Graduates

BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREES AWARDED IN APRIL 2006

Seun A. Adebiyi

Mathematics

"A Sequential Approach to the Collatz Conjecture"

Thesis Advisor: Mark Dickinson, Department of Mathematics, School of Arts and Sciences

Ian Mason Bazzoli

Psychology

"Perceived Group Continuity: An Initial Study of Causes and Consequences"

Thesis Advisor: John M. Levine, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Merrian Jacqueline Brooks

History and Philosophy of Science

"J.C. Carothers' Modified Phrenology?: A Survey of 20th Century East African Ethnopsychiatry"

Thesis Advisor: James G. Lennox, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Michael R. Bykowski

Neuroscience

"Visceral Inhibition of NaCl Solution Consumption in Adrenalectomized Rats"

Thesis Advisor: Edward M. Stricker, Department of Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences

Gregory Henry Heller-LaBelle

English Writing, History of Art & Architecture, and Religious Studies

"Recurring Dreams: A Novel in Stories"

Thesis Advisor: Prudence Grimes Holman, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences

Pedja Jurisic

Politics and Philosophy

"Economic Policy and the Impact on Minority Relations: The Unique Cases of Communist China and Yugoslavia"

Thesis Advisor: Wen Fang Tang, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Clayton Robert Magill

Chemistry

"Reconstruction of Holocene Climate Variability within the Central Mediterranean Using Lake Sediments from the Akrotiri Peninsula, Crete"

Thesis Advisor: Michael F. Rosenmeier, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Patricia L. McNeill

English Literature and French

"Witchcraft, Gender, and Law in the Fifteenth Century: 'The Case of Eleanor Cobham'"

Thesis Advisor: Kellie P. Robertson, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences

Grzegorz Miaskiewicz

Politics and Philosophy and History

"Anti-Realism and Epistemological Choice"

Thesis Advisor: Henry P. Krips, Department of Communication, School of Arts and Sciences

Katherine Lynn Petrie

Molecular Biology

"Precision of 3' Splice Site Selection by Group II Introns"

Thesis Advisor: Craig L. Peebles, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences

Savanna Samuela Stillgess

Psychology and Sociology

"The Role of Minority Academic Support Programs in African American Student Success"

Thesis Advisor: Cecilia A. Green, Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Elizabeth Vaughan

Biological Sciences and Neuroscience

"Inhibition of Intake When Thirsty Rats Drink Water: Comparisons among Three Models of Thirst "

Thesis Advisor: Edward M. Stricker, Department of Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences