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 2025
A Spectroscopy Study of the Brain: Exploring Sex Differences in Healthy Older Adults, Angela Gushue
Best Form of Government, Janelle (Nelly) Haley
The Counter-Cyclicality of Earnings Management: Evidence Through 2024, William J. Hall
Should Students Pull the Plug?: How AI Redefines Creativity in the Classroom, Labiba Hassan
A Proposed Study on the Role of Peer Influence in Shaping Future Expectations: Long-Term Consequences for Incarcerated Youth, Erika Hayashigatani
A Bad Bet for Adolescents: Psychological Perspectives on Sports Betting & Digital Gambling Technologies, Kaitlyn Helfrich
Approaching Freedom of Speech: The Perils of Exceptionalism, Insincerity, and Hatred, Noah Hendelman
Safeguarding Minors Online Without Silencing First Amendment Rights, Billy M. Hennessy
The Rationality of Cooperation in One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemmas: A Defense of David Gauthier's Constrained Maximization, Carlos Hernandez
How Did the Implementation of ASC 842 Affect Credit Markets and Stock Performance Among Publicly Traded Firms with Extensive Lease Obligations?, Eduardo Hernandez
Surviving the E-Commerce Tsunami: The Future of Small Retailers in the Digital Economy, Maarish Hinduja
Mind the (Non) GAAP: How Non-GAAP Reporting Techniques Shape Financial Appearances, Influence Investor Decision-Making, Stock Trading Volumes, and Stock Prices, Victoria G. Holden
Weathering the Storm: Examining the Impact of Unexpected Inflation on Industry Returns, Casper Hoving
Selective Scrutiny: Evidence from FIRRMA and Cross-Border Tech M&A, Oscar B. Howe
Navigating the Laws of Nations: The Case for an American Legal Forum for Nazi-Looted Art Disputes, Livia R. Hughson
The Impact of Keiretsu Structures on Indonesian Businesses, Kathleen Humato
How to Catch a Con: The Rhetorical Strategies of Fraudulent Political Leaders, Lukas Huntington
How Sovereignty Travels, Swen Ihueze
Just as Advertised: The Perception and Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Advertising, Brandon Isem Cáceres
Social Media as a Catalyst for Change: Examining the Marketing Strategies of Nike, Adidas, and New Balance, Kayla Ishibashi
Optimal U.S. Site Selection for Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturing, Max Jackman
Evaluating the Effectiveness of San Francisco Nonprofit Organizations in Addressing Homelessness, Crime, and Cost of Living, Katherine Jackson
Of Myth, Memory, and Concrete: The History and Legacy of the Haight-Ashbury's Counterculture, Finn Jáuregui
Hollywood Heartbreak: Modern Love-Based Relationships Versus the Institution of Marriage, Maria Eduarda Jereissati
Betting Against All Betas: Do Fama-French-Carhart Factors Share the Beta Anomaly?, Kevin Jiang
Analyzing the medical discrimination against Haitians during the AIDS/HIV Crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, Alison John
Robert Frost and the Myth of Adam and Eve, Theo Johnson
Investigating the Immunometabolism of Macrophages and Invading Microbes in Polymicrobial Infections, Kobey Jorgensen
Motor Expertise and Sensorimotor Action Simulation: An EEG Study, Vineeth Kakani
Land Back to Right of Return: Proposing Paths Forward in Palestine, Melanie Kallah
Child and Family Contributions to Emotion Regulation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pribdao Karnasuta
Alliance Building in Chinese Foreign Policy: Strategies from the 1950s, 1980s, and the 2010s, Chloe R. Kastl
Analysis of Banking-as-a-Service Partnerships’ Effects on the Performance of U.S. Community Banks, Jonathan Ke
Exploring Unicorns of India: What are the Factors that Allow Them to Fly?, Tanisha Kejriwal
Startup Equity to Stock Exchange: Key Drivers in Venture-Backed IPO Journeys, Aryaman Shiv Khosla
The Inextricable Link Between Gendered Security and State Stability: Strategic Costs of U.S. Humanitarian Retrenchment, Kirby EH Kimball
Consciousness Unbound: Ketamine and the Limits of the Global Neuronal Workspace Theory, Maxwell H. Kim
Exporting Culture, Building a Nation: South Korea’s Use of Pop Culture as a Soft Power Tool, Nathaniel J. Kim
Forecasting Equity Betas Using Option-Implied Moments, Ivan Kolesnikov
Populist Leaders in the Global South: A Case Study of Modi’s India and Duterte’s Philippines, Pravallika Kona
Language and Perception in Conflict Resolution and Communication Styles, Ava Kopp
The Public Face of Private Credit: Performance Dynamics in Business Development Companies, Russell Kuan
A Study of Recursion Relations and Supermex Operators in Simple Combinatorial Games for Application in Renormalization., Walter Kuhlenkamp
The Lacey Act: Balancing the Scales of Federal Authority and Individual Liberty, Bradley Kwon
The Paradox of Pleasure: How Sex-Positive Feminism Constrains Female Freedom, Katherine S. Lanzalotto
The Impact of Remote Work on Career Mobility: An Empirical Analysis, Nicholas Laskowski
Equality and Excellence: Providing Quality Opportunities in Women’s Athletics through Title IX, Jeissy Lee
