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Student Research


Senior Theses, 2008

Birth Control: A Look at the U.S. Maternity System

The National Institute of Anthropology and History and “The Others”: Different Perspectives on Mexican Patrimony

Online Social Networking: Replacing the Traditional Ideas of Community

Madrasas on the Decline: Exploring the Positioning of Madrasas within Swahili Muslim Discourses inside the Kenyan Coastal Towns of Mombasa and Lamu

The Effectiveness of Video Games as Educational Tools in the Undergraduate Classroom

Various impacts on breastfeeding rates in Cameroon as a measurement of child growth and nutrition

Perspectives among farmers and the general public of the economic and environmental impacts of biodiesel and ethanol development in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Schmorl’s Nodes and Osteophytosis at Early Bronze Age II/III Bab edh-Dhra, Jordan

Ending the Silence? The Anti-Rape Movement and the Silence on Sexual Assault in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Senior Theses, 2007

Survival, Exploitation and Sex:  What it Means to be a Sex Worker in Sosúa, the Dominican Republic.

The Effectiveness of Outreach Education and its Effects on the Accessibility of Health Services for the Latino Population of York County

Power of Defining: Toward An “Anthropology of Drug Use:” How Drug Users Perceive Themselves, Their Choices, and Their Lives

Senior Theses, 2006

"The Government Does Not Care About Us": Tanzanian Structural Adjustment Programs and Their Effects on Rungwe Smallholding Farmers and Their Lands 

Inference of Heath and Diet of the Akhmim Population Based on Analysis of CT Scans of Egyptian Mummies 

The Role of Women in Tanzania's Village Society 

The Delicate Balance of Religion and Evolution in America 

 The Answer to Creating Sustainable Agriculture in Tropical Environments 

College Students' Differential Access to Food: A Comparison of Off-Campus/On-Campus Food Consumption Choices 

Something to Talk About: Communication with Our Closest Relatives 

The Conservation Biology of Nonhuman Primates in SW Tanzania 

Gentrification in Lower East Harlem: Issues of Community, Agency and Public Assistance 

Bosnian Refugee Voices in Carlisle PA 

International Funding and Medical Needs of Rural Tanzanian Households

Senior Theses, 2005

Folk Remedies and African American Society 

A History of Curanderisimo and Mexican American Folk Medicine 

Racist Imagery and Modern Athletes 

Ex-Combatants and Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation Programs 

The Role of Forensic Anthropology within the Legal World 

Hospital Births vs Home Births: Women's Feelings About Safety, Risk and Technology in Birth 

NGOs: An Analysis of the Systems of International Aid and Development 

Rastafari: A 20th Century Millenarian Movement 

Military Benefits and Continued Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Vietnam Veterans 

On Evolution and Education 

Elderly Health Care Issues: Home Care Vs. Nursing Home Care

Senior Theses, 2004

 A Woman in a Man's Place: An Exploration of the American Tavern as a Quasi-Public Male Space 

Organizing for Change: Culture Context, Women's Human Rights and Transnational Feminism in Yaounde, Cameroon 

Tattooing and Women: American Beauty, Monster Beauty or Lack of Beauty? 

Gender and Mexican Migration: Women who Stay Behind 

Aquaculture: A Solution to Overfishing in the Chesapeake Bay 

Contemporary French Nationalism and Prejudice 

St. Edmunds Society: Community or Ghetto? An Intimate Portrait of the Experiences of Homeless Young Adults in Norwich, England 

"School is Very Important to Us!" An Exploration of Girls' Education in Cameroon as a Developmental Imperative 

Human Endogenous Retroviruses: A Molecular Approach to Understanding Genomic Expression and Evolution

Treating Teenage Pregnancy in Northwest Cameroon: Framing and Problems 

Assessment of the Socio-Economic and Ecological Viability of Community-Based Ecotourism Ventures in the Kitengela Swamp and Munjiriri Riparian Woodland

Papers Generated in the Tanzania Field School, Summer 2005 

"To Be the Best and Achieve the Best in the Country": Lutengano Secondary School, An Institution under the Moravian Church in the Southern Province of Tanzania 

The Changing Lives of Women in Kibatata Village 

Lange Management and Primate Conversation: A Study of Indigenous Knowledge in the Rungwe District, Tanzania 

Economic Diversification in Southwest Tanzania Requires Reducing Time and Energy Spent Acquiring Firewood and Water 

The Importance of Democracy and Civil Society for International Financial Institution (IFI) Lending 

The Myth of the Model: A Closer Look at Environmental Critiques of Structural Adjustment Programs within the Agricultural Context of Rungwe District, Tanzania 

The Influence of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Challenges, Limitations, and Successes of Healthcare in Tanzania: Teaching a Man to Fish Vs. Giving Him a Fish