Rights Movement and the Zapatista National Liberation Front, Jessica Azerad
La Oscuridad Detrás de los Ojos Azules, Anoush Baghdassarian
Financial Intermediation and Economic Development in 12 Central and Eastern European Economies, Eric S. Bakar
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems with Project Selection at the World Bank, Nico Banks
Competition, Compromises, and Complicity: An Analysis of the Humanitarian Aid Sector, Fiona Bare
The Potential and Limits of Extended Producer Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis Study, Jessica Bass
Management in Major League Baseball: How General Managers Succeed and Fail Using Statistics to Build Winning Franchises, Sam Baughman
Xenophobia, Populism, and the Rise of the Far-Right in France and Germany, Veda Elizabeth Beltran
The Role of Individualism and Masculinity in the Formation of a Global F&B Brand’s Extended Identity, Aviva Bhansali
Financial Performance of Football Teams: Effects of Win Maximization, Performance and Transfer Spending on Stock Prices, Tanvi Bhargava
Analysis and Empirical Testing of Income Smoothing Using Discretionary Accounting Changes, Jacques Bialostozky
The Efficacy of Biofeedback and Its Use Towards ADHD, Darius Witold Bieganski
