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.

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Senior Theses from 2014

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Goodwill Impairments: Why Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Fail, Tara Jotwani

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The Effect of Natural Disasters on Volunteerism, Alexander P. Kalish

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The Role of Early Intervention Programs on Reducing the Negative Effects of Poverty, Jenna Kanegawa

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The Impact of Fitness Technology on Health Outcomes, Megan C. Kelley

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Built to Succeed: An Econometric Study of NBA Roster Composition and Playoff Success, Nicholas B. Kennedy

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Open Source and Electronic Voting: A New Strategy Toward Technical Procurement for Voting Systems, Andor Kesselman

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Gender Differences in Academic Self-Efficacy in the Subjects of Mathematics/Science and English, Niharika Khemka

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The Rise of Private Equity in China: A Case Study of Successful and Failed Foreign Private Equity Investments, June Kim

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The Effects of Climate Change on the Geographical Range of Lyme Disease in the United States as Determined by Changing Tick Distributions, Sarah D. King

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The Deontological and Utilitarian Cases for Rectifying Structural Injustice in Sweatshop Labor Ethics: A Critical Assessment, Clark J. Kissiah

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The Efficacy of Long-Term Kinesio Tape on Grip Strength in a Healthy Population, Neel Kotrappa

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Developing An Efficient High-Trust Model Within Audit Teams, Julian James L. Laguisma

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Cooperative Security: The American Strategy for a Rising China, Ethan Landau

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A Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data in Relation to Major Stock Indices, Stephen Langdon

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Tax Non-Compliance In Developing Countries: Examining The Effect On Foreign Direct Investment, Infrastructure And Transfer Pricing, Daphni Lappas-Grigoraki

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The Effects of NAFTA and Domestic Reforms on the Development of Mexico’s Agriculture Sector, Aron N. Larson

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Droit de Suite in the United States: The American Royalties Too (ART) Act of 2014, William H. Leach

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Can the Chinese Economy Affect the US Stock Market? The Case of the 2008 Chinese Stimulus Package, Jacqueline M. Lee

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Security Threats in Perspective: Understanding the Failures of American Foreign Policy in Africa, Carolyn S. Lenderts

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The Draw of The Sprawl: Commuting and the Inland Empire, Philip Liao

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Determinants Of Eurozone Bond Yields During The Sovereign Debt Crisis, Steven Limandibhratha

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Teaching an Old Profession New Tricks: An Analysis on the Effects of the Flipped Classroom Model on Student Performance, Theresa K. Lomneth

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Moscow, We Have a Problem: Russia's Inconsistent Approach to the Evolving Concept of Sovereignty in the 21st Century, Hillary E. Lundberg

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Coalitions, Institutions, and Counterinsurgency: The U.S. - NATO Alliance in Afghanistan, Grace Caroline Mahan

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Los bancos del tiempo en España: combatiendo la recesión con la moneda social, Marco Martellini

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The Liberalization Of Shibor And The Economic Fundamentals Of House Price Growth In China, Michael J. Mavredakis

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The Long Arm of the Law: Executive Overreach and the AUMF, Tyler McBrien

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The Grand Strategy: A Study on Hannibal’s Stratagem During the Second Punic War, John T. Medin IV

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The Way Things Were, Kira Mesman-Hallman

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Selling Lend-Lease: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Rhetoric of American Intervention, William Mitchell

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The Right to Digital Privacy: Advancing the Jeffersonian Vision of Adaptive Change, Kerry Moller

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Modern Escapism: A Field Guide OR, How to Get Lost Without Really Trying, John L. Montesi

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Virgil and Numerical Symbolism, Anna Mullan

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LBF: Lightweight Bluetooth Framework: An Extension of the iOS Core Bluetooth LE Framework, Chad W. Newbry

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Samantha: A Social Location-Based Framework for iOS Applications, Joe S. Newbry

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Beyond Bias and Criminalization: Factors Behind Latino Youth Crime Trends, Kimberly Ngai

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Re-Calculating the Strength of Reason Not to Kill When Potentiality is Not Enough, Victoria Nichols

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An Analysis of the Substantive Effectiveness of the National Environmental Policy Act: Lessons from Ivanpah, Stephanie C. Oehler

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The Secret Weapons of World War II: An Analysis of Hitler's Chemical Weapons Policy, Reyn SP Ono

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An Examination of Bid-Ask Spreads: How Do Management Forecasts Affect Information Asymmetry?, Marisa Orozco

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Diagnosing the Determinants of Tort Reform, Shree Pandya

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Al-Qaeda in Syria: implications for Middle Eastern Security and U.S Foreign Policy., Ibrahim Pataudi

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The Deadweight Loss of Equity-Based Compensation, Jessica Pence

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Gun Violence And The Path To Reform For American Citizens, Yevgeny Pereverzin

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Liberation Pop Theology: An Exploration Of The Different Ways Pop Musicians Have Led Individuals To Greater Salvation, Douglas W.L. Peterson

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The Open Economy: An Algebraic Approach, Bernardo Pistorelli

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Colormoo: An Algorithmic Approach to Generating Color Palettes, Joshua Rael

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Explorando el liderazgo femenino en América Latina: Lo que podemos aprender de Michelle Bachelet, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y Dilma Rousseff, Claudia Raigoza

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The Political Incorporation of Latino Immigrants in California, Adriana Janet Ramos

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Effects of Regulatory Change on Stock Prices and Profitability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Malaysia, Manasvini Ravishankar Ms.

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The Rainbow Effect: Exploring the Implications of Queer Representation in Film and Television on Social Change, Maya S. Reddy

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An Anti-Bullying Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Catherine Rex

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The Making of Latina Leaders: Leadership Styles, Influences, and Challenges, Alejandra Rivera

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Reforming the International Corporate Tax Code: A Transition to a Territorial Tax System, Katherine J. Rodriguez

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The Effect Of Tax Loss Harvesting On Momentum In The U.S. Stock Market: An Intra Industry Group Study, Josh Rosenberg

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How Insiders and Informational Events Affect Bid-Ask Spreads: A Simulation-Based Approach, Andrew G. Runde

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An Analysis of the Indian Underground Economy, Muskan Sachdeva

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Who is the Customer? Identifying the Initial Adopters of Formal Savings. Field Evidence from Malawi, Karan Saggi

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The Toxic French Education System: La Journée de la jupe and Sexism, Gabriel A. Salerno

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20 Años De Tlcan: Promesas Vs Realidades, Gabriel Sandoval

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The Determinants of Firm Profitability: The Effect of Social Media, Nicholas Schmidt

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Reducing queue wait times at Los Angeles International Airport, Harshit Sedani

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Trade Liberalization in Mexico: An Analysis of the Anti-Export Bias, Daniel J. Serra

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Quand le Réalisme Ne Suffit Pas : Le Mystère et l’Incertitude dans "Le Horla" et "Le Chef-d’œuvre Inconnu", Tess Sewell

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Finding Zeros of Rational Quadratic Forms, John F. Shaughnessy

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Evaluating a Simple Trading Strategy with Dividend Stocks, Shitong Shou

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Testing the Efficiency of the NFL Point Spread Betting Market, Charles L. Spinosa

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Judicial Retention Elections and the Bird Court's Legacy, Samuel Stone

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Silicon Valley Startup Companies: A Question of Culture, Nora E. Studholme

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The Un-carrier Revolution: Marketing Trends in U.S. Wireless Telecommunications, Ankit Sud

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The Trouble With Transfer Pricing, and How to Fix It, Justin Sykes

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The Centralization of Bitcoin: The Long-Run Economics of Bitcoin Mining, Matthew Taylor

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The Aristocratic Émigrés Of The French Revolution: Their Struggles, Travels and Search for National Identity, Blair Thomas

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Postcolonial Possibilities and Contexts: Examining Egyptian Female Involvement in Islamic Movements Outside of a Liberal Feminist Framework, Lauren Thomas

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The Super Bowl and Advertising: An Analysis of Firm Enhancement, Joshua M. Thomasson

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Virtuous Self-Love and Moral Competition, Jennifer M. Torres

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The Effectiveness of International Law in Upholding the Rights of Refugees, Wendalyn Tran

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Harnessing the Trajectory of Food Transitions to Better Feed the World, Catherine Tung

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The Artist's Dilemma; A Philosophical Analysis of “Selling Out” and Its Impacts on Well-Being In the Music Industry, Jenson R. Tuomi

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Partisanship: An Analysis of Polarization, Shaundra J. Ullman

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Structuralist Qualia, Lucas Jon Van Houten

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Speaking and Rhetoric in the Community: The Implications of Aristotle's Understanding of Being, Logan C. Vescio

Differences in Basal Metabolic Rates, Heart Masses, and Hematocrits of Bats, Terrestrial Mammals, and Birds, Brett Kaoru Watanabe

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Womentrepreneurship after the Great Recession: An Empirical Analysis of Female Entrepreneurship Rates in Europe, Anthea J. Weixel

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The Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing, Horizontal Drilling, and Acidization in California, Christina Whalen

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Compatibilism of Causal Determinism and Free Will, Eoin Whitney

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Do Public Pensions Affect City Borrowing Costs? The Impact of Local Government Pension Contributions on Municipal Debt Yield Spreads, Carter J. Wilkinson

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Foreign Military Financing: A Policy Review, Andrew J. Willis

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An Examination of Alcohol Use and Abuse in College Students, Emily Willoughby

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The Cost of Going Bulge: A Comparative Analysis of Bulge Bracket and Non-Bulge Bracket Banks and their Impact on IPO Underpricing, Eric Michael Yee

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Major League Baseball Player Valuations Based on Market Size, Theodore J. Zanias

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Quantifying The Impact Of Temperature And Wind On NFL Passing And Rushing Performance, Max A. Zipperman

Senior Theses from 2013

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Can Cities Manage Growth Through Taxation? A Study of Spatial Equilibria in California Cities, Katya A. Abazajian

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Sterilized by the State: A Feminist Analysis of Eugenics, Forced Sterilization, and Reparations in North Carolina, Samantha E. Abril

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Montanita: A Modern Augmented Reality System, Sean Adler

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The Impact of the Security Transaction Taxes on Stock Prices and Stock Liquidity; Evidence from the NYSE, Vedika Agarwal

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California Water Management: Establishing a Framework for an Efficient Future, Gordon H. Algermissen

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Accounting for Product Recalls: How to Promote Strong Corporate Governance and Business Ethics, Kevin Amirdjanian

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Unemployment Rates During the Not-So-Great Recovery: How Much is Structural versus Cyclical?, Nicole Appleton

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Why Korean Reunification Will Be Good, Necessary, and Different From Germany, Bernadette O. Asuelime