Model Theses | The Croft Institute for International Studies

These are some of the best senior theses, which we are making available to Croft students as inspiration as they develop their own projects. Note many of these theses are longer than our current target length, but are still useful for their methodology and bibliographies.

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Syd Woodard
Taiwan's Plastic Dilemma: Assessing the Environmental Efficacy of Recycling Programs and Single-use Plastic Bans on Consumer Habits
EA
IGP
2024
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Kumali Schoen
Reflecting on Belonging, Dignity & Trust: Stories of Syrian Refugees in Germany
EU
SCI
2024
European
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Hayden Pierce
El Mirador: A Look at Corporate-Community Relations in Ecuador's Mining Industry
LA
IGP
2024
Interregional
Mendoza, Marcos
Thesis
Prospectus
Wake Monroe
The Effects of the War on Drugs on Healthcare Development and Outcomes in Latin America: Medellin, Colombia, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico as examples
LA
GH
2024
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Jacquelyn F. Stewart-Kuhn
"Speak Arabic!": Arabic Dialect Comparison Videos and the Reconfiguration of the Maghreb-Mashreq Language Ideology
ME
SCI
2024
Terasawa
Hickman, Kristin
Thesis
Prospectus
Matthew LaFaver
Taiwanese Attitudes Toward Mainland China
EA
IGP
2023
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Edwin Griffis
Association, Partnership, or Neo-Colonialism?: Decolonization & European Integration in European-African Trade and Development Agreements, 1975-2000
EU
GEB
2023
Terasawa
Fransee, Emily
Thesis
Prospectus
Kaci Wilcox
When God Gives You Tomatoes, Don?t Import them from Italy: A Study on the Impact of Supranational Institutional Policy on the Ghanaian Tomato Industry
EU
IGP
2023
Interregional
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Emily Stewart
Hashing out the Hashemites: An Analysis of Jordan's Collapsing Politial Legitimacy Amongst East Bank Youth
ME
IGP
2023
Middle Eastern
Schaaf, Steven
Thesis
Prospectus
Jesse Paxton
Driving Factors Behind Language Use Among Younger Generations in Taiwan: Is the Demise Of Hokkien Inevitable?
EA
IGP
2022
Tarasawa
Thilly, Peter
Thesis
Prospectus
Delaney Smith
The Legality of the European Union?s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Limitations of World Trade Organization Rules on Effective Climate Action
EU
IGP
2022
European
Eliason, Antonia
Thesis
Prospectus
Kaitlyn Sisco
Pendulums of Personhood? Exploring the Multitudes of Immigrant Womanhood in Spanish-Maghrebi Literature
EU
SCI
2022
Interregional
Hickman, Kristin
Thesis
Prospectus
Kaylen Hisle
Measles and Migration in Colombia and Brazil: Determinants of Differential Disease Impact Resulting from the Venezuelan Crisis
LA
GH
2022
Latin American
Centellas, Kate
Thesis
Prospectus
Londyn Lorenz
Aftermaths of Opposition: Effectiveness of Repression Against Reformist Islamists in Saudi Arabia
ME
IGP
2022
Middle Eastern
Schaaf, Steven
Thesis
Prospectus
Santana Amaker
The Great Equalizer or a Modern Iteration of Historical Inequality: Artificial Intelligence in Latin America
LA
GH
2021
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Gabe Menchaca
Artificial Prometheans: A Comparative Case Study on the Similarities and Differences in Artificial General Intelligence Projects within the United States and China
EA
GEB
2020
Berns, John
Thesis
Prospectus
Olivia George
"Army, I'm Home!": Digital Community and Mediated Intimacy in K-Pop Fandom
EA
SCI
2020
East Asian
Lee, Seung-Cheol
Thesis
Prospectus
David Pfaehler
Electronic Health Records and Health Information Exchange and Their Impact on International Healthcare System Efficiency
EU
GH
2020
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Emma Rice
The Covert Abolition of the Death Penalty: A Comparative Analysis of France and Mississippi
EU
IGP
2020
Berry, William
Thesis
Prospectus
Jillian Vice
The Collapse of a Communist Giant: A Study of Party Unity in the Soviet Union
EU
IGP
2020
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Megan Wadsworth
Breastfeeding and Feminism in France
EU
GH
2020
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Rachel Culp
French Exceptionalism: The Impact of Lacicite
EU
IGP
2020
Brown, Robert
Thesis
Prospectus
Ragan Ketrow
Cooperating for Charity: The Effect of Decentralization on French Associations
EU
GEB
2020
European
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Bella Saint Amant
Whose Right is it Anyway? A Study of Human Rights Language on Both Sides of the Abortion Debate in Post-Dictatorial Argentina
LA
IGP
2020
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglas
Thesis
Prospectus
Christina Pendergrast
A Thumb on the Scale: Chinese Investment and Influence in Ecuador and Colombia
LA
IGP
2020
Love, Gregory
Thesis
Prospectus
Claire Williams
Why Families Flee: A Study of Family Migration Patterns from the Northern Tirangle of Central America
LA
IGP
2020
Terasawa
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Gabbi Schust
Who Will Do the Good Works? The Troubling Case of Secularization and the Failure of the Welfare State in England and PerÃº
LA
IGP
2020
Interregional
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Jim Moore
Â¿ME SI-GAY O NO ME SI-GAY TODAVIA?: Variance in Latin American LGBTQ Rights and Protections
LA
IGP
2020
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Gwenafaye McCormick
Japanese Mascots: Domestic Escapism, International Diplomatic Tool
EA
IGP
2019
East Asian
Wilson, Noell
Thesis
Prospectus
Elizabeth Brown
Regionalism and Reform: The Consequences of Consociationalism in Belgium
EU
IGP
2019
European
Allen, Susan
Thesis
Prospectus
Jessika Russell
Religion in Education: The Effects of Political Ideologies on Andlausian Youth
EU
IGP
2019
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Caroline Bass
Human Trafficking From Haiti to the Dominican Republic After the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
LA
SCI
2019
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Leta Rowan
â€œNosotras Como Mujeresâ€: The Environmental Activism of Indigenous Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon
LA
SCI
2019
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Cynthia Bauer
Commodity Fetishism and Performative Identity: Studying the Effects of Neoliberal Reform on the Work of Non-State Organizations in Cairo
ME
SCI
2019
Middle Eastern
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
John Chappell
Sons of the SÄqiya: Grassroots Water Politics in Southeastern Morocco
ME
IGP
2019
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
Lauren Burns
Renewables & Refugees: A Solution for Jordan?
ME
IGP
2019
Terasawa
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
Alyssa Smith
Femininity in Media Portrayals of Chinese Female Soldiers
EA
IGP
2018
East Asian
Velitchkova, Ana
Thesis
Prospectus
Natalie Balkon
Genderless Danshi: An Emerging Force Against Japan's Hegemonic Masculinity?
EA
SCI
2018
Lee, Seung Cheol
Thesis
Prospectus
Alexandra Gersdorf
Abortion Access and Child Maltreatment: A Cross-National Analysis
EU
IGP
2018
Interregional
Brown, Robert
Thesis
Prospectus
Andrew Hayes
The Future Was a Riot: Causes of Youth Unemployment in Spain and Challenges to Immigration and the Welfare State in the Era of the Common Market (1999-2016)
EU
GEB
2018
European
Hendrickson, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Francisco Hernandez
Welfare Nationalism in Catalonia: The Interplay of National Identity and Welfare State Development in the Catalan Healthcare System
EU
GEB
2018
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Natalie Gagliano
Mujeres Modernizadas: Defining the Implications of Modernization for Basque Working Women
EU
GEB
2018
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Sarah Meeks
Water, Women, and Migration: Examining the Interconnections between Water Scarcity, Environmental Migration, and Women in Bolivia
EU
GH
2018
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Abby Bruce
Racial Ideologies and Ethnoracial Social Inclusion Policy in Mexico and Peru
LA
GEB
2018
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Alexis Smith
Out of the Margins: Mississippi's English Language Learner Curriculum Practices and their Implications
LA
SCI
2018
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Madeleine Carpenter
