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Author:

Moon, Alexander

Title:

Patriotism in the United States: Measurements, Trends, and Effects from External Threats

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Science
Patriotism
Natural Disasters
School Shootings

File:

Download Moon_Alexander_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter K Hatemi, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Griggs, Robert Jacob

Title:

Examining the Drivers of State Legislative Efficiency, 1993-2016

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Legislative Efficiency
State Government
Divided Government
Competition
Polarization

File:

Download Robert_J._Griggs_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Edwards, Bradley

Title:

The Influence of Religion on Judicial Decision Making

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Religion
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Judicial Decision Making

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Copy_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael J Nelson, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Doolin, Erin Michele

Title:

Do Female Judges Sentence Harsher in Sex Offense Cases?

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

sentencing
sexual assault
pennsylvania
rape
judges
gender
incarceration decision
sentence length decision

File:

Download Schreyer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lane, Erin Rose

Title:

The 'Blinded' Scales of Justice? A Study of the Factors that Influence Judicial Decision-Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Science
Judicial Behavior
Disparate Impact
Courts
Appellate Courts

File:

Download THESIS_LANE_SP20_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Zorn, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Aguilera, Luis

Title:

The Relationship Between the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System and Different Political Economies

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Investor-State Dispute Settlement System
International Law
Political Economy

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lopez, Melissa

Title:

THE FUTURE OF MONEY IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THE DIGITAL PAYMENTS ENVIRONMENTS AND THE PERSISTING ROLE OF CASH IN MEXICO AND BRAZIL

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

cashless
fintech
payments
financial inclusion
informal economy
cash
financial technology
internet penetration

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Patel, Resham

Title:

Male Legislators as Substantive Representatives of Women

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

women's issues
cosponsorship
women's representation
descriptive representation
substantive representation

File:

Download Resham_Patel__Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Susan Welch, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Arata, Brian

Title:

Understanding The Complex Motives Behind Split-Ticket Voting: Evidence From Germany

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Split-Ticket Voting
Ticket Splitting
Strategic Voting

File:

Download Arata_Brian_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sona Nadenichek Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Oleynik, Hannah

Title:

State Economic Development and Anti-Unionism: Examining State Union Policy

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

unions
state policy
interest groups
economic development
partisanship
policy diffusion

File:

Download oleynikthesis_final_real.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gorman, Kelsey

Title:

The Effects of Judges' Personal Attributes on Sentencing in State Criminal Cases

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

sentencing
judges
Pennsylvania
gender
legal experience
political orientation
incarceration
departure from guidelines

File:

Download Gorman_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Daffan, Olivia

Title:

factors that influence judges decision making in non violent drug offenses

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Sentencing Disparities
Crime
Black/White Comparison
State Level Sentencing

File:

Download Thesis_Daffan.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Candis Smith, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lovas, Kate

Title:

Public Diplomacy's Effectiveness as a Foreign Policy Tool

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Public Diplomacy
Foreign policy
China Favorability
U.S. Favorability
Public Opinion

File:

Download Public_Diplomacy_s_Effectiveness_as_a_Foreign_Policy_Tool.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Krug, Viviane

Title:

Judicial Voting Behavior and the Deliberate Indifference Standard

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

deliberate indifference
voting behavior

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Zorn, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Blanchard, Travis

Title:

Environmental Manipulation As A Tool For State-Making Activities

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

State-Making
Environmental Manipulation
ISIS
Israel
U.S. in Vietnam
Charles Tilly's Bellicose Theory of State-Making

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Gregory J Kruczek, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Yankanich, Katerina

Title:

Mitigating Climate Change: Determinants of Willingness to Pay

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Environmental policy
Climate change
United Kingdom

File:

Download Katerina_Yankanich_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sona N. Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hipp, Nicole

Title:

Divergent Communication and the Republican Party Divide

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Divergent Communication
Communication
Republican Party
Republican Party Divide

File:

Download FINAL_Hipp__Nicole_Thesis_2022.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John W Gastil, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Pool, David

Title:

Explaining State Accountability in Sub-Saharan African States through the Lens of Rentier State Theory

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Sub-Sahran Africa
Rentier State Theory

File:

Download Schreyer_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Roseanne Mc Manus, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lista, Matthew

Title:

Legalization of Indigenous Autonomy in Latin America

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Latin America
Indigenous Rights
Autonomy
Mexico
Venezuela

File:

Download MattLista2022Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Vineeta Yadav, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fields, Jaden

Title:

Factors explaining variance in state voting laws and disproportionality of approach among Black and Latinx Americans

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Science
Race
Partisanship

File:

Download Fields_Jaden_FinalThesis2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ray Block, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zajac, Allison

Title:

The Effectiveness of Gender Equality Quotas and their Impact on Women’s Representation and Participation in Politics in Francophone Nations

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

women's rights
gender equality
gender equality quota
women's representation

File:

Download thesis_template_Allison_Zajac.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sona N. Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Steven

Title:

Investigating the Effect of Empathy and News Readership on Affective Polarization

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

affective polarization
empathy
news readership
news
news consumption
polarization
politics
psychology
behavior
political psychology
political divide
party polarization
partisan
partisanship

File:

Download Zhang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter K Hatemi, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Richardson, Lewis

Title:

State-Making and Bellicose Theory in the Republic of Turkey

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Turkey
Political Science
State-Making
Statemaking
State Making
Tilly
Bellicose
Bellicose Theory
bellicist theory
State Development
History
Middle East
Republic of Turkey
Democratic backsliding
democracy
autocracy
Erdogan
Ottoman

File:

Download Lewis_Richardson_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Eric J Fleisch, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wu, Alexander

Title:

Determinants of state higher education board responsiveness: Affirmative action in state university admissions

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

political science
public policy
education policy
public opinion
affirmative action

File:

Download SchreyerThesis2022_Wu.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Zorn, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Talbot, Jada

Title:

The Effect of TikTok on Political Extremism in the United States

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political polarization
tiktok
social media
political extremism

File:

Download Thesisfinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Amy Sentementes, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brooks, Lauren

Title:

Individual-Level Determinants of Political Ideology

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Ideology
Government Intervention
Religiosity
Education
Gender Gap
Income
Age
Economic Conservatism

File:

Download Brooks_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Supervisor
Sona N. Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Vangeri, Cassidy

Title:

Leave it to the States: Exploring the Wide Variation in State Minimum Wages from 2009-2021

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

minimum wages
state
party control
inflation
cost of living
ballot access
public opinion
unions

File:

Download Vangeri__Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Collis, Mia

Title:

The Impact of the Abortion Issue on Voter Turnout

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Voter turnout
Abortion
Salience
2022 Midterm
Dobbs
Roe

File:

Download Thesis_Entire_Draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Aronson, Lillian

Title:

The Tower that Can’t Be Completed: The Impact of Language Differences on Civil Conflict

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

civil conflict
ethnicity
ethnic differences
language
religion

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

Douglas Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Howarth, Kate

Title:

A Woman's Touch: The Impact of Women's Participation and Positive Gender Ideology on Terrorist Organizations in Africa

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

terrorism
women
female terrorism
female participation
gender ideology
terrorist organizations
Africa
forced recruitment
suicide bombing
ideological recruitment

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor