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Senior Thesis Titles

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2008 Senior Theses

Student. thesis title. (adviser)

Katherine Anne Anderson.  Kupiga Bei: An Ethnographic Study of the Mwenge Carvers' Market of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Abdellah Hammoudi)

Rebekah Belayneh.  Zoning Health: Obesity, Fast Food, and Resident Perspectives on a Local Struggle for a Healthy South Los Angeles. (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Joshua Harris Blaine.  "It ain't dere no more" New Orleans Mental Health Care in Recovery: An Ethnographic Investigation. (João Biehl)

Diana Bonaccorsi.  From Dens to Pharma Parties: An Anthropological History of Opiate Abuse in America. (Janet M. Monge)

Nequandra S. Bowen.  A Mother's Hope: An Ethnography of a Mother Supporting Her Incarcerated Son. (John Borneman)

Courtney E. Brein.  Lives in an Obesity Epidemic: An Anthropological Study of Overweight Children and Their Families in an All-American Town. (João Biehl)

Elizabeth A. Chisler.  In His Own Image? Conjuring Ho Chi Minh through Architecture, Artwork, Poetry, and Song in Contemporary Northern Vietnam. (Lawrence Rosen)

Sarah Kathryn Elrod.  The Simulacra of Walt Disney World: An Ethnographic Study of the Health Care Center for the Homeless and the Uninsured Clientele that it Serves. (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Mallory Gibson James.  Gardasil in Its Makers' Eyes: The Invention and Deployment of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination. (João Biehl)

Erica Gisele Johnson.  Pediatric Asthma in Minorities: Discrepancies in Patient and Provider Perspectives. (Alan E. Mann)

Lon Johnson.  Musical Form in Political Spheres: The Birth and Development of Punk in South Africa. (Abdellah Hammoudi)
 
Margaret Ladbrooke Kent.  AIDS in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe: A Cultural Analysis of Government Reactions to the Epidemic. (Alan E. Mann)

Ivana King.  Elite Athletes in China. (Lawrence Rosen)

Vera Kiss.  Special Needs: Roma Children in Hungarian Special Education Schools.
(Carolyn M. Rouse)

Heidi K. Lam.  From America to Amerika: Consuming and Negotiating the Japanese Self. (Abdellah Hammoudi)

Andrea R. Lee.   To Be "Real": Engendering the "Racial Other" in Two Documentary Films on Drag Culture and Identity. (John Borneman)

Lena Kaley Neufeld.  The Land of Enchantment: An ethnographic exploration of motor home culture in America. (John Borneman)

Anna Crindell Offit.  Imagism Re-Imagined: An Ethnographic Approach to Ezra Pound's Modernist "Invention". (Carol J. Greenhouse)

Tamar Millicent Sarah Saunders.  Double Consciousness Squared: Qualifying and Privileging Blacks in Japan. (Carol J. Greenhouse)

Julia Kathryn Schwartz.  Fighting For Justice: An Ethnographic Study of Centurion Ministries, a Nonprofit Organization Working to Free the Wrongly Convicted. (Lawrence Rosen)

Matthew E. Solomon.  "Just Enough for the City": A Narrative of the Trenton Aid Experience. (Alan E. Mann)

Alexandra Veronica Thew.  Virtually Real: The Anthropology of Second Life. (Carol J. Greenhouse)

2007 Senior Theses

Student, thesis title (adviser)

Margaret Wilde Arbuthnot.  Bordering on Extinction: The Mahout-Elephant Relationship in Modern Thailand  (James A. Boon)

Ryan William Becker.  Rebuilding New Orleans: A Study of Two Neighborhood Recovery Efforts in Post-Katrina New Orleans  (Alan E. Mann)

Amy Wyche Coenen.  Communities in Conflict: Fraternity Housing in the Neighborhoods of Athens, Georgia  (Lawrence Rosen)

Aimée Eva Contreras.  Composing an Italian National Identity: Giuseppe Verdi’s Operas and the Risorgimento  (James A. Boon)

Alexandra Day.  Wired: Social Connections in the Digital Age  (Lawrence Rosen)

Michelle Marie De Mond.  BEIJING 2008: The New Politics of Sports in China  (Isabelle Clark-Decès)

