Fall 2020/Spring 2021 Senior Composition Titles and Authors

  • DeNardo, Nicholas IV: Status Quo or No: Predicting State Legislative decisions using cultural reference points and relevant framing events regarding gun control
  • Gebrekirstos, Lidia: The Democracy Theorem: Analyzing Dimensions of Horizontal Inequality and Power-Sharing in Severely Divided Societies
  • Godel, Emma: Creativity for Democracy’s Sake: Making Connections Between Arts Education, Social Capital, and Civic Engagement
  • Gray, Shemariel: Manufacturing A Crisis: An Analysis of How Political Elites Use Emotion For Self-serving Benefits
  • Hester, Jabriya: Reentry Programs: From Neoliberal Governmentality to Intersectional Practices
  • Inglis, Graham: Effectiveness of Confrontational and Nonconfrontational Activism
  • Lawler, Brenna: State Reactions to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the Impact on Campaign Finance Law
  • Lomax, Kyara: Black Women’s Journey: The Bridge Back to Us
  • McGurgan, Emily: Populist Executives: Catalyst to Democratic Backsliding
  • Phuyal, Bal Krishna: Under what conditions do conservative justices in the supreme court vote cohesively?
  • Rathbun, Emily: Under the Corset: An Applied History of America’s High-Heeled Hell Raisers
  • Wakim, Christopher: Policy & Populism
  • Wrubleski, Renna: Social Movements and Electoral Politics: An Examination of Sunrise Movement’s Endorsement of Eight Challengers in the 2020 Democratic Primaries
  • Yarkosky, Alexander: Satisfactory Justification of the United States’ Apportionment
  • Zemaitis, Katherine: Federalism and Its Effect On Global COVID-19 Responses: A Comparative Case Study of the United States, Sweden, and South Korea