Senior Theses from 2015
"We're All Jock Tamson's Bairns": Scottish Ethnic Identity and Nationalism in America, Avalon Harder
Contextualizing the Elimination of Syria's Chemical Weapons: The Nonproliferation Regime, U.S. Policy, and Cultural Assumptions of the Middle East, Danica P. Harootian
Capitalism, the Reproduction of Racial Difference in American Education, and Black Student Resistance, Ti'esh N. Harper
The Germ Theory of Dystopias: Fears of Human Nature in 1984 and Brave New World, Clea D. Harris
Exploration of Materials Used in 3-Dimensional Printing for the Dental Industry, Holly Chang Hayden
The Parental Patriarchy: How U.S. Parental Leave and Child Care Policies Perpetuate Motherhood Inequality in the Workplace, Sarah E. Hiller
"A Village Can't Be Built in a Jail" Carceral Humanism and Ethics of Care in Gender Responsive Incarceration, Claire E. Hirschberg
Femininity and Dance at the Interface of Performance: An Exploration of Femininity through Performance in Suit Up, a Choreographic/Performance Dance Thesis, Christiana K. Ho
The Intersection of Women, Aestheticism and Dance in the Scripps College Dance Department, Christiana K. Ho
Enhancement on Counting Invariant on Symmetric Virtual Biracks, Melinda Ho
The Question of Child Abandonment in South Korea: Misplacing Blame on Personhood, Margaret Hong
Sexual Education across the United States: Are we doing it right?, Emily A. Horne
Evaluating U.S. and E.U. Competition and Supremacy Legislation, Selene M. Hsu
E-Commerce: The Impact of Internet Technologies on Pricing in Retail, Caroline Hu
The Rogers Case: Examining Kentucky's Democratic Deconstruction through Prison Expansion and Campaign Finance, Leah R. Hughes
The Tammy Manifesto and the Politics of Representation, Leah R. Hughes
Deconstructing 'Empowerment' in Nike's 2010 Campaign: A Critical Assessment of Female-Targeted Sports Advertising, Madeleine A. Hurlbut
‘All of Us Can Be the Movement’: An Analysis of Educator Activism in Hawai'i, Sheena S. Iwamoto
African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Conservation in Tanzania, Zoe M. Jacobs
A Mathematical Model of the Effect of Aspirin on Blood Clotting, Breeana J. Johng
A Cultural Comparison of Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sarah P. Johnston
Individual Differences in Dissociation and EEG Responses to Emotional Pictures, Shruti Kannan
Context-Dependent Insecure Attachment as a Product of Parental Dynamic, Isabelle Kaplan
Fairtrade Ground Up: Profit and Power in the Certification System from the Perspective of Coffee Farmers in La Convención Valley, Peru, Kathryn E. Keisling
Scripps College: A Photogenic Campus, Caitlin Kenney
The Culture of Nature in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Allison Kerley
Farm Scale Feasibility of Exploiting UV Radiation for Sustainable Crop Production, Alison G. Kibe
Investigating the Influence of CHD1 on Newly Deposited Histones in Drosophila Melanogaster, Catherine S. Kim
Postcolonial Literature: Dualities in the God of Small Things, Stephanie B. Kim
Variables in VBAC Success: A Retrospective Review of Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC) and Labor Support, Jenna A. Koblentz
Queer 'Paradise Lost': Reproduction, Gender, and Sexuality, Emily R. Kolpien
Identities of the Anonymous: A Quantitative Analysis of Identity Construction in Computer Mediated Communication, Natasha Kraus
Implications of Heavy Metal Pollution on Wildlife in the Rio Parrita Watershed, Costa Rica, Martha M. Kresz Bierut
Obscenity in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and James Joyce's Ulysses: A Postmodern Literary, Legal, and Cultural Analysis, Christie Kweon
Gaming, Friend or Foe: An Analysis of Religion in Video Games, Firdaus Landou
Defining Dark Romanticism: The Importance of Individualism and Hope in the American Dark Romantic Movement, Sacha B. Langer
Personality and Creativity Correlates in Adults with Childhood Imaginary Companions, Carolyn Lasch
An Analysis of Heavy Metals in Sediment and Water of Southwestern Costa Rican Watersheds Using ICP-MS, Moriah I. Lerner
A Digital Crisis? Art History and Its Reproductions in the 20th and 21st Century, Rachel M. Levi
Fish Out of Water: A Transmedia Adaptation of The Little Mermaid, Alicen M. Lewis
Time Frequency Analysis of Neural Oscillations in Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Iris Lieuw
Monsters Without to Monsters Within: The Transformation of the Supernatural from English to American Gothic Fiction, Tryphena Y. Liu
Geographic Relevance for Travel Search: The 2014-2015 Harvey Mudd College Clinic Project for Expedia, Inc., Hannah Long
Theatre as Education: Creating and Performing a Play with Elementary School Students, Sarah C. Lopez
A Love Affair: Feminist Voice and Representation in the Romance Fiction Narrative, Anna L. Loughridge
It's the Economy, Stupid: Economic Voting and Gender Bias in U.S. Congressional Elections, Grace Lutz
Could Intuitions Be Beliefs?, Xinyue Lu
Queer Celibacy: Spiritual Friendship and the New Evangelical Response to Homosexuality, Natasha Magness