Silencing the Algorithm: TikTok, National Fear, and the Fragility of American Liberalism, Angel Lei
The Law of the Land: An Analysis of Recent Reforms to Housing Policy in California, Ryan A.T. Lenney
The Impact of Technology and Social Media on the Expansion of Mexican Cartels' Power, Salvador Leon
Political Cults on College Campuses: How Universities Designed to Challenge Totalitarian Thinking May Now Enable It, Ellie Lerner
Moral Knowledge from Fiction: A Challenge to Stokke’s Defeater Thesis, Samuel G. Levy
The U.S. Soft Power Instrument: Music, Evolution from the Cold War to Technological Innovation, Ariana Lewis
A Nation in Decline: Exploring Immigration as a Solution to Japan’s Demographic Crisis, Lindsay Lew
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Realism in U.S. Foreign Policy, Olivia M. Licata
Beyond Pandemic Peaks: A Study on the Lasting Effects of Pandemic-Era Optimism on IPO Underpricing, Jennifer Lim
Preventing Workplace Burnout: A Management Perspective Using the MBI Framework, Helen Lin
Effects of Crop Insurance Subsidies on Risk Choices of Farmers, Benjamin Littlefield
The Predictors of Self-Censorship on College Campuses, Henry I. Long
The Silent Cycle of Violence: The Consequences of Forced Return Migration and Strategies for Sustainable Reintegration, Guadalupe Loza-Mendez
Fortress Guam: Navigating U.S.-China Rivalry in the Pacific Theater, Chelsea Luo
OPENING THE COFFIN: The Weight of Suffering and Survival in Hong Kong’s Coffin Homes, Megan Luong
Selling Capitalism: The United States' Campaign to Rebuild Germany and Reeducate Germans, Helena Macke
Moody with a Chance of Downgrade: An Analysis of Macroeconomic, Fiscal, and Institutional Drivers of Sovereign Ratings in Emerging Economies, Muskaan Mahajan
Evolutionary Game Dynamics in Non-Fixed Strains of Yeast, Ann Mahé
Access Consciousness as Grounds for Moral Status: A Quasi-Kantian Framework for Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Sambhav Maheshwari
Determinants of Remote Suitability of Jobs and Residential Distance from the Workplace after the COVID-19 Pandemic, Abizer Mamnoon
In the Shadows of Justice Behind Bars: Human Rights Violations in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Centers, Itzel A. Marcial
Beyond Rescue: Love, Leadership, and Systemic Change in Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy, Gwen Mascha
Assessing the Impact of Digital Privacy Regulations on Firm Level Marketing Efficiency, Mitchell K. Mashiko
Navigating New Capital Sources: Financing Constraints and the Growth of Private Credit, David George Mathias Jr.
Pay-Performance Sensitivity: How Firm Performance Impacts CEO Compensation, Yuefeng Ma
Do Corporations Gain When They Leave California? Evidence from Equity Markets and Financial Statements, Stuart McCallum
The Effect of Impersonal Language Structures in Portuguese and English on Bilinguals’ Ability to Endure Hunger, Lucas McEachern
Change Your Mind… Or Mind Your Change? Mental Imagery as an Individual Factor in the Emotional Regulation of Loss Aversion, Perri McElvain
The Ballot, Anne McKinley
A Theoretical Model Evaluating the Distortionary Effect of Management Fees on Single-Asset Continuation Vehicles, Claire Meier-Scherling
Institutional Bias or Neutral Ground? The Financial Impact of Race in College Football Coaching, Antonio Melendez
Predicting Transfer Valuations and Transfer Probabilities of Football Players Within the Top Five Major European Soccer Leagues, Eduardo J. Mellado Jacinto
Transnational Legal Violence: Undocumented Women v. U.S. Immigration Law, Luis A. Mendoza
Investor and Corporate Management Reaction to Altman Z-score Changes, Matt Meredith
Mind the Machine: A Philosophical Inquiry into AI Consciousness, Rachel Mesel
Unchecked Power, Uneven Progress: Examining the Socioeconomic Impact of Nayib Bukele's Presidency in El Salvador, Vito Molina
No Shifty Business: Investigating the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Classification Shifting, Aaron Morales
From Fields to Fast Foods: Food Culture, Identity, and Health in Puerto Rico under the U.S. Empire, Ivanna Morales Mercado
“Houston, We Have a [Legal] Problem:” Militarization, Resource Extraction, and the Law of Outer Space, Joshua T. Morganstein
Where I Found: A Film About Stillness, Haley Morton
A Wise Latina or a Wise Judge?: Exploring how Social Identity Shapes Knowledge Acquisition, Maribella Munoz-Jimenez
The Role of Empathy and Moral Emotions in Reducing the Dehumanization of Sexually Objectified Women, Jose F. Najas
Selective Sisterhood: Power, Race, and the Internal Division within Feminist Waves in the United States, Aara Nanavaty
Assessing the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on the Labor Market, Healthcare Access, and Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kaavya Narayan
DQN Reinforcement Learning Approaches for the Combinatorially Complex game of Checkers, Alex Nasoni
INVESTING IN OPPORTUNITY? ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION SPENDING ON INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY, Jemma Nazarali
