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.

Browse comps and student work by academic department.

Follow


Graduated in 2010

 

Zun-Ho Lee, Economics (ECON) 2010, Asian Dust Stocks?: A Myth Created by the Media

 

Johanna Levy, Art History (ARTH) 2010, Antonio Sant'Elia and the Image of the City

 

Jun Li, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Portraits

 

Daniel Matthew Lindvall, Economics (ECON) 2010, Estimating the Value of Water in the High Plains Aquifer

 

Esther Kai-Jim Liu, Biology (BIOL) 2010, MC1R RHC Variants and the Risk for Malignant Melanoma

 

Anna Katrin Losacano, Latin American Studies (LTAM) 2010, Telenovelas and the Story of the Nation: Cultural Significance, Scholarly Approaches and Content Analysis of Mexico's Cuidado Con el Angel

 

Eva Maria Luderowski, Biology (BIOL) 2010, microRNA-124 regulates vertebrate neuronal development

 

Kathryn Elizabeth Malecek, Biology (BIOL) 2010, The Forgotten Phenotype: Long Noncoding RNAs Direct Cell Identity and Modulate Behavior

 

John Michael Mawhorter, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, A Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter Designed For Social Play

 

Andrew Corby McClung, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Information, irreversibility, and the thermodynamics of computation

 

Katherine Stucky McDonald, Art History (ARTH) 2010, Brilliant Sensation: The Rise of the Young British Artists and Their Brand

 

Kevin Patrick McGrath, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2010, Developments in Counterinsurgency: Modeling the Surge

 

Megan Kathryn McMahon, Classical Languages (CLAS) 2010, Autochthony in Imperial Rome: Earth, Birth, and Empire

 

Heather Anne McPherson, English (ENGL) 2010, Making Terrors of Trifles: Violence in "The Rape of the Lock" and Othello

 

Heather Anne McPherson, English (ENGL) 2010, Women as Objects of Exchange in the "Man of Law's Tale" and Venus

 

Ian William Merkel, French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2010, Fily Dabo Sissoko: Un Humaniste victime de la Révolution

 

Anne Marie Merrill, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Internal and External Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice Against Overweight Individuals

 

Steven Andrew Merry, Economics (ECON) 2010, The Relative Efficiency of Medicaid Programs in America

 

Megan Emily Mileusnic, Economics (ECON) 2010, The Wage Effects of Obesity in the U.S. Labor Market: Are Obese Paid Less Because of Health Insurance?

 

Megan Rose Mitchell, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Why are some Hymenoptera queens so promiscuous? Investigating the evolution of polyandry in super-polyandrous army ants and honeybees

 

Stephanie Moberg, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Academic applications of adolescent attachment relationships

 

Zachary Philip Montes, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Field and microstrucural observations of granulite facies rocks, Hamilton Downs, Mt. Hay Block, central Australia

 

Anna Jolene Mork, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Molecular Electronics: Exploring the Limits of Small

 

Anna Jolene Mork, Chemistry (CHEM) 2010, Organic Photovoltaics: The Chemistry of Carbon-based Solar Cells

 

Avery Morrow, Religion (RELG) 2010, Patriotism, Secularism, and the Invention of State Shinto: D.C. Holtom's Representations of Japan

 

Jennifer Katherine Morse, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, AZ Highways Series

 

Elizabeth Musz, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Not All Modifiers Are Created Equal: Evidence for Differential Processing of Modal Verbs in Advertising Text

 

Charlotte Grace Muzzi, English (ENGL) 2010, Poems from the North and West

 

Santhi Nalla, Biology (BIOL) 2010, The Overexpression of the Noncoding RNA H19 in Cancer Alters Many Cellular Processes

 

Jordan Michael Warner Narvey, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, John McCain as John Wayne: The Influence of the War Film Genre's Evolution

 

Peter Nelson, Erik Ruggles, James Sheridan, Samuel Vaughn Tucker, and Kei Kubo, Computer Science (CS) 2010, Netflix Prize

 

Meagan S. Nishi, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Experiments on Retention and Recall

 

Joshua Michael O'Brien, History (HIST) 2010, Locating Authority in Carolingian Debates on Image Veneration c.825: The Case of Agobard of Lyon's De picturis et imaginibus

 

Mary Kitty O'Connell, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, A Visual Analysis of Gender through Architectural Form

 

