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.
2011
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
Senior Thesis Proposal, Andre Diehl
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jeff Dietrich
Senior Thesis Proposal, Faye Donnelley
Senior Thesis Proposal, Maria Egger
Senior Thesis Proposal, Chanese Forte
Senior Thesis Proposal, Eitan Goldshtrom
Senior Thesis Proposal, Brianna Gonyea
Senior Thesis Proposal, Shanna Gregory
Senior Thesis Proposal, Andrea Guzman Arango
Senior Thesis Proposal, Adrianna Hitchins
Senior Thesis Proposal, Iris Hood
Senior Thesis Proposal, Neil Hughes
Senior Thesis Proposal, Itohen Ihaza
Senior Thesis Proposal, Sarah Jacobs
Senior Thesis Proposal, Cody Jones
Senior Thesis Proposal, Karen Lee
Senior Thesis Proposal, Lindsey Longway
Senior Thesis Proposal, Colleen Marshall
Senior Thesis Proposal, Ryan McQuade
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jebadiah Moore
Senior Thesis Proposal, Christopher Olmsted
Senior Thesis Proposal, Rodman Parvin
Senior Thesis Proposal, Summer Plouffe-Vogel
Senior Thesis Proposal, Miles Read
Senior Thesis Proposal, Claire Shock
Senior Thesis Proposal, Peter Sombor
Senior Thesis Proposal, Christopher St. Clair
Senior Thesis Proposal, Erin Swift
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nathaniel Thompson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Morgan Vinyard
Senior Thesis Proposal, Stephanie Waldo
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kinley Wangmo
Senior Thesis Proposal, Peter Whitesell
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jehan Worthy
Senior Thesis Proposal, Alex Zarvis
2009
Senior Thesis Proposal, Umar Alizai
Senior Thesis Proposal, Starr Altmannsberger
Senior Thesis Proposal, Zachary Anderson
Senior Thesis Proposal, Stephanie Barefield
Senior Thesis Proposal, Jochai Ben-Avie
Senior Thesis Proposal, Aisha Bien-Aime
Senior Thesis Proposal, Margot Boucher
Senior Thesis Proposal, Nathaniel Breneman
Senior Thesis Proposal, Kimberly Burton
Senior Thesis Proposal, Laura Byrne
Senior Thesis Proposal, Elana Carroll