Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2011
Laurel Schmidt, Physics (PHYS) 2011, How many protons does it take to turn on a light bulb?
Lucy Marie Schroeder, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, The neural correlates of spiritual and religious experience
Brian Howard Schuster, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Lightsails: Traveling the Cosmic Ocean
Rachel Alisa Schwartz, History (HIST) 2011, A Science of the Social: A Philanthropic Paradigm
Lyssa Alexandra Searcy, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, Welcomed as "New" Minnesotans or Framed as Responsible "Others"?: Exploring the Media Framing of Somali Immigrant Health and Wellness in Minnesota between 1996 and 2010
Lingerr Marie Senghor, English (ENGL) 2011, Trapped: Inequality and Imprisonment in the Bronte Canon
Paromita Sen, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Mesolimbic dopamine pathway dysfunction in dietary obesity
Michael John Servis, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Brownian Motion in Astrophysics
Jameson Timothy Siegert, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Callahan
Gabriel Perri Silberblatt, English (ENGL) 2011, Revising, Re-visioning: Italo Calvino and the Politics of Play
Larissa Anne Silverman, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Nicotine and Endocannabinoids: Effects on Short Term Learning and Memory
Larissa Anne Silverman, Studio Art (ARTS) 2011, Playing with Judgment
Max Joseph Silver, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Chair
Colin Mackenzie Sinclair, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Glacial processes and the changing landscape of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
Rachel Elizabeth Sklar, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Perfect Goulash
Anna Leigh Snyder, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Endogenous cannabinoids: An explanation for the relationship between exercise and addiction
Kelly Soderstrom, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2011, From Rebel to Statesman: Political Perceptions and Policy Decisions in Ho Chi Minh's Writings and Speeches
Iosif Sorokin, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, From the Scroll to the National Language: Linguistic Ideology in the Hebrew Revival
Zoe L. Statman-Weil, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2011, Agroecology in the MST: The fight for sustainability and social justice
Allison Helen Sterling, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, I'm No Longer That Girl: Film Noir's Influence on the Construction of Alternative Girlhood in Veronica Mars
Jane Elizabeth Stitt, Spanish (SPAN) 2011, Yo llegué a la revolución por la vía de la poesía. Tu podrás llegar...a la poesía por la vía de la revolución Roque Dalton y las vías múltiples de la revolución (o, por qué los poetas son tan importantes como los guerrilleros revolucionarios)
Andreas Orson Stoehr, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Gender, Sympathy, and the "Monstrous Hero" in the American Horror Film
Matthew S. Strongin, Physics (PHYS) 2011, The Prospects and Physical Constraints of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
Thomas Adam Sullivan, Physics (PHYS) 2011, The Physics of Spacecraft Propulsion
Amy Gin Sun, English (ENGL) 2011, The Man Who Shot Down the Sun
Chen Sun, Economics (ECON) 2011, An Empirical Analysis of the Employment Outcome Differentials between Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans and Non-veterans
Merritt Ann Swain, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, The Effects of Sleep Duration on Motor Performance and Mood
Britta Kathryn Swedenborg, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Avian hair cell regeneration and its implications for regaining hearing
Britta Kathryn Swedenborg, Music (MUSC) 2011, The Nielsen Flute Concerto: A Danish Concerto?
