The following list includes the names of Dickinsonians who have earned departmental honors, the thesis/project title, and the year of conferral. If there is no thesis or project title, the conferring department only will be listed. Each academic department (or program) has its own criteria for awarding departmental honors. Please see the Advising Guide or elsewhere on the department’s main website for details
Carrie Ann Becher (2023)
Theorizing Online Activism: Lessons from the Disability Justice Movement
Erin Colleen Lowe (2023)
Bordering Care: A Feminist Care Ethics Approach to Open Boarders
Jordyn Hope Ney (2023)
The Effects of Eliminating the Straight-Ticket Voting Option (STVO) in Pennsylvania: How Ballot Roll-Off and Demographic Considerations Differ Post-STVO
Amanda Rose Fruman (2022)
Evaluating the Roles of Gender and Religion in Defining Reproductive Health Case Law
Grace Marie Gontarek (2022)
Understanding Republican Voting Behavior on Climate Change Legislation in the 116th Congress
Sophie Hannah Ackert (2021)
Democratic Women and Republican Women: How Do They Campaign with Regard to their Gender?
Cara Elizabeth Dougherty (2021)
First Spouses in the States: Analysis of How they Inhabit their Roles and Contribute to the Executive
Cailey Barbara Cummins (2020)
Symbolic Protest and Creating Community: The Resilience of Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo
Andrew Tetlow Kaplan (2020)
The 17th Century Origins of 19th & 20th Century Radical Thought
Sarah Emily Lutz (2020)
Delegate or Trustee? Preferences of Representation for School Board Members and Constituents
Emma Dietrich Spector (2019)
Deliberative Democracy in the #MeToo Era: A Chance to Reconcile?
Celina Marie Natzic (2018)
Effects of Armed Conflict on Women's Political Participation: A Study of Selected Civil Wars in the Arab World.
Rehoboth Ketema Gesese (2017)
Taking Consent Seriously: An Anarchist's Critique of Liberalism
Abigail May Preston (2016)
Speech or Sex: The Porn Debate and American Politics
Shayna Elise Solomon (2016)
Shifting Discourses of Tolerance: The Framing of Muslim Minorities in the U.S. and the UK Before and After National Traumas
Emilia Eleanor McManus (2015)
Immigration Policy in Southern Europe from 1990-2010: A Comparative Perspective
Emily Louise Pryor (2014)
Democrats and the Death Penalty: An Analysis of State Democratic Leaders and Public Opinion
Caitlin Elizabeth Moriarty (2013)
Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia
Maximilian Weylandt (2013)
Decentralization and Political Corruption in Sub Saharan Africa
Christopher Lee Bowman (2012)
Locke, the Declaration, and the Constitution: Natural Rights, Social Contract theory, and Property and their tension in the Imperfect American Founding
Anna Katherine Krenkel (2012)
Dangerous Diasporas?: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Diasporas on Conflict in the Homeland
Darrell Ian Pacheco (2012)
Interest Group Branding and the Private Donation Habits of Lobbyists
Abigail Phillips Adams (2011)
Campaigning 2.0: New Media, Messaging, and Grassroots Organization in the 2008 Presidential Election
Thomas Matthew Carey (2011)
The Emergence and Strategic Orientation of Violent Islamist Movements Examining the Armed Islamic Group, the Islamic Group, and al-Quaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the Perspective of Social Movement Theory
Samem Jabarkhail (2011)
The Pashtu dilemma: historical lessons in governance and security for contemporary Afghanistan
Meredith Karen Meisenheimer (2011)
The Effects of Democratization and Internet Penetration on Terrorist Recruitment
Christopher Albert Roberts (2011)
China, Reform, and Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa
Cynthia Lynn Polasko (2010)
Judicial Reasoning Has No Expiration Date: An Analysis of the Natural Cycle Theory as Applied to the Supreme Court of the United States
Katie Lynn Stewart (2010)
Was It the Luck of the Irish? A Comparative Analysis of the Levels of Success Attained by the Irish and Basque Nationalist Movements
Kimberly Caitlin Wallace (2010)
Riyals, Dinars, and Dirhams: Political Inclusion of Migrant Workers in GCC Member States
Zachary Irving Rosenberg (2009)
"This is My City": Mayor Richard J. Daley, Chicago, and the Politics of Police Repression
Aaron Mark Williams (2009)
In Theory or in Practice: Legitimizing Characteristics of Judicial Review in England
Brian Bradford Booher (2008)
Countering a Global Trend: Popular Responses to Neoliberalism in Chile, France, and Australia
Benjamin Abraham Midanek (2008)
Developing Democracy: A Probabilistic Framework for Assessing Preconditions to Democracy in Later-Developing Countries
Lindsay Marie Robinson (2008)
Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia in Comparative Perspective
Peter Charles Backof (2007)
Distributing Speech: How the Internet Improves Democratic Access to the Mediated Public Sphere
Alexander Lawrence Stout (2007)
Presidential leadership of Congress: Woodrow Wilson, the New Freedom, and the 63rd Congress, 1913-1915
Robert Steven Dauses (2006)
Ordered Liberty: Constitutional Law and Domestic Surveillance in the War on Terror
Andrew B Ferguson (2006)
Brent Scowcroft and Condoleezza Rice: A Comparative Assessment of the Functions of the National Security Advisor
Sarah M Frankel (2006)
Media Coverage of Genocide: A Comparison of the Rwandan and Sudanese Cases
Amie Elizabeth Knauer (2004)
International Extradition and the Acquirement of Terrorists: The Quandary of Reciprocity and Justice
Jared Michael Mellott (2004)
Affirmative Action, the First Amendment, and the Gradual Erosion of Equal Protection from Racial Discrimination
Andrew Paul Miller (2004)
After Afghanistan: Al Qaeda's Future in Failed States
Heather Lynn Weaver (1999)
Marxism, Alienation, and Contemporary Culture
Christopher Peter Zubowicz (1998)
Analyzing Columns of "Priestley Pundits": E. J. Dionne, Jr., David Broder, and George Will
Derekh David F Cornwell (1997)
Anatomy of an Anomaly: Democracy in India
Lawrence J Olson (1996)
Departmental Honors in Political Science
Allyson Ankerbrand Holbrook (1995)
Bias in News Reporting: A Case study of New York Times Front Page Coverage of the Soviet Economy
Tim Grieco (1994)
Departmental Honors in Political Science
Nina Ledis Cannon (1983)
Professionalism and the Deterioration of American Federalism
Brad Bortner (1982)
Heidegger's Conception of Being (as Determined Through his Handling of Language and Poetry) and Various Political Conceptions Derivable from it
D Jeffrey Campbell (1982)
Jefferson Davis and the Anti-Federalist Tradition
David M Frees (1982)
Partisan Realignment: An Analysis of the 1980 Republican Electoral Victory
John W Frommer (1981)
John Dickinson: The Consistency of Liberty 1760 - 1787
Matthew J Creme (1977)
Party Identification, Political Behavior and the Future of the American Political Party System: A Critique of the Walter Dean Burnham End-of-party Thesis
Michael W King (1972)
The Politics of Birth Control in Latin America: studies of Brazil, Chile, and Peru
Walter H Ohar (1972)
Black Nationalism and Black Politics in the 1960's
Thomas R Eshelman (1970)
The American "Military Mind": Perspectives on International Relations
Charles H Leven (1970)
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia: An Analysis of Trends and Developments Leading to the Liberalization Movement and the events of August, 1968
Jack M Stover (1970)
The Methodological Exploitation of Culture: A Study in Nazi Propaganda
Barry E Taylor (1970)
The Theory and Practice of African Socialism
Deborah E Bell (1969)
The Implications of Electoral Reform
J Brent Burkey (1968)
Approaches to the Study of American Politics
Faith Thompson Campbell (1968)
The Yugoslav System of Workers' Management
Douglas C Day (1968)
Americans for Democratic Action
Henry S Kenderdine (1968)
Impetus for Change in Latin America - Internal or External?
William G Scarborough (1968)
The Role of the Negro Church in Racial Advancement
Esther Friedman Schaeffer (1968)
Behavioralism in Political Science: An Interpretation of its Uses and Limitations
John Lorentz (1967)
The influence of Social Darwinism on constitutional laissez-faire (1873 to 1895)
Ronald B Tischler (1966)
Loyalty by Oath: A Critical Analysis of Loyalty-Security Programs in the United States
Robert H Dickman (1965)
Military Heroism and Electoral Success
Macy Potamkin Lasky (1965)
Religious Intensity, Militancy, and Anomie in the Carlisle Negro
Thomas R Rafalsky (1965)
Senator McCarthy and his Methods
Marc I Stern (1965)
Containment: America's Foreign Policy since World War Two
Mel Blumenthal (1964)
Communism and the Democratic Process: The Test of Freedom
Linell Davis (1964)
The Republican Party in the South