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
Existential Doubt, The Burden of Choice, and Contemporary Nihilism in the 21st Century, Kevin Wolfson
Until Death Do Us Unite, You Wu
Investigating the Effects of Cultural Distance on the Gravity Model of Trade, Albert Xu
Does the Use of Financial Derivatives Affect Distance-to-Default: Evidence from U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Chengwu Xuan
Mandate of Heaven: An Analysis of China's Government Disaster Response and CCP Performance Legitimacy, Aaron Yang
Height, Weight, and Durability in Major League Baseball, Joshua Yeager
Momentum Crashes and Industry Composition, Andrew Yeh
Degree Matters: The Impact of a Leader’s Foreign Education on His Country’s Economic Development, Zhongyi Yu
Money Talks: Turkey, The Kurdish Regional Government, and the Shaping of a Future Kurdish State, Sherin Zadah
From the Volkswagen to the V-1: Ferdinand Porsche and Challenges of the Nazi Past, Michael Mingliang Zhang
The Long-Term Effects of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth, Yi Zhang
Senior Theses from 2016
Company Culture: Comparing the Culture in the Silicon Valley and on Wall Street, Avantika Aggarwal
Unrelenting Force, Christus Ahmanson
Addressing the Post-Keynesian Critique: Exchange Rate Determination with an Extended Mundell-Fleming Model, Najeer Ahmed
The Common Core: An Enhancement or Hindrance for the Youth of America?, Haley L. Alderete and Haley L. Alderete
The Effects of Macroeconomic Indicators and Event Shocks on Greek Stock and Bond Market Performance, Tejal Angolkar
The Gender Gap in STEM: Do Conservative Gender Role Attitudes in Adolescent Girls Affect the Likelihood of Working in a STEM Career?, Alexandra N. Arnett
The 1960 Televised Presidential Debates: A Strategy for Richard Nixon, Harry L. Arnold
Proximity to Children: A Geospatial Approach to Understanding the Relationship between Fast Food and Schools, Andrew Atwong
The Price is Book-built: The Decision to Use Book-building Pricing Mechanisms for IPOs in the Philippines, Gabriel A. Ayala
Desegregating California’s Prisons: When Legal Prescriptions Collide with Institutional Realities, Charlotte Bailey
The Effect of Mortality Salience on Death Penalty Sentencing Decisions when the Defendant is Severely Mentally Ill., Bryn Bandt-Law
Can Narrative Fiction Reduce Prejudice Toward the Mentally Ill?, Mara Bandt-Law
Transformational Leadership in the World of Sales, Dalton R. Barnes
"A Dish Best Served Cold": Revenge Plots in Neo-Noir Narratives, Evan Barnswell
Borders and Belonging: Using Oral History to Renegotiate Salvadoran Transnationalism, Jessica Barreno
NAFTA's Impact on Mexico, the U.S., and Canada's Economies: A Look at Stock Returns, Justin Beck
Is it all a Game? Gamification and a Restructuring of Values, Katharine M. Beck
A Critical Examination of Oil Wealth Management Strategies and Their Effects on Economic Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, Caroline J. Belmont
The Performance of Melancholy: Understanding the Humours through Burton, Jonson, and Shakespeare, Lindsey N. Betts
The Appetizer and Other Poems, Sam Blomberg
Consumer Neuroscience: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Marketing Leveraging Advances in Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics, Bridget E. Blum
Playing God: An Analysis of Video Game Religion, Joshua K. Boren
Voting, Politics, and Gender: Has America Paved the Way for a Female President?, Hannah Bower
The Demand for the Unconditioned in the Antinomies: A Defense of Kant, Caroline Bowman
How Has Democracy Taken Shape in Hong Kong's Patrimonial System of Governance?, Marley H. Breindel
Escaping the Poverty Trap: Formal Savings and Asset Accumulation in Rural Malawi, Audrey Breitwieser
Paying for Performance at the Plate: An Investigation of Variable Pay Systems in Major League Baseball, Mitchell S. Bremermann
Mistakes, New and Old: Neoconservatives and the Consequences of Nation Building, August H. Bress
Misuse of Executive Power as an Obstacle to Democratic Institutional Reform in Argentina, Anna C. Brito
The Relationship between Self-Regulation and Stress, Sleep, and Behavioral Health, Clayton I. Brock
Realizing the Right to Education: An Evaluation of Education Policy in Six States of India, Isabella Burch
Patrice Mersault, l’incarnation d’une philosophie, Alexandra Burgers
Fog Computing with Go: A Comparative Study, Ellis H. Butterfield
Picture This: Exploring Mental Imagery’s Effect on Novice and Expert Golfers Putting under Pressure, Skyler Butts
All the King's Horses: Libya's Disintegration after the Revolution, Maresa E. Carnevale
Best Approximations, Lethargy Theorems and Smoothness, Caleb Case
How the Natural State Turned Red: Political Realignment in Arkansas, Kathryn M. Chakmak
