Senior Theses from 2014
Virginia Woolf and Literary Impressionism, Alejandra Veyna
A Study of Post-Fire Recovery in Invaded Coastal Sage Scrub at the Bernard Field Station, Dana Marie Von Schaumburg
AB 32 and SB 375: Investigating Land Use and Transportation Policy on a Regional and Local Scale, Caroline Vurlumis
The Discrimination of the Ethnic Chinese in Indonesia and Perceptions of Nationality, Amanda Walujono
Growing Together Separately: An Analysis of the Influence of Individualism in an Alternative Educational Setting, Jessica L. Warren
First We Cook, Emma Wartzman
These Are the Days, Alexandra Alden Weaver
Structural Limits of Liberal Neutrality: Understanding Problems for Sustainabiity, Madison R. Williams
American Influence on Korean Popular Music, Zaneh M. Williams
(Un)Focusing the Gaze, Cassandra L. Won
The Economic and Behavioral Success of Riot Games In an Undifferentiated Video Game Market, Maxine J. Yakobi
Identity and Trauma in A Song of Ice and Fire, Jasmine E. Ye
The National Rifle Association In Context: Gun Rights in Relation to the National Security State, Catherine L. Young
The Genre Formerly Known As Punk: A Queer Person of Color's Perspective on the Scene, Shane M. Zackery
Musical Missteps: The Severity of the Sophomore Slump in the Music Industry, Shane M. Zackery
A Paradoxical Paradise: The Marquesas as a Degenerate and Regenerative Space in the Western Imagination, Christine A. Zenel
Metamorphism of Cretaceous Standstones by Natural Coal-Fires, San Rafael Swell, Utah, Alexa R. Zilberfarb
Senior Theses from 2013
Rebranding the Aristocracy: The British Aristocracy in the Twentieth Century as Portrayed in Contemporary Nostalgic Writing, Caroline W. Anderson
The Beauty Standard Trade-Off: How Ebony, Essence, and Jet Magazine Represent African American/Black Female Beauty in Advertising in 1968, 1988, and 2008, Jerrika M. Anderson Edwards
The Concrete River: Industry, Race, and Green Justice on the Banks of the Los Angeles River, Carolyn M. Angius
GIS Analysis of Forest Fragmentation in the Vicinity of the Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica, Kristen Bair
Foraging Ontogeny in an Urban Population of Black Phoebes (Sayornis Nigricans), Jessica N. Baker
Siblings of Individuals with Autism: Levels of Social Anxiety and Social Skills, Jessica N. Baker
Auras, Adele Ball
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Sympathizing with Rape Victims, Alexis Barab
The Effectiveness of Resistance Exercises in the Management of Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, Amanda E. Bard
Brain Basis of the Placebo Effect: A Proposed Integrative Model Implicating the Rostral Anterior Cingulate, Annie Belanger
It's In the Bag: Balancing Notions of Need, Superficiality, and Preparedness by Carrying Objects, Bria Biesman-Simons
How Consumption and Content of Documentary-Based Reality Television Influence Viewers’ Gratification Levels, Kristina Block
Rebel Girls: Feminist Punk for a New Generation, Rachel L. Bodansky
Woman Into The Wild: Female Thru-Hikers and Pilgrimage on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails, Lucy L. Bosche
School Gardens: Reconnecting Children with Nature and Food, Alyssa M. Boyle
The Impact of Wildlife Conservation Nonprofits: An Examination of Environmentalism and Organizational Culture in the United States and Ecuador, Sophie Brooks Ames
The Beautiful Corpse: Violence against Women in Fashion Photography, Susan C. Bryant
Perpetuating PMS: What Supports the Stereotype?, Brianna Buhaly
Effect of Hinge Region Phosphorylation on the Localization of tHP1 in Tetrahymena thermophila, Emily Bulley and Emily Wiley
The Bound Chronicles, Natalie M. Cannon
Uncovering Faces: the Removal of Discolored Varnish from Tudor Portraits, Kathleen Carter
Football, Beer, and Branding: A Case Study of the Ohio State University, Aneliese I. Castro
Le Bon Comportement: How French Parenting Books and French Childen's Literature Creates a Cultural Construction of the Concept of "the Child", Aneliese I. Castro
Genre, Birth Cohort, and Product Perception: Responses to Background Music in Commercial Advertising, Cassidy R. Cavanah
Academic Achievement of Latino Students in the Lennox School District, Fabiola Ceja-Cervantes
The Effect of Cholesterol on Small-Molecule Diffusion Through Liver Cell Membranes, Dail Chapman
Eloquent Distortion: The Southern Grotesque and Ideal Femininity in the works of Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, and Carson McCullers, Michelle M. Christovich
The Sun Through My Hair: A Response to (Un)Romantic Imaginations of Asian/American Women, Sara Myung-Su Chun
The Relationship Between Snacking Habits and Impulsivity Levels in Adolescents, Bayley E. Clarke
Estimating Mammalian Densities Using Automated Videography at the Firestone Reserve, Costa Rica, Emily Grace Cole
The Aesthetics of Sympathy: George Eliot's representations of the visual arts, Tara D. Contractor
Sustainable Urban Rail Trails: Designing the Cross Kirkland Corridor, Mia Cooledge
#Yo Soy 132 and Occupy: Social Movements and the Media, Elizabeth A. Crumpacker
Monsters From Within and Madness From Without: Manifestations of Identity Fragmentation as a Result of Postcolonialism in Filipino American Theatre, Kayla Dalsfoist
