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 2014
The Right to Digital Privacy: Advancing the Jeffersonian Vision of Adaptive Change, Kerry Moller
Modern Escapism: A Field Guide OR, How to Get Lost Without Really Trying, John L. Montesi
Virgil and Numerical Symbolism, Anna Mullan
LBF: Lightweight Bluetooth Framework: An Extension of the iOS Core Bluetooth LE Framework, Chad W. Newbry
Samantha: A Social Location-Based Framework for iOS Applications, Joe S. Newbry
Beyond Bias and Criminalization: Factors Behind Latino Youth Crime Trends, Kimberly Ngai
Re-Calculating the Strength of Reason Not to Kill When Potentiality is Not Enough, Victoria Nichols
An Analysis of the Substantive Effectiveness of the National Environmental Policy Act: Lessons from Ivanpah, Stephanie C. Oehler
The Secret Weapons of World War II: An Analysis of Hitler's Chemical Weapons Policy, Reyn SP Ono
An Examination of Bid-Ask Spreads: How Do Management Forecasts Affect Information Asymmetry?, Marisa Orozco
Diagnosing the Determinants of Tort Reform, Shree Pandya
Al-Qaeda in Syria: implications for Middle Eastern Security and U.S Foreign Policy., Ibrahim Pataudi
The Deadweight Loss of Equity-Based Compensation, Jessica Pence
Gun Violence And The Path To Reform For American Citizens, Yevgeny Pereverzin
Liberation Pop Theology: An Exploration Of The Different Ways Pop Musicians Have Led Individuals To Greater Salvation, Douglas W.L. Peterson
The Open Economy: An Algebraic Approach, Bernardo Pistorelli
Colormoo: An Algorithmic Approach to Generating Color Palettes, Joshua Rael
Explorando el liderazgo femenino en América Latina: Lo que podemos aprender de Michelle Bachelet, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y Dilma Rousseff, Claudia Raigoza
The Political Incorporation of Latino Immigrants in California, Adriana Janet Ramos
Effects of Regulatory Change on Stock Prices and Profitability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Malaysia, Manasvini Ravishankar Ms.
The Rainbow Effect: Exploring the Implications of Queer Representation in Film and Television on Social Change, Maya S. Reddy
An Anti-Bullying Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Catherine Rex
The Making of Latina Leaders: Leadership Styles, Influences, and Challenges, Alejandra Rivera
Reforming the International Corporate Tax Code: A Transition to a Territorial Tax System, Katherine J. Rodriguez
The Effect Of Tax Loss Harvesting On Momentum In The U.S. Stock Market: An Intra Industry Group Study, Josh Rosenberg
How Insiders and Informational Events Affect Bid-Ask Spreads: A Simulation-Based Approach, Andrew G. Runde
An Analysis of the Indian Underground Economy, Muskan Sachdeva
Who is the Customer? Identifying the Initial Adopters of Formal Savings. Field Evidence from Malawi, Karan Saggi
The Toxic French Education System: La Journée de la jupe and Sexism, Gabriel A. Salerno
20 Años De Tlcan: Promesas Vs Realidades, Gabriel Sandoval
The Determinants of Firm Profitability: The Effect of Social Media, Nicholas Schmidt
Reducing queue wait times at Los Angeles International Airport, Harshit Sedani
Trade Liberalization in Mexico: An Analysis of the Anti-Export Bias, Daniel J. Serra
Quand le Réalisme Ne Suffit Pas : Le Mystère et l’Incertitude dans "Le Horla" et "Le Chef-d’œuvre Inconnu", Tess Sewell
Finding Zeros of Rational Quadratic Forms, John F. Shaughnessy
Evaluating a Simple Trading Strategy with Dividend Stocks, Shitong Shou
Testing the Efficiency of the NFL Point Spread Betting Market, Charles L. Spinosa
Judicial Retention Elections and the Bird Court's Legacy, Samuel Stone
Silicon Valley Startup Companies: A Question of Culture, Nora E. Studholme
The Un-carrier Revolution: Marketing Trends in U.S. Wireless Telecommunications, Ankit Sud
The Trouble With Transfer Pricing, and How to Fix It, Justin Sykes
The Centralization of Bitcoin: The Long-Run Economics of Bitcoin Mining, Matthew Taylor
The Aristocratic Émigrés Of The French Revolution: Their Struggles, Travels and Search for National Identity, Blair Thomas
The Super Bowl and Advertising: An Analysis of Firm Enhancement, Joshua M. Thomasson
Virtuous Self-Love and Moral Competition, Jennifer M. Torres
The Effectiveness of International Law in Upholding the Rights of Refugees, Wendalyn Tran
Harnessing the Trajectory of Food Transitions to Better Feed the World, Catherine Tung
The Artist's Dilemma; A Philosophical Analysis of “Selling Out” and Its Impacts on Well-Being In the Music Industry, Jenson R. Tuomi
Partisanship: An Analysis of Polarization, Shaundra J. Ullman
Structuralist Qualia, Lucas Jon Van Houten
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
Womentrepreneurship after the Great Recession: An Empirical Analysis of Female Entrepreneurship Rates in Europe, Anthea J. Weixel
The Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing, Horizontal Drilling, and Acidization in California, Christina Whalen
Compatibilism of Causal Determinism and Free Will, Eoin Whitney
Do Public Pensions Affect City Borrowing Costs? The Impact of Local Government Pension Contributions on Municipal Debt Yield Spreads, Carter J. Wilkinson
Foreign Military Financing: A Policy Review, Andrew J. Willis
An Examination of Alcohol Use and Abuse in College Students, Emily Willoughby
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
Major League Baseball Player Valuations Based on Market Size, Theodore J. Zanias
Quantifying The Impact Of Temperature And Wind On NFL Passing And Rushing Performance, Max A. Zipperman
Senior Theses from 2013
Can Cities Manage Growth Through Taxation? A Study of Spatial Equilibria in California Cities, Katya A. Abazajian
Sterilized by the State: A Feminist Analysis of Eugenics, Forced Sterilization, and Reparations in North Carolina, Samantha E. Abril
Montanita: A Modern Augmented Reality System, Sean Adler
The Impact of the Security Transaction Taxes on Stock Prices and Stock Liquidity; Evidence from the NYSE, Vedika Agarwal
California Water Management: Establishing a Framework for an Efficient Future, Gordon H. Algermissen
Accounting for Product Recalls: How to Promote Strong Corporate Governance and Business Ethics, Kevin Amirdjanian
Unemployment Rates During the Not-So-Great Recovery: How Much is Structural versus Cyclical?, Nicole Appleton
Why Korean Reunification Will Be Good, Necessary, and Different From Germany, Bernadette O. Asuelime
Life and Death: Spiritual Philosophy in Anna Karenina, Jillian Avalon
Jorge Luis Borges y Roberto Arlt: El Mito de Buenos Aires y le Realidad de la Vida Porteña, Brian Baier
State Level Earned Income Tax Credit’s Effects on Race and Age: An Effective Poverty Reduction Policy, Anthony J. Barone
Rape as a Weapon of War: The Demystification of the German Wehrmacht During the Second World War, Alisse Baumgarten
THE POLICY AND CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS V. SEBELIUS, Elizabeth Jean Beckett
The Declining Natural Fish Stock: A Proposed Solution to Public Fear and Perceptions of Genetically Modified Fish, Morgan Beltz
Analyzing the Meritocratic and Functional Deficiencies of the American Political System, Maximilian K. Benard
Determinants of Fuel Choice in New Electric Power Plants, Andrew Bergman
Crisis in the Eastern Nile Basin: an Examination of the Challenges to Egyptian Hydro-Political Hegemomy and Potential Domestic Solutions, Alexandra Bergonia
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and The Publicity Effect, Jared E. Bernstein
The Rise and Fall of Record Labels, Ilan Bielas
Social Piracy in Colonial and Contemporary Southeast Asia, Miles T. Bird
Grand Strategy in U.S. Foreign Policy: The Carter, Bush, and Obama Doctrines, Sara M. Birkenthal
Arab-Israelis and the Israeli Defense Force, Catherine K. Blakelock
Gideon v. Strickland: Ineffective Appointed Counsel and the Right to a Fair Trial, Christopher B. Blomberg
Divide and Defend: a New Ethical Approach to State Sponsored Terrorism, Mark R. Blumenfeld
Incipe denuo: The Effect of Restatements on Credit Rating and Credit Default Swap Price, Charles H. Blyzniuk
Patty Hearst: A Media Heiress Caught in Media Spectacle, Anna E. Bodi
Creative Writing Thesis: Poetry, Desmond Bonhomme
Conditional Cash Transfers and Child Health: The Case of Malawi, Ryan F. Boone
Policy Approaches to Reduce Discrimination Against Minorities in Europe, Bojana Bozic
Monetary Policy, Business Cycles, and the Behavior of Small Manufacturing Firms, Philip A. Brady
Software Patents and Litigation Patterns: Does patent hoarding deter or incentivize litigation?, Christina E. Brandt
'Naked’ CDS Regulation and its Impact On Price Discovery in the Credit Markets, Rodrigo Bravo Beneitez
The Effect that Hurricanes have on Unemployment in Coastal Counties in the United States, Charles Brown
Electric Municipalization in the City of Boulder: Successful Greening or Path to Bankruptcy?, Kathryn C. Browning
Latinos and the California GOP: A Troubled Courtship, Hannah Burak
The Effect of Excise Taxes on Cigarette Smuggling: An Instrumental Variable Approach, Tim Burke
