Senior Theses from 2025
Courtesy of the Red White 'N Blue: Identity Economics and Network Effect in Post-9/11 Country Music, Ylan C. Lockwood
Latino Health Care Disparities: Examining the Stress-Induced Effects on the Human Body, Erlin Lopez Rodas
“IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE”: REPRODUCING THE NORMATIVE FEMALE BODY THROUGH MASS CONSUMERISM IN POST-WWII WOMEN’S MAGAZINES, Hannah E. Lorenz-Meyer
Cold Water Immersion: communal intimacy and embodied wellness, Clara R. Louden
Die Baukästen des Bauhauses: Futurität und Affekt in Entwürfen von Alma Siedhoff-Buscher, Clara R. Louden
The Politics of Memory: The Memorialization of Student Protests and the Archive, Jane Orkand Lovett
Geographies of Freedom: Marronage, Slavery, and Black Cosmopolitanism in the Early North American Borderlands, Gemma K. Lynch
The Effect of Regime Type on Development Outcomes in Bangladesh, Simar Malhotra
From Crisis to Comeback: Investigating the Post-Catastrophe Performance of American Professional Sports Teams, Audrey C. Mallah
MAQUILADORAS, MURDER, AND MARIJUANA: NONVIOLENT AND VIOLENT CRIME TRENDS ON GENDERED MAQUILADORA EMPLOYMENT IN MEXICO POST-NAFTA, Briza Manriquez
Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition: Unpacking Gender Roles in Social Media Performances of "the Good Life", Lauren Mar
The Kids Aren't Alright: "Indie Sleaze Revival" and the Commodification of Subcultures on Social Media, Lauren Mar
El Maíz del Abuelo: Fidel Márquez Sanchez’s Legacy and Mexico’s Historical Maize Agriculture, Lucia Marquez-Uppman
WHY REVOLT, EAT OR SPEAK? AN ANALYSIS OF FAMILY AND REASON IN JOHN MILTON’S PARADISE LOST, Lily Martin
Reporting and Underreporting of Sex Harassment in United States Public Schools: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Erica S. Matthisen
Heterospecific Mating Triggers Disruptive Postmating Gene Expression Response in Mimulus, Margaret A. Mattson
The New Order: Navigating Conservatism's Populist Shift and Its Democratic Consequences, Mason Maxam
Individual and Population-scale Drivers of Cowpox in Bank Voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), Mary McFetridge
Right-Wing Populist Mobilizations and Gender: France's Rassemblement National and Italy's Fratelli d'Italia, Meredith McKinley
Examination of Media Marketing Strategies Promoting the Thin Ideal: Impacts on the Likelihood of Consumer Behavior Alteration and Conformity, Frances A. McMillan
Black Femmes Online!, Kimai McPhee
Between Longing and Reinvention: Negotiating Iranian-American Identity in the Los Angeles Diaspora, Maya Mesriani
Evolving the Brightness of Pecan, a Luciferase, Hannah Michaels
A-Z in Oaktown: An Ethnic Studies Approach through Children's Literature, Jazmin Moreno Zamora
Exploring the Feasibility of an Environmental Analysis Major At Scripps College: A Qualitative, Interview-based Study, Addie M. Morrisette
Soil Quality and Fertility of Urban Soils in the Inland Empire, R Mukherjee
The Effect of Exercise on Soleus Muscle Fiber Types in TtnΔ112-158 Mice and Wild Type Mice, Ashley R. Murashige
Book of Love, Taylor Nelson
Counter-Insurgency as Colonial Violence: The Red-Tagging of Lumad Schools in the Philippines, Sydney Nemetz
WOMEN IN WHITE COATS; NAVIGATING GENDERED LABOR THROUGH COMPETENCY AND CARE IN THE HIERARCHICAL U.S. MEDICAL SYSTEM, Mira Nickels
Achieving Public Goals Using Private Tools: Build-Operate-Transfer Projects in Southeast Asia, Angela J. Niederberger
Thinking in Circles and Thinking Out of the Box: Reflective Rumination, Creative Performance, and the Incubation Stage, Georgia Norton de Matos
Constructing the Market: Development, Revolution, and History in Ghana’s Urban Markets, Anya Nyman
Desire, Deception, and Desertion in Aphra Behn's The History of the Nun and Margaret Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure, Mairead O'Connor
Parental Monitoring, Latine Emerging Adult Marijuana and Alcohol Initiation, and the Relationship it has with Marianismo and Machismo, Paola F. Ojeda
Combining Internal Family Systems Therapy and Dance Movement Therapy to Treat Survivors of Sexual Assault, Tierney O'Keefe
Infatuated with the Groove: The Funk as a Vehicle for Portraying Queer Narratives in Dance, Tierney O'Keefe
Language and the Navigation of Individual Understandings of Multiracial Belonging in Hong Kong, Ailbhe Ong
CONSTRUCTING BODIES OF SUBVERSION AND RESISTANCE: THE CARCERAL QUARANTINE OF HIV-POSITIVE HAITIAN REFUGEES AT GUANTANAMO BAY UNDER U.S. IMPERIALISM, Isabelle E. Oringer
Selling Egg-cellence: An Exploration of Commercial Oocyte Donation and Genetic Determinism in 21st Century America, Abigail C. Oswald
Afterlives of American Bodies: Embalming, Green Burial, and the Social Construction of Deathcare, Natalie Lake Owen
Examining Retention Differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Participants in Clinical Trials, Belen Padilla
From 'Car-Free' to 'Transit First': The Promises and Progress of Transportation Planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Zoe Pancoast
“Is Hep C Bad in LA?”: A Proposal to Pilot On-site Hepatitis C Testing at Recuperative Care Sites in Los Angeles County, Zoe Pancoast
Stable Isotope Analysis and Localization of Copper Carbonates (Malachite and Azurite) within the Bisbee-Warren Mining Region, Arizona, Sarah R. Paper
The Moral Justifications of the Justice-Experienced: Recidivism in Dark Triadic Morally Disengaging Offenders, Lacy Parrett
"The Plants Don't Give a Fuck!": The Three Pillars of Queer Eating Disorder Recovery, Devyn Paul-Wilson
Let's Talk About Sex: Investigating Radical Feminist Theories on Prostitution in the United States, Anna E. Peterson
Reframing Progress: The battle over the Lower Snake River dams, Marin Plut
Linguistic Performance of Gender and Sexuality in Romantically Oriented Settings: Participant Pitch Variation on The Button, Helen S. Poggi
TOUCH SCREEN USE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: AN EXAMINATION OF COGNITIVE IMPLICATIONS, Edwina Polynice
Examining Flagellar Proteins: Motility and Lethality in the Bacterial Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Olivia Poston
The use of natural versus suburban habitats for overwintering by White-Crowned Sparrows, Ali Power
Representing Childhood: Abstraction and Aesthetics of Simplicity in Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day, Elle Propp
In Gradation, Julia Queen
Heart Rate as a Physiological Correlate of Heritage Language Anxiety, Trisha Ramanan
SEX SELLS: LATINAS OCCUPYING SPACE IN HOLLYWOOD FILM, Aries Ramirez Licea
Empowering Adolescent Females: A Psychological Approach to Sexual Education, Paola Rausseo
EXCLUDING COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN CO-LOCATION DECISIONS UNDER THE BLOOMBERG AND ADAMS ADMINISTRATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, Lindsay Ravetz
Modeling MRSA Co-colonization in a Hospital Environment: A Stochastic Approach, Anna C. Ravid
Planet Rock, Diana H. Reiss
1 Hour Literacy Intervention: Using Digital Story Writing to Foster AI and LLM Literacy, Juliane T. Renaker
BODIES REFRAMED: THE POWER OF CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT IN FEMINIST PHOTOGRAPHY, Laila Rhenifel
HOW HOUSING AFFORDABILITY INFLUENCES LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES; AN MSA-LEVEL ANALYSIS, Laila Rhenifel
Evaluating the Effects of Aerial Fire Retardants on Soil Chemistry: A Bridge Fire Case Study, Elise Ringness