Anne Frances O'Gara, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2010, New Family Transitions: Considering Dissolution in a New Era of Family Formation

 

Erika Ohashi, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Probiotic-induced class-switch recombination of allergen-specific B cells to IgA may prevent IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions

 

Jacqueline Elaine Oman, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, A Pantry for Memories

 

Elizabeth Christine Otto, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, From Projector to Pen: Six Case Studies in the Design of Illustrated Film Posters

 

Zachary David Palchick, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Vertebrate Limb Development and the Emerging Role of MircroRNAs

 

Rebecca Jane Palmer, Biology (BIOL) 2010, MiR-206 and Skeletal Muscle Development

 

Anupama Parameswaran, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Cysteine String Protein α, a putative drug target for treatment of congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

 

Winston Kyungwoo Park, Economics (ECON) 2010, Serving Under Pressure

 

Becky Jean Patrias, Matthew Bernard Cordes, Beatrice Burlingame White, and Zheng Zhu, Mathematics (MATH) 2010, Shadows of the Cantor Set

 

Katherine Alexis Perry, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Superfluid Helium-3

 

Samantha Kristine Peterson, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Another Potential Excuse: The Role of Parental Authority in Students' Procrastination

 

Allison Pfeiffer, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Effects of soil disturbance on aggregation and mineral-associated carbon and nitrogen storage

 

Matthew Charles Kern Pieh, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Dietary Soy Phytoestrogens Alter Sexual Behaviors in Male Rats

 

Joanna Rose Plotz, American Studies (AMST) 2010, Read at Your Own Risk! Tracing Adolescent and Parent Reception of Judy Blume's "Forever," 1975 to the Present

 

Alexander Nicholas Popper, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2010, When Hawks Cry: Party, Politics, and Paradox in Israeli-Palestinian Diplomacy

 

Jean Louise Porter, Biology (BIOL) 2010, The Contribution of Methane Producing Archaea to the Obesity Epidemic

 

Reza Rahnema, Economics (ECON) 2010, The Determinants of Aggregate Health Care Expenditure: the Role of Institutional Factors

 

Mahesh Badeti Rao, Biology (BIOL) 2010, MicroRNA-124 is a key regulator of neurogenesis

 

Nicole Elizabeth Reich, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Methodological Issues of Teaching Scientific Reasoning Skills to Elementary Students: Inconsistent Definitions and Insufficient Participant Detail

 

Katherine Richey, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Slurs and Stereotypes: Automatic Stereotype Activation in Non-Insulting Contexts

 

Julia Ariel Rindler, American Studies (AMST) 2010, Playing with American Identity: Margins and Mainstreams in American Girl's Construction of Nationality

 

Samuel Kipnis Ritter, History (HIST) 2010, To any which might take the pains to read it over: Authorial Authority in the Seventeenth-Century Sea Jounal of Edward Barlow

 

Andrew Douglas Ritts, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Limnological Analysis of the Groundwater, Biological, and Morphological Factors in Relation to Stratification and Dissolved Oxygen Levels of the North and South Basins of Roosevelt Lake, MN

 

Laura Elizabeth Roach, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Exercise Therapy and Relief of Depressive Symptoms

 

Britni Noelle Robinson, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Black Male Identity

 

Andy Rooks, Economics (ECON) 2010, Competition and Consumer Utility: Evidence from the Healthcare Industry

 

Nathaniel Rosenblum, History (HIST) 2010, Social Science and Rights: Destutt de Tracy and the Shaping of a Notion

 

Nathaniel A. Ryan, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Mechanic's Grand Manner

 

Nathaniel A. Ryan, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Microstructures of a deformed kyanite-quartz vein of the Raft River Mountains in northwest Utah

 

Callie Jenna Sand, Physics (PHYS) 2010, The Evolution of a Megastructure: Skyscrapers and the American Way

 

Michael Jared Sanders, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Water Erosion of Topsoil: Fundamental Physical Concepts

 

Emogene Ruth Schilling, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, Abstract Abstract

 

John D. Schlaefer, Economics (ECON) 2010, The Impact of Flex Fuel Technology in Brazil on the Cointegration of São Paulo Consumer Gasoline Prices and Sugar No. 11 Futures Prices

 

Laura O'Sullivan Schlosser, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Effects of Methylphenidate and Environmental Enrichment on Spatial Memory in Rats

 

Meryl Rose Schumacker, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, The Square: A Prosocial Educational Television Show for 6-9 Year Old Audiences

