Student Theses
Recent MA Theses Defended:
- Michaela Fazecas, July 2004 "The United Nations Fund for Population Activities: Changing the Direction of the Total Fertility Rate in Developing Nations" Thesis chair: Dr. Bernadette Jungblut and Dr. Dwight Kiel
- Benjamin Freeman, March 2005 "Investigating Economic Inequality and Voter Turnout in the Industrialized Democracies" Thesis chair: Dr. Barbara Kinsey
- Sergey Kireyev, November 2004 "George Liska's Realist Alliance Theory, and the Transformation of NATO" Thesis chair: Dr. Roger Handberg
- Robin Merritt, July 2004 "Façade Democracy: Democratic transition in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan" Thesis chair: Dr. Bernadette Jungblut
- Verlinda Wells, November 2004 "The Lack of Diversity on the Bench in Florida's State Courts" Thesis chair: Dr. Roger Handberg
- Michelle Wingo, July 2004 "Social Under-Development in Sub-Saharan Africa" Thesis chair: Dr. Barbara Kinsey
- Amanda Fidler, Fall 2003 "The Kyoto Protocol and the Basel Protocol: Why International Environmental Agreements Fail"
- Delia Goolsby, 2003/2004 "Regional Realignment: Sub-National Trends in Partisan Identification in the United States"
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Phillip Brooks Duncan, Fall 2003 "The Democratic Order as a Supra-Civilization:
Novus Ordo Seclorum " - Teresa Lamar, Summer 2003 "Narco-Terrorists: Myth of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?"
Recent Honors in the Major Theses completed:
- Shawlene Blake, "Iran & the US: The Ripple Effect"
- Celeste Bulkley, "Evaluating Dynamic Explanations for Immigration Legislation: Post New Deal"
- Chris Cusano, "Iran: Islam & Political Participation"
- Rica Hudson, "Love Thy Neighbor: Genocide in Africa"
- Aurelie Siou, "Challenges of Western Democracies in the Post-Cold War Era"
- Robert Luke, "The Effects of Political Party Shifts on Voter Turnout in Latin America"
- Monika Thiboutot, "The Combined Effects of HIV/AIDS and Structural Adjustment Programs on Ugandan Underdevelopment"
- Stephanie Zausmer"A Just War Framework: Analyzing the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War"
- Jennifer Isherwood, on the Creation of the International Criminal Court
