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 2010
The Feasibility of Road Privatization in Los Angeles, Sam Corcos
Private Equity Transaction Bankruptcy Risk Prediction, Lewis A. Corson
CHILE: Mi Conquista, de Norte a Sur, Grace Cowan
Moving Away From Regulation and Legislation: Solving the Network Neutrality Debate During Obama’s Presidency, Cara J. Daley
The Secondary Market for Gift Cards and the Role of Corporate Bankruptcy Risk, Kaitlyn A. Desai
Electromyographic Analysis of Trunk Muscle Activation During a Throwing Pattern Following Rotator Cuff Mobilization, Aubrey L. Doede
Far From Gold: Why Hosting the Olympics is Detrimental to the Host Country, Carlen Don
Factors Affecting the Forecasting Ability of Implied Correlation in Currency Options, Justin S. Eskind
A State Level Analysis of Teach For America's Impact on Student Achievement, Steven Ferguson
Weaving Through Reality: Dance as an Active Emblem of Fantasy in Performance Literature, Tara Maylyn Frankel
Forecasting the Inland Empire's Economic Recovery, Jesse C. Franklin
Tragic Pleasure in Shakespeare's King Lear and Othello, Luella Fu
Governing Gambling in the United States, Maria E. Garcia
Reform in California's Immigration Enforcement and Immigration Court, Nelson E. Gil
Impact of the Federal Estate Tax on the LA Dodgers, Mark Gose
Diversification Premium on Indian ADRs During the Financial Crisis, Rajat Gupta
Calvin and Conciliation, Alexander S. Haines
The Shame of Preserving Honor: Why Honor Killings Still Plague the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the 21st Century, Krysten Brooke Hartman
The Underlying Factors of Regional U.S. Hotel Market Resiliency Post 9/11, Beaumont L. Heidrich
Electric Vehicles: Market Opportunities in China, Shanna Hoversten
An Examination of the Government Accounting Standards Board, Christopher D. Jones
How Are Inflation Expectations Formed by Consumers, Economists and the Financial Market?, Shaun Khubchandani
The Reality of Child Sexual Abuse: A Critique of the Arguments Used by Adult-Child Sex Advoates, Kacey Klein
Inequities of Contemporary French Women, Olivia Kuhlman
The Role of the Socio-Cultural and Developmental Context on Special Education, Amanda Lam
Examining the Impact of California's Medical Marijuana Program on Public Health, John C. Lamb
Profits, Prestige, and a Little Bit of Sunshine: American Independent Cinema Enters the Mainstream, David A. Landay
Less is More: An Analysis of Firm Concentration in the American Airline Industry, Riley Lewis
The Theories of Deindividuation, Brian Li
Conflict of Interest?: Executive-Auditor Relationship and the Likelihood of a SEC-Prompted Restatement, Henry Lyford
Selling its Future Short: Armenia's Economic and Security Relations with Russia, Ian J. McGinnity
An Economic Impact Study of the "Boom" Period of Baseball Stadium Redevelopment, Emily McNab
The Effects On a State When They Lose Their Senior Senator, Adam J. Morris
Children in Jeopardy: An Evaluation of Interventions for Orphans of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Molly E. Murtaugh
Free Trade and Free Societies: The Effects of CAFTA on Democratic Institutions in Central America, David Nahmias
Hindutva and Anti-Muslim Communal Violence in India Under the Bharatiya Janata Party (1990-2010), Elaisha Nandrajog
War, Race, and Gender in American Presidential Elections in 1964 and 1972, Baxter Norcross
Effective Environmental Management of the National Park Service: A Case Study of Channel Islands National Park, Daniel T. Olmsted
Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Sexual Education in the United States, Therese B. Orbea
Humanizing the Other, Cynthia A. Ortega
Disability in America: A Minority Group for Everyone, Nicholas W. Ostreim
Some Professionals Play Minimax: A Reexamination of the Minimax Theory in Major League Baseball, Jeffrey Park
