Integrated Comprehensive Exercises (Comps)

The Carleton collection of Comps, Honors Papers, and Prize-Winning Works is a collaboration between academic departments and the library. Students self-submit their work with the guidance of their departments and programs. Descriptive information about each comps, honors paper, or prize-winning project is available to search or browse. Access to the full text of projects is limited to current Carleton affiliates with faculty permission. Learn more about the collection, including how to submit and how to request access to the full text of works.

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Sofia Durdag, History (HIST) 2025, “I Looked to the Traces Where Love Hides”: The Eternal and the Ephemeral in the Diwan of A’ishah al-Ba'uniyah (d. 922/1517)

Collin Eldridge, Economics (ECON) 2025, Estimating Parameters of the Matching Function for Labor Search

Collin Eldridge, Billy Bratton, Jivana Nagpal, and Christie Song, Statistics (STAT) 2025, A Statistical Analysis of Network Review Data From Goodreads.com

Chris Elliott, Statistics (STAT) 2025, Gridiron Fortunes: Analyzing the NFL Prospects of College Quarterbacks

Ami Endo, Linguistics (LING) 2025, The Semantics of Conditional Evaluative Constructions in Japanese

Albert Ezem Osakwe, Sho Tanaka, Issa Mohamed, and Aidan Khan, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Agent Showdown in Pokemon: A Comparison of Different ML Algorithms in Pokemon Battling

Kate Fair, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2025, Jenny and the Alien

Jocelyn Ferguson, Sara Shallenberger, Ty Folks, and Nathan Streiff, Statistics (STAT) 2025, Bootstrap Gone Wild: Because Your Data Doesn't Play By The Rules

Eva Fischer, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Is ADHD a Universal Disorder or Culture-Bound Syndrome? A Cross Cultural Review

Myles Fisher, History (HIST) 2025, The Ecological Empire: Corporate and State Power in Midcentury Guatemala

Orion Fisher, History (HIST) 2025, The Theatrics of Resistance: Gendering bodies through infrapolitics in post-Soviet Central Asia

Owen Flanagan, History (HIST) 2025, Race to the Market: Neoliberalism and Polarization in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic (1989-1996)

Sebastian Forero Escovar, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Crystallization history of Footwall Gneisses and Plutons of the Paparoa Core Complex, South Island, New Zealand

Dylan Fox-Arnold, Political Science (POSC) 2025, Who Defines the Truth? Populists' Post-Electoral Challenges to Media Independence

Adward Frazier Jr, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Smartphone Inertial Measurement Unit System

Clara Gale, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Provenance of the Kootznahoo Formation using U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology in southeastern Alaska

Raquel Germani, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Exploring Multiple Paternity and Female Choice: A Strategy to Enhance Genetic Diversity and Population Viability

Raquel Germani, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Raising Awareness of Coral Bleaching

Scott Gevurtz, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the Journey to Self-Knowledge

Abigail Goff, Religion (RELG) 2025, Relics of Homeland: “Ce que la Palestine apporte au monde” at L’Institut du monde arabe

Cassidy Goldman, American Studies (AMST) 2025, More Than A Milestone: Understanding Religious-Cultural Coming-of-Age Ceremonies in Contemporary America

Graham Gordon, Mika Shiffman, and Jonathan Merchant, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Optimizing Public Transportation Networks with Community Detection Algorithms

Alex Gran, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Physics of Superconducting Qubits

Rachel Gregg, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Measuring CO2 flux in enhanced weathering trials in southeastern Minnesota: an evaluation of existing technologies and a proposed optimized model

Markus Gunadi, Cathy Duan, Zoey La, Willow Gu, Charlie Ney, and Kai Weiner, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Serendipitous Exploration of the Carleton Curriculum

Willow Gu, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Measuring the Mind’s Muscle: How to Assess the Effectiveness of Kinesthetic Motor Imagery Practice

Malachy Guzman, Elias Tannira, and Anna Center, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, Modeling the Precision of Gene Regulation in Drosophila with the Linear Framework

Hannah Hackenmueller, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Re-interpreting borehole breakouts and corresponding lithology from well logs in central California: Implications for stresses near the San Andreas fault system

Youssef Haddad, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Introduction to Photonic Integrated Circuits

Luke Harris, Economics (ECON) 2025, Evaluating Mark-to-Market Taxation of Capital Gains

Edward Hayward, History (HIST) 2025, The Autumn Harvest: Collective Memory and China's 1989 Democracy Movement

Robert Healy, Political Science (POSC); Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, The American Prosperity Fund: How Sovereign Wealth Funds Impact Inequality

Vanessa Heynes, Colin James, Wesley Yang, Arisha Khan, Luha Yang, and Hanane Akeel, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Let's Agree to Agree: Consensus in a Faulty System

Kaori Hirano, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Not So Mindblind Online: Exploring Neurodivergent Empathy through Digital Text-Based Interactions

Claire Holmes, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Operational Definitions and Validity in Expert versus Novice Differences in Athlete Decision-Making

Claire Holmes, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, U & I in the classroom: Leveraging interdisciplinary research in educational technology interface design

Olivia Ho, American Studies (AMST) 2025, 'Good Houses Make Contented Workers': Undermining Ownership, Capital, and Privacy in America

Gerrit Hoving, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Novel Measures of Feedlot Ammonia Emissions: Indirectly through Random Forest Regression on Spectral Data and Directly through Spectral Matched Filter

Mattias Hoz, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Is the King of Atlantis Heavier than Tom Brady? Truth-Value Intuitions for Sentences with Existential Presupposition Failure

Graci Huff, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, From Red Handprints to Revitalization: Culturally Significant Approaches to Advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Linnea Hultman, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, Can Neural Network Language Models Demonstrate Linguistic Systematicity?

Etta Humes, Economics (ECON) 2025, An Analysis and Proposal for Wealth Taxes in the United States

Etta Humes, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, Foreign Lobbying in US politics by Middle Eastern States 2015-2015

Mia Iram, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2025, "My Feminism Can't be Divided": Advocating for Feminist Peace in Kosovo and Palestine-Israel

Echols Iyengunmwena, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Revolutionizing Opioid Addiction Treatment: Longitudinal Study Exploring the Promise of Ibogaine

Maya Jable, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2025, From Object to Agent: How Does Objectification Become Embodied and What Can We Do About It?

Gavyn Jensen-Schneider, Economics (ECON) 2025, National Problem, Localized Solutions: Local Policy Changes to Increase Housing Affordability

Ellen Johnson, Biology (BIOL) 2025, From Sensory Organelle to Evolutionary Catalyst: The Impact of Primary Cilia and Sonic Hedgehog Signaling on Phenotypic Plasticity

Ellen Johnson, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Various Uses of Polymeric Nanoparticles in Treating, Detecting and Preventing Bovine Mastitis

Marshall D. Johnson, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Sub-angstrom Analysis of 2D Materials Utilizing Electron Ptychography

Lily Johnston, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Cultural Foundations of Harmony: A Psychological Exploration of Authority, Conformity and Cooperation in China’s Collectivist Society

Lily Johnston, Chinese (CHIN) 2025, The Family Plan or Lack Thereof: A Cultural Study of Post-One-Child Policy China

Nzingha Joseph, Elena Parkerson, and David Thurston, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, Diamonds in the Rough: Counting Diamonds in Tournaments

Gabriel Kaplan, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Precipitation and groundwater: Increasing sensitivity of deep aquifers in Minnesota

Maya Keeney, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Senior Art Comps

Maya Keeney, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, True Colors: Exploring Performance and the Authentic Self

Max Keller, Reed Schubert, and Tanner Carlson, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Ants in the Brain: Mapping Neural Connectivity using Colony Optimization Algorithms

Zaria Kelly, Classics (CLST) 2025, The Hunter or The Hunted?: The Ambiguity of Power in Vase Paintings of Pederastic Relationships

Collin Kelso, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Figuring out What Works: Reviewing the Advantages, Disadvantages, and Effectiveness of Passive Enhanced Weathering Settings and Feedstocks

Ethan Kinsella, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Urban Affordances: A Comparative Study of Venturi/Scott Brown's Strip and Jacobs's "Sidewalk Ballet"

