The Senior Scholars Program is a college-wide program that provides the opportunity to devote significant time to a major project resulting is an intense independent research project which is completed during a student's senior year. The Independent Study Committee sets the requirements for the project and its final format. Each student, upon completion of the Senior Scholars Paper, is asked to archive his or her project in Digital Commons so that it may be made available to the Colby community and to the world at large.
All Senior Scholars Papers in this collection are available for review and research purposes at no cost. This open access policy in no way diminishes the copyright responsibility of those viewing or downloading the documents. The authors of these documents retain the copyright to the intellectual property these works represent in their current form.
Senior Scholars Papers from 2007
Sculptural abstraction of landscape, Devin Colman
Senior Scholars Papers from 2006
You know how I know you're gay? : masculinity and homophobia in mainstream comedy, Lijah Barasz
Experimental economics methodologies and applications: price competition among gasoline stations, Albert Goodman
Be the Change You Wish to See: National Attiudes and Climate Change Policy, Emilia Tjernstrom
Senior Scholars Papers from 2005
The Econometric Value of Silecnce and Noise as Seen by a Non-practicing Marxist, Stephen Whelpley
Senior Scholars Papers from 2004
Constructing a Structural Macroeconomic Model Using Multiple Techniques, David Cohen
Ghetto feminism: neo-black feminism for the black hip-hop generation(s), Chyann Oliver
A Genetic Algorithms Approach to Learning Communication and Coordination in Simulated Robots, Chris Sotzing
Senior Scholars Papers from 2003
Opting out of oppositionality : toward an informed and engaged "third wave" feminism, Amanda Ashman
Politian: a critical analysis, Jessica Martin
Senior Scholars Papers from 2002
Cognitive model of new data on human problem solving, Eric Fleischman
Modeling a Real-time Economics Simulation with User-Coded Agents in an Object-Oriented Database, Kevin Simons
Senior Scholars Papers from 2001
Building an Interactive, Three-dimensional Virtual World, Raymond Mazza
Drawing from Words, Hannah E. Smith
Senior Scholars Papers from 2000
Machine learning and small robot navigation, Christopher Ireland
Designing a Remote Navigation System, Jared P. Lazzaro
Evolution of conceptual art: a senior scholar project, Kempton Mooney
Celtic Traditions, Lindsay L. Stewart
La Esperanza, Elizabeth Tippet
Senior Scholars Papers from 1999
Siamese connection, Rosecrans Baldwin
We are not who we are, Patrick Bishop
Senior Scholars Papers from 1998
Elijah Parish Lovejoy the Man and the Myth, Scott Shirey
Senior Scholars Papers from 1997
Metamorphic epiphany -- 3D animation, Michael Corr
Medical treatment and care of hospitalized Maine women, 1874-1882, Jenny Higgins
Painting meditation on the human form, Hillary Kane
Just which Reality do you Mean? : Users' Experiences of Virtual Spaces, Woodrow Heath Pollack
The Portrayal of Enemies in Propaganda during the Russian and French Revolutions, Carole Reid
Beyond the Threshold: Life in the New Russia, Amanda Sprang
Senior Scholars Papers from 1996
Modersohn-Becker und Rilke: künstlerische Affinitäten, Maylene Cummings
Context and legacy of the 1992 Perot presidential campaign, John Daly
Dead town dreaming -- a novella and selected poems, Caleb Dolan
Dwelling in possibility: aestheticizing identity in African American women's fiction, Whitney Glockner
Children's status and children's rights, historically and cross-culturally, Kori Heavner
A Catalyst for Culture: Early Child Development and Education in Japan, Kate Swenson
Senior Scholars Papers from 1995
Realistic Abstractions, Kenneth Bailey
Post-glacial vegetational history of the Great Bog, Belgrade, Maine, John Dawson
Last street in town: a collection of poems, Gillian Kiley
Power outage, and other poems, Wendy Oram-Smith
The American Indian : the Creation of a National Native American Heritage, 1880-1920, Brian A. Schwegler
Senior Scholars Papers from 1994
Slack tide, Allison Alsip
Soft money : private foundations of party politics, Erik Belenky
Democratic civic education: preparing the students of today for the society of the future, Andrew Carlson
Sculptural inquiry into geometric and organic forms, Gregory Christopher
Racism as subtext: the contemporary school desegregation controversy, Heather Johnson
"A Theory in the Flesh": The Art-full Politics of African-American Women'sAutobiographies, Betsy Maclean
Characterization of the 4.5S RNA molecule in Escherichia coli, Bruce Panilaitis
Intent and Method: A Study of Female Characters in Aeschylean and Euripidean Drama, Elizabeth H. Strafaci
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL, ENZYMATIC, AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF Staphylococcus sp. CHROMIUM(VI) REDUCTASE FUNCTION, Matthew J. Trudeau
Senior Scholars Papers from 1993
Gravity: a new play by Greg Belanger, Greg Belanger
Insuring cleaner oceans: the economics of oil pollution prevention, Donald Bindler
Softly spoken, Sarah Inman
The Cultural Construction of the Maine Sporting Camps, March O. McCubrey
Senior Scholars Papers from 1992
Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Three Subfossil Coleopteran Faunas from the Toklat River Drainage, Central Alaska, Lisa L. Churchill
Momentary loss : stories, Craig Damrauer
Imperial shoe palace: a collection of poems, Alexandria Peary
Involvement of free radicals in peroxidatic reactions catalyzed by chloroperoxidase, David Provencal
Characterization and Implementation of a Continuos Flow Trace Metal Preconcentration System for Inductively Couples Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Robert N. Sibley
Characterization and Implementation of a Continuous Flow Trace Metal Pre-Concentration System for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Robert N. Sibley
Bleeding: A Collection of Poetry and Short Fiction, Cecily Von Ziegesar
Senior Scholars Papers from 1991
Pollen analysis of the Sepphoris archaeological site, Beit Natofa Valley, Lower Galilee, Israel, Tristram Hussey
Bringing Japanese manufacturing systems to America: the feasibility of implementing just-in-time production in the United States, Magda Lacharite
Senior Scholars Papers from 1990
Paleoenvironmental analysis of a late-holocene subfossil Coleopteran fauna from Starks, Maine, Heather Hall
Enforcement in environmental law: an economic analysis of citizen suits, Wendy Naysnerski
Two-dimensional gel electrophoretic analysis of cellular proteins from escherichia coli in the presence of mutated and homologous genes for 4.5S RNA, Michael O'Loughlin
Senior Scholars Papers from 1989
Figurative sculpture and drawing, a sumation of a year's work, Matthew Burke
Strings of light: stories about fathers and sons, Gary DeAngelo
Symbolic interactionist and neurophysiological models of action towards an integration, David Fearon
Beyond a Patriarchal Interpretation, Holly Nicole Schamban
Senior Scholars Papers from 1987
Did she donkeystone her doorstep?: the Victorian ideal of domesticity and the reality of working class women's lives, Rebecca Binder
Pivoting: a novel, Glenn Cummings
House Burning and Other Poems, Julie D'Amico
Senior Scholars Papers from 1986
Good thing: a novella, Wendy Lapham
Senior Scholars Papers from 1985
What we bury: poems and epilogues, James Martin
Greek shipping and the crisis of the 1980's, James McHugo
Eugene O'Neill and The Hairy Ape: a Study in Background and Production, Susan A. Perry
Senior Scholars Papers from 1983
Images of women in American popular culture, Jennifer Beever
Senior Scholars Papers from 1982
Women involved in Maine's political culture, Donna Curran
Comparative slave systems: an economic analysis of sugar production in Jamaica and Louisiana, Martin Eisenberg
Contemporarary American women poets: new voices, new visions, Diana Fuss
Theoretical and experimental optical holography, Warren Krueger
Senior Scholars Papers from 1981
Labor study of the Franco-American community of Waterville, Maine from 1890 to 1940, Margaret Bernier
The Use of Economic Incentives to Control Pollution: The Case of Chlorofluorocarbons, Kenneth A. Bruder
Synthesis of carbon nucleosides : potential antibiotics, Jeffery Davis
"Painting in half-light" and other poems, Jane Eklund
Women in the Hebrew Bible: misunderstanding and the tyranny of tradition, Dana Johnston
Nude and its environment, Margaret Libby
Exploration of the idea of the horse in graphics and sculpture, Katherine Moore
Senior Scholars Papers from 1980
Dancing with Mr. Penrose and other stories, Geoffrey Becker
Policy analysis of the revision of the national ambient air quality standards for photochemical oxidants: focus on Maine, Susan MacKenzie
Two Centuries of Change in Personal Wealth holding Patterns: the United Kingdom vs. the United States, Kelley Osgood
Short fiction of Thomas Hardy: an exploration and assessment, Rebecca Peters
Senior Scholars Papers from 1979
Nine old men and one New Deal -- the Supreme Court crisis of 1937 -- a political history, Dwight Darrow
High anxiety, Andy Plante
Philosophy and the environmental crisis: foundation for a new technological paradigm, David Rice
Senior Scholars Papers from 1978
The Realization of the Basso Continuo in German and Italian Music, 1680-1750, John Saunders
Optical Management of the Spruce-Fir Forest against the Spruce Budworm, Gari B. Simon
Crown ethers : applications in inorganic synthesis, Robert Sundberg
Senior Scholars Papers from 1977
Synoptic problem : an investigation of synoptic relationships, George Capone
Senior Scholars Papers from 1976
New voluntary political organizations in Maine: creation, behavior, and significance, Roy Meyers
Grotesque in Dickens, O. Morgan
Senior Scholars Papers from 1975
Commitment of the mentally ill in Maine: a history of public policy, William Muller
Senior Scholars Papers from 1974
Catalog of Paintings Exhibited in the Colby College Art Museum May 8 -22- 1974, Lawrence Cappiello
Environmental problem: an economic viewpoint and humanistic solution, Michael Currie
Verdi's Settings of Shakespeare : from Play to Liberetto to Opera, Ann S. Earon
Senior Scholars Papers from 1973
Eyes on the branches: poems, and an essay on contemporary poetry, Richard Cass
Growth of transcendental meditation: a sociological study, Jonathan Miller
Wrlting and Illustrating Childrens' Literature, Mark Richard Serdjenian
The development of a Defense System against Coxsackievirus B5 Infection in Suckling Mice, Neal Shadoff
Dust, Kristin J. Winkler
The Education of a Computer: Development of Computer-Assisted Instruction of German Grammar, Karen Wintringham
Senior Scholars Papers from 1972
Psychological mechanisms in learning mathematical concepts, Louis Fallon
Old road, Dennis Gilbert
Investigation of barbel regeneration in the catfish Ameiurus nebulosus, Ruth-Marie Griswold
Chinese literature and revolutionary consciousness, Richard Kaynor
Follow Your Leader:" A Study in Race Relations", Vicky Slagle
Senior Scholars Papers from 1971
Effects of three training techniques on the swimming abilities of trainable and educable mentally retarded children, Richard Abramson
Phospholipid inhibitor inactivation as a mechanism for the activation of renin by cadmium ions, Thomas Gallant
On property Pm,n and some applications to graph theory, Nancy Gaston
Mercury content of tobacco products, Karen Mrozek
Senior Scholars Papers from 1970
Osome and Hisamatsu : their amorous history, read all about it : a translation of the Kabuki play Osome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri by Tsuruya Nanboku IV (1813), Caryl A. Callahan (translator) and Tsuruya Nanboku (Playwright)
A Dialyzable Phospholipid Renin Inhibitor, Donna L. Webber
Senior Scholars Papers from 1969
Relative electronegativities of the propyl groups, Barry Arkin
Relative donor properties of various propyl ketones in iodine solution using spectroscopic methods, Christine Franchi
A Lecture Series on an Analytic Interpretation of Husserl's Phenomenolgy, Ellen S. Saslaw
Senior Scholars Papers from 1968
Approach to culture through value orientations, Walter Greist
Creative exploration of color and design through serigraphy, Anne Jones
Unamuno: Dios, hombre, y existencia, Barbara Kuczun
Relative acidity of tripropylboranes, R. Libby
Renin Granularity in the Mouse Kidney, R. Williams Soller
Senior Scholars Papers from 1967
Blake and Yeats: a comparative study, Martin Gliserman
Synthesis of hydroxy tetronic acid, Phyllis Hoar
Primitive art as it relates to contemporary design, Sandra Miller
Changing attitudes of French Catholicism in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Nelson
Art of Goya as a significant reflection of his time, William Post
Senior Scholars Papers from 1966
Concept of unity among Indian tribes of Maine, New Hampshire and New Brunswick, Andrea Bear
Oxidation of tetronic acids, Peter Densen
Senior Scholars Papers from 1965
Maya: Five Hundred Years Later, Thomas A. Donahue
Ethics in a capitalistic society, Stanley Garnett
Investigation of the form and content of the German Hörspiel, Adèle M. Hodgkins
The Political Manifestations of Ethnocentrism: The French-Canadians in Waterville, Maine, Stuart H. Rakoff
Senior Scholars Papers from 1964
Methodological and theoretical problems in "new look" perception, Kenneth Federman
Senior Scholars Papers from 1963
Attempt to determine the pattern of chromosomal inheritance in the intermediate iris, Theodore Kellogg
Musilian Concept of Modern Man, Cynthia J. Peters
Le rôle de l'individu dans le roman fran̨cais du vingtième siècle, Anne Marguerite Quirion
Study of Proteinuria: Isolation of Proteins from the Nephrotic Syndrome, Merrill C. Raikes
Senior Scholars Papers from 1962
Sociology of primitive thought, James Acheson
Small group stimulus of urban renewal and social control, Sharon Gear
Psychological and biochemical mechanisms of schizoprenia, Bruce MacPherson
Senior Scholars Papers from 1961
Comparative treatment of light of the major post-impressionist painters at the turn of the century, Edwin Gow
Senior Scholars Papers from 1960
Evolution of the judicial system in 19th century Imperial Russia, Richard Casson
Philosophies of physics, Ann Dudley
Role of the chorus in the Oedipus tyrannus: the tragic conflict, Donald Mordecai
Senior Scholars Papers from 1959
Changed position of scientists in the atomic age, Mary Ranlett
Senior Scholars Papers from 1958
Aeschylus and O'Neill: a study in tragedy, Philippa Blume
Senior Scholars Papers from 1957
Political behavior in a time of crisis, 1865-1905, John Cameron
Saint-John Perse and the mission of the poet, Jocelyn Lary
Cézanne, the formal approach, Annette B. Picher
Senior Scholars Papers from 1956
Study in the development of English satire in the sixteenth century, Vashti Boddie
Eternal vision: a philosophical study of William Blake, Nancy Carroll
Oxford movement: its themes and their significance, Arthur Goyette
Senior Scholars Papers from 1955
Reduction of prejudice in intergroup relations, Katharine Hartwell
Senior Scholars Papers from 1954
Juvenile delinquency: approaches and treatment, Nancy Fischer
European economic integration, Trudy Jefferson
A Study in the Theology of Christian Social Action, Charles Freeman Sleeper