Past Recipients
The following list of Barth-Crapsey Award recipients indicates the wide range of projects undertaken by students in the last few years.
Recipient | First Name | Advisor | Title | Year Semester |
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Cifci | Muhammed Kafi | Jack Paine | Impact of Generalized Morality on Democratic Institutional Quality | Spring 2017 |
Chau | Shing Yan | G. Bingham Powell | Agenda Setting Model, Governance/Policymaking & China | Spring 2014 |
McCabe | Taylor | Russell Peck | Internship in English: Adaptations of Children's Literature | Spring 2013 |
Fu | Kai Lin | Harry Reis | Implicit Self Esteem: Effects on Closeness, Friendships and Relationship Satisfaction | Spring 2013 |
Chau | Shing Yan | Theodore Brown | Global Health Governance: How Power Politics Between the United States and the Soviet Union Affected the Development of the World Health Organization | Spring 2012 |
Gardella | Joseph | Catherine Cerulli | College Victimization and Adjustment: Coping Styles and Social Support as Protective Buffers | Spring 2011 |
Jiang | Huang | Ronald Hansen | Effective Financial Management at the City of Rochester Government | Spring 2010 |
Lechman | Alexandra | Stuart Jordan | Biases in the Uniform Code of Military Justice | Spring 2010 |
Pope | Andrew | Thomas Jackson | The Confederate Attorneys General: A Phantom Supreme Court in the South Taking on Slavery and the Draft | Summer 2010 |
Squires | Leah | Stories of Malawi: Exploring the Music and Voices of the Malawian People | 2009 Summer | |
Cohen | Abbegail | Effects and Moderators of Perceived Parent-Child Capitalization | 2009 Spring | |
Graff | Kimberly | The Effects of Learned Helplessness on the Relationship between Attachment Style and Willingness to Compromise When Choosing a Mate | 2009 Spring | |
Velickovic | Maria | The Implications of Comparing the Romantic Relationships of Actual Friends on the Relationship Superiority Effect | 2009 Spring | |
Garon | Jonathan | C. Applegate | A Long Way Home – One Soldier's Reflection from a World of Way | 2007-2008 (AY) |
Chamney | Brynn | A. Emmett | The Women of Rwanda Raising a Generation of Orphans and Re-Building Culture | 2007-2008 (AY) |
Stewart | Bobbi | D. Harper | Qualitative Study on the Events of Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq and How They Affect and Influence the Life of a Soldier | 2006 Spring |
Bailey | Jesse | V. Wolcott | Building the Negro Capital of the World, The Transformation of Harlem, 1900-1911 | 2005-2006 (AY) |
Boyer | Sam | R.W. Kaeuper | Legislating Order, 1100-14540: Law and Lawlessness in the High Middle Ages | 2005-2006 (AY) |
Jason | Adler | E. Deci | Predicting Attachment Security: The Signifance of Parental Conditional Regard and Need Satisfaction | 2005 Summer/Fall |
Israel | Dan | K. Kowalke | Musical Theater Writing | 2005 Spring |
Schneider | Sarah | H. Reis | The Effect of Responses to Positive Events and the Building of Social Resources | 2005 Spring |
Feldblyum | Joshua | Deci, E. | The Influence of Rule Enforcement on Attitude Toward Those Rules | 2004-2005 (AY) |
Poiarkoff | John | Deci, E. | Mutuality in Romantic Relationships: The Benefits of Giving and Receiving Autonomy Support | 2004-2005 (AY) |
Gale | Jessica | Carter, A. | Realizing the Songs of Erin: The Negotiated Meaning of Irish Folk Music in the Irish-American Context | 2004 Spring |
McCormick | Christopher | Reis, H. | Emotional Schematicity and Interpersonal Relationships | 2004 Spring |
Samler | Corinne | Ilardi, B. | The Relationship Between Sexual Activity, Shame, and Self-Esteem with Religiosity as a Moderator | 2004 Spring |
Sobti | Deepak | Brown, T. | The Polio Eradication Campaign: An Imminent Success Story | 2004 Spring |
Barnes | Sean | Brown, K. W. | Mindfulness and Emotion in Romantic Relationships | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Kornfeld | Moshe | Foster, Robert | The Kosher Food Industry: Big Business and the Divine Imperative | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Quinn | Maureen | Gunlogso, Christine | Code-switching in African-American Oral Histories | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Varkovitsky | Ruth | Aube, Jennifer | Domestic Violence, Unmitigated Communion, and Depression: A Shelter Study | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Vitale | Alfred | Muller-Ortega, Paul E. | A Survey of "The Equinox" (1911-1913): A Critical Body of Texts Illustrating A Modernist Development within Western Esoteric Religious Traditions | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Walker | Sarah | McDonough, Joyce | An Investigation of Discourse in Bilingual Navajo Speakers | 2003-2004 (AY) |
Dewan | Radhika | Foster, R. | From Ms. India to Ms. World: Global Beauty Corporations and the Battle Over Indian Identity | 2002 Fall |
Klassen | Susan | Ryan, R. Aube, J. | Effects of Parental Styles and Birth Order on Unmitigated Communion | 2002-2003 (AY) |
Morrissey-Ott | Rachel | Ilardi, B. Zuckerman, M. | The Effect of Education on Rape Myth Acceptance | 2002-2003 (AY) |
Reiter | Michael | Reis, H. | The Implicit Association Test: An Implicit Prediction of Relationship Dissolution and Longevity | 2002-2003 (AY) |
Saah | Victoria | Williams Brown, J. | A Study in Pitch Identification | 2002-2003 (AY) |
Subramanian | Rajen | Powell, G. B. | Are Class Cleavages at the Root of All Cleavages Causing Conflict: A Case Study of Six Indian States | 2002 Summer/Fall |
Challenger | Scott | Homerin, E. & Logenbach, J. | Poems and Essays on Spirituality and Mysticism: A Creative Analysis & Synthesis of the Poetry of World Religions | 2002 - 2003 (AY) |
Leuthe | Eileen | Ilardi, B. | Leadership, Legitimacy and Gender | 2002 Spring |
Stephens | LaFleur | Harris, F. | Racial Identity and Political Attitudes Among the Post-Civil Rights Generation | 2002 Spring |
Muccari | Bella | Wolf, E. | Ansel Adams and the University of Rochester: Negotiating for Art | 2001 Summer/Fall |
Folkes | Paula | Johnson, J. | School Prayer and the Tradition of a Christian America: Towards a New Understanding of Theology as a Motivator for Political Action | 2001 Spring |
Gill | Rahuldeep | Brooks, D. | Borders: Diversity, Difference, and Identity in Punjab | 2001 Spring |
Hall | Heather | Basu, A. & Brooks, R. | A Religious and Cultural Analysis of India's Attitudes Towards the Environmental | 2001 Spring |
Harkenrider | Zach | Westbrook, R. | From The Culture of Narcissism to The True and Only Heaven: Christopher Lasch and his Critics | 2001 Spring |
Jasinevicius | Alaina | Seiberling, G. | New Directions in Museum Education: A Comparative Study of Institutional Responses to the Age of Information | 2001 Spring |
Rulison | Kelly | Levesque, C. | Teaching Assistants' Motivational Orientations and Effect on Students' Performance, Intrinsic Motivation, and Long-term Conceptual Understanding Illustrated By Their Students | 2001 Spring |
Benard | Stephen | Smith, T. | A Neurosociological Investigation of Network Behaviors | 2000 Fall |
Fechter | Jill | Merideth, A. | The Cult of Pythagoras: Transformations of Kosmos in the Hellenistic World | 2000 Fall |
Wallis | Christopher | Muller-Ortega, P. | The Historical Development of the Non-dual Philosophical Systems of Kashmir, India | 2000 Fall |
Cleghorn | Kerri | Ryan, R. | Female Serial Killers | 2000 Spring |
Gottesman | Brian | Conklin, A. | The King of Zion | 2000 Spring |
King & Heath | Heathra Clare | Gibson, T. | Group Identification and Self-Segregation on the University of Rochester Campus | 2000 Spring |
Mazucci | Elizabeth | Homerin, E. | Pyramids, Temples, and Spaceships: The Nuwaubians' Attempt to Reclaim the Past | 2000 Spring |
Quinn | Patrick | Westbrook, R. | American Catholic Responses to Civilian Bombing in the Second World War | 2000 Spring |
Rupert | Max | Smith, Thomas | Cognitive Neurosociology | 2000 Spring |
Fahey | Catherine | Homerin, E. | The Popular Sainthood of El Cid | 1999 - 2000 (AY) |
Glassberg | Jeffrey | Outram, D. | Scientific Dialogue and The Scientific Revolution | 1999 Summer/Fall |
Herndon | Hillary | Hahn, T. | The Outlaw King, an Operetta | 1999 Summer/Fall |
Rydstrom | Justin | Powell, L. | The Presidential Primary Process: A Study of New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation Contest | 1999 Summer/Fall |
Thoms | Sabrina | Walsh, D. | The Striker-Daugherty House: Historical Research and Archaeological Artifacts of a 19th Century Farmhouse (newspaper article) | 1999 Summer/Fall |
Asher | Evan | Reis, H. | Capitalization on Positive Events in Relationships | 1999 Spring |
Dowell | Kristen | Kaeuper, R. | A Nod to the Ancestors: Innovation in Contemporary Pueblo Pottery | 1999 Spring |
Hanley | Jennifer | Borus, D. | The Impact of the Flower City Conspiracy on Rochester Anti-Vietnam Activism: An Analysis of Community Organization and Protest, 1970-1971 | 1999 Spring |
Zeller | Benjamin | Green, Wm. S. | Heaven's Gate: Religion or Cult? | 1999 Spring |
