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 2023
OLS Price Analysis of Magic: The Gathering, Simon Harsanyi
Institutional Capital Effect’s on Single-Family Housing Markets, Henry Harvego
Performing Grrrlhood: A Lyrical Analysis of Riot Grrrl Music, Vida Hasson
Analyzing the Restorative Justice Principles and Aspects within Jurupa Unified School District’s Student Youth Court Program through an Ethnographic Lens, Camille Hermosilllo
Raising the Bar: The Impact of Gender Quotas on Legislator Quality, Viola Hernandez-Derbez
The Stateless Agent: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transboundary Air Pollution in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Region of the U.S.-Mexico Border, Elizabeth Hernandez
Women Factory Workers of the Great War, Mayin Hinduja
The Near Impossibility of Saving in Argentina: Exploring Three Options to Combat Devaluation, Kira Hirsch
The Proximity Penalty by Sector: The Case of The War in Ukraine, Jack Holden
A Defense of Kantian Ethics Against Rigorism, Leyna Hong
Implications of the Stoic Theory of Emotions, Mustafa Hourani
Understanding Financial Inclusion: A Comparative Analysis of Financial Mechanisms in Uganda, Amari Huang
The Implausibility/Triviality Dilemma of Standpoint Epistemology, Lucas Hyman
Further Complicating the Tension Between Alienation and Act-Consequentialism, Thomas Philip Ivashkiv
Doing Well While Doing Good? The Cost of Responsible Investing, Elizabeth Iwicki
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment, Net Portfolio Equity Inflows, and Balance of Payments, Kalpita Jain
Ghana Dier: An Analysis of How Availability and Access Impact Food Security in Ghana, Aishat Doyinsola Jimoh
Plipastatin as a Potential Chalkophore: Resistance Mechanisms Against Copper in B. Subtilis, Grace Johnson
The Effects of Age on Working Memory Capacity and Neural Function, Jasmin P. Joshi
The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Depression in College Students, Bryn Kable
Trials to Triumphs: A Conceptual Integration of Resilience and Leadership, Siri Kazilionis
Betting the House: How Legalized Sport Gambling Affects State Level Bankruptcy Rates, Brian Kenyon
The Implications of Natural Gas and Oil Dependence on Nuclear Proliferation Efforts: A Case Study of the 1970s Energy Crisis and the Beginning of OPEC’s Nuclear Ambitions., Luca Amrit Khalsa
A Historical Analysis of the Evolution of Violence Targeting Palestinian Children (1947 – Present), Saneen Khan
Leaning In, or Lack Thereof: Uncovering the Impacts of Intersectional Discrimination on Asian American Women, Nishka Khoobchandani
The Impetus for Innovation within the Department of Defense, Abigail Kim
The Rise of Populism and the Decline in Fertility Rates in South Korea, Hyung Jin Kim
Challenges of Nutrition in Malaysia: Poverty, Land Appropriation, and Indigeneity, Jeanie Kim
The True Cost of the American Dream: A Loss of Identity, Jeffrey Kim
Perils and Promise of Basing Welfare Through the Tax System: An Analysis of Tax Filing and Credits, Anika Kimme
The Effects of Workforce Gender Composition on Mental Health Outcomes: An Industry Comparison, Seungmin (Amy) Kim
Using blowfly hosts to investigate Nasonia vitripennis population in Southern California, Julia Knolton
The Bad Guy and the Good Guy: Harnessing LIN28B and let-7 in diffuse midline glioma, Truman Knowles
An Analysis of Salary Difference for Left-Handed Pitchers, Jarrett Korson
Tail Risk Hedging: Do Hedged Portfolios Outperform Unhedged Portfolios Over the Long Run?, Adam Koszut
Review of Solid State Battery Life Cycle Analysis and Resource Criticality, Elmir Kouliev
Listed Private Equity Returns: The Forecasting Power of Premiums and Discounts, Daniel Krasemann
The Challenges of Developing New Renewable Energy Technologies, Kiran Kruse
Sustainable Capitalism: Arriving at a Suitable ESG-Reporting Framework, Matthew Landeros
Habitat Influences Eye Size in the Evolution of Cetaceans, Gregory Larrabee
Simulacra and Simulation Hypothesis: How Real is Our Reality?, Annika Larson
Maximizing Productivity and Quality in Senior Thesis Writing with Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing Driven Tools, Lauren Leadbetter
School-Based Approaches to Mitigate Childhood Obesity’s Negative Health Effects, Kristin LeBlanc
Documentary: Vintage LA, Troy Lehenbauer
The Effect of Securities Class Action Lawsuits on Investor Sentiment, Lok Yiu Natalie Leung
