Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2008
Fat is fine: Influences of medical research, body image and self-esteem and social justice on socially unaccepted bodies, Rachel Girard (Women's and Gender Studies)
Celebrities: Who they are, how they gain popularity, and why society is so fascinated with them and their court cases, Kristina Gregory (Communication, Media and Theatre Arts)
A comparative study of higher education, Michael Hugh Haynes (Political Science)
Optimal strategy in the game show, "1 vs. 100", Seth A. Hoxworth (Mathematics)
Women politicians: Why the United States has so few, Rebecca Kurtz (Political Science)
The gothic colonial: A comparison of Wuthering heights and Native son, Arwa Mohammad Malaibari (English Language and Literature)
Doubling identities: Character representation and narrative style in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, Bushra M. Malaibari (English Language and Literature)
Detecting the correct portion size, Kendra Muehlfelt (Health Sciences)
Ravage, rejection, regeneration: Leo Tolstoy's War and peace as a case against forgetting, Irina R. Nersessova (English Language and Literature)
Isolation and analysis of the KATI promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana, Lalita C. Patel (Biology)
An assessment of the impact of a revised client case on students' ability to successfully complete a social work writing course, Alison Reddy (Social Work)
Sustainable trade in pre-colonial Asante, Karen Sanders (History and Philosophy)
Full circle: T. S. Eliot's quest for spiritual fulfillment, Lindsay Sarin (English Language and Literature)
Quantifying fitness changes of a collegiate women's soccer program over the course of a competitive season: Utilizing physiological testing measurements and accelerometry, Sara L. Schiffbauer (Health Promotion and Human Performance)
Pieces, Amanda Slater (English Language and Literature)
Influence of the Z'cation site on the B-02 and B-08 band lengths in tourmaline group minerals, Lindsay Sochalski (Geography and Geology)
Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Middle Devonian silica formation of northern Ohio, John Edwin Thornton (Geography and Geology)
The status of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) struggle for equality in Michigan since 2004, Danielle Tucker (Political Science)
The Alexander Technique, Nichole Lauren Vasu (Music and Dance)
Women's poetic response to the male gaze: Cutting them down, Nadine Yonka (English Language and Literature)
Senior Honors Theses and Projects from 2007
The racialization of Jimi Hendrix, Marcus K. Adams (African American Studies)
Cued speech: Not just for the deaf anymore, Shana Baber (Special Education)
Brown's bios, Jared Clayton Brown (English Language and Literature)
A collaboration in assistive and educational technology: Department of Special Education, Eastern Michigan University and C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, the University of Michigan, Megan M. Bultsma (Special Education)
Instructor efficacy and student consumerism, Bethany Burge (Psychology)