Caitlin Marie Edwards.  BOUND IN BY BROWN SKIN: Understanding the Minority Achievement Gap at Princeton High School  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Carey Elizabeth Faber.  Religious Health Citizenship: The Gift of the Memphis Church Health Center  (João Biehl)

Mayling Ganuza.  The Quarterlife Crisis: Rocky Transitions to Adulthood in the Face of Uncertainty  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Jessica Ruth Gross.  The Making of “An All Round & Disciplined Citizen”: Socialization Through Education in a Ugandan Primary School  (Rena S. Lederman)

Tara Hariharan.  Devotion and Promotion: Tamil Perspectives on Personal and Pragmatic Language Patriotism  (Isabelle Clark-Decès)

April A. Johnson.  Postmortem Processes: Carrion Insect Succession and Stages of Decay  (Janet M. Monge)

Jennifer Jean Johnson.  Grace and Grit: Multigenerational Ranch Women on the Great Plains  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Vivian E Kim.  Crusaders of Democracy: An Anthropological Exploration of the Pro Se Defendant and the American Courtroom  (Lawrence Rosen)

Binna Lieh.  Lost or Paving the New Way? Re-Conceptions of Identity and Assimilation Among Christian Koreans in Japan  (John Borneman)

Jeff McAllister Jr.  TINY: The Reticent War Masculinity Wages Against the Little Guy “An X-WHY MANifesto”  (Janet M. Monge)

Ian McNally.  GAME FOR ALL: Sectarianism and Hockey in Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Tesla Monson-Cox.  Franco-Cantabrian Paleolithic Parietal Art: A Brief Overview  (Alan E. Mann)

Luca Nagy.  Disability as Identity: Challenging the Medical Model of Disability  (Rena S. Lederman)

Allison Leslie Nemeth.  Law, Indecency and Raunch Culture in America: A Case Study of the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show  (John Borneman)

Krista Marie Nottage.  “Protect Ya Tings”: AIDS, Sexuality, and Stigma in the Bahamas  (João Biehl)

Catherine Frances Peff.  The Evolution of Market Research: Market Researcher’s Perception of Culture and Utilization of Anthropological Methodology  (Lawrence Rosen)

William Poor.  Just the Facts: Objectivity and the Future of the American News Media  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Joseph John Ramirez.  Dancing Mexican in New York City: Folklorico’s (In)Formalities  (James A. Boon)

Catherine Chelsea Rampell.  Hawk the Vote: Marketing Voting to American Youth  (James A. Boon)

Jacqueline L. Rangel.  One Market, Dos Culturas: Exploring the Effects of Contemporary Consumer Culture, Music and Web Technology on U.S. Latino Identity Formation  (Abdellah Hammoudi)

Irit Rachel Rasooly.  Planting Healthy Stores in Food Deserts: An Anthropological Study of Obesity, Consumption, and Public Health in East Baltimore  (João Biehl)

Angela M. Ricci.  Death Sentences: Negotiating science, religion and dying in America  (Carolyn M. Rouse)

Nicole Danielle Scott.  Through the Lens of the Law: Locating Women in Argentine History  (Isabelle Clark-Decès)

Elizabeth Skeen.  The Rape of a Trial: Jacob Zuma, AIDS, Conspiracy, and Tribalism in Neo-Liberal
Post-Apartheid South Africa  (John Borneman)

Lindsey Lee Stephens.  Ochre Myths and Contested Realities: An Investigation of Culture, Identity, and Authenticity Among the Himba of Kaokoland  (Rena S. Lederman)

Cathleen Inez Stone.  MARKETING A HOMELAND: Emotional and Financial Investments in Heritage Tourism in Ghana  (Rena S. Lederman)

Mahino A. Talib.  Clashing Cultures: The Emirati Female’s Response to Hyper-globalization in Dubai  (Abdellah Hammoudi)

Emma S. Tapscott.  THE DEMANDS OF THE DEAD: An Examination of Death Perceptions and Ritual in the Western World and China  (Alan E. Mann)

Elizabeth Colbert Toomey.  One World, One Dream: The 2008 Olympics and China’s Changing National Identity  (Isabelle Clark-Decès)