Wake Forest University
Department of Political Science

  Honors Granted in Political Science

 

1996

Kam Moody, "Consolidating Demoracy: An Analysis of Honduran Regimes from 1972-1995."

Marisa Sechrest, "Human Carcinogenic Risk Assessments: A Philosophical Perspective."

            

1997

Ashley Beuttel, "Policies of Ethnic Preference: Collective v. Individual Rights in Israel."

Geoffrey Michael, "A Study of the Views of the Founders, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Calhoun, and Stephen Douglas."

Bryan Yeazel, "NGOs in Bangladesh: A Critique of Influence."

            

1998

Alan Dickinson, "The Americans with Disabilities Act: Enforcement and Compliance."
 

David Cunningham, "Ethnicity and Confllict Resolution in Burundi." 

            

1999

Andrew Brown, "Addressing Misconduct by the President: Is Legislative Censure a Viable Extra-Constitutional Option?

Jennifer Bumgarner, "Little Improvement, Little Promise of Change: The Status of Roma Populations in Eastern and Central Europe."

Cristina Carlucci, "The Campaign Finance Reform Debate and the Civil Republicanism Tradition in American Democracy."

Jonathan Giokas, "A Comparison of Nationalist Movements in Northern Ireland and the Basque Region of Spain."

Gemma Saluta, "Deviant Behavior: Explaining the US Reaction to the Convention on Biological Diversity."

            

2000

Jason Asbell, "The 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis: War Averted."

Joshua O'Donnell, "Origings and Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis."

Nicole Kazee, "The Power to Confirm: The Role of Modern Senate in Cabinet Appointments."

Paul Ginder, "Singer, Sainthood, and Collective Goodness."

Erin Foley, "The Implications of Moral Relativisim."

Emma Filstrup, "The 1964 Civil Rights Act: A Case Study in National Policy Making."

            

2001 

Heath Bumgardner, "Taking On on Nike: The Case of the Student Led Anti-Sweatshop Movement."

Ellen Cornelius, "The Falkland Islands War."

Jessica DeNisi, "The Intifada and the Peace Process."

Gregory Gladstone, "Labor Dominance and the Creation of the Israeli State."

Jacob Kline, "The Unity of Philosophy and Literature: Gramsci's Idea of Spontaneity."

Thomas Locquvam, "Leftism in American Political Ideology."

Brent McConkey, "A Tale of Two Cities: The Romance of Hollywood and Washington, DC."

Sarah Rackley, "Labor Organization in Mexico."

Brian Sumner, "NATO Moves East: The Effect of Enlargement on US-Russian Relations."

Clint Watson, "Democracy in the Shadows."

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2002

Meagan Bredbenner, “Can Religion Still Influence Politics?  An Analysis of the Interplay between Religion and Politics in England and the United States.”

Mark Buntaine, “Debating the Application of Liberal Civil Society to Chinese Democratization.”

Sarah Clawson, “Liberal Democracies’ Responses to Terrorist Movements:  Methods, Commonalities, and Differences.”

Allison Costa

Eleah Gamble, “Plea Bargaining:  A Racially Discriminatory Practice?”

Holly Howell, “Abortion in the United States and Great Britain:  Factors Influcencing Controversial Policy Decisions.”

Jacob Montgomery, “Education Reform in the United States and England:  Ideology, Business, Globalization, and the Education Reform Agenda.”

Michael Perry, “Death, Discrimination and Democracy:  Towards a New Death Penalty Politics.”

Gregory Pollock

Anna Sowle, “How Gandhi’s Political Method Informed the Palestinian Intifada.”

Tracy Strickland, “Contested Concepts of Liberty:  The Struggle for Civil Rights  During World War II and the Cold War.”

             

2003

Laura Anderson, “Nationalism and Socialism in the Creation of the State of Israel.”

Susanna Baker, “Ideological Evolution in the Cuban Revolution:  The First Quarter Century.”

Laura Coward, “Zapatismo:  A Post-Modern Leftiest Revolution:  The Formation of an Ideology.”

Kevin Greer, “Path Dependence in Social Security Reform:  A Comparative Study.”

Molly Heald, “The Formative Years of Gandhi’s Swadeshi Movement:  1918-1921.”

Lisa Hoppenjans, “Censorship in the Information Age:  Comparing Models of Internet Pornography Regulation in the United States and the United Kingdom.”

Lindsay Littlefield, “Co-Option and Media Exploitation “Happen to Womyn”: A Case Study of the Anti-Pornography Movement.”

Bingham Powell, The Effectiveness of Institutional Engineering on the Number of Political Parties:  Lessons from Italy’s Electoral Reform.”

Jeffrey Saltzman, “The Black Working Class of South Africa:  Formation, Organization, and Resistance, 1867-1994.”

            

 2004

Will Daniel, “Emphasizing Reconciliation:  An International Approach to a Mixed Model of Transitional Justice.”

Jennifer Harris, “Formalizing Expediency:  Towards an International Temporary Protection Regime.”

Angel Hsu, “Electoral Reform, Democratization, and Political Legitimacy:  Mexico and China in Comparative Perspective.”

Douglas Hutton, “Emerging Bipolarity or Static Multipartism?  Party Responses to Electoral System Reform in Chile and Italy?

Alicia Jurney, “Chinese and Soviet Models of Economic Development in the Post-Revolutionary PRC and USSR: Similarities and notable differences.”

Kezia McKeague, “Institutional Continuity in Cuba:  Predicting the Legacy of Communist Institutions in a Democratic Transition.”

Rebecca Newby, “Patriarchal Bondage:  The Emergence and Submergence of Egyptian Feminism within Egyptian Modernism and Nationalism.”

Neal Richardson, “Urban Land Tenure Reform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:  Las-in-books Versus Law-in action.”

Katherine Winstead, “ An Examination of Recent US Foreign Policy with Iraq:  Did International La or Public Opinion Legitimize Military Action?”

             

Fall 2004

Douglas Hutton, “Emerging Bipolarity or Static Multipartism?  Party Responses to Electoral system Reform in Chile and Italy.”

Kezia McKeague, “Institutional Continuity in Cuba:  Predicting the Legacy of Communist Institutions in a Democratic Transition.”

Angel Hsu, “Electoral Reform, Democratization, and Political Legitimacy:  Mexico and China in Comparative Perspective.

            

Spring 2005

Annie Bersagel, “Selective Humanitarianism:  US Armed Interventions of the 1990s.”

Kayla Gassman, “The Europeanization  of British Governance.”

Alexis Ginberg, “Investigating Voter Turnout:  The Causes of Turnout Variation Among States in the 2004 Election.”

Jessie Lee Smith, “ Aliens Affect Apportionment:  Consequences for the Electoral College and President Elections.”

Andrew Tillman, “The United States and Political Islam.”

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Fall 2005

Meghan Guida, “The Judicial Roots of State-Sanctioned Human Rights Abuse in Brazil and Mexico.”

Amy Holbrook, “Lame Ducks Can’t Float: Second Term Victims of the Twenty Second Amendment or Continued Casualties of a Perceived Tradition.”

Scott Hurff, “Rebellion and Peace: How Constitutional Failures Contribute to Civil Wars.”

David Leung, “The Strategic Supreme Court and Institutional Legitimacy: Case Studies of Compromise and Conviction.”

John Little, “Disaster Relief and American Federalism: Precedents Make Policy.”

Bruce O. Thomson, “Sustainable Development Through Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of the State in Structuring Policies That not only Attracted Beneficial FDI but Actually Improved Social Welfare.”

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Spring 2006

Jennifer Barker, “Islamic Feminism: Liberatory Tool or Contradiction in Terms?”

Kelly McManus, “Applying the Argument for Adequacy to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.”

Barbara Smith, “The Political and Economic Institutions that Facilitate Development: The centrality of Individualism in free democratic and market systems.”

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Fall 2006

Karissa Flynn, “The Political Power of Gays and Lesbians in the US.”

Ashley Rapson, “Fox News: Revolution or Devolution in Cable News Media?”

Raymon Bedford Tanner, III, “Toward the Emergence of Mujeres Libres: The Role of Anarcho-Syndicalism in the Promotion of Spanish Feminism from 1910-1936.

Amy Willis, “Brazil and the Partido dos Trabalhadores: Challenges and Prospects.”

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Spring, 2007

Audrey Calkins, “Multilateralism in International Conflicts: Recipe for Success or Failure?”

Andrew Mitchell, “The U.S. and Soviet Union in Afghanistan: Impact of the International Community’s Responses on the Military Interventions.”

Kaj Nielsen, “The Logic of Collective Action and its Implications in Two Post-intervention Democracies:  Privatization in Haiti and Iraq.”

Jamie Lee Taylor, “ Somalia: Another Front in the War on Terror: The Failure of US Policy to Decrease Violence in the Horn of Africa and Policy Change Recommendations.”

David Willis, “Operation: Immigration Education, The Bush White House’s Strategic Communication in Support of its Immigration Plan.”

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Spring 2008

Christina Anna Chauvenet

Stephen Joseph Clampett

Sara Catherine Crowe

Will Daniel, “Fascism and Populism:  Comparative Intersections in Latin America and Western Europe.”

Michelle Sherie Johnson

Kevin Douglas Shafer

William Chester Warren, V

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