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 2021
The Rise of Illiberal Democracy in the United States, Taylor Frank
Understanding the Relationship between Customer Concentration and Profitability in Public Firms in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry, Alexander Garcia Delgado
Gentrification and Racial Displacement in the Aftermath of California Wildfires, Patrick Gavin
The Role of the Nurse Practitioner: in United States Health Care Reform, Taylor Geary
Duty for Imagination: A Philosophical Analysis of Imagination & Defined Benefit Pension Accounting, Abigail Gilliland
Climate Change in Fiction: The Evolution and Challenges of Environmental Apocalyptic Literature, Lauren Gode
January 6th: The Culmination in and Creation of a Violent Political Movement, Cameron Gonzales
Donald Trump v. The Electorate: A Twitter Feud for the Ages, Natalie Gould
The Politicization and Polarization of Climate Change, Williamson Grassle
Set in Stone? A Civic Education Approach to Monumental Decision-Making in the United States, Anna E. Green
Ivan Meets G.I. Joe: Rock Music and its Role in the Collapse of Communist Regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, Finn Grollo
The Impact of Tweeting Support for Black Lives Matter on Firm Value: An Event Study Analysis, Stuti Grover
How a sports team can create a national identity that builds interracial relations and fosters integration, Matthew Grundlingh
Developing Culturally Versatile Leadership: Harnessing the Potential of an Integrated World Through Global Managerial Talent, Uddhav Gupta
Twitter’s Relationship with Overreaction in Individual Security Returns, David Halle
Jay Chou’s Kuso Music: Cultural Fusion in the Age of the Internet, Stz-Tsung (Stone) Han
The Jigsaw Model: A Key to a Loving Romantic Relationship, Stz-Tsung (Stone) Han
Didactic Democracy: Rethinking the Roles of Individuality, Political Freedoms and “Cultural Values” in the Process of Development, Sabrina Hartono
Reducing Binge Drinking Behavior: The Intersection of Implementation Intentions and Drinking Motives, Zach Heffernan
China’s Foreign Development Aid and its Expansion After the Mid-2000s, Juliana He
Screening Race and Religion in Hollywood: Gandhi, MLK, Chavez, and Malcolm X on Film, Carter Henderson
Reviving Death: Populism and the Persistence of California’s Death Penalty, Cameron Hendrickson
Gentrification as an Institution of Injustice: Understanding the Displacement of Low-Income Families and Erasure of Culture, Diana Hernandez
Money, Power, & Politics: Firm Lobbying Dynamics and Expenditures, Danielle Honan
Intradaily Stock Reversal During Covid19 and Through 2020, Caroline Houghton
The Effect of Comprehensive Privacy Legislation on Firms’ Stock Returns: Empirical Evidence from California’s CCPA and CPRA, Christopher Hu
Understanding Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and the use of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as a potential pharmacological treatment, Brielle Huddy
Regulating Rideshare in Progressive Era California Cities: Jitneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles 1914-1919, Nathaniel Huntington
Do Hedge Funds and Credit Default Swap Markets Shape Recovery Rates, FJ Husic
Understanding the Epigenetic Role of 8-oxoguanine and OGG1 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Kyrellos Ibrahim
Information Prioritization: A Comparison Between Utility Maximizers and Probability Matchers, Yusuf Ismaeel
U.S-Russian Arms Control: Managing Strategic Stability, Taylor Jackson
After 30 Years, the SEC Chooses to Reduce Environmental Disclosures?, Leana E. Jacobs
How Stereotypes Impede Asian American Women’s Access to Epistemic Justice, Anne Jang
Stronger as One? Examining US-Saudi Relations Since 9/11, Caroline Jenkins
Analysis of the Ethereum Current Transaction Fee Mechanism and EIP 1559, Xuehan Jiang
Waste Not, Want Not: Jordanian Water Policy, JaDa Johnson
The Privacy Predicament: An Event Study of Firm-Level Privacy Policy Changes and Their Effects on Returns, Victoria Johnson
The Future of Fashion: Corporate Social Responsibility and Essential Marketing Strategies, Taite Jorgensen
The Racial Wage Gap in Italian Soccer: Evidence from the 2019/2020 Serie A Season, Nate Joseph
Did Sarbanes-Oxley Alter M&A Activity Amongst Corporations Charged With Financial Accounting Fraud?, Declan Judge
Choreographing Community: Sharing Our Light, Adrienne M. Kafka
Seeing Through Woke-Washing: Effects of Projected Diversity Values and Leader Racial Diversity on Equity in Workplace Outcomes, Adrienne M. Kafka
What Attracts Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Cases of Brazil, China and India, Chahat Kaur
The Effect of CEO Equity Compensation on the Performance of Silicon Valley Technology Firms, Andrew Y. Kim
