Senior Theses from 2024
Analyzing the Effects of Changing Precipitation and Temperature on Annual Germination in Claremont, Shreya Dasari
Synthetic Neuroactive Steroids Targeting GABA-A Receptors as a Potential Therapy for Contraceptive-Associated Mood Disorders, Alexandria A. Davis
Migration-Associated Variation in Blood Parasitism, Body Condition, and Stress in Gambel’s White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii), Julianna Deibel
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE AND ITS EFFECT ON CONTRACEPTIVE RELATED STOCKS, Mihika Varkey Desouza
The Role of Anticipation on Motor Programming and Movement Kinematics, Archa Dileep
The Development and Confirmation of a Purification Procedure for the Enigmatic Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Ornithine Decarboxylase, Quinlin Dixon-Lim
Mama Grizzly: The Gendered Populism of Sarah Palin, Colette Drinkard
RACIAL CAPITALISM, THE PRECARIAT, AND US IMMIGRATION: Past and Present, Lily Dunkin
A Love Supreme: The Roots of Black Oral Tradition in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Hannah Eliot
FALSEHOODS OF THE CHINA MODEL: AN APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEMS APPROACH AND QUEER ECONOMIC THEORY TO CHINA’S RISE, Lillian Ellis
ONCE UPON A ZYGOTE: DECONSTRUCTING THE GENDERED FAIRYTALE OF HUMAN FERTILIZATION, Kirsten Engber
Reimagining the Costume: The Role of Fashion in Adaptations of Euripides’ "Bacchae", Clementine Farnum
Imposters: Exploring Relationships and Mental Health Through Family Photos, Kendall Fosse
Microbiological Investigation of Local Native Clays and Samples from the Scripps Ceramic Studio, Kelly Fuller
Exploring the Potential Role of Fungal Communities on Forest Restoration, Destiny Garcia
Ability to Reduce Gram Scams Through Educational Intervention, Ellis Garel
Female Titin Mutant Mice Outperform Young and Old Males, Reese Ger
Redefined Influence: An Exploration of Social Media and User Agency, Sydney Ghobadian
QUILTING MYSELF INTO EXISTENCE: PHOTOGRAPHIC CONSTRUCTIONS OF DREAMSCAPES AND MATERIAL LIBRARIES, Rooney Glucksman
Serving C*nt: an Intersectional Historical Look at the Reclamation of a Taboo Word, Dominique Godinez
Bayesian Inference in reinforcement learning neural networks during a Markov decision processes?, Katherine Graham
Un análisis de las fuentes del lenguaje lorquiano en Bodas de Sangre y del aporte africano al flamenco, Ava Graves
there should be a home in here, Julia Greenley
THE POLY FAMILY: INFLUENCES OF POLYAMOROUS PARENTAL UPBRINGING ON ADOLESCENT ATTACHMENT STYLE, Willa A. Grifka
Reddening, Amelia Rae Gross
Executing the Death Penalty: Racial Bias Arguments Will Not Bring the United States Closer to Abolition, Natalie M. Gunn
Weaponizing Drag: Political Personas of Drag Queens in Russia, Post-1990, Carolina Gutierrez-Tunstad
Comedy is Manipulative and I Can Prove It: Laugh, Now!, Eleanor Henderson
A Regenerative Future: The Intersection of Agriculture Practices, Partnership, and Economics in San Joaquin Valley, Jada Higgins
From Fork to Farm: Strategies to Expand Onsite Composting and Reduce Compost Contamination at Pomona College, Grace Hill
Resistance and Resilience in a New Era of Labor Suppression: SITRACHIRI Banana Workers Union in Costa Rica, Grace Hill
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON FAMILY MEMBERS OF BLACK VERSUS WHITE VICTIMS, Nicole C. Houmes
Exploring Networks of Electronic Waste in 404: Waste in Progress, Ellen Hu
The Effects of Lunar Phase on H. rosenbergi Advertisement Call Patterns, Jennifer Hu
Demiana Ibrahim's Senior Recital: Music across Continents and Centuries, Demiana Ibrahim
Elite Foreign Policy-Making Regarding Israel: A Comparison Between Jordan and Lebanon, Mishaal B. Ijaz
Analysis of the Struggles of Elderly Caregiving in Japan's Super Aged Society Through Contemporary Japanese Novels and Movies, Karen M. Jacoby
The Intersection of PCOS, Diabetes Diagnosis, and Fatphobia: A Latinx Perspective, Jaquelyn Jaramillo Ramirez
Criminalizing Homelessness: An Analysis Of The Differential Enforcement in Los Angeles County, Isabella Kan
To Be a Woman is to Perform: How Gender and Womanhood are Discussed Through Shakespeare’s Use of Mythology, Haley Kerner
Pinky Swear? We'll be Together Forever: Queering Girlhood, Sophie Kim
Costuming the Californian Apocalypse: Sartorial Speculations of Los Angeles's Future, Isabel Kramer
Exploring the Effects of a Combination Antibiotic Therapy of Thymol and Zinc on Gram-Positive Bacteria, Aditi Savithri Krishnan
Drought Incidence and Fire Hazard in the Sierra Nevada Forest Foothills, 2022-23, Kushnerniva Laurent
PCB Remediation in Transitional Floodplain Forests Along the Housatonic River, Soleil Laurin
FR1: Comics, Cyborgs, and “In Between” Identities, Ella Lehavi
Good Enough To Eat: How College Students Are (Re)forming Their Relationships To Food, Sophia Lewis
Resilience Amidst Barriers: Understanding the Plight of Undocumented Filipino TNTs in the Broken US Immigration System, Eileen Linchangco
Resilience Amidst Barriers: Understanding the Plight of Undocumented Filipino TNTs Navigating Restrictive US Immigration Laws from 1986 to the Present, Eileen Linchangco
Assessing Fidelity of XNA Polymerase on 2’-Fluoro/2’-Azide Mixed XNA Synthesis, Serena C. Liu, Aaron M. Leconte, Ananya Venkatesh, and Hailey E. Kang
An Investigation of Empathy in HCD, Zoey Lofgren
Bound Fast, Zoey Lofgren
The Banyan Ceiling: Hiring Bias and South Asian Women, Prekshi Lohia
The enigma of Being: An inquiry into the virtual possibility of “the nothing” in Martin Heidegger’s "Being and Time.", Gal·la López-Grado Salinas
Infinity Mirror Rooms and Affective Futurity: Political Possibility Through Temporal Potentiality in Yayoi Kusama's Artwork, Olivia Lordos
Diagnosing Disparities: Race, SES, and ASD Diagnosis in Los Angeles County, Sara Lougy
Is Your Refrigerator Running? An Exploration of Energy Practices and Decarbonization Potential at Pilgrim Place, Shelby Luster
The Guilty Bystander Cells: Effects of HER2 Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity on Breast Cancer Outcomes, Antara Mallick, Willy Ju, and Alexander D. Borowsky
No Body, No Crime: The Advent of Cyberwar and International Humanitarian Law, Emma Reeves Mansour
COLLAGING CONFLICT: MARTHA ROSLER’S HOUSE BEAUTIFUL: BRINGING THE WAR HOME, Stella Markey
Subverting Gendered Destiny: Willa Cather's Revision of the Bildungsroman in the Great Plains Trilogy, Lauren Marler
You Are What You Eat: Social Media's Influence on Health and Beauty Practices for Young LatinX Women, Anaís Martínez Castañeda
Fetishized and Blamed: Attitudes Toward Asian American Women as Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault, Janey Matejka
What's Up With White Women?: Anti-Feminist Resistance to Second-Wave Feminism and the Rise of the Conservative Woman, Sadie N. Matz
Museum, Vitrine, Diorama; Seizing the Means of Representation, Tali Maximon
Diversifying the Workforce: Women in Plumbing, Aviva Maxon
Ushering in God: An Actor's Process, Zalia Maya
Genetic Basis of Epidermal Petal Cell Shape in Mimulus and Forces Behind Conical Cell Loss in Self-Pollinated Plants, Lauren McAllister
Factors that Influence Faculty Support of Queer Students at International Schools, Kate A. McArthur
Victim, Perpetrator, or Mastermind: Examining the Relationship between the Viewer and Bodies in Pain on Screen, Chelsea D. McCord
Staying on Track (and Field): Gender, Aging, and Community Among Female Masters Athletes, Scarlette Anne McCullough
ABOLITIONIST IMAGINATIONS: “THE WOMB OF THINGS TO BE AND TOMB OF THINGS THAT WERE” & BODY GATE, Nicole McDermott
Here Come the Test Results: An Analysis of Games in Experimental Design for Neuroscience Research, Madison McDougall
The Female Force: Gender Salience and Political Interests in the 2011 Tunisian Revolution, Katherine Meagor
Change is Tradition: An Analysis of the Passover Seder, Aviva Miller
Kushiyah: A Jewish Theatrical Showcase, Aviva Miller
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SCHOOL INTERVENTION FOR AMERICAN INDIAN/AMERICAN NATIVE CHILDREN AND ADDRESSING ACES, Jamie Delilah Morales
(Trans)formations are Written in the Stars: Trans Identity in H.A.'s "The Chromatic Fantasy", Xochitl Morin
The Holy Abject: The Narrative Arc of Female Christian Martyrdom and Its Implications for Subjecthood in the Roman Empire, Gillian Murdock Gardner
Fabriquer la reine: Les limites et pouvoir de la mode de Marie Antoinette, Hannah Murphy
"Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be:" Ambiguity in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hannah Murphy
Generational Trauma of the Iranian Revolution, Yael Nosrati
Blockage of Multiple Interleukin Pathways as a Potential Therapy for Type-Specific Atopic Dermatitis, Ruby Okamura
Rainbow-Washing the Occupation: A Critical Examination of Israeli Claims to Feminist and Gay-Friendly Modernity, Melia Oliver
Speculative Landscapes, Laurel Ovenell
The Effects of Age on Jumping and Swimming Performance, Susan Park
A Nuanced Take on Non-Nuanced Takes: A Top Gun (1986) & Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Analysis, Amy Phan
A Bayesian Network Analysis to Predict Dog-Owner Relationship Strength, Erin Pinkelman
Nitrate Contamination in Two California Groundwater Basins: What Creates Disparities?, Catherine Protiva
