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For Every Adaptation Belonging to Me as Good Belongs to You: Analyzing Intertextuality in Lauren Gunderson’s Literature-Based Plays

Name: Brian Luck Majors: English and Theatre & Dance Minor: Education Advisors: Dr. Shirley Huston-Findley and Dr. Susanna Sacks This Independent Study explores the ways in which playwright […]

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Together Everyone Achieves More (T.E.A.M.): An Investigation of Recreational Sports Teams’ Coaches’ Knowledge of Best Practices for Working with Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Name: Abigail Johnson Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders and Education Advisor: Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D. This study investigated community recreation sports teams’ coaches’ knowledge regarding working with […]

A Critical Analysis of Antiracist Pedagogical Strategies and Diverse Young Adult Literature for White Educators

Name: Jenna Stanton Majors: English, Education Advisors: Dr. Susanna Sacks, Dr. Christopher Kang (second reader) This independent study attempts to answer the following research […]

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Are We Listening To Their Silent Voices? An Investigation of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge of Spasmodic Dysphonia, Their Perceptions of Treatment, and Patient Experiences with Treatment

Name: Katlyn Yeager Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor: Education Advisors: Donald M. Goldberg, Joan E. Furey (Second Reader) The purpose of this study […]

Kate Schlegel

Integrating Art History into K-5 Social Studies Classrooms

Name: Kate Schlegel Majors: Art History, Education Advisor: Tracy Cosgriff & Allison Neptune This independent study investigates the possibility for interaction between art and […]

Katie Thompson

Learning in Virtual and In-Person Elementary Classrooms: Elementary Teachers Experiences with Virtual Classrooms and their Immediacy Strategies

Name: Katie Thompson Majors: Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education with Licensure Advisors: Zhenyu Tian, Megan Wereley The COVID-19 pandemic created a shift from in-person […]

Jackson Stuff

A Call to Lights, Camera, and Action: How Hollywood Woke America to the Nazi Threat

Name: Jackson Stuff Majors: History, Education Advisor: Madonna Hettinger This thesis examines the evolution of anti-Nazi and pro-Intervention narratives from Hollywood films released between […]

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The Impacts of Childhood Parental Death Among College Aged Students

Name: Jillian Ness Majors: Sociology, Education Advisors: Heather Fitz-Gibbon This study analyzes college student’s experiences with childhood parental death. I explored this research through Rismam’s […]

Rebecca LaRue

From the Parks to the Polls: National Parks, Place Attachment, and Environmental Voting Behavior

Name: Rebecca LaRue Major: Political Science (U.S. National Politics) Minors: Geology, Education Advisors: Dr. Bas van Doorn My project examines the relationship between National […]

Abigail Tarburton

Why Students Struggle in General Chemistry: Understanding Open-Ended Assessment in the Chemistry 111 Classroom

Name: Abigail Tarburton Majors: Chemistry, Education Advisors: Dr. Lilliana Morris (Advisor), Dr. Ryan Ozar (Education Advisor) Second Reader: : Dr. Jennifer Faust The world […]

Sarah Neuville

Immune function of salamander species Plethodon cinereus, Plethodon electromorphus, and hybrid individuals against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Name: Sarah Neuville Majors: Biology, Education Advisors: Hilary Edgington, Ryan Ozar, Rick Lehtinen Since the 1960’s, research has shown consistently decreasing numbers of amphibians. […]

Tyler Chumita

The All-Math Team: A comparative study to predict end of the year award voting in baseball for the North Coast Athletic Conference using an empirical analysis

Name: Tyler Chumita Majors: Mathematics, Education Advisors: Christina Horr and Drew Pasteur Over the last two decades, sabermetrics havetaken over baseball by means of […]

Paul Christianson

Wooster mourns passing of emeritus professor of English, Paul Christianson

Paul Christianson, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, passed away on February 15, 2022, in San Francisco, California. Christianson served as the Mildred Foss Thompson […]

Elizabeth Testamark

APEX Fellowship | Elizabeth Testamark

Majors: Communication Studies, Education Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sarah Sobeck My summer experience was working with the wedding planning company […]

Isabella Ilievski ’21

Psychology and Education major examines how social learners experience online instruction

Isabella Ilievski ’21 investigates multimedia content delivery for social dependent learners

Lily Michal Walters

Whitewashed: A Look into the Evolution of Race Conversations in American Classrooms

Name: Lily Michal Walters Majors: History, Education Advisor: Dr. Jordan Biro-Walters Following the events of this past summer, I felt an urge to analyze […]

Breanna Harrell

“BOYS CAN’T BE PRINCESSES”: An Understanding of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Gender Bias, LGBTQ+ Bias, and LGBTQ+ Related Issues When Working with Young Children

Name: Breanna L. Harrell Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor: Education Advisors: Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D., and Ahmet Atay With the growing understanding and […]

Anabel Faigin

Collaboration in Silence: An Investigation of the Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Treatment for Children with Selective Mutism

Name: Anabel Helena Faigin Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders Minor: Education Advisors: Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D.,  Joan E. Furey, Ph.D., and Cara Hammond (second […]

Impact of School Vouchers on Guardian Investment in Education

Name: Madeleine Keller Majors: Economics, Education Advisors: Dr. Brooke Krause, Dr. Gretchen Tefs Inequitable access to good quality education is an ongoing issue in […]

Isabella Ilievski

Social Dependent, Independent Learners and Their Online Learning

Student Name: Isabella Ilievski Majors: Psychology, Education Advisor: Dr. Michelle Colvin The recent increase of online learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred […]