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 2016
From Ruby-Red to Deep Purple: How New Hampshire Became a Top-Ten Swing State, Hannah Oh
Are Personality Traits a Viable Indicator of the Agency and Disposition Effect?, Tavin Olarnsakul
The Democratic Progressive Party: Self-regulation of Secessionist Rhetoric, Brandon O'Neal
The Numerous Forms of Occam’s Razor and their Effect on Philosophy of Mind, Mikayla L. O'Neal
The Effect of Changing Environmental Factors on the Resurgence of Dengue Fever and Severe Dengue, Shannon M. O'Neill
Who Plays Nice? Mechanisms Behind Individual Differences in Children's Altruistic Tendencies, Nicole A. Orozco
A Re-Examination of Rating Shopping and Catering using Post-Crisis Data on CDOs, Robert H. Owlett
Poetic Labor: Meaning and Matter in Robert Frost's Poetry., Lina Pan
Music Festivals: A Secondary Market Analysis, Julian Perez
The Effects of Experience and Familiarity on Performance in Virtual Environments, Paul Perrone
A Philosophically Appealing Nietzschean Theory of Value, Gustavo Pires de Oliveira Dias
Repealing Section 1031: The Economic Impact, Alex Poltash
Jonestown: Recovering Peoples Temple from Jim Jones’s Shadow, Aurelio Puente
Decrypting Bitcoin Prices and Adoption Rates using Google Search, Varun Puri
Does Size and Industry Affect CEO Performance? The Effect of CEO Succession Announcements on Firm Value, Eduardo A. Ramirez
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Restoration of Dystrophin Expression and Inhibition of Myostatin: A Novel Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Apoorva Rangan
Evolution of Interactive Entertainment: An Economic History and Analysis of the Videogames Industry in the United States, Evie Amanda Rathburn
Employer-Provided Health Insurance as a Potential Deterrent to Entrepreneurship, Kethan Reddy
A Quantitative Analysis of the Influence of Food Availability on Obesity in the United States, Alexander B. Reeser
Social Safety Nets: An Analysis of American Social Safety Net Policy and The Ethics Behind Welfare Rights, Fernanda D. Reyes
Perspectives of Work-Life Balance: The Path to Maximizing Individual Well-Being and Organizational Productivity, Carlene M. Roberts
The True Cost of Our Entertainment: An Inside Look to Modern Method Acting and its Consequences, Jhanneu Roberts
How to Enhance Financial Statement Reliability in the United States, Tara Robinson
Trends and Changes of Precipitation in Costa Rica, Christopher Rojas
Bikei Cohomology and Counting Invariants, Jake L. Rosenfield
Diversity and Innovation: The Effects of Diverse Creator Teams on Video Game Characteristics and Sales, Jill C. Rosok
Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements 16: An Examination of the Escrow Industry in California, Molly A. Rubidoux
Refuge for the Non-Refugees: The Responsibility to Protect Civilians in the Syrian Civil War, Kate Ruston
The Modern Administrative State: Why We Have ‘Big Government’ and How to Run and Reform Bureaucratic Organizations, Sean Y. Sakaguchi
What are the Determinants of Length of a Football Manager’s Reign Before His Sacking Within the Top Clubs of England, Spain and Italy?, Sumaer Sandhu
Disaster Capitalism: Impact on the Great Flood of 1993, Katherine J. Savard
Insuring the Success of Microfinance: The Application of Cluster Analysis to Conduct Customer Segmentation on Microcredit Borrowers, Alessandra L. Savino
The Effects of Cognitive Load and Stereotyped Groups on Punitiveness, Daniel Schmidt
Evolution of the Gulf, U.S.-Gulf Relations, and Prospects for the Future, Matthew D. Scott
The Importance of Heidegger’s Question, Surya Sendyl
The Effects of Managerial Turnover on Share Prices Of Publicly Traded English Football Teams, Sharan Seth
The Role of Disruptive Innovation, Personality Characteristics, and Business Models on Entrepreneurial Success, Will Shannon
Topic Analysis of Tweets on the European Refugee Crisis Using Non-negative Matrix Factorization, Chong Shen
Transformative Experience: Are Real-world Experiences as Transformative as We Think?, Janelle Shiozaki
The Best Bang for your Bonus: Identifying Over and Undervalued Prospects in the Major League Baseball Draft, Theron Simpson
U.S. Immigration Policy and the Transnational Expansion of Gangs in the Northern Triangle, Isabel M. Skilton
The Effect of Negative Special Items on Future Income in Different Sectors, Andrew Sova
Population Ethics: A Metaethical Comparison, Clay W. Spence
Player Performance and Team Revenues: NBA Player Salary Analysis, Tyler Stanek
Corporate Tax Inversions: An Event Study on the Impact of Treasury Regulations on Domestic and Foreign M&A Target Firms, Gabriel Sunga
Identification of RNA-binding proteins associated with H19 lncRNA translation avoidance, Michael A. Swift
An Explanation of "Keynes Meets Markowitz: The Trade-Off Between Familiarity and Diversification", Fred C. Taylor
Smoggy with a Chance of Acid Rain: A Comparison Between California's and China's Environmental Degradation and Response, Catherine Teebay
