list of pst graduates with thesis titles and...

List of PST Graduates with Thesis Titles and Advisors (includes hard copy thesis inventory in 134 Gibson)

YEARS: 2003-2012

Data source: 3Thesis Copies Index.docx HC = Hard copy EC = Electronic copy 1

Andrew E. Borchini 2003 Thesis not held Anna Nichols Cavness 2003 Thesis not held Chien-Chuan (Chris) Chen 2003 Closets and Time Advised by Prof. Allan Megill and Prof. John Portmann Thesis held in HC Thomas Mitchell Deal 2003 Down Among the Dead Men: A Sociology of the Virginia Glee Club Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Benjamin Patrick Feldman 2003 Inward Bound: Selfhood and Subjectivity in Reading and Travel Advised by Prof. John Portmann Thesis held in HC Sarah Helen Fouts 2003 Exploring the Limits of Professional Journalism: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the News

Media Advised by Prof. John Sullivan Thesis held in HC James Luke Godwin 2003 The Art of Identity: James Joyce, Modernism, and the Individual in Society Advised by Prof. Michael Levenson Thesis held in HC Nicholas Issac Graber-Grace 2003 Thesis not held Esther Carol Haley 2003 Chilling Effects: The threat to information access posed by current United States intellectual property law on

American citizens' ability to access information on the World Wide Web Advised by Prof. Johanna Drucker Thesis held in HC Emily Kristin Harpster 2003 Thesis not held


YEARS: 2003-2012


James Watson Head 2003 The Legal Leviathan: Hobbes's Debt to the English Legal System Advised by Prof. George Klosko and Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Caroline Chia Kuo 2003 Expanding Obligations in a Shrinking World: Balancing Physician Fidelity Toward Patients, Third-

Parties, and Society Advised by Prof. Carolyn L. Engelhard and Prof. Ruth Gaare Bernheim Thesis held in HC David Joseph Magoon 2003 Needing More than Modern Biomedicine: Different Perspectives on Disease and Social Isolation Advised by Dr. Robert Brown Thesis held in HC David Scott McDougall 2003 The Rift: A Continuation of the Dependency Theory Tradition in the Age of Globalization Advised by Prof. Mary Lee Epps Thesis held in HC Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow 2003 Anaïs Nin: Unity and Peace Through Art Advised by Prof. Brian B. Owensby and Prof. Stephen Arata Thesis held in HC Lauren S. Purnell 2003 Sustainable Opportunity Growth: The Common Ground of Business and Human Rights Advised by Prof. Robert E. Freeman Thesis held in HC Joanna Lynn Roberts 2003 "Sinergy":How Concentration of Media Ownership Feeds the Corporate Hunger for Profits and Starves

America of Quality Content Advised by Prof. Paul Freedman Thesis held in HC Sarah Frances Salwen 2003 Thesis not held Micah Block Schwartz 2003 A Confluence of Politics: Welfare Reform Under President Bill Clinton Advised by Prof. Glenn Beamer Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Elizabeth Guild Simpson 2003 Outside Identity, Or 'Radical-poststructuralist-queer-antiracist-feminist-socialism' isn't too much of a

mouthful, is it? Advised by Prof. C. Lawrie Balfour Thesis held in HC Ian H. Marcus Amelkin 2004 Normative Values and the Conceptualization of the Just American Welfare State Advised by Prof. Lynn M. Sanders Thesis held in HC David Timothy Buckley 2004 Thesis not held Cerissa Irene Cafasso 2004 Thesis not held Nathan Carl Nagle Damweber 2004 Regional Crisis, Global Solutions: Charity, Justice, and Law: The Impact of Rights Discourse, Global

Justice Theories, Intellectual Property, and Pharmaceutical Patent Restrictions on the AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith and Prof. John Arras Thesis held in HC Sean Kevin Driscoll 2004 Thesis not held Catherine Dunn 2004 Good Citizens, Good Indians: Native American Identity in the Commonwealth of Virginia Advised by Prof. Paul Lombardo Thesis held in HC Elizabeth Grace Gould 2004 Does Being a State Mean Never Having to Say Sorry? The Case for Truth Commissions as Institutions of

Collective Responsibility Advised by Lynn Graybill Thesis held in HC Katie Daly Hamm 2004 Childcare Subsidies for Low-Income Families: Considering Chidren's Needs Advised by Prof. Nancy S. Weinfield and Prof. Sharon Hays Thesis held in HC Brian Thomas Hanlon 2004 Thesis not held


YEARS: 2003-2012


Sarah Ann Hinger 2004 Private Lives, Public Voices: Women's Citizenship in a Post-Socialist Czech Republic Advised by Prof. Katya Makarova Thesis held in HC Vicky Ayano Jones 2004 Understanding the American Handout: Examining Access to Healthcare in America Advised by Dr. Wende E. Marshall Thesis held in HC Laura Elizabeth Parcells 2004 Economics for the New Millennium: Production, Consumption, and Environmental Sustainability Advised by Prof. Ellen V. Fuller Thesis held in HC Priya Narayan Parker 2004 Thesis not held Nina Anil Patel 2004 A Space for Freedom: The Church and the Left during the Solidarity Movement Advised by Prof. Arista M. Cirtautas Thesis held in HC Bilal Ahsan Qureshi 2004 Discrimination, Disadvantage, and the Distrubances: The Bradford Riots and the State of British

Multiculturalism Advised by Prof. Krishan Kumar and Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC Guru Basava Raj 2004 Towards Greener Pastures: Government Payments, Social Welfare, and the Rise and Fall of Market

Distortions in United States Farm Policy Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith and Prof. Maxim P. Engers Thesis held in HC Luke Smiley 2004 In Pursuit of Happiness: Chasing after the American Dream Advised by Prof. John Portmann Thesis held in HC Kristin Carroll Tracz 2004 Implementing Goals of Povery Alleviation and Sustainable Development: The World Trade Organization

and China Advised by Prof. Ellen V. Fuller and Prof. Bradly W. Reed Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Luke Eugene Wagner 2004 Thesis not held Mary Catherine Wellons 2004 Thesis not held Ali Aghazadeh Naini 2005 Thesis not held Lucy Maddux Alford 2005 Out of Silence: Poetry and the Politics of Recognition Advised by Prof. Michael Smith and Prof. Jahan Ramazani Thesis held in HC Patrick Douglas Bradshaw 2005 The Necessity of the Bear: An Examination of Russia's Role in the Anti-Terrorist Coalition Advised by Prof. Yuri Urbanovich Thesis held in HC Samuel Hayim Brody 2005 Thesis not held Laura Lucille Fairneny 2005 Reaping What We Sow: An Analysis of the Effect of Federal Regulation on the Plant Biotechnology

Industry in the United States Advised by Prof. Michael P. Timko Thesis held in HC Gregory Mosteller Garrett 2005 The Bleeding Hyperpuissances: America, the Neoconservatives, and a Democratic Iraq Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt Thesis held in HC Philip Martin Gover 2005 Reforming the Indian Trust: An Analysis of the United States' Indian Land Policies from the General

Allotment Act to the Present Advised by Prof. Christian McMillen Thesis held in HC Reema Hijazi 2005 The Ways to Peace, or the Way to Peaces: the Competing Ideologies of the Israeli Peace Camp Advised by Prof. Richard Handler Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Aaron Miles Kurman 2005 Assessing Blame: Analyzing the Failure of Camp David II and the Israeli-Palestinian Permanent Status

Negotiations, 1999-2001 Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt and Prof. Peter W. Ochs Thesis held in HC Patrick Daniel Lane 2005 Thesis not held Jeffrey Adam Lenowitz 2005 Thesis not held Stephanied Irene Maximous 2005 The Politics of Fertility: Women's Bodies as Battleground for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Advised by Dr. Helena Cobban and Prof. Ruth Gaare-Bernheim Thesis held in HC Kimberly Eseosa Osagie 2005 Thesis not held Brandon Possin 2005 Together is Better: The Need for Public Goods to Restrain Competitive Consumption Advised by Prof. Ellen Fuller Thesis held in HC Mythili Rao 2005 A Reader's Guide to the Life of Ashwin Upadhyaya Advised by Prof. Caroline Rody and Prof. Mehr Farooqi Thesis held in HC Jonathan Leserman Robbins 2005 Predictable, Not Paradoxical: Using the Concept of Structural Violence to Understand the Rapid and

Extensive Spread of HIV in Botswana Advised by Dr. Phillip Nieburg and Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Leah Beth Rosenberg 2005 What is a "Reasonable Parent"?: Exploring the Ethical, Cultural, and Psychological Complexities of

Pediatric Medical Decision-Making Advised by Prof. Margaret E. Mohrmann Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Angela Rose Schutte 2005 Constructing and Reconstructing Social Communication: A Model for Understanding Advertising as a

Social Structure and its Implications for Promoting Transformative Social Action Advised by Mark Adam Meier Thesis held in HC Jeffrey M. Tebbs 2005 Redefining "Access": A Preliminary Evaluation of the University of Virginia's New Financial Aid

Initiative Advised by Prof. Sarah E. Turner Thesis held in HC Jennifer Leigh Allen 2006 The Paradises That We Have Lost: Weimar Republic Historiography and the Bauhaus Experience Advised by Prof. Alon Confino Thesis held in HC Kathleen Gene Baireuther 2006 Service Learning in American Higher Education: Re-Directing the Debate Advised by Samuel S. Holtzman Thesis held in HC Abigail Sage Bellows 2006 Into the Jungle: An Ethnography of International Service-Learning Advised by Dean Richard Handler and Prof. Ira Bashkow Thesis held in HC Daniel Robert Ciarrocki 2006 Martha Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach: An Alternative Feminism Advised by Prof. Allan Megill Thesis held in HC Maddin Meredith Corey 2006 Chinese Socialism Meets Global Capital: The Fate of Industrial Labor in the Post-Mao Era Advised by Prof. Ellen Fuller and Prof. Bradly W. Reed Thesis held in HC Jade Alexander Craig 2006 Thesis not held Pooja Ramesh Dadhania 2006 Killed in the Name of Honor: A Demographic and Socio-legal Analysis of Honor Killings in Pakistan and

Jordan Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt and Prof. Richard B. Barnett Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Kurt Leo Davis 2006 Re-Imagining the Black Power Movement: The Cultural Politics of Black Identity (Self-Empowerment) and

the (Im)Possibility of Democracy in America? Advised by Prof. Corey D. B. Walker and Prof. Marlon Ross Thesis held in HC Feryal Farah Dilber 2006 From Gastarbeiter to Citizen: The Integration of Turkish Immigrants into the German Volk Advised by Prof. Krishan Kumar Thesis held in HC Jessica Christine Fowler 2006 Who Will I Become? A Comparison of Race and Gender Identity Formation and Affinity in Girls of

Early Adolescence Advised by Prof. Stacey Sinclair Thesis held in HC Allyson Elizabeth Gold 2006 New Urbanism and Inner Cities: How HOPE VI Grants Transformed a Neighborhood from the Ellen

Wilson Dwellings to the Townhomes on Capitol Hill Advised by Prof. Daphne Spain and Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Hi-Jae Peter Kang 2006 What Balaam's Talking Ass has to Say: Shared Interpretive Tendencies among Postliberal Christians and

Aftermodern Jews Advised by Prof. Peter Ochs Thesis held in HC Elizabeth Regan Kates 2006 "The Desire To Be Important": A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of NGO Size, Origin, and Scope in

a Changing Global Context Advised by Prof. Brad Brown Thesis held in HC James Lawrence Kennedy 2006 Intellectuals in the Information Age: Confronting the Crisis of Public Authority Advised by Prof. Allan Megill Thesis held in HC Daniel Edward Lipton 2006 Civil Marriage: New Directions, Familiar Values Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Srinivas Chidambaram Parinandi 2006 Revisiting a Repudiated Dream: A Critique of Economic, Nationalist, and Geopolitical Approaches to the

Soviet Collapse Advised by Prof. Jeffrey J. Rossman and Prof. Allen C. Lynch Thesis held in HC Johanna Cristine Peet 2006 Broodje Kaas met Falafel, Astublieft: An Analysis of Muslim Immigrants in the Netherlands Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC Kathleen Virginia Pennock 2006 "For the Life of the World": Christian Mission and the Postmodern Condition Advised by Dr. Joshua J. Yates and Prof. Charles T. Mathewes Thesis held in HC Lauren Kelley Ross 2006 Thesis not held David Scott Szakonyi 2006 A Theory of Student-led Revolutions: Examining Three Cases of Modern Student Protest Advised by Prof. Arista Cirtautas Thesis held in HC Lucas Lawson Thornton 2006 Thesis not held Zaahira Suhail Wyne 2006 Thesis not held Adam-Jason Michael Aronstein 2007 Realistically Speaking: New American Realists and the Politics of the Contemporary Novel Advised by Prof. Rita Felski Thesis held in HC Joshua Scott Cincinnati 2007 Edit This Thesis: The Power of Wikipedia, Community, and Democracy Advised by Prof. Paul Freedman Thesis held in HC Elena Maria Coyle 2007 Public Housing and the Difference Principle: A Policy Analysis in Post-Katrina New Orleans Advised by Prof. James D. Savage Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Kate Allison Cristol 2007 "No Little Lady'ing Her": Gender and Electoral Representation in the American South Advised by Dean Mary Stegmaier Thesis held in HC Rachel Olson Crouch 2007 Property Formalization and Infrastructural Development in Peri-Urban Lima Advised by Prof. Sanjay Jain Thesis held in HC Kathryn Joan Daughdrill 2007 Art Matters: The Role of Socially Engaged Art In Improving Local Communities Advised by Prof. Johanna Drucker and Prof. Howard Singerman Thesis held in HC Benjamin Patrick Deforest 2007 Translating the Boundaries: A Comparative Study of Ancient, Modern and Contemporary Conceptions of

Disciplinarity Advised by Prof. Walter P. Jost, III Thesis held in HC Andrew Braedon Duncan 2007 "The President in His Labyrinth": Chavismo & the Search for a Multipolar World Advised by Prof. Brian Owensby Thesis held in HC Daniel Joseph Fore 2007 High Politics and Political Theory: An Examination of the Major Writings of Marvell, Sidney and Locke Advised by Prof. Paul Halliday and Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC McKenzie Elena Haynes 2007 Thesis not held Caitlin Noelle Howarth 2007 The Imprint of Violence: Studying Mutilation in the Context of Genocide Advised by Prof. John W. Nemec Thesis held in HC Jennifer Ashley Kane 2007 In the Wake of the American Dream: The Duplicity of Progress Advised by Prof. Guian McKee Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Maha Kausar 2007 "Let Us Tell Them What Is True": Limiting and Enabling Women in Local Politics in Sahiwal,

Pakistan Advised by Prof. John E. Escheverri-Gent Thesis held in HC Jackie Anne Kruszewski 2007 Eyes on the World: The Potato in Andean Agricultural Development and its Implications for Global Food

Systems Advised by Prof. Brian P. Owensby and Michael Lundblad Thesis held in HC Alana Marie Levinson-Labrosse 2007 The Daughters of Storm-Footed Steeds: Metaphor and the Hybridization of Rhetoric in India Advised by Prof. John Nemec Thesis held in HC Timonthy Ly 2007 Broken Structures, Not Broken Windows: How NGOs can Mitigate the Structural Violence of

Neoliberalism Advised by Prof. Wende Marshall and Prof. John Arras Thesis held in HC Daniel James Pike 2007 Unveiling War's Influence on Gender Dynamics Advised by Prof. Rae Lesser Blumberg Thesis held in HC Elizabeth Victoria Stork 2007 Radical Democracy: Grassroots Social Movements in Latin America and the Challenge to Global

Liberalism Advised by Prof. Herbert Tico Braun Thesis held in HC Charles Arnold Taylor 2007 Reinterpreting the Resource Curse: A Property Rights and Institutional Explanation of the Effects of Oil

Rent Advised by Prof. Herman Schawartz Thesis not held Mark Dennis Thyrring 2007 Postwar Possibilities: The Allied Occupation and Gender Inequality in Japan Advised by Prof. Leonard J. Schoppa Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


May Iola Alston 2008 Pulling Weight: Justifying Federal Intervention against Overweight-Obesity in the United States Advised by Prof. John D. Arras Thesis held in HC Kaitlin Clary Bottock 2008 Only Jihad will Liberate: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism among Palestinian Refugees in Arab Host

Countries Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt Thesis held in HC Peter Robert Brewton 2008 The Kingdom in the Ghetto: How Christian Organizations Embody the Kingdom of God in the American

Inner City Advised by Prof. Charles Marsh Thesis held in HC Margaret Eugenia Byrne 2008 Thesis not held Daniel Rhyne Coates 2008 From Strangers to Neighbors: Community Building in Bella Flor, Bogotá Advised by Prof. Herbert Tico Braun Thesis held in HC Rebecca F. Elliott 2008 Where the Kids Have No Names: Celebrity Activism and the Popular Western Discourse on Africa Advised by Prof. Denise Walsh Thesis held in HC Wyatt Fore 2008 Amazing Gays: A Case of Study in Christian Queer Activism Advised by Prof. Claire Kaplan Thesis held in HC Mai Omer Hassan 2008 Between Turbans and Ostrich Feathers: The Beginnings of the Second Sudanese Civil War Advised by Prof. Robert Fatton, Jr. Thesis held in HC Jennifer Meghan Hayes 2008 Civilian Nuclear Power and Just National Policy Practices: A Rawlsian Analysis of Reactor Siting Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in NC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Grace Kittredge Healy 2008 Thesis not held Victoria Lee Ingenito 2008 The Imperative of Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Comparative Study on the Politics of Research and

Policy Advised by Prof. James F. Childress and Prof. Miek Wormington Thesis not held Nicholas Thomas Jordan 2008 Thesis not held Anna Natasha Joukovsky 2008 Epic Beginnings: History, Myth, and Revision in Ulysses and The Waste Land Advised by Prof. Michael Levenson Thesis held in HC Daniel Emly Keyserling 2008 Thesis not held Katherine E. Klem 2008 Untouchable No Longer: A Theory of Tobacco Control Advised by Prof. Guian A. McKee Thesis held in HC Aaron John Kornblith 2008 On Your Knees: The Efficacy of Apologies in American Political Communication Advised by Prof. Paul Freedman Thesis held in HC Allison McNearney 2008 Exemplary Response or Misleading Success Story: An Analysis of Uganda's Fight against the

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Advised by Prof. Robert Fatton Thesis held in HC Ben McVane 2008 Getting Better All the Time?: Revisiting the "Darwinian" Argument for Inevitable Moral Progress Advised by Prof. Allan Megill Thesis held in HC Nina Otchere-Oduro 2008 Tell Me I'm Black Enough: The Power Discourse on the Contemporary Debate on Black Authenticity Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Blake Segal 2008 Tiptoeing on the Threshold: Exploring Buddhist Conceptions of the Ultimate through Performative

Meditation Advised by Prof. Larry D. Bouchard Thesis held in HC Matthew Sherman 2008 The Microfinance Revolution: How to Make Business Sense out of Poverty Alleviation Advised by Prof. Allan Megill and Prof. Sanjay Jain Thesis held in HC Matthew William Sherman 2008 Thesis not held Jamin An 2009 Institutional Arrangements: The Politics of Art Museums Advised by Prof. Carmenita Higginbotham Thesis held in HC James Thomas Anderson 2009 Thesis not held Jamelle A. Bouie 2009 No Party but the Grand Old Party: Evangelicals, Civil Rights, and why Democrats Can't Close the "God

Gap" Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC William Callison 2009 From Radical Critique to Political Withdrawal: The Critical Theory of Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse and

Habermas Advised by Prof. Stephen K. White Thesis held in HC Patrick Casey 2009 A Question of 'Resolve': The Potential for Institutionalist Theory to Improve IMF Assesment of Program-

Country Reform Capacity Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Kathleen Connelly 2009 Class Values: The Relationship between Social Class & Morality in America Advised by Prof. Jonathan Haidt and Prof. Nicholas Winter Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Marta Cook 2009 Winning Back the 'Value' Voter: An Analysis of the Religious Progressive Movement and a Development

of a Framework Connecting Liberals and Christian Communities Advised by Prof. Charles Mathewes Thesis held in HC Jessica Rose Haney 2009 Fragment and Fugue: Voices of the Postcolonial Self Thesis held in HC Laura Harris 2009 "Seeing the Population Issue Whole": Population Policies, Reproductive Rights, and Demographic Goals Advised by Prof. John Arras Thesis held in HC Andrew James Macklin 2009 Thesis not held Bernice Denira Ramirez 2009 Hope is Not Enough: the High Stakes of Immigration Reform and the Obama Administration Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC Jordan Rodakis 2009 Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing: Fantasy and Power in Girls Gone Wild Advised by Prof. Andrea Press Thesis held in HC Allison Lorraine Scott 2009 From Integration to Reconciliation: Christian Theology as a Resource for Racial Reconciliation Advised by Prof. Charles Marsh Thesis held in HC Sidharth Sethi 2009 Seeing the State and Civil Society from the Mumbai Slum Advised by Prof. John Echeverri-Gent Thesis held in HC Hamza Shaban 2009 Closer to Conversation: Freedom, Objectivity, and the New Media Environment Advised by Prof. Bruce Williams Thesis held in HC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Manal Rana Tellawi 2009 Roadblocks to Palestinian Statehood: An Examination of U.S. Attitudes Toward Palestinian Self-

Determination Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt Thesis held in HC Jia Angeli Carla Tolentino 2009 Here Is Not Merely a Nation: Writing the New American Dream Advised by Prof. Caroline Rody Thesis held in HC Matthew Thomas Trumbo-Tual 2009 Thesis not held Quynh Vu 2009 Neoliberalism and Education: How Americans Misappropriate the Free-Market Model Advised by Prof. Carol Anne Spreen Thesis held in HC Melissa Batchelor Warnke 2009 Deconstruction the Memorial Museum: A Critical Analysis of the Intersection of Global Conventions and

Local Healing in Post-Genocide Rwanda Advised by Prof. Joseph Miller and Prof. Michael Smith Thesis held in HC Christian West 2009 Branquemento: The Myth of Racial Democracy and Color-blind Racism in Brazil Advised by Prof. Vesla Weaver Thesis held in HC Juana Yunis 2009 Thesis not held Bailee Ashton Barfield 2010 Thesis not held Gardner Beach Bell 2010 Thesis not held Ryan Patrick Bugas 2010 Thesis not held William A. Callison 2010 Thesis not held


YEARS: 2003-2012


Alison Sarah Deich 2010 Thesis not held Stephanie Yawa deWolfe 2010 Thesis not held Matthew E. Dickey 2010 Sustainable Liberalism: The Ecology of Intergenerational Justice Advised by Prof. Colin P. Bird and Prof. Timothy Beatley Thesis held in HC Eamon Thomas Drumm 2010 Thesis not held Megan Margaret Durkee 2010 Thesis not held Charles Rixey Gamper 2010 Psychological Warfare: The Patriot Act's Impact on Fear in American Society Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Meredyth Middlemas Gilmore 2010 Pact with the Devil: The Structural Roots of Haiti's Vulnerabiltiy to the January 12 Earthquake Thesis held in HC Grant Harbin 2010 Between Self and World: Heidegger, Kant, and the Transcendental Advised by Prof. Chad Wellmon Thesis held in HC Zachary Arthur Knitter 2010 Conceptions of the Person: Dignity in Contemporary Political Theory Advised by Prof. Jennifer Rubenstein Thesis held in HC Jeffrey Pierce Lamberson 2010 Thesis not held Brittany Monique Reid 2010 Thesis not held Desiree Cara Smith 2010 Thesis not held


YEARS: 2003-2012


John David Thorpe 2010 Thesis not held Miriam Todras 2010 Art & Identity: An Exploration of Four Jewish American Women Writer-Activists Advised by Prof. Caroline Rody Thesis held in HC Jasmine Wade 2010 Expanding the Dominant Narrative: Cross Connections between the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the

Civil Rights Movement Advised by H. Timothy Lovelace and Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC Melissa B. Warnke 2010 Thesis not held Reginald Benbow 2011 Gay is NOT the new Black: Why LGBT Activists Lost the Black Vote in California’s Proposition 8 Advised by Prof. Lawrie Balfour Thesis held in HC, EC Scott J. Bowman 2011 The Science of the Heart: A Socio-Psychological Overview of Online Dating in the 21st Century Advised by Matt Motyl Thesis held in HC, EC Caitlin Carr 2011 Resource Flows: Why Water and Sanitation Should Not Be Neglected Advised by Prof. Jennifer Rubenstein Thesis held in HC, EC Gregorio Casar 2011 White is Right: Working Whites’ Visions of a Raceless, Middle-Class, and Moral America Thesis held in HC, EC Ishraga Eltahir 2011 The African Union: Promise and Prospects for Africa’s Future Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC, EC Erin Franey 2011 The Roots of Change: The Role of Community Organizing in Addressing Inequality in the United States Advised by Joe Szakos Thesis held in HC, EC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Lillian Frost 2011 How Does Al-Jazeera Arabic Influence Jordanian Political Attitudes and Identities? Advised by Prof. William Quandt and Prof. Daniel Lefkowitz Thesis held in HC, EC Brian James Gerrard 2011 A Comparative Analysis of Supreme Court Decisions, Legislation, and Philosophy Paralleling United

States Mexican Immigration Policy and Anti African-American Jim Crowism Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC, EC Chloe Jordan 2011 A New Age of Affirmative Action: Can the Argument of Class-Based Affirmative Action Resolve Today’s

Inequalities in the U.S. Public Education System? Advised by Prof. Lynn Sanders Thesis held in HC, EC Lauren Hillary Kimmel 2011 From the Inside Out: A Questioning of Central-Core Imagery in Feminist Art and an Examination of Its

Reception Advised by Prof. Farzaneh M. Milani Thesis held in HC, EC Laura Nelson 2011 Virginia Woolf: An Informal Education Advised by Prof. Michael Levenson Thesis held in HC, EC Maria Pluta 2011 Kristin Lavransdatter: A Study of Marriage In Medieval Norway Advised by Prof. Vigen Guroian and Carrie Frederick Frost Thesis held in HC, EC Milan Monet Reed 2011 “I, too, am America”: The Academic Achievement Gap between Black and White Students Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith and Prof. Patrice Grimes Thesis held in HC, EC Anna Sosdian 2011 Conscientious Capitalism: The Struggle to Balance Profits and Ethics in Corporate Social Responsibility Thesis held in HC, EC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Ann Marshall Thomas 2011 Development in the Name of Christ: Examining the Mennonite Central Committee’s Work in Bangladesh Advised by Prof. Margaret E. Mohrmann Thesis held in HC, EC Niket Todi 2011 Epidemic: An Examination of Type II Diabetes among African-Americans Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC, EC Jeffrey T. Webb 2011 Fragments of a MacIntyrean Liberalism Advised by Prof. Rebecca Stangl Thesis held in HC, EC Andrew Chando Yu 2011 The Origins of Extraordinary Acts: The Condition of Agency and Its Paradoxical Heritage Advised by Prof. Margaret E. Mohrmann and Prof. Christopher J. Lebron Thesis held in HC, EC Elizabeth Stratford Bowles 2012 Forging the “Field” of Social Entreprenurship Advised by Prof. Ekaterina Makarova Thesis held in HC, EC Matthew Lee Cofer 2012 The One and the Ninety-Nine: An Examination and Analysis of Rising Income Inequality in the United

States Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman Thesis held in HC, EC Sarajaneé Davis 2012 Black Power, Student Activism, and the Development of Black Studies Advised by Prof. Claudrena N. Harold Thesis held in HC, EC Matthew Diton 2012 Covering the Shifting Sands: American Media and the Arab Spring Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt Thesis held in HC, EC Duan (Kate) Duan 2012 The China Bubble Advised by Prof. Herman Schwartz Thesis held in HC, EC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Mark M. Duerksen 2012 Monumentalizing Africa’s Momentous Decade: Building Monuments and a Nation in Uganda Advised by Prof. Joseph C. Miller Thesis held in HC, EC Alex Eschenroeder 2012 Currents and Sub-Currents: The Long Trek to Comprehensive Health Care Reform in America and The

Promise of Patient-Centered Care Advised by Guian A. McKee Thesis held in HC, EC Maj-Britt Frenze 2012 Hedgehogs in Conversation: Suffering and Guilt in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov Advised by Prof. Vigen Guroian Thesis held in HC, EC Annacrizelda C. Funtelar 2012 Race, Culture, and History: An Examination of the Political Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Franz

Boas at the Turn of the Century Advised by Prof. Richard Handler Thesis held in HC, EC M. Pemberton Heath 2012 Climate Change in Historical Perspective: A Comparison through Economic and Ethical Frameworks Advised by Prof. Howard Epstein Thesis held in HC, EC Tatiana Matthews 2012 On Education Reform: The Transcendentalists, John Dewey, and the Harlem Children’s Zone Advised by Prof. Patrice Preston Grimes Thesis held in HC, EC Victoria McLaughlin 2012 Anonymous: What do we have to fear from hacktivism, the lulz, and the hive mind? Advised by Prof. Siva Vaidhyanathan Thesis held in HC, EC Emma Elizabeth Ying Murphy 2012 Dorothy Day and the Integrated Life Advised by Prof. Heather Warren Thesis held in HC, EC


YEARS: 2003-2012


Eman Niazi 2012 The Golden Lyric: Reflections in the Service of Iqbalianism Advised by Prof. Mehr Farooqi and Prof. Richard Barnett Thesis held in HC, EC Marvin Allen Richards, Jr. 2012 Privilege, Power, & Appropriation: The Essence of ‘Authentic’ Performance Advised by Prof. Claire Raymond and Prof. Tristan Bridges Thesis held in HC, EC Andrew Seidman 2012 Why Public Service Journalism Will Endure: Reflections on the American Newspaper Industry, 1945-

present Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC, EC Deeva Shah 2012 Genes and Ownership: The Controversy Over Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting Isolated Human

DNA Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC, EC Evan Avery Shields 2012 Minority Entrepreneurship & Economic Development: Toward a Theoretical Model of Capital Access Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith Thesis held in HC, EC Rehema Wachira 2012 Politicizing Education: Kenyan Lessons on Institutional Reform Advised by Prof. Carol Anne Spreen Thesis held in HC, EC

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