Senior Theses from 2016
Cognitive Contributions to Academic Procrastination: Investigating Individual Differences of Personality and Delayed Discounting of Rewards, Alyssa J C Lew
A Critical View of Contemporary Environmentalism: Pushing for Grassroots Struggle and Hope during an Era of Escalating Catastrophe, Sarah E. Lockwood
A Critical View of Contemporary Environmentalism: Pushing for Grassroots Struggle and Hope during an Era of Escalating Catastrophe, Sarah E. Lockwood
Stressful Scriptures: Gender Role Ideology, Gender Role Stress, and Christian Religiosity, Tess A. Lommers-Johnson
Economic Assimilation for Immigrants in Chile: An Employment Convergence Analysis, Emily C. Long
Making Community: Student Subculture and Cultural Variance in the Harvey Mudd College Inner Dormitories, Kinzie T. Mabon
Unreliable Narrators, Rebekah Manikowski
"Can We Do A Happy Musical Next Time?": Navigating Brechtian Tradition and Satirical Comedy Through Hope's Eyes in Urinetown: The Musical, Katherine B. Marcus Reker
“Why Can’t Run ‘Like a Girl’ Also Mean Win The Race?”: Commodity Feminism and Participatory Branding as Forms of Self-Therapy in the Neoliberal Advertising Space, Katherine B. Marcus Reker
Old Masterpieces, New Mistress-pieces: Cindy Sherman's Reinterpretations of Renaissance Portraits of Women, Caitlyn D. Marianacci
What Is the Role of International Law in Resolving Territorial Conflict? An Analysis, Rebecca N. Marx
Indigenous Rights Policy and Terrorist Discourse: A Strategy to Stifle Mapuche Self-Determination in Chile, Reyna McKinnon
Performative Identity in Djuna Barnes' The Ladies Almanack and Nightwood, Nora K. McNeary
Antibiotic Efficacy and Interaction in Escherichia coli during Varying Nutrient Conditions, Kristina K. Millar
Goddesses of Color: Interfaith Altars, Aimee H. Miller
The Scholar Magician in English Renaissance Drama, Ashley M. Minnis-Lemley
Sari Not Sorry: A Discussion on Whether or Not Gulabi Gang's Feminist Vigilantism is Necessary in a Welfare State, Namrata Mohan
Gynecologists, Bureaucrats, and Stoners: The Rise of Women in Television Comedies and Critiquing the Postfeminist Perspective, Victoria Montecillo
The Naïve Ingénue, The Plucky Everyman's Hero, and the Ingénue Gone Awry: The Satirical Deconstruction of Theatrical Character Tropes in Urinetown: The Musical, Victoria Montecillo
Let Your Panza be Your Guide: Decolonizing Fat in Chicanx Art and Literature, Melissa I. Móntez
The War on Drugs and Public Safety Realignment in California: Shifting Incentives, Persistent Problems, Chiara C. Moore
Our Sound Our Silence: Self Care in Student of Color Activism, Alexa S. Muniz
Attachment Theory as a Predictor of Emotional Distress, Ivette R. Munoz
NGO's Internet-Activism in Territorial Disputes, Hayana Nam
"By the Hand of a Woman": Gender, Luxury, and International Relations in Andrea Mantegna's Judith and Holofernes, Caroline Nelson
Law and Policy: Methods for Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Maria Newman
Using Association Analysis for Medical Diagnoses, Shinjini Nunna
Persuasion in the Health Field: Framing the Message for Attitude Change, Kelley Ogami
Saving Our Heroes: A Longitudinal Study of Mental Disorders Within the Fire Service, Bailee Pelham
The Influence of Advertisement Music on Gender Identity and Sex Stereotyping in Young Girls, Ellen S. Pelos
Increasing Energy Efficiency in Existing Residential Buildings: A Case Study of the Community Home Energy Retrofit Project (CHERP), Jenna Perelman
A Model For Empowerment: Lugenia Burns Hope’s Community Vision Through the Neighborhood Union, Madeleine Pierson
Dissociative Anonymity: Performative Photography and the Use of Uncanny Disguise, Catherine G. Poole
Youth in Crisis: Understanding the Surge of Adolescent Suicide in South Korea, Caroline Porter
Senior Composition Thesis, Madhuri Preeti Rao
The Other Side of the Glass Ceiling: For Females, Climbing the Corporate Ladder is only Half the Battle, Kate B. Restaino
Dismantling Structural Inequality in the Inland Empire: Rebuilding Community from the Ground up at Huerta del Valle Garden, Jennifer E. Reyff
L'art et l'amour à Travers un Amour de Swann de Marcel Proust, Sarah M. Robertson
Playing the Fool: Feste and Twelfth Night, Brooklyn D. Robinson
Welcome to the Family, Madeline Rocco
Playing With Fire: An Examination of the Context and Conservation of Jose Clemente Orozco's Prometheus, Abigail E. Rodriguez
Dark Humor and Suicide: Exploring Viewer Suicidality in "The Long Way", Sarah M. Rosen
Moving Towards Home: An Exploration of Black American and Palestinian Solidarity, Nicole O. Rufus
Caregiver Burden and Depressive Symptoms in Hispanic Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients, Maureen R. Salinas
Shifting Relations Suggest the Start of a “New Chapter” with Cuba—Or Do They?: Portrayal of Cuba in the New York Times, January 2014-July 2015, Xitlaly Sanchez
