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 2002's Sociology Senior Seminar.

Sally Baer*
The American Dream: An Analysis of Work Ethic

Daniel Berheide*
Is the American Dream Green? An Examination of the Relationship Between Public Opinion Regarding Labor and the Environment

Anna Burns
Community and the Environment: How Social Networks Affect Environmental Opinion

Jessica Caragliano
’Happiness is a Warm Gun’: The Effects of Controversial Music on Mood and Sociability

Hilary Chernin*
Policing the Problem: Crime in America

Evan Croen
We Don’t Need No Education: Musical Preferences and Educational Attainment

Carolyn Depoian*
Athletic Participation and the Importance of Educational Values for Women

Michael Glickstein*
The Jewish American Ethic and the Value of Independent Thinking

Andrew Lindner*
The Impact of Educational Attainment of Patriotism

Sonja Neilson
Parental Divorce and Marriage Probability in Adult Children

Melissa Osborne
If Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus, How Different Are Their Attitudes Toward Premarital Sex?

Yamilett Pichardo
School Racial Composition and Black Educational Attainment

Katherine Reitz
The Effect of Parenting Styles on Educational Achievement

Jessica Shapiro
Cyber Time and Real Time: Do Internet and Email Use Influence Sociability?

Erica Silberstein*
Constructing Happiness: The Relationship Between World View and Individual Well Being

Sandrine Silverman
Generating Complex: The Effects of a Declining Social Welfare State on Juvenile Delinquency

Caitlin Straus-Bowers
Who Said Life Was Fair? Divisions of Household Labor, Fairness, and Marital Happiness

John Thornton
The Effects of Religious Diversity on Suicide in Urban Populations

Whitley Tucker
Religiosity and Homosexuality: Group Influence on Individual Attitudes

Elizabeth Umbro*
Constructing a Solid Foundation: The Effects of Racial Diversity and Geographic Mobility on Divorce Rates

*Presented at the 2002 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Boston.

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