Spring 2015 Senior Composition Titles and Authors

Bowers, Tyler:  J.  Machiavelli’s Political Theory in Tamburlaine the Great

Brown, Marisa:  The Correlation Between Female Participation in Sport and in the Public Sphere: The Cases of Iran and Saudi Arabia

Coplen, Jacqueline:  Chávez no se va: Exploring Hug Chávez’s Governance of Venezuela

DiFrancesco, Pasquale:  Federalism, Regulation, and Revenue Mechanisms: An Analysis of Pennsylvania’s Approach to Natural Gas Extraction

Gordon, Nicholas:  Gentrification’s Impact on Political Mobilization With a Focus on Social Movement Formation

Grecek, Joe:  Judicial Selection Methods and their Effects on State Supreme Court Judges

Guarino, Brianna:  Distorted Realities: The interaction of competing narratives and protracted conflict in Israel-Palestine and Cyprus 

Latronica, Matthew:  Paralytic Uncertainty: The Information Semi-Commons and Changes, Online

Morris, Aurley:  Counterterrorism Finance Policy: A Comparative Examination of the Taliban and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Sells, Asher:  The Arab Stereotype and U.S. Film

Shampoe, Lindsey:  Kurdish-Language Broadcasting and Education: The Role of International Organizations 

Silver, Mara:  The Importance of Judicial Review: An Analysis of the Effects of the European Union and European Court of Justice on British Judiciary Independence 

Morris, Aurley:  Counterterrorism Finance Policy: A Comparative Examination of the Taliban and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Naughton, Sarah:  Challenging Segal and Spaeth: An Analysis of Vital Precedent as a Constraint on Supreme Court Decision Making in Regards to the Commerce Clause

Tortorici, Nicholas:  Effective Representation: Rural Representatives and Visible Constituencies 

Young, Naomi:  The Perils of Trailblazing Same-Sex Marriage Law: A Case Study in Non-Humanist Jurisprudence

Zamet, Samuel:  Recalling America’s Democratic Spirit