Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge several people who have helped me develop and finalize my project. First and foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Valenza for her help with locating research sources and helping me to refine my topic. She provided me with the vast resources that are available to our library and got me started on a path to find other sources. Secondly, I would like to thank Mrs. McCaslin, my mentor, for corresponding with me regarding my project, and helping me to edit my topic choice and thesis. Finally, I would like to thank my parents, for acting as a sounding board to my ever-changing ideas, providing me with support and help to reach my topic. These people have been instrumental in aiding my completion of my senior seminar project and I would like to thank them all.