If you want to learn more about the thesis process or have questions about the honors program, feel free to reach out to these individuals who successfully completed theses for the Class of 2017 and Class of 2016.
Abbie Starker, C’17
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: Let's Talk About Sex: Why the Topic of Sexual Violence Prevention Should be Prioritized in K-12 Sex Education
Anna Cho, C’17
Thesis Subfield: International Relations
Thesis Title: Regional Organizations and Their 'Responsibility to Protect': A Comparative Analysis of the African Union's Role in Kenya and Cote d'Ivoire
Carly Roman, C’17
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: Hold the Presses: The Limitations of the Power of the Media in the 2016 Election
David Scollan, C’17
Thesis Subfield: Comparative Politics
Thesis Title: State Security & Territorial Federacy: The Nature of Voluntary Political Union in the United Republic of Tanzania
Emma Montoya, C’17
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: In the Black: Organized Crime and the Business of Undocumented Migration through Mexico
Eryn Hughes, C’17
Thesis Subfield: Politics and Gender
Thesis Title: Shattering the Hire Ceiling: Why Disproportionately Few Women are Partners at Large Law Firms
Jamie Brensilber, C’17
Thesis Subfield: International Relations
Thesis Title: Mobilization in the Paris Commune of 1871
Peter Herbst, C’17
Thesis Subfield: Comparative Politics
Thesis Title: Tearing Down the Tricolore: Integrating Anti-Imperial Armed Resistance in the French Colonial Empire into Contemporary Civil Conflict Literature
Sarah Simon, C’17
Thesis Subfield: International Relations
Thesis Title: Leviathan Lost: The Impact of State Capacity on Duration and Intensity of Civil Wars
Sophia Elliot, C’17
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: Explaining the Empty Booth: An Experiment in Candidate Traits and their Predictive Power on Youth Voter Turnout
Trudel Pare, C’17
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: When You Part of Section 8 and You Feel Like No One Can Relate: The Death of the American Welfare State and the Social Isolation of the Poor
Aidan McConnell, C'16
Email: aidanmcconnell515@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: Political Economy
Thesis Title: A Different Kind of Restructuring: Forty Years of Debate and the Prospect of a Formal Sovereign Debt Regime
Casey Libonate, C'16
Email: casey.libonate@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: It's Always Sunny in America: Renewable Energy Policy and the Solar Economy
Clara Jane Hendrickson, C'16
Thesis Subfield: Political Theory
Thesis Title: Eurozone in Crisis: Liberal and Socialist Critiques
Jesse Yoder, C'16
Email: yoderj@sas.upenn.edu
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: An Evaluation of the Effect of the Shelby County v. Holder Ruling on Polling Place Changes and Voter Turnout: Evidence From North Carolina
Jordan Dannenberg, C'16
Email: jordan.dannenberg@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: International Relations & Comparative Politics
Thesis Title: Civil Wars, Weapons, and Warriors: Why States Select Different Methods of Military Intervention
Laura Sorice, C'16
Email: lauracs24@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: Identity Politics and Offensive Speech: A Study of Public Opinion on Freedom of Expression
Lauren Shapiro, C'16
Email: laurenshapiro101526@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: Political Economy
Thesis Title: The Planner in Action: China's Influence as a Developing and Nonmarket Economy on the WTO
Sarah Baldinger, C'16
Email: sarahbaldinger@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: International Relations
Thesis Title: Lost and Won: A New Empirical Analysis of Economic Power Sharing
Sean Foley, C'16
Email: foleyse@sas.upenn.edu
Thesis Subfield: Political Theory
Thesis Title: A Shield, Not a Sword: The Strict Scrutiny Standard of Judicial Review in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
Sonja Breda, C'16
Email: sonja.breda@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: Understanding Our Own Cassandra: The Construction of Public Opinion and the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings
Yessenia Moreno, C'16
Email: moreno.yessenia@gmail.com
Thesis Subfield: American Politics
Thesis Title: DACA/DAPA and the Relational Conception: An Assessment of Inter-Branch Conflict Over Constitutional Authority in Immigration