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.
2017
Senior Thesis Proposal, Theodore Macphail
Senior Thesis Proposal, Asa Martinez
Senior Thesis Proposal, William Mason
Rivkele: A Feminist Translation and Analysis of Sholem Asch’s גאָט פון נקמה, Molly McGowan
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kalie McGuirl
Senior Thesis Proposal, Dana Miller
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nay Chie Moe Thet
Natural Language in a Constructed World, Meghan Molinari
[Insert Shitty Pun Here]: A Socio-Biological Analysis of the Composting Toilet as a Feasible Alternative to Conventional Human Waste Management Technologies, Jenifer Morgan-Davie
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kayleigh Myer
Senior Thesis Proposal, Naol Negassa
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lael Ngangmeni
The Document of Film Politics, Aesthetics, and the Production of Value, Isabel O'Donnell
Senior Thesis Proposal, Daniel Packer
Belousov-Zhabotinsky: an Exploration of Filmmaking in the Digital Age, Bryce Parker
Coronal Mass Ejections: A Study of Structure, Grant Parker
Senior Thesis Proposal, Danielle Pendleton
Senior Thesis Proposal, Micaela Pereira
Senior Thesis Proposal, Georges Pichard
A Low-Cost, Feature-Based Color Threshold Selection Approach to Eye-gaze Tracking and a Basis For Gaze Interface, Vijay Pillai
To Will an End: Outliving Sexual Violence and State Sovereignty, Anna Poplawski
An Examination of the Process Of Writing, Directing, Acting In, and Producing The Play Brothers, Dominica Purcell
PCBs Filtration Model using Perfluorocarbons as an Active Agent, Sofia Rafikova
Laser Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy Needle Aid: Biopsies made simple, Payal Rana
Butch? An Exploration of the Queer Community and Female Masculinity, A.J. Rio-Glick
Against All Odds, I Universe You: Academic and Personal Perspectives on Facets of Queer Identity, Andre Santana
Feel. Look. Listen., Ihor Shuhan
Senior Thesis Proposal, Matthew Stabile
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elle Stanion
Senior Thesis Proposal, Mira Tesla
Senior Thesis Proposal, Danya Tracht
How Will Chinese Film Survive? The Opportunities and Challenges of Contemporary Chinese Film in World Marketing., Kassidy Wang
Senior Thesis Proposal, Madison Weber
Senior Thesis Proposal, Claire Wegh
Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Horseback Riding: An Occupational Therapy Framework, Erin Wilkerson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Yi Xie
Senior Thesis Proposal, Chengcheng Xin
Delayed-Choice Quantum Eraser: The paradox of time-independent correlated measurements, Hyojun James Yu
Senior Thesis Proposal, Maisha Zahed
Senior Thesis Proposal, Xinyan Zhang
2016
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sara Aboobakar
Competitive Coloring: A Structural Approach, Ethan Ackelsberg
Senior Thesis Proposal, Tony Alexander
Gentle Nightmares: A Collection of Short Stories, Kathleen Ansel
Ironbound, Carrie Basch
Investigating the Digital Darkroom: A Discussion on the Ethics of Photographic Manipulation, Adam Bigelow
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kaelyn Brandt
Campbell’s Broken Model: Women in the Role of the Literary Hero, Kori Brierley-Bowers
Senior Thesis Proposal, Virginia Cassel
Urban Agriculture: Community Farms and Agribusinesses in New York City, Caitlin Chai
Senior Thesis Proposal, Michael Chang
Senior Thesis Proposal, Yueming Chen
The Media of Capital and Contradiction, Nikola Cooper-Fateyev
Cooperative Water Management: A Means For Conflict Resolution in Israel and Palestine, Marjorie Cort
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rebecca Cosenza
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elibba Dean
From Gertie to Ghibli: The World Industries Behind Animations - Their Successes, Failures, and Futures, Kate Decker
Senior Thesis Proposal, House Dow
Sex Poems, Cian Doyle
Senior Thesis Proposal, Hannah Ferus
Senior Thesis Proposal, Avonlea Fisher
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ligaya Franklin
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rhiannon Gabriel-Jones
HERE I STAND; THERE YOU SIT: An Exploration of Space and Relationship in a Theatrical Environment, Theodor Gabriel
Our Barbarous Tongue: A Sociohistorical Study on the Emergence of Prescriptive Attitudes in the English Language, Arantzazu Galdos
Senior Thesis Proposal, Aidan Go
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lillian Goldberg
Senior Thesis Proposal, Stephen Hager
Senior Thesis Proposal, Naomi Harris
Senior Thesis Proposal, Oscar Hernandez
Don’t Wake Up A Sleeping Baby, Rory Qianqing Huang
Senior Thesis Proposal, Chloe Hull
Senior Thesis Proposal, Regan Humphrey
Senior Thesis Proposal, Zoe Hu
It’s Way Past My Bedtime: Culture, Sleep, and Why We Should Be Getting More of It, Shannon Igo
Political Ethics in the Three Kingdoms Period of China, Greg Inamine
Environmental Education: Enhancing Massachusetts’ Science Curriculum for Middle School Students, Jo-Ellen Jeffries
Platinum Underground: Engaging the Music of DJ Screw, Jan Jurchak
Physical Exploration of Non-Textual Narratives: Fuck You & Your Book, Wes Elliot Kang
Senior Thesis Proposal, Spencer Kee
Senior Thesis Proposal, Arielle King
Senior Thesis Proposal, Maksim Kotov
Senior Thesis Proposal, Andrew Kunz
Senior Thesis Proposal, Wai Lun Lam
Filtering Arsenic to Make a Difference in Southeast Asia: Prototype Optimization of SafaPani, Eldred Lee
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jonathan Levinson
Understanding Industrialization through Literature: An Economic Analysis of 19th Century England and Post-1970s China, Cindy Zhaoran Li
Senior Thesis Proposal, Hannah Lienhard
Senior Thesis Proposal, Wanying Li
Senior Thesis Proposal, Christina Lothrop
E Unibus Pluram: Alain Badiou and the Rebirth of Dialectical Materialism, Matthew Mautarelli
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sophie McGhee
Noise as Music: A Study of Narrative and Aesthetics through “Noise Music” Composition, Mia McGiffert
Senior Thesis Proposal, Molly McGowan
Rusted Links: A Spiritually Ecological Critique of Modern Society and Its Relationship to Land, Jade Mermini
Senior Thesis Proposal, Meghan Molinari
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jenifer Morgan-Davie
Senior Thesis Proposal, Isabel O'Donnell