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1. Millennial Existence is a Streaming Meta Dramedy & "The Only Coffee Shop in the City"

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Author:
Stump, Abigail E
Title:
Millennial Existence is a Streaming Meta Dramedy & "The Only Coffee Shop in the City"
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
theatre
playwriting
fulllengthplay
comedy
meta
metacomedy
originalplay
creativewriting
fiction
originalwork
performingarts
mentalhealth
selflove
selfcare
psychology
television
tv
film
episodic
episodicnarrative
episodictheatre
millennial
existentialism
File:
Download Stump_AbigailEllis_MetadramedyCoffee.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher Gervais Reed, Thesis Supervisor
Susan B Russell, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. THE INTERACTION OF VICTIM AND DEFENDANT RACE IN MURDER CONVICTIONS: HOW ARE BLACK AND WHITE DEFENDANTS CONVICTED DIFFERENTLY? DOES ADJUDICATION STYLE PLAY A ROLE?

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Author:
Winslow, Marlea Nicole
Title:
THE INTERACTION OF VICTIM AND DEFENDANT RACE IN MURDER CONVICTIONS: HOW ARE BLACK AND WHITE DEFENDANTS CONVICTED DIFFERENTLY? DOES ADJUDICATION STYLE PLAY A ROLE?
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
criminology
socioloy
race
murder
homicide
defendant
offender
victim
racial dyad
logistic regression
File:
Download HonorsThesis2019FinalWithCORRECTTitle-converted.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Baumer, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. An Examination Of The Gender Gap And Gender Profile In Federal Trade Commission Bureau Of Consumer Protection Violations

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Author:
Swantek, Kristen Rose
Title:
An Examination Of The Gender Gap And Gender Profile In Federal Trade Commission Bureau Of Consumer Protection Violations
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
Criminology
gender
gender gap
gender profile
ftc
federal trade commission
fraud
financial fraud
fraud violations
File:
Download thesis_final_Swantek.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. The Making of a Stalinist Mythos: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Nation-Building in Soviet Historiography, 1939-1953

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Author:
Hizgilov, Daniel Rafael
Title:
The Making of a Stalinist Mythos: Politics, Bureaucracy, and Nation-Building in Soviet Historiography, 1939-1953
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
historians
Stalin
Mythos
USSR
Historiography
Russia
File:
Download Hizgilov_Daniel_StalinistMythos.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. Economic Margnialization on Migrants From Host Country Resettlement Programs: An International Comparative Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Adams, Zachary Michael
Title:
Economic Margnialization on Migrants From Host Country Resettlement Programs: An International Comparative Analysis
Area of Honors:
International Affairs
Keywords:
Refugees
Refugee Resettlement
European Union
Canada
United States
Economic Marginalization
Poverty Risk
Migrant Income
Migration
Asylum Seekers
Labor Market
Resettlement Programs
File:
Download Economic_Marginalization_on_Migrants_from_Resettlement_Programs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sophia A Mcclennen, Thesis Supervisor
Eleanor Marie Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. Does United States Health Aid Work? An Examination of Health Programs Funded by the United States and their Relationship to Health Outcomes in Mexico from 1997-2015

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Author:
Noll, Margaret
Title:
Does United States Health Aid Work? An Examination of Health Programs Funded by the United States and their Relationship to Health Outcomes in Mexico from 1997-2015
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
Health
Foreign Aid
United States
Mexico
Foreign Policy
international politics
global health
Health aid
File:
Download Noll_Margaret_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gary King, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. After the Martial Law period: the Homeward movement and Taiwan’s struggle for democracy (1980-1992)

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Author:
Tzou, Mi Ni
Title:
After the Martial Law period: the Homeward movement and Taiwan’s struggle for democracy (1980-1992)
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Blacklist
Homeward Movement
White Terror
Criminal Code Article 100
The KMT
Campus Spy
Taiwan's Independence
WUFI
Martial Law
Democratic Movement
Taiwan
File:
Download Mi_Ni_Tzou_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathlene T Baldanza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Kathryn Elizabeth Salzer, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Explaining Senators' Votes on Supreme Court Appointment

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Author:
Petruzzi, Hannah Marie
Title:
Explaining Senators' Votes on Supreme Court Appointment
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Supreme Court
Confirmation
Confirmation Politics
Partisanship
Senate Polarization
Polarization
Supreme Court Appointment
Appointment
File:
Download Petruzzi_Hannah_ExplainingSenatorsVotesOnSupremeCourtAppointment.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael J Nelson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. INTERSECTIONALITY AND ABORTION LEGISLATION: WOMEN LEGISLATORS, RACE AND 2010-2013 STATE ABORTION LAWS

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Author:
Giotto, Gabriella Nicole
Title:
INTERSECTIONALITY AND ABORTION LEGISLATION: WOMEN LEGISLATORS, RACE AND 2010-2013 STATE ABORTION LAWS
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
Intersectionality
women
politics
abortion
state legislature
state abortion policy
women of color
race
2011
2013
United States
Black women
committee
incorporation
File:
Download GiottoFinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. THE NATIONALIST SOCIALIST UNDERGROUND: RISE OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM & ANTI-IMMIGRATION IN GERMANY

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Author:
Rojas Medina, Daniela
Title:
THE NATIONALIST SOCIALIST UNDERGROUND: RISE OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM & ANTI-IMMIGRATION IN GERMANY
Area of Honors:
German
Keywords:
right-wing
politics
Germany
AfD
populism
NSU
right-wing extremism
fair-right
File:
Download Rojas_Medina_Daniela_The_National_Socialist_Underground_Rise_of_Right-wing_Extremism___Anti-immigration_in_Germany.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jens-Uwe Guettel, Thesis Supervisor
Jens-Uwe Guettel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Faculty Reader

22. The Eagle and the Bull: United States Relations With Francoist Spain during World War II

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Open Access
Author:
Beckman, Bruce
Title:
The Eagle and the Bull: United States Relations With Francoist Spain during World War II
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
History
Spain
The United States
World War II
Diplomacy
Carlton Hayes
Bruce Beckman
Ambassador
File:
Download Beckman_Bruce_EagleBullHistory.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anne Carver Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

23. Political Determinants of K-12 Education Spending in State Legislatures

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Author:
Stromswold, Madison Allynn
Title:
Political Determinants of K-12 Education Spending in State Legislatures
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
State Legislatures
State Politics
Lobbying
Professionalism
Partisanship
Education Funding
K-12 Education
U.S. States
State Spending
File:
Download Stromswold_Madison_PolEdu.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Plutzer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. THE LASTING IMPACT OF A CRIMINAL RECORD: EFFECTS OF ARRESTS AND INCARCERATIONS ON EMPLOYMENT STATUS

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Author:
Schmitt, Samantha Elizabeth
Title:
THE LASTING IMPACT OF A CRIMINAL RECORD: EFFECTS OF ARRESTS AND INCARCERATIONS ON EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Area of Honors:
Sociology
Keywords:
arrest
arrests
incarceration
incarcerations
employment
out of labor force
unemployment
criminal record
ban the box
NLSY97
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
race
File:
Download Samantha_Schmitt_SHC_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

26. Aid to Women's Empowerment Efforts as an Approach to Counterterrorism: A Time-Series Analysis

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Author:
Tesoriero, Nichole Marie
Title:
Aid to Women's Empowerment Efforts as an Approach to Counterterrorism: A Time-Series Analysis
Area of Honors:
International Politics
Keywords:
counterterrorism
ODA
international aid
women's empowerment
transnational terrorism
domestic terrorism
quantitative analysis
time-series analysis
terrorism
development aid
File:
Download Nichole_Tesoriero_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Inanimate Victims: Stolen Artwork from WWII as Displaced Victims of the Holocaust

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Author:
Kovacs, Melanie Elana
Title:
Inanimate Victims: Stolen Artwork from WWII as Displaced Victims of the Holocaust
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in History and Jewish Studies
Keywords:
art
art restitution
Nazi looting
World War II
WWII
art looting
looted art
Europe
Jewish art collectors
File:
Download KovacsMelanieInanimateVictims.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eliyana Rebecca Adler, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor
Janina M Safran, Thesis Honors Advisor

28. Whales, Judges, and Mortals: Human Will and Divine Destiny in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

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Author:
Loane, Brian William
Title:
Whales, Judges, and Mortals: Human Will and Divine Destiny in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
Moby-Dick
Blood Meridian
Herman Melville
Cormac McCarthy
Epic Novels
Theology
Free-Will
Determinism
File:
Download Loane_Brian_-_Honors_Thesis_Finished_Version.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Patrick G Cheney, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Xiaoye You, Thesis Honors Advisor

30. Whispers Among the Screams: Emotional Resistance to the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto

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Author:
Sautner, Corey Vail
Title:
Whispers Among the Screams: Emotional Resistance to the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Holocaust
Holocaust Study
Emmanuel Ringelblum
Nazi Germany
Nazi Occupation of Poland
Yiddish Art
Yiddish Literature
Yiddish Plays
Yiddish Instruction
Polish Jewsh
Jewish Intellectuals in Europe
Jews in Poland
Y L Peretz
Resistance to the Holocaust
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
Nonviolent Resistance
Resistance Literature
File:
Download _Sautner__Hist__Spring_19__Final_Thesis__PDF_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sabine Doran, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

31. Media Framing in the Lifecycle of School Shootings: A Thematic Analysis of the Parkland High School Shooting

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Author:
Farmelant, Shayna
Title:
Media Framing in the Lifecycle of School Shootings: A Thematic Analysis of the Parkland High School Shooting
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary honors in Advertising/Public Relations and Media Studies
Keywords:
School shooting
parkland high school shooting
columbine
comparative
sandy hook
virginia tech
media
issue-frames
File:
Download SFarmelant_Thesis2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Supervisor
Ann Marie Major, Thesis Honors Advisor

32. How Spanish Speakers Use Referential Information in the Resolution of Prepositional Phrase Syntactic Ambiguity

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Open Access
Author:
Echols, Lauren Michelle
Title:
How Spanish Speakers Use Referential Information in the Resolution of Prepositional Phrase Syntactic Ambiguity
Area of Honors:
Spanish
Keywords:
sentence processing
ambiguity resolution
cross-linguistic variation
Spanish language processing
referential context
visual-world
File:
Download Thesis_Lauren_Echols.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Thesis Supervisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor

34. THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONS OF AL QAEDA AND ISIS: UNDERSTANDING THE RISE OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM

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Author:
Will, Isaac
Title:
THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTIONS OF AL QAEDA AND ISIS: UNDERSTANDING THE RISE OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Al Qaeda
ISIS
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham
Terrorism
Radical Islamic Terrorism
File:
Download WillThesisFinalDraft3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Giguette Atwill, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

35. GERMAN ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW DURING WORLD WAR II: THE CASES OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, AND FRANCE

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Author:
Dilts, Zane Robert
Title:
GERMAN ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW DURING WORLD WAR II: THE CASES OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, AND FRANCE
Area of Honors:
Political Science (Behrend)
Keywords:
International Law
World War II
Germany
Poland
France
Czechoslovakia
File:
Download ZDilts_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John King Gamble, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Robert W. Speel, Thesis Honors Advisor

37. FUJIMORI’S DECENIO: A CASE STUDY ON NEO-POPULISTIC LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS IN PERU

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Author:
Al-Moustafa, Robert
Title:
FUJIMORI’S DECENIO: A CASE STUDY ON NEO-POPULISTIC LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS IN PERU
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori
Peru
Lima
Shining Path
MRTA
Montesinos
Vladivideos
Fujishock
Autogolpe
File:
Download almoustafa_thesis_fujimori.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Supervisor
Lori Ann Bedell, Thesis Honors Advisor

39. THE CASE FOR NEUTRALITY: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF JUSTICE ANTHONY M. KENNEDY’S OPINION FOR MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD. v. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

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Author:
Insley, Ryan Christopher
Title:
THE CASE FOR NEUTRALITY: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF JUSTICE ANTHONY M. KENNEDY’S OPINION FOR MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD. v. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Area of Honors:
English
Keywords:
LGBT
Religious Liberty
Rhetoric
File:
Download Insley_-_SHC_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jack L Selzer, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Xiaoye You, Thesis Honors Advisor

41. The Susceptibility Complex: An Ethnographic Analysis of Social, Economic, and Political Contributions to Radicalization Efforts

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Open Access
Author:
Morris, Peyton
Title:
The Susceptibility Complex: An Ethnographic Analysis of Social, Economic, and Political Contributions to Radicalization Efforts
Area of Honors:
Anthropology
Keywords:
terrorism
radicalization
national security
anthropology
ethnographic study
ethnography
File:
Download Morris_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric J Fleisch, Thesis Supervisor
Janina M Safran, Thesis Honors Advisor

42. “Unless We’re Singing or Dancing, We Are Not Going to Be Represented in the Media”: Stereotyping of African Americans in Penn State Student News Coverage

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Author:
Collins, Alexis
Title:
“Unless We’re Singing or Dancing, We Are Not Going to Be Represented in the Media”: Stereotyping of African Americans in Penn State Student News Coverage
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Keywords:
African Americans
Diversity
Journalism
Staff
Coverage
The Paper
Student Media
Media
Newsroom
United States
Penn State University
File:
Download Alexis_Collins_Schreyer_Thesis_fin_rev..pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Russell Frank, Thesis Supervisor
Russell Frank, Thesis Honors Advisor
Will H Yurman, Faculty Reader

43. A Pastoral State: The Morgenthau Plan and the Debate Over Germany's Postwar Future

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Open Access
Author:
Labecki, Nicholas
Title:
A Pastoral State: The Morgenthau Plan and the Debate Over Germany's Postwar Future
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
History
Second World War
World War II
Morgenthau Plan
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Special Relationship
Nazi Germany
Second Quebec Conference
Postwar
File:
Download Labecki__Nicholas_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael James Milligan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

47. IS GENERATION Z’S CONSUMER BEHAVIOR REVOLUTIONARY, OR REBORN? A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING GENERATIONAL MARKETING

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Author:
Mc Bride, Colleen Mary
Title:
IS GENERATION Z’S CONSUMER BEHAVIOR REVOLUTIONARY, OR REBORN? A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS USING GENERATIONAL MARKETING
Area of Honors:
Advertising/Public Relations
Keywords:
Generation Z
Generational Marketing
Consumer Behavior
File:
Download McBride_Thesis_2019.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Heather Shoenberger, Thesis Supervisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Honors Advisor

48. LENGUA PALENQUERA AND SPANISH: WHAT KEEPS THEM APART? WHICH SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE INFLUENCE A BILINGUAL'S PERCEPTION OF CODE-SWITCHING?

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Author:
Barnes, Rebecca
Title:
LENGUA PALENQUERA AND SPANISH: WHAT KEEPS THEM APART? WHICH SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE INFLUENCE A BILINGUAL'S PERCEPTION OF CODE-SWITCHING?
Area of Honors:
Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Keywords:
Code-switching
Linguistics
Creole
Spanish
Colombia
File:
Download Barnes_thesis_LenguaPalandSpanWhatkeepsthemapart.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Lipski, Thesis Supervisor
John Lipski, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Jack L Selzer, Faculty Reader

49. Analyzing "Detreimental Psychological Harm": Social Science Evidence and Segregation in the Supreme Court Post-1950

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Open Access
Author:
McKenna, Sarah Ann
Title:
Analyzing "Detreimental Psychological Harm": Social Science Evidence and Segregation in the Supreme Court Post-1950
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
US Supreme Court
Psychology
Constitutional History
Psychological Harm
Segregation
Amicus Briefs
NAACP
Social Science Evidence
Twentieth Century
Twenty-First Century
Vinson Court
Warren Court
Roberts Court
File:
Download McKenna_Sarah_AnalyzingPsychHarm.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Michael James Milligan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor

50. The Development of a Legal "Right to Privacy" in the American Courts Throughout the Twentieth Century

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Open Access
Author:
Whelan, Jessica Rachel
Title:
The Development of a Legal "Right to Privacy" in the American Courts Throughout the Twentieth Century
Area of Honors:
History
Keywords:
Privacy
Liberty
Personal Autonomy
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Supreme Court
American History
File:
Download Thesis_Draft__2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anne Carver Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Cathleen Denise Cahill, Thesis Honors Advisor