Student Honors Papers
The Student Honors Papers collection represents exemplary work in political science at Illinois Wesleyan University. The Ames Library is proud to archive these and other honors projects in Digital Commons @ IWU, the University's online archive of student, faculty and staff scholarship and creative activity.
For political science students interested in applying for Research Honors, please access the Research Honors Record Form and the Research Honors Procedural Guidelines. Declarations of intent are due by October 1.
Submissions from 2011
Supreme Court Responsiveness: An Analysis of Individual Justice Voting Behavior and the Role of Public Opinion, Michael Browning, '11
Institutions and Elites: Democracy and Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa, Michael R. Burgess, '11
Redistricting and the Public Interest: Developing a Value-Explicit Dialogue, Amy B. Uden, '11
Submissions from 2009
Can Resource Mobilization Predict the Level of Success Among Social Movement Organizations?, Kathryn Brannan, '09
Trust on the Internet: A Virtual Reality?, Adam Clark, '09
Presidential Success in Congress: Factors that Determine the President's Ability to Influence Congressional Voting, Christine Gibbs, '09
Submissions from 2008
Transparent Politics or Empty Legislation?, Connor McGee '08
Submissions from 2007
Of Minorities, Markets and Mongols: Re-imagining the Relationship Between Ethnicity and Rationality in Russian Center/Periphery Conflict, Brett A. Strand '07
Submissions from 2004
The Effect of an Illinois Wesleyan University Education on Political Ideology, Jordan T. Ault '04
Protecting Women from Domestic Violence: A Comparative Perspective, Mollie Whitehead '04
Submissions from 2003
Soft Money and the Electoral Success of Women Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Cameo M. Kaisler '03
The Importance of Mass Culture for Democratization, James D. Melton '03
Contentious Policies: The Experiment with Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions to Public Universities, Elizabeth R. Notz '03
Beneath the Red Curtain: Intentions and Motivations Behind an Authoritarian Regime's Move Toward Democracy, Andrew G. Sur '03
Submissions from 2002
A Question of Motivations: Determining Why Donor Countries Give Aid, Sarah Fuller '02
Constructing a Common Ukrainian Identity: An Empirical Study, Igor Khrestin '02
Submissions from 2001
Croatia's Leap Toward Gender Equality in the Parliament: Rules Versus Players, Josip Glaurdic '01
Let Us In, Let Us In: A Study of Female Representation in Post-Communist Legislatures, Rebecca Ray '01
Submissions from 2000
National Political Influence and the Catholic Church, Jennifer Nash '00
Benefits by Gender: Determinants of Welfare Accessibility for Migrant Women in Western Europe, Kathryn Vojack '00
Elector System Design and Ethnic Separatism: A Rationalist Approach to Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe, Eric Wesselkamper '00
Submissions from 1999
Beyond Narrow Liberalism, Justin B. Taylor '99
Submissions from 1998
Domestic Political Violence: Working Towards an Answer to a Timeless Question, John Gutowski '98
Submissions from 1997
Controlling the Uses of Our Bodies: A Comparison of Women in Twenty Countries, Jennifer Pence '97
Submissions from 1996
The Political and Economic Factors Affecting the U.S. Sugar Subsidy Program, Anne Peterson '96
A House Divided: Party Polarization on Welfare Issues, Amy Stewart '96
Submissions from 1995
Submissions from 1994
The Establishment of Illinois Riverboat Gambling and its Impact on Alton, Peoria, and Joliet, Julie A. Dressler '94
The Scope of Abortion Rights Since Roe v. Wade and the Next Tier: The Right to Access, Thomas Wayne Gaylord '94
Post-Cold War Nationalism in Germany and Austria: A Comparative Study, Garett William Graubins '94
Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases and the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, Kelly Thuet '94
Submissions from 1993
Collective Security in the Gulf: An Analysis of the Development of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Regional Security as a Function of the Council, David Michael Priess '93
Submissions from 1992
Inequalities in the Educational Systems in South Africa, Angela Goebel '92
Submissions from 1991
Modernization and Development: An Empirical Study of South Korea and Brazil, Douglas J. Becker '91
Submissions from 1990
The Challenge to the Judiciary of the Nineties:Managing Appeals in the Federal Courts, Kelly N. Kalus '90