SimCity meets The Lorax: Simulating Community Forest Management
Student: Maya M. Lapp Major: Mathematics Advisor: Dr. Colby Long Melissa Schultz I.S. Research Prize in Sustainability and the Environment 1st Place As the human population […]
Arguing Over America’s Best Idea: Examining the Congressional Partisan Divide with Regard to Public Lands Policy
Students: Anna Medema Major: Political Science Minor: Environmental Studies Advisors: Dr. Bas van Doorn, Dr. Angela Bos This Independent Study investigates the effect of […]
The Identification and Characterization of a Halophilic UvrD Homologue, and its Incorporation into Helicase Dependent Amplification
Student: Kevin Miller Major: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Minor: Mathematics, Environmental Studies Advisor: Dr. Ben Leslie This presentation is only available to College of […]
Optimizing Crop Rotations and Pest Management Strategies in Agriculture
Student: Madeleine Ferguson Major: Mathematics Minors: Environmental Studies, French Advisor: Dr. John Ramsay The goal of this project is to investigate how operations research […]
A Predictive Model for Coach Firings in NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball
Student: Eli M. Samuelson Major: Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Drew Pasteur, Dr. Marian Frazier Within men’s major college basketball there is a high turnover rate […]
Welcome to the Masquerade: Deception in the Preliminary Job Search Process
Student: Rebecca D. Wells Major: Communication Studies Minor: Music Advisors: Dr. Michelle Johnson, Dr. Melissa Weller This study examined the likelihood that college students […]
An Investigation of the Counseling Strategies Used by Pediatric Audiologists from the Perspective of Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Student: Morgan Faldowski Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor: Education Advisors: Donald M. Goldberg, Cara Hammond This study investigated the perspectives of parents of […]
Redemption of the Gàidhealtachd: The Formation of Highlandism from 1745 to 1822
Student: Isaiah Corso-Phinney Major: History Advisor: Jeff Roche, Christina Welsch During the mid-18th century to the early 19th century in Scotland, Highland cultural symbols […]
The Effect of the Status of Women on Sexual Violence Against Women
Student: Emily Davis Major: Political Science Advisors: Dr. Michele Leiby, Dr. Fiacre Bienvenu Sexual violence is an atrocious phenomenon that affects women all over […]
"First the Pain, Then the Rising": Assessing Student Knowledge of Title IX Policies and Procedures at The College of Wooster
Student: Kaci A. Carpenter Major: Communication Studies Minor: Education Advisors: Melissa Weller, Michelle Johnson This independent study examined student’s perceptions of Title IX policies […]
Laughing Matters: Late-Night Political Comedy Television & Individual-Level Affective Polarization
Student: Nicholas Shereikis Majors: Political Science, Communication Studies Advisors: Angela Bos, Denise Bostdorff This study considers the effects of consuming late-night political humor on […]
Understanding Behavioral and Emotional Responses to Frames Used by Animal Rights Organizations in the United States and France
Student: Alysa Tarrant Majors: French and Francophone Studies, Communication Studies Advisors: Marion Duval, Yi Zhu The purpose of this study was to examine how […]
Make Some Noize: Rap as a Form of Political Protest in Russia
Student: Daphne Letherer Majors: Global and International Studies (History), Russian Studies Advisors: Dr. Peter Pozefsky, Dr. Tatiana Filimonova Within the last few years, opposition […]
Marco Roccato Attends Athens Democracy Forum
Marco Roccato reflects upon the opportunity to “bring the Wooster spirit into the Athens Democracy Forum” again. The senior global and international studies major recently returned from the event that brings together global leaders to discuss current topics in relation to democracy.
Canine Cognition
Kia Radovanovic studies the effects of experimenter familiarity on inequity aversion in dogs
Impact of athlete endorsements on purchasing decisions
Marcus Bowers looks at pre-decisional distortion for his I.S. in psychology
Re-creating ancient remedies
Araam Abboud combines classics and biochemistry and molecular biology in one I.S.
Women fighting women
Annabell Hopkins studied the evolution of arguments against the Equal Rights Amendment
Reimagining the Underworld
Hao Tang’s monumental work traces cultural intersections
Understanding Cultural Perspectives
Sidney Irias compares attitudes toward adoption in the U.S. and Honduras