Senior Theses from 2024
Exploring the Impact of Diabetes on Feet: Analysis of Foot Ulcers with a Focus on Eczema-Related Considerations, Namlhun Jachung
The Effect of Dsk1 and Kic1 Kinase Deletions on Cdr-2-GFP Localization in Fission Yeast, Kelsey Shintaku
Senior Theses from 2023
Hyperparameter Codependence in FieldNet: Guidelines for ANN construction, Seiji Akera
Radioactive, Internal Colonialism: The Uranium Industry’s Historic and Current Impact on the Navajo Nation, Sophie Arens
Decolonial Foodurisms: From Plantations to Agricultural Spaces of Intersectional Healing, Dominic Arzadon
Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Mental vs. Physical, Patria Aziz
From Building to Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar
Can the XY+Z Heisenberg Model Be Compressed Using the Yang-Baxter Equation? An Exploration of the Compression of Quantum Time Dynamic Circuits Describing Heisenberg Spin Chains, Miriam Caron, Bo Peng Dr., Scott Gould Dr., Kevin Setter Dr., and Niranjan Govind Dr.
Grieving Climate Change: A Psychological and Personal Exploration of Emotionally Processing the Climate Crisis, Hava Chishti
Utilizing Multiple Analysis of Petrocalcic Soils to Determine Potential Environmental Factors, Cecilia Compton
Redesigning Pitzer's East Mesa Parking Lot, Maisie deBruyn
Survey based investigation on diet/BMI in Indian-American communities, Arjan Deol
21st Century Exhibition Rhetorics, Sabina Eastman
The Ways I'm a Fraud: Essays on Imposter Syndrome in Identity, Jack Friedman
Preparing for Uncertain Water Futures: An Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Southern Sierra Nevada Snowpack, Infrastructure Vulnerability, and Implications for San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Management, Kyle Greenspan, Branwen Williams, and Heather Williams
An Analysis on How Housing Status Influences the Gut-Brain-Axis for populations in and around the Skid Row Area of Los Angeles, California, Mauricio Guzman
“If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another”: Black LGBTQ students and their experiences with school discipline and punishment, Quentin Jenkins
Addressing the History and Proposing a Solution for Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria, Riley Kinlaw
La Puerta Park, Graeme F. Logan
Diversity, Equity, & Exclusion: Examining Jewish Identity & Antisemitism as Missing Pieces of DEI and Ethnic Studies Education, Katie Meitchik
Can Host Traits and Environmental Conditions Predict Helminth Fecundity and Length?, Finley Melnikoff
Effect of poor menstrual health on UTI diagnosis, Michelle Muturi
Evidence for the Integration of Movement Based Alternative Therapy in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, Kareena Parmar
Analysis of the Dynamic Between Air Pollutants in the Environment and COVID-19 in Rural and Urban California Counties, Isabella Pollalis
Surfactant-Loaded Xanthohumol: A Potentially Improved Hops-Based Antimicrobial, Ty Rocker
My Backyard Garden, Hezekiah Smithstein
Investigating Neuroanatomical Evolution through Proliferative Cells in the Astyanax Mexicanus, Sophie Staeger
Effects of Indonesian Cuisine on the Dutch Kitchen and Culture Post World War II, Anton Syril van Schaik
From Bloom to Bouquet: Unearthing the Toxic Cut Flower Industry, Addie Wasikonis
Miniscule and Might Predators: A Cautionary Tale of the Power of Mosquitoes in California and the Greater United States, Benjamin Willett
Growing Culturally Relevant Food at the Urban Farm: An Examination of Sovereign Foodways, Place-Making Practices, and Autonomous Identity-Shaping, Dahlia Bess Zail
Senior Theses from 2022
Addressing Pediatric Health Disparities: School-Based Health Centers Expand Access to Primary Care and Advance Health Equity, Clio Bazakas
Not Coming Home: The Flaws in Skilled Nursing Facilities and their Contribution to Cyclical Hospitalizations of Post-Acute Patients, Kate Eisenbraun
Shriveling Bodies and a Shrinking World: A Journey from Woolf’s Feminism to Contemporary Notions of Aging, Beauty and Visibility, Esme Fairbairn
Mental Disorders, the Positivity Effect, and Questions of Identity and Responsibility, Liam Jones
Agroecology Curriculum Proposal, Emily Kuhn
PARENT-PROMPTED DYSREGULATION: DO PARENTS SERVE AS CUES FOR DYSREGULATION IN SOME CHILDREN?, Daniel Lee
Validation of the Use of Clathromorphum compactum Growth and Skeletal δ18O as a Proxy for Seawater Conditions, Teagan McMahon
The Heirloom as Evidence: Investigating the Colonial Trace Preserved within my Family’s Sandalwood Box, Olivia Meehan
Beyond The Technical Dimensions of Water: Community-Based Efforts for Water Justice in the High Desert, Ella Meyer
Model Minority Perceptions: The Lived Experiences of Asian American Women in Collegiate Sports, Anna Ponzio
Investigation of Tryptophan Synthase Mutation Effects on Substrate and Coenzyme Binding, William Ragen
COULD PRE-EXISTING ORF3A IMMUNITY FROM PRIOR CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS PROTECT AGAINST SEVERE COVID-19?, Benjamin Sievers