Restauración de la Diplomacia y Sus Implicaciones: Los Próximos Pasos en las Relaciones entre los Estados Unidos y Cuba, Emily Chambard
A Necessary Evil: Livy's Cyclical History and the Metus Hostilis, Victor Chan
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act: The Solution or the Problem?, Sophie S. Chou
A Kantian Revision of the Doctrine of Double Effect, Andrew H. Chung
Driving Under the Influence of Ads: The Relationship between Roadside Advertising and Traffic Accidents in Massachusetts, Andrew Clary
Efficient Use of Force: Evaluating Police Tactics in Reducing Gun Violence, Meredith Cockerham
REpresentational State Transfer in the Modern Internet, Daniel R. Cogan
The Political Implications of Felon Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States, Katharine G. Connaughton
Reconsidering Well-Being: Optimization at the Societal Level, Jasmine M. Cooper
Obscure U: Complexity and Complicity in For-Profit University Financial Statements, Caroline R. Counts
Travels with Charley, Heather Frances Cousins
Crime in the NFL: Does an Arrest History Lead to Better Performance?, Austin D. Crist
Determinants of Single-Family Home Price: Oakland, California, John Tanner Cullen
China to the Rescue? Implications of Chinese Aid and Trade in Latin America Based on Evidence from Sino-African Cases, Jamie Curran
Practical Paradise: Ethics for a Modern Age, Anthony P. Davanzo
Alzheimer's Disease: The Triple Threat, Madeiene E. Davidson
An Event Study Analysis of American Bank Holding Company Equity Returns upon Basel III Announcement, Brian R. Delaney
Adventures at the Zero Lower Bound: A Bayesian Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregressive Analysis of Monetary Policy Uncertainty Shocks, Rachel M. Doehr
Pairwise Antibiotic Interactions on Escherichia coli Under Changing Nutrient Conditions, Geneviève A. Donahey
Opting Into Medicaid Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Hospital Performance, Ryan Driscoll
The Iranian Green Movement and the Journey of Democracy in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Alejandro A. Duran
Breaking a Violent Cycle: Human Rights and Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda, Jack Earley
Show Me the Money: Performance Evaluation of Professional Stock Recommendations, Brian A. Eckhardt
An Analysis of Education Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, Katharine Eger
Institutionalized Since Adolescence: Deconstructing the Legality and Legitimacy of Israel’s Incarceration of Palestinian Children, Zain Abdulla El-Jazara
The Effect of Increased Regulation on Option Use Within the Information Technology Industry, Ahmed H. Eltamami
Double Loss: The Economics of Death, Amber Falkner
The Influence Exposure Has on Consumer Behavior, Ryan M. Farney
Sentencing Reform In The Nation’s Juvenile Justice System: A Set of State and Federal Policy Recommendations Following Miller v. Alabama (2012), Jack J. Fernandes
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: "America's Original Transgender Sweetheart" and the Construction of Womanhood, Celia M. Flinn
Risk Gene v. Safety Net: An Analysis of the Factors the Drive Individuals to Become Entrepreneurs, Milly Fotso
Equity is the New Black: Examining Changes in the Executive Compensation Structures of Internet Companies, Meghan K. Fuelling
A Vehicle of Expression, Cristian Garcia
Society and Suffering: City as Character in 19th Century Realism, Kevin T. Garske
Relationships Within the Family Tree: Roots of Recidivism, Madison Gebhard
Esports in Korea: A study on League of Legends team performances on the share price of owning corporations, Filbert Goetomo
If I Think I Can: Do Short Term Career Search Self-Efficacy Interventions Work?, Kelsey Gohn
Lattices and Their Application: A Senior Thesis, Michelle Goodwin
Impact of the Reputation of Venture Capital Firms and Startup Participation in Accelerator Programs on Early-Stage Startup Growth, Emily R. Gran
The Policy Determinants of Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa, Shane Griffee
Exploring Radio Frequency Positioning Methods and Their Use in Determining User Context in Public Spaces, Remy Guercio
Social Networks and Innovation, Thomas Hague
Impacts of Former Military Dictatorships on the Female Presidents of Brazil and Argentina, Theodore Hall
The Impact of IFRS Adoption on Intangible Asset Accounting Treatment and Marketplace Decision-Making, Jason Harrington
Impact from Texas Tort Law on Damages Recovered, Richard Samuel Harris
Identification of Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Breast Cancer Based on Chromatin Modifications, Laura E. Hayward
Stabilizing California's Water Supply: A Strategy to Alleviate the Impacts of Drought with Desalination, Kelsey L. Heflin
Craft Beer Expansion in the United States, Alex J. Herrera
