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.
2022
On Theory and Experimentation with the Probabilistic Nature of Quantum Being, Samarth Agnihotri
The Passage at High Tide, Khalilah Asaka
Biopsychosocial Factors in STI Acquisition or Transmission: Development of a Digital Health Platform, Susanna Suyoun Baek Cho
The Case For Unconditional Positive Regard in the Treatment of MAPs, Salem Bauknight
Preliminary Studies of Herbal Medicine and Women’s Health: The Case for Reviving Traditional Herbal Remedies, Marcea Bond
Big Brains: A Deep Dive Into Cetacean Social Cognition and Behavior, Sophie Casa
Biochemical and Psychological Aspects of Narcolepsy: When Sleep Is Out of Control, Keni Chen
(: C♭ :), Isabella Cho
Berkshire County Microtransit Planning Study, Tate Coleman
Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol Injection as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy: Effectiveness and Feasibility, Bethan Cordone
Miss Manhattan: A Psychological Reflection on the Life of Audrey Munson, Sadie Cotler
Thinking Within the Box: A Case Study on the Engineering Design Process, Caleb Dang
Creeping Through the Mountains: an Analysis of Appalachian Culture through the Ethnoherpetological Lens, Theodore Driscoll
Value Trading System, Yuhao Du
Dialectics of Space and Representation in the Production of Contemporary Society, Neehar Girimaji
Analysis of Skin Cancer Interventions: Prevention and Diagnosis in People of Color, Abdul Haseeb Hamza
Mutual Entrainment Within the Human Body, Hannah Hasson
The Armchair Influencer: Social Media and Perceptions of Mental Illness, Jeri Hautzig
Social-Emotional Learning in U.S. Primary Schools: COVID-19 and Failures within the System, Summer Heller
A Storage System with Paxos, Yichao Hou
An Exploration of Nail Biting and Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Skylar Karp
Conspiracy and Confabulation: The Mask of the Translator, Elise Kelly
THE EIGHT PILLARS OF COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL SURVEY, Chandler LaValle
Simulation of Schrodinger's equation on Quantum Computers, YuXuan Liu
Multi-Factor Stock Selection and Trading System, Zeqi Liu
Podracer: High Performance and Scalable Deep Reinforcement Learning, Zechu Li
Mitigating Bias in Artificial Intelligence through an Anthropological Lens: Introducing Humanity to A.I., Cassidy LoCascio
On the Universe Where You’re Reading This on the Moon, DeVaune Mack
Sentiment Analysis of the effect of Covid protection measures through Tweets, Yecheng Ma
Writer, Reader, Author, Critic: Literature in Theory and Practice, Lilly Myers
Taking Care of Gut Feelings: Neuro-Microbial Psychology, Nickie Nie
Portrayals of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction, Moxie Rudder
Adversarial Images in Autonomous Vehicle Systems, Armann Singh Sandhu
Alternative Performance Metrics for Financial Machine Learning Models, Ajeya Sathyagal
Misogyny in Twenty-Four Frames Per Second: An Analysis of Gender Disparity On & Off-Screen, Beck Selberg
The Weight of an Opinion: A Critical Analysis of the Michigan State Supreme Court Selection Model, Kelly Ann Sheehy
The Good-Enough Therapist: A Letter To and From a Future Therapist, Livia Shepard
deSTIgma: A digital STI/STD test recommendation platform, Vivian Shi
We’re All Gonna Die!!! An Environmental Perspective on Body Disposition in the United States, Lillian Steinmayer
The Impact of Online Social Sentiment and Search Volume on Stock Market, Xinghang Sun
Never Fall in Love at The Jersey Shore: Locating the Real in Reality TV, Maisy Swords
U.S. Healthcare Reform: An Ideal System, Emily Van Court
Wind Distribution Analysis and Prediction for a Risk-Aware Renewable Energy Market, Joyee Wang
Non-Linear Partial Differential Equations in Complex Geometry, Yipeng Wang
Keep Your Friends Close and Your Microbes Closer, Jenalyn Weekes
Heat Equation, Ethan Xu
Engineering a Difference: The Hows and Whys of the Difference Engine, Lior Yaron
Against Aphasia: Conversation through the Omegle Addict, a Protest, and a Model United Nations Conference, Charlie Yates
The Problem of Beach Litter: Psychological Analysis & Development of a Clean-Up Prototype, Quingchen Zhang
2021
Senior Thesis Proposal, Samarth Agnihotri
Digging up Althusser: on Ideology and Institutions, April Albano
Therapy & Theater: Emotions in Dis-Play, Jesus Alcazar
Birth, Death or Both: Encountering Childbirth as a Black Woman, Nyankah Allen
Senior Thesis Proposal, Khalilah Asaka
Desde el Cerro se le ve Todo al Pueblo: Mapping decolonial aesthesis in Oaxaca, Mexico, Inoa Batista
Nanoparticles as a Means of Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery, Kairo Baylor
Senior Thesis Proposal, Marcea Bond
Historical Dispatch: Ongoing Reflections on the Musicality of Fugitivity, Carly Bryant
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sophie Casa
Senior Thesis Proposal, Matilda Eunseo Choi
Senior Thesis Proposal, Tate Coleman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Bethan Cordone
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sadie Cotler
Sage Wisdom: Herbal Abortion Through the Ages, Aiden Damon
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kevin Donaher
lovethat, Carson Donnelly-Fine
2200, Jahsol Drummond
Racialized Policing and Its Effects on Black Communities, Leila Gillings
Senior Thesis Proposal, Neehar Girimaji
Senior Thesis Proposal, Emma Guo
Senior Thesis Proposal, Abdul Hamza
Senior Thesis Proposal, Hannah Hasson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jeri Hautzig
Senior Thesis Proposal, Summer Heller
Senior Thesis Proposal, Yichao Hou
Stories Untold, Ajara Jagne
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elise Kelly
Senior Thesis Proposal, Chandler LaValle
Show Up and Show Your Work: On Self and Compassion in the Classroom, Ali Levinson
Quantifying the Effects of COVID-19 on Restaurant Reviews, Gary Liu
Senior Thesis Proposal, Gary Liu
Detecting Foodborne Illness Complaints in Multiple Languages Using English Annotations Only, Ziyi Liu
Senior Thesis Proposal, Cassidy LoCascio
Up In Smoke: A Short Film, Anna Loretan
The Creative Nothing, Angus MacLeod
The Art of Language: Exploring the Methodologies of Language Acquisition and How We Can Encourage Students to Learn, Chazlee Myers
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nickie Nie
Marsh Ado About Nothing: The Political Economy of Connecticut’s Salt Marshes, 1600-1700, Cole Peterson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Walter Phillips
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ellie Rostan
Bambi in the Backyard: Deer Management in Southern Berkshire County, Eden Rozing
Senior Thesis Proposal, Moxie Rudder
Senior Thesis Proposal, Armaan Sandhu
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ajeya Sathyagal
The Navajo Nation Elephant Trunk: A Vehicular Water Transportation System, Jonah Schaechter
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elizabeth Selberg
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kelly Sheehy
Senior Thesis Proposal, Livia Shepard