Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2021
Alex Poeschla, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Tim-3 Mediates Cytotoxic T Cell Exhaustion in Cancer but Beneficially Maintains Maternal-Fetal Tolerance in Pregnancy
Molly Potter, Statistics (STAT) 2021, Spatial Data Analysis with Applications in Epidemiology
Lizbeth A. Ramirez Gaytan, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Looking at Cross-Language Expressive Gaps in Spanish-English Bilinguals with Varying Linguistics Exposure: Study Proposal and Pilot Study
Lucy Reece, Sophie Schafer, Muyang Shi, and Qianzi Li, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Transient Dynamics in Ecological ODE Models: Plant Population Under Habitat Destruction
Nathaniel E. Reid, History (HIST) 2021, Why They Built the Great Firewall
April Reisenfeld, Philosophy (PHIL) 2021, Rejecting Classical Determinism Through the Non-Physicality of Infinity
April Reisenfeld, Physics (PHYS) 2021, Understanding Randomness in Classical and Quantum Physics
Charlotte Rew, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2021, Desire Paths
Sophia Rogers, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, You used to say our freckles were angel's kisses
Noah Rosenfield, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2021, Resisting Totalitarianism: A Critical Humanistic Sensibility in the Work of Hannah Arendt and Tzvetan Todorov
Nicholas Rosen, Russian (RUSS) 2021, “You won’t strangle or kill this song:” Intertextuality and Power in the Music of Yanka Dyagileva
Nicholas Rosen and Will Fletcher, Mathematics (MATH) 2021, Modular Forms and Number Theory
Thomas Rubino, Biology (BIOL) 2021, An Assessment of the Factors That Modulate Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Chyna Sanders, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2021, "I Wish I Could Be Seen for the Choice I Make Today" Examination of the Challenge of Reintergration After Incarceration
Laura Savage, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2021, Age and Distraction: A Misunderstanding of Memory
Ben Schnieders, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Critical Factors Predict Whether Evolutionary Rescue Will Occur in Bats and Amphibians Threatened by Novel Fungal Pathogens: Chytridiomycosis and White-nose Syndrome
Claire Schregardus, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Effect of a Strong Type I Interferon Response on Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression and Viral Persistence in Bats
Anna Schumacher, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Identity and Social Change: Connecting and Expanding Identity-Based Models of Collective Action
Evelyn Scott, Physics (PHYS) 2021, An Introduction to Neutrino Astronomy
Lakshya Seth, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Blimp-1: A Key Transcription Factor in Mediating T cell Response to Persistent Antigen Stimulation
Emma Shedd, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Shifting U.S. Temperate Forests from Ecto- to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Associations: How Will Carbon Stocks Respond?
Muyang Shi, Waleed Iftikhar, Nate Isbell, and Sarah Grier, Statistics (STAT) 2021, Quantile Regression with Applications in Agriculture and Temperature Study
McLain Sidmore, History (HIST) 2021, Imagining the Last Frontier: The Creation and Adaptation of a Frontier Narrative at Alaska's Kennecott Mines, 1911-1938
Nariah-Belle Ulep Sims, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Educational Relationship Reform: Teacher-Student Relationships in a Self-Determination Theory Perspective
Ben Sirulnik, Chemistry (CHEM) 2021, Developments in Biological Nanosensors
Tuomas Sivula, Political Science (POSC) 2021, Subsistence in a Changing World: How Smallholder Farmers in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone Autonomously Adapt to Climate and Social Change
Myranda Sloo, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2021, Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health: Maternal Substance Abuse in the U.S. Healthcare System
Risa Stiegler, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Tukted Taku Uƞ He? or, What is Where?: Dakota Wh- or T-Questions and Intervention Effects
Irene Stoutland, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Constructed Nature
Martha Sudderth, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Baby Teeth
Ethan Ta, Chemistry (CHEM) 2021, Exploring Graphene - A Semiconductor for the Future
Raba Tefera, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Role of Constitutive Expression of Type I Interferons and the Effects of Virus Coevolution in Bats
Maria Thurow, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Catching My Breath - Aerosol and Droplet Deposition of SARS-CoV-2 in Lung Tissue
Sean Topel, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Studio Art Comps Sean Topel
Shealuck Vang, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Examining Food Motivations in the US: Cross-Cultural Comparisons Between Comfort Food Preferences
