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HONORS AND DEPARTMENTAL THESIS
WRITERS FOR 2009
Name
Department
Honors/Departmental
Lisa Anderson
Chemistry
Departmental
Title - Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery: A Green
Chemistry Approach
William Andert
Chemistry
Departmental
Title - Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Compounds:
Synthesis and Evaluation
of Iodonium Ylides as Asymmetric Reagents
Matt Baciak
Philosophy
Honors
Title - Nuclear Weapons as Peace Weapons: The
Argument for
Controlled Proliferation
Melissa Bailey
English
Honors
Title - Lake Effect: A Collection of Poems
Amanda Barnett
Theatre and Dance Departmental
Title - A Closer look at Directing: A Reflection on
Directing Act One
of Closer by Patrick Marber
Elizabeth Bendall
English
Honors
Title - A Magazine for the Midwest:
www.midmagonline.com
Tatjana Bluchel
Theatre
Departmental
Title - Production of "Mother Hulda - A Tale of Kind
and Unkind Girls"
Megan Bosket
Geology
Honors
Title - Analysis of a Phreatomagmatic Basanitic
Nunatak at Minna Saddle,
Antarctica
Katelyn Boswell
Psychology
Honors
Title - A Preliminary Study of Treatment Decisions
Made by Parents of
Children with Autism
Stacey Capehart
Chemistry
Honors
Title - Design, Synthesis and Characterization of
Hybrid Nanomaterials
and Organic Materials for Biological Sensing and Device
Applications
Ronald Catoni
History
Departmental
Title - "The Sin of Denial: Abram Ryan and the Lost
Cause"
Jessica Clarke
Spanish
Honors
Title - An Analytical Look at How People React to
Film based Upon
Interpretations of the Films El Labertino de Fauno and Las 13 Rosas
Nathan DeWinkle
Economics & Mgmt Honors
Title - What, Why, and How: Empirical, Ethical, and
Political Approaches
to Climate Change
Paige Edwards
Anthropology
Honors
Title - Global Sushi
Stephanie Edwards
English
Honors
Title - Stages on Journeys Homeward: James Wright and
My Poetic
Journeys Toward Finding Home
Amanda Engelhard
Biology
Departmental
Title - Spying on Incubating House Wrens: Using
Minicameras to
Observe Behaviors in Nest Boxes
Conor Fitzpatrick
Political Science
Departmental
Title - Why the African Union Should Lead Conflict
Resolution Efforts in
Congo-Kinshasa
Ashli Fox
Theatre and Dance Honors
Title - Moving Expressions of a Culture: An
Exploration of Music and
Dance in the Caribbean
Alex Goss
Psychology
Departmental
Title - The Effect of Music Familiarity on
Information Recall in Radio
Advertisments and Memory for Key Components
Ryan Graham
Physics
Honors
Title - Quantifying the Influence of a 4.8-Tesla
Magnetic Field on The
a-y Phase Transitions in Fe-0.75c Steel
Elisabeth Gusfa
Political Science
Departmental
Title - The Continuum Between Security and Liberty:
Applying the
Principles of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
Lara Hubbel
Geology
Honors
Title - Structural and Chemical Analysis of
Quartzites from the Black Hills
of
South Dakota
Sarah Julian
German
Honors
Title - Die Rolle des Glaubens in der Entwicklung der
Quanten- und
Astro-Physik
Carlen Kernish
English
Honors
Title - Wide Open Spaces
Heather Lagendyk
Biology
Honors
Title - Three Sabatia Species Cross-Amplified Using
Genetic Markers
Designed for S. capmestris
Margaret Leiby
Women's Studies Honors
Title - The Effect of Nazi Social Policy on Women
Dianne Marshall
Religious Studies Honors
Title - Toward an Ethical Faith: Affirming the
Importance of Critical
Questioning Concerning Religion
Keith Medelis
Theatre and Dance Departmental
Title - Somewhere Inside Something There is a Rush of
Greatness:
A
Tribal Diary and Reflection of Hair, a Student Workshop
Production of the Albion College Department of Theatre and Dance