Women in the Chilean National Identity: How Fútbol and Consumption Cultures Affect the Public Sphere
LA
IGP
2018
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Matthew Forgette
BIT by BIT: An Analysis of the Role of Bilateral Investment Treaties on China's Investment in Latin America
LA
IGP
2018
Nordstrom, Timothy
Thesis
Prospectus
Henry Stonnington
The Holy Trinity: Religion, Identity, and International Law in Egypt
ME
IGP
2018
Alexandre, Michele
Thesis
Prospectus
Sydney Green
The Israeli Druze: "Neither Here nor There"
ME
SCI
2018
Terasawa
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
Conner Clark
Effects of Second Language Learning on Mental Representations of Time
EA
GEB
2017
Hsieh, Amy
Thesis
Prospectus
Grant DePoyster
Are Chinese Firms Attracted to Political Risk? Locational Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment
EA
GEB
2017
Ozdemir, Nilufer
Thesis
James DeMarshall
To Donate is Glorious: The CCP, Chinese Civil Society, and the Wenchuan Earthquake
EA
GEB
2017
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Cayla Cardamone
Outcomes of FDI in Mississippi: The Cases of Nissan and Toyota
EU
GEB
2017
Novicevic, Milorad
Thesis
Prospectus
Madeline Achgill
Argentinaâ€™s contemporary multiculturalism and its implications forChinese identity in Buenos Aires
LA
SCI
2017
Latin American
Mendoza, Marco
Thesis
Prospectus
William Mahoney
Market Competition and Individual Security in the Chilean Pension System
LA
GEB
2017
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Alex Martin
Women Empowerment Externalities of the 2004 Moroccan Moudawana Reform: Intrafamily Bargaining and Educational Attainment
ME
GEB
2017
Terasawa
Van Boening, Mark
Thesis
Andrew Czuzak
9/11 and the American-Saudi Alliance: A Pragmatic Relationship Between Two Unlikely Partners
ME
IGP
2017
Middle Eastern
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
Chase Young
Frontiers and Ghettos 2.0:A New Test For The Relationship BetweenState Violence and Institutional Settings In The Israel/Palestine Conflict
ME
IGP
2017
Zeira, Yael
Thesis
Miller Richmond
Pshchosocial Care in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
ME
GH
2017
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Evan Heitzmann
Urbanization and Exlusion: Examining the Wages of Immigrant Workers in the Chinese Urban Labor Market
EA
GEB
2016
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Garrett Hersh
â€œCultural Implications of Starbucks Consumption in China: Why Do Chinese Have a Latte on Their Mind?â€
EA
GEB
2016
Lake, Elise
Thesis
Zach Cookston
An Industry Giant's Struggles: Google's Relative Failure within China
EA
IGP
2016
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Amber Malone
Exogenous Barriers to the Incorporation of the Second Generation North Africans in France
EU
SCI
2016
Interregional
Cooper, Alice
Thesis
Prospectus
Erica McGraw
Minority represenation and political violence in Western Europe
EU
IGP
2016
European
Jones, Benjamin
Thesis
Prospectus
Maggie Hall
Intentions to Purchase Genetically Modified Foods in the United States and Germany: The Impact of Consumer Knowledge and Attitudes
EU
GEB
2016
Interregional
Novicevic, Milorad
Thesis
Prospectus
Bryce Warden
Kirchnerismo and Postcoloniality: The Question of the Islas Malvinas within Contemporary Argentine Politics
LA
IGP
2016
Mendoza, Marcus
Thesis
Katie Wright
Portrayals of Pinochet: Historical Narratives in Chilean Schools
LA
SCI
2016
Terasawa
Mendoza, Marcos
Thesis
Prospectus
Maia Cotelo
Reinventing National Identity in a World of Globalized Soccer: The Case of the Uruguayan National Team
LA
SCI
2016
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Connor Somgynari
Their Brotherâ€™s Keepers? Ethnicity, Rebel Diplomacy, and State Support For Insurgency
ME
IGP
2016
Middle Eastern
Zeira, Yael
Thesis
Prospectus
Drew Jansen
Islam in the Houthi Insurgency: Religious and Political Aspects of Rebellion In Yemen
ME
GEB
2016
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Kevin Scott
The Impact of Hosting the Summer Olympic Games on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the 2008 Beijing Games
EA
GEB
2015
East Asian
Hendrickson, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Mellie McGehee
Vivre en Travaillant: Exploring the Economic and Social Effects of The 35-Hour Workweek In France
EU
GEB
2015
European
Quinney, Anne
Thesis
Prospectus
Maddie Fumi
"Death, Maintenance and Revitalization of the Quechua Language in Peru: A Case Study with a Focus on San Pedro de Cajas"
LA
SCI
2015
Terasawa
Fionda, Maria
Thesis
Prospectus
Murray Miller
A Global Perspective on Ethical Consumerism: A Study of Advertisements from Social Enterprises to Identify the Ethical Consumer
LA
SCI
2015
Interregional
Jackson, Jeffrey
Thesis
Amir Aziz
Al-Arabiyyah, Le FranÃ§ais, and the Soul of Algeria: The Language Tango between Arabic and French in Algerian Education Policy and Defining Post-Colonial Algerian National Identity
ME
SCI
2015
Middle Eastern
Ibriahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
James Cutchin
How to Win Elections and Influence Parties: Party and Electoral System Development and Manipulation in the Republic of China
EA
IGP
2014
Tillman, Margaret
Thesis
Prospectus
Luan Vu
Costs and Benefits of Renminbi Internationalization
EA
GEB
2014
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
William Bumpas
Uncontrolled Enrollment Expansion: Fragmented Authoritarianism in Chinese Higher Education
EA
IGP
2014
Terasawa
Howard, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Alex Jones
The Specter of Franco
EU
SCI
2014
Sosa-RamÃrez, Manuel
Thesis
Prospectus
Brad Gordon
Nostalgia and the Myth of 'Old Russia': Russian Ã‰migrÃ©s in Interwar Paris and Their Legacy in Contemporary Russia
EU
IGP
2014
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Colby Woods
Ja, ich will: Framing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate in the 17th Session of the German Bundestag
EU
IGP
2014
Haenfler, Ross
Thesis
Prospectus
Elise Mallette
Organic Farming in France: a la Mode or a Mode of Life?
EU
SCI
2014
Quinney, Anne
Thesis
Prospectus
Gracie Boland
Croatia in the European Union: A Study on Foreign Direct Investment, Unemployment, and Infrastructure
EU
GEB
2014
Harvey, Michael
Thesis
Prospectus
Martina Cotelo
My Grandmother's Story: A Study of Post-Holocaust Identity
EU
GEB
2014
European
Petrescu, Corina
Thesis
Prospectus
Susanna Rychlak
Explaining the Decline in Fertility Rates in Post-War Italy
EU
SCI
2014
Grayzel, Susan
Thesis
Prospectus
Julie Magee
Coca Policy in 21st-Century Peru: An Exercise in Contradiction
LA
IGP
2014
Latin American
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Mary Anna Smith
Changes in United States Foreign Assistance Allocation and its Effect on Terrorism
LA
SCI
2014
Allen, Susan
Thesis
Patrick Fields
PlÃ¡tano Power: Understanding the Rise of Dominicans in Major League Baseball
LA
IGP
2014
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass
Thesis
Prospectus
Walker Messer
The Currency Union Effect on Trade: The Role of Financial Development
LA
GEB
2014
Interregional
Hendrickson, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Elise Luers
Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice: The Role of Youth in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
ME
IGP
2014
Middle Eastern
Ibrahim, Vivian
Thesis
Prospectus
Alex Kynerd
Theorizing Factors Influencing Missile Transfers: A Case Study Of Sino-Iranian Missile Transfers And Implications For Regional Security
EA
IGP
2013
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Jessica Sewell
Sharing Space With the Middle Kingdom: Analyzing Barriers To U.S.-China Space Cooperation
EA
GEB
2013
Interregional
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Robert Eberhart
Containing the Dragon: The Rise of Chinese Military Power and its Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy
EA
IGP
2013
Allen, Susan
Thesis
Prospectus
Tori Thoman
The Evolving Benefits of Communist Party Membership in Contemporary China
EA
GEB
2013
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Arlissa Whisenant
Resolving the Structural Paradox of Retail Transnational Corporations: A Case Study of Walmart in Latin America
EU
SCI
2013
Yukleyen, Ahmet
Thesis
Cody LeBlanc
France's Soul-Searching: Finding National Identity In Political Metaphors During The 2012 Presidential Election
EU
IGP
2013
Terasawa
Tonnerre, Olivier
Thesis
Prospectus
Isaac Lichlyter
Millions Of Owners, Not Hundreds Of Millionaires: An Analysis Of The Middle Class As A Requisite Condition For Democracy In Contemporary Russia
EU
IGP
2013
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Jackie Boyce
Recycling Behavior In Germany In The Early 1990s: Person-Level And Contextual Determinants Of Recycling
EU
SCI
2013
Cooper, Alice
Thesis
Prospectus
Sean Ray
The Eurasian Union Project: An Analysis Of Regional Integration In Post-Soviet Space
EU
IGP
2013
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Blake Pruett
Language Maintenance And Revitalization Of Indigenous Languages In Chile
LA
IGP
2013
Gutierrez, John
Thesis
Prospectus
Emily Wrigley
Indigenous Justice: Bolivian Community Justice and its Role in the State
LA
IGP
2013
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Kathy Trabue
Reforming Education To Target Inequality: The Chilean Experience Since The 1980s
LA
GEB
2013
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Leighton Wright
The Politics Of History: A Study Of Social Science Textbooks And Regime Change In Uruguay
LA
IGP
2013
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Lexi Thoman
Has Legalized Prostitution Increased Human Trafficking In Brazil? A Discussion Of The Brazilian Case On The Eve Of The 2014 World Cup And 2016 Olympic Games
LA
IGP
2013
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Ryan Ezelle
Human Rights 'In Transit': Nationality, Anti-Haitianism, and the Reactionary State in the Dominican Republic
LA
SCI
2013
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass
Thesis
Prospectus
Evan Akin
Taxing the Bubble: The Experimental Residential Property Tax on Trial in Shanghai and Chongqing and the Effect on Housing Pri
EA
GEB
2012
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Jamey Hurst
The Causes and Effects of Chinese Investment in Africa
EA
GEB
2012
Harvey, Michael
Thesis
Prospectus
Kira Thomas
Turning Japanese: How Will the Concept of Japanese Identity Shift to Accommodate the Country's Growing Need for Foreign Worke
EA
IGP
2012
Terasawa
Wilson, Noell
Thesis
Prospectus
Megan Loria
Debunking the Myth of an Aggregate Minority: An Analysis of Educational Disparities Among China's Fifty-six Ethnic Groups
EA
IGP
2012
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Robin Helton
Faulkner in Japan: A 'Second Occupation'
EA
SCI
2012
Wilson, Noell
Thesis
Prospectus
Elizabeth McNair
The Extreme Right's New Face: A Study of the Front National's Influence on Xenophobic Discourse in France
EU
SCI
2012
Quinney, Anne
Thesis
Prospectus
Elizabeth Younger
Organized Crime in Post-Soviet Russia: A Comprehensive Threat Analysis
EU
IGP
2012
European
First, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Emily Hightower
The World is Their Oyster: French Luxury Good Makers and Emerging Markets
EU
GEB
2012
Cooper, Alice
Thesis
Prospectus
Kimberly Biagini
'The Triple Bottom Line': Examining EU Support for Organic Agriculture with Examples from Italian Wine Producers
EU
GEB
2012
Sellar, Christian
Thesis
Prospectus
Vihara Dharmaratn
Oil Wells and Well-Oiled Guns: The Resource Curse and Government-Directed Violence During the Arab Spring Uprisings
EU
IGP
2012
Interregional
Nordstrom, Timothy
Thesis
Prospectus
Erin Mauffray
Disaster Community: La Cultura Sismica of Chile
LA
SCI
2012
Latin American
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Prospectus
Gabriela Rangel
Currency Devaluation and Trade Imbalances: Chinese Export Growth and United States' Trade Deficit
LA
IGP
2012
Allen, Susan
Thesis
Prospectus
Robert Hamilton
Support for Democracy: An Explanation of Its Development Through Its Institutions
LA
IGP
2012
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Shantala Weiss
Correlating Taxation and Income Inequality: An Interregional Study
LA
SCI
2012
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Prospectus
Gabriel Weiss
Conflict or Compromise: China's Perceptions and Intentions Regarding US Defense Policy Towards Taiwan
EA
IGP
2011
Howard, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Jennings Treutel
Confucianism and the Modern East Asian
EA
IGP
2011
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Kelli Beard
'Have You Put on Weight?' A Study on the Effects of Certain Factors on the Increased Presence of Eating Disorders in Modern C
EA
SCI
2011
Cozad, Laura
Thesis
Prospectus
Luke Schwalm
Bridge over the River Kawaii: Examining the Consumption of Anime and Manga in the United States
EA
SCI
2011
Interregional
Oh, Minjoo
Thesis
Prospectus
Matthew Archer
Maintaining Growth, Reducing Emissions: An Econometric Analysis Of Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions And Economic Growth In
EA
IGP
2011
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Ryan Parsons
The Urbanization of Chinese Citizenship: A Case Study of Shanghai and Suzhou
EA
IGP
2011
Terasawa
Howard, Joshua
Thesis
Prospectus
Emilie Dayan
Papy Boom and Public Pensions: Achieving Fiscal Sustainability and Intergenerational Solidarity within the French Public Pens
EU
GEB
2011
European
Cooper, Alice
Thesis
Prospectus
Marie Wicks
Swing Into Action: The Political And Aesthetic Role Of Jazz In Nazi Germany And Occupied France
EU
IGP
2011
Gispen, Kees
Thesis
Shelley Clark
Conflicting Interests in the Swiss Alps: A Comparative Study of International Environmental Governance
EU
IG
2011
Sonnet, John
Thesis
Prospectus
Rachel Johnson
The 'False Positives' Scandal: Extrajudicial Killings and the Militarization of Domestic Security in Colombia
LA
IPS
2011
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Stephen Worley
The Wrath of Grapes: Globalization, Economics, and the Rapid Rise of the Chilean Wine Industry
LA
GEB
2011
Latin American
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass
Thesis
Christina Thompson
Regime, Society, and Political Transitions: A Case Study of China
EA
PET
2010
East Asian
Reynolds, Holly
Thesis
Cooper Rimmer
The Role of the Supreme People's Court within the P.R.C.: Judicial Interpretation and Judicial Review
EA
IPS
2010
Terasawa
Czarnetzky, John
Thesis
Erin Callahan
Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism in China: A Study of Han Nationalism as Reflected through Uighur-Han Relations
EA
IG
2010
Howard, Joshua
Thesis
Richard Whitehous
Small States and Big Powers: Strategic Behavior of Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore
EA
IG
2010
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Robert Pettit
Regional Inequality and Consumers' Demands: An Empirical Analysis on the Relationship between the Correlation of Variat
EA
GEB
2010
Gungoraydinoglu, Ali
Thesis
Harrison Ford
Religious Nationalism in the Post-Soviet Sphere: A Case Study of the Relationship Between the Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church During th
EU
IGP
2010
Yukleyen, Ahmet
Thesis
Prospectus
Jessica Beck
Challenging EU Solidarity? : German-Russian Relations
EU
GEB
2010
European
Loveless, Matthew
Thesis
Prospectus
Joshua Cox
Jihadi Salafism in France: Is France a Hospitable Environment for the Pro-violence Salafi Movement?
EU
IG
2010
Yukleyen, Ahmet
Thesis
Prospectus
Ann Robin Tucker
Body Modification and Body Image Among Argentinians: The Prevalence of Plastic Surgery and Eating Disorders in Buenos Aires
LA
SCI
2010
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Caitlin Clarke
The Mapuche Conflict: Indigenous-State Relations in Contemporary Chile
LA
SCI
2010
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Cat Couper
Religiosity in Uruguay: A Robust Religious Economy in Latin America's Most Secular Nation
LA
SCI
2010
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass
Thesis
Prospectus
Daniel Hester
Que se vayan todos! Opportunity Structures, Social Movement Mobilization, and the Argentine Piquetero Movement
LA
SCI
2010
Centellas, Katherine
Thesis
Joe Bateman
Conflict in the Peruvian Amazon: A Study of Political Protest in Bagua
LA
PET
2010
Latin American
Centellas, Miguel
Thesis
Kent Ford
The Use of Torture as a Tool of Anti-Terrorism: Deriving Lessons for the Future through a Comparison of Argentina's Dirt
LA
IG
2010
Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass
Thesis
Kyra McDonald
The Statelessness of Ethnic Haitians in the Dominican Republic with a Special Emphasis on the Statelessness of Dominican-Born
LA
IPS
2010
Jackson, Jeffrey
Thesis
Michael Malenfant
How Have Argentine Presidents Used Economic Policy for Political Gain?
LA
PET
2010
Love, Gregory
Thesis
Patrick Woodyard
The Kirchner Administration’s Soybean Export-Tax Policy in Argentina as an Analytical Tool for Determining Political & Economic Shifts in Latin America since the Neoliberal Era
LA
GEB
2010
Jackson, Jeffrey
Thesis
Alecia Waite
The Olympics as a Catalyst for Chinese Environmental Regulation: A Theory with Three Case Studies from Beijing
EA
PET
2009
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Prospectus
Katie Swain
China's Role in the Darfur Crisis: An Inquiry into Global Ethics
EA
IPS
2009
Interregional
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Kennedy Horton
Holding China Back: How the Household Registration System and Education System are Hindering Economic Development in China
EA
GEB
2009
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Susan Lawrence
The Beginning of the End: A First Look at Textile and Apparel Trade after the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)
EA
GEB
2009
Gungoraydinoglu, Ali
Thesis
Ann Kirk Jacobs
Turkey and the European Union: Why Europe Doesn't Want a Taste of Turkey
EU
SCI
2009
European
Yukleyen, Ahmet
Thesis
Prospectus
Rachel West
Change in the European Court of Human Rights: Accession of Eastern and Central European Member States
EU
IG
2009
Brower, Charles
Thesis
Amanda Boozer
Sex Trafficking and the State in Argentina: Theoretical Perspectives, Government Policies and a Proposal for a Comprehensive
LA
IG
2009
Terasawa
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Kellee Usher
Capturing the Banner of Batllismo: The Frente Amplio and the End of Uruguay's Two-Party System
LA
PET
2009
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Prospectus
Melissa Green
Ethonopolitics in Ecuador: Expanding Democracy through the Politicization of Identity
LA
SCI
2009
Bauer, Daniel
Thesis
Anthony Yuen
Mainland Chinese Attitudes Toward the United States
EA
IPS
2008
Terasawa
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Megan Rogers
At the Roots of Faith: A Comparative Analysis of the History and Appeal of Buddhism and Christianity in Contemporary China
EA
SCI
2008
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Christine Forster
Martine's World: Examining Gender Roles, Girlhood and Nostalgia in Modern Day France
EU
SCI
2008
European
Grayzel, Susan
Thesis
Benjamin Jackson
Reaping the Benefits of Globalization: The Case of the Argentine Soy Economy
LA
GEB
2008
Latin American
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Livia Macias
Sustainable Development in the Atacama Desert?: Community and the Copper Mining Industry in Northern Chile
LA
PET
2008
Dinius Oliver
Thesis
Margot Holland
Obstacles to Success that U.S. and European Big Box Retail Chains Face in Penetrating the Japanese Market
EA
GEB
2007
East Asian
Endo
Thesis
Prospectus
Madeline Goodwin
European Integration in Norway and Finland: A Question of Identity, Security, Economics, or All of the Above?
EU
SCI
2007
European
Metcalf, Michael
Thesis
Prospectus
Steven Wheat
The Revenge of the Past: Ethnic Nationalism, Soviet Nationalities Policies, and the Collapse of the USSR
EU
IPS
2007
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Tabitha Thomas
Protecting the Environment While Growing in India and China: A Case for an Independent Environmental Agency
EU
GEB
2007
Terasawa
Ladha, Krishna
Thesis
Jessica Bryant
Elusive Peace: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Wars and Conflict Resolution in El Salvador
LA
SCI
2007
Latin American
Dinius, Oliver
Thesis
Andrew Piletz
China's Growing Unemployment Problems: Past, Present, and Future
EA
GEB
2006
East Asian
Guo, Gang
Thesis
Brianna Phillips
What's Behind Genocide? The Social Construction of Ethnicity and Mass Killing
EA
IPS
2006
Long, Andrew
Thesis
Benjamin Hammond
The Cost of Wealth: The Saudi Struggle for Sustainable Development
EU
GEB
2006
Thomson, Curtis
Thesis
Christine Day
The French Non: The Socialist Party, Relocations, and Economic Concerns
EU
IPS
2006
European
Gispen, Kees
Thesis
Daniel Martin
The Future of Turkey and the European Union
EU
GEB
2006
Gispen, Kees
Thesis
Galina Sergeeva
Islamic Education in Pakistan and Terrorism in Kashmir: Is there a Connection?
EU
IG
2006
Gispen, Kees
Thesis
Carter Wamp
The Development of Information and communications Technologies (ICTs) in Latin America: A Comparative Case Study of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Guatemala
LA
IG
2006
Terasawa
Jackson, Jeffrey
Thesis
Ryan Bullock
Questioning the 'Banana Republic': A comparative Case Study of the Implications for Local Workers of the United Fruit Company's Operations in Ecuador and Co
LA
GEB
2006
Jackson, Jeffrey
Thesis
Elizabeth Blakey
Surviving the Pension Crisis
EU
IG
2003
Thesis
Katherine Manchester
AIDS in Brazil - The National Coordination for STD/AIDS: A Model for Success
LA
SCI
2003
Thesis
Eli Jellenc
Of Old Allies, New Threats, and an Impasse
EU
IPS
2002
Thesis