Honors
Past Honors Project List with Political Science Advisors
| Year | Student Name | Title | Advisor(s) | Area |
| 2022 | Hannah Katz | The Individual Within the Collective: Liberty in the Face of Public Health Crises |
Yayoi Kato |
Political Science |
| 2021 | Destiny George | Terrorism in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in Kenya |
Faith Okpotor |
Political Science |
| 2021 | Elisabeth Kleppinger | The Global Fashion Industry: Implications for Labor and Crime |
Faith Okpotor |
Political Science |
| 2019 | Rocco Beltrami | Influencing Initiatives: Campaign Contributions and Partisanship as Predictors of Success for Citizen-Initiated Ballot Measures in the 2008, 2010, 2016, and 2018 U.S. Elections |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2018 | Rosemary Roberts | The Politics of Rhetoric: Analyzing the Words and Speeches of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to Understand Their Political Success |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2014 | Michael Giacoumopoulos | The Political Economy of Austerity: A Case Study in Greece |
Gary Olson |
Political Science |
| 2014 | Aaron Harris | How Political Marketers Target Voters: Do Campaigns Target Voters based on Information and Partisan Engagement Level? |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2012 | Armando Chapelliquen | Huntington, Impact, and Occupy: The Makings of a New Global Paradigm |
Bernardo Cantens / Gary Olson |
Political Science / Philosophy |
| 2008 | Danielle Corvacchioli | I Am What I Do. The Politics of Speaking and the Crisis of the Language of Gender. |
Khristina Haddad |
Political Science |
| 2007 | Jenna Abramson | Hugo Chavez and 21st Century Socialism: The Superior Alternative |
Gary Olson |
Political Science |
| 2006 | Brendan J. Wright | The Naked Citizen: The Constructive and Constricting Powers of Human Nature Claims within Political Theory |
Khristina Haddad |
Political Science |
| 2005 | Panayiotes Asimakopoulos | The European Union and the Dichotomy between the Federal and Intergovernmental Forces of Integration |
Jean-Pierre Lalande |
Political Science |
| 2005 | Joseph M. Moyer | Freedom, Slavery, and the National Identity: The Evolution of American Political Thought from 1824 until 1860 through the Words and Careers of Abraham Lincoln, William Henry Seward, Stephen A. Douglas |
John Reynolds/ Francis Ryan |
History |
| 2004 | Scott T. Williams | The Vulnerability of America's Electric Power System as a National Security |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2002 | Joshua Heebner | Constitutional Considerations: Campaign Finance Reform |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2002 | Nikola Krpan | Political Economy of the Swedish Model |
Gary Olson |
Political Science |
| 2002 | Jill Straub | Capital Punishment: A Brief History and Comparative Study |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2001 | Bradley N. Lawton | United States Foreign Policy in Columbia: Drugs, Disparity, and Democratatorship |
Gary Olson |
Political Science |
| 2001 | Keri Schantz | Supreme Court Precedents and the Constitutionality of Charitable Choice |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2000 | Jennifer L. Kramer | The Power of Judicial Review and the Establishment of Privacy and Abortion Rights under the Fourteenth Amendment |
John Reynolds |
Political Science |
| 2000 | Rachel R. O'Donnell | The Twilight of Intellectuals: Post-Modernisn's Influence on Feminism and Marxism |
Gary Olson |
Political Science |