HEBSENIORUNDERGRADUATETHESESThesetitles,andthosegoingbackto2009,areavailablefromtheHEBconcentrationadvisors.

Mostthesesfrom2008andearlieraresearchableinHOLLIS.

YEAR STUDENT THESISTITLE RESEARCHDIRECTOR

2017

LindseyHagberg BehavioralCorrelatesofAginginMaleChimpanzees ZarinMachandaManizhaKholmatov TheObserverEffect:HowLookingatCostsandBenefitsImpactsCooperativeBehavior ErezYoeliCeciliaLaguarda MeanGirls:AnAnalysisofFemale-FemaleRelationshipsintheKanyawaraOliveBaboonTroop ZarinMachandaHannahLeverson Self-DeprecatoryHumorAsaCostlySignalofStatus BethanyBurumDelfinaMartinez-Pandiani ReconciliationinHomosapiens:BehavioralPerspectivesontheHumanPost-ConflictPeriod

JoyceBenenson/RichardWrangham

ShivangiParmar AnAnalysisofNon-KinMale-FemaleRelationshipDynamicsIntheKibaleOliveBaboonTroop ZarinMachandaHaileyReneau TheCostofService:SexDifferencesintheEffectsofSocialSupportonPTSDinU.S.Veterans CaroleHooven

AndrewRoney TheEffectsofFootwearonKneeMoments:FootwearCausesIncreasedPeakKneeAdductionMomentsAssociatedwithKneeOsteoarthritis

DanielLieberman/NicholasHolowka

JamieTanzer TheRoleofLaundryDetergent-InducedDamagetotheSkinBarrierintheDevelopmentofFoodAllergyHeatherShattuck-Heidorn/MichikoOyoshi

NazowTarakai NegatingKinship:UnderstandingTalibanRecruitmentandSupportthroughPastoralistSubsistenceStrategyBridgetAlex/RichardWrangham

EmilyVenable NutritionalContribution,SexualDimorphism,andBiologicalImplicationsofRottingWoodConsumptionbyWildChimpanzeesinKibaleNationalPark RichardWrangham

HunterYork EthnographicandPerceptualEvidenceforanEvolvedFunctionofMusicasaCoalitionSignalingSystem MaxKrasnow

2016

PamelaChen BeyondTwenty-EightDays:ModelingenergeticregulationofmenstrualcyclelengthusingurinaryC-peptideandurinaryfreecortisol SusanLipson

ConnieHsu Theimpactofathleticidentityonpain-relateddistressandfunctioninginyoungathletes:anevolutionaryperspective SusanLipson

CJJaramillo TheRelationshipBetweenFootwear,ArchStiffness,andIntrinsicPedalMusculatureinDancers DanielLieberman

BernadetteLim BeyondtheMaternal-InfantBond:ExploringPartnerInfluenceonBreastfeedingandCo-sleeping PeterEllison

ClaireLo BorntoRunSlowly:TheInfluenceofExerciseIntensityonSerumC-reactiveProteinasaMeasureofCardiovascularDiseaseRisk DanielLieberman

KimReimold (MBB)FatandFecund:HowEnergyStatusandFatDistributionShapeReproductioninaModernPopulationofFemales DLieberman/CHooven

LaurenStone (MBB)CentralGhrelinResistance:ANewlyDiscoveredConsequenceofChronicStress,withImplicationsforStress-associatedMentalIllness PeterEllison

OliviaTurner ANon-FigFruitaDayKeepstheIllnessAway:AStudyofIllnessandInjuryinWildChimpanzees ZarinMachandaHursuongVongsachang ChangesinHairCortisolandIsotopicValuesinCollegeFreshmen:AStudyoftheFreshman15 PeterEllison

TaylorWeary SourcesofVariationinFecalParticleSizeforFree-RangingEasternChimpanzees(Pantroglodytesschweinfurthii)inKibaleNationalPark,Uganda:InfluenceofAgeandFoodType RichardWrangham

WilderWohns ExploringtheGenomicRegulatoryArchitectureofLimbBudDevelopmentandtheEvolutionofLimbProportionsinMiceandPrimates TerryCapellini

2015SarahAbrams (MBB)Goforarunandletoffsomesteam:cortisolisabiomarkerofthelong-termstress-relievingeffectsofexercise SusanLipson

ClaireEdelson SexualCoercioninaWesternHumanPopulation:ExaminingPatternsofMaleAggressionTowardsFemalePartners ZarinMachanda

