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 2017
Measuring Health Inequalities: What Do We Want to Know?, Alice Bishop
The Effects of a Text Message Intervention on Conversational Speech between Dyads of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Julia Blanco
Render Unto Caesar: How Misunderstanding a Century of Free Exercise Jurisprudence Forged and Then Fractured the RFRA Coalition, John S. Blattner
On the Purpose & Ethics of Elite Higher Education, Nicolas C. Blumm
Reader's Guide: A Foray into Violence, Trauma and Masculinity in In Our Time, Sara-Rose Beatriz Bockian
Four Years with Russell, Gödel, and Erdős: An Undergraduate's Reflection on His Mathematical Education, Michael H. Boggess
El “Gran Experimento” del Socialismo Cubano: Los Retos Durante la Transición Económica, Hannah Bottum
Gender Division in Sport: Through the Eyes of Female Student-Athletes at CMS, Kris Brackmann
"The Best Bad Things": An Analytical History of the Madams of Gold Rush San Francisco, Sophie Breider
A Brighter Future: An Integrated Strategy for Increasing Renewable Distributed Generation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Maximilian Breitbarth
Islamic State Online Recruitment: Narratives and Counter-Narratives, Makella Brems
Virtual Reality: The Game Changer for Residential Real Estate Staging through Increased Presence, Alexander Julian Brenner
Salary Inequality in the NBA: Changing Returns to Skill or Wider Skill Distributions?, Jonah F. Breslow
Sing to Me: the Effects of Sung Vocals and Melody on Memory, Jack M. Brown III
Can Business News Provide Insight into a Stock’s Future Price Performance?, Andrew Burgard
Grave Breaches: American Military Intervention in the Late Twentieth- Century and the Consequences for International Law, Calla Cameron
Mission Barrio Adentro: Venezuela's Virus, Cara Cancelmo
A Deep Dive into Technological Unemployment: A State-Level Analysis on the Employment Effect of Technological Innovations, Yuqing "Jenny" Cang
Taking Good Works to the Next Level: Increasing Investment in and Support for Higher-Risk Innovation, Jessie Capper
The Corporate Exploitation of Fundamental Rights: A Nation of Arbitration, Melanie A. Carlson
Estimating the Relative Value of Individual Strokes Gained on the PGA Tour, Alex Censullo
Healing from Racism with Compassion Meditation: Effects of Coping on Mental Health, Courtney Chan
Innovating for a Sleeker, Greener, Friendlier Ride, Andrew Chandler
Phoenix Reborn: The Revival of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party from 2008-2016, Melody Chang
A Study of the Tradition of Extreme Literature, Matthew Chi Hei Chan
The Internet of Things: An Analysis of Barriers to the Adoption of Smart Cities and Smart Homes, Shek Hin Justin Chan
Environmental Justice Litigation in California: How Effective is Litigation in Addressing Slow Violence?, Deedee Chao
Using Machine Learning to Detect Malicious URLs, Aidan Cheng
Nudging Towards Social Change: The Application of Psychology and Behavioral Economics in Promoting Responsible Consumption, Larissa Chern
Economic Interdependence between Taiwan and Mainland China, Sharon Chiang
Virtual Links with Finite Medial Bikei, Julien Chien
The Effects of Efficient Innovation on Industry Stock Returns During 2008 Financial Crisis, Alexander Choi
Discovering Hidden Networks Using Topic Modeling, Wyatt Cooper
Protecting the "Worst of the Worst": The Constitutional Rights of Non-Citizen Enemies in World War II and the War on Terror, Lane Hannah Corrigan
The Rise of Uber: Economic Effects of Ride Sharing Services on Taxis and the Implications for the Sharing Economy, Olivia Cowley
The Myth of Persephone: Body Objectification from Ancient to Modern, Melanie Daifotis
An Empirical Study of Marginal Value Obtained Through Additional Years of College in Professional Basketball Players, Nicholas Kimon Daifotis
Examining Lebanon’s Susceptibility to Foreign Influence: Institutional Roadblocks to State Stability, Malek Debbas
The Interconnection of the Great Recession, Income Disparity, Segregated Metropolitan Districts, and Their Significance to All in the U.S., Marcellus Demer
A Journey to New Narratives: How Sri Lankan Migrant Women Challenge Perceptions through Resistance, Kimaya de Silva
Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum, John Dewald
Blood Ba'ath: The Rise and Fall of the Ba'ath Party in Syria and Iraq, Alisha Malika Dhalla
The Differentiating Personal and Tactical Dimensions of Head Coaches in the NFL: Why is Bill Belichick Successful When Others Are Not?, Patrick Dixon
Collective Memory and History: An Examination of Perceptions of Accuracy and Preference for Biased “History” Passages, Stephanie Doi
A Problematic Business Model: The Effect of Private Prisons on Arrests, Claire Donnelly
The Fear Factor: Determinants of Entrepreneurial Fear of Failure, Pema Donyo
Factors Effecting Departure Delays in Multi-Airport U.S. Regions, Spencer Drazovich
The Due Process Clause: Analyzing The Supreme Court's Substantive Due Process Jurisprudence, Eleanor Eaton
The American Nightmare: Failures of Juvenile Justice and Recommendations for Change, Jennie Egan
What are the Potential Impacts of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on the Auditing Profession?, Chantal Evett
Revenue Incentives and Referee Propensity to Make Foul Calls in the NBA Finals, Daniel Fallon-Cyr
The Factors that Affect First-Generation Students’ College Enrollment and Success, Arielle B. Farias
Determinants of Organ Donor Registration Rates Among Young Americans, Syed Umar Farooq
This is Fun: A Memoir, Katelyn Faust
An Analysis of Latino Trump Voters in the 2016 Election, Micaela Ferguson
The Adventure of a Lifetime: Examining Life Lessons in Eighteenth Century Literature, Griffin Ferre
Phage display to identify functional resistance mutations to Rigosertib, Nedim Filipovic
Education in Nazi Germany: Ideology, Hitler Youth, and Elite Schools, Jonathan David Finkelstein
A Golden Opportunity: An Analysis of Gold and the VIX as Safe Haven Assets, Samuel Firth
Antisocial Media: Information Mismanagement in Vietnam, Nora Flaherty
The Progression of Agile Software Development, Kayla Flaten
Qué Tan Lejos Hemos Ido y Qué Tan Lejos Nos Queda: Los Niños Trabajadores y La Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil en Ecuador, Alicia Serna Frausto
Well-Being, Capabilities, and Health Measurement: Conceptual Similarities Between the Capability Approach and Daniel Hausman’s Liberal State, Benjamin James Fusek
Tapping the Potential of Sports: Incentives in China’s Reformation of the Sports Industry, Yu Fu
Parental Bargaining and Gender Gap in Primary Education Expenditure, Qianyun Gao
The Impact of Macroeconomic Changes on Restaurant Segment Stock Returns, Jack Gerstenberger
Postfeminism Analysis of Sexualized Images in Fashion Advertisements, Sara A. Ginsburg
Pitch it to Me: The Determinants of a Professional Baseball Pitcher’s Salary, Jacob Glasser
The 1936 Nazi Olympic Games; The First Truly Modern Olympiad, Quinn Glosniak
Children in the Dark, Shannon Golden
Paternal Incarceration, Spousal Abuse, Parental Illness, and the Unknown Causes of Childhood Homelessness, Brandon Granaada
Jeb Bush and Donald Trump: An Analysis of Campaign Finance in the 2016 Presidential Elections, Zachary Robert Grau
The Relationship of Elderly Health Issues and Intergenerational Financial Transactions, Natalie Green
Housing Prices in Jingjinji, Huninghang and Pearl River Delta, Jinlin Gu
Understanding The Impact and Implications of Labor Leverage on Cash Holdings, Matthieu Hafemeister
Vehicle to Vehicle Communication in Level 4 Autonomy, Seyedsalar Hajimirsadeghi
The Future of Marine Travel: The Fully-Electric, High-Performance Motor Boat, Riley P. Hall
The United States Foster Care System: An Analysis of Racial Inequality and Privatization Efforts, Khadija Hassanali
The Impact of the Current Disclosure Requirements Surrounding Permanently Reinvested Earnings, Alexa Heydenberk
Prevention of Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer by Combined Oral Contraceptives: A Demographics Study, Joanna S. Heywood
Regaining Independence: A Critical Look at the Chicago Housing Authority from 2000 to 2016, Francesca Hidalgo-Wohlleben
Milwaukee's Black Middle Class and the Struggle for Recognition, Dylan Hoey
Disillusionment and Disaggregation: Why Did Asian Americans Vote for Trump?, Catalina Huamei Huang
The Effects of Police Interventions on Darknet Market Drug Prices, Glenn Hull
Manipulating Lipid Spreading Domain Formation with Compositional Gradients and Plasmonic Nanoparticles, Chen-min Hung
The Giving Tree Academy, David A. Hurdle
The Gender Gap in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: The Role of Culture and Home Country Self-Employment, Amy Ingram
Diversity: Is it worth it?, Christopher jackson
An Introduction to the Theory and Applications of Bayesian Networks, Anant Jaitha
Extraversion, Empathy, and Humor Style: An Investigation of the Introverted Sense of Humor, Phillip Jauregui
An Audience Reception Analysis of the Depth and Breadth of Lifestyle Blogging Communities, Sonya Jendoubi
Deliberative Duties of Modern Citizens Based on a Historical Examination of Democratic Self-Governance, Andrea Jewett
On "Thinking Outside the Box", Han Jia
The Chinese Dragon Lands in Africa: Chinese Contracts and Economic Growth in Africa, Bhavin Jindal
A New Approximation Scheme for Monte Carlo Applications, Bo Jones
