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Senior Exercises from 2008
The Unequal Scales of Justice: An Exploration of Inherent Disadvantages of Working-Class Civil Litigants and Criminal Defendants, Neil Johnston
CeaseFire: A Sociological Understanding of Inner-city Violence Prevention, Sam Loesche
Celebrity and the Construction of Consumer-Capitalist Ideologies, Rosalind Paradis
Waiting on the World to Change: A Study of Youth Voter Participation, Matthew Segal
The Proliferation of Megachurches in Modern Consumer Culture, Corey Timbers
Senior Exercises from 2007
"The Piece of Meat on the Side:" The Marginalization of Fat Women's Sexuality, Stephen DeSanto
Taking a Break: An Analysis of Respite Care Services in Knox County, Ohio from a Sociological Perspective, Lauren Katz
Dying in a Disenchanted Society: The Dehumanization of Death Under a Scientific Paradigm, Jean Lombardi
The Streets Have Spoken: The Power of Hip Hop, Sarah Pfeifer
Empowerment and Social Capital: Community and the Cycle of Family Homelessness in New York City, Maureen Rees
Manufacturing a Minority: Desexualization, Hypersexualization, and the "Deviance" of Gay Men in America, Jason Smith
Ever-Changing Medicine: How Changes in Health Insurance Have Affected Patient-Provider Relationships and the Way Helaht Care Providers Can Practice Medicine, Rebecca Sundling
The Latent Functions Within Head Start Policy: The Clash Between Rhetoric and Reality of 2003 Policy Formation, Caroline Vander Haar
Searching for Identity in Modernity: The Construction of Self via Facebook, Ryan Weinstock
Persisting Division and Violence: The Effects of Community on Loyalist Youth Identity and the Future, Katherine White
Senior Exercises from 2006
Cycling Culture and Individual Meaning, Jon Forney
Meritocratic Practices and Egalitarian Principles in American Education, Jessica Freeman-Slade
"We Couldn't Have Done it Without the Fans!", Samantha Lawrence
The Internet: Friend or Foe?, Allie Riordan
Alternative Education for "At-Risk" Students: A Look Beyond the Classroom, Sarah Shapiro
More Than Just a Game: An Exploratory Look into the Culture and Meaning of Bingo and its Role in Non-Profit Fundraising in Knox County, Miranda Stone
The Writing on the Walls: Northern Ireland's Murals and its Mural Tradition, Amy Wilkins
Senior Exercises from 2005
Sociological Dynamics of Community Conception, Gayle Christiansen
Role Acceptance: Adult Daughters Caring for their Elderly Parents, Claudia D'Angelo Masko
The Black Stereotype in Women's Athletics, Calvin Hatfield
Athlete or Exhibitionist?, Hannah Hill
What Really Happens the Morning After: Access to Emergency Contraception in Knox County and Cuyahoga County Ohio, Becky Pogany
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Political Music in the 2004 Presidential Election, Rebecca Roebuck
The Role of Hillel on a Small Rural College Campus, Nick Sussman
The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: Conflict and "Feminist Generations", Joanna Winchester
Unified Movements: A Case Study of Cato Manor Vibe!, Elizabeth Yon
Senior Exercises from 2004
Diversity in Australia: Government Policy and Structure Versus Attitudes of Australian Immigrants and Citizens, Tai Chiappa
Mismanaged Care: How AA Achieved and Maintained Its Institutional Success Despite Therapeutic Ineffectiveness, Elizabeth Christiensen
Conceptualizations of Youth in Public Spaces and Their Impact on Identity Formation, Mike Hamilton
The Name Game: Perceptions on the Terms "Black" and "African-American", Sandra Henry
Inequitable Mental Health Care Coverage: The Relationship Between the Social and Institutional Barriers to Mental Health Parity, Patrick Kozak
Valfard och Ogift Mor vs. Welfare and the Single Mother, Amy Mattlage
McTherapy: The Rationalization of the Self-Help Movement, Madeline Polton
Sexuality Education in Ohio: What is "Effective?", Emily Rosenbaum
The Latina Immigrant in the United States: The Impact of Acculturation on Her Ethnic Identity, Diana R. Torres
Students Diagnosed with Disabilities in the Public School System: The Issue of Parental Involvement and the Programs that Pertain to the Diagnoses and Placement, Allison Williams
Senior Exercises from 2003
Making a Difference in Homelessness: Federal Funding, Program Coordination and the Community Shelter Board of Columbus, Ohio, Emily C. Buck
A Social Problem with a Social Purpose: Adolescent Childbearing Among Socially Disadvantaged Young Women, Sarah Buek
Seeing Through the Haze, Maureen Collins
Harry Potter and the Role of Fantasy and Magica in a Rationalized Society, Liam Gross
Critiques of the Institution of Education, Mary Elizabeth Hanna
White Trash: Victims or Failures?, Julia Heinz
Female Prostitution in Thailand: An Analysis of the Intersection of Economic, Political, Religious, and Gender Structures, Victoria Kelly Hougham
Creating the Place Where Everyone Knows Your Name: Rebuilding Communities through Community Schools, Jennifer Keeley
Chicks in Charge: Women in Politics, A Case Study of Michigan Governor Elect Jennifer Granholm, Erin Maturo
The Making of a Martyr: Altruism in Hamas Suicide Bombers, Bryan Mazzolini
School Vouchers: Will They Improve the Public Education System in Cleveland?, Courtney McKee
Is There A Private School Advantage?: An Examination of the Education System in the United States, Veronica Medwid
Religious Socialization Among Adolescents: The Impact of Religious Camping, Chris Schlieckert
Hillbilly Stereotypes: Reflections of Ourselves in the Mountains, Catherine Sias
Weber's Method: A Reaction to Formal Rationality, John West
Senior Exercises from 2002
A Woman's Place: Women, Religion, and Nationalism in Pre-Apartheid South Africa, Jessica Bellama
A Crisis of Reason: Weber and Kafka on Rationality, Phil Cape
Reception, Reaction, and Transformation: The Carlisle Community and the Carlisle Indian Industrial school, Rebecca Lyn Chamberlin
The Intersection of Race, Class and Gender in Construction of Black Masculinity, Elkinsette Clinton
Eating Out in America: An Investigation of American's Food and Venue Choices When Eating Out, Addie Meadows Gaumer
Deconstructing Disenchantment: The Conflict of Rational and Religious Meaning in Modern Western Society, Aaron Hagaman
That Obscured Object of Desire…, Seth Kaplan
Rural Poverty in Knox County, Ohio and the Barriers to Social Services, Annis Kukulan
The Effects of Swedish Cultural Values and Social Traditions on Health Care Reforms, Bob Mazer
The Magic Kingdom: Disney World as a Reflection of Postmodern America, Aileen Minihan
Going Up and Coming Down: The Fluid Nature of American Culture as seen through American Film, Bill Towers
The Public School System and Home Schooling: The Home Schooling View of Education, Abigail Williams
Senior Exercises from 2001
Senior Exercises from 2000
Jai Hindu Hind: Indian Cinema as Consciousness, Scott Carney
Consumerism: The Corporate Construction of Reality, Indentity and Culture, Zach Cooper
Untitled, J. DiLisi
Mexican Migration into America, John Dix
Calvin's Geneva: A Clarification of Weber's Protestant ethic, Genevieve Dunne
The Shiny Cage: The Rationalization of Consumption Through Advertising, Karl Geschwindt
Community Organizations Bringing Change to the Lives of Inner-City Youth, Katie Gottschall
Public and Private Fences: On the Problem of Humankind's Dominion Over Nature, Ryan Light
Can Parental Leave Policies Promote Equal Parenthood? A Comparison of Parental Leave Policies in Sweden and the U.S., Rebecca Milusich
Combating the Assimilation of Native American Youth Through Multicultural and Bilingual Education, Michelle Nameth
A Bakhtinian Perspective on Modern Advertising, Suzanne Nienaber
The Immigration issue and the Rise of the Front National in France, Elisabeth Reid
Domestic Violence Shelters in the U.S., Jessica Rhines
Motherhood: Not Just for Women Anymore, Paul W. Stinson
Temporary Work: Good for Business, Bad for Workers, Seth Swihart
The Wave of the Present: Digital Information Technology and the Frankfurt School, Peter Wickline
Senior Exercises from 1999
Interracial Marriage Patterns of Blacks and Whits Within the Unied States, Maggie Ahearn
Reestablishing Community: The Hope of Social Interaction for Rural Areas, Rebecca Anderson
Education In A Democracy: Empowering Citizens Through Schooling, Michelle Demjen
Native American Sacred Sites, Michelle de Tarnowsky
The School Development Program: A Catalyst for Social Change, Darleen Feldman
Give A Man A Fish: Conflicting values underlying the American welfare system, Ondine Geary
Crime and Disease in America: A Sociological Analysis, Robert Harvey
Information Technology and the Future Society, Will Kaplan