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Graduated in 2018

Maximilian Foster, Physics (PHYS) 2018, An even briefer history of time

Maximilian Foster, Economics (ECON) 2018, Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: The Economic Effects of Native Country's Religious Composition

Kayla Renae Frank, Political Science (POSC) 2018, Educational Exchange Programs as a Soft Power Strategy: Testing the Relationship between the US and Countries of Foreign Fulbright Alumni Turned Heads of State

Archibald McDermott Fraser, Jerrilyn Goldberg, and Zifeng Wang, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2018, Spatial misallocation of utility-scale renewable energy across Minnesota

Benjamin Stolte Frerichs, Economics (ECON) 2018, The International Impacts of Federal Reserve Unconventional Monetary Policy

Michael William Frett, Biology (BIOL) 2018, The Coral-Algal Balance Between Temperature Induced Bleaching, Response, and Resilience

Brendan Austen Layard Friesen, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, Affinity

Benjamin Gauthier Gagnon, Economics (ECON) 2018, Picking Favorites: A Study on the Effects of Changing Competition Incentive Structure on Gambling Behavior

Rachel Cantrell Gallagher, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2018, "Hopes, Dreams, but No Plans": Aging Parents of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Vianne Ran Gao, Biology (BIOL) 2018, A different perspective on the intestinal stem cell niche: Gut microbes influence intestinal stem cell proliferation during intestinal regeneration

Madeline Kennedy Garcia, Studio Art (ARTS) 2018, Mental Spaces I,II,III

Andrew Addison Gerber, Biology (BIOL) 2018, NETosis facilitates the progression of rheumatoid arthritis through the release of PAD4 into synovial fluid

Nathan Kyler Gibes, Economics (ECON) 2018, Diluting Political Influence: The Appointment of Monetary Committee Membership and Inflation

David Carey Goodell, Lindsey Morgan Chavez, Russell Gray Smith, Rachel Marie Moore, and Jack Lincoln Wines, Computer Science (CS) 2018, The Key: Improved Data Management for the Union of Youth

Camille Mary Gordon, Economics (ECON) 2018, Does Foreign Health Aid Affect Health Inequality?

Kevin John Grow, Economics (ECON) 2018, Decisions Based on Receiver Knowledge of Advice: An Extension of the Dictator Game

Anne Hamilton, Physics (PHYS) 2018, Key Considerations in Implementation of Solar Photovoltaics

Megan Amanda Harder, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Petrography and Geothermobarometry of Calc-Silicate Rocks from the Ruby Range, SW Montana

Rachel Anna Harris, History (HIST) 2018, Preserving the Russian Identity: Environmentalism as a Platform for Literary Nationalism in the Village Prose Movement in the Soviet Union

Maurice Edward Hicks, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Lucid Dreaming Therapy as an Effective Cognitive Approach in the Treatment of PTSD

David Guadalupe Higgs, Physics (PHYS) 2018, Plasmonics

Brandon Kaelin Hilliard, Chemistry (CHEM) 2018, Positron Emission Tomography Ligand Guided Imaging Agents for Tumor Diagnosis and Assessment

Aaron Michael Hockett, Economics (ECON) 2018, All My Ex(Teacher)s Live in Texas: An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Public School Teacher Turnover

Michael Collins Hoffert, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Predicting the influence of stochastic and deterministic variables on hydrothermal vent communities after eruptions

Paulina Men Min Hoong, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Examining Self-Presentation in Online Dating Using Social Exchange Theory

Liam Thomas Howe, Economics (ECON) 2018, Soccer, Stock Markets, and Investor Reactions: The Effects of World Cup Outcomes on European Financial Markets

Victor Manuel Huerta, American Studies (AMST) 2018, Echoes of the Law: Madrigal v. Quilligan and the Reproduction of Hierarchy in the Twentieth Century

Kevin Hurley, Economics (ECON) 2018, Effort Based on Circumstance: A Study of Prosocial Behavior

Marcus Irrthum, Economics (ECON) 2018, Kicking the Soda Pop Tax to the Curb: Why a Soda Pop Tax is the Wrong Policy and an Alternative Policy to Enact

Natalie Simone Jacobson, American Studies (AMST) 2018, American Bounty, American Hunger: Bridging the Gap Between Food Abundance and Food Scarcity in Northfield and Faribault, Minnesota

Dorrian Jaffe, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, The Effects of Irregular Ghrelin, Leptin, and Dopamine Levels on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa

Dorrian Sage Jaffe, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, The Effects of Irregular Ghrelin, Leptin, and Dopamine Levels on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa

Sophia Campbell Jenkins, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Schemas and Narrative: The Effect of Stories Read on Stories Told

Moliang Jiang, Political Science (POSC) 2018, Iterate Rights Across Particularities: A Cosmopolitan Vision for Refugee Protection

Bomi A. Johnson, Political Science (POSC) 2018, Tsai Ing-wen and Park Geun-hye: Female Power and the Shaping of Political Movements in Countries with Confucian Roots

Joshua Lee Johnson, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Elucidate Neurological Details on Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Walker Johnston, Art History (ARTH) 2018, Arts Factories is France: A New Conception of the Role of the Artist in Society

Katherine Paige Sheldrick Jones, Biology (BIOL) 2018, MITF: A Transcription Factor Key to Awakening the Dormant Traits of Melanocytes in Melanoma Tumorigenesis

Maureen Elaine Kalkowski-Farrand, History (HIST) 2018, Common Law Marriage and Society

Audrey J. Kan, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, An Interrogation

Sophia Takemi Kawamoto, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Invasion Decreases Beta Diversity Despite Initial Differentiation in Freshwater Fish

Harrison Keithahn, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, About Face: Explorations in Faceless Photography

Lauren Grace Kempton, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Time to give up on a single animal model of autism spectrum disorder

Alyk Russell Kenlan, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, I'm Still Laughing

Thanda Win Khin, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Traumatic mating as the basis for an evolutionary arms race

Belle Kinder, Biology (BIOL) 2018, The Impact of Genetic Diversity on Honey Bee Colony Productivity and Health

Michael Oliver Kipp, Holden Wolf Greenberg, Macallan Hardy Brown, Mark Bartholomew Iserloth, and Simon Alexander Bilsky-Rollins, Computer Science (CS) 2018, Shottey

Paul Thomas Kirk-Davidoff, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, Strip Mall Nickelodeon: The Video Store in Local Context, 1978-2014

Bex Kestanbaum Klafter, Amy Andress Roach, and Rafael Guadalupe Soto, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2018, "Searching for Solar: Applying the Path of Least Resistance, a Case Study of Solar Gardens in Farmington and Lakeville, MN"

Benjamin J. Kopp, Biology (BIOL) 2018, The role of recently identified crosstalk mechanisms in conferring chemo-resistance to AML stem cells via activation of the NF-кB signaling pathway

Konrad Jens Krogstad, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Characterization of corrosion of simulated ancient glasses following variable temperature product consistency tests

Mikaela Kropp, Biology (BIOL) 2018, When pyrodiversity promotes biodiversity: Characterizing the mediators of community response to fire

Sebastian Lara, Economics (ECON) 2018, Effects of the ACA's Dependent Coverage Mandate on Job Mobility of Young Adults

Janis Joy Lee, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Metastasis in breast cancer is mediated by EMT, cancer stem cells, and niche-associated cytokines

Nicholas Paul Leeke, Economics (ECON) 2018, Beating the Record: The Effects of Recognition and Competition on Senior Gift Participation Rates at a Liberal Arts College

Nicholas Paul Leeke, French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2018, Un Super-héros 100% Français : Le renforcement de l’hégémonie française dans Superdupont.

Anny Lei, Linguistics (LING) 2018, On the Non-existence of Japanese Internally-headed Relative Clauses: Puppet Head Noun no

Anisa Nicole Lester, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Rapid Eosinophil Apoptosis Promotes Obesity

Bonnie Mae Lindgren, English (ENGL) 2018, Uncertain Creatures

Peter Carl Lindquist, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Deformation bands in the Etchegoin Formation sandstone: Triaxial deformation experiments and implications for principal stress directions in central California

Emma Grace Link, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Geomorphologic controls on active layer characteristics in the Alaskan Arctic and their implications for studies utilizing latitudinal temperature gradients

Rory Ruoyu Li, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Neural Crest Cells: Development and Treatment of Treacher Collins Syndrome

Minda Liu, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Our gut reaction to antibiotics: The connection between antibiotic treatment and the inflammatory response

Clara Overbeck Livingston, Economics (ECON) 2018, Value of Emotion: Effects of Visceral Factors on Economic Behavior

Clara Overbeck Livingston, Emily Corway Kaegi, Nicholas Daniel Fredrickson, and Alana Morgan Danieu, Statistics (STAT) 2018, Survey Designs for Distance Sampling: A Study of Zebra Mussels

Mina Lor, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Eosinophils Play Significant Role in Airway Remodeling via Integrin Interactions with Airway Structural Cells

Sandy Lor, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Parental Traumatic Experiences May Predispose Children to Develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Later in Life: An Epigenetic Perspective

