Honors Thesis Archive

Africana Studies: Yehle, Sarah (2007) Perceptions of South Africa through Film
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology: Hicks, Amanda Jane (2006) Is Rac1 Glutathionylated in Intact Cells?; Mann, Brian R. (2010) The Omega Subunit of RNA Polymerase: Identification and Regulation of the rpoZ Promoter in Escherichia coli
Biology: Biniker, Meghan (2003) A Histological Study on Human Tumors of the Brain and Nervous System by Means of High-Resolution Light Microscopy, Immunomicroscopy, and Electron Microscopy; Martorano, Lisa (2008) Analysis of Brain Structure in a Community Sample of Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Result of Chile Abuse Exposure; Sherrock, Kaitlyn (2010) Analysis of Potential Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome in a Pediatric Population Comparing Normal Weight and Overweight Subjects; Straw, Jessica (2004) Responses of mud snails from low and high imposex sites to sex pheromones; Ullmer, Joseph (2003) Threats to spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) habitat in Ohio; Wollaeger, Heidi (2011) Genetic Variability in Magnolia acuminata (L.) Populations in the Eastern United States
Chemistry: Brubaker, Jennifer (2006) Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanosalts; Cheney, Betty Jean (2010) Single Drop Microextraction: An Educational Undergraduate Laboratory Procedure Using Caffeine and DEET; Kisley, Lydia (2010) Integration of Gallium Nitride Nanowires with Nanofabricated Silicon Circuits; Muir, Natalie (2005) The Effects of HCl, NaOH, and Whitening Products on Human Teeth; To, David (2011) Thermosensitive 2-Alkyl-2-Oxazoline Polymers for Gene Delivery
Communication: Figel, Emily (2005) A Private Terror Passed Down: A Textual Analysis of the Memoirs of Second Generation Holocaust Survivors; Phelan, Kari (2008) A Typology of Retaliation Strategies Against Social Aggression Among Adolescent Girls; Rezayat, Maryam (2010) Conflict Management by Fathers and Sons: A Qualitative Analysis of Korean Americans; Schaafsma, Jennifer (2012) Religiosity, Forgiveness, and the Communicative Responses to Hurtful Events in Friendships; Treu, Lukas (2009) The Effects of Source Credibility Perceptions and Ego-Involvement on Green Marketing Appeals: The Case of Multinational Petroleum Corporations with Unstable Environmental Legitimacy
Computer Science: Herrmann, William (2012) Creating a Fun Program that is Simple and Easy to Use; Hildebrandt, Jordan (2012) Calibrating M-Sequence and C-Sequence GPTSs with uncertainty quantification and cyclostratigraphy
East Asian Studies: Brockman, Brittany (2011) Spirit Possession, Exorcism, and the Power of Women in the Mid-Heian Period; Hoshino, Kaoru (2007) The Overnight Education Reform in Postwar Japan: Controversies Behind the Adoption of a New Educational Ladder System and Social Studies; Snyder, Bennett (2005) The Path of a National Pacifism; Ziton, Maria Alexandra (2012) Finding and Welcoming Kami on American Soil: The Presence of Shinto in the United States
Economics: Hendrix, Leigh Ellen (2008) Russian Energy Policy: Exploring the Efficacy of a Resource‐Dependent Economy and Foreign Policy; Scott, Benjamin W. (2009) Yes We Cannabis: Medical Marijuana Laws and the Economics of Crime
Education: Kuhn, Brian Christopher (2003) Humor in the Classroom: Changing the Face of Middle School Education; Storer, Jennifer (2008) Face Processing in the Brain in Left Handed Individuals; Uhrig, Ashley (2009) A Comparison of Individual and Dyad Instruction for Spanish-Speaking Siblings
English: Barrett, Melissa (2005) Symbols of Desire and Entrapment: Decoding Hardy's Architectural Metaphor in Jude the Obscure; Blackwood, Justin (2009) The Imitations [novella]; Earley, Vanessa (2004) Using the Past in the Present Struggle: Paule Marshall's The Chosen Place, The Timeless People; Eshelman, Elizabeth A. (2006) Best-Seller or "Entire Mistake"? : The Effect of Form on the Receptions of Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Mrs. Henry Wood's East Lynne; Fidder, Valerie (2004) "The Great Unsaids": The Importance of Mother-Daughter Communication in Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter and The Kitchen God's Wife; Ipjian, Andrea Nicole (2009) When the Body Speaks: Virginia Woolf and Luce Irigaray's Metaphors of the Body; Lazeration, Rebecca (2012) The Maddening Unknown: A Study of Monomania in the Works of Poe and Melville; Marshall, Whitney (2009) "Only the Soldered Mouth Can Tell": The Loss and Restoration of Women's Power in Emily Dickinson's Death Poetry; McClay, Emily (2007) Parker, Kerouac, and Innovative Sound: The Rhythms of Bebop in Beat Writing; Moore, Jordan (2009) "If thou Didst Ever thy Dear Father Love": A Lacanian Reading of The Brothers Karamazov through Hamlet; Nye, Bret (2011) Searching for the Center: Intimations of Identity and the Authentic Self in DeLillo's White Noise and Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49; Olson, Bret (2005) Revelations of an Angelheaded Hipster: Jack Kerouac's Compassionate Beat; Powers, Elizabeth (2006) Breaking Eggs: A Collection of Short Fiction; Ross, Ronald J. (2009) The Pragmatist Canon: Rethinking Literature in the Classroom; Stewart, Katelyn (2010) The Difficulty of Protecting Without Enslaving: The Denial of Women's Education as seen in Augusta Webster's Dramatic Monologues; Stucki, Megan (2003) Revision [poetry]; Stucky (Bower), Heather (2002) The Victorian "Border" Garden and the "Boarder" Governess In Charlotte Brontë's Villette
Geology: Fugate, Joseph M. (2012) Calibration and assessment of Wittenberg University's recirculating laboratory flume in generating various bed states of mobile sand beds; Hildebrandt, Jordan (2012) Calibrating M-Sequence and C-Sequence GPTSs with uncertainty quantification and cyclostratigraphy; McCullough, Lindsay N. (2003) Habit, Formation and Implications of Elongate, Calcite Concretions, Victoria, Australia
History: Cengel, Abigail (2012) Living Links: The Role of Marriage between Welsh and Anglo-Norman Aristocratic Families in the Welsh Struggle for Autonomy, 1066-1283; Cengel, Lauren (2012) Partners in Rule: A Study of Twelfth-Century Queens of England; Hahn, Anna Jane (2008) Waves of Immigration: A Comparative Analysis of the Thematic Similarities and Differences in European and Latin American Immigration to the United States; Hartenstein, Stuart (2009) Soaring to Excellence: America's Consistent Foreign Policy in a Changing World; McCance, Sarah (2004) Madmen and Poor Wretches: Changing Perceptions of Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century London; Robinson, Nicole A. (2003) "Here's Tae Us! Wha's Like Us?" Jacobitism and the Creation of a Scottish National Identity
International Relations: Drapkin, Leah (2010) Latin American Liberation Theology: Did it Liberate? The Emergence and Development of Latin American Liberation Theology, Its Ability to Liberate, & Its Future
Languages: Brockman, Brittany (2011) Spirit Possession, Exorcism, and the Power of Women in the Mid-Heian Period; Trinh, Mai P. (2009) Heresy 邪魔外道and Otherization in The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre 倚天屠龙记; Wendel, Emily (2008) „Die Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit”: The Complications of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in Post-Nazi Germany
Management: Berry, Andrea (2010) A Look into Ladies Home Journal: Tracking the trends and changes of strategy, themes and messaging in women's health and beauty products advertising from 1970 to 2009; Bragdon, Sarah (2003) A Performing Arts Center and Its Place in the Liberal Arts
Mathematics: Armstrong, Alyssa (2009) The Pancake Problem: Prefix Reversals of Certain Permutations
Music: Bragdon, Sarah (2003) A Performing Arts Center and Its Place in the Liberal Arts; McClay, Emily (2007) Parker, Kerouac, and Innovative Sound: The Rhythms of Bebop in Beat Writing; Murray, Sarah Elizabeth (2010) Hemispheric Responses to Different Musical Selections; Schueler, Elisabeth (2010) To Temper or Not To Temper: The Paradox of Musical Tuning and Temperament
Philosophy: Humrichouser, Amy L. (2005) Deconstruction and the Project of Ethical Consensus: Towards a Middle Ground between Communitarian and Poststructural Aesthetics; Ross, Ronald J. (2009) Let There Be Light: An Argument for the Possibility of Paradigm Change through Debate; Rote, Marie Alice (2003) The Supplemental Nature of Moral Principles
Physics: Cooper, Rebecca (2009) Achieving Nanosecond Timing with the Vernier Method; Kiser, Savannah (2012) Vortex Rings and Inclined Planes: Scaling Two Fluid Systems; Klukas, Jeff (2006) Influencing Dynamics in Neural Networks; Snipes, Erica (2009) Measurements of finite dust temperature effects in the dispersion relation of the dust acoustic wave