Collin Miller
Psychology
Departmental
Title - School Choice: Factors Influencing Parental
Decision
Kristen Mitchell
Geology
Departmental
Title - Mechanisms of Glacial Ablation at Linnebreen,
Svalbard,
Norwegian Arctic
Whitney Patton
Math
Departmental
Title - Comparison of the Rectangular, Polar, and
Biangular
Coordinate Systems as Seen Through Real and Complex Analysis
Emily Pieper
Inter-Departmental
Title - Serving the Forgotten Man
Chrissy Poulin
Psychology
Honors
Title - The Three-Headed Problem Solver: The Effect
of Group
Cognition on the Processing and Memory of Relevant and
Irrelevant Components
Timothy Rambo
Computer Science Departmental
Title - Quantum Algorithms
Timothy Rambo
Physics
Departmental
Title - An Algorithmic Solar Tracking System for a
Solar Collector
Kaycee Rashid
Psychology
Departmental
Title - Directed Forgetting of Real-Life Events in
Young Adults
Elizabeth Reznikov
Chemistry
Departmental
Title - Metal-Tetrone Complexes as Novel Magnetic
Materials
Philip Riley IV
Chemistry
Honors
Title - SARS RNA Ligands
Rachel Roof
Political Science
Honors
Title - Culture, Government, and Politics: Analyzing
Women's
Movements in the United States and the Republic of India
Kwame Sakyi
International Studies Honors
Title - Medicine, Gender and Birth in Ghana: A
Historical and
Contemporary Analysis
Michelle Salemka
English
Honors
Title - Voices From a Land Divided: A Study of
Literary Trends
and Cultural Sentiments in Michigan
Margaret Schaefer
Ethics Studies
Honors
Title - An Ineffective and Inequitable Health Care
Safety Net:
A
Case Study of Health Care Inequities for Chicago’s Homeless
Hannah Scheiwe
History
Honors
Title - Bombs Away: The Military, Political, and
Social History of
the Airplane and the British and American Airmen Who
Fought the Strategic Bombing Campaign in the Second World War
Sarah Schramm
Communications Departmental
Title - A Defense of Gay Marriage: A Reply to Taylor,
Shulman
and Bradshaw
Eric Schroeder
Political Science
Honors
Title - Party Regimes and the Politics of Regulation
Delora Shuboni
Psychology
Honors
Title - An Exploration of Circadian Rhythms:
Pheromones, Hormones
and Phase Shifts
Lesley Simanton
Physics
Honors
Title - Establishing Observing and Imaging Protocols
for Albion
College Telescopes: Investigating Instrumentation and Photometry
Jeffrey Simmons
Physical Education Departmental
Title - A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Employee Wellness
Programs and
Their Potential Effect on Employee Healthcare Costs at Albion College
Ruthie Spalding
English
Honors
Title - Espalier
Amanda Tilot
Psychology
Honors
Title - Pregnancy and Reentrainment After Phase Shift
in Otcodon degus
Katharine Van de Putte English
Departmental
Title - Above Ground: A Collection of Poetry
Takeshia Williams
Psychology
Honors
Title - The Effect of Autistic Traits on Creativity and
Rigidity in the
Normal Population
Monica Yalamanchili
Biology
Honors
Title - Parasitism and Strss Levels in Populations of
Green Frogs,
Rana Clamitans, in Western Michigan
Kevin Zabel
Psychology
Departmental
Title - Age and Financial Risk-Taking: The Mediating
and Moderating
Roles of Sensation Seeking and Materialism
Keith Zabel
Psychology
Departmental
Title - Conservative Ideology, Proactive Personality,
and Well-Being:
A
Facet-Level Analysis
Angela Zito
English
Departmental
Title - To Wind That Cradles Birds: An Exploration of
Sonnet
Structure and Voice
Angela Zito
English
Honors
Title - Rochester vs. Dryden: A Case Study Examining
the Developments
of the Pedagogical Anthology of English Literature
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