2023
Perceptions of Political Knowledge, Political Participation, and Political Efficacy Among Western Washington University Students, Bryndis Danke
Political Rhetoric: A Personal and Scientific Exploration, Joshua McNeal
The Silenced Migrants, Alisa Nguyen
The Study of Peace: Proposing and Designing a Peace Studies Class for WWU, Clarice Ruhlin-Hicks
The Evolution of Spanish Nationalism, Anna Sutherland
2022
Travel in Southeast Asia, Adah Barenburg
WHAT IS POLITICAL SCIENCE? What a Disciplinary Archipelago Says about Political Scholarship and Academia as a Whole, Warren Burroughs
Don't Judge Me: Declining Judicial Independence in Hungary and Poland, Jonathan Freeberg
Tacoma and Health? An honors capstone project exploring the social stratification impacts on the health and well-being of Tacoma communities, Natalie Miller
Gender Through Time and Culture, Kate Wick
2021
Ecuador’s Amazon, Rights of Nature, and the Dilemma of the 2008 Constitution, Olivia Moore
A Legacy of Lies: Examining Donald Trump’s Record-Breaking Dishonesty, Sophie Sceats
2020
Sharp Power: How Foreign Election Interference is Changing the Global Balance of Power, Ethan Greene
Crisis State: Locating Populism's Conceptual Core, Noah Latsch
Red or Green? Gentrification in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Michael Patterson
The Gendered Political Economy of Africa: How the Empowerment of Women in Smallholder Farms Can Spearhead Economic Growth, Mayzie Shaver
2019
Seeking Asylum: Immigration Law in the Context of Human Rights, Hannah Blank
The Subject(s) of Feminism: Gender Identity, Emotion, and Deconstruction in Contemporary Feminist Politics, Gwen Frost
Women's Agency in Movements of Collective Violence, Juliet Knowles
American Political Culture and Sarah Palin: Motherhood, Femininity, and Masculinity in the 2008 Presidential Election, Maggie Newhouse
Library Strategic Planning: Impacting Change on a Local Level, Elizabeth Yarbrough
2018
Understanding Sexual Consent: Examining Affirmative Sexual Consent and Affirmative Sexual Consent Policies in the College Context, Rachael Redjou
2017
Comparing Education and Policy Outcomes in Brazil, India, and South Africa, Sarah Allen
Postcolonial Citizenship and Identity in the Netherlands and France, Claire Harris
The Effect of Electoral Competitiveness on Voter Turnout, Joel Jordan
The Impact of MNC Involvement on the Lives of Workers in Developing Economies of Latin America, Gabriel Moss
2016
Leveraging Legitimacy: How Alaska Circumvented Salmon Sustainability By Creating Their Own Eco-Label, Monique Couture
Cultural Sensitivity Education Offered by Western Washington University for Global Southern Study Abroad Programs, Danielle Crow
2015
Unnecessary Roughness: Examining Terrain, Indiscriminate Violence, and Conflict Duration, Christine Dulaney
Rethinking Majoritarian Modification: Toward an Explanatory Theory of Electoral System Reform in Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand, Christopher M. Miller
2014
Judging Sodom: gay identity in Bowers, Romer & Lawrence, Logan Steele
2013
The impact of federalization: an original analysis of local cases in federal court, Ben (Ben James) Hagglund
2012
Religious devotion and partisan intensity: measures of religious faith as proxy measures of political affect, Janice K. Ward
2011
Rationing the river: evaluating hybrid instream flow programs in Colorado and Montana, Zachary Bruning
Asbestos-laden soil: a case study analysis of Swift Creek, Rebekah J. Hook
Examining illicit cross-border drug flows within the Pacific Northwest, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Larsen
The delicate state of the nation-state: a discourse analysis of the Parti Québécois from 1960-2000, Kristina Perkins
Defining the contours of the national surveillance state: analyzing the development of electronic surveillance, Brett Rubio
War and peace: assessing the impact of PMC's on the outcome of civil conflicts, Jessica Shea
2010
The impact of reticulation on a movement's ability to sustain mobilization in the presence and absence of opportunities, Eliot Assoudeh
Rocky Mountain blue: a shifting terrain in the Rocky Mountain west, Cannon Brooke
Getting to 'Win' 'Win': the case of the redevelopment of Bellingham, Washington's downtown waterfront, Christopher M. Conway
Second-order characteristics of multi-level elections in Spain, Megan J. De la Cruz
The weight of history: change and continuity in German foreign policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Anne-Kathrin Kreft
Can this wait? Civil conflict negotiation and the content of ethnic identity, David E. Lebowitz
Planning for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver, Whistler, British Columbia: a case study on cross-border collaboration, Jasper MacSlarrow
2009
European Union Integration Theories: Historical Significance and Future Development, Bradley Pederson
2008
Funding Higher Education: Preventing the Marginalization of Students in an Under-Funded and Extremely Competitive World, Paul Edgeman
2006
The Failure to Move: The Role of Participant Beliefs in Social Movement Success, Mimi Gentry
Direct Democracy: Actually Democratic? An Evaluation of Initiatives Based on the Fundamental Principles of Democracy, Darcey Julia Goelz
Evolution and Intelligent Design in Biology Curricula: Secular Science in a Multicultural Public Education System, Morgan Leona Hopson
Democracy in Senegal: A Case Study of Democratic Success in Africa, Rachael Lambert
Illegal Immigration in the United States: An Economic, Social and Political Overview of the Current Debate, Robin Colleen Ledbetter
Misspent Youth: An Analysis of the Youth Vote in America, Stacy Pederson
Life as an Intern: Working at the Juvenile Public Defenders Office, Kelly Szymborski
2005
Environmental Policy in Australia: A Photojournal, Bridgette Portman
2004
Combating Violence in Juarez, Mexico: Political Opportunities for Women to Resist Gender. Class, and Labor Oppression, Dana (Dana Marie) Kelly
2003
Banking Services for Low-Income Consumers: Is Everyone Receiving their Fair Share?, Cristin Koegen
2002
Congress’s Goal of the Protection of Civil Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Facing the Challenge of a Narrowing Supreme Court, Amy M. (Amy Michelle) Kalman
America’s Public Diplomacy: An Experience at U.S. Embassy Moscow, Kendra Killmer
2000
The Revitalization of an Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society, Kiku Huckle
Statecraft through Economic Coercion: Applying the Conflict Expectations Model to China and Cuba, Heather Meade
The Crucible: How the Lima Hostages Crisis Illuminates Differences In Japanese and Peruvian Crisis Management, Elizabeth Smith
1998
Gender and the Changing Character of the Washington State Legislature, Megan S. Farr
1997
1995
The Alternative of Socially Responsible Investment, Stephanie Lynn Fox
Foreigners, Immigrants, Elections and Violence: Contextual Effects in Switzerland, California and Germany, Molly C. (Molly Cervinia) Laster