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Award-Winning Senior Theses

Award-Winning Senior Theses

  • Devin Tyler ’17

“Black Entrepreneurs on the Rise: The Success Model” earned Distinction.

  • Ned Yonkers ’16

“How Surprise Affects Decision-Making Behavior:  An Adaptation of Prospect Theory” was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for best senior thesis in 2016.

  • Alexis Yusim ’15

“An Analysis of Student Achievement and Measures of Growth under  No Child Left Behind” was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for the best senior thesis in 2015. 

  • Sylwia Dakowicz ’10

“Eco-certified Real Estate in Chicago: An Investigation into Corporate Social Responsibility” was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for best senior thesis in 2013.

  • Gabriella Panayotova ’10

“An Empirical Study of Security-Related Transparency in International Relations” was jointly awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for best senior thesis in 2010.

  • Katie Lupo ’06

Published her senior thesis, “ ,” in  Undergraduate Economic Review, volume 2, issue 1, 2006.

  • Loveena Dookhony ’05

“The Impact of Orphanhood on Health Status and Educational Attainment of Children in Uganda” was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for best senior thesis in 2005.

  • Dimitar Antov ’01

“Game theory applied to bargaining in economics: general perspectives and a new mathematical model” was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa prize for best senior thesis in 2001.