Possible Research Topics

Accounting, Finance

The advent of double-entry bookkeeping; the fall of Enron

 

Architecture

Frank Geary; Vitruvius

 

Art

Lascaux and Chauvet; David Hockney; Currier and Ives

 

Automotive Technology

The first internal combustion engine; Steam-driven cars

 

Biology, Biological Science

Theories of human evolution; Vesalius, De Humani Corporis Fabrica

 

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

The Marlboro Man advertising campaign; P. T. Barnum

 

Chemistry

Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic table;  Discovery of Radium

 

Communications

Edward Hall’s theory of proxemics;  Cross-cultural teamwork

 

Computer and Information Science

Tim Berners-Lee;   Moore’s Law

 

Criminal Justice

Cesare Lombroso and criminal types; Theories of juvenile deliquency

 

Early Childhood and Special Education

Jean Piaget; The Kalikak Family

 

Education, Social Work

Jane Addams & Hull House;

 

Engineering, Engineering Graphics

The Bessemer process; The Crystal Palace

 

English

The Pearl Poet;  English dialects worldwide

 

Geology, Geography

The discovery of the Ice Age; Medieval T-O Maps

 

Health

Public Health and Tuberculosis; The World Health Organization

 

History

Arab civilization in Spain; Edward S. Curtis, Native American photographs

 

 Hospitality, Hotel Management

The founding of Disneyland; The Titanic

 

Humanities, Philosophy, Ethics

St. Augustine's City of God; Plato’s Republic

 

Journalism

The future of the newspaper; Edward R. Murrow

 

Mathematics

Introduction of the “zero” into western culture; Leibnitz, Newton & Calculus

 

Music

Mongolian throat singing; Louis Armstrong

 

Nanofabrication

Industry regulation of carbon nanotubes; development of nanosilver products

 

Nursing

Sleep disorders;  Diabetes prevention

 

Physics

Quantum information storage; unified field theory

 

Political Science, International Relations

The telegraph and World War I; The rise of trans-national corporations

 

Psychology

Theories of intelligence; Borderline personality disorders

 

Safety, Health, Environmental Tech.

The Founding of the EPA;  The development of OSHA standards

 

Sociology

Emulation and cultural evolution; Using census data to predict health trends

 

Sports Management

Personnel and liability management;  Native American mascot controversy

 

Veterinary Technology

The founding of the SPCA;  Food industry regulations