Queer Survival Amidst HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and Homelessness, Julia Young
Senior Theses from 2021
CLAREMONT COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SEXUAL EDUCATION EFFECTIVENESS: An Analysis of Demographic Characteristics and Values, Michelle Calcany Blair
Diversifying Participation: The Rarity of Reporting Racial Demographics in Neuroimaging Research, Madeline Goldfarb
Critical Consciousness-Raising: High School Teachers' Collective Strategies to Engage Students' Inspiragination, Kiera Havill
Reclaiming Indigeneity and Sovereignty: Anticolonial Resistance among Indigenous Peoples in Northeastern Turtle Island, Leah W. Kelly
The Demographic Indicators of Political Distrust and Action in Hong Kong, Andrew Koo
The Impact of Tidal Elevation and Climate Change on the Growth and Performance of Balanus glandula, Sam Martin
Theory and Praxis of the Barbara Drake Memorial Library at the Robert Redford Conservancy in Claremont, California, Sandra Sublette
The Implications of Tear Gas Use on Endocrine Function, Sylvie Wilson
Heat Stress During Larval Stages on Coral Survivorship for M. Capitata, Sarah Woo
Neither “Post-War” Nor Post-Pregnancy Paranoia: How America’s War on Drugs Continues to Perpetuate Disparate Incarceration Outcomes For Pregnant, Substance-Involved Offenders, Becca S. Zimmerman
Senior Theses from 2020
Plastics Derived From Derelict Fishing Gear in the Arctic: Looking at Sustainable Fisheries for a Strategy of Mitigation, Remediation and Prevention in Iceland and Alaska, Natalie S. Armstrong
The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: An Exploration of Changing the Discourse on Conservation, Arielle Ben-Hur
Transgressing Boundaries: Challenging Gender Within the Athletic Industrial Complex, Isa Berardo
Development of Discourse and Criteria in Green Building, Ben Bronstein
Elevating Equity: Strategies from State-Level Clean Energy Standards in the United States, Spencer Burget
Urban Renewal or Urban Legend? Re-Historicizing Human-River Relationships Disrupted by Displacement Before and Now in Los Angeles, Jamie Sophia Helberg
Towards a Resilient Future: Federal Policies for Adapting the U.S. Coasts to Climate Change, Samuel Horowitz
Challenging Moral and Policy Rationales for Charging Youth as Adults, Molly Lockwood
Climate Translators: The Impacts of Broadcast News on the Political Divide Over Climate Change in the United States, Dylan V. Macy
Rights, Water, and Guardians: How Rights of Nature Movements are Reshaping our Current Environmental Ethics and What These Policies Need to be Successful, Megan Schmiesing
The Women of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop: Anni Albers' and Gunta Stölzl's Impact, Sophia Silane
The Weaponization of Poverty: An Investigation Into United States Military Recruitment Practices In High Schools Of Low-Income Communities In The Inland Empire, Michael Springer-Gould
ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS: SEEKING AN AFROFUTURIST PERSPECTIVE, Simone Wolynski
Senior Theses from 2019
Campaigning on an Environmental Justice Platform: Irmalinda Osuna for Upland City Council, District 3, Jenny Bekenstein
Women in the Wage Economy: A New Gendered Division of Labor Amongst the Inuit, Hannah Buehler
The Sea Turtle as a Marketing Symbol for the Anti-Plastics Movement, Hannah Chiu
The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on College Students’ Experiences, Shaafi A. Farooqi
A Ghetto Presidency: Bobi Wine & the Role of Digital and Urban Spaces in Ugandan Power Relations, Kalanzi Kajubi
Un-containing and Institutional Erasure of Memory: A Platform Proposal for the Claremont Colleges, Sophia Rizzolo
Mapping Land Use Around the San Francisco Bay: A Look at Environmental Justice through S. F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s Permitting History, Aviva R. Wolf-Jacobs
Senior Theses from 2018
The Educational Opportunity Structure and Stratification of College Counseling at Southern California Public High Schools, Adriana Ceron
1.5/2nd Generation Vietnamese-Americans and Their Health Beliefs and Attitudes, Theresa Dang
Indigenous-led Resistance to Environmental Destruction: Methods of Anishinaabe Land Defense against Enbridge's Line 3, Charlotte Degener Hughes
WHY DO UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES LEAVE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?, Cindy Onyekwelu
Photographic Representation and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Case Study at the Claremont Colleges, Emma Tasini
Sustainability-Efficiency Paradox: The Efficacy of State Energy Plans in Building a More Sustainable Energy Future, Austin Zimmerman
Senior Theses from 2017
Democracy in the Dark: An Energy Democracy Model Centering Property and People, Feby Boediarto
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please: Transit Equity, Social Exclusion, and the New York City Subway, Taylor Novick-Finder
The District's Stepchild: The Total Erasure of Low-Income Latinx Students' Needs at Continuation High Schools, Gabriela R. Ornelas