Arianna Varela, Latin American Studies (LTAM) 2021, Rainbows Emerging From the Clouds of Nostalgia: Queer Miami-Cuban Visibility and Resistance on TikTok
Leo Vithoontien, Economics (ECON) 2021, The Impact of Immigrants on Local Native Wages Across Industries and Prefectures in Japan 2014-2018
Changlan Wang, Statistics (STAT) 2021, Are Personality Traits Universal? Exploration of the Cross-culture Validity of Big Five Personality Traits Using Factor Analysis
Changlan Wang, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Individualistic-Collectivistic Values and Personality as Mediators of Cultural Differences in Emotional Response
Heqing Wang, Geology (GEOL) 2021, A Comparison Between the Geological Histories of Middle-earth and Its Filming Sites in New Zealand
Matthew Watowich, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Chronic Type-I Interferon Stimulation Accelerates Established HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS
Dennis Wei, Geology (GEOL) 2021, Soiled Fashion: Environmental Effects of Leather Production on Soil Health
Ginnie White, German (GERM) 2021, Imagining Germany: Fairy Tales and Nation Building
Ginnie White, Mash Ibtesum, Elizabeth Yim, Max Goldberg, and Meghan Owens, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Carleton Classifieds: A New Way to Buy and Sell at Carleton
Emily Wight, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, A Story Through Scars
Emily Wight, German (GERM) 2021, The Space Between: Gender Nonconformity in Weimar Queer Cinema
Benjamin Wightman, History (HIST) 2021, The Effects of ‘Aṣabiyya and Ethnic Identity on the Politics of the Taifa Kingdoms
Claire Williams, Physics (PHYS) 2021, The Far Future of the Universe
Jayla Williams, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2021, "Kung Flu": The Harmful Spread of SARS Narratives Towards the Chinese and Chinese American Populations
Carolyn Wood, History (HIST) 2021, Education in the Warsaw Ghetto: Preservation of Humanity, Jewish Identity, and a Better Future
Justin Yamada, Alexis Engel, Matt Stecklow, Luna Yee, Ankit Sanghi, and Danny Maya, Computer Science (CS) 2021, Practicum
Bill Yang, History (HIST) 2021, The Influence of Medical Professionalization on British Parliamentary Debate of Compulsory Vaccination, 1806-1861
Parmida Yazdanpanah, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Bats Avoid the Pathologies of Viral Infection via Immune Dampening
Luna Yee, Linguistics (LING) 2021, Divergent Semantics of Reduplication in Present-Day Dakotah: Exploring the Intra- and Intergenerational Effects of Language Suppression
Elliot Yim, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Construct Validity of Measures of Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation
Gavin Young, Biology (BIOL) 2021, Predicting Pathogen Danger Through the Use of Biodiversity Metrics
Gavin Young, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, The bowl as an Intimate Object
Skylar Yu, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Reward Processing and Eating Highly Palatable Foods Under Stress
Gabriela A. Zegarra Sam, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, Happy birthday, over the years
Shane Zerr, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2021, Scared into Submission? Hardly: The Unusual Affects of Economic Anxiety on Support for Authoritarianism
Cloris Zhang, Biology (BIOL) 2021, The Contradictory Role of Reactive Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s Disease
Yifei Zhu, Studio Art (ARTS) 2021, What If
Elizabeth Zimmerman, Religion (RELG) 2021, Climate Change and the Battle to Save American Christianity: Religious Motivations of Climate Skepticism among Evangelicals
Daniel Zin, Cindy Guo, and Erika Mino, Statistics (STAT) 2021, Twitter’s Reaction to Mask Mandates: A Network Analysis
Graduated in 2020
Daniel Alexander, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Optimizing CAR T Cell Signaling Domains to Modify Metabolism and Increase Efficacy Against Neuroblastoma
Evan Allgood, English (ENGL) 2020, This Body, Unbound
Iris Arbogast, Economics (ECON) 2020, A “Slippery Slope” to Higher Labor Supply Inequality in Mexico, Indonesia, and Brazil
Alleana Austin, English (ENGL) 2020, Freedom, Sexuality, and Rebellion in the Coquette and “We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?” And Pretended Purity and Mixed Heritage in A Man of the People and “The True Born Englishman”
Nof Babajide, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Incidence of Autism in Response to Changes in Brain Asymmetry
Nicholas Baer, Biology (BIOL) 2020, The Role of Ion Channels in ATP-Induced Microglial Chemotaxis
Julie Bailard, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Cation Channels Cooperate to Influence Microglial Necroptosis and Inflammatory Signaling in White Matter Neurodegenerative Disease
Marshall Basson, Physics (PHYS) 2020, Physics of a Classic Rock Album
Noam Benkler, Economics (ECON) 2020, Do Biometric Smartcards Help the Neediest Most?
