Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2013
Henry Rownd, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2013, You Are There! . . . as a Tessering, Morphing Hyperbody: The Viewer in Contemporary 3D, CGI, and Ridefilm Technologies
Wenli Rui, Economics (ECON) 2013, A Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rate Determination in the Chinese Foreign Exchange Market
Ruby Leigh Russell, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Preventing and Protecting Against Alzheimer's Disease: An Independent Role for Androgens
Ethan Andrew Sagin, Music (MUSC) 2013, Expression and the Affections in Johann Sebastian Bach's ICH HABE GENUG, BWV 82
Caroline Rebecca Scheevel, Geology (GEOL) 2013, Determining crustal velocities of the Ruby Mountains, Nevada using local mine blasts
Adam Edward Scherling, Economics (ECON) 2013, Tipping the balance of innovation: Who takes advantage of intellectual property rights in developed and developing countries
Amelia Bullard Schlossberg, Biology (BIOL) 2013, A Pain In My Astrocytes and Microglia: A Biological Mechanism for Sex Bias in Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Johanna Amy Schmidt, Linguistics (LING) 2013, Motivating the Impoverishment: A Morphosyntactic Analysis of Deletion Processes in Agreement
Andrew Jeffrey Schneider-Adams, Political Science (POSC) 2013, The Benefits of Sports Teams for Cities: Positive Externalities of Stadiums
Tyler Clarisse Schuetz, Geology (GEOL) 2013, Examining the paleoenvironment of the Chickaloon Formation, Matanuska Valley, Alaska through Campeloma and Unionoida fossil assemblages
Alec Scott, Biology (BIOL) 2013, An Evaluation of Nitrogen and Phosphorus as Drivers of Cyanobacterial Blooms
Deborah A. Shapiro, Linguistics (LING) 2013, Morphological Acquisition or: How I Learned to Stop Overregularizing and Love the "Brought"
Andrea Marie Simenstad, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2013, Modeling Moral Cognition: Virtue Ethics and Connectionist Architecture
Ryan William Skinner, Physics (PHYS) 2013, Imaging the Earth with Synthetic Aperture Radar
Danielle Dougnac Smogard, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2013, The Evolution of International Criminal Justice: A Hybrid Solution is Born
Benjamin Geoffrey Southgate, Economics (ECON) 2013, LOOP and the Internet Marketplace
Molly Danae Spence, Studio Art (ARTS) 2013, Arboretum Series
Brian Daniel Spisiak, Political Science (POSC) 2013, Architect of Architects: Cartesian Ethics and Platonic Virtue
Anna Caitlin Steedman, French (FREN) 2013, L’optique à travers laquelle nous voyons le passé : Le rôle de la mémoire dans La vie et rien d’autre par Bertrand Tavernier et Un long dimanche de fiançailles par Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Annie Riggs Steiner, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2013, Contemporary College Students' Usage of the Word "Slut" in Relation to the Sexual Double Standard
Quinn Yoshie Stewart, Classical Languages (CLAS) 2013, Fashioning Memory through Rhetoric and Medium in the Laudatio Turiae
Tony Johnston Stoeri, History (HIST) 2013, Make Him See That We Are French! Napoleonic French Soldiers and the Construction of National Identity
Benjamin Adam Strasser, Leo Christopher Olivares, Daoji Huang, and Adam Edward Zweber, Mathematics (MATH) 2013, Plane Trees and Shabat Polynomials
Jacob Jordan Styburski, English (ENGL) 2013, Lacking the Will to Repent: Bedeviled Freedom in the Satanic Soliloquy
Zoe Susanne Suche, Philosophy (PHIL) 2013, The Heaviest Burden: Selfhood, Unity, and Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence
Anisa Abdi Suleiman, Biology (BIOL) 2013, B3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists as a Treatment for Obesity by Inducing Thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue
Han Jae Sun, Psychology (PSYC) 2013, A test of cognitive and physiological efficacy of binaural beat recordings and brainwave entrainment resulty for the use of i-doser
Kana Suzuki, Economics (ECON) 2013, How much more do people value safety? Estimating the impact of the March 2011 Fukushima disasters on residential land prices in Fukushima Prefecture
Nana Tanamoto, Biology (BIOL) 2013, The endoplasmic reticulum as a modulator of cellular metabolism: A novel metabolic paradigm for Alzheimer disease
Deborah Hui En Tan, Dance (DANC) 2013, Heart of the Matter: A Dance Comps by Deborah Tan
Deborah Hui En Tan, Psychology (PSYC) 2013, How Do We Understand Gestures? Lexical representation of emblematic gestures