Kristina Eiko Taketomo, History (HIST) 2011, Home is Where You Park It: Cold War Caravans and Mobile Domestic Space
Shao Min Tan, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Falling Through Spacetime: A Study of Black Holes
Austin Joseph Taylor, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Disturbance Mediated Shifts in Tropical Rainforest Fire Regimes
William Timothy Treal Taylor, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2011, Rally 'round the relic: archaeological repatriation policy and the diversionary theory of war
Amy S. Teller and Bryce E. Gray, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2011, Praying for Rain: Farmer Vulnerability to Climate Change in Mto Wa Mbu and Lukange Village, Tanzania
Kelly Marie Thomas, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, Holy Representations of Themes and Cultural Ideas, Batman!: A close examination of representations of themes and characters in the Batman franchise from 1939 to the present day
Shakita Shavonne Thomas, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, From Access to Success: Social Capital and Posse Scholars
Katya Louise Thronweber, Studio Art (ARTS) 2011, Untitled
Jack Yin Timmons, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The Pitfalls of Inflammation: a review of CRP as a contributing factor to atherosclerosis and the associated benefits of exercise
Colleen Jenny Tjosvold, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2011, An Institutional Analysis of Factories and Freedom in Dongguan, China
Ian Edward Tonat, History (HIST) 2011, Courts and Culture: Native Americans in New England Courts, 1620-1700
Kate Trenerry, History (HIST) 2011, One Border, Two Walls: Conflict and Conceptualization Along the German-German Border, 1945-1972
Kate Trenerry, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Rephotographing the Iron Curtain
Mateo Felipe Trujillo, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, The Sons of the Inheritance: Part 1 - The Will of Fire
Charlotte Catherine Casey Turovsky, Art History (ARTH) 2011, The Intersection of Public Housing and New Urbanism: A Case Study of Heritage Park
Clinton Gerald Ulmer, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, The Effect of Post-Training Administration of Alcohol on Memory Consolidation in Rats
Analeisha Marie Vang, Geology (GEOL) 2011, A Pre-Dam Removal Assessment: The Ames Mill Dam, Northfield, MN
Winkle Matthew Thomas Van, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The Alarm Pheromone Signaling Pathway in Ostariophysan Fish
Elliot Anson Vaughan, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Post-Fire Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Forest Soils
Melissa Grace Villars, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Reward Pathway's Connection to Overeating: Implications for Obesity
Anna Wada, History (HIST) 2011, Imagining a Timeless Unity: The Moment of Silence in 1930s Japan
Sasha Waldstein, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The Role of JNK in β-cell Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance: Potential as a Single-Target Multifactorial Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Andrew Philip Walters, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Local versus global control of ?13C isotope excursions in the Ordovician (Turinian) Platteville Formation, southeastern Minnesota and eastern Iowa
Rebecca Wang, Economics (ECON) 2011, Remittances and Public Spending on Health: Substitutes or Complements?
Cat Marie Ward, Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 2011, Sex and Alcohol on Carleton's Campus
Allyson Fawcett Weaver, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Star Gazing: A close look at Olivia de Havilland and star contracts in the height of studio era Hollywood
Alison Elizabeth Wechsler, Linguistics (LING) 2011, Morphological Decomposition in a Second Language: An Experimental Study of Spanish Participles
Jason Richard Weischedel, Economics (ECON) 2011, The Effects of School Choice on Student Achievement: Evidence across the United States
Joseph Weise, Economics (ECON) 2011, The Effect of Performance Incentive Bonuses: Evidence from Running Backs in the NFL
Hillary Jane Doescher Wiener, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Individual Differences in Advice Seeking
Adrienne Kathleen Wilber, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Late Quaternary climate in the southern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska based on stable isotope analysis of lake sediment
Christopher Daniel Wilen, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Free Electron Lasers: Imaging the Ultra Small and Ultra Fast
Geoffrey Leuba Williams, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Priming Stigmatized Groups to Change Intellectual Ability
Courtney Elizabeth Wipf, English (ENGL) 2011, Never Break the Chain
Colin John Wixted, History (HIST) 2011, The Pied Piper of Reform: De-Stalinization in the Soviet Union, Hungary, Poland and East Germany in a Comparative Context
Cathleen Dyer Wolf, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Meet Street View: Theorizing Google Street View
