Browse comps and student work by academic department.
Graduated in 2020
Luke Webb, English (ENGL) 2020, Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People and William Shakespeare’s Henry V as Political Critiques of Unrestrained Self Interest
Luke Webb, English (ENGL) 2020, Transversalism in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon: Writing to Right Misconceptions
Ryan Wetzel, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2020, Words Left Behind
Lewis White, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Social Media Addiction: Worthy Of Inclusion In The DSM? A Comprehensive Review
Alex Whitis, Biology (BIOL) 2020, Marine Sessile Animals: Adaptations For Feeding And Implications Of Climate Change
Morgan Whyte, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2020, “We can only do our very best”: Physicians’ Perspectives on Social Determinants of Childhood Asthma in the Emergency Department
Kyra Wilson, Linguistics (LING) 2020, A Cross-Linguistic Overview of Allocutivity and its Syntactic Accounts
Timothy Winter-Nelson, Religion (RELG) 2020, (Dis)Respecting Difference: An Examination of Christian Pluralism
Teddy Wolfe, History (HIST) 2020, The Yellow Fever Transition
Siang Wongrattanapiboon, Economics (ECON) 2020, The Relative Importance of Monetary Transmission Channels in Thailand: Evidence from a FAVAR Model
Siang Wongrattanapiboon and Oscar Smith, Mathematics (MATH) 2020, Homological Algebra
Evan Wright, Biology (BIOL) 2020, The Therapeutic Potential of Kv1.3 Inhibition by PAP-1 for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Yihuang Wu, Economics (ECON) 2020, Post-privatization Performance of Chinese State-owned Enterprises
Su Lance Xiong, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2020, Classy or Trashy? “Famous for Being Famous.” Kim Kardashian West and Embodied Celebrity
Kavie Yu and Grisel Vidal Munoz, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Therapeutic Fasting and Ketogenic Diet for Treating Major Depressive Disorder via the Gut Microbiome
Alex Zhai, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2020, Coarticulatory Influences of Liquid Consonant on Stop Perception in Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)
Alex Zhai, Linguistics (LING) 2020, The Dark /l/ Rises: A Markedness Differential Hypothesis Analysis of the Syllable Position Effect on Japanese Speakers’ Production of the English Dark /l/
Fengrui Zhang, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2020, Search
Elizabeth Zhu, Geology (GEOL) 2020, Analysis of the Relationship Between Stresses and Geologic Structures in Central California and Its Implications on the Strength of the San Andreas Fault
Adin Zuck, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2020, The White Immigrant’s Racial Values and Structural Preferences: Case Studies of Rupert Murdoch, Arianna Huffington, Henry Kissinger, and Madeleine Albright
Orlando Zuniga, Kyra Wilson, Will Schwarzer, and Emma Qin, Computer Science (CS) 2020, Bird Transformers: Modifying Bird Images Using Natural Language
Graduated in 2019
Ahmed Abdirahman, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2019, What Is Interaction? Embodied Interaction in Human-Computer Interaction
Nicholas Almonte, Geology (GEOL) 2019, Age and provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group turbidites, Northern Prince William Sound, Alaska
Gifty Amos Nwankwo, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, “That Actually Hurts”: Exploring Black Women’s Believed Immunity to the Effects of Negative Body-Image Perpetuated by Media
Hanna Anderson, Religion (RELG) 2019, Realizing the Really Real: Schizophrenia in a Traditional Indian Healing Temple
Kessa Andrews, American Studies (AMST) 2019, Selling the Suburban American Dream to Modern Consumers: The Cooptation of “Family Diversity” by Obama Era Advertisers
Derin Arduman, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Causes, Manifestations and Prevention of the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in Eastern Europe and China
Jack Atkins, Economics (ECON) 2019, Fake News and Social Media: How an Oversupply of Information Results in Negative Policy Outcomes
Levi Atkinson, Art History (ARTH), Studio Art (ARTS) 2019, Untitled (44.623731, -122.723401)
Tianna Avery, Quinn Mayville, Yingying Wang, and Megan Zhao, Computer Science (CS) 2019, Using Natural Language Techniques to Identify the Hero, Villain, and Victim in News Articles
Yuta Baba, History (HIST) 2019, Redefining Nature: Makuzu Tadano and Her Bricolage of Thoughts
Ryan Baldwin, History (HIST) 2019, Constructing Coherence and Moralizing Change: The Cartographic Foundation of Bison Conservation and its Implications
Lynn Barbera, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2019, tHiNk again
Jesse Barrera-Ledezma, American Studies (AMST) 2019, The Elusive Quest for Equality? U.S. Education Policy in the Post-Brown v. Board Era
Kyle Berglund, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Why Do We Kill? A Review of Past and Current Theories on the Nature of Murder
Andrew Biehl, Brianna Fitzpatrick, Dallas Keate, and Janna Wennberg, Mathematics (MATH) 2019, Number Theory Without Numbers
Juliette Bobrow, History (HIST) 2019, Exhibiting Empire: London’s India Museum as a Contested Site of Imperial Display, 1875-1914
Tate Bosler, Economics (ECON) 2019, Cryptocurrencies, Regulatory Changes, and Market Efficiency
Sydney Botz, American Studies (AMST) 2019, The Unforeseen Consequences of Chromebooks in Public Education: Rethinking the Digitally Intimate Relationship between Google and Students
Emily Boxrud, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Fit-Ideal Media and Eating Disorder Development: Pathways for Influencing Disordered Thinking and Behavior
Shannon Branigin, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Education, Engagement, and Advocacy: A Framework for the Roles of Social Media in LGBTQA Identity Development and Expression
Michael Bruno, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2019, The Lonely Hero of Someplace Else
Elizabeth Budd, History (HIST) 2019, Re-Centering Agency: Hearing the Voices of the Poor in Late Nineteenth-Century London
Sophia Colette Moore Buehrer, Nathaniel Lovin, Mahdi Hassan Mohamed, Benjamin Stone, and Kiran Tomlinson, Computer Science (CS) 2019, Beyond the Buzzword: Demystifying Blockchains
Natalie Bulger, Chemistry (CHEM) 2019, How Drug Metabolism Plays a Role in Drug Therapy Development for Major Depressive Disorder
Sara Canilang, Religion (RELG) 2019, Invented Tradition and Authentic Ayurveda: Integrative Medicine in the West
Sara Canilang, Ian Seong, and Nicolas Graese, Mathematics (MATH) 2019, Kuratowski Closure-Complement-Frontier Operators on Sorgenfrey and Usual Topology on a Real Line
Hans Carlson, Economics (ECON) 2019, Adopting a New Monetary Policy Decision Making Structure: A Discussion of Discretion, Rules, and Frameworks
Matthew Carter, Geology (GEOL) 2019, Promising Methods, Questionable Results: Developing an Inverse Model of the Fossil Ridge-Transform Intersection in the Troodos Ophiolite in Cyprus
Proud Chanarat, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Tracing Back to the Gene Content of the Last Universal Common Ancestor: Approaches in Taking Horizontal Gene Transfer into Account
Jen Chan, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2019, Kymlicka's Aporia: Arguing for a Culturally Adaptive Model of Multicultural Liberailsm
Jen Chan, History (HIST) 2019, “The White Man’s Burden” in Liberating Enslaved Africans: Unspoken Paternalism & Rhetorical Humanitarianism in the Autonomous Decisions of Colonial Officials, 1833-1845
Jennifer Chan, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Empathizing with Criminal Intent: Taking Moral Transgressors' Perspectives
Yitong Chen, Linguistics (LING) 2019, Reflexive Constructions in Maltese
Yitong Chen, Delroy Mangal, Ethan Somes, and Anna Johnson, Computer Science (CS) 2019, Art, Interactivity and Robotics: Redesign a Course
Nathaniel Chew, Linguistics (LING) 2019, Reanalyzing the Past: An Experimental Study on Non-standard -ed in Singapore Colloquial English
Ursula Clausing, Economics (ECON) 2019, Should Congress Require the Federal Reserve to use the Taylor Rule?
Cecily Conour, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Moderating Roles of Maternal Solicitousness and Catastrophizing in Child Pain Severity and Functional Disability
Kristina Conrad, Biology (BIOL) 2019, The behavior of nectar robbers and effects on flowering plants for mutualism maintenance
Amanda Crawford, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Epigenetic Regulation of APOE in the Etiology and Progression of Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Joshua Crotts, Asian Studies (ASST) 2019, How Foreign is too Foreign? The "Westernization" of Contemporary Japanese
Rachel Cruz, Religion (RELG) 2019, Modern Muslims: Rethinking Conversion in the Autobiographies of Muhammad Asad and Malcolm X
Jackie Culotta, Biology (BIOL) 2019, How is honesty maintained in colorful condition dependent mate quality advertisements? The roles of costly signals and indicator traits
Mallika Dargan, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Langerhan cells, Langerin, and HIV transmission in the Female Reproductive Tract
Laura DeMane, Economics (ECON) 2019, Blunts and Borders: Marijuana Market Segmentation Over State Lines
Brynne Diggins, English (ENGL) 2019, Imagining Indian Womanhood: Identity and Independence in the Novels of Krupabai Satthianadhan
Tris Dodge, Biology (BIOL) 2019, The curious case of the cane toad (Rhinella marina): using local context to predict top-down trophic cascades driven by invasive, allelochemically-defended prey
Eveline Dowling, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Hate Trumps Love: What is the Role of Contempt in American Politics?
