Political Science Senior Theses • Political Science • Carthage College

Every student who graduates from Carthage with a major in political science must complete a senior thesis project. Students work on their senior theses in POLS 400: Senior Seminar. Past theses have covered a broad range of topics:

Madeline Anderson – “The Development of The American Neoliberal Theory and its Effects on the Well-being of U.S. Citizens Through a Case Study on the Ronald Reagan Administration”
Amanda Barthel – “Digital Media and Crime Shows Effects on Public Opinion: Processing Political Problematics and Social Misconceptions”
Willem Berglund – “Charting Their Own Controversial Course: An Analysis of Czech and Hungarian Anti-Immigrant Populism Within the 2010s”
Aaron J. Bollinger – “Sitting in Hot Water: A Case Study Predicting That China Will Experience Conflict Due to Water Scarcity”
Myles Farley – “The Shift of the Establishment Clause”
Alleigh Fine – “Criminal to the System, Victim to the Mind: Understanding Transinstitutionalization Through Labeling Theory”
Richard Flores – “Detroit’s Corrupting Crime”
Antoine M. Givens – “Taxation Without Representation: Equal Representation for the District of Columbia”
Rianna Hrycay – “Tackling the Issue of Population Aging Within Japan Through Birth Rate-Focused Policies”
Bradley Morelli – “F is for Fake News: Post-Truth Politics and the Decline of American Discourse”
John Nash – “The Land Ethic, The Model, and Wolves: Towards a Better Conservation Philosophy”
Micah Pahl – “Susette Kelo, Et Al. V. City of New London, Connecticut, Et Al. and a Political Critique of Modern Eminent Domain Practice”
Bonnie Perrino – “Strength in Numbers: Sanction Implementation and the Unravelling Crisis in Venezuela”
Jacob Regan – “The Chinese Environmental Mishap: The Failures of China’s Authoritarianism and Belligerent Economy”
Georgette Wellnitz – “The Controversy of Gardasil: Corporate Control Over Public Policy”
Jaclyn Wilks – “Public Misconceptions of America’s Prisons: Contributions to the Creation of Ineffective Policy”
Dulce Zarinana – “Making America Racist Again: Policy, Rhetoric, and Racism in the Trump Administration”

Sydni Baluch – “On Refugee Camps: Authority, Responsibility, and Humanitarian Data Technology”
Ivy Becker – “Returning to Chevron Deference: An Attempt to Revive Democratic and Political Accountability of Administrative Agencies through the Progressives’ Understanding of the Administrative State”
Andrew E. Goebel – “Prayers for the Proletariat: The Christian Constructs in Marxism and the Contradictions of Modernity”
Elizabeth Husemann – “The Negative Impact of Public Opinion on Policy Regarding Nuclear Waste”
Mallory McCormick – “Heterosexuality: The Overwhelming Force of Women’s Oppression in Marxist Feminist Scholarship”
James Meason – “The Sun Rising in The East”
Zach Pfaffenbach – “Flaws in Labor Laws: The Impracticality of a Fifteen Dollar Federal Minimum Wage for the United States”
Rebecca Rankins – “We the People: The Role of Public Opinion in Supreme Court Decision Making”
Colin Weeks – “Russian Roulette: The Politics of Russia’s Intervention in Syria”
Eli Wittenberg – “On the Brink of World Destruction: Using Political and International Relations Theory to Analyze America’s Actions During the Cuban Missile Crisis”
Benjamin Woroch – “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”

Joseph Alfakhori — “Survival of the Fittest: Israel and the Realist Perspective”
DaQuawn Bruce — “The State of Children’s Rights in Senegal: An Analysis of the Practice of Forced Child Begging”
Kendall Christoun — “The Plight of the Honey Bees”
Malik R. Frazier — “Mass Incarceration: The Prisoner’s Dilemma”
Kristen Hairston — “Education Policies in the United States and Australia: Are They Helping Indigenous Peoples?”
Sydney Harris — “The Importance of Media Coverage to Extremists: How Democracies Are More Vulnerable to an Attack”
Daniel Jensen — “Welcome to Hell: The Effects of Counter-Terrorism Policy in Chechnya and Afghanistan”
Alex Knudsen — “Smart Sanctions: Signals and Punishments”
Jenna Leazott — “Risking Life and Limb: Why Syrian Refugees Continue to Flee to Europe”
Owen Myers — “The Dragon’s Ascent: China’s Economic Rise and its Potential Threats to the United States National Security Interests”
Bradley Rutter — “Public Health in the United States of America: Should the Country Utilize Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and Implement Health in All Policies (HiAP), the Holistic Policy Approach to Human Health?”
Abby Roberts — “Pouring Fuel on the Fire: The United States’ Counter-terrorism Efforts in Yemen”
Stephen Steinheiser — “A Just Immigration Policy”
Gabriella Tedesco — “Caught in the Crossfire: The Role of U.S. Counter-Terrorism in Mitigating the Harm to Women and Children in the Middle East”

Nicole Alfaro — “Analyzing the Adequacy of the Geneva Convention Concerning the Refugee Crisis”
Anthony Bellisario — “A Long Way Back to the Top: A Realist Approach to Russian Foreign Policy”
Rosemary Cisneros — “Working Across the Spectrum: Why Universalism Rationalizes Cultural Relativists Approaches to Ending Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting”
Wyatt Cooper — “Concealed-Carry On College Campuses: The Legal Right of Students and Faculty to Bear Arms”
Ashley Cross — “There are Prominent Businessmen but not Titan of Industry: Criticism of the Argument that we are in a Second Gilded Age”
Ryeshia Farmer — “U.S. Social Movements: Where Social and Political Arenas Overlap”
Benjamin Gesell — “Contemporary Federalism and the Laboratories of Democracy: How The States Have Become the Policy Innovators”
Michael Knaak — “Sanctions: Imprisoning the Nuclear Genie”
Kevin Kulling — “Mass Shootings: A Misguided Cause”
Maggie O’Toole — “Values of the West: Implications of Stakeholder Collaboration in Public Land Management”
Janina Spencer — “All Film Is Political: A Discussion of Political Nature and Its Relation to American Commercial Films”
Timothy Tennyson — “On Hobbes’s Treatment of Punishment In The Leviathan”
Odessa Torez — “When Fragile States Break: International Governmental Organizations’ Role in the Recognition of De Facto States”

Shannon Black — “Service-Learning in Higher Education: Putnam’s Encouragement and Fish’s Food for Thought”
Cody Merlin Brant — “How an Educated Society Effects the Descriptive Representation of Women – And Why That Matters”
Brien Drake — “Deinstitutionalization and Homelessness: A Policy Review”
Benjamin Fox — “Lockean Christianity: The Lockean Interpretation and Application of Christian Virtues in a Secular Society”
Nenad Komljenovic — “Video Games Affecting Violent Behavior: A Literature Review and Policy Design”
Maddie Kovarik — “Female Education and Gender Inequality in Afghanistan throughout the Decades”
Tom Meland — “Reexamining the Age of Consent: Sexual Freedom, Privacy, and the Attempt to Save the Children from Themselves”
Taylor Oanes — “The Steel Giant’s Emerald Heart: The Rise of Green Cities and the Federal Government’s Failure to Lead on Climate Change”
Reed Ortland — “Identification Please: A Look at Voter ID laws and Voting Opportunities”
Seth Petty — “The U.S. Supreme Court’s Role in Society: How Representative are they?”
Genevieve Siegler — “Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000: A Law Review of the Prisoner Provision”
Samuel Tomten — “Sovereignty or Bust: The American Indian Movement And The Continuing Fight for Self-Determination In American Indian Affairs”
Ryan Trower — “A Money Driven Dichotomous Union: The Relationship between Political Polarization and Economic Health”
Adam VanPay — “Leadership”

Christopher Bogusch — “Corrections in the United States: A Mental Health Case”
Roman Dzwinyk — “The Obligation of Western Powers to Prevent an Authoritarian Russia from Violating International Law and Threatening Domestic Progress”
Marissa Gray — “Addressing War Rape as a Crime Against Humanity: Feminist Perspectives and the Role of International Relations”
Reese Herth — “Narrowing of the Democratic Peace Theory: A Study of the Monadic and Dyadic Theories”
Samantha Meszaros — “The Welfare State as a Means for Gender Equality”
Kathryn Murphey — “Reforming Intercountry Adoption”
Matthew Praetorius — “The End of Endorsement”
Emily Prymula — “United States Sanctions: Foreign Policy Tool or Domestic Appeasement Tactic?”
Taylor Ridderbusch — “The Land Ethic and Wolves: The Ethics of Wolf Hunting”
Kendall Vega — “Competency to Stand Trial: Does the Process Protect Individuals with an Intellectual Disability?”

Brian Anderson — “Is Anybody Listening?: Responsiveness of Representatives in the House”
Eric Bernard — “Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Call for Renewed Strength”
Kelsey Bowen — “Moving Towards Anti-Discriminatory Immigration Policy: A Comparative Study of the United States, Australia, and France”
Crosby Bradford — “The Role of the Justices and Popular Opinion in the United States Supreme Court”
Justin Cook — “Analysis of No Child Left Behind with a Proposal for the Ideal Education Legislation”
Matt Eilers — “The Necessity of United Nations Security Council Reform”
Kaylee Gleason — “The Impact of Colonial Legacy on the Status of African Women: A Comparative Analysis of British and French Colonial Institutions”
Diane Hahn — “Strengthening the Electorate by Improving the Role of Student Government in United States Colleges”
Marco Martinez — “Drone Warfare: Is the U.S. Drone Program in the Middle East Legal?”
Victoria Martinez — “Stripped Bare: An Examination of Pornography, Feminism and the Constitution”
Jason Olson — “Liquid-Fluoride Thorium Reactors and Public Policy”
Kelly Peterson — “Just War and the Importance of Wars of Choice and Wars of Necessity”
Jane Plier — “United States’ Failure in Effective Humanitarian Intervention: Implications for Syria”
Andrew Rosenberg — “The Wall of Separation: An American Reformation of Religion”
Alyssa Scott — “Reproductive Rights and Development: Effectively Using Male and Cultural Perspectives”
Chelsea Shields — “Strict Scrutiny and the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court”
Bobby Schoen — “The Federal Corporate Income tax and Its Influence on Corporate America”
Sarah Vanags — “#PublicSphere: An Analysis of Political and Advocacy Campaigning through Social Media”
Marlena Wdowiak — “Crime Shows Influence Upon Public Opinion: Misinterpretation of Law Conceptualization vs. Law in Practice”
Devon Wells — “What Heats Up Cools Off: A Study of U.S.-Russia Relations Past, Present and Future”

Andy Ademe — “Testing the Tiebout-Tullock Hypothesis: The Influence of Government Amenities on the Migration Propensity of Young Adults in the United States”
Eric Ceci — “Good Christian Intentions and the Loss of American Democracy”
Cameron Clark — “Rising Health Care Costs and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
Hunter Douglas — “A Case for Bureaucratic Control of Policy Implementation”
Kelly Garcia — “PTSD: The Legacy of a Multiple Deployment Policy”
Kate Haapala — “Sustainable Community Development: A Solution to Human, Indigenous and Environmental Rights Abuses in Ecuador”
Tom Johnson — “An Advocacy Study for the Use of Surveillance by the Police”
Rachael Kimmerling — “The Tragedy of Socratism: Striving for the Music-Practicing Socrates”
Samantha Klaphake — “Approval Rating and Reelection Rates: The American Political Contradiction”
Steve Kvasnicka — “Pork Barrel Politics in a Westminster Style Government Explained Through a Comparison Between Canada and Great Britain”
Emily Landberg — “A Tale of Two Countries: War and Peace in the Middle East”
Maxx Lavin — “Federal and State Congressional Redistricting: The Motive Driving Partisan and Bipartisan Redistricting Committees”
Trevor Pennington — “Privacy Rights in Personal Information: A Defense of Privacy”
Dan Pickerl — “Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis”
Barton Rosser — “China and the United States: Power Transition Theory and the Role of the Superpower in the 21st Century”
Nathan Ruffolo — “Privacy in Preeminence”
Megan Smith — “Retail Politics in the Primaries: Iowa, New Hampshire and Early Effects on the Presidential Nomination”
Demetri Vincze — “Residential Segregation in the United States: Racial Zoning, City Planning, and Suburban Exclusion”
Mike Zasadil — “Voter ID: The Imperfect Solution to a Nonexistent Problem”

Josh Baker — “Marriage Equality: Litigation versus Legislation as Durable Strategy”
Bo Blazavier — “Calling for Reform: How United States Correctional Policies Fail to Reduce Crime Effectively, Protect Potential Victims, and Set Offenders on Productive Paths”
Vincenzo Chimera — “A Machiavellian Peace”
Danielle Cleveland — “One Nation Divided: Ideological Polarization: Political Elite, United States Electorate and the Supreme Court”
Benjamin Coder — “Out-of-Area Operations and the North Atlantic Society of States: The Quest to Define Security and the Inescapable Demise of Broad-Alliance Operations”
Barry Doetch — “Effects of Citizens’ Polarization of the United States on Congressional Gridlock”
Joseph Finnemann — “Political Polarization in Interwar Germany: What Main Reason Created Radical Political Polarization? “
Ryan Geary — “The Right to Miranda Rights: The Constitutional Right and Its Mistaken Identity as a Procedural Ruling”
Matthew Holmes — “The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002: A Failure to Control Unregulated Money in Political Elections and a Substantial Burden on the First Amendment”
Graham Johnson — “Woodrow Wilson’ Idealism in Mexico: A Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian Dichotomy”
Cailin Kolk — “The Perfect Storm: Understanding the Current Crisis of Low Public Opinion in the United States”
Paul Kuszel — “The Necessity of Religious Institutions in a Democracy: Tocqueville’s Arguments on Religion”
Glen Nielsen — “The International Response to Failed States”
Zack (Slim) Simonini — “The Second Amendment Rights Revolution”
Phil Taylor — “Political Influences within the Federal Reserve System”
Elizabeth Wagner — “Oedipus Rex: A Play on the Perpetual Tragedy of the Political Man”

Paul Berauer — “Our Son of a Bitch: Jimmy Carter, Nicaragua, and American Foreign Policy”
Timothy Blazek — “Shakespeare’s Political Theory of Henry the IV: ‘Presume Not That I Am the Thing I Was’”
Matt Breuer — “Machiavelli’s II Principe and the Modernity of lo Stato”
Randi Coughlin — “United States Citizens Misconceptions of Islamic Traditions”
Ellen Klahn — “Eliminating Gender Inequalities in Education as a Development Initiative”
Alex Kosyla — “After Appomattox: The Supreme Court and its Effect on Segregation”
Zachary Peters — “The Effectiveness of Dedicated Drug Treatment Courts: The Likelihood of Expansion for these Revolutionary Policies”
Laura Ripple — “Guatemala: Transitioning After Conflict”
Maria Sarantakis — “A New Meaning to ‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’: How the United States is Replacing Adam & Eve with Adam & Steve”
Samantha Shackleford — “United States Foreign Assistance Towards Least Developed Countries: The Shift to Liberal Policy”
Thomas Stowe — “Limits of Plurality Voting: How Alternative Voting Systems can more Accurately Depict Voter Preference”
Jeanne Sullivan — “Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address: An Argument for the Utilization of the People’s Passions to Perpetuate the American Democracy”

Brittany Dayton — “The Patriarchal Dilemma: An In-Depth Look into Constraints on Female Representation in the United States”
Thomas Gasparo — “Buzzkill: Sustainable Development and its Application to Colony Collapse Disorder”
Angela Harden — “Female Politicians in the Media: An Analysis of Gender Bias within the 2008 Presidential Election”
Carl Hoefler — “Habeas Corpus’ Effect at Guantanamo Bay”
Eric Jaburek — “Hugo Chavez: Empowering the People or Damaging Democracy?”
Andrea Jacobsen — “The Environmental Issues of Today: Going Green or Green Washing?”
Glenn Knuth — “Bush Doctrine and the Origins of the Iraq War”
Jan Rakes — “Are China’s Educational Inequalities Increasing? The Effects of Government Policy on China’s Education System”
Stephen Schrieber — “The American Regime: A Reexamination of Locke and International Relations”
Claire Zautke — “Greasing the Wheels: An Analysis of United States Energy Policy and the U.S. Policymaking System”

Kyle J. Alberti — “Plato as a Parallel to the Presidency: How Attributes of the Executive Mirror the Philosopher-King in The Republic”
Jenna M. Cooper — “Within Powers of the President or Without Precedent? The Expansion of Executive Authority, Post-September 11th, 2001”
Tyler Creekmore — “Destruction of the Great Writ: The Attenuating Role Habeas Corpus Plays in the War on Terror”
Claire Gene Esker — “The Dynamics of a Stateless Nation: A Comparative Analysis of Tibetan Nationalism”
Jennifer Ewins — “Elk Grove v. Newdow: The Constitutionality of an Unbroken Exercise of History”
Hanna Gichard — “The Presidential Popularity Contest: An Assessment of the Dynamic Influences on Presidential Approval Ratings”
Russell Hansen — “The United States’ Slide toward Alexis de Tocqueville’s Vision of Democratic Despotism”
Kirsten M. Hedin — “State Intervention in Genocide: Self Interests Dictate Action”
Kyle King — “Congressional Earmarks and Distributive Policy”
Nicole A. Rakers — “Paradox in Paradise: Tourism and Dependency in Barbados”
Krystal Risen — “Cultural Preservation or Isolationism?: Negative effects of France’s Immigration Policies”
Brian Schmidt — “Nietzsche’s Cultural Medicine Contra the Social Contract”
Aaron J. Tinjum — “Limits, Decision-Making, and Sustainability: An Analysis of U.S. Energy Proposals through Environmental Perspectives”
Kyle Underwood — “So goes the people, So goes the Party, The Rise and Return of Libertarianism in America”

Amanda L. Barker — “Making the Case for Public Arts Funding”
Kelly Bauer — “Freedom of Information: A Case Study of Political Motivations and Policy Designs in Argentina”
Gordon Bothun — “Pakistan: Lost in the Democratic Transition?”
William Crowley — “Neoconservatism and Its Influence on the War in Iraq”
Sean Highsmith — “Presidential Elections, the News Media, and Democracy”
Frank Johnsen — “The Evolution of the Law and Order Ideology And its Enforcement among Democrats and Republicans”
Kristyne Keppler — “Legal Guides of Policy Preferences? Evaluating How Supreme Court Justices Decide Cases”
Jordan Payne — “Political Attitudes or Deferment to Precedent? Obscenity and the Supreme Court”
Sarah Walker — “Immigrant Assimilation: A Comparison of the United States and France”

Carrie S. Becker — “Money and Politics: An Age-Old Tradition”
Melissa Bendever — “The United States Government’s Reaction to Fidel Castro”
Kyle S. Blair — “Devolution of Power in the United Kingdom”
Emily Cahoon — “Sex Slavery in Southeast Asia: A Crisis Hindered by Inadequate Efforts”
Kathryn Hinterlong — “Welfare Reform: Promoting Marriage to Reduce Poverty”
Samantha Kraimer — “Free Press/ Fair Trial: How Fair Is It Actually?”
Kurt Kromm — “Confidential Sources, the Media, and Democratic Government”
Christopher Nikkinen — “National Crises and Presidential Influence”
Shannon Richmond — “The Media and its Effect on Political Socialization”
Christopher T. Scolire — “Congress, Professional Sports, and Steroids: Injecting the Government Into Private Organizations”
Scott Shapiro — “The Growing Group of Independent Moderate Voters and Its Implications”
Magdalene V. Spanuello — “The Effectiveness of Socialist Realism in Creating the Ideal Soviet State”

Chip Bishop — “Sustainable Development and Costa Rica: Future Global Leadership from the Third World”
Elise Catalanotte — “Constitutional Rights to Privacy and the USA PATRIOT Act”
Casen Griffiths — “Free Markets and Education: Promises and Problems in Milwaukee’s Voucher Program”
Greta Johnson — “The Struggle to Reduce the Inequalities of Income Distribution in Chile”
Betheny Johnson — “An Independent Judiciary in a Democracy”
Alyson Kuttruff — “Reclaiming Humanitarian Assistance: A Civilian Rapid Reaction Mechanism for the European Union”
Elizabeth Mitchell — “Government Responsibility to Diminish Urban Poverty with a Focus on the Importance of Housing”
Chris O’Neill — “The USA PATRIOT Act: A Threat to Civil Liberties?”
Erin Parker — “Political Instability and Social Fragmentation are Found Correlated among States that Use Child Soldiers”
Brian Pawlowski — “Machiavellian Piety: Religion and Leadership in the Discourses”
Kimberly Poff — “The Justification for the International Criminal Court”
Amber Tiemann — “Nuclear Proliferation and United States Policy Towards North Korea”
Jason Zapf — “The United States and Regime Change: A Case Study of Guatemala”

Lyndsay Boyd — United States Government and Non-Government Funding for HIV and AIDS in Kenya
William Del Marto — A Study of the USA Patriot Act: Empowering Law Enforcement vs. Protecting Civil Liberties
Matthew Dubowski — Roll Call Vote Margins and Party Conformity
Sean Duffy — Does the U.S. have the Responsibility to Intervene?
Angela Froberg — Prayer in Public Schools: Establishment v. Free Exercise
Karen Gottfredsen — Thomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom
Christine Hugon — An Exploration of Richard J. Daley and his Involvement Within the Chicago Political Machine
Aaron Krager — An Overview of Recycling Programs With a Focus on Recycling Possibilities For Carthage College
Rex Nauman — The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Case and President George W. Bush
Victoria Nguyen — Environmental Regulation: the Battle to Reduce Mercury
Kimberly Phillips — National Missile Defense: A Necessity or Wasted Effort?
Dime’ Russell — Women’s Rights and the Gender Gap
Jonathon Strauss — Cruising Out of Control? International Regulation and Monitoring of the Cruise Travel Industry in Regard to Environmental Pollution
Luke Zammit — Media as an Agent of Corporate Power

Rocio Herrera — Censorship and Propaganda in the Soviet Union
Mary Miller — The Social Responsibility of 18-24 Year Olds: A Study of the Relationship of Community Service and Voting
Heather Menke — InnerChange Freedom Initiative Program
Alyson Paulson — Judicial Activism and Public Opinion

Thomas Bez — The 1992 Presidential Election and the Effects of the Media
Peggy Buehler —Women and Politics Norway, The United States, and Japan
Damian Dambra — Why Are They Called Controlled Substances?
Jonathan FioRito — A Comparative Study: The Triple Transitions of Estonia and Lithuania
Timothy Grailer — Attributes of Chinese Religious Persecution and the Future of the Falun Gong: A Case Study of the White Lotus Teachings and Falun Gong
Andrew James Kressin — Pre-emptive Counter-terrorism: The United States, Just War and the Yemen Incident
Peter Lenos — Of National Security: An Examination of Organization and Political Factors Contributing to our Liability to Prevent Terrorist Attacks
Jeff Rasch — Is Hate Speech Free Speech?
Erica Williams — Democracy in India
Nick Williams — Quality of Life in Milwaukee Suburbs

James I. Bernicky — The Lack of Gun Education Programs: Why have they taken so long to implement?
Eric Carlson — The Right to Bear Arms
Stephen Clubb — The Conflict Between Sovereignty and Integration
Paul Eiting — Democratization in Postconflict States: Impact of Consociational Elements in Kenya
Steven Fink — Welfare Reform Should Be Reformed
Jens Galla — Federal Funding for Higher Education As Policy Reaction in Times of Crisis
Thomas Justice Jr. — Small Arms and Conflict States, A Lethal Combination
Adam McBrady — United States’ Nuclear Security: Assessing the Changes that Have Been, and Should Be Made
Jenelle Montague — Children and Television Violence
Joshua Snell — Advocating Euthanasia
Theresa Smiley — Female Circumcision and the Application of Universalism and Cultural Relativism
Heather Taylor — Wisconsin Works: A Success

David Ahlvers — Just War Theory
Ryan Joseph Banta — Russia’s Triple Transition
Jamie Eck — Corporal Punishment: An American Tradition?
James F. Garner — The International Political System: Bipolar Vs. Multi-polar
Brian O’Connell — Capitalism in Cuba: Socialism or Death?
Melissa Poppenger — The Death Penalty: Do Social Characteristics Play a Role?
Al Spiegel — Campaign Evolution

Chris Gochis — Preventing the Reoccurrence of Intrastate Conflict
Phillip Oliver — Jury Selection: Myths and Methods
Phillip Oliver — The Perception of Mental Illness and How it Affects Mock Juror’s Acquittal Rate in Insanity Defense Cases
Michelle Rayburn — Gun Control
Kelly Sexton — The Politics of Public Policy: Effects of Socioeconomic Conditions on Welfare Public Policy

Richard Charles Kriofsky — The GI Bill: From a Public Policy Perspective
James Prevost — Leadership and Hussein’s Maintenance of Power
Amy Van Rooy — Gun Control
Angela Serio — An Indepth Look Into a Civil War Crisis
David J. Turek — Do We Share More Than Hockey and Celine Dion: An Investigation of Binational Environmental Regimes between the United States and Canada

Cara Bowman — Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, and Hedley Bull and International Relations Theory: What were their perspectives and how do they fit in today’s world?
Coreen Held — The Christian Coalition
Ryan Landry — Gangs in Prison
April Lamb — Gender Gap: Women and Men in Public Office
Diana M. Wells — Why Do People Vote The Way They Do?
Anne Wilson — Biomaterials and the Policy Process: A Comprehensive Study