Congratulations to all the 2012 thesis writers on finishing or almost finishing your senior theses (thesis-es?)! Share what you’ve worked on with your classmates, and see what others have been working on in the form of a Wordle on the Harvard 2012 website!
Submit by emailing bcao@fas.harvard.edu the following:
- A .jpg image of your Wordle
- Go to Wordle.net, paste your thesis into the top text box, play around with the font/layout/color to your satisfaction, and save the image.
- Your concentration
- The title of your thesis (*optional)
- Your name and house (*optional)
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“RuckShelter: A Convertible Backpack and Shelter”
Engineering Sciences (SB)
Collin Rees, Adams ’12
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“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of ‘Truthiness’:
Examining the Democratic Effects of Political Entertainment News”
Government
Bonnie Cao, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Milosevic’s Lost Allies”
Government
Marta Bralic, Adams ’12
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“Salary Allocation and Risk Preferences in the National Football League”
Economics
Papa Chakravarthy, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Harvard’s Cultural Crossroads: Examining the 1960s Student Debate Over Social Regulations”
History
Liz Ahern, Adams ’12
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“Cultural Continuity and Change:
Analysis of a Transitional Moche Tomb from San José de Moro in the Jequetepeque Valley of Northern Peru”
Anthropology (Archaeology)
Jo Osborn, Leverett ’12
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“The Roles of Rac1, Cdc42, and PACSIN2 in Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase”
Chemical and Physical Biology
George Fryhofer, Eliot ’12
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” Simplifying Complicated Simplicial Complexes: Discrete Morse Theory and its Applications”
Mathematics
Rachel Zax, Adams ’12
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“Unmasking the American Man:
Superheroes, Security, and Alternative Depictions of Masculinity in the American Postwar Era
1945-1954″
History
Bryce Gilfillian, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Daughter of Ares, Warlike Queen: Gender and Power in Hellenistic Θεὰ Ῥώμη Cult”
Classics
Athena Lao, Cabot ’12
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“In Transit (poems)”
English
Carla Ferreira, Lowell ’12
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“You’ve got tail: Analyses of caudal vertebral variation in the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus“
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Kevin H. Lin, Dunster ’12
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“We But Meet A Clearly Proffered Challenge”: John Dewey, Randolph Bourne, and the Pragmatism of World War I”
History
Elliot Rosenbaum, Quincy ’12
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“Methods of proof in random matrix theory”
Mathematics
Roxana Feier, Leverett ’12
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“‘Doctor, Please, Some More of These’:
Psychopharmaceutical Marketing and the American Family in the Long 1950s”
History & Science
Chelsea Link, Pforzheimer ’12
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“In Pursuit of Fair Gerrymandering:
California’s Redistricting Reformation from 2001 to 2011 and Its Effects on Minority Influence and Representation”
Government
Heejin Hwang, Dunster’12
The Commercialized Morality of International Sports in the Modern Era”
Economics
Sophy Lee, Pforzheimer ’12
“From Couriers to Computers:
The Evolution of Communication Between the Home Front and
Battlefront and the Impact of Computer Mediated Communication on Morale”
Government
Elizabeth Holly, Adams ’12
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“Integrated Silicon Photonic Crystal Micro-Spectrometer”
Engineering Sciences – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kogos C. Leonard, Mather ’12
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“‘I am a cuttlefish’:
Real Absurdity in the Theater and Life of Daniil Kharms”
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Lenora Murphy, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Directed Conversion of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
and Fibroblasts into Corticospinal Motor Neurons”
Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Alison Kraemer, Mather ’12
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“Tax and Exemption and the Postwar Politicization of Religion in America, 1950-1980″
Social Studies
Robbie Paris, Cabot ’12
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“Is There a Golden Rule?
The Asset-Pricing Implications of Rare Disasters on Gold in the 20th Century”
Applied Mathematics – Economics
Sanjay Misra, Adams ’12
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“On Coordinating Electricity Markets:
Smart Power Scheduling for Demand Side Management and Economic Dispatch”
Applied Mathematics
Ashin Shah, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Modeling and simulation of bacterial conjugation in spatially structured populations
and its inhibition by bacteriophage infection”
Applied Mathematics
Peter Freese, Leverett ’12
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“Islam(s) on the Border: Authenticity, Imagined Geographies, and Ethnic Boundaries
in a Chinese and Burmese Muslim Community”
Social Studies & East Asian Studies
Jonathan Kaufman, Quincy ’12
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“Effects of the herbivorous gastropod Cerithium litteratum on settlement and
post-metamorphic growth and survival of the brooding coral Porites astreoides“
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Hanny Rivera, Kirkland ’12
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“A study of ERP response in word recognition by toddlers at
risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders”
Neurobiology
Maya Ayoub, Pforzheimer ’12
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“Parenting Children from China: Fostering an Ethnic Identity”
Sociology
Alexa Ing Stern, Leverett ’12
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“Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood Structural Effects on High School Students’
Smoking Incidence and Prevalence in Boston”
Sociology
Susan Wang, Kirkland ’12
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“Reclaiming E-Waste: A Sustainable Device for Recycling Circuit Boards at
Electronic Waste Sites in Ghana”
Engineering Sciences
Rachel Field, Currier ’12
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“Hygiene from Sea to Shore: Mid-20th Century Medical Ships on the Alaskan Frontier”
History and Science
Kristen Jorgensen, Leverett ’12
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“Why Are We Friends Again? Analyzing the Evolution of the Facebook
Friendship Network of Harvard Students”
Applied Math
Jennifer Xia, Currier ’12
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“‘Everyone Loves a Bright White Smile’:
Dentists’ Role in Promoting Modern Tooth Whitening in America”
History of Science
Helen Yang, Adams ’12
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