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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:

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:

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:

Royer, Curtis M

Title:

“Equality of Man Before His Creator”: Thaddeus Stevens’s Struggle for Radical Reconstruction on December 4, 1865

Area of Honors:

American Studies (Harrisburg)

Keywords:

Thaddeus Stevens
Stevens
Thaddeus
Civil War
Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Andrew
Fourteenth Amendment
1865
Congress
Radical Republican
Politics
History
American Studies

File:

Download SchreyerThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Rogers Haddad, Thesis Supervisor
John Rogers Haddad, Thesis Honors Advisor
Anne Verplanck, Faculty Reader
Dr. Ronald Walker, Faculty Reader

Author:

Carper, Joseph Alan

Title:

Partisan Problems: How Partisan Redistricting Methods Lead to Non-Competitive Elections

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Congress
Elections
American
Politics
Redistricting
Gerrymandering

File:

Download FINAL_DRAFT_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Suzanna Linn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Stem, Anthony Walton

Title:

Examining The Effect of Subconstituencies on Legislative Outcomes

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

subconstituency
Congress
agriculture

File:

Download FINAL11.11.19Stem_Anthony_Subconstituencies.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Nguyen, David

Title:

Why Does the United States Continue to Engage in Endless Wars?

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

War
Vietnam
Afghanistan
United States
Congress
Executive
President
Pentagon Papers

File:

Download Nguyen_new.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Setzenfand, Ryan

Title:

US Federal Political Candidate Self-Loaning Behavior: Non-Market Interest Rates, Tax, and Campaign Finance Law Implications

Area of Honors:

Accounting

Keywords:

Campaign loan
Campaign finance
Interest rates
Candidate
Applicable Federal Rate
Ted Cruz for Senate
et al.
v. Federal Election Commission
Supreme Court
President
Congress
Tax
Ethics and Compliance
Regression
Below-Market Loans
Above-Market Loans
Non-Market Loans
IRS
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Politician Campaign Loan Paradox
Credit card
Personal loan

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Hills, Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor