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1. Here to Stay: Foreign Fighters & The Duration of Civil Conflict

Open Access

Author:: Mc Nicholas, Meghan C
Title:: Here to Stay: Foreign Fighters & The Duration of Civil Conflict
Area of Honors:: International Politics
Keywords:: foreign fighters
civil war
intrastate conflict
Iran
Iraq
civil conflict duration
File:: Download Final-Thesis-MM.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Equivalency Frames in the #MeToo Era: Do They Matter?

Open Access

Author:: Castoe, Jenni
Title:: Equivalency Frames in the #MeToo Era: Do They Matter?
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: media framing
equivalency frames
#MeToo movement
File:: Download JenniCastoe_SchreyerHonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Eric Plutzer, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Congressional Productivity

Open Access

Author:: Bamgbose-Martins, Motunrayo
Title:: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Congressional Productivity
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Campaign Finance
Congressional Productivity
File:: Download Bamgbose-Martins_thesis_4.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. politicizing the immigration courts: the effect of the trump administration on the board of immigration appeals

Open Access

Author:: Bernstein, Andrew
Title:: politicizing the immigration courts: the effect of the trump administration on the board of immigration appeals
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Immigration adjudication
Bureaucracy
Trump
Obama
Judicial hierarchy
Department of Justice
Board of Immigration Appeals
File:: Download Andrew_Bernstein_Final_Thesis_Draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Michael J Nelson, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Examining the Drivers of State Legislative Efficiency, 1993-2016

Open Access

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

6. Gender and Terrorism: A study on women in the workforce and its impact on women in violent political organizations

Open Access

Author:: Ortiz-Landazabal, Noelia
Title:: Gender and Terrorism: A study on women in the workforce and its impact on women in violent political organizations
Area of Honors:: Interdisciplinary in African Studies and Political Science
Keywords:: Terrorism
women
female
africa
religion
socioeconomic status
File:: Download NoeliaOrtizLandazabalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kevin J Thomas, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Media Framing and Public Opinion Effects in the Context of Medical Marijuana Legalization

Open Access

Author:: Shelton, Patrick
Title:: Media Framing and Public Opinion Effects in the Context of Medical Marijuana Legalization
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Framing
Media Framing
Public Opinion
Marijuana
Medical Marijuana
File:: Download Media_Framing_and_Public_Opinion_Effects_in_the_Context_of_Medical_Marijuana_Legalization.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Christopher Witko, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. when non-conformity trumps partisanship: modern american populism in the 2016 primaries

Open Access

Author:: Luke, Abigail
Title:: when non-conformity trumps partisanship: modern american populism in the 2016 primaries
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: populism
non-conformity
donald trump
bernie sanders
2016 primaries
2016 election
modern american populism
File:: Download Abigail_Luke_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Peter K Hatemi, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. Hashtag Accountability: How Social Media can Influence African governments

Open Access

Author:: Ibuaka, Danielle
Title:: Hashtag Accountability: How Social Media can Influence African governments
Area of Honors:: International Politics
Keywords:: social media
african governments
accountability
responsiveness
twitter platform
blue for sudan
say no to xenophobia
sudan
south africa
nigeria
say no to social media bill
File:: Download Final_thesis_April_2020.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth Claire Carlson, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. The Females of the Islamic State: Western Female Radicalization

Open Access

Author:: Barbon, Julia
Title:: The Females of the Islamic State: Western Female Radicalization
Area of Honors:: International Politics
Keywords:: ISIS
Terrorism
Female Terrorist
Radicalization
File:: Download Julia_Barbon__Thesis-2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

11. Intra-State Accountability Post Civil War

Open Access

Author:: Maynard, Billi Jo
Title:: Intra-State Accountability Post Civil War
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Accountability
Outcome
Probability
File:: Download Thesis_Schreyer_Template__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Andrew Vitek, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. Exploring the Support for Women's Issues in the 115th Congress

Open Access

Author:: Risser, Katherine Patricia
Title:: Exploring the Support for Women's Issues in the 115th Congress
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Women's Issues
File:: Download Risser_FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Susan Welch, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. An Investigation of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Vote Switching From 2008 to 2012

Open Access

Author:: Lamb, Sophie
Title:: An Investigation of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Vote Switching From 2008 to 2012
Area of Honors:: International Politics
Keywords:: Affordable Care Act
Healthcare
Voting Patterns
2008 Presidential Election
2012 Presidential Election
File:: Download Lamb_Sophie_An_Investigation_of_the_Impact_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act_on_Vote_Switching_From_2008_to_2012.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Suzanna Linn, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. Hungry from Change: Framing Food Insecurity as a Climate Issue

Open Access

Author:: Paolizzi, Katherine
Title:: Hungry from Change: Framing Food Insecurity as a Climate Issue
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: food insecurity
food security
political science
public health
nutrition
climate change
sustainability
framing
issue framing
survey research
File:: Download Approved_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Amy Sentementes, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. The Material and Psychological Effects of Executive Order 13769

Open Access

Author:: Walker, Mikaela
Title:: The Material and Psychological Effects of Executive Order 13769
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Executive Order 13769
Immigration
International students
Non-traditional security measures
File:: Download MGW_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Gregory J Kruczek, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

Open Access

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

17. Abortion Activists, Worldviews, and Attitude Expression: A Twitter Analysis

Open Access

Author:: Przybylinski, Brooke
Title:: Abortion Activists, Worldviews, and Attitude Expression: A Twitter Analysis
Area of Honors:: Social Data Analytics
Keywords:: abortion
twitter
sentiment analysis
activist
abortion activists
abortion activist
social media
twitter scraping
social media politics
attitudes
political attitudes
attitude expression
worldviews
worldview
woman
women
women's rights
gender and politics
pro-life
pro-choice
abortion legality
religion
secular
political sentiment
File:: Download Przybylinski_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Supervisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Social Mobility and Voter Turnout

Open Access

Author:: Ryan, Charles
Title:: Social Mobility and Voter Turnout
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: social mobility
voter turnout
context
contextual effects
contextual studies
File:: Download Ryan_Charles_SocialMobilityandVoterTurnout.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Candis Smith, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

19. Factors Influencing Change in Felony Disenfranchisement Policy

Open Access

Author:: Wagner, Anastasia
Title:: Factors Influencing Change in Felony Disenfranchisement Policy
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: voting rights
state politics
File:: Download Final_Thesis_Wagner.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Amy T Linch, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

20. Gender and the Jury Experience: Assessing Post-trial Political Efficacy and Civic Engagement

Open Access

Author:: La Rosa, Annabelle
Title:: Gender and the Jury Experience: Assessing Post-trial Political Efficacy and Civic Engagement
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: jury civic engagement political efficacy deliberation gender
File:: Download Thesis_FINAL_FINAL_FINAL-2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: John W Gastil, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

21. Effects of Different Human Rights Violations on Foreign Aid Restriction

Open Access

Author:: Brehman, Stacy
Title:: Effects of Different Human Rights Violations on Foreign Aid Restriction
Area of Honors:: International Politics
Keywords:: human rights violations
foreign aid restriction
File:: Download Full_Thesis_Final-Brehman.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Joseph Wright, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

22. Organizational Political Ideology, Leadership Diversity and Corporate Social Advocacy

Open Access

Author:: Burke, Alexis
Title:: Organizational Political Ideology, Leadership Diversity and Corporate Social Advocacy
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Corporate Social Advocacy
Fortune 100
Diversity
Leadership
Organizational Political Ideology
File:: Download Burke_Alexis_Leadership_Diversity_Organizational_Political_Ideology_and_Firm_Engagement_in_Corporate_Social_Advocacy.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Marie Hojnacki, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

23. Analysis of Food Bank across Texas Counties and Community Food Security

Open Access

Author:: Garcia, Norma
Title:: Analysis of Food Bank across Texas Counties and Community Food Security
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: community food security
food banks
food security
food insecurity
program modeling
File:: Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Brian H. King, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. How Digital Communication Technologies Shape Protest

Open Access

Author:: Teufel, Brendan
Title:: How Digital Communication Technologies Shape Protest
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: protest
campaign
success
onset
File:: Download BTeufel_final_thesis_for_turn_in.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Joseph Wright, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

25. The Effect of the Big Five Personality Traits on Support for Mask Mandates

Open Access

Author:: Hunter, Michael
Title:: The Effect of the Big Five Personality Traits on Support for Mask Mandates
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Personality
Mask Mandates
Political Psychology
Survey
File:: Download Thesis_Draft_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Amy Sentementes, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

26. Seat Security and Tweet Extremity: An Analysis of Congress Members’ Tweets

Open Access

Author:: Cohen, Emma
Title:: Seat Security and Tweet Extremity: An Analysis of Congress Members’ Tweets
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: politics
social media
twitter
extreme
congress members
polarization
File:: Download EmmaCohen_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Kevin M Munger, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. Accessible Public Transportation and Costs of Voting: Does Nearby Public Transportation Increase Voter Turnout?

Open Access

Author:: Klemick, Caleb
Title:: Accessible Public Transportation and Costs of Voting: Does Nearby Public Transportation Increase Voter Turnout?
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: voter turnout
public transportation
cost of voting
political participation
File:: Download CalebKlemick_HonorsThesis_FINAL2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Eric Plutzer, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

28. An Invasive Species: Partisanship in the National Parks

Open Access

Author:: Atanasio, Bryant
Title:: An Invasive Species: Partisanship in the National Parks
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: x
File:: Download Bryant_Atanasio_-_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Amy Sentementes, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

29. Extremism and Activism: What Motivates Right-Wing Extremist Group Activity?

Open Access

Author:: Heebink, Kendall
Title:: Extremism and Activism: What Motivates Right-Wing Extremist Group Activity?
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: Extremism
Extremist Groups
Activism
Protest
Right-Wing Extremism
Trump
Proud Boys
File:: Download HeebinkFinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Douglas Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

Open Access

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

31. The Impact of the Abortion Issue on Voter Turnout

Open Access

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

32. A Post-Roe Society: An Analysis of Abortion-Related Ballot Measures and Voter Turnout

Open Access

Author:: Tunis, Emily
Title:: A Post-Roe Society: An Analysis of Abortion-Related Ballot Measures and Voter Turnout
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: abortion
ballot measure
voter turnout
supreme court
Roe v. Wade
direct democracy
midterm elections
File:: Download Tunis_Thesis_Updated.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Suzanna Linn, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

33. The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity

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Author:: Datsko, Sophia
Title:: The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity
Area of Honors:: Political Science
Keywords:: al-Qaeda
AQAP
AQIM
AQIS
terrorism
leadership decapitation
drones
United States
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Thesis Supervisors:: James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

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