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Author:

Masgarha, Elizabeth Alieh

Title:

Civil Wars That Care

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Civil War
Outcome
Consequences

File:

Download Masgarha_Thesis_CivilWarsThatCare.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Khraishah, Omar Ramsey

Title:

The Rise of Political Islam: Hamas' 2006 Electoral Victory

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Abbas
Arafat
Fatah
Hamas
Palestinian Authority
Palestinian Legislative Congress
Palestinian Legislative Elections

File:

Download Omar_Khraishahs_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Arthur E Goldschmidt Jr., Faculty Reader

Author:

Swiski, Casey Elizabeth

Title:

Megan's Law Adoption Across Mid-atlantic Metropolitan Areas

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

megan's law
sex offender registration
mid-atlantic
sex crimes

File:

Download Swiski_Casey_MegansLawAdoption.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hines, Lisa Carolyn

Title:

The Effect of Terrorist Attacks on Electoral Support for Extreme Right-wing Parties in Europe

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Terrorism
Europe
Elections
Voting

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Branch, Joshua Brady

Title:

Blessing or Bane? Tea Party Endorsement Effect on Congressional House Elections

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Endorsements
Parties
Tea Party
Congress
Elections

File:

Download ThesisGood.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Marie Hojnacki, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Novopachennaia, Yelena Vladimirovna

Title:

The Effect of Human Rights Prosecutions on Trust in Democracy

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

human rights
Latin America
trust
democracy
satisfaction
preference

File:

Download Novopachennaia_Yelena_Thesis_Final__1_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joseph Wright, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Anderson, Craig Alan

Title:

The Effects of "Right-to-Work" Laws: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Labor
Unions
Right-to-Work
RTW
Oklahoma

File:

Download Anderson_Craig_Right_to_Work_Laws.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Baldassarre, Robert John

Title:

unconventional monetary policy: an examination of the effects of quantitative easing on the american economy

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Economy
International Political Economics
Quantitative Easing

File:

Download ThesisTemplateFormatted.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dooling, Douglas William

Title:

The Unlikely Weapon: Unmasking the Cause of State-sponsored Terrorism

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

terrorism
sponsorship
political violence
Iran
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
State Department
Middle East
Africa
authoritarian

File:

Download Dooling_Douglas_StateSponsoredTerror.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kohl, Charlotte

Title:

Variation in the Female-male Earnings Ratio Over Time

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

wage gap
gender disparity
equal pay act
pay disparity
lilly ledbetter act

File:

Download Kohl_Charlotte_VariationInPayDisparity.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Frederick, Allison Leigh

Title:

Federal Gun Control Regulation and its Effect on Firearm Homicide

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

gun control
firearm
homicide
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Interrupted Time Series
Regulation
Policy

File:

Download Frederick_Allison_federalguncontrol.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Finnerty, Danielle Megan

Title:

Public Support for War: A Comparison of Vietnam and Iraq

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Iraq War
public opinion
Vietnam War
political science

File:

Download Honors_Thesis_-_Finnerty.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Scott Bennett Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Faculty Reader

Author:

Gillies, Meghan Ann

Title:

Presidential Party Affiliation and Women's Pay Inequality

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

female pay inequality

File:

Download Presidential_Party_Affliation_And_Womens_Pay_Inequality.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Holden, Nicole Marie

Title:

Dietary Guidelines and Obesity

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

obesity
USDA
dietary guidelines

File:

Download Dietary_Guidelines_and_Obesity.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Rogers, Harrison Fitzgerald

Title:

in defense of earmarks: can earmarks foster a more productive congress?

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

earmarks
legislative productivity
Congress
appropriations
House
Senate
Presidency
federal
PAC contributions

File:

Download Thesis_-_Harrison_Rogers__final_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Lynn Lowery, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Faculty Reader

Author:

Boswell, Carl Brandon

Title:

The Olympic Games And Their Economic Impact

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Olympic
Economic
Mega-event
Political Science

File:

Download 1-Boswell_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Subhanan Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mathias, Jay

Title:

Trends in United States Foreign Aid to Latin America, 1950-2008

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

international politics
Latin America
foreign aid
Cold War

File:

Download mathias_jay_thesis1.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joseph Wright, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Treumann, Sara Elizabeth

Title:

The Burden of Consent

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Philosophy, Political Science, and Women's Studies

Keywords:

rape
sexual assault
sexual consent
affirmative defense
feminist legal theory

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Philip Christman, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
Vincent M Colapietro, Faculty Reader

Author:

Thaler, Mark D

Title:

An Explanation of Committee Behavior in the US House of Representatives

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Congress
legislative behavior
political science
House of Representatives

File:

Download Final_Thesis_pdf.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zachary Donald Baumann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Foerster, Kimberly Lynne

Title:

The Evolution of Gay Rights Legislation in the States: Does Morality Policy Matter?

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

gay rights
gay and lesbian rights
interest group
public opinion
issue salience
state legislation

File:

Download Thesis_Format_Review_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor