| Thesis Title | Author (Student) | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| An American Evolution of LGB Public Opinions | Jack Carrera | Samantha Frost |
| Analyzing Executive Action: The Signals and Conditions that Help Predict the Issuance of Executive Orders | Alison Casey | Gisela Sin |
| The Effects of Political Strategy on the United States' Aid Allocation | Naveed Cheraghchi | Matthew Winters |
| Campaign Finance: Effects on Voter Behavior and Opinion | Thomas Conroy | Jose Cheibub |
| The President vs. Congress: Agency Compliance and Control | Michelle Gong | Jennifer Selin |
| Big Interest Groups Making a Big Difference: Studying the Impact of Interest Groups on Agency Policymaking | Meredith Heim | Jennifer Selin |
| Gender and Committee Assignments in Congress | Marie Johnson-Dahl | Tracy Sulkin |
| From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus: China's Economic Rise and the IMF | John Knoblett | Xinyuan Dai |
| Oppression of the Devoted | Janice Lin | Avital Livny |
| Voting in Taiwan and China: A Comparative Analysis on the Impact of Educational Attainment on Voter Turnout in Taiwan and China | Mekenah Merrill | Sarah Hummel |
| Gender, Embodied Subjectivity, and Religion: A Challenge to Liberal Pluralism | Hana Nasser | Samantha Frost |
| The Northern Ireland Conflict and the Good Friday Accord | Farhan Patel | Carol Leff |
| An Analysis on Eminent Domain and the Supreme Court | Christopher Ponicki | Alicia Uribe |
| Nuclear Confrontations | Amrutha Prasad | John Vasquez |
| Public Goods Satisfaction and Participation of Indigenous People in Latin America | Alexandra Turcios | Damarys Canache |
Thesis Awards
The 2016 Best Thesis Awardee is John Knoblett for his thesis "From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus: China's Economic Rise and the IMF."
The 2016 Best Poster Awardee is Mekenah Merrill for her thesis poster, "Voting in Taiwan and China: A Comparative Analysis on the Impact of Educational Attainment on Voter Turnout in Taiwan and China."