The Relationship Between Competitive Balance and Revenue in America's Two Largest Sports Leagues, Matt D. Pautler
Canopy Demographics at the Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica, Gizelle M. Pera
Spain and the 2004 Expansion of the European Union: A Case of FDI Diversion?, Christopher M. Preston
Laying Bare the Sins of the Father: Exploring White Fathers in Post-Apartheid Literature, Casey M. Reck
The Value of the Sovereign Credit Default Market: Domestic Stock Market Interaction and Contagion Effects during Credit Crisis, Alexander M. Reichert
Epigenetics: Blurring the Line Between Nature and Nurture, Elizabeth H. Rose
Ergodic and Combinatorial Proofs of van der Waerden's Theorem, Matthew Samuel Rothlisberger
El Sistema de Pensiones Español: ¿Puede la Inmigración Prevenir una Crisis Futura?, Gregory J. Sanford
Short Term Strategies for Long Term Power: The Rise and Potential Fall of Hugo Chávez, Linden E.S. Schult
A False Sense of Security: The Social Security Debate, Chris Shipman-Sercu
La Vilaine, Cordelia Solomon
The Case of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the Outset of the Iraq War, David C. Spiller
The Role of Fair Value Accounting in Bank Failures: 2001-2010, Jacob Edward Eugene Spring
A Valuation of U.S. Not-For-Profit Summer Camps with a Comparison of Two Members of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, Kristine N. Staley
The Consequences of Increasing Ocean Acidification on Local and Global Fishing Industries, Alyson N. Stark
Solar Development in the Mojave Desert, Joseph B. Swartley
Airline Bankruptcy: The Determining Factors Leading to an Airline's Decline, Jason Tolkin
Sustaining Rural Economies with Wind Development, Eric J. Van Oss
Do Investors View Excess Capacity as a Determinant of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry?, Jennifer M. Volk
Ethics and Leadership: How Personal Ethics Produce Effective Leaders, Jessica Waggoner
Motivation Behind Volunteerism, Emmeline Widjaja
The Untold Story Behind California's Scapegoat: An Analysis of Proposition 13, Corinne Williams
Interpretations of Medievalism in the 19th Century: Keats, Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites, Shannon K. Wilsey
Reducing Recidivism in the State of California: An Evaluation of California's Prison and Parole Programs, Heidi C. Wolfgruber
The Unintended Consequences of Increased Transparency in American National Government, Abigail K. Woodruff
Transfer Pricing: Current Problems and Solutions, Ronald Wu
On Collective Self-Determination and a Palestinian State, Jackson Brown Wyrick
Activist Investor Impact on CEO Compensation of Investment Targets, Eric Zacharias
Multicultural Education: What is it and Does it Have Benefits?, Celestial J. Zaldana
Improving the Status of Indigenous Women in Peru, Jennifer Zavaleta
Analysis of Acquirer Stock Performance in Mergers and Acquisitions in Alberta's Oil and Gas Industry, Harrison A. Zivot
Moral Agency and Advancements in Artificial Intelligence, Arielle L. Zuckerberg
Senior Theses from 2009
Advancement of the Adivasis: The Effect of Development on the Culture of the Adivasis, Jantrania Akta
Ask for It: The Impact of Self-Esteem, Situational Characterization, and Gender on the Propensity to Initiate Negotiation, Anna Beninger
Jeane Kirkpatrick and the End of the Cold War: Dictatorships, Democracy, and Human Rights, Ilan Wurman
Senior Theses from 2008
Confrontation Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism; Where Brazil and the United States Meet, Rachel F. Rosenfeld
Good Nietzsche, Bad Nietzsche: The Role of Friedrich Nietzsche in Richard Rorty’s Political Thought., Paul A. Snell Jr.
Senior Theses from 2006
Sustainability Reporting At Higher Education Institutions, Robert Heilmayr
Senior Theses from 2001
Contested Land: The Bernard Biological Field Station, Lara A. Glueck
