“Mommy, Where Do Daddies Come From?”: The Media’s Portrayal of WWII Fathers

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Melissa Brown and Dr. Mark Grandstaff, History Betty Friedan, in her book, The Feminine Mystique argues that men shape women’s roles through the media, but at some points in time, the reverse has been true. During WWII, Parents’ Magazine, with it’s almost all-woman editorial board and largely female readership produced more articles on fatherhood than […]

Combining the Tripartite and Cognitive-Specificity Models of Anxiety and Depression

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Scott A. Baldwin and Dr. Diane L. Spangler, Psychology Depression and anxiety are often comorbid and several theories have been proposed to account for their co-occurrence. The tripartite model accounts for the comorbidity between anxiety and depression in terms of the underlying symptoms that are associated with the two disorders. According to the tripartite model, […]

The Effect of Utah’s Ban on Smoking in Public Buildings on Restaurant Revenues

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Brant Avondet and Dr. Arden C. Pope III, Economics Summary My analysis of available data was unable to determine the effect of Utah’s ban on smoking in public buildings on restaurant revenues. Overview In 1994, Utah became the second state to enact a complete ban on smoking in public buildings. According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ […]

The Legacy of Holocaust Rescuer Raoul Wallenberg

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Ryan Aiken and Professor Paul Kerry, History My research into the legacy of Holocaust rescuer Raoul Wallenberg is far from complete, and now, over nine months after beginning my investigation to accurately document Wallenberg’s heroic efforts to save Hungarian Jews during the last days of WWII, the overall emphasis of my original thesis has been redefined to […]

Regress in South African Education After Apartheid

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Brett Peterson and Dr. John Hawkins, Anthropology In South Africa, despite positive changes in school structure and potential educational attainment, revolutionary changes to South African society interact with the current state of South African education to produce a negative educational effect. The following information is based upon a three month field-study experience in South Africa. […]

The IRA: Terrorists?; A Study of the Northern Irish Conflict through Writing, Interviews and Audio Documentary

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Arielle Badger, Clifford Newman and Dr. Michael Findley, Family, Home, and Social Sciences The Easter Rising of 1916 began the end of British rule in Ireland. While the Republic of Ireland gained full independence in 1922, Northern Ireland remained under British control. Many Irish nationalists continued to fight for a fully united, independent Ireland. Small-scale […]

Woman’s Exponent: Chronicling the Relief Society’s Involvement in the Quest for Political Equality, 1900-1914

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Paige Tuft and Dr. Rebecca de Schweinitz, History Department Main Text As most of my research tends to do, this project took quite a different turn then originally intended. I intended this research to continue on with the topic of my senior thesis concerning the political activism of women in Utah during the 1920s by […]

Personal Rules as a Model of Self-Control

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Michael Zhang and Dr. Harold Miller, Psychology To begin, I believe that the process of grant proposal writing was very important to both formulating my research idea and design as well as requesting the necessary assistance for the realization of this project. The idea which was developed has its origins with prominent psychologist, George Ainslie—personal […]

Using Data to Analyze Rising Healthcare Costs Based on Firm Size and Government Policy

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Michael Worley and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics This project had two main, interdependent goals. The first was to study changes in health care costs over the past few decades and consider changes in policy over the course of the recent past in the context of recent health care legislation. The second was to establish a […]