Senior Theses

Department of Anthropology

Selected Senior Honors Theses 1996-2004

Jennifer Lynn Aron (2003)

" Breastfeeding and HIV-1 Transmission from Mother to Child in Developing Countries: A Literature Review"

Andrew Asher (2000)

"Intersecting Identities: Reinventing Organization at a Polish Brewery." Winner of the 2000 Best Undergraduate Paper Award, Society for European Anthropology.

Kimberly Marshall Bohannon (2001)

"'Not as Strong Like the Navajo Are': The Role of Music in the Creation of a Navajo Christian Identity." Winner of the 2001 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology

Pam Cardenas (2003)

"A Mortuary Analysis of Status and Gender Differences at Tikal, Guatemala."

Bradley Chase (1997)

"The Colonial Experience at La 162, Paa-KO: The Faunal Perspective."

Doris Cho (1999)

"Multicultural Counseling: Perspectives in Servicing a Native American Clientele."

Brian Richard Dema (2003)

"Sherds of the Cayo: Stories of Life and Change in Western Belize".

Holly Heather Dolejsi (2003)

"Fauna and Feasting: Detecting Social Control Mechanisms".

Maureen Elizabeth Farrell (2003)

"Condoms and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Evidence from Three Faith-Based Organizations in Uganda".

Gretchen Fox (2000)

" 'Just like everybody else'-Normalizing Difference and Performing Identity: Second-Generation Cambodian Youth in a Heterogeneous Chicago Neighborhood." Winner of the 2000 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology, and also First Place in the William Henry Exum Essay Award Competition sponsored by the Department of Sociology.

Trisha Lee Greenburg (2003)

"Behavioral Ecology: The Role of Culture and the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis".

Emily Nell Haynes

"Mediating Midwifery: How Popular Culture Creates Public Perception".

John Huston (1999)

"Fuels and Subsistence During the Bronze Age in Thy, Denmark: Evidence for the Burning of Peat."

Erin Jinks (1999)

"Ceramic Variability and Production Organization: Craft Specialization at a Mesopotamian Trade Outpost, Hacinebi Tepe, Turkey."

Santiago Juarez (2003)

"The Terraces of Chan: Ancient Maya Villagers and Agriculture". Winner of the 2003 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology.

Ian Kerrigan (2000)

"A Place to Meet Old People Like Me': Community Identity Construction Among Southeast Asian Senior Refugees in Chicago." Winner of the 2000 Margaret Clark Award for Best Undergraduate Paper, Society for Anthropology and Gerontology.

Kyle Belle Lamb (2003)

"Original, Authentic, and Uniquely Japanese: Understanding the consumption of imported secondhand and English language clothing in Japan". Winner of the 2003 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology.

Michael Edward Latsch (2003)

"Sacred Space at LA-162 (Paa-ko)".

Sarah Kimberly Leiseca (2003)

"A Comparative Look at the Generation Gap: A Navajo Case-Study".

Molly Loomis (1997)

"Everybody's Got Something: Living with and Treating Multiple Sclerosis." Winner of the 1997 W. H. R. Rivers Prize for Best Undergraduate Paper in Medical Anthropology, Society for Medical Anthropology.

Karyn Meltz (2001)

"Effects of Ecological Conditions on the Daily Activity Budget of Adult Male Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) Living in a Forest Fragment at Bocus del Toro Province, Panama"

Steven A. Mayne (2003)

"Describing History, Defining Community: An Ethnographic Look at South Pullman".

Elizabeth Marie Miller (2003)

"Cheaters (Almost) Never Prosper: Anthropological and Psychological Perspectives on Human Reciprocity".

Lauren Moore (2002)

"Mtwapa: A Zooarchaeology Interpretation of a Coastal Swahili Settlement"

Austin Moore (2000)

"Constructing AIDS: A Critical Analysis of Medical Anthropology Discourse on HIV/AIDS, 1989-1999."

Daniel Nolan (1999)

"The Genetic Structure of a Yanomamo Village." Winner of the 1999 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology.

Kelsey E. Otis (2003)

"An Opening for Imbalance: Cultural conceptions of disability and their implications on the Navajo Nation".

Nancy Randall (2002)

"Becoming Black: Racial Consciousness and Higher Education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." Winner of the 2002 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology.

Eve Rasmussen (1998)

"Growth and Bureaucratization in Neighborhood-Based Nonprofit Groups: Case Studies of Organizational Change."

Jill Shaw (1999)

"Seeing into the Past: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Eye Idols."

Kathleen Sheridan (2000)

"Ethnic Clustering of Immigrants in Chicago's Labor Market." (MMSS and Anthropology)

Thomas Phillip Sherman (2003)

"The Role of Ritual in the Mythopoetic Men's Movement".

Elizabeth Sipe (1996)

"The Invention of Africa in the English Imagination."

Alexi Smith (2002)

"Imperial Ideology and the Inka Occupation of Tiwanaku." Winner of the 2002 Oswald Werner Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis in Anthropology.

Allison Beth Taylor (2003)

"Medical Anthropology in Public Health: The Need for Cultural Contextualization and Understanding of Vaccinations and Immunizations in the Andes Highlands".

Anwen Tormey (1997)

"The Utility of Microscopic Charcoal Analysis in Examinations of Agricultural Change in South India."

Anya Yakhedts (2003)

"Performing Ambiguous Identity: Problems of Resource Acquisition in Santiago".

Krista Liv Kiyomi Yorita (2003)

"Perceptions of Stress in Adolescence: Causes, Effects and Recommendations".

Allison Ziff (1996)

"The Impact of European Agriculture on the Vegetation of Southeastern Wisconsin."