Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in “Natural” Disasters: A Hurricane Katrina Case Study, Scarlett Oaks '25
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A Chemical and Historical Analysis of Beer: Discovering Brewing Styles and Beer Stages, Alexander Taylor '24
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
An Examination of Parental Transmission on Young Voters’ Political Party Affiliation, Parenting Style Mediations, Kelly J. Truax '23
The Process and Me: Creating a Film About Archaeology, Jack Woods '23
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Simulated Life: A Psychological and Philosophical Examination of Contemporary Social Media Use of Adolescents, Lauren T. LaMore '22
The Decline of Mental Health: Pandemic Effects in School-Aged Children Katherine Lenger DePauw University Honor Scholar Program Class of 2022 Rebecca Schindler,, Katherine Lenger '22
An Oral History on Material Culture in Greencastle, Indiana: Investigating the Importance of Movable Objects to Individual, Familial, and Community Relationships, Brenna Milligan '22
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Contemporary Challenges Facing Small, Family Farms in America: The Grant Family and Their Maraschino Cherry Farm, Haley Allaben 20
Multi-Ethnic Chronicles: Interrogating My Imposter Syndrome, Maria Flores 20
The Narrative of Courtship: Literary and Biological Constructions and their Impact on Women, Drew Harris 20
An Evaluation of Family Planning Initiatives in Developing Nations, Lauren Kaylor 20
The One Child Policy: A Moral Analysis of China’s Most Extreme Population Policy, Allison C. Lund 20
Fort Ancient and Woodland Pottery from the Hahn Site, Hamilton County, Ohio: A Petrographic Analysis of Chronological Changes in Ceramic Temper, Shelby C. Lutz 20
Going Beyond Abstinence Only: A Bioethical Analysis on Educating Adolescents on Birth Control and Other Contraceptives, Sam McCarty 20
Over-Medicalization and Criminalization of Birth In the United States: Exploring the Outcomes, Meg Wallace 20
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Progression of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement in the United States: The Human Rights Campaign, Tabitha Adams 19
Goals, Outcomes, and Efficacy of Music Programming in Prisons, Liam Byrnes 18
The Socialization Process of Masculinity, and Its Manifestation at DePauw University: How Race, Media, and Gender Contribute to the Malleability of Masculinity, Gabriella Hagedorn 19
A Brief Statistical Introduction of the Global Refugee problems with Data Analysis, April Yan Zhang 19
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Nuclear Alarmism and Climate Change Fatalism as a Secular Apocalyptic Religion, Sarah Ertelt 18
Manning Up at DePauw: Performing Fraternal Masculinity on a Liberal Arts Campus, Rachel Higson 18
Interpreting Black Women’s Narratives about the Foster Care System as Counterstorytelling, Shanae Nelson 18
Belonging in This Place: Belonging in an Undergraduate University, Samantha Ostreicher 18
From Straitjackets to Jumpsuits: America's Mental Healthcare Crisis, Madeleine Storm 18
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
All Hail Helix: The Internet’s Role in the Creation of Culture and Narrative, Margaret Furtner 17
The Model Minority Myths: Racism And Sexism Against Asian-American Community, Yingda Guo 17
Locked Up then Locked Out: Reentry Programming and Women’s Post-Carceral Success, Mary Reising 17
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Love and Marriage: a Narrative Exploration, Emily Hancock 16
Towards Sustainable Rural Japan: a Case Study on Urban-Rural Migration Motives, Lisa Kanai 16
Deep Silences in the Long Night: Meditations on Zapatismo, Coloniality, and the Global Ecological Crisis, Burke Stanton 16
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Something Old and Something New, Ryan Pranger 15
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Spirits and Syringes: Malaria as an Epidemic, a Spiritual Punishment, and an Act of War, Kelly Blair 14
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Metropolitan Myth: Catastrophic Language, Ecologies of Violence, and the Storm of Progress in a South Asian City, Kartik Amarnath '13
A Climate for Swelling: The Social & Biological Impacts of Lymphatic Filariasis on Males & Females in Developing Countries, Arezoo Nazari '13
Anachronistic Policies in the United States: What All Policymakers Need to Know About Marijuana, Alex Riggs '13
Defining Humanity: Gender and Equality in the French Revolution, Erin Sheek '13
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Untold Stories of Human Cargo, Taylor Beaty '12
Parallel Lives: Similarities Between the Lived Experiences of Persons with Cancer and HIV, Danielle Boyd '12
Life Beyond The Haze: The risks, reasons and rewards of dealing and doing in college, Matthew Cecil '12
Remittance and Poverty Reduction: A study of post-conflict migration from Nepal, Shreeya Neupane '12
Causes of the Vietnamese Brain Drain Syndrome, Phuong Nguyen '12
The Cinderella Connection: Structural Resonance of a Narrative Motif, Katie Owens '12
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Representations of English in France: Conflict and opportunity in language and identity, Matt Brauer '11
Pour vous, qu'est-ce qu'etre Francais?: The Politics of French National Identity in the 21st Century, Hallie Moberg '11
Ka’aba Under Communism: Muslim, Regional, and Clan Identity in Soviet Literature of the Caucasus and Central Asia, Kate Pickering '11
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Diagnosing Decisions: An Examination of Medical Career Choices and Their Effects on the Health Care System, Nicole Craker '10