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 2003's Senior Seminar.

Allyson Aleman*
Knowing a Family Member Who Has a Mental Disorder: The Effects on Other Household Members

Jasmine Alvarado
An Analysis of College Attendance and Available Social Service Establishments on U.S. States Reports of Rape

Jo Bartell*
Generating Trust: An Individual Level-Look at Social Relationships

Ben Boardman
The Effects of Primary Group Interaction on Individual Mental Health
An Analysis of Death Sentence Removal Rates: Do Whites Have Their Death Sentences Removed More Quickly Than African-Americans?

Lilly Coye
The Gender Gap in the United States: Does Gender Affect a Individual’s Opinion Towards Government Spending?

Patrick Dimon
When is Suicide an Acceptable Resolution?

Keith Ganzenmuller
The Athletic Environment at Skidmore College

Abby Gelineau
Happiness Levels: Employed Women Vs. Homemakers

Brian Geraghty
Teaching People What’s Best For Them: Effects of Drug Education Programs on Drug Use

Lisa Goldenber
Racial Inequality and Educational Achievement in the United States

Erica Grandberry and Binta Harver
Breaking the Cycle: Changing Juvenile Delinquents’ Career Paths for the Better

Daniel Klein
Educational Attainment and Income Inequality

Emeline Renz
Work With What You’ve Got: Crime and the Demands and Opportunities of Female Labor Force Participation

Charles Rosenthal
www.jobsatisfaction.com? The Effect of World Wide Web Use on Job Satisfaction

Ivonne Salazar
This Land is Not Your Land: Prejudice Towards Immigration in the United States

Ariel Scott*
Online Communication: Does It Make Us More or Less Social?

Rachel Pia Sherman
Family Ties: The Significance of a Sibling on Individual Happiness

William Sullivan
The Effect of Gender, Race, and Class on Attitudes Towards Income Inequality

Levi Tofias
David’s Stone: Jewish Education, Identity, and the United States

Allison Turro*
It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Black or White, But What About If You’re Gay or Straight? Factors that Affect People’s Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriages and Homosexual Relationships

Elsa Waldman
Americans’ Views on Immigration: Testing the Group Threat Theory

Benjamin Wilkinson
The Globalization of Culture: Does National Economics Affect Cultural Values?

Sarah Winthrop
The Effect of Religious Observance and Political Views on American Attitudes Towards Women’s Roles

*Presented at the 2004 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in New York City.

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