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 2016
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
The Bilingual Advantage in Cognitive Control and its Consequences for Cognitive Decline in Natural Aging, Kelly J. Chan
What Fantasy Can Do for Her: A Critical and Creative Exploration of Secondary and Fractured Worlds, Elizabeth Chapin
A Natural Language Search Interface for Accommodation Queries, Erin Chavanne
Coming in from the Cold: Recommendations for United States Arctic Policy, Aseem Chipalkatti
Reducing Subjectivity: Meditation and Implicit Bias, Diana M. Ciuca
A Psychological Analysis of Behavioral Consumerism: Advertising, Decision-Making, and its Implications for Retailers, Grace V. Coburn
Untangling the Role of Brand Affect and Brand Trust in Marketing Research, Megan K. Coleman
The Limitations of the Growth of US Army Special Forces and the Implications for US Policy Makers, Michael Connell
Managing Environmental Risk in the Oil and Gas Industry, Haley Conner
An Exploration into the Influence on Share Prices for Publicly Traded Football Clubs, Anthony Contreras
Simplifying an Infinitely Complex State-Space: Real-Time Strategy Optimization in Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Michael Cornell
Employee Engagement: Restoring Viability to a Corporate Cliché, Madeline G. Crawford
Moral Relativism: Can One Community Give Another a Reason to Change?, Matthew A. Crawford
Reverse Line Movements in NFL Gambling: Parallels to Financial Market Biases and the Imitation of Informed Bettor Strategies, Philip S. Crawford
The Impact of Tenants Default Risk and Transactional Variables on Value: An Empirical Model of Single Tenant Net Leased Retail Assets, Braden R. Crockett
What's in a Name? Effects of the "Mentally Ill" Label on Autonomy, Miriam E. Cruz
The Invisible Wall: An Analysis of Metropolitan Procurement Regulations in the United States, Kenneth M. Cunanan
Better Measurement of Governments through the Application of Accrual Accounting for Government-Wide Financial Statements, Caleb D. Cunha
The World According to Frank Underwood: Politics and Power in "House of Cards", Lindsey E. Davidson
The Effects of Expert Testimony in Sexual Assault Trials, LillyBelle K. Deer
The Effect of CEO Gender, Age, and Salary On Firm Value, Brandon H. D'Ewart
Tiny Houses: Community and Dwelling, Evan Dion
A Legacy of Corruption and Politicization: Mexico’s Police Problem, Andrew Dobbs-Kramer
Examining The Impact of Florida's Non-Economic Damage Cap on Elderly Populations, Andrew W. Dodds
On The Road with the VanLife Community: The Art of Storytelling in the Age of Instagram, Joseph Dorn
Examining Romantic Partner Preferences: Effects of Gender and Expressed Interest, Jackson Doyle
Role of Alpha Oscillations in Reweighting Multiple Attributes During Choice, Samuel I. Dunham
Perspectives on Insider Trading Regulation: Examining Economic and Ethical Implications, Louisa Dunwiddie
