Recent Graduates

BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREES AWARDED IN April 2009

Elyse L. Aufman

Rehabilitation Science

"Rehabilitation Interventions and Health-Related Quality of Life after Mycardial Infarction"

Thesis Advisor: Ketki D. Raina, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Bridget C. Bailey

Social Work

"Acute Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder: Predictors of Specificity"

Thesis Advisor: Helen E. Petracchi, School of Social Work

Francis J. Cartieri

History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy

"Darwinism and Lamarckism before and after Weismann: A Historical, Philosophical, and Methodological Analysis"

Thesis Advisor: Sandra D. Mitchell, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Kelly L. Coburn

Communication Science

"Instant Messenger Use by Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome"

Thesis Advisor: James L. Coyle, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Alexander M. Dixon

Architectural Studies

"Imag[in]ing Potsdamer Platz"

Thesis Advisor: Gretchen H. Bender, Department of History of Art & Architecture, School of Arts and Sciences

Chelsea M. Eddington

Psychology

"Uneven or Just Strange?: English-German Translation Ambiguity"

Thesis Advisor: Natasha Tokowicz, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Eliza C. Farrell

Anthropology, English Literature, and History

"Race, Language, and Morality: Does Tolkien's Middle-Earth Promote a Racial Myth?"

Thesis Advisor: Emily C. McEwan-Fujita, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences

Brenden M. Gallagher

English Writing, Film Studies, and Theatre Arts

"A Comparative Analysis of Theatre and Film Direction"

Thesis Advisor: Kathleen E. George, Department of Theatre Arts, School of Arts and Sciences

Melissa A. Geiger

Politics and Philosophy

"How the UN has Implemented Resolution 1325 in UN Peacekeeping Operations"

Thesis Advisor: Donald M. Goldstein, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Amanda G. Gregg

History

"Tariffs and Trusts in the Late Nineteenth Century United States"

Thesis Advisor: Loretta Sullivan Lobes, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences

Jessica L. Intintoli

Communication Science

"Story Comprehension by Adults with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage"

Thesis Advisor: Connie A. Tompkins, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Timothy R. Jackson

Religious Studies

"Deep Ecology in Action: A Cross-Cultural Series of Case Studies on the Conservation Efforts of Monks and Religious Leaders in India, Mongolia, and Thailand"

Thesis Advisor: Milica Bakic-Hayden, Department of Religious Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Patrick D. Lambert

Emergency Medicine

"Crew Resource Management in International Helicopter EMS Systems: A Look at the Differences in Air Medicine Outside the United States"

Thesis Advisor: Francis X. Guyette, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Katherine MacCord

Anthropology

"Human Skeletal Growth: Observations from Analyses of Three Skeletal Populations"

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences

Brandon M. Mills

Chemistry

"Computational Studies of Mutually Exclusive Folding in a Two-Domain Molecular Switch"

Thesis Advisor: Lillian T. Chong, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences

Derek R. Mitch

Civil Engineering

"Splitting Capacity Characterization of Bamboo Culms"

Thesis Advisor: Kent Harries, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Zachary A. Morris

Politics and Philosophy and Urban Studies

"Researching the Feasibility of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Pittsburgh"

Thesis Advisor: Morton Coleman, School of Social Work

Teresa A. Nichols

Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science

"Declaring Indigenous: International Aspirations and National Land Claims Through the Lens of Anthropology"

Thesis Advisor: Katheryn M. Linduff, Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences

James A. Ostendorf

Political Science and History

"Are U.S. Elections Free and Fair: An Exploration of the Effects of Provisional Balloting Laws and Voter Identification Laws on the American Electorate"

Thesis Advisor: Susan B. Hansen, Department of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Sharon Podobnik

Psychology

"Searching for Affirmation: Relationships Between Ethnic Identity and Language"

Thesis Advisor: Natasha Tokowicz, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Andrew S. Ramey

History and Philosophy

"A New Way to Save the Bay: How the Evolving Relationship Between Environmentalists and Chicken Growers Changed Environmentalism in the Chesapeake Bay"

Thesis Advisor: Robert Doherty, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences

Andrew E. Reineberg

Neuroscience and Psychology

"The Impact of Mortality Salience on Mind Wandering During Reading: A Cognitive Test of Terror Management Theory"

Thesis Advisor: Erik D. Reichle, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Yvonne M. Saadi

Psychology

"Policy and Prevention: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Contingency-Based Intervention on the Adoption of Cancer Screening Behavior"

Thesis Advisor: William M. Klein, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences

Cassilde L. Schwartz

Politics and Philosophy and History

"The Empty Zocalo: Democratization's Effect on Mobilization for Zapatismo"

Thesis Advisor: Alejandro de la Fuente, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences

Corinne D. Tamler

English Writing, History and Philosophy of Science, and Physics and Astronomy

"God's Dice: A Dramatic Exploration of Quantum Metaphysics"

Thesis Advisor: Kathleen George, Department of Theatre Arts, School of Arts and Sciences

Kelly L. Thomas

English Writing

"Espana: An Experiment in Cross-Genre Writing"

Thesis Advisor: Leslie A. Rubinkowski, Department of English, School of Arts and Sciences

Shaun A. Tomaszewski

Microbiology and Neuroscience

"The Efficacy and Implementation of Scientific Literature within an Introductory Biology Lecture Course at a Major Research Institution"

Thesis Advisor: Laurel B. Roberts, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences

Tessa R. Utz

Communication Science

"Age and Phonetic Context Effects in Children Versus Adults"

Thesis Advisor: Sheila R. Pratt, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Gregory D. Wolfe

"Access and Flow of Medications in Rural Tanzania as a Cause of Elevated Disease Rates and Poor Health"

Thesis Advisor: Sharon Connor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy