Senior Theses from 2013
"A Facade of Most Exquisite Gallantry": The French Educational Reforms of the Late Nineteenth Century and their Impact on Women's Education, Willa D. Oddleifson
Every Child Left Behind: The Effects of No Child Left Behind on Private School Enrollment, Julia J. Ogburn
Roots of Polynomials: Developing p-adic Numbers and Drawing Newton Polygons, Julia J. Ogburn
Eradicating Malaria: Improving a Multiple-Timestep Optimization Model of Malarial Intervention Policy, Taryn M. Ohashi
The Existence of State Dependence and Switching Costs in the Transition From MySpace to Facebook, Taryn M. Ohashi
Locked In: Introspection, Diana Orihuela
The Affect of Low Tide on the Digestion of Balanus glandula, the Acorn Barnacle., Jesse Osborn
The Use of Anti-CD3 Treatment and Genetic Screening to Delay Further Beta Cell Destruction in Type 1 Diabetes, Natasha Uday Pabrai
Our Language of Dreams, Madison K. Pathe
Does the Internet Affect the Relationship Between Government Regulations and New Firm Entry Rates? Evidence from a Cross-Country Study, Emilia Perez-Orselli
Humanitarian Aid in Question: The Case of Rice Imports to Haiti, Madeleine R. Potter
The Failure of a Constitution: The Changing Role of Ethnicity in Party Politics and State Formation in Nepal, Joan M. Pradhan
Health Inequality in the 21st Century: A Case Study on the “Diabetes Belt” in the Southern United States, Hannah Rapp
The Stories of Environmental Ethicists in Word and Image, Camille Robins
The “Twice-Looted” Archives: Giving Voice to the Long-Silenced Witnesses of World War II, Jessica S. Rosenthal
Les Enfants dans les Coins: Une Comparaison d’Autisme en France et Aux Etats Unis, Danya J. M. Rubin
#SaveChuck: The Effectiveness of Fan Campaigns to Save Television Shows, Ariel E. Saland
Art and Dance: Sediments, Segments, and Movement, Avantika Saraogi
The Bollywood Item Number: From Mujra to Modern Day Ramifications, Avantika Saraogi
Érotiques ou Pornographiques? Une Enquête du Procès du ‘Love-Shop’ 1969 Curiosités Désirables, Peyton Scott
Evidence for the Bypass of the Response-Selection Bottleneck in Tasks with Reflexive Responses in Younger and Older Adults, Brandi S. Seaman
Dialectic of Celebrity Politics: Identifying Public Personalities and Political Performers in Twenty-First Century America, Molly M. Serizawa
Agricultural Development in Nepal: Analyzing the Struggle to Modernize, Madeline C. Sheldon
Water Reuse as Part of San Diego's Water Portfolio, Hillary P. Shipps
Future Digital Advertising Trends: Finding a Balance Between Privacy and Personalization, Madison L. Shove
Food Security on Maui: Reinventing Agriculture in the Aloha State, Jade Silver
The Invention and Impacts of Hell’s Atmosphere: A Study of the Influence of Sartrean Themes in Two Plays by Alfonso Sastre, Hope W. Simpson
From Dolores Haze to Dakota Fanning: How Nabokov's Little Girl Went from Being a Victim of Sexual Assault to a Fashion Icon, Priya Shyam Srivats
The Impact of the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami on the Japanese Electricity Industry, Misato Suzuki
"I'm A Little Pony And I Just Did Something Bad:" Feminist Pedagogy and the Organizing Ethics in the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, Caitlin Sweeney
Justifying Slavery: An Exlopration of Self-Deception Mechanisms in Proslavery Argument in the Antebellum South, Peri Tenenbaum
Do BHA and BHT Induce Morphological Changes and DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Schizosaccharomyces pombe?, Amy V. Tran
My Family of Women: Celebrating Blackness and Exploring Themes of Black Feminism, Denise Tupper
The (Real)ity of Representation on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant: Reproducing and resisting controlling images of deviant motherhood., Denise Tupper
Stereotyping a Killer: Perceptions of Guilt, Deserved Punishment and Character of Mass Murderers and Killers, Holly J. Underhill
River Basin Management and Restoration in Germany and the United States: Two Case Studies, Abigail J. Volkmann
The Effects of Thermal Stress on Balanus glandula, Breanna E. Walker
Carving Out New Spaces of Resistance: An Analysis of the Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Joi Ward
Case Studies on the Implementation and Impact of Gender Quotas in European Legislative Bodies, Alexandra R. Weaver
Perceptions of Rape Victims: Rape, Pregnancy, and Abortion in Akin's 'Legitimate' America, Rachel H. Weiner
La Crisis de Salud en Guatemala: La Biomedicina y la Medicina Maya en Conflicto, Sophia Willis-Conger
Hunger: Black Women Recasting the Shadows that Obscure Intellectual Tradition, Bonita M. Wilson
“Damning The Dams”: A Study of Cost Benefit Analysis In Large Dams Through The Lens of India's Sardar Sarovar Project, Evelyn Wong
Possible T Cell Immune Response to AAV Treatment in non-Human Primates with Spinal Cord Injury, Laura Wyatt and Ephron Rosenzweig
A Changing in Rural Education in China - Guizhou Forerunner College, Xiameng Xiao
The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Women's Labor Force Participation Rates, Jackie E. Yamanaka
