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 2017
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
The US-UK Nuclear Relationship: Not Just a Measure for the Cold War, David Kahan
Cannae, Adrianople and the Comparative Health of the Roman Empire, Jason Kan
Sister: Poems, Liat Kaplan
Analyzing Large Shocks to the Dow Jones Industrial Average using Historical Industry-Specific Leverage Ratios, Ammar Karmali
A New Frontier: But for Whom? An Analysis of the Micro-Computer and Women’s Declining Participation in Computer Science, Eliana Keinan
It's Not Black and White: An Empirical Study of the 2015-2016 U.S. College Protests, Kaitlyn Anne Kelleher
The Resounding Impact of Napster, Inc. An Analysis of A & M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., Isabella Kelly
Mom, Dad, Help Please: The Home Environment’s Influences on a Child’s Math Ability, Nicole Kerkhof
Red Lights, White Hope: Race, Gender, and U.S. Camptown Prostitution in South Korea, Julie Kim
Dipping Beneath the Surface: Poems, Brian Koh
Sovereign Debt after Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital: Developing a Framework for Sovereign Default Arbitration, Katherine Gorter Krey
An Examination of Trends in Tuition Costs and Student Borrowing Behavior in Higher Education, Kathleen E. Kuosman
The Internet, Aesthetic Experience, and Liminality, Stephanie LaFace
Alcibiades: Unfulfilled Dreams of Unequivocal Power, Olivia Lanaras
The Irrational Interventionist: A Precedent for Presidents in U.S. Foreign Policy, Rachel Lang
Stock Returns and Industrial Production: A Sectoral Analysis, Griffin Lazarus
College as Capability Enhancement, Cristina Lee
The Politics of Head Start, the Most Popular Survivor of the War on Poverty, Grace Lee
Justice in Migration: A Case Study for War Refugees, Taylor Lemmons
Sunshowers in Winter: A Novel, Cassandra Lewis
Tackling Prejudice Towards Specific Out-groups: A Test of the Stereotype Content Model, Elijah Lichtenberg
Does Fundamental Analysis Lead to a Rudimentary Momentum Strategy for the Inexperienced Investor? Evidence from a Student Investment Fund, Nicholas J. Lillie
Ji Sor (1997): Self-Realization of Women in Cinema and in History, Tong (Hilary) Lin
The Link Between Firms' Political Connections and Earnings Quality: Evidence from China, Mingda Liu
How Far the Apple Falls: The Role of Culture on Second-Generation Educational Attainment, Vanessa Liu
Leonard Cohen's New Jews: a Consideration of Western Mysticisms in Beautiful Losers, Alexander Lombardo
Effects of the Gender of the Real Estate Agents on House Prices, Jizi Lu