Zephyr Lucas, Physics (PHYS) 2018, Diodes

Peter Mackenzie, Japanese (JAPN) 2019, The Historical Phonology of Old Japanese and Proto-Japonic

Andrew Mackin, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Evolution in Fragmented Habitat

Matthew Thomas Maclay, Physics (PHYS) 2018, Mission to the Outer Solar System

Sarah Wynne Magid, Ilia Harat Widman, and Theresa Marie Green, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Effect of Prior Consensual Sexual Activity and Perpetrator Reputation on Rape Blame

Byronlyn Evelyn Agnes Mappy, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Primary Use of MRI and fMRI in ADHD Assessment as a Qualitative Tool to Counter the Effects of Clinician Bias, Age, Gender, and SES

Vanessa Martinez-Hernandez, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Do We Work Harder When We Receive Less? Comparing Pigeon and Human Effort Toward Easy and Difficult Schedules of Reward

Leo Willian Martin, History (HIST) 2018, A Problem for Solution: Opposing Destalinization and Hoxha's interpretation of Communism 1953-1962.

Senjie Ma, Chemistry (CHEM) 2018, An Investigation of the Rhodium-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroformylation of Terminal Alkene

Paula Caley Mattlin, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Potential Applications of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in Middle School Students Across Levels of Functioning, Well-Being, Diagnosis, and Lack of Diagnosis

Arthur Richard Chaput McCray, Physics (PHYS) 2018, The Physics of Ice

Anna R. McGinn, Religion (RELG) 2018, William James, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Religious Freedom: The Twelve Steps as an American Religious Movement

David Cheng McKinley, Economics (ECON) 2018, Isolating Discrimination in the Sexual Orientation Wage Gap

Kevin Mei, Economics (ECON) 2018, Urbanization, Knowledge Spillovers, and Economic Growth: An Analysis of U.S. Cities from 2005 to 2016

Daihui Meng, Philosophy (PHIL) 2018, On Happiness: A Conversation Between Daoism and Existentialism

Daihui Meng, Studio Art (ARTS) 2018, Untitled

Lauren Esther Michael, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Using ground penetrating radar (GPR) to image the Bald Spot: A test of concept for the use of GPR in Carleton geology classes

Dustin Tobias Michels, Carolyn Ryan, Jack Lightbody, Jonathan Bisila, Kiya Govek, and Zephyr Lucas, Computer Science (CS) 2018, Unified Energy System: What's the Point?

Julia Zieve Miller, History (HIST) 2018, "Simplicity for the Sake of Equality": Reform German-Jewish Death Practices in 19th Century Boston

Sarah Min, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Adult SVZ Niche Signals Drive NSC Maintenance and Neuronal Differentiation

Mallory Laura Mintz, Geology (GEOL) 2018, Tracing Sediment Source Response to Water Infrastructure Development and Management in Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

Kelcie Malia Molina, Linguistics (LING) 2018, Tawkin Enikain at Sku: An Examination of Hawaiʻi Creole English in an Academic Setting

Tyrone Moore-Perez, Religion (RELG) 2018, Anime, Manga, and "Religion" in Modern Japan

Avinash Moorthy, Economics (ECON) 2018, Do Students Benefit from an Extra Year of High School? A Study of Ontario's Removal of Grade 13

Adam Gabriel Moreno-Mendelson, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Sister Morphine: Treating Adolescent Opioid Addiction

Theo James Morris and Peixuan Ouyang, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2018, Analog of the Between

Aidan Francis Mullan, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, My Group is Better Than Yours: Perception of Personality and Character Differences Under Minimal Groups

Nina Emily Muller, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Resilience Through Dog Ownership and its Applications

Anna Nachbor, Biology (BIOL) 2018, The Diseased Environment of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung: The Interplay of Lung Health, the Microbiome, and Chronic Settlers

Micah Jazz Nacht, Ju Yun Kim, Daniel William Mayer, Adam Avery Tigar, Lazar Radomir Zamurovic, and Xingfan Xia, Computer Science (CS) 2018, Tree Discovery: Applying Machine Learning to Determine Document Relevancy

Avery Laurel Naughton, History (HIST) 2018, Conservation Portrayed in Black and White: The Smithsonian's National Zoo's Representation and Use of the Giant Panda as a Symbol

Alyssa Nicole Neidhart, Economics (ECON) 2018, Does Female Labor Force Participation Impact Total Factor Productivity? A Time-Series Analysis of the United States between 1950 and 2014

Heidi Neidhart, Biology (BIOL) 2018, Nuptial gift-giving induces sexual conflict in insects