Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2011
Timothy James Mulso, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Drink Responsibly
James Martin Munson and Elizabeth Collins-Wildman, Mathematics (MATH) 2011, Munshi's Theorem: Zero Places and Infinite Spaces
Kilian Pac Murphy, Political Science (POSC) 2011, Rethinking Why Democracies Lose Small Wars: Barbarism, "Hearts and Minds" and US Policy Failures in Afghanistan
Claire Elizabeth Murray, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Planetary Nebulae: A Study of Morphology
Logan Deen Nash, History (HIST) 2011, Middle-class castle: Modernism, gentrification, and urban space at London's Barbican Estate
Graham Haines Nelson, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Personality and Coping Behaviors in Response to the Breakup of Dating Relationships
Lenesia Leann Nelson, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The Ventral Striatum and the Reward Pathway
Alice Caroline Newman, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Using small-scale structures as a tool for understanding regional deformation: A study of deformation bands and faults at Kettleman Hills, California
Anna Hare Newman, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The gene regulatory model of floral induction in Arabidopsis thaliana: distinct pathways or interconnected web?
Hang Thi Viet Nguyen, Economics (ECON) 2011, Stock Returns and Expected Inflation: Measurement of Expected Inflation and the Evolution of the Relationship over Time
Masaru Konishi Nobu, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Recovery from terrestrial oil spills: the damage, soil microbial oil degradation, and plant revegetation
Masaru Konishi Nobu, Geology (GEOL) 2011, The euxinic zone anaerobic phototrophic microbial ecology of meromictic Green Lake as an analogue for Proterozoic ocean microbial ecology
Tenzin Nordon, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Understanding Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein and Its Importance in Propagating Fragile X Syndrome
Robin Sachi Okimoto, Japanese (JAPN) 2011, Lessons of Fantasy: The Hero's Journey in Ogiwara Noriko's Fūjin Hishō (The Secret Texts of the Wind Spirit)
Mark Bradeen Olson, History (HIST) 2011, Incorporating Play, Reinforcing Class: "Recreational Upbuilding" and the Popularity and Perceptions of American Vacation Schools, 1880-1910
Tyler Palin, Economics (ECON) 2011, Forecasting the U.S. Unemployment Rate: The Impact of Stock Market Volatility
Benjamin H. Parks, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Metamorphic Petrology of Archean Metapelites and Ironstones in the Garnet Hill Area, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Mary C. Paulette, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, Changing the Channel: Televison's Effects on Educational Attitudes in Catatao, Honduras
Sarah Margaret Prather, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2011, Awakening Youth to Le Developpement: Formally Educated Togolese and their Home Associations
Victor Julio Ramirez, Psychology (PSYC) 2011, Investigating the neuroanatomical pathology of schizophrenia: using correlate models of dreaming and drug-induced psychosis
Noah Gabriel Randolph-Flagg, Geology (GEOL) 2011, Variations in Heat Advected from Devils Kitchen Fumarolic Area, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, 1922-2010
Eric Nathaniel Reich, Political Science (POSC) 2011, In Search of the Moral Engagement behind Nietzsche‘s Critique of Morality: Truthfulness (Wahrhaftigkeit) and Honesty (Redlichkeit)
Julia Diane Reid, American Studies (AMST) 2011, Miscegenation on Trial: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Doctrine of Interracial Intimacy
Katharine Ilsa Richardson, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2011, Multiculturalism in Public Institutions: The Case Study of Deaf Immigrants and the Utilization of Health Care Services in the Twin Cities
Henry Patrick Roberts, Studio Art (ARTS) 2011, Untitled
Julio Ignacio Rodriguez, History (HIST) 2011, Resistance under Franco (1959-1975): Exploring the role of Basque clergy and their involvement with Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA)
Hilary Marie Rosenheim, Biology (BIOL) 2011, The role of oxidative stress in the beneficial effects of exercise on Alzheimer's disease
Peter Andros Rose, Physics (PHYS) 2011, Electromagnetic Cloaking
Rachel Anne Rothendler, French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2011, Molika Mokeddum: entre tout et entre-deux
Jesse Rothman, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2011, Bending the Arc: Reflections on Justice, Power, and Possibility
Murad Mehmet Salahi, Caleb Giuseppi Santangelo, and Nate Yale, Computer Science (CS) 2011, Robot Tour Guide
Steven Andrew Samborski, Biology (BIOL) 2011, Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes and the Effects of Exercise on Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle Via the Ampk-Signaling Pathway
Jeffrey Troy Samuels, Classical Languages (CLAS) 2011, Representing Victory: Octavian's Tropaeum at Nikopolis and the Visual Language of Competitive Success
Amanda Miller Savitt and Samantha Ann Baker, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2011, Economic and Ethical Externalities Associated with Electric Vehicles
Richard Scheele, American Studies (AMST) 2011, The American High School: A Negotiation of Power
Samuel Jenkins Scherf, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2011, Feeling Future
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