David Yamron, History (HIST) 2011, Forged in Fear: the Ku Klux Shadow State in Tennessee, 1867-1869
Ger Yang, Chinese (CHIN) 2011, Exploring the Tao in Chinese Military Strategies: The Art of War, The 36 Strategies, and Red Cliff
Zhe Yang, Economics (ECON) 2011, R&D and Productivity Growth
Roger Eli Yarett, History (HIST) 2011, Politics, Progress, and the End of Time: Evangelical Fundamentalism and the Making of a Political Movement
Philip Langdon Yates, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The differential regulation of alpha-secretase and beta-secretase as a causal mechanism for Alzheimer's disease, and the inhibition of beta-secretase by sterol-linking and membrane-anchoring as a therapeutic treatment
Amanda Rose Yourd, Geology (GEOL) 2011, An examination of the development of Kettleman Hills North Dome, central California using paleomagnetic and map-based analysis
Rachel Zucker, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Extraversion-Targeted Interventions to Promote Exercise: The Low Efficacy of Personality-Congruent Attempts
Graduated in 2010
Lynn Mairead Abe, Religion (RELG) 2010, Who's The Boss?: The Soka Gakkai's Legitimation of Authority in its Sect to Church Transition
William T. Adler, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Auditory Metrical Coordination of Attention on a Visual n-back Task
Elizabeth Hoffman Aeschlimann, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2010, Eliciting Emotion and Affect in Moral Judgment: An Examination of Intention, Personal Force and Personal Relevance
Chrisna Aing, Sarah Halls, and Kiva Oken, Mathematics (MATH) 2010, Using Occupancy Theory and Hierarchical Models to Estimate Otter Population in Southeastern Minnesota
Gina Marie Allen, Economics (ECON) 2010, If You're Healthy and You Know it Clap Your Hands: An Exploration of the Relationship between Self-Rated Happiness and Self-Rated Health
Brett Anthony Amick, Economics (ECON) 2010, Competitive Balance within a Cartel Design: A Case Study on the National Hockey League's Original Six
Chuck Hans Anderson-Weir, Economics (ECON) 2010, How Does the Stock Market React to Corporate Environmental News?
Kristen Lee Asp, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, Imaging Northfield: The Photographic Representation of Place
Shane Auerbach, French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2010, Le contexte de la corruption au Mali
Ruth M. Aufderheide, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2010, When is it Compelling Enough to Act? Mobilization within the Gun Violence Prevention Movement
Sarah Katherine Ball, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Sarah Ball: Studio Art Comps Project - Residents 208-210E. 2nd St. (Crack House), 1868-2010, [untitled]
Salomone Lewis Baquis, History (HIST) 2010, Marketing the Myth: Cold War Propaganda and U.S. Diplomacy, 1945-1959
Cory Pate Barnes, Physics (PHYS) 2010, The Action Principle: An Exlporation into the Mathematical Framework of the Universe
Laura Olivia Barsness, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Not Just Black and White: The Importance of Using Genotype to Assess Melanoma Risk
Lila Battis, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Auntie Clementine's Guide to Fossils: A Children's Book
Laura Kathleen Bazzetta, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Linking River Morphology to Larval Drift of an Endangered Sturgeon
Emma Kathleen Bentley, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Book Objects
Lynsey Michelle Eider Bernfeld, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Keeping the Peace in the Gut: Balancing Tregs and Th17 cells
James Bethune, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Snowpack trends in the contributing region to the Central Valley of California
Jabir Bin Mohd Yusoff, Philosophy (PHIL) 2010, Philosophical intuitions and experimental threats: The coast is clear
Katie Blanchard 2010, Green Except for the Green: Lawncare, Sustainability and Placemaking at Carleton College
Jonathan Robert Blaufuss, Economics (ECON) 2010, Identifying the Effect of Fossil Fuel Reserves on National CO2 Emissions using a Variation of the STIRPAT Model
Susan Purcell Blaylock, Economics (ECON) 2010, Asset Ownership and Health
Philip Richard Blue, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Multiple Types of Resilience: Self-Enhancing Bias and Positive Emotions as Predictors of Ego-Resilience
Grace Elizabeth Boynton, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Neuromelanin and the Role of Pigmentation Genes in Parkinson's Disease
Molly Alice Bresslour, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, When Do We Support Positions Advanced by an Opposing Political Party? The Effects of Political Party Labels on Attitudes
David Brink-Roby, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Fault development in the Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada batholith: Evidence for directional emplacement of the Johnson Granite Porphyry
Jessica Petrini Briol, Philosophy (PHIL) 2010, A Right to Education