Favoritism and Fairness: Sibling Relationships and the Perception of Parental Treatment, Lucy Rippey
The 150 Credit Hour Requirement for CPA Licensure and its Effect on CPA Candidacy and the Issuance of Financial Restatements in the US, Sydney R. Ritchey
The Structure of Universal History: An Architectural Analysis of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Stella M.W. Robinson
On the Nature of Artworks: An Argument for Artwork Universals, Emma H.B. Rosenberg
The Effect of ABHD6 Inhibition on Pain-Induced Depressive Behaviors in Male and Female Mice, Irene Ruiz
Accessing the Abstract: Painting as Phenomenological Practice, Janet Russin
Portrayals of Autism on TV and Impact on Autistic Viewers’ Self Esteem, Sam Ryan
The Influence of Local & Global Context and Language Experience on Prediction: An Eye Tracking Analysis, Momoka Schmidt
A Song of Soil and Seeds: The Delicious History of Tunisian Grain Agriculture and Its Solution to Contemporary Food Scarcity., Ella Schonberger
Spells of Resistance: Witchcraft, Power, and the Politics of Identity, Audrey R. Scott
Assessing the Effects of Wildfire Season PM2.5 Exposure and Environmental Variables on Breeding Season Avian Body Condition, Cira Seyer-Ochi
Homeless or Houseless: Examining houseless individuals as members of the city in Portland, Oregon at Outside In, Jada Shavers
My Grandpa: How One Man Changed Our Life, Jada Shavers
“From Craft to Collection: A Conservation Case Study on a Prisoner of War Napoleonic Bone Model Guillotine”, Anna Shobe
DESIGNED TO RECALL: INVESTIGATING PROCESSING FLUENCY AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE USER INTERFACES AND LONG-TERM MEMORY, Shalini Shyam Kumar
Crafting Cultural Power: Artistic Interventions as Tools for Political Organizing Among Los Angeles Street Vendors, Corina M. Silverstein
A Selfish B Chromosome in the Jewel Wasp Nasonia vitripennis Expresses a Single Protein that Localizes to Spermatid Nuclei, Anabhra Singh
Garcia de Orta and the Colloquies: The Role of Imperialism and Colonialism in Shaping Knowledge During the Scientific Revolution, Anabhra Singh
Emotional Design: How Guilt Influences User Behavior and Engagement in Gamified Systems., Mriganka Singh
El Padre, el hijo, y el Bukele santo: Las redes sociales del presidente de El Salvador y una falsa promesa, Quincy R. Solomon
The Problem of Redress After Crime: Is Restorative Justice the Solution?, Quincy R. Solomon
Synbiotic Intervention to the Gut Microbiome of Latino/Hispanic Migrant Communities in the U.S. to Mitigate the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Kayleen C. Sorto
Cross-Linguistic Queerness: A Phonetic Study of how Bilingual Mandarin-English Speakers Index a Sapphic Identity, Malena L. Sparano
INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ROUTINE AND CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH: THE MODERATING ROLE OF THE STRESS RESPONSE, Kaia Stannard-Stockton
Mal de Ojo & Lucky Charms: A Study of Superstition Amid Cultural Change, Ariana Sterling
UBE3A Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Angelman Syndrome, Rachel Stoub, Barbara Bailus Dr., and Delihla Correa
Infinite Flesh: Constraint and Liberation Through the Fold, Mikayla Stout
Electric Commuter Rail Access in Residential Communities: A Hedonic Analysis Case Study of Nonmarket Value Creation, Catherine A. Sunding
The Evaluation and Retouching of Stainless Steel Hypodermic Needles, Ava Tabachnick
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IMPLICATIONS OF POLICY: MODELING THE IMPACT OF THE CHIPS ACT ON AMERICAN SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES, Katherine Tan
Unearthing Historical Memory: Parallel Mothers and the Politics of Remembrance, Anna Taufen