Agricultural Subsidy and Insurance Program Reforms to be Considered in the 2023 Farm Bill, Augusta Lewis
Autonomy, Influence, and Impunity: the Failures of the Western Intelligence Institution, Ava Liao
Inland Empire Warehouse Moratorium Debate: When Economics Gets Spicy, Muxi Li
From the Top of the Mountain to the Rock Bottom of Addiction: The Opioid Epidemic that Devastated Appalachia, Mikaela Lipsky
Should Old Comrades be Forgotten: Kazakhstani-Russian Relationship in 2022, Boyang Liu
The Emergence of a New Soviet Self: Political Implications in the Prostokvashino Trilogy, Boyang Liu
Moralize through Sympathy: An Analysis of Adam Smith’s Sentimentalist Moral Theory, Zhutao Li
The Role of the Wagner Group in the Russo-Ukrainian War, Erik Herbert Lohmus
Ethiopian Jews: A Historical Inquiry of Beta Israel, Brian Loudermilk
Failing History: How Multinational Institutions Cannot Prevent Cultural Racketeering, Molly Luce
Vulnerable Culture: Protecting History in War and Peace, Molly Luce
Gender Disparity in Pretrial Criminal Processing, Grace Huai-Jie Lu
The Yasuní-ITT Initiative: Ecuador’s Ambitious Proposal and What We Can Learn from its Failure, Lucy Mahoney
Revisiting the 2018 Corsica oil spill - a preliminary case study of ecosystem recovery from PAHs in Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), Makenna Mahrer
Modern-Day Hearing Impairment: The Role of Environmental Factors and Lifestyle Choices, Hassan Majeed
Impact of Demand for H1B Visas in the US on the Performance of Listed Indian Firms, Jayaditya Shekhar Maliye
Evaluating the Performance of U.S. Card Networks in the New Fintech Era: An Event Study Analysis, Samantha Pauline Manywa
How the Middle Class Exists (in Academic Literature): A Semantic Analysis, Sophie Mars
Analysis of REIT Capital Structure on Market Leverage Ratio, Nick Maurice
The Effect of Visual Alcohol Cues on Risk Taking Behavior Based on Memory Primes and Individual Drinking Habits, Madison McCue
Losing Faith in Religious Exemptions: Examining the Bounds of the Free Exercise Clause, Jessie Miller
Air Pollution from Crop Production: Fertilizer and the Methane Crisis, Elizabeth Mitchell
Heterogeneity in the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Labor Market Effects, Carlos Montelongo
Predicting Flight Prices with Machine Learning: A Multicollinearity-Based Feature Selection Approach, Daniel Monzon
Beyond Sustenance: Exploring the Socio-Cultural Significance, Benefits, Barriers and Financials of Fruit-Bearing Trees in Creating Sustainable Communities, Marco Morfin and Marco Antonio Morfin
Global Trade Implications of a Russia and Ukraine-like Conflict Between China and Taiwan, Jay Morris
Blurring the Line Between Kierkegaard’s “Either/Or”: Proposing a Solution to the Phenomenon of the Double Movement, Salina Munoz
The Effects of Gender and COVID-19 on Labor Force participation in the United Kingdom between 2015 and 2021, Sahana Narayan
Appraising the DeVos TIX Rule: Due Process in Campus Adjudication Processes, Athulya Nath
Reframing Modesty: Emergence of Muslims in Media and Fashion, Zoya Nawaz
The Relationship Between Maternal Emotion Socialization and Child Executive Functioning and Behavior: Exploring the Moderating Role of Cortisol, Mayela Norwood
Water Usage On Illegal Marijuana Farms In California, Case Ostrom
Understanding the Journey of Human Prenatal CD4+ PLZF+ T Cells to the Small Intestine, Tomi Oyedeji Olaniyan
Gamblers and the Game of Life: A Literary Examination of the Professional and the Addict, Annika Ozizmir
Moral Self-Deception and Psychological Egoism, William Parker
Ownership Investments into Sports Franchises: A New Asset Class, Ben Pelz
The Multi-Dimensional Relationship Between Immigration Policies and Mexican Migrant Women: A Cycle of Violence, Vulnerabilities, and Sobreviviencia, Jasmine Perales and Jasmine Perales
The Impact of Ultra-processed Foods on Mental Health via the Gut-Brain Axis in Female Germ-Free Mice, Lateshia Peters
Major Problems with the Major Questions Doctrine: The Impact of West Virginia v. EPA on Environmental Regulations and Judicial Review, Holman Pettibone
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Depressive Symptoms: Considering the Role of Cultural Orientation and Fit, Akriti Poudel
Closing the Achievement Gap?: Examining the Equity of California's School Finance System Using Student Test Scores, Michelle Ramirez
ATHLETE-DRIVEN MEDIA: HOW NBA PLAYERS ARE RECLAIMING THEIR STORIES AND NARRATIVES IN THE ERA OF HOT TAKES AND DEBATES, Adrian Ramos