Compromising Face-to-Face Confrontation: Does the Protected Child Witness Threaten Impartial Juror Decision-Making?, Rachel K. Darby
Identification and Analysis of Contextual Factors Impacting Polytobacco Use Among Young Adult South Asians, Poonam Daryani
'The ladies, they need to change': The Nutrition Transition among Urban, Affluent Women in India, Anne T. Demarest
Form and Functionality of Playful Aggression in Young Adults, Catlin H. Dennis
Disease Correlation Model: Application to Cataract Incidence in the Presence of Diabetes, Lydia dePillis-Lindheim
Kuroda Seiki: Setting and Transversing Artistic Boundaries in Meiji Japan, Sitie I. Djojohadikusumo
A Short Life: The Representation of Spanish National Identity Through the Gitano Narrative Within Manuel de Falla's La Vida Breve, Lyanne Dominguez
Changing Influences on Family Size for Palestinian Refugee Women in Beirut, Monica Dreitcer
"All are finally fictions": Fan Fiction as Creative Empowerment Through the Re-Writing of "Reality", Anne C. Dreshfield
Parenting Styles and Self-Esteem, Lucy C. Driscoll
Intersections Between Family Structures, Parent-Child Bond, and Social & Academic Efficacy Among Language Brokers, Evelyn A. Duarte
Grasping at Modernism in 1932: Alternative Readings of Das Blaue Licht, a Collaboration of Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Balázs, Sara Dunleavy Berge
Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Cytosine-Methylated DNA Dodecamer, Caitlin A. Edmunds
Female Political Participation in Women’s Colleges vs. Coeducational Institutions, Sara Maria Estevez Cores
Die Selbstdarstellung des Staates durch die olympischen Spiele: München 1972 und Seoul 1988, Katherine A. Evans
Ritual Potential: A Queer Interpretation of the Mikvah Utilizing Victor Turner's Liminality, Megan E. Everett
Fantasme, Rébellion, et Féminisme: Le Monde Subversif du Fandom Français de le Hallyu, Jessica Fong
Bringing Back Color, Bringing Back Emotion: Exploring Phenomenological Empathy in the Reclamation of the Female Nude in Painting, Sophia R. Forman
Dehydration in Southern Toads (Anaxyrus terrestris): Metabolic Costs and Effects of Temperature Selection, Claire E. Forster
Mocking Equality: Reproduction of Gender Hierarchy In Collegiate Mock Trial, Lily M. Foss
Danger in Deviance: Colonial Imagery and the Power of Indigenous Female Sexuality in New Spain, Mariel Frechette
Post Citizen United: The Lack of Political Accountability and Rise of Voter Suppression in a Time of Newly Defined Corruption, Hannah S. Fullerton
Undocumented Youth in Texas: The Lone Star State’s Effort to Educate the Youth Falls Short, Brittney Taylor Garza
How You Have Fallen: Exploring the Benevolence of an Early Christian God as Seen Through a Progressively Embodied Satan, Kari J. Geiger
Was Roe v. Wade Enough?: The Effects of Post-Roe Policies on Low-Income Women, Elena Ginebreda-Frendel
DTC Advertising and Medicalization: Understanding the Way the Pharmaceutical Industry Selectively "Informs" Consumers, Laura F. Goforth
Gateway of Sucess: China’s Gaokao Test as a Representation of Modern China's Paradigm for Success, Hannah R. Gravius
Women’s Empowerment Through The Erotic, Devin Grenley
En la Uva: La Lucha por Contratos Laborales en el Valle de Coachella/The Struggle for Labor Contracts in the Eastern Coachella Valley between 1965 & 1973, Lindsay Gutierrez Leal
Handcraft and Environmental Knowledge: Mapuche Women Weavers, Priscilla Pambana Gutto Bassett
Thermal selection in Sceloporus occidentalis during exercise recovery, Morgan A. Halley
Adaptation and Resistance of Mapuche Health Practices within the Chilean State, Caitlin Hanavan
Motivation in Athletes With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Sq, Eq and Aq Relationships to Preferred Feedback, Julia C. Harreschou
Eat Your Heart Out, Natalie H. Hendricks
Racializing Spaces: Harlem, Housing Discrimination, and African American Community Repression in the War on Drugs, Mary Hershewe
The Contributions of Fiscal and Monetary Stimulus Policies to the Economic Recovery Process of Recessions in the United States, Amanda M. Hiatt
Exceptions to Costa Rican Exceptionalism: National Identity, Race, and Nicaraguan Labor Migration in Costa Rica's Tourism Industry, Amy L. Hollander
Predicting Short-Term Exchange Rates with a Hybrid PPP/UIP Model, Xiaoyan Huang
The Impact on Poverty when Empowering Women Politically, Rossana Huerta
‘Nothing is Sure’: An Exploration of Post-War Gender Dynamics Through Hemingway’s Use of the Erotic Triangle, Julia S. Hughes
"Nothing is Sure": An Exploration of Post World War I Gender Dynamics Through Ernest Hemingway's Use of the Erotic Triangle, Julia S. Hughes
Changes in Cell Morphology and the Cellular Localization of Protein Kinase Dsk1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe in Response to Butylated Hydroxyanisole, Jacqueline T. Humphries
Started from the Bottom…and We are Still Here: An Assessment of Black Student Performance in Los Angeles and San Bernardino County, Jasmine Johnson
Transnational Resistance Against Large Dams: States, Social Movements, and Struggles for Democracy, Emily E. Jovais
Reddit Alert: The Function and Future of Reddit as a Crisis Communication Tool, Meredith O. Kertzman
