Theses are the culmination of honor students independent research under the guidance of faculty members and are representative of Union College's commitment to giving students the tools necessary for life-long learning.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Modeling harmony in musical genres : a computer assisted composition system, Brian M. Card

Preparation of C₂-symmetric transition metal complexes as potential chiral catalysts, Laura M. Castellano

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and trace element geochemistry of the Hyde School gneiss and Rockport granite, NW Adirondack lowlands, NY, Joseph Paul Catalano

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Thelō, thelō, manēnai: de la Traduction poétique d’après une étude métrique, Regina Claire Chiuminatto

Reflections of the modern women, Katherine D. Cissel

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The Greco-Roman conquest of Egypt : changes and continuities in afterlife beliefs, Samantha S. Cohen

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Thucydides as a model for the writings of Sallust : comparative studies, Sara M. Coleman

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Hydrogen internal combustion engines : optimizing fuel tracers, Jason L. Curtis

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The nature of the dionysian phenomenon : the key to unlocking Nietzsche's The birth of tragedy, Ryan C. Deck

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An assessment of health education in New York City public schools, Madelyn De Leon

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¿De donde somos? : el mestizaje y sus efectos en la identidad de los exiliados de la segunda generación, Madelyn De Leon

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Debilitating disasters : the incorporation of mental health in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Christina F. Dempsey

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The American student movement of the sixties and contemporary student politics, Laura M. DeNigirs

Implementing a low-cost teaching AFM for the frontiers of nanotechnology course, Thomas P. DiLaura

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Effects of federal tax expenditures on renewable energy use in the U.S., Michael D. Dillon

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Design of hybrid VAWT with power conversion system, Kevin P. Donovan

Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot : self-portraits and Images featuring them by Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet, Alexandra Dubodel

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The impact of election news coverage on the American public, Rebecca L. Dunlop

The relationship between wages and pension plans, Samuel Elias

The investigation of flow through artificial mitral heart valves and the development of a flow simulation system, Christine Elizabeth Farrell

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Through the lens of political theory : sex trafficking explored, analyzed, and confronted, Patrick McSherry Fergusson

In vivo measurements of the effects of artificially induced myocardial infarction on an amphibian heart, Rachel M. Fitz

God and man in American conservatism : the political thought of William F. Buckley, Jr., Trevor Owen Flike

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Reducing prejudice In Right-Wing authoritarians : the effect of cognitive dissonance in changing social attitudes By Rose Foley., Rose Marie Foley

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Welcome to Syria : annual Jesuit report of 1626 from Latin to English, Charles Richard Fontana Jr.

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Social context and its effect on personnel selection decisions of high and low self-monitors, Elizabeth Anne Fortier

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Social constructs : the American dream and masculinity, Jenna Brynne Frisch

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“This didn’t have to happen : lethal school violence as a modern social problem, Alexandra T. Gallagher

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From Hanoi to Baghdad : an analysis of mainstream press in times of foreign conflict, Cara Meghan Gallivan

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Has the euro affected where Germany exports its goods?, Alexandra M. Giromini

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Disordered eating patterns and behaviors in Union female first-year and fourth-year students, Amy Caron Gold

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Investigating the role of a metacaspase in the mushroom fungus Schizophyllum commune, Alyssa Rachel Goldberg

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Code art, Russell Graham Goldenberg

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Do you buy it : is one’s stage of psychosocial development a good predictor of which route to persuasion is used?, Marisa Greenberg

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Sex and culture : examining notions of cultural sensitivity in delivering comprehensive sex education, Anne Carolyn Hanson

Spinoza : a metaphysic, Michael D. Hardy

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El desarrollo de los niños hispano-mexicanos a pesar de los sufrimientos del exilio español durante la niñez, Chelsea Erin Hargis

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Impact of gambling establishments on white-collar crime, Chelsea Erin Hargis

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Music and its emotional effects in politics : a study on September 11th, Adrienne Brenna Hart

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“Bacon costs extra”, Eleanor Berkeley Hazlett

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The evolution of Imperial power in the Holy Roman Empire during the Hohenstaufen Period, Jason Heinzelman

The mechanical properties of pervious rubberized concrete when exposed to freeze thaw conditions., Andrew Lawrence Heiser

Cadmium selenide nanocrystal and ruthenium polypyridine cation inclusion within laponite photovoltaic films, Steven M. Herron

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The melanocortin-1 receptor gene (mc-1r) and color polymorphism in plethodon cinereus, Carly Jean Hyatt

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Investigating the role of cyclic AMP signaling in mushroom development in the split gill fungus, Schizophyllum commune, Colette Elizabeth Lou Hyatt

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“They can do that?” : Issues of identity, privacy, and the commercialization of facebook, Jeffrey Walker Hyde

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Developmental regulation of putative phagocyte receptor genes during the asexual budding cycle of an ancestral chordate, Megan Elizabeth Kaknis

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The ethical and moral issues of a legal market in human organs, Andrew Michael Kantor

Developmentally-regulated expression of caspases during cyclic blastogenesis in a colonial urochordate, Matthew David Kearney

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Fordism and the demise of working class identity in the United States, Meagan Marie Keenan

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Romanization in the Greek East : religious, historical and literary identity, Andrew John Kehl

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The effects of marketing strategy, income and gender on decision to purchase : a comprehensive analysis of the consumer decision making process, Amy Kemmler

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Does the removal of invasive nitrogen-fixing black locust in a pine-oak community ensure a successful return to pre-invasion soil characteristics?, Kyle Charles Kesel

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Friendships in college, Joanna Klausner

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Rape in film : the masculine gaze, shame and the impact on female viewers, Allegra Julia Lanzara

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El feminismo antes de su tiempo : escritoras estadounidenses en la Guerra Civil española, Julie La Spina

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The Effects of Fire and Deer Herbivory on Oak Regeneration in an Eastern Deciduous Forest, Julie La Spina

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The fathers and daughters of Ovid’s Metamorphoses mirrored in Augustan society, Jessica Ashley Latino

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Creating feminine science fiction : a cixousian analysis of Ursula Le Guin, Margaret Ann Levine

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America's elderly population in relation to the social systems, Margaret Joy Licht

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The role of uncertainty in aggregate investment, Patricia Mary Linden

Pollinate me, Alexandra Nicolle Lindsay

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The design and fabrication of a micro mechanical dragonfly, Patrick James Lingane

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Political implications in rock and roll music from the Vietnam War era, Meredith Anne Lippman

Perfect pitch : the development and impact of Gerald Gardner’s witch concept, Jennifer A. Long

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The role and growth of celebritization in presidential campaign coverage, Johnathan Bradford Long

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Laser cooling and trapping of single krypton atoms, David Keeler Ludwig

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The practical value of abandoning selfhood, David Keeler Ludwig

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Generalizing subjective expected utility : Heuristic search as a model of bounded rationality, Andrew Kenneth MacKenzie

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The Mediancentre-Borda rule and one-way monotonicity, Andrew Kenneth MacKenzie

Exploring state-specific policies to address the problem of rising obesity in the United States, Mallory Ann Mason

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The struggle of love and sex : a study of D.H. Lawrence’s relationship to women in The Rainbow and Women In Love, Kara Mary McCabe

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Detrital zircon fission track ages of the paleocene-pliocene strata of the matanuska-cook inlet basin, Southern Alaska, Douglas Matthew Merkert

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American intervention in Vietnam and Iraq : an exploration of class and conflict, Brittany Bates Miller

We hailed at the twilight : a cry for America, a cry for ourselves, Michael Montesano

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Sexual ambivalence : understanding race, class, gender and attitudes toward prostitution, Sharona C. Moore

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A través del océano : los poemas del exilio republicano de Rafael Alberti y Pablo Neruda, Lacey Elizabeth Morgan

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Construction of a biodiesel test engine to research biodiesel as an alternative fuel source, John Edward Mucci

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An exploration of nostalgia, Sarah Kayla Mueller

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Bellum Americanum : the neoconservative influence on US foreign policy, Sean Daniel Mulkerne

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Characterization of the colocalization between lipid rafts and follicle stimulating hormone receptor using immunofluoresence confocal microscopy, Amy Melissa Nestlerode

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Understanding political machines and their bosses : a study of the O’Connell machine, John William Nobrega

Enzymatic analysis of Schistocerca Americana during development, Elizabeth Teresa Nyberg

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Enchanted reflections : transforming through Beauty and the Beast’s Looking Glass, Lauren Carissa Obst

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Un service public, une lutte privée : la voix subversive d’un conteur Canonisé, Lauren Carissa Obst

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From Victims to Victimizers: The Evolution of Modern Algerian Politics, Kaitlyn O'Connor

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From victims to victimizers : the evolution of modern Algerian politics, Kaitlyn Elizabeth O'Connor

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L‘Acceptation d'un Compromis de Démocratie en France pour la Promotion de Laïcité, Kaitlyn Elizabeth O’Connor

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Beyond the abortion culture wars : thinking abortion rights politically with Hannah Arendt, Whitney Ogas

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Disease advocacy organizations and their impact on the doctor-patient relationship, Sidney Haskell Olefson

The Hegemonic moment : why history says the U.S. and China are headed for conflict, Matthew Frederick Olsson

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The Worlds of society and self in Haruki Murakami’s fiction, Jacqueline Ostrofsky

Representations of women athletes in Ancient Greece, Shannon Rachel Packer

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9/11 health activism : a qualitative study, Katie Regina Pandolfo

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The determinants of corruption : results from new data and instruments, Nikhil Mahesh Patel

Design and fabrication of a solar/wind hybrid power generation system, Lasantha Pradeeshan Pathirana

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Put your best shoe forward : an exploration of modern fashion as a way to create self-identity and manage impressions, Ashlyn Rene Pendleton

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Multi-frequency VLBI imaging of two compact symmetric radio galaxies, Thomas Mastrianni Perry

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Determinants of entrepreneurship in America, Allen Matthew Piekara

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Analysis of the cellular uptake of a novel cell penetrating peptide and peptoid, Maria-Claire Pietak