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Honors student presentation

Honors 

Past Honors Project List with Political Science Advisors

YearStudent NameTitleAdvisor(s)Area

2025

Brooke Gormley

How We "Never Forget": America's Representation of 9/11

Khristina Haddad

Political Science

2022Hannah KatzThe Individual Within the Collective: Liberty in the Face of Public Health CrisesYayoi KatoPolitical Science
2021Destiny GeorgeTerrorism in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Boko Haram in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in KenyaFaith OkpotorPolitical Science
2021Elisabeth KleppingerThe Global Fashion Industry: Implications for Labor and CrimeFaith OkpotorPolitical Science
2019Rocco BeltramiInfluencing Initiatives: Campaign Contributions and Partisanship as Predictors of Success for Citizen-Initiated Ballot Measures in the 2008, 2010, 2016, and 2018 U.S. ElectionsJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2018Rosemary RobertsThe Politics of Rhetoric: Analyzing the Words and Speeches of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to Understand Their Political SuccessJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2014Michael GiacoumopoulosThe Political Economy of Austerity: A Case Study in GreeceGary OlsonPolitical Science
2014Aaron HarrisHow Political Marketers Target Voters: Do Campaigns Target Voters based on Information and Partisan Engagement Level?John ReynoldsPolitical Science
2012Armando ChapelliquenHuntington, Impact, and Occupy: The Makings of a New Global ParadigmBernardo Cantens / Gary OlsonPolitical Science / Philosophy
2008Danielle CorvacchioliI Am What I Do. The Politics of Speaking and the Crisis of the Language of Gender.Khristina HaddadPolitical Science
2007Jenna AbramsonHugo Chavez and 21st Century Socialism: The Superior AlternativeGary OlsonPolitical Science
2006Brendan J. WrightThe Naked Citizen: The Constructive and Constricting Powers of Human Nature Claims within Political TheoryKhristina HaddadPolitical Science
2005Panayiotes AsimakopoulosThe European Union and the Dichotomy between the Federal and Intergovernmental Forces of IntegrationJean-Pierre LalandePolitical Science
2005Joseph M. MoyerFreedom, 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. DouglasJohn Reynolds/ Francis RyanHistory
2004Scott T. WilliamsThe Vulnerability of America's Electric Power System as a National SecurityJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2002Joshua HeebnerConstitutional Considerations: Campaign Finance ReformJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2002Nikola KrpanPolitical Economy of the Swedish ModelGary OlsonPolitical Science
2002Jill StraubCapital Punishment: A Brief History and Comparative StudyJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2001Bradley N. LawtonUnited States Foreign Policy in Columbia: Drugs, Disparity, and DemocratatorshipGary OlsonPolitical Science
2001Keri SchantzSupreme Court Precedents and the Constitutionality of Charitable ChoiceJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2000Jennifer L. KramerThe Power of Judicial Review and the Establishment of Privacy and Abortion Rights under the Fourteenth AmendmentJohn ReynoldsPolitical Science
2000Rachel R. O'DonnellThe Twilight of Intellectuals: Post-Modernisn's Influence on Feminism and MarxismGary OlsonPolitical Science