Extended Essays

The seniors in the IB Extended Essay program were honored for their achievement in Morning Meeting on Wednesday, April 15 and Friday, April 17. Two copies of each essay will be published — one for the student and one for the school to keep on display for posterity.

The Extended Essay is a component of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. In no fewer than 4,000 words, students complete an independent, self-directed piece of research, akin to a college-level thesis.

“The Extended Essay is such a unique learning opportunity — one that is open to all Trinity students,” said Head of School Rob Short. “By doing original, independent research and sharing their published findings with the world, students learn to think and write creatively and critically. It is a rich process that prepares them so well for college and beyond.”

The Ultimate Escape: How the Suicides of the Five Lisbon Sisters Lead to the Isolation and Spiritual Death of their Neighborhood in Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides Jillian Jones Allen

The Sears Bankruptcy: An Investigation of Efficiency and Profitability in 21st Century Business Andrew Joseph Edward Arnold

The Effect of Age on False Memory Emma Cooper Ashley

An Analysis of the Involvement of China, Russia, and the United States in the Current Venezuelan Crisis Sophie Macrae Bruns

Analyzing the Acoustical Quality of My School Theatre Atesh Ben Camurdan

The Effect of Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccination Rates on the Number of Measles Cases Reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lauren Jane Crick Coffey

The Effectiveness of Colorimetry for Detecting a Simulated Poison in Common Beverages Caitlynn Lee Collins

“A People Without A History”: the Role of the Internal Weakness of the Abyssinian Empire on the Expansion of the Oromo Lela Backes Creamer

Kiribati Republic’s Fate: Sea Wall Or Migration Catherine Lee Henriques DeSouza

Evaluating the Extent to Which the Polluting Industries in Hopewell, Virginia, Outweigh the Potential Benefits of Transitioning to a More Environmentally Focused Economy Dylan Singh Dhindsa

The Impact of Solar Panels Affect the Sahel’s Albedo Marina Nicole Eichenberger

The Ethics of Using Ketamine to Treat Severe Depression Through a Lens of Robert Veatch’s 1972 Patient Physician Models Nicholas Brian Failon

The Effect of Water Temperature on the Filtration Rate of Eastern Oysters Claire Marie Gibbons

To What Extent do Economic Benefits of Tourism in the Yellowstone National Park Outweigh the Dangers of the Natural Hazards? Lola Rose Goodpasture

A Breath at a Time: The Effects of Weekly Exercise on Carbon Dioxide Production Julianna Elise Goradia

Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: The Causes and Management of the Defiant Disease Claire Marie Gorey

An Analysis of How Chinua Achebe Reveals Gender Equality in Things Fall Apart Chloe Marie Jepson

American Football: An Examination into the NFL and Their Use of Monopoly Power through Governmental Regulation and Subsidies

John Alline Kenzakowski

Her Place at Home: The Impact of World War II-Era Propaganda on Women in the United States Labor Force

Caroline Margaret Kiefer

Charlotte Brontë’s Use of Fairy Tale Archetypes and Tropes in Jane Eyre and Their Effects Grace Isabelle MacDougall

The Effect of Perfectionism on Competition Anxiety in College Level Athletes Lauren YooRim Park

The Effect of SPF on Protection from Sun McCall Elizabeth Phillips

The Influence of Wernher von Braun on Rocket Development in the United States in the Period After World War 2 Jay Andrew Sabharwal

The Environmental, Political, and Economic Impacts of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Madeline Grace Schleicher

Genetic and Environmental Factors Causing Anxiety Disorders Caroline Grace Schuster

A Study of Richmond, Virginia’s Development Due to the Urban Heat Island Effect Bryn Shannon

L’influence de Coco Chanel sur la mode et la culture des femmes françaises au début du XXe siècle Lucie Stanton Speck

The Historical Context of the Emergence and Evolution of Epicureanism

Christian Compton Sprinkle

Catalysts of the American Civil War

Randolph Andrew Sullivan

“I do not think that I will ever love anyone like that again”: How James Baldwin’s Impacted the Gay Community Through Giovanni’s Room Lilly Kathleen Sutton

Taking Advantage of a Broken System: The Privatization of Prisons in America Lauran Brooke Turner

The Extent To Which the Amount of Sleep Correlates with a Female High School Senior’s Anxiety Ainsley Ford Voeks

Okonkwo’s Self-Destruction and the Fall of Igbo Culture in Things Fall Apart Frances Jane Watt

Venezuela’s Self-Destruction: The Rise of Populism And the Demise of Democracy Sydney Claire Whiting

The Uighur Genocide: How and Why the Chinese Government is Covering Up One of the Most Destructive Genocides in History Sofia Grace Wolfe

The Effect of High Fat Diet on the Brain Reward Thresholds in Comparison to the Reward Thresholds While Taking Morphine Emily Olivia Woomer