Entre les Murs et L'exclusion: L'echec du Systeme Educatif Francais, Manon M. Zouai
Senior Theses from 2012
The Bernard Field Station: An Unanswered Question, Rebecca Armstrong
Alexandria and the Construction of Urban Experience, Sara L. Bacon
Can't Be Tamed: A Feminist Analysis of Apocrypha and Other Scripture, Catherine Alison Ballard
Factors Influencing Web Tenure in a Tropical Spider and Comparison between Forest and Non-forest Habitats, Daniella R. Barraza
Ni La Tierra, Ni Las Mujeres Somos Territorio de La Conquista, Adrienne Beitcher
Mapping Community Mindscapes: Visualizing Social Autobiography as Political Transformation and Mobilization, Emily C. Bluck
Navigating the Diverse Dimensions of Stereotypes, with Domain Specific Deficits: Processes of Trait Judgments about Individuals with Disabilities, Christina G. Boardman
Mme. de Pompadour: Self Promotion and Social Performance through Architecture and the Decorative Arts, Kelly Elizabeth Boyd
Implications of Land Development on Nomadic Pastoralism: Ecological Relaxation and Biosocial Diversity in Human Populations, Hannah R. Bradley
Spelling Gratitude: An Aesthetic Exploration, Lily Anna Burgess
Female Labor Force Participation in Argentina, 1980-2003: Gendered Trends and Responses to Crisis, Natalie Butterfield
The Plight of Congolese Women: Opportunities for Sustainable Gains and Gender Parity, Jennifer Byrne
Freedom of Speech through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the Governance of Political Discourse in China, the United States, and the European Union, Emily Alice Chesbrough
Constructing Phylogenetic Trees Using Maximum Likelihood, Anna Cho
Effects of Cannabidiol on MK-801-Induced Locomotor Sensitization in Mice, Sara K. Cronin
Collective Memory, Commemoration and Ways of Remembering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Integration Crisis at Central High School, Caroline Daly
La Guerra Civil Española: Un Estudio de La Literatura Como Un Mecanismo de Recuperar La Memoria Colectiva, Lindsay R. Delp
The Role of Thd2 in Deposition-Related Deactylation and Chromatin Maturation, T. Alexandria Dumas
Adaptation: Is the Book Really Better Than the...Television Series?, Jane F. Eberts
Public Housing in the United States: Using Sustainable Urbanism to Combat Social Exclusion, Jasmine L. Edo
Supply vs. Demand: Re-Entering America's Prison Population into the Workforce, Marissa Leigh Enfield
Language Brokering a Dynamic Phenomenon: A Qualitative Study Examining the Experiences of Latina/o Language Brokers, Adriana Esquivel
(R)Evolution Grrrl Style Now: Disidentification and Evolution within Riot Grrrl Feminism, Lilly Estenson
Aid, Marginalization and Indigenous People in Guatemala, Megan M. Fenton
The Hegemony of English in South African Education, Kelsey E. Figone
An Examination of Oxidative Passivated Surfaces on 19th Century Colt Revolver Barrels, McKenzie Allison Floyd
A Look at the Causes of Gender Identity with the Help of Four Core Genotype Mice, Evan Serio Friedenberg
Conversion Theory Through the Cognitive Science of Religion Lense in a Christian-Muslim Context, Jennifer A. Garcia
31P NMR of Backbone Conformation and Dynamics in DNA at Cre Binding Site in Terms of Sequence Context, Kelly A. Garton
La Comercialización del Turismo Étnico en Guatemala y Marruecos, Michelle Diana Gloster
Neural Synchrony in the Zebra Finch Brain, Sydney Pia Goings
Verbal Scaffolding in Children's Theory of Mind, Kathline C. Gomes
Power and Relationships in the Plays of Neil LaBute: Directing and Performing in Some Girl(s), Mary Peyton Griffith
No Girls in the Clubhouse: A Historical Examination of the Institutional Exclusion of Women From Baseball, Rebecca A. Gularte
'I Am Rooted, But I Flow': Virginia Woolf and 20th Century Thought, Emily Lauren Hanna
Detecting Fraud in Bankrupt Municipalities Using Benford's Law, Allyn H. Haynes
Adenine Uracil Guanine: An Exploration of Certainty in Science, Alicia M. Hendrix
The Energetic Demand of Low Tide Stress on Balanus glandula Under Varying Thermal Conditions, Alicia M. Hendrix
Emotion and Inhibition: Pride Versus Happiness, Emery K. Hilles
Breaking Glass: Exploring the Relationship Between Kinetic Energy and Radial Fracturing in Plate Glass, Andrea Hulman
Choreographing Modernity: Loïe Fuller and Her Influence on the Arts, Katharine Hutchins
The Monkey in the Looking Glass: Fairies, Folklore and Evolutionary Theory in the Search for Britain's Imperial Self, Tessa Katherine Jacobs
Romance and Religion in College: The Predictors of Quality in College Romantic Relationships, Emma J. Jaffe
The Unraveling of Shakespeare's Othello, Corey M. Jay
Social Constructions of Teen Pregnancy: Implications for Policy and Prevention Efforts, Stephanie Jimenez
Delivering Quality Care: The Roles and Future of Midwives in Southern California, Abigail Jones
The Effects of Invasive Grasses on the Survival and Germination of Native Forbs, Rachel A. King
The Sacred State: Religion, Politics and the Jerusalem Temple, Rebecca M. King
Intentioned Network Convergence: How Social Media is Redefining, Reorganizing, and Revitalizing Social Movements in the United States, Jesse Janice Klekamp