Past QSSS Thesis Research Projects
Seniors in the QSSS program all complete a thesis research project under the supervision of a faculty advisor and with the benefit of an exclusive QSSS thesis seminar.
Past topics and advisors include:
| Thesis Title | Thesis Advisor |
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Underage Drinking in College: |
Saurabh Bhargava and Sarah Ryan |
| Community Detection as a Method to Control for Homophily in Social Networks | Russell Golman (with Michele Tumminello) |
| A Method for Distinguishing Between Homophily and Contagion in Social Networks | Cosma Shalizi |
| Healthcare Expansion in China: A Great Leap Forward? | Laurence Ales |
|
Impact of Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown in Japan: Divergence of Recovery of Energy-Intensive Industries in Relation to the United States |
Lee Branstetter |
|
Advancing of the Undergraduate Student-Advisor Relationship |
Baruch Fischhoff |
| Tracking the Effects of Financial News through Complex Fourier Transforms | Yaroslav Kryukov and Lars-Alexander Kuehn |
| Do Women Have a Say? Exlaining Variation in Female Participation in Household Decision-Marking | Laurence Ales |
| Discouragement, Gender, and Professional Tennis | Saurabh Bhargava |
An award for the best QSSS thesis will be given at the annual Meeting of the Minds undergraduate research symposium in May.