August Ducharme, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2019, The Maiden: The Savior
Madeline Egan, Religion (RELG) 2019, A Tibetan Buddhist View on Death and Dying: The Heart-Mind’s Role in a “Good” Death
Fayzeh El Banna, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Epigenetics of BDNF Gene in PTSD Intense Fear Memory Formation and Lack of Extinction
Ethan J. Ellis, Economics (ECON) 2019, Preferences for Nonwage Amenities in Early Career Job Choices of Undergraduate Seniors: A Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Survey Approach
Logan Emholtz, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Enhancing Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis: The Effects of Endurance Training and Glycogen Levels
Emilee Erdel, Religion (RELG) 2019, Till Death Do Us Part: Contextualizing Citizenship and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States AIDS Epidemic
Roger Faust, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Invasive Ecosystem Engineers in a Non-Native Habitat: Ecological Impacts of Zebra Mussel Induced Nutrient Shifts
Noah Feldman, Dylan Rye, Christian Zaytoun, and Elliot Cahn, Statistics (MAST) 2019, Ranking Rankings: Alternate Ways to Evaluate NCAA Football Teams
Brendon Fischel, Economics (ECON) 2019, New Product and Earnings Announcements’ Effect on Stock Returns: A Case Study of The Mobile Phone and Tablet Industry
Spencer Francis, Economics (ECON) 2019, Internalizing the Cost of Injuries and Game-Day Attendance: An analysis of the National Football League from 2009 -2018
Aaron Frankl, Geology (GEOL) 2019, The Intersection of River Channelization, Soil Properties, and Agriculture: A Case Study of Mud Creek in Northfield, Minnesota
Benton Franklin, Geology (GEOL) 2019, Lateral Variability and Biodiversity of the Permian Park City Group, Utah and Eastern Nevada
Cory Renay Friendshuh, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Efficacy and Potential of Therapeutic Communities as an Alternative Model of Mental Health Care
Joseph Gais, Physics (PHYS) 2019, The Thermodynamics of Black Holes
David Gallagher, Philosophy (PHIL) 2019, Obligation and Autonomy: Legal Paternalism in the Context of Oppression
Matt Ganter, Economics (ECON) 2019, Inefficiency in the Market for National Football League Kickers
Pedro Girardi, Economics (ECON) 2019, The Impact of Inflation on Wages of the Brazilian Poor
Pedro Girardi, Trevor Freeland, and Joseph Nardi, Statistics (MAST) 2019, A Statistical Analysis of Changes in Extreme Precipitation in the Coastal Carolinas
Lauren Goboff, Biology (BIOL) 2019, Gene Expression Disruption as a Model for Tissue Specificity in Laminopathies
Maggie Goldberger, Religion (RELG) 2019, Suburban Holy Lands: The Battle for Hindu Presence in Suburban New Jersey
Daniel Gold, Economics (ECON) 2019, Little League, Big Bucks? The Effect of Youth Sports Participation on Future Wages
Noah Goldman, Mathematics (MATH) 2019, Bézout’s Theorem and Algebraic Geometry
Winston T. Goldthwaite, Physics (PHYS) 2019, Classical Laser Cooling and Trapping
Aaron Goodman, Economics (ECON) 2019, Do Environmental, Social, and Governance Standards Affect Firm-Level EBITDA and Stock Performance?
Hebba Ashraf Gouda, Physics (PHYS) 2019, Oh, Buoy!
Lea Gould, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2019, Home is where the bird flies.
Benjamin Krischer Greene, Galen William Quinn Berger-Fletcher, Tenzin Dophen, and Malcolm Grossman, Computer Science (CS) 2019, Storytelling with Skynet
Sacha R. Greenfield, Physics (PHYS) 2019, Conceptualizing quantum mechanics in pilot-wave theory
Anne Guttridge, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2019, “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”: Exploring the Narratives of Female Documentary Filmmakers
Anne S. Hackman, English (ENGL) 2019, Searching for a Japanese American Language in Nisei Daughter and No-No Boy
Kaitlyn Jeanette Hamers, Linguistics (LING) 2019, A Syntactic Account of Tense, Mood, and Aspect in the Haitian Creole Preverbal Marker System
Apoorva Handigol, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2019, BROWN & BLACK: South Asian American AntiBlackness & Brown-Black Solidarity in Chicago
