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To Pull or To Not Pull the Lever: A Data Driven Approach to Understand the Philosophical Trolley Problem

Name: Burim Saciri Major: Statistical & Data Science Minor: Philosophy Advisor: Dr. Rob Kelvey; Dr. Jillian Morrison (Second Reader) For my Independent Study project, I […]

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Phages, on the Rocks: Development of a Bacteriophage Cocktail Infecting Pseudomonas chlororaphis 14B11

Name: Clara Becker Major: Biology Advisor: Stephanie Strand; William Morgan (second reader) Infections caused by antibiotic resistant organisms are predicted to pose one of the biggest public […]

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Body Image Mediating the Relationship between Personality Factors, Emotionality and Extraversion, and Psychological Well-being in a Gender-Diverse and Queer Sample

Name: Rachel Jones Major: Psychology Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Advisors: Amber Garcia Second Reader: Meredith Hope Research has examined the relationship between […]

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Rockin’ Cities Underground: An Urban Morphological Lens in the Archaeological Cavate Sites of Derinkuyu and Naours

Name: Anabelle Andersen Majors: Archaeology and Art History Advisors: Siavash Samei and Kara Morrow The underground cities of Derinkuyu and Naours, respectively found in Turkey and […]

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Angular frequency of rotating spiral waves in a chemical reaction-diffusion system

Name: Melita Wiles Majors: Physics and Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Niklas Manz & Dr. Cody Leary Rotating spiral waves have been observed in various excitable physical, […]

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Built to Scale: An Exploration Into Full Stack Development Strategies

Name: Ben Foltz Major: Computer Science Advisor: Drew Guarnera; Kowshik Bhowmik (second reader) This work provides an in-depth discussion of front-end and back-end development strategies, […]

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Are we off balance? An investigation of audiologists’ referral practices for vestibular assessments for cochlear implant candidates and recipients in the pediatric population with single-sided deafness

Name: Danielle J Nasoff Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Minor: Studio Art Advisors: Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D., Joan E. Furey, Ph.D. (second reader) This study investigated audiologists’ […]

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The Fading of Intention: Photodegradation Studies of Carmine Colorants and Their Implications in Art Conservation

Name: Megan E. Zins Major: Chemistry Minor: Art History Advisors: Dr. Sarah J. Sobeck Cultural heritage objects are irreplaceable objects that have artistic, historical, and/or cultural […]

Spencer Gaitsch

Misconceptions in Parallel: Belligerent Perceptions of Mediator Bias in the Chinese Civil War

Name: Spencer Gaitsch Majors: History, Political Science Advisor: Dr. Christina Welsch, Dr. Matthew Krain Scholars have long studied intrastate conflict mediation efforts, third-party intervention, […]

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Knots, Nots, and Loops

Name: Leah Wilcox Major: Mathematics Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisor: Dr. Robert Kelvey Knot theory is a vast branch of mathematics, one that has […]

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The Underlying Effects of the Sticky Substance Ban On the MLB

Name: Mitchell Reardon Major: Mathematics Minor: Statistical and Data Sciences Advisors: Colby Long and Christina Horr The sticky substance ban that occurred near the beginning of the […]

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Developing a Virtual Modular Synthesizer for Sound Waves and MIDI

Name: Margaret Jagger Majors: Computer Science and Music Minor: Statistical and Data Science Advisors: Drew Guarnera and Sofia Visa Modular synthesis involves the alteration and […]

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A Year of N-Confusion: Determining Aggregation in N-Confused Porphyrins Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Name: Nina Catalfo Major: Chemistry Minor: English Advisor: Dr. Paul Bonvallet; Dr. Karl Feierabend (second reader) N-confused porphyrins, a porphyrin derivative with a nitrogen atom on the […]

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Hands That Grab and Tongues That Say: Understanding Animal Narrators and Protagonists

Name: Sophie Helen Ryan Majors: English and Psychology Advisors: Dr. Kate Beuter and Dr. Michael Casey; Dr. Tom Prendergast (second reader) Whether through owning a pet or […]

Nikki Marie Elizabeth Hoseus

“Orange Is the New Mistreatment?”: An Analysis of Knowledge and Perceptions of Incarcerated Women and their Mistreatment Through (Non)Viewing of Orange Is the New Black

Name: Nikki Marie Elizabeth Hoseus Majors: Communication Studies, Sociology Advisor: Dr. Denise Bostdorff and Dr. Setsuko Matsuzawa How are incarcerated women mistreated in the […]

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Recommender Systems

Name: Pavithra Brahmananda Reddy Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics Advisor: Thomas Montelione Second Reader: Robert Kelvey Many products that we buy online are suggested to […]

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INSIDE OF INFLUENCERS: An analysis and framework of social media influencers’ self-branding practices

Name: Alison Lindsey-Noble Major: Communication Studies Minor: Global Media & Digital Studies This study aimed to understand the practices social media influencers (SMIs) use to create […]

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Exploring the Name, Image and Likeness Legislation Within Collegiate Athletics

Name: Hamilton Johnson Major: Communication Studies Advisor: Nii Nikoi The newly passed Name, Image, and Likeness legislation allows collegiate athletes to benefit financially off of themselves while […]

Abigail Breitenbucher

Gaming the System: A Game Theoretic Approach to Risk Management and Cybersecurity

Name: Abigail Breitenbucher Major: Mathematics Minors: Anthropology, History Advisor: Dr. Colby Long Second Reader: Dr. Subhadip Chowdhury The goals of this project were to […]

Saralee Renick

Will You Accept this Rose?: The Representation of Black Women on The Bachelorette Seasons 13 and 18

Name: Saralee Renick Major: Sociology Minor: Political Science Advisors: Michael Miyawaki, Heather Fitz Gibbon The purpose of this Senior Independent Study is to understand […]