Past Theses
2023
- Ricardo Herzog Balderas, "Ottoman Past and Arab Present: Continuity Through Former Ottoman Officers' Rise to Authority in British Mandate Iraq"
- Finn Garner, "The Dulles Duo"
2020
- Maddie Angeli, "Just What the Doctor Ordered': Milton Eisenhower Reclaimed Inter-American Affairs and his 1953 Goodwill Tour"
- Caroline Huber, "Christian Death: a Lens to Examine Change in 13th Century Iceland"
- Harrison Jones, "Peacekeepers and Enforcers: Assessing Military Police in Occupied Japan"
- Will Karakul, "Allies At Sea: Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1952"
- Elliot McRoberts, "Assault Breaker: A Weapon for a War That Never Was"
- Josh Walton, "The Science Advisor In National Strategy: Arctic Research In The International Geophysical Year"
- Kendall Zotti, "The Forgotten Scottish Martys: The United Scotsmen and the Crisis of the 1790s"
2017
- Garrett Carlson, “The Military Role of Templars and Hospitallers in Outremer in the Events Leading up to And During the Third Crusade”
- Ross Gilchriest, “The Intellectual Network of Dr. Oscar Levy”
- Wyatt La Pointe, “Drugs And Democracy: Hesitation in Nixon’s Early International Narcotics Control Policy in Colombia, 1969-1975”
- Patrick M. Leech, “War Without Fire: Henry V's Treatment of Civilians in His French Campaigns, 1415-1421”
- Sean Noa, “Courting A Dictator: Thesis on US-Liberian Relations 1980-1985”
- Kyle Pate, “The Preacher and the People: The Connection between Evangelical Preachers and Their Audiences”
- Matt Robbins, “A Quest for Kurdish Independence within the realm of Power Politics”
2016
- Andrew D. Anderson, “The Loyal Scapegoat: Stratford Canning during the Menshikov Mission and the Origins Of The Crimean War”
- Virginia J. Burger, “Joseph Brodsky: A Hot Flash of Understanding in Cold War Culture”
- Jody C. Lamb, “The Catskills, 1865-1914: Nature, Leisure, and the Origins of the American Summer Vacation”
- Shradha P. Patel, “Assyrians In Iraq: The Termination of the British Mandate”
2015
- Patrick Finley, “Reagan and Northern Ireland: Breaking Ground for American Involvement and Peace”
- Peter Richardson McGee, “The French Victory in the Battle of the Chesapeake: The Emerging French Perspective”
- Julius A. Melero, “General James Van Fleet and JUSMAPG during the Greek Civil War 1948-1949”
- Tilghman H. McCabe, “The Politics of William Windham’s Military Reforms: In Relation to the Reforms of British Military Discipline”
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Class of 2011 Honors Theses
Jonathan Erwert:
"Cultural Preservation and Societal Migration Among the 17th Century Pueblos of New Mexico"Anthony Gleis:
"Hell Through the Sidewalks: The American Urban Crisis in Hollywood Film"Skip Lambert:
"Media Change and Recruitment Images: The Royal Navy since World War II"Megan Moyette:
"Distance and Dialogue: The Church Missionary Society and Emerging Hindu Groups in Late Colonial India"Shannon Shaw:
"The Holmes County Amish Settlement 1956-1996: Examining Complexities and Emerging Districts"Benjamin Olivas:
"Close Encounters: U.S. Servicemen Engage Japan in War and Occupation, 1941-1946"Christine Tyndall:
"Brotherly Friendship?--Russian-Ukrainian Nationalist Discourse in the Soviet Union" -
Class of 2010 Honors Theses
Claire E. Clancy:
Eoin MacNeill and the Recovery of Irish IdentityMatthew Hettiger:
The Racialization of Politics in Revolutionary Zanzibar *co-winner of the Collins Best History Honors Thesis PrizeMichael D. Kennedy:
Decision-making in Operation Rolling ThunderWilliam Daniel McAloon:
The Intellectual Foundation of Conservative Opposition to Project and Tenet-based HousingMeredith Meehan:
Auxiliary Police Units in the Occupied Soviet Union, 1941-43: A Case Study of the Holocaust in Gomel, BelarusSteven Sifuentes:
The Limits of Doctrine: U.S. Army Air Force Antisubmarine Operations during the Battle of the Atlantic, 1942-1943Katherine R. Titus:
The Richmond Bread Riot of 1863: Class, Race, and Gender in the Urban Confederacy *co-winner of the Collins Best History Honors Thesis Prize
