A Survey of Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning

Kevin D. Fisher

Advisor: Timothy Oates

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Minimum Wages in Costa Rica: Structure, Enforcement, and Compliance

Justine D. Wagner

Advisor: Timothy Gindling

Economics

Validating the Invalid: The Discourse of Sick-room Poetics

Amy Larson

Advisor: Christoph Irmscher

English

Outer Spaces and Extralinguistic Places: The Poetry of Edwin Morgan

Maura Smyth

Advisor: Dr. Christoph Irmscher

English

Lausanne and Baltimore: A Comparative Study of Drug Treatment Services

Emily M. Junod

Advisor: Claudia Lawrence-Webb

Social Work

Show and Prove: The Politics of Hip Hop Authenticity

Michael S. McLaurin

Advisor: Jason Loviglio

American Studies

Interactive Effects of Bt-Active Corn on Corn Litter Decay and Detritivore Foraging in and Agricultural Stream Ecosystem

Lie' Anne Van-Tull

Advisor: Christopher M. Swam

Geography and Environmental Systems

Stock Market Reactions to Negative Information and Evidence of Insider Trading: An Event Study of ImClone Systems

Adrian Yanoshik

Advisor: Douglas J. Landin

Economics

Keystone Patriots: Women Soldiers in Pennsylvania Regiments During the American Civil War

Elefteria Papavasilis

Advisor: Anne Sarah Rubin

History