21. Explaining the Tea Party's Success in 2010 Open Access Author: Kern, Michael Stephen Title: Explaining the Tea Party's Success in 2010 Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Tea Party2010SpendingPrimaries File: Download Kern_Michael_ExplainingtheTeaPartysSuccessin2010.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Suzanna Linn, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
22. Crisis Decisions: Political Influences on FOMC Decision-Making during the 2007 Financial Crisis and the Creation of Foreign Credit Liquidity Swap Lines Open Access Author: Quinn, Kathleen M Title: Crisis Decisions: Political Influences on FOMC Decision-Making during the 2007 Financial Crisis and the Creation of Foreign Credit Liquidity Swap Lines Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Federal ReserveFOMCdecision-making2007 financial crisisswap linesreciprocal currency agreementsmonetary politics File: Download Quinn_KathleenM_CrisisDecisionsandtheFOMC.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Lynn Lowery, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
23. The Evolution of Gay Rights Legislation in the States: Does Morality Policy Matter? Open Access 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 rightsgay and lesbian rightsinterest grouppublic opinionissue saliencestate legislation File: Download Thesis_Format_Review_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis SupervisorDr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
24. State level recall elections across the United States Open Access Author: Brunner, Anna Kathleen Title: State level recall elections across the United States Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: recallrecall electionsunited statespolitical science File: Download FinalThesisBrunner.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis SupervisorDr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
25. Let's Talk About Sex (education): explaining State Variation In Sex Education Standards And Their Impact On University Sexual Assault Rates Open Access Author: Mccleery, Melissa Katherine Title: Let's Talk About Sex (education): explaining State Variation In Sex Education Standards And Their Impact On University Sexual Assault Rates Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Sex educationsex edsexual assaultrapehigher edwomen's studieshigher education File: Download FINAL_McCleery_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis SupervisorDr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor
26. Asian American Politics and Electoral Participation: A Study of Asian American Presidential Voting Open Access Author: Sulvetta, Daniel L Title: Asian American Politics and Electoral Participation: A Study of Asian American Presidential Voting Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Asian AmericansVotingPresidential Elections File: Download Sulvetta_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Susan Welch, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
27. Quantifying Quality: An Empirical Analysis of Former Supreme Court Clerks' Performance Before the Supreme Court Open Access Author: Shiue, Brian Title: Quantifying Quality: An Empirical Analysis of Former Supreme Court Clerks' Performance Before the Supreme Court Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Supreme CourtRoberts CourtFormer Supreme Court Law ClerksSupreme Court Advocates File: Download Shiue_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Christopher Jon Zorn, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
28. Recruiting for the Long Term: Exploring the Effects of Terrorist Recruitment Strategies on Group Longevity Open Access Author: Warshafsky, Julia Rae Title: Recruiting for the Long Term: Exploring the Effects of Terrorist Recruitment Strategies on Group Longevity Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: TerrorismTerrorist RecruitmentTerrorist Group LongevityTerrorist Group Survival File: Download Warshafsky_Rae_Julia_RecruitingForTheLongTerm.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James A Piazza, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
29. Political Influence of Teachers' Unions in State Government Open Access Author: Rydzewski, Katrina Elizabeth Title: Political Influence of Teachers' Unions in State Government Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: Teachers' unionspolitical powerpolitical influenceinterest group influenceState government File: Download Rydzewski_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Lynn Lowery, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
30. Who Do Americans Trust With The Economy? How Economic Performance Predicts State Legislative Election Outcomes Open Access Author: Klavans, Jordan Andrew Title: Who Do Americans Trust With The Economy? How Economic Performance Predicts State Legislative Election Outcomes Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: economystate electioneconomic votingpredictincumbencypartisan advantagestate economiescampaignrecessionvoter behaviorDemocratsRepublicanspolitics File: Download Klavans_Jordan_StateElectionsAndEconomicPerformance.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Zachary Donald Baumann, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor