Honors Theses
2019-2020
Jeremy Engel, Presidential Power Reconsidered: A Contemporary Look at Neustadtian Bargaining
Rebecca Fitzgerald, Latinas in Congress: Lack of Party Support and Disproportionate Underrepresentation
Molly Gehman, The History and Workings of Virginia’s Community Services Boards
John Huebler, Trump’s 2016 Campaign, the Republican Party, and Trade
Rebecca Jacobi, Challenging Bosnian Women’s Identity as Rape Victims: The Fetishization of Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict Discourse
Lauren Perez, The Talk of 2016: Examining Speech Patterns within the 2016 American Presidential Election
Zachary Handlin, Education about the Constitution in Virginia Public Schools:
Curriculum and its Implications for Democracy
2018-2019
Stacey Feindt, “Detained by Data: A Critical Analysis of the Virginia Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument”
Gabriel Lewis, “State Innovation Waivers: Examining the Efficacy of Federalist Approaches to the Affordable Care Act”
Julia Gibbons, “”Female Secondary School Stipend Programs in Bangladesh and Pakistan: What can we learn from South Asia’s CCTs?” Her paper won first prize at the Undergraduate Research Forum on Women’s and Gender Studies.
2016-2017
Rob Wimberly, Honors thesis titled “Responding to North Korea’s Nuclear Threat.”
Caitriona Cobb, Honors thesis titled “Teaching Religion and Cultural Literacy about today’s Middle East in U.S. Schools.”