 

Allison Clare Schwartz, Studio Art (ARTS) 2010, [Images of sexual dimorphism]

 

Julia Elizabeth Schwarz, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Influence of lithology and climate on spring chemistry in the Upper Deschutes River watershed, Oregon

 

Chelsea Phipps Scott, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Glacier dynamics: Using velocity and temperature profiles to understand climate fluctuations

 

Chelsea Phipps Scott, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Kinematic modeling of deformation in the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

 

Beth Marie Seraydarian, Political Science (POSC) 2010, Implementation: How Local Expectations, once Dashed in Oakland, are Realized Using the Community Reinvestment Act and Public-Private Partnerships to Address Affordable Housing

 

Mengxi Shen, Chinese (CHIN) 2010, Qi—the psychosomatic component of Chinese medicine—ties between medicine, literature and philosophy

 

Mio Shimma, History (HIST) 2010, Instrumentalization of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: How Three Indonesian Nationalists Promoted Indonesian Independence through Japanese Military Administration, 1942-45

 

Jinho Shin, Biology (BIOL) 2010, MicroRNA's Regulation of the Nodal Pathway

 

Joseph Andrew Sigrin, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2010, Distant Relations: The Formation of the Sephardic Imagined Community

 

Katie L. Silbiger, Psychology (PSYC) 2010, Evaluating Educational Initiatives for Gifted and Talented Students

 

Joseph Stephen Sjoberg, Economics (ECON) 2010, Cartel Enforcement and Competitive Balance: Evidence from Men's College Basketball

 

Jordan Buchanan Smith, History (HIST) 2010, More Rude and Anticque than 'ere was Sodom: Piracy and the Tavern Community in Port Royal, Jamaica, 1680-1692

 

Karen Elizabeth Spettel, Chemistry (CHEM) 2010, The Evolution of 3D NMR Isotope Labeling Techniques in Determining the 3D Structure of Large Proteins

 

Michael Aaron Stevens, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2010, Only Way You Gonna Take It Is if I'm Dead and Cold: Masculinity and Sexual Assault in Minnesota Prisons

 

Nate Jasper Stewart, Biology (BIOL) 2010, The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on plant-enemy interactions

 

Laura Elise Stone, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2010, Stereotype Alteration through a Cognitive Dual-Process Lens: Examining Stereotype Knowledge Structures, Stereotyping Processes, and Perspective Taking

 

Stephanie Lauren Strother, English (ENGL) 2010, The Colonization of Representation / The Violence of Self-Deception

 

Jane Eleanor Sturges, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2010, The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage in South Africa: An Examination of Political Opportunity Structures

 

Laura Kim Sugerman, Chemistry (CHEM) 2010, Bottled Art: The chemistry of brewing beer

 

Mahima Swarup, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Tectonic evolution of the Menderes massif core complex and Alasehir graben, southwestern Turkey: counter evidence to a rolling-hinge mechanism

 

Smith Stuart Alan Sweeney, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Characterization of two atypical refractory inclusions from separate CV3 chondritic meteorites: Petrogenesis in the early solar system

 

Joseph Karl Swiggum, Physics (PHYS) 2010, Out of Silence: Sound Film Technology of the 1920s

 

Elizabeth Tan and Claire E. Brookmeyer, Dance (DANC) 2010, BASTE

 

Margaret Rose Taylor, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Modification of the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway to Reduce Biomass Recalcitrance in the Production of Cellulosic Ethanol

 

Anne Elizabeth Triest, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2010, The Way that Can Be Told: Examining Popular Western Books on Daoism

 

Katherine Cannon Turnage, Chemistry (CHEM) 2010, Copper Binding to Aß42 and Alzheimer's Disease

 

Derek Vang, Biology (BIOL) 2010, Serotonin Modulates our Decision Making in Gambling

 

Mikaela Lee Van Sistine, Linguistics (LING) 2010, Pragmatic Particles in Colloquial Malaysian English: Description and Analysis in a Politeness Theory Framework

 

Ezra Velazquez, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2010, TownFork

 

Allison R. Vitkus, Geology (GEOL) 2010, Microfossil fauna from the Blue Earth Siltstone of the Lower Ordovician Prairie du Chien Group, Minnesota, USA

 

Colin Michael Wakeham, Biology (BIOL) 2010, The role of acetylcholine in rapid eye movement sleep