The Cyber Age of Authoritarianism, Jaelin Kinney
Heart Rate Variability Interventions for Sports Training and Performance, Mitchell Kirsch
An Evaluation of Knot Placement Strategies for Spline Regression, William Klein
The Duality of Gnome, Koss Klobucher
“That Ghastly Whiteness”: Race and Power in Herman Melville, Erik Koltun
Us Housing Price Cycle after 2008 Recession, Lingkun Kong
The Impact of the Nullification of the Individual Mandate in the ACA and its Effects on Health Insurance Enrollment, Henry Kraham
The Motherhood Wage Penalty: New Evidence on Long-run Effects and Group Heterogeneity, Vera Kratz
EVs Driving the Stock Market: An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Electric Vehicle Tax Credits on Stock Price Volatility, Ethan Kruteck
Loss Aversion as a Function of Social Isolation, Jessica Lee
Feature Investigation for Stock Returns Prediction Using XGBoost and Deep Learning Sentiment Classification, Seungho (Samuel) Lee
Overcoming the Challenges of Food Deserts, Salome Lefort
Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral Systems: A Complete Review and Case for U.S. Adoption, Jacob S. Leischner
Using Twitter API to Solve the GOAT Debate: Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James, Jordan Trey Leonard
Using NMR Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry to Confirm the Structure of Novel Antibiotic Nocamycin O, Stephanie Lewis
To Disclose or Not to Disclose: How ESG Transparency in IPO Prospectuses Explains IPO Underpricing in the U.S. Energy and Utilities Industry, Fredrik Linder
Pandemics and Politics: How should the World Health Organization intervene in global health crises?, Johnson Lin
Investigating Factors Explaining Cross-Sectional Differences in Early-Stage SPAC Performance, William Li
Sleep Consistency and its Relation to Inflammation: Identifying the Role of Emotional Regulation, Caitlyn Louzado
Uncovering the Role of Harmful Stereotypes in Markets: An Ethical Critique of Makeup, Arielle Lui
Politics of the Obesity Epidemic, JACOB LYLE
Latin American Stock Market Interdependence: A Dynamic Fluctuation Across Time, Patricio Madero
The Impacts of External Patient Variables on Gene Expression Profiles of Lung Adenocarcinomas, Michael Madsen
Corporate Fraud: An Analysis of What Determines the Future of Fraudulent Companies, Nico Mannucci
Uncertain Stories: Implications of Normative Uncertainty and Narrative Understanding, Benjamin McAnally
Carbon Policy Implementation: A Country-Level Analysis of Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade, Paris McCaw
How to Increase Elaboration Levels: An Adapted Elaboration Likelihood Model, Alex McDonald
Designing the Next Generation of Institutional Advancement in Private Colleges: Organizational Strategies for Engaging New Audiences, Joshua T. Meadows
Poverty Alleviation and Migration Strategies in the Northeast of Brazil, Andrea Medina
Influence of Lift In Hitting Home Runs, Jacob Mehlman
Changing Dynamics of the Hong Kong-Mainland China Economic Relations, Yinghe Mei
Viability of Physiologically Timed Relaxation Interventions in Children with ASD, Nicholas Mendez
Does the Apple Fall Far from the Tree? Exploring a Three-Tiered Relationship Between Family SES, Adolescent Self-Efficacy, and Adult Income, Maezelle Millan
Anticipatory Car Purchasing Behavior: Loss Aversion and the Forced Transition to Electric Vehicles, Satya Mindich
Modeling Baseball as a Markov Chain to Optimize Average Runs Per Game, Brandon Mitchell
SPAC Success Factors: Determinants of Post-Acquisition Share Price Growth, Cade Moffatt
Does it Pay to be Moral? A Look into Stock Market Response to ESG Disclosure in the U.S. Financial Services Industry., Aryam Mohan and Aryam Mohan
Explaining the Effects of the 150-hour Requirement on the Number of CPA Candidates, Pass Rates, CPA Licensees, and Market Concentration, Melanie Moore
The Impact of Neoliberalism in Mexico: How Free-Market Reforms Have Affected Socio-Economic Mobility, Omar Moreno
Painting While Black: Exploring Racial Identity Through Iconography, Blake Morton
Painting While Black: Exploring Racial Identity Through Iconography, Blake Morton and Blake Morton
Predicting Bankruptcy of Information Technology Companies: a comparison of alternative methods, Tumisang Mosedame
Understanding Place-Based Immigration: The Proposal, Its Popularity, and Its Prospects, Mohamad Moslimani
The Effectiveness of Government Responses to the Coronavirus: A Comparative Analysis of The United States and Canada, Charlie Mounts
GEOINT as a Force Multiplier How Geospatial Intelligence Can Strengthen Global Security, Sami Murphy
The Differential Impacts of COVID-19 on the Correlations and Volatility of the S&P500 and the Nifty50, Meyyammai Muthiah
