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Author:

Simpson, Arianna Hailey

Title:

The Impact of External Aid on Modern Day Secession Movements

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

International affairs
politics
external aid
foreign aid
secession
violence
terrorism
basques
tibet
south sudan
eritrea

File:

Download ASimpson_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dooling, Douglas William

Title:

The Unlikely Weapon: Unmasking the Cause of State-sponsored Terrorism

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

terrorism
sponsorship
political violence
Iran
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
State Department
Middle East
Africa
authoritarian

File:

Download Dooling_Douglas_StateSponsoredTerror.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chen, Robert Y

Title:

Civil War, Guerrilla Warfare, and Terrorism: Understanding Non-state Political Violence Through the Philippines’ Moro Conflict

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

non-state political conflict
terrorism
civil war
non-state actor
de facto state
moro islamic liberation
philippines

File:

Download Bobby_Chen_-_Thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zangari, Anna

Title:

Democracy, Wealth, and Transnational Terrorism

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

political science
terrorism
democracy
wealth

File:

Download Zangari_Thesis_Final2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kielceski, Katherine Mary

Title:

Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Who They Are, Why They Go, and What They Expect When Joining Isis

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

terrorism
ISIS
Islamic extremism
radicalization
FTF

File:

Download Kielceski_KatherineM_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter Kent Forster, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Petras, Brandon Scott

Title:

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAWMAKERS’ REACTIONS TO LONE WOLF TERRORISM

Area of Honors:

Political Science (Behrend)

Keywords:

lone wolf terrorism
terrorism
domestic terrorism
Oklahoma City Bombing
Fort Hoot Shooting
Boston Marathon Bombing
Orlando Shooting
Anthrax
Unabomber
San Bernardino Shooting
law enforcement
Muslim ban
Global War on Terror

File:

Download Brandon_Petras_Thesis_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kilic B Kanat, Thesis Supervisor
Robert W. Speel, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Egan, Megan Mincemoyer

Title:

THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUALISM ON THE SIZE OF TERRORIST ACTORS

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

terrorism
individualism
cultural dimensions
collectivism
Hofstede
predicting terrorism
terrorism and culture

File:

Download Egan_Megan_Thesis_Individualism_Terrorism.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cichocki, Megan Amanda

Title:

Territorial Control and Group Goals: Why violent non-state actors are lethal

Area of Honors:

International Politics

Keywords:

Violent non-state actors
terrorism
lethality
international politics
territorial control

File:

Download Thesis_Cichocki.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

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

Author:

Morgan, Jayde

Title:

A Transnational Study on the Connection Between Women's Empowerment and Terrorism Within States

Area of Honors:

Political Science

Keywords:

Women's empowerment
terrorism
abortion
transnational

File:

Download Jayde_Morgan_Senior_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Gretchen G Casper, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sjoblom, Linnea

Title:

Women at Risk: Human Rights Violations in States with High Terrorist Activity

Area of Honors:

Global and International Studies

Keywords:

Women's human right violations
terrorism
women's human rights violations affected by terrorism

File:

Download Sjoblom.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Krista Brune, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

James A Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Barth Berkman, 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

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Thesis Supervisors:

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