A Tale of Two Neighbors: A Comparative Analysis of the Processes of State Creation and Regime Formation in Colombia and Venezuela
By: Alexander Mintz '17
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
Student/Faculty Research
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We have strong faculty research programs that lay the foundation for diverse student-faculty research opportunities and advanced laboratory and field-based learning.
Recent highlights:
Counterinsurgency Redux? Dutch Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 2006-2010
By: Andrew Majkut '14
Faculty Adviser: William M. Rose
Sexual Assault and Transitional Justice: How Argentina Can Provide a Voice to its Silenced Survivors
By: Katie Pearson '14
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
The Peruvian Conflict: Policy and Implementation of Changing Counterinsurgency Strategy
By: Michelle Strayer '14
Faculty Adviser: William M. Rose
Legitimacy in Words and in Actions: The Jordanian Regime's Maintenance of Stability Amid Arab Spring Protests
By: Sarah Huckins '14
Faculty Adviser: Caroleen M. Sayej
When Profit Builds Community: African American Businesses as Engines of Economic and Political Development
By: Rasheed Mitchell '13
Faculty Adviser: MaryAnne Borrelli
Where democracy concedes: Examining environmental civil societies in China and Japan
By: Raymond Palmer '13
Faculty Adviser: Jane Dawson
(Senior capstone)
The Will to Adapt: The Post 2008 US Economic Crisis and its Impact on Refugee Resettlement in the United States
By: Meredith Byrne '13
Faculty Adviser: Tristan Borer
U.S. Policy Towards Political Uprisings in the Middle East
By: Nicole Moomjy '12
Faculty Adviser: Caroleen Sayej
(Senior capstone)
Fishy Nightmares and Dairy Dreams: Globalized Markets, Environmental Justice and Gender in Tanzania
By: Bryson Cowan '12
Faculty Adviser: Jane Dawson
The Media as a Terrain of Struggle: Navigating Representations of Violence Against Women in South African News Media
By: Megan Reback '12
Faculty Adviser: Tristan Borer
(Senior capstone)
Balancing the Process of Democratization and the Continuation of State Stability: The Case of Mexico
By: Elise Dunn '12
Faculty Adviser: Alex Hybel
The Identity of Political Support: Personal Constituents, Gender, and Political Ambition
By: Hayley Sullivan '11
Faculty Adviser: MaryAnne Borrelli
Smart People, Stupid Networks: The Internet's Equalizing Influence on Political Discourse and Engagement
By: Joseph Backer '08
Faculty Adviser: William Frasure