By Discipline: Political Science (2020)

• Consequences of Conflict: Impact of Iraq War Casualties on George W. Bush's Approval Ratings

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science, American Studies)
  Austin W. Derbak
  Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Cost of Racial Segregation:

  Measuring Inequity in the St. Louis Public School System

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Education, History, Political Science)
  Syrus Duffy
  Dr. Jason J. McDonald , Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Does Gender Matter? Exploring the Partisan Gender Gap

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science)
  Kaylee E. Jacobson
  Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Effect of the Citizens United v. FEC Ruling on Independent Expenditures in the 2006 and 2012 United States Senate Elections

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science)
  Jared T. Kolok
  Dr. John Quinn, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Effective Residential Solar Energy Incentive Policies in the United States

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science)
  James T. Clemens
  Dr. Christine Harker and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Environmental Transnational Partnerships

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science)
  Sierra N. Clark
  Dr. Margaret Edwards, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• A Framer and a Farmer: The Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson’s Agrarian Dream

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science)
  Alex Graham
  Dr. Candy Young, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Into the Mind of Mustafa Sa'eed: A Look at Season of Migration to the North through Tayeb Salih's Feminist Lens

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science, English, Women's and Gender Studies)
  Brian J. Hennessy
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• Is China Becoming More Charming?: Confucius Institutes and Public Perceptions Abroad

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Interdisciplinary Studies, Chinese, Political Science)
  Deanna K. Schmidt
  Dr. Michael Rudy and Dr. Bridget Thomas, Faculty Mentors
  
  
  

• Persepolis & Perceptions: Culture and History Despite Negative Stereotypes in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis

   

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (English, Political Science)
  Colton Borders Z. Borders
  Dr. Hena Ahmad, Faculty Mentor
  
  
  

• The Presence of Democracy and its Effects on Environmental Regulations

  
  Oral Presentation
  
  (Political Science, Environmental Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies)
  Bailey F. Waddell
  Dr. Anton Daughters, Faculty Mentor