Sociology Department

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Senior Thesis
Projects -- 2006
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS
- Latesha Clay Educational Attainment and Foster Care Youth: What Happens to Youths as They “Age Out” of Foster Care Systems
- Marianne Hickcox The Effectiveness of Transitional Housing Programs for Clients with Substance Abuse Problems: A Comparative Analysis
- Nicole Spirgen The Effects of Bullying by Teachers on High School Students
POPULAR CULTURE
- Sean Buffington One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The Battle between Law Enforcement and Graffiti Artists
- Travette Harper Rap Music’s Lyrical Significance: An Analysis of Rap Music as Political Consciousness and/or Internalized Racism
- Whitney Kelly Modeling after Celebrities: Appearance-Based Social Comparison, Celebrity Attachment and the Effect of Body Image
COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
- Tony Ottomanelli Increasing Globalization and Decreasing Manufacturing: Examining Springfield, Ohio as a Result of Capitalism
- Ri Felts Economic Education and Foreclosures in the Community
- Anne Gohmann How Do Schools Prepare for and Handle a Crisis? A Study of Crisis Plans and Suicide Prevention Programming in a Springfield, Ohio High School
CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION
- Dymond McDonald Athletics and Academics: Patterns of Role Conflict Among College Student Athletes
- Jessica Gegel Spanish-Speaking Youth in America’s Schools: Equal Opportunity for All?
- Jered Glover Dropout and Retention Patterns Among African American College Students
A SOCIOLOGY OF ADVERTISING
- Tracie Fairbanks Women in Magazine Advertisements: A Content Analysis
- Jessica Savage Conforming to an Unrealistic Proposal: A Study of General Stereotypes of Women as Portrayed Through Mass Media Advertising
- Lavon Wilborn Race in Advertising: A Content Analysis
ANIMALS AND SOCIETY
- Elizabeth Narcho The Entanglement of Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
- Robert Bhoolai Speciesism and Videogames
- Betsy Reed Animal Therapy: Patterns of Human and Non-Human Connections in a Therapeutic Context