Papers and Legitimacy: An Analysis of Legal Documentation and Migrant Salvadorans’ Perceptions of “Being American”, Beatriz E. Maldonado
I Accidentally This Thesis Because East: The Influence of the Internet on Spoken Language in Eastspeak, Emma S. Manning
Queer Content in Science Fiction Allegory and Analogue: Is It In Disguise?, Anna C. Marburger
Inorganic Heavy Metals as Environmental Pollution Indicators in Rio Baru, Costa Rica, Lia Kimiko Metzger
White Feminist Tears: Understanding Emotion, Embracing Discomfort, Exploring Dominant Femininities At Scripps College, and Stepping Towards a Critical White Anti-Racist Feminism, Helena Budzynska Mietka
eXplicit Content: A Discussion of the MPAA Film Rating System and the NC-17 Rating, Caroline H. Miller
Phthalates: Science, Advocacy, and Biomonitoring, Lauren Mitten
Building Bridges: An Evaluation of Urban Planning Interventions in Divided Cities, Michaela E. Moffett
Us and Them: The Role of Inter-Group Distance and Size in Predicting Civil Conflict, Michaela E. Moffett
"A Great Man's Madness": An Inquiry Into Sanity and Gender in Jacobean Tragedy, Vittoria Mollo
Pour L'Orgueil et contre les Préjugés: Mémoires de George Sand et Valérie Trierweiler, femmes répudiées, Vittoria Mollo
The Poverty-Reinforcing Violence Trap in Guatemala: The Cost of the Drug Trade and Prohibitionist Drug Policies, Kaitlin Morris
Developing a Gene Editing System to Study Haplodiploidy in the Jewel Wasp, Nasonia Vitripennis, Emily A. Muller
This is Home: Reflexiones Sobre Una Obra de Danza Basada en Historias Personales de Inmigración, Michelle Nagler
Cocktails and Compliance: An Exploration of Provider Discourse Regarding Adherence to ART Medication, Swathi Narahari Ms.
Synthesis of a Novel Organoplatinum (II) Compound, Elizabeth Nesbitt
Local Food Networks and the Power of Community, Lucia Nunez
Challenges Surrounding the Conservation and Replication of Eva Hesse’s Sculpture, Kaela L. Nurmi
Japanese Office Ladies: A Life of Luxury, Nicole S. Ogawa-Yukitomo
Utilizing Hydrology and Geomorphology Relationships to Estimate Streamflow Conditions on Maui and O‘Ahu, Hawai‘I, Brytne Okuhata
Being Japanese in English: The Social and Functional Role of English Loanwords in Japanese, Shalina Omar
Effect of the Acute Stress Response on Foraging Behavior in Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows, Zonotrichia Leucophrys, Sarah C. Osborne
Power and Resistance: Reconciling Foucault and Marx, Mengqi Pan
Wittgenstein and Certainty, Mengqi Pan
Variations in Stable Isotopic Composition of Gorgonian Corals in Southeastern Alaska, Devyn Parks
Perceptions of Gangs and Their Effect on the Legal System, Katherine A. Pecoulas
Spolia and Spectacle: Art Collecting Culture in Late Republican Rome, Jill Diana Penman
Rights We Are Bound to Disrespect: John Locke, Dred Scott, and the American Social Contract, Megan A. Petersen
Placing Munich: A Search Through Aufbruch, Elisabeth R. Pfeiffer
Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Content in the Hatillo River, Costa Rica, Vivian G. Pham
San Diego’s Options for Alternate Sources of Water: A comparative analysis of water recycling and desalination as alternative methods to importing water, Alana O. Pokorny
Norton Simon: The Man with "Two Hats", Helen Ragen
Analysis and Ethical Conservation of a Roman Statue Head in the Scripps College Permanent Collection, Shaina Raskin
Cultural Assessment of Paternity Leave in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the USA, Vaishali L. Ravi
Le Nationalisme et L'identité Nationale dans la Préservation des Jardins Historiques: Vaux-le-Vicomte, Le Potager du Roi, et Champ de Bataille, Mikayla E. Raymond
The American Presidency and the Creation of U.S.-Israel Policy, Hera Razvi
Online Feminisms: Feminist Community Building and Activism in a Digital Age, Taryn Riera
What is the 'Economic Value' of learning English in Spain?, Molly M. Robbins
But Think of the Children! The Effects of Obscenity in Television on Moral Development, Emily M. Roizin
Minds, Brains, and Animals, Oh My! An Examination of Parfitian Personal Identity through Cartesian Dualism, Alexandra Ronco
Giving to Get: An Exploration of the Role of Narcissism and Impulsivity in Charitable Giving, Laura B. Rosenthal
Chains: Process, Form, and the Psychoanalytic, Haley C. Ross
Switching Screens: An Examination of How House of Cards and Scandal Represent Shifting Strategies in Television, Laura Rossiter
Who Needs Friends When There is FRIENDS? Watching Television as a Form of Social Surrogacy, Laura Rossiter
Losing Vision: What Can Art Gain in the Absence of Sight?, Seana Rothman
Statistics of the Self: Shaping the Self Through Quantified Self-Tracking, Lauren M. Rowse
Estimating the Population Size of Wrinkle-Lipped Free-Tailed Bats, Tadarida Plicata in Borneo Using Image Counting Techniques, Annemieke V. Ruina
Untold Narratives: Refugee Experiences from Laos to Richmond, California, Laiseng Saechao
lol i'm fine, Jane Scearce