AdrianFanucci-Kiss MotherKnowsBest:EcologicalFactorsShapingMaternalSocialityinDuskyDolphins(Lagenorhynchusobscurus) ZarinMachanda

AnnFinkel (MBB)“It’sNotFairthatJamesGetsAllofThem”:ACross-CulturalComparisonontheDevelopmentofThird-PartyIntervention FelixWarneken(Psychology)

RobGunzenhauser Gdf5cis-RegulationoftheShoulderJointandEvolutionofthePrimateScapula TerryCapellini

JuliaHyman SocialRelationsinRedColobusMonkeys RichardWrangham

TaylorReiter AStarchContrast:EvolutionofAmylaseCopyNumberinDogsandHumans TerryCapellini

PatrickSchiller TheFiveSecondRule:ANovelMethodforCollectingWildChimpanzeeSalivaSamples;ARenewedMethodforUnderstandingtheHumanOralMicrobiome RachelCarmody

JennyWong AnInvestigationoftheInfantSafetyHypothesisinKibaleRedColobusMonkeys(Procolobustephrosceles) RichardWrangham

2014

EmilyGroopman TheFatsofLife:TheEnergeticSignificanceofProcessingPeanuts,ALipid-RichPlantFood RichardWrangham

ElizabethHarvey IsotopicChangewithCooking:ImplicationsfortheUnderstandingofNeanderthalDiets NoreenTuross

TimothyHopper SavingWhatCounts:AnInvestigationofSelectiveMemoryConsolidation RobertStickgold(HMS)

RianaJumamil FatandItsRelatives:TheEffectofFamilyRelationshipsandMalnutritiononAdultMetabolicRiskFactors JaninaGaller(JudgeBakerChildren'sCenter)

OmarMesina InSearchofOurNaturalRunningForm:ARandomizedControlStudyoftheRoleofRunningFormonImpactPeaksandRepetitiveStressInjuries DanielLieberman

DianaMiao DetectingSignalsofNaturalSelectioninWhole-Genome-SequencedPlasmodiumfalciparumMalariaParasitesfromThiès,Senegal:2006-2012 DyannWirth(HSPH)

AlliePace YourBrainonGames:NeuralActivityDifferencesinEmotionRecognitionafterPlasticity-basedSocialCognitiveTraining ChristineHooker(Psychology)

SaraProvidence DigginginOurHeels:TheEffectofHeelHeightandStiffnessonImpactForcesduringShodWalkingandHeel-StrikeRunning DanielLieberman

AlexSmith CookingBeasts:TheRoleofThermalProcessinginEarlyHomininScavenging RichardWrangham

JamesWood Gdf5cis-RegulationandtheControlofVariationinPrimateElbowJointMorphology TerenceCapellini

MadelineZhu Detectingstablenitrogenisotopesinhumanmodernandarchaeologicaltoothenamel LindaReynard

2013

AleahBowie TheDevelopmentofInequalityAversioninUgandanChildren RichardWrangham

NicholasBrazeau GrowingUpChimpanzee:AStudyofBodySizeandGrowthPatternsinPantroglodytes ZarinMachanda

MarthaFarlow RegulatingFertility:Estrogen,Insulin,andtheUnintendedEffectsofHormonalContraception[MBB] SusanLipson

CharlotteLane WhyPlay?ExaminingCostsandBenefitsofPlayinRhesusMacaques KatieHinde

AJMillet BlindedbytheNight:Short-TermVisualDeprivationandtheSynapticHomeostasisHypothesisofSlowWaveSleepFunction[MBB] RobertStickgold

NeilPatel TestingtheSelf-DomesticationHypothesisinHumansandBonoboswithMolecularEvolution MaryellenRuvolo

JorieSullivan EvolutionaryPerspectivesofObesity-InducedLymphedema ArinGreene,KatieHinde

RobertTamai EffectsofTrunkOrientationonHumanRunning AnnaWarrener,DanLieberman

HurnanVongsachang EffectsofSocialRelationshipsonInequityAversioninChildren FelixWarneken,KatieMcAuliffe

JustinWang Tuningtotherightfrequency:Theeffectsofstriderateonlocomotorcost AnnaWarrener,DanLieberman

VickieWu TheEffectsofBodyCompositiononAcuteInsulinResponseinYoungAdults SusanLipson

OwenWurzbacher HowRobustistheHumanCooperativeImpulse?Aninvestigationofintuitivecooperationacrosssocialcontexts[MBB] DavidRand

PratyushaYalamanchi AnEvolutionaryPerspectiveonCardiovascularAging:TheSignalingMechanismofGrowthDifferentiationFactor11 RichardLee