- GUIDED
by Professor Catherine Berheide, the SO 375 Senior
Seminar in Sociology is a practicum in which students
draw on their acquired knowledge of sociology to develop
independent research projects. Here are students and their
projects in Fall 2001's Sociology Senior Seminar.
- Caren
Arbeit
More Than Grades: Factors That Influence Educational
Aspirations*
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- Dan
Bianchi
Differences in Returns to Academic Achievement Among
Second Generation Mexican-Americans According to the Size
of Locality*
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- Michelle
Blocklin
Therapeutic Volunteering: A Look At The Relationship
Between Anxiety and Volunteering Among Women*
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- Mara
Campione
Residential Segregation: Attitudes Towards Living with
Blacks
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- Alex
Dayton
Education and Happiness: A Statistical Analysis
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- Sarah
Feingold
As Seen on TV: Prescription Drug Advertising and Its Influence
on Society
Lexi Frank
The Effect of Social Stratification on Happiness*
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- Adrianna
Gluck
The Damaging Long Terms Effects of Child Abuse: The Relationship
between Physical Child Abuse and Number of Adult Criminal
Charges
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- Jenny
Hall
Getting Older…and Happier
Liz Holinger
What Effects Our Overall Happiness?
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- Jessica
Hubbard
Is It the Parents’ Fault? The Effect of Family Structure
on Bar Attendance
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- Kate
Keelty
Christian Fundamentalism And The Environment: A Dangerous
Mix?*
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- Nicole
Klein
Keeping Kids Out of Trouble: A Look at the Impact of
Prevention Programs on Re-Offence in Juvenile Delinquents
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- Thomsin
Levin
The Wall Between: The Influence of Education and Race
on Racial Attitudes
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- John
Martin
Just Do It? Attitudes Toward Suicide
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- Matthew
Meskill
Family Structure’s Affect on Educational Attainment:
Rethinking the Patriarchal Nuclear Family
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- Kate
O’Rourke
For Better of Worse: A Look at the Culture of Divorce on
the Future of the Family
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- Toby
Rappaport
Drop the Rock: Racial Sentencing Disparity Among Drug
Offenders
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- Valerie
Savidis
Who Gets the Big Bucks: The Effects of Birth Order on
Income
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- Julia
Shanbrom
Health Status And Inequality*
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- Micaela
Shapiro-Shellaby
Female Solidarity? Women’s Attitudes Toward Welfare
and the Implications On Female Solidarity
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- Jennifer
Smith
Class-Based Analysis of Educational Attainment
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- Maria
Sosa
The Quest for Happiness: A Look at the Relationship between
Married Life and Happiness
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- Mary
Sprayregen
Examining Offender Social Ties: A Theory Of Successful
Community Justice*
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- Randall
Steketee
Public Attitudes on Immigration: Do We Want the ‘Huddled
Masses Yearning to Breathe Free’?
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- Sarah
Stern
WWJD: The Relationship Between Religion And Attitudes
Toward Poverty*
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- Lauren
Sweeney
Do Unto Others… A Study of the Impact of Trust in
Individuals on Volunteer Work Amanda Thompson, Race and
Perceptions of the Death Penalty
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- Matt
Ufford
Keepin’ The Peace: How Race and Age Affect Concerns
About Law Enforcement
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- Melissa
Warren
What it Boils Down to: How the Economy Melts into American
Attitudes toward Immigrant Assimilation
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- Tamara
Wilder
Poverty And Quality Education: Can They Coexist?*
*Presented
at the 2002 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Boston.
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