Thesis: Listing

This page provides a listing of this year's theses and their authors.

                            2002 - 2003 Thesis Writers

HONORS

Kristen Abraham: The Roles of Sex and Sexism in Interpersonal Conflict Resolution

Amber Buck: The Distance to the Shore

Tammy Calvin: Songs used in short-range mate communication in House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon): Do Song structures and rates vary depending on whether females are in or out of their nests?

Alex Case: Blood, Brains, and Brawn: College Football in the Industrial Era

Nicole Clouthier: Gender, Families, and the Work of Kinship

Wynne Dawley: The Effects of Low and High Doses of Piracetam on Working and Reference Memory in a Delayed Non-Matching to Sample Task

Elizabeth Duvall:  Reaction Chemistry of Chiral Titanium Complexes

Courtney Hancock:  The Effect Electrolytic Lesions of the Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis and Medial Septum on Working Memory in Rats

Randi Heathman:  Enhancing Education Through Equitation: A Promotional Plan for an Equestrian Facility at Albion College

Hannon Hogan: The Effects of Activity Level on Children's Overall Well-Being and Positive and Negative Affect

Daniel Holland:  A Study of Z-Scheme Photosynthesis

Crystal Ignison:  Hypervalent Iodine Compunds in Organic Chemistry: Sysnthesis of a Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagent and Reactivity in Lactonization Reactions of Aryl Alkenoic Acids

Bryan Johnson: Don't Nod: A Screenplay

Amanda Kent:  Examination of Methods to Increase DNA Yeild From Feathers to Determine Sex Ratios of Nestling House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon)

Laura Kraly:  Western Attitudes Towards Kabuki Theatre: The 1960 Kabuki-za Tour

Brooke Larche: Diesel Power Sacrificed for Cleaner Air

Dana Lobelle: The Effect of Level of Involvement in a Woman's Movement on Self-Description: A Comparison of Mothers with their Daughters

Elizabeth Mettler: An Amino-acid Profile of Wild Bird Dispersed Fruits in Michigan

Sean Nelb: Creationism's Blunt Wedge: Evolution and the Failure of Intelligent Design

Susan O'Connor: My Umbrella: A Collection of Writing and Original Artwork Inspired by a Year in Ireland

Brooke Reich: Two Studies of Acne: Predictors and Psychological Effects of Acne Severity, and Depression in Isotretinoin Therapy

Lillian Sacks: An Examination of Young Mothers' Parenting Skills: The Role of Social Support and Parenting Stress

Sarah Storbeck: The Representation of Rotational Motion

Eric Van Ness: Offensive Anti-Terrorism: A Critical Analysis of the United States Miltary's Anthrax Vaccination Immunization Program

Laurie Vance: The Social Benefits and Implications of the Cochlear Implant and it's Effects on the Deaf Community

Thomas Wood: Limbic Systems and Value Judgement

 
DEPARTMENTAL

Travis Boyd, Psychology: Measurement of Athlete Burnout and Predictive Factors: An Analysis of Division III College Student-Athletes

Joshua Cecil, Political Science:  Border Security Along the Northern Border of the United States of America After the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

Sarah Cooper, English:  Coordinating Community Resources to Improve Student and Family Success

Sarah DiPonio, Psychology:  The Value of Pets in the Lives of Children

David DiVencenzo, Art History:  Power/Pleasure: Representations of Desire in the Photography of Duane Michals

Emily Dobbins, Psychology:  Childrens Perceptions of Interparental Conflict

Susan Dudley, Theatre:  King Lear: A Speculative Debate

Edward Epp, Geology:  Textural and Chemical Analysis of Highly Strained Quartzites from the Black Hills, S.D.

Elizabeth Haas, Psychology:  Interpersonal and Professional Consequences of Narcissistic and Avoidant Personality Tendencies

Lauren Hecht, Psychology:  Does a Simple Shading Manipulation Lead to Size Overestimation in 3-D Volumes?

Karin Heffel, English: George Orwell and Spirituality: A Serach for Purpose and Meaning

Kathryn Hilovsky, Biology:  Morphology, Variation and Systematics of Eocene Dermatemydid Turtles

Angela Lang, English:  The Powerful Women and the Men Who Love Them in Shakespeare's Early Works

Joshua Menig, Chemistry:  Oxidation of Trialkylboranes Using Potassium Permanganate

Jacquelin Mgumia, Sociology:  The Change of Womens Status in Tanzania

Rebecca Miller, International Studies:  Immigration in the European Union: Is There a Fortress Europe?

Leonard Noel, Psychology: Materialism and Well-Being: An Exploratory Study on the Mediating and Moderating Role of Religiosity

Anne Polmanter, History:  "It Shall Be Thus and So": The Women's Self-Government Association of Susanna Wesley Hall, 1926-1936

Courtney Schaffer, History:  "Home Alive in '45": Albion College and the GI Bill of Rights

Jennifer Tobin, Physics:  Uncovering the Electrical Properties of Candidate Superconductors Through Construction of a New Cryogenic System and Associated Lab VIEW Program

Emily Williams, Psychology:  Dental Anxiety: Dental Patients' Physiological and Psychological Responses to a Specific Procedure