Political Science: Boucher, Jeffrey (2010) Democratization in the Post-Socialist World: Exploring causality among political freedom, economic freedom, and economic well-being; Cravens, Brittany (2010) Surrogacy Law?: The Unparalleled Social Utility of Surrogacy and The Need for Federal Legislation; Hendrix, Leigh Ellen (2008) Russian Energy Policy: Exploring the Efficacy of a Resource‐Dependent Economy and Foreign Policy; Lamarre, Manoache (Manny) (2009) Barriers to Building Bridges: Educational Development in Third World Countries. And the Case for Haiti; Prahl, Laura (2007) More than a Political Shift: 11-M and its impact on the Spanish Democracy; Scheckelhoff, Hannah (2011) Devolution and Disengagement in the United Kingdom: A Study on the Effects of Devolution on Union-Wide Engagement in Politics
Psychology: Berger, Erin (2010) The Relationship Between Fungiform Papillae Density, PTC Supertasting, Food Preferences, and Eating Behaviors in College Students; Butler, Tracy R. (2006) Hemispheric Lateralization of Emotion, Sociotropy, and Autonomy: Effects of an Acheivement and Interpersonal Experience on Drawing Placement and Affect in College Students; Ewald, Luke (2011) Effects of Sensation Seeking and Athletic Involvement on Substance Use in College Students; Karsai, Monica R. (2009) Distinguishing Between Rational and Experiential Information Processing Styles; Kennedy, Sarah M. (2008) Psychosocial Predictors of Cardiopulmonary Mortality and Morbidity; Maddox, Christine (2007) A Comparison of Bulimic Tendencies In College and Noncollege Women; Martin, James (2007) Interhemispheric interaction and degree of handedness in relation to social, political, gender, and philosophical beliefs in undergraduates; Martorano, Lisa (2008) Analysis of Brain Structure in a Community Sample of Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Result of Chile Abuse Exposure; McNutt, Courtney (2009) The Effects of Neighborhood Disorder and Moderator Variables on Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being; Murray, Sarah Elizabeth (2010) Hemispheric Responses to Different Musical Selections; Phelan, Kari (2008) A Typology of Retaliation Strategies Against Social Aggression Among Adolescent Girls; Sjostrom, Abigail (2008) Parental Divorce, Parent-Child Conflict, and College Student Well-Being; Snead, Kathleen (2010) Toxic Leadership: Sour Milk Rising to the Top; Steiner, Kristina (2009) Hemispheric differences in processing anaphoric inferences: Application of the stop-signal paradigm; Storer, Jennifer (2008) Face Processing in the Brain in Left Handed Individuals; Thompson, Chad (2004) Self-Monitoring in Leadership Emergence Among Student-Athletes and Greek Members; Unger, Jami A. (2007) Examining the Effects of Achievement Events on Children's Positive and Negative Affect; Weldon, Steven P. (2003) Psychometric Properties of the Psychosocial Risk Factor Survey; Wigton, Mallory F. (2012) Acculturation and Mental Health of Immigrant Youth
Religion: Bringman, Katie (2003) The Historical Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet or Social Revolutionary?; Fetherolf, Christina (2008) To Marry God: The Portrayal of God as an Abusive Husband in Ezekiel; Ream, Nicole (2006) Habakkuk: Challenger and Champion of Yahweh
Russian/Central Eurasian Studies: Boucher, Jeffrey (2010) Democratization in the Post-Socialist World: Exploring causality among political freedom, economic freedom, and economic well-being
Sociology: Barclay, Brianne (2004) Statistics in the Social Sciences: Inferential Statistics as Rhetoric in Sociology; Campbell, Julie (2011) Lifebooks: Effective tool in the Adoption and Foster Care Systems or Not?; Hord, Jane Lyle (2009) The Effect of Society's Stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder on the Identities of Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder; Rubbico, Brittany (2012) "Sanctioned Deviance:" A Critical Approach to the Sick Role and Its Socioeconomic Influences; Westlund, Katherine (2005) Who does service: The relationship between postmaterialist values and community service
Women's Studies: Ipjian, Andrea Nicole (2009) When the Body Speaks: Virginia Woolf and Luce Irigaray's Metaphors of the Body

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