Henry Bensen, Economics (ECON) 2020, Is the Democrat versus Republican Macroeconomic Performance Gap Explainable?
Halle Beshouri, History (HIST) 2020, Constructing Communism: Khrushchev's Housing Program and a New Communist Contract
Grace Betz, Physics (PHYS) 2020, The Physics of Spacecraft: The Ascension
Eric Biddulph-West, Physics (PHYS) 2020, A Hypothetical Concentrating Solar Dish Engine for Energy Autonomous Communities
Liam Bidwell, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2020, Green and Red: Losing Meat and Keeping Men
Adam Bigelow, Economics (ECON) 2020, Non-Western Technology Intensity of Use and Long Run Productivity Gains
Stan Birdsong, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Effects of Habenular Nuclei Asymmetry on Behavior
Madeline Birnbaum, English (ENGL) 2020, “The Most Unexpected of Interpretations”: Expanding Narrative Possibilities of the Northern Irish Troubles in Anna Burns’ Milkman
Caroline Boroughs, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Initiation of Parturition in Humans
Am Bovornvirakit, Biology (BIOL) 2020, The Cascading Effects of Intraguild Predation and Refugia on Animal Behavior
Ruthie Boyd, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2020, Imagining a Sense of Place in the Mist of Old and New: The Role of Timeless Nostalgia in Monte Verde's Changing Landscape
Jacob Bransky, Geology (GEOL) 2020, An Inventory and Baseline Study of Alpine Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems at Buffalo Pass in Routt National Forest, Colorado
Julia Braulick, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Why Plants Become Invasive: Enemy Release, Resource Availability, and Herbivore Preferences
Max Bremer, Paul Butterfield, and Nathaniel Macarthur-Warner, Computer Science (CS) 2020, Code Retrieval and Summarization
Anders Bruihler, Ari Conati, Sebastian Kimberk, and David White, Computer Science (CS) 2020, LosCat: A Tool for Source Code Monitoring
Kanin Bunajinda, Economics (ECON) 2020, Consumption Smoothing in Russia: An Achievement of Mutual Insurance, or a Byproduct of Savings and Loans
Erica Cagliero, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2020, Forgotten and Invisible Refugees: A Policy Evaluation Targeting Refugees Living with Disabilities
Seth Calvin, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2020, Ebb and Flow
Joey Caradimitropoulo, Economics (ECON) 2020, Toward a World of Cost Efficiency: The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Human Labor Demand
Alex Cardenas, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Mood Induction Procedures: Extreme Variability and Recommendations
Michael Carlsen, Economics (ECON) 2020, Whether Weather Affects Growth: A Panel Analysis of Quarterly Weather Anomalies and U.S. GDP
Ana Carretero, Economics (ECON) 2020, The Most Livable City in America: Investigating the Value of Green Open Space in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Caroline Carty, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2020, Unsettling Enclosures
Joey Castaneda, Geology (GEOL) 2020, What Percent of Can, Won’t? A Look Into the Function of a Saturated Buffer in Southwest Minnesota, Its Hydraulic Properties, and Implications for Midwestern Farmers
Christian Cavan, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Reduced Age and Premature Juvenile Salmon Migration Impacts a Decrease in Adult Size
Tyler A. Chang, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2020, Emergence of Hierarchical Syntax in Neural Machine Translation
Tyler A. Chang, Mathematics (MATH) 2020, Topology of Second Order Tensor Fields