Allen | Kristen | Kaeuper, R. | The Irish Church Before and After the English | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Carboni | Kevin | Peck, R. | Hands of Glory, Hands of Grace! Deconstructing the Difference Between the Mystical Philosophy of the Occult and the Mystical Philosophy of the Church in the Middle Ages | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Evert | Bradley | Halle, R. | Homosexual Subculture in Weimar Germany | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Przybyla | Sarahmona | Jacobs, B. | Religious Hospital Mergers and the Implications for Reproductive Health Care Services | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Schott | Jeremy | Cadorette, C. | Early Christian Attitudes Towards War and the Military | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Terni | Clare | Foster, R. | River Park Development - Then and Now | 1998 Summer/Fall |
Helfrich | Joel | Kaeuper, R. | The Knight and the English Gentleman: A Study of Chivalry and the Boy Scouts | 1998 Spring |
Rains | Rachel | Rubin | 1930s Political Film in the United States | 1998 Spring |
Rubeck | Tracie | Westbrook | No Laughing Matter: The Comedies of World War II and the American Moral Imagination | 1998 Spring |
Tran | Lien | Perkins | An International Comparison of Health Care Policy for the Asian Ethnic Minority | 1998 Spring |
Young | Clinton | Applegate | Composing Under a Totalitarian Baton | 1998 Spring |
Bolton | Ryan | Brown | An Environmental History of the Genesee River: The Interaction of Law, Industry, and Nature | 1997 Summer/Fall |
Villa | Michael | Burds | The Use of Repatriates in American Intelligence | 1997 Summer/Fall |
Karnik | Ankur | Harper | Attitudes About End-of-Life Care | 1997 Summer/Fall |
Capone | Keri | Middleton | Orality in Music Education | 1997 Spring |
Barzideh | Nazanin | Homerin | Religious Traditions of Iranian Jews in Iran and the United States | 1997 Spring |
Cugalj | Adam | Ramsey | "'The Bean Lady': The Life of Mrs. Iowne Anderson of the Iroquoian Nation" | 1996 Summer/Fall |
Dowd | Michelle | Kaeuper | "The Stonor Letters and the Wars of the Roses" | 1996 Summer/Fall |
Nordstrom | Justin | Rubin | "The Role of Rochester's Bishop McQuaid in American Catholic Education" | 1996 Summer/Fall |
Greene | Robert | Burds | "A New War has Begun:" The Soviet Destruction of the Greek Catholic Church in West Ukraine, 1939-1946. | 1996 Summer/Fall |
Blumstein | Rachel | Merideth | "Body and Purity in Early Christianity" | 1996 Spring |
Heyward | Brandy | Hudson | "Research in the Life and Times of Peter Bryant, a Black Civil War Veteran" | 1996 Spring |
Lozeau | Teresa | Carey | "The Impact of U.S. Foreign Aid Initiatives on Bolivia and Chile" | 1996 Spring |
Hilger | Aaron | Niemi | "Turnover Rates in State Legislatures on the Eve of Term Limits" | 1995 Summer/Fall |
Karam | John | Harris | 1995 Summer/Fall | |
Roberts | R. Gregory | Burds | Suppression of the Ukrainian nationalist movement | 1995 Summer/Fall |
Anderson | Tanya | Hauser | "Perceptions of Japanese Women in Literature" | 1995 Spring |
Coleman | Gabriel | Burds | "Slandering Soviet Reality: Prison Dissent During the Khrushchev Era" | 1995 Spring |
Gill | Rosanne | Spiritual dimensions of Laguna Pueblo women's lives | 1995 Spring | |
Kletter | Melanie | 1995 Spring | ||
Leff | Holly | Burds | Emerging Extreme Right in Contemporary Russian Politics | 1995 Spring |
Bentley | Jennifer | London | Gender as Performance: Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West | 1994 Summer/Fall |
Rapp | Cynthia | Jacobs Whitfield | Family Resource Centers and neighborhood centers in Rochester | 1994 Summer/Fall |
Burgos | Alberto | Niemi | "Public Opinion and the Political Status of Puerto Rico" | 1994 Summer/Fall |
Huy | Karen | Kaeuper | Kingship-Idea Representations in French Medieval Popular Literature | 1994 Spring |
Smarzynska | Beata | Segal | Influence of Nazi ideology on four German mathematics journals in the 1930s and 1940s | 1994 Spring |
Wendell | Leah | Ramsey | Comparative study of status of women of child-bearing age in traditional and modern Navajo and Iroquoian society | 1994 Spring |
Adams | Chris | 1993 Summer/Fall | ||
Butler | Chris | 1993 Summer/Fall | ||
Greenwold | Simon | Burds | "Zhorka the Blessed: a Diary-Confession" | 1993 Spring |
Kanofsky | Allison | Stanley | The "coattails" effect of 1992 election on Voting in Rochester/Monroe County | 1993 Spring |
Kuzel | Irene | Hahn | The "Good Woman" in 17th Century England | 1993 Spring |
Olearczyk | Beth | Applegate | Comparing the media treatment of the Rochester "street women" slayings to the "Jack the Ripper" slaying | 1993 Spring |