Structural Reform in Europe: The Overlooked Value of The Austerity-era, Austin D. Teece
The Role of Local Elections in the Process of Democratization from a Comparative Perspective: Mexico and China, Janice Tsoi Lun Tse
HPLC and MS/MS Method for the Separation and Identification of Inositol Phosphates in C. Reinhardtii, Travis Y. Tu
Who Will Be the First to Buy Autonomous Vehicles? An Application of Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations Theory, Reilly Jackson Umberger
Environmental Inequities in U.S. Public Schooling, Jincy Varughese
Think of the Children: How U.S. Domestic Policy Undermined Good Foreign Policy and Contributed to the 2014 Central American Migration Crisis, Rebekah D. Vermillion
One Hell of a Drug: Counter Insurgency as a US Anti-Drug Trafficking Strategy in Latin America and its Effect on Democratic Institutions, J. Camilo Vilaseca
What a Handful! Electrophysiological Characterization of Sensory and Cognitive Biases on Spatial Attention and Visual Processing, Daivik B. Vyas
Burning Bridges: American Security Assistance and Human Rights in Mauritania, Isabel Wade
The Randomized Kaczmarz Method with Application on Making Macroeconomic Predictions, Dejun Wan
The Value of Commerce in The Merchant of Venice, Caroline B. Ward
Interdependent Self-Construal: A Link to Psychological Resilience, Tyler West
Contextualizing and Evaluating the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, Jackman Wilson
Defining the Personality Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs, Jack S. Witte
The International Community's Response to the Hypothetical Emergence of Superheroes, Brittany Nicole Woods
John Rawls’ Theory of Justice and Mixed Conception with a Social Minimum Principle, Kevin Wu
Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate Using Univariate Regressions, Bai Xue
Contagion and Competitive Intra-industry Effects of Default Announcements Evidence from Chinese Bond Market, Zhengyang Xu
The Effect of Stress Coping Techniques in Sports, Lestter Yeh
Using Words to Break the Chains of Bondage: Examining the Political Narratives of American Slaves, Bailey Yellen
Understanding the Behavior of Southeast Asian States vis-à-vis the Rise of China, Shang Xuan Yeo
Measuring the Effectiveness of China’s Capital Flow Management and Progress on Capital Account Liberalization, Xinying Yow
San Francisco’s Housing Price Surge: Strained Market Fundamentals or Exaggerated Expectations?, Emily Zhang
Relationship Between Real Estate Market and Stock Market in China, Shiyu Zhang
Senior Theses from 2015
M&A in M&E: Acquirer Announcement Effects of Mergers & Acquisitions in the Media and Entertainment Industry, Mohammad Abdul-Rahim
Native American Gaming Jurisprudence: An Analysis of the Supreme Court's Tribal Gaming Decisions and Their Effects on Tribal Sovereignty, C.W. Lucas Agnew
Managing and Organizing an Institutionalized White House Staff: Multiple Advocacy in 21st Century Domestic and Foreign Policymaking, Richard G. Ahne
Does Tanking Work? Evidence from the NBA, Scott E. Anderson
Finding Truth in Literature, Antonia Ivo Antonova
U.S. Foreign Policy in Pakistan: Bringing Pakistan Into Line with American Counterterrorism Interests, Henry E. Appel
The Political Economy of Environmental Justice: A Comparative Study of New Delhi and Los Angeles, Ratik Asokan
Acceptance-Rejection Sampling with Hierarchical Models, Christian A. Ayala
Family Characteristic and Savings Behavior in Malawi, Kyung Tae Bae
'Makin' it Out': The Cost of Dropping out of High School on the Health Status of Afro-American Women in Urban Slums, Sesa E. Bakenra-Tikande
Magic Wood, Nadia Stosija Barulich
Reporting on Reporting: How Content is Changed by Contexts, Daniel Beer
Economic Considerations for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Utility-Scale Electricity Generation in California, Cameron R. Bernhardt
The Impact of Credit Default Swap Introduction on Firm Systematic Risk, Elan M. Bernstein
IPO Volume and the Hot Market Theory: Accounting for M&A Premiums and VC Activity, Brian A. Bevilacqua
Understanding the Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Childhood Anxiety, Jacob B. Bishop
Personality and Identity Formation in the Context of Family and Loss, Marie E. Bradvica
Earnings Management in European Football: How Effective is Financial Fair Play?, Alexander J. Brugger
Public-Private Partnerships in the United States: Charting a New Road, Allison Busacca
Let's Talk About Sex: The Failure of Abstinence-Only Policies in America's Public Schools, Sloan Caldwell
Warmth and Competence Perceptions of Female Job Candidates: Who Gets Hired?, Laura E. Campbell
Too Few To Fail: An Analysis of Ethics in the Audit Industry, Sian H. Chai
Effects of Perceived Group Level Norms on the Relationship between Leader Characteristics and Motivation to Develop Leadership, Alexander Joshua Chang
Would You Like It Hot or Cold? An Analysis of U.S.-China Climate Policy, Alice Chang