Lisa Taxier, Psychology (PSYC) 2013, Estrogen and Progesterone Priming Induces Higher Male Odor Preference Independent of Pubertal Ovarian Hormone Exposure
Breanna Jane Tetreault, Biology (BIOL) 2013, The roles of relaxin and hyaluronic acid in the extracellular matrix during cervical ripening, and their control on the timing of parturition
Souriya Thao, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy Using MicroRNA-1, -499, -155 for Heart Regeneration
Sarah Gardner Thappa, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Taking Sex Bias in Disease to Heart: Female Sex Bias in Cardiovascular Disease and Coronary Heart Disease
Scott Anthony Theisen, Economics (ECON) 2013, The Impact of Economic Development on Biodiversity
Maxwell Gustav Miller Timm, Economics (ECON) 2013, The impact of Eurasian watermilfoil on residential lakeshore property value in Washington County, MN
Richard Tovar, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2013, Come With Me
Derek James Turner, Physics (PHYS) 2013, The Physics of Medical Imaging: X-ray and MRI
Daniel Benjamin Ulman, Religion (RELG) 2013, Patrilineal Descent and the Sea Change that Wasn't: An Exploration of its Intricacies, Implications, and Legacy
Vaishali Umrikar, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2013, Representations of the Indian Diaspora in Bollywood Films (1995-2012)
Stuart John Urback, History (HIST) 2013, A Playful Evolution: The Transformation of Game Theory* in the United States from the 1970s through the 2000s
Andrea Vang, Physics (PHYS) 2013, The Physics of Comets
Jeremy Tilton Wadsworth, Economics (ECON) 2013, The 'Border Effect' Between the United States and Canada: The Role of Nominal Exchange Rate Variability in the Creation of Price Level Volatility
Elissa Ann Walter, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Species Loss from Nitrogen Deposition in Grasslands: The Differing Environmental Conditions that Cause Competitive-Exclusion-Driven vs. Acidification-Driven Declines in Species Richness
Elissa Ann Walter, Philosophy (PHIL) 2013, Utilitarianism and the Futility Problem: Can Utilitarianism Serve as a Satisfactory Animal Ethics Framework which Articulates Prominent Human Intuitions?
Katharine Hennessy Walton, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2013, Stand Apart
Doil Wang, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2013, Lessons of History: U.S. China Policy after the Vietnam War
Taylor Ann Want, Physics (PHYS) 2013, The Physics of Waste Management
Taylor Daniel Ward, Biology (BIOL) 2013, The Identification of Irisin as a Potential Novel Treatment for Obesity in Humans
Kate Trudi Cowan Wiener, Studio Art (ARTS) 2013, Welding & Weaving: Sculpting Quilts
Roy James Wiggins, Matthew James Cusworth Rathkey, and Chelsea Elizabeth Yost, Mathematics (MATH) 2013, Polya Urn Models
Leah M. Willemin, Studio Art (ARTS) 2013, Objects and Ritual
Deborah Ann Wong, American Studies (AMST) 2013, What We Talk About When We Talk About Diversity: International Student Experiences as Foreigners in the United States
Janie Chan Wong, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer: The Search for the Missing Receptor
Caitlin Grace Wood, Psychology (PSYC) 2013, White privilege and anti-racist intervention: Developing methods for racial education on a college campus
Julian Senuta Wyss, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2013, Muslim Mobilization in Mali: An Examination of Religious Social Movements and Underdevelopment
Marika Xydes-Ââ€Smith, Biology (BIOL) 2013, The Role of Chronodisruption in the Development of Type Two Diabetes Mellitus
Jessa Lynn Youso, Psychology (PSYC) 2013, Can they do it? An Evaluation of Altruistic Behavior in Cotton-top Tamarins
Chloe Simha Zelkha, Religion (RELG) 2013, The Space Between: Bridging Difference and Oneness in Jewish Theology
David Zelle, Mathematics (MATH) 2013, Stein's Paradox and Bayesian Estimation
Kenneth Wade Zillig, Biology (BIOL) 2013, Mother Nature in Australia with a Dry Spell: How a Climate Change caused the Australian Megafauna Extinction Event
Winnie Belle Zwick, American Studies (AMST) 2013, Conventional Farming, Unconventional Farmers: Reflections on 21st Century Agrarianism from Northfield, MN
Graduated in 2012
Ariana Shirin Abadian Heifetz, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2012, Iranian Women in Times of Great Contention: A Comparison of Women's Mobilization in the Iranian Revolution and the 2009 Election Protests
Sameena Nasim Ahmed, Biology (BIOL) 2012, The Cancer-Obesity Link: How Insulin and IGF Stimulate Aerobic Glycolysis through the PI3K Pathway
Jacob K. Alcorn, Economics (ECON) 2012, The Effect of Airport Noise A Spatial Investigation into the Relationship between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport's Noise Pollution and Property Values
Margaret Rose Alexander, Biology (BIOL) 2012, The Role of the Wnt Pathway in Cancer Stem Cell Formation and the Opposing Function of Wnt Antagonists
Michael Cohen Alexander, Tanner Martin, and Scarlett Tse, Mathematics (MATH) 2012, Counting Moose: A Bayesian Model for Population Estimation
Charlotte Jean Alster, Geology (GEOL) 2012, Microbial enzymatic response to reduced precipitation and increased nitrogen in a southern Californian grassland
Steve C. Amaefuna, Biology (BIOL) 2012, Understanding the Warburg Effect
Benjamin Robert Anderson, Erika Rose Warrick, and Kathleen Marie Storey, Mathematics (MATH) 2012, The Medial Axis and its Applications
Dustin James Anderson, Physics (PHYS) 2012, Plasmas and the Sun
Casey Jordan Andree, Music (MUSC) 2012, The Trombone Pedagogy of Vladimir Blazhevich
Emmaline Jiang Ashley, Biology (BIOL) 2012, Mind over Matter: The Role of the Endogenous Opioid System in Placebo Analgesia
Kristofer Erik Asp, Geology (GEOL) 2012, Crystallization History of the Sawbill Lake Intrusion
Mihajlo Babovic, Music (MUSC) 2012, From the Practice Room to the Concert Stage: How the Broken Chord Étude Developed in the Early 19th Century
Julia Ann Gilbert Baker, Psychology (PSYC) 2012, The Effects of Priming on Emotional and Identity Recognition in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Colleen Marie Barr, Physics (PHYS) 2012, Soil Erosion
Emily Rose Barter, Linguistics (LING) 2012, The Case for a Reanalysis of Case in Sinhala
Sean Lu Beckwith, Biology (BIOL) 2012, Chromatin Architecture and Gene Expression: Remodeling and Recruitment in the Gal4 System
Nicholas Jordan Bellos, History (HIST) 2012, Crowded Cars, Contested Turf: Race-Making and the Everyday on Chicago Public Transit During World War II
Jennifer Beltran, Latin American Studies (LTAM) 2012, Femicides in Ciudad Juárez: Why Women? Why Ciudad Juárez?
Kellianne Ellen Bennett, Linguistics (LING) 2012, Syntax vs. Pragmatics and Grammaticality Judgments: A Perspective from Korean Honorification
Katherine Anne Benson, Chemistry (CHEM) 2012, A New Gold Standard: The Potential of the Gold(III) Porphyrin Structure in the Design of Novel Anticancer Therapies
Sarah Frances Berry, Geology (GEOL) 2012, Dendrohydrological δ18O Stable Isotopic Forward Modeling of Carapa Guianensis Tree Ring Cellulose for the Determination of Climate Change Variability in Source Waters
Samir Soni Bhala, Political Science (POSC) 2012, Just Enough for the City? The Politics of Economic Development in Richard M. Daley's Chicago
Kendall Jennifer Bills, Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 2012, Living the Theory: Locating the Experiences of Non-profit Workers Striving for Accountability to Youth
Alex Brewer and Tanya My Bui, Psychology (PSYC) 2012, Dealing with Feelings: Emotional Intelligence and Resident Assistants at Carleton College
Arthur Takizo Brown, Studio Art (ARTS) 2012, Killer Toys for Boys: Violence in Children's Toys
Russell Joseph Buehler, Mathematics (MATH) 2012, Hilbert's Tenth
Josiah Tate Burns, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2012, CAMS comps 2012: Sun/Moon in Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun [essay], Shangrila [video]
Robin Burrell, Political Science (POSC) 2012, School Desegregation's Future: Contradictions in Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court's Culpability in the Retrenchment of Segregated Schools
Hannah Jean Button-Harrison, Music (MUSC) 2012, Freeing the Music [paper], The Sound of Singing [composition/performance]
Celia McDonnell Caffery, Classics (CLST) 2012, Justice Betrayed: The Role of the Athenian Assembly in the Aftermath of the Battle of Arginusae
Jacob Monir Canfield, Studio Art (ARTS) 2012, Samantha Back
Jacob Monir Canfield, Psychology (PSYC) 2012, Simplified Characters Make for Empathetic Audiences
Audrey Yang Carlsen, Psychology (PSYC) 2012, Why Does My Chicken Taste Purple? - An Exploration of the Neural Basis of Synesthesia
Justin Mark Carlson, Music (MUSC) 2012, A Discussion of Form in the Third Movement: Allegro Moderato from the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1929) by Sir William Turner Walton
Ross William Cawthon, Physics (PHYS) 2012, The Shape of the Universe
Benjamin Witte Cerjan, Physics (PHYS) 2012, Snow