Development of a Dengue Fever Vaccine from Recombinant DENV2 Protein and Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Tianna Sheih
IIs It Really “Fine”?: An Analysis of the Paralinguistic Function of Punctuation in Text Messages, Meridean Shim
Heroin Addiction Treatment: Aikido as a Valid Form of Supplemental Treatment in Addition to Standard Outpatient Rehabilitation, Arianna Sifuentes
Alcatraz and the Contemporary Carceral Landscape: A Counter-Visual Analysis, Lauren F. Silver
Potential Bias in Early-Stage Venture Capital Funding, Jennifer A. Smith
To Fill the Void With Color, Leah Snider
Taxi! Taxi!: The Impact of E-hailing Apps on the Singapore Taxi Industry, Shreya Soota
L'Identité Déracinée: La Traduction de la Mémoire Culturelle dans l'Art de Zineb Sedira, Lily M. Spang
The Philosophy of Ecology in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Stephanie A. Steinbrecher
The Power of Perks: Equity Theory and Job Satisfaction in Silicon Valley, Kristi Sun
Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts: A Case Study of Argentina and Its Federal Capital, Maya K. Suzuki-Jones
The Influence of Economic Ideologies on U.S. K-12 Education Policy: Testing, Markets, and Competition, Corinna M. Svarlien
Machine Translation and Text Simplification Evaluation, Elmira Tapkanova
Evaluating Effects of Non-Compete Agreements on Entrepreneurship, Sofie C. Thixton
Performing the Uncanny: An Exploration of Self Through Alternative Process Photography, Caroline Thomas
The Philosophy of Mathematics: A Study of Indispensability and Inconsistency, Hannah C. Thornhill
Love in the Golden Years: A Narrative Examination of Romantic Relationships in Older Adulthood as Compared to Young Adulthood, Ariana Turner
An Ecofeminist Critique of the Alternative Food Movement, Delia Ley Tyrrell
Social Comparison and Self-Presentation on Social Media as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms, Janet L. Uhlir
An Analysis of Intentional Kinesthetic Empathy: A Somatic Therapeutic Approach, Talia B. Vilaplana
"Pa'l Norte," "Sueño Americano" e "Ice El Hielo": Un Análisis del Video Musical en el Desmontaje de la Retórica Anti-Inmigrante en los Estados Unidos, Aida M. Villarreal-Licona
Macro Self-Portraiture and the Feminine Grotesque, Emily C. Wages
Self-Expansion and Romantic Partner Request for Friendship Termination, Emily C. Wages
You’re Not a Superhero, or Even an Artist! How the “Alias” Comic Book Holds the Answers, Lorraine Wang
Henry Cowell, The Great Experimenter: Uncovering the Catalysts that Generated a Composer’s Ultramodernist Piano Techniques, Chessa Catherine Wathen
Reclaiming the Female Suicide Narrative: Rebirth, a Plunge, and the Absurd, Shelby T. Wax
Charlie Hebdo: The Politics of French Identity & Exclusion, Madison J. Welsh
Tipping the Scales: The Public Health Crisis in Mexico, Haley M. Wilhelm
Mirrors and Windows Ab 101 and the Feasibility of a Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum in California, Tess M. Williams
Flow and Performance Competency in Modern and Ballet Dancers, Ella Wilson
Inner Connectivity and Outward Expressivity: A Phenomenological Investigation of Dancers' Psychological Experiences, Ella Wilson
The Accountability of Private Prisons in America During the Era of Mass Incarceration, Olivia S. Wilson
Gender, Physical Disability and Perceived Social Support in the Workplace, Isabel G. Wozencroft
Neighborhood Change an Gentrification: The Effects of Government Urban Revitalization Policies, Grace H. Xue
Space Between: Asian-American Women Identity, Culture and Contemporary Art, Grace H. Xue
Awakening the Mind-Body Connection: Yoga as Embodied Knowledge in the K-5 Curriculum, Jacci Yin
A Skin-Deep Analysis on Deconstruction: How Transforming the Modern Surface Transformed Notions on Gender, Elise K. Young
One in Four, Nicole V. Zwiener
Senior Theses from 2015
Coming Out of the Margins: LGBTI Activists in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Samantha Abelove
A New Battleground, Samantha Abernathey
The Impulse to Punish: A Critique of Retributive Justice, Devika Agrawal
Not Just a Legend: The Gendered Conquest of a Spanish American Society, Angie I. Aguilar
Interior, Concept and Clay: A Study of Self and Space, Lily Alan
Our Bodies Below the Belt: Navigating Agency in Childbirth in the Contemporary United States, Gabriela M. Al-Shamma
Civic Participation: Factors That Drive an Individual to Become Politically Involved, Alexandra L. April
Take a Deep Breath: How Yoga Postures and Breathing Techniques Can Impact PTSD Symptoms, Sophia E. Armington
Why Yoga Feels Good: The Integration of Somatics, Anatomy, Yoga, Sophia E. Armington
Oxytocin, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cortisol: Roles of Oxytocin in the Stress Response, Amira Athanasios
