The senior thesis is emblematic of the kind of intellectual freedom Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s Upper College students are given. It is a year-long, self-designed scholarly project that is the capstone of a student’s work. It’s required of everyone. The thesis is not just an academic requirement for a Simon’s Rock Bachelor of Arts degree, it is work that adds to the world’s storehouse of knowledge.
At the beginning of the thesis project, a formal proposal must be submitted and approved. This collection includes senior thesis proposals beginning in academic year 1998-1999 as well as theses beginning in 2011.
2012
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ramiz Shaikh
Trumpets of God: The Visionary Writings of Hildegard of Bingen and Elisabeth of Schonau, Alexandra Smith
Like is Not Like That: A Linguistic and Social Analysis, Rebecca Solomon
Nevergreen: The nature image commodity in green advertising, Eva Thornton
Senior Thesis Proposal, Gabrielle Tillman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Luiza Trabka
Making Sense of Scents in Memory, Victor K. Vazquez
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ian Wallach
Pathway: An Exploration of Bhutanese Film Practices, Kinley Wangmo
In the Desert: Reflections on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Letter on Poland, Milo Ward
Senior Thesis Proposal, Hillary Weinberger
Sweet Beats Are Made of This: An Exploration of Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Students at Simon's Rock, Miles Douglas Wilcox
Senior Thesis Proposal, Julynn Wilderson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Alexis Wint
Making a Stand for Co-Existence: The Makings and Preservation of Cantonese Identity, Michael Xu
candy for candy coated tongues, Lucy Zipple
2011
Senior Thesis Proposal, Katie Ansel
From the Few to the Many: Education and the Creation of Three Nations In India, Jamila Benkhoud
Senior Thesis Proposal, Claudia Berger
Senior Thesis Proposal, Juliana Biro
Senior Thesis Proposal, Paige Breisacher
The Roving Jewel "What Are Your Songs About?", Philip Breslow
Senior Thesis Proposal, Alannah Buford
A Garden Enclosed: A Character Study and Performance of Clare from Tennessee Williams’s The Two Character Play, Sinead Byrne
Senior Thesis Proposal, Starling Carter
An Overview of 20th and 21st Century Display Technologies: CRT, LCD, OLED, Kyle Chao
Senior Thesis Proposal, Holly Chayes
Senior Thesis Proposal, Cheryl Chen
Senior Thesis Proposal, Joelle Chevrier
Senior Thesis Proposal, Tshering Choki
OneForm: A Synthesis of the Digital Age, Adrian Cushman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lauren Dahlin
Senior Thesis Proposal, William Deng
Out West, Off to War: The Frontier in American History and Contemporary Military Culture, Jeff Dietrich
Senior Thesis Proposal, Noel Dominguez
Stories of Three Generations of African Women: Exploring the Past, Healing the Present, Strengthening the Future, Pauline Dongala
Rituals and Remedies: The Supernatural in Medieval Great Britain, Faye Donnelley
Senior Thesis Proposal, Emma Ehrlich
Senior Thesis Proposal, Max Ehrman-Shapiro
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elisabeth Ellis
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rachel Feltman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ari Fogelson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jordan Frye
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kathryn Giles
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elizabeth Glass
Senior Thesis Proposal, Michelle Gonzalez
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jillian Hanley
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nicholas Hernandez
The Efficacy of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders, Iris Hood
Senior Thesis Proposal, William Hopewell
Comic Books and Graphic Novels in Elite and Popular Culture, Sarah Jacobs
Senior Thesis Proposal, Teegan Jansen
Senior Thesis Proposal, Mariah Jeremiah
Reading in the End Times: Multilinear Writing as the Beginning of New Theory, Cody Jones
Senior Thesis Proposal, Johanna Koons
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jeffrey Landale
Senior Thesis Proposal, Fiona Lazar
Where Have All the Mushrooms Gone? A Study of Simon’s Rock Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Their Response to Drought, Lindsey Longway
Senior Thesis Proposal, William Meltsner
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ian Myers
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nicole Myles
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kristen Nash
The People We Once Were: The Writing, Directing, and Producing of The Difference, Christopher Olmsted
Senior Thesis Proposal, Chloe Piazza
Senior Thesis Proposal, Natasha Rajaratnam
Senior Thesis Proposal, Hector Rivera
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lorenzo Rivera
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sarita Rosenstock
Senior Thesis Proposal, Abdul Sadri
Senior Thesis Proposal, Zooey Salazar
Senior Thesis Proposal, Mirah Sand
Senior Thesis Proposal, Raspberry Simpson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Alexandra Smith
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rebecca Soloman
On Making a Record: A Story of Musical Realization, Christopher St. Clair
Recognizing Speech with Neural Networks, Nathaniel Thompson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Eva Thornton
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sarah Trachtenberg
Llamas Unplugged: Implementing a campus-wide competition to conserve electricity, Morgan Vinyard
Hero, Object, Verb: The Evolution of a Musical, Stephanie Waldo
Senior Thesis Proposal, Milo Ward
Dimensional Shift: A Contextual Study of a Family of Lines, Peter Whitesell
Senior Thesis Proposal, Michael Wilcox
Senior Thesis Proposal, Michael Xu
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lucy Zipple
2010
Senior Thesis Proposal, Allegra Abramson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rabi Alam
Senior Thesis Proposal, Anneliese Antonucci
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jamila Benkhoud
Senior Thesis Proposal, Joseph Borkowski
Senior Thesis Proposal, Philip Breslow
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nola Broberg
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sinead Byrne
Senior Thesis Proposal, Emily Calderalo
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kyle Chao
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sophie Clark
Senior Thesis Proposal, Adrian Cushman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jesse DeAngelis