Lazuli Kleinhans, Aadi Akyianu, and Essy Ingram, Computer Science (CS) 2025, Linux Privilege Escalation and Vulnerability Exploit Script (linPEVES)

Hannah Knapp, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Demystifying PMS and Mood: A Systematic Review of Measurement Practices

Elizabeth Kniser, Biology (BIOL) 2025, S. aureus Biofilm Infections: Regulation of Dispersal Through Agr Quorum-Sensing and Therapeutic Challenges

Arthur Koenig, English (ENGL) 2025, When “Cairo Was Like Europe”: The Politics of Egypt’s Cosmopolitan Memory in Waguih Ghali’s Beer in the Snooker Club and Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building

Padmini Konidena, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Exploring the Role of Ghost Introgression in Species Adaptations

Amberly Kroha, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Microstructural analysis and kinematic determinations of deformation bands from Parkfield, California: Implications for stress along the San Andreas fault

Ezra Kucur, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Climate Challenges in the Intertidal Zone: Pisaster ochraceus’ Response to Sea Star Wasting Disease

Holly Lake, English (ENGL) 2025, Both Sides of Closure

Natalie Lang, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Construction of a Landfill in a Sand Tank Physical Model

Jeremiah Lanzillo, Geology (GEOL) 2025, Groundwater Interaction and Surface Water Impacts on the Ground- Coupled Geothermal Heat Exchanger at Carleton College

Joshua Kaden Lecuyer, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Hypergolic Ionic Liquids

David Lee, Economics (ECON) 2025, Optimizing Recreational Marijuana Tax Policy In Minnesota

Stephanie Lee, Mathematics (MATH) 2025, An Introduction to Integral Equations and their Solution Methods

Stephanie Lee, Economics (ECON) 2025, No Panacea in Monetary Policy: A Policy Brief for the 2025 FOMC Monetary Framework Review

Breanna A. Lefevers-Scott, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Mass Hysteria: A New Case?

Linnea Lentfer, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2025, Hunting for Home: Placemaking Through the Deer Harvest in Non-Indigenous Northern Southeast Alaskan Communities

Sophia Lenzer, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Adolescent Stress Influences Organization of Sex-Specific Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Female Sexual Functioning in Adulthood

Alberto Leon, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, Ghosts in the Runway: Hauntology through the works of Demna Gvasalia

Rebecca Lerdau, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Climate Change and Anuran Reproductive Response

Aiden Lesneski, Alice Mongane, Ananth Iyer, Annika Stewart, Audrey Parrott, Ben Schneider, Lizzet Solache Salgado, Quan Nguyen, and Waadaa Daka, Chemistry (CHEM) 2025, Bobby Arora (NYU) Comps Group: Designing Synthetic Peptidomimetics to Inhibit Protein-Protein Interactions

Oliver J. Licht, Physics (PHYS) 2025, Unraveling the Physics Behind Digital Photography

Jason Lin, Philosophy (PHIL) 2025, No Exit, No Excuses: Sartre, Authenticity, and the Weight of Existence

Caroline Loescher, Biology (BIOL) 2025, The Role of Climate Change in Shaping Range Shifts and Disease Transmission Dynamics Between Plants and Insects

Eliza Lox, American Studies (AMST) 2025, From the Pioneers to #VanLife: Domesticity and Manifest Destiny in American Nomadism

Josephine MacDonald, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Landscapes of Peril: How Fear of Predators and Parasites Shapes Disease Risk

Kyle Machalec, Biology (BIOL) 2025, Neurodegeneration and Lipid Droplets: From Metabolic Buffer to Cellular Burden

Elizabeth Madigan, Biology (BIOL) 2025, The Plastic Predicament: Bisphenol A’s Contribution to Sex Differences Observed in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Anja Madsen, History (HIST) 2025, Space: The Final Frontier?: An Exploration of Frontier Themes in Space Science Fiction Films of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries

Kaija Maier, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Kaija Maier Comps

Malvika Malhotra and Sofia Santamaria Germani, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Sex Differences in Brain Activation Patterns and Strategies during Cognitive Tasks of Verbal Fluency and Spatial Rotation

Grace Malooly, Studio Art (ARTS) 2025, Lake Affects

Grace Malooly, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Head and the HRT: The Psychological Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Women