International Relations

In its the International Relations program awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2025-2026

Nadia T Khan, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Paula Pickering, Michael Butler
Sofia Anne LoBue, "" (Honors)
Mark Deming + Dan Maliniak , John Lopresti, Rani Mullen
Anna Julene McClellan, "" (Honors)
Archana Kaku + Diya Bose , Dennis Smith
Elisabeth Elaine Nielsen, "" (Honors)
Dennis Smith + Paula Pickering, Michael Butler
Isabel G. Spielberger, "" (Honors)
Philip Roessler + Paula Pickering, Frederick Corney

2024-2025

Marianna Bonilla Salzedo, (Honors)
Daniel Maliniak + William Fisher, Adriana Rudling
Abdallah Salim Hussein, (Honors)
Jeff Kaplow + Rani Mullen, Jonathan Glasser
Kira Michelle Pencak, (Honors)
Nara Sritharan + SP Harish, Etienne Poliquin
Katrina Ruth Raab, (Honors)
Daniel Maliniak + Mark Deming, Harmony Dalgleish
Pamela Jean Scherer, (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Paula Pickering, Catherine Levesque

2023-2024

Grace Alexandra Subu, (Honors)
Daniel Maliniak + Paula Pickering, Kevin Vose
Iliana Demetra Tzafolias, (Honors)
Susan Peterson + Daniel Maliniak, Amy Limoncelli

2022-2023

Giselle Figueroa, "" (Honors)
Fiona Shen-Bayh + Carla Buck, Mark Deming, Victoria Castillo
Bennett Fuchida Hawley, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Hiroshi Kitamura, Mike Butler, Dennis Smith, Eric Brown
Poojitha Tanjore, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Mark Deming, Giuseppe Paparella
Katrine Roderburg Westgaard, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + S.P. Harish, Ayfer Karakaya-Stump

2021-2022

Caroline Morin, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Dennis Smith, Dan Runfola
Kaiming Chen, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Paula Pickering, Harvey Langholtz
Margaret Manson, "" (Honors)
Sharan Grewal + Rani Mullen, Kelebogile Zvobgo, Jonathan Glasser
Sania Shahid, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Marcus Holmes, Faraz Sheikh

2020-2021

Christina Durham, (Honors)
Eric Han + T.J. Cheng, Hiroshi Kitamura
Gillous Harris, (Honors)
Paul Manna + John Lopresti, Peter McHenry
John Kainer, " (Honors)
Susan Peterson + Marcus Holmes, Elizabeth Radcliff

2019-2020

Grace Amato, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Hiroshi Kitamura, Elizabeth Losh
Samuel Desmarais, "" (Honors)
Maurits van der Veen + John Lopresti, Andrea Wright
Seth Fiderer, "" (Honors)
Maurits van der Veen + Sharan Grewal, Paul Vierthaler
Heather Rodenberg, "" (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + Sharan Grewal, Stephen Sheehi
Elizabeth Rosen, "" (Honors)
S.P. Harish + Claire McKinney, Fiona Shen-Bayh
Elizabeth Sutterlin, "" (Honors)
Phil Roessler + Dennis Smith, Elizabeth Losh
Lincoln Zaleski, "" (Honors)
Paula Pickering + Stephen Sheehi, Clay Clemens

2018-19

Yuxiang Hou, "" (Honors)
Brian Blouet + Tun-jen Cheng, Calvin Hui
Samyuktha Mahadevan, ""
Maurits van der Veen + Philip Waggoner, Angela King
Tyler Sagerstom, ""
Jeff Kaplow + Sue Peterson, Joshua Hubbard

2017-18

Ava Chafin, "" (Honors)
Rani Mullen + Tun-Jen Cheng, Chitralekha Zutshi, Stephen Sheehi
Graeme Cranston-Cuebas, "" (Honors)
Dennis Smith + Amy Oakes, Hiroshi Kitamura
Eric Gelles, "" (Honors)
Philip Roessler + John Parman, Lawrence Wilkerson
Yuito Ishikawa, "" (Honors)
Tun-Jen Cheng + Dennis Smith, Hiroshi Kitamura
Ranjani Parthasarathy, "Diversionary Aid: Chinese Development ASsistance in Latin America" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Sue Peterson, Victoria Castillo

2016-17

Mary Adgie, "" (Honors)
Philip Roessler + Admasu Shiferaw, Maurits van der Veen
Carolyn De Roster, "" (Honors)
Daniel Maliniak + Paula Pickering, Frederick Corney
Matthew Ribar, "" (Honors)
Jeff Kaplow + Philip Roessler, Harvey Langholtz

2015-16

Arielle Galston, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Dennis Smith, Colleen Kennedy
Kristin Ritchey, "" (Honors)
Sue Peterson + Brad Parks, Michael Tierney, Amy Quark

2014-15

Tyler Bembenek, "Gentle Warlords: The Potential for Violent Non-State Actors to Provide Stability" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Dennis Smith and Robert Vinson
Isabel DoCampo, (Honors)
Philip Roessler + Michael Tierney and Beverly Sher
Yuhao Du, (Honors)
Marcus Holmes + TJ Cheng and Kyrill Kunakhovich
Olivia Flynn, "Saudi Arabia's Dilemma: The Impact of Weapons Acquisitions on the Domestic and International Security of a State" (Honors)
Sue Peterson + David Dessler and Colleen Kennedy
Kassia Halcli, (Honors)
Dan Maliniak + Amy Oakes and Richard Turits
Caitlin Hartnett, (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Paul Mapp and Michael Butler
Lucas Leblanc, (Honors)
Maurits Van Der Veen + Clay Clemens and George Greenia

2013-14

Benjamin Kenzer, (Honors)
Sue Peterson + Amy Oakes, Laurie Koloski
Dylan Kolhoff, (Honors)
Tun-jen Cheng + Dennis Smith, Hiroshi Kitamura
Jeff Rohde, "" (Honors) Sue Peterson + Philip Roessler, Alison Scott

2012-13

Wenfan Chen, "The History Question in Sino-Japanese Relations" (Honors)
Eric Han + Leisa Meyer, Tun-jen Cheng
Elsa Voytas, (Honors)
Maurits van der Veen + Michael Tierney, Betsy Konefal, Donald Campbell

2011-12

Nicholas Bell, "" (Honors)
Clay Clemens + Tuska Beneš, Ron Rapoport
Andrew Bessler, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Hiroshi Kitamura, Dennis Smith
Kate Clough, "" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Jonathan Arries, Brian Blouet
John Kirn, "" (Honors)
David Dessler + Jacob Goodson, Stephen Hanson
Sneha Raghavan, "" (High Honors)
Amy Oakes + Hiroshi Kitamura, Paul Manna

2009-10

Dina Abdel-Fattah,
Paula Pickering + Rani Mullen, Abdul-Karem Rafeq
Brian Doyle, (Honors)
Debra Shushan + Kathrin Levitan, Brian Blouet
Richard Jordan, (Honors)
David Dessler + Michael Tierney, Laurie Koloski
Lewis Wilkins, "The Future of Early Warning Systems" (Honors)
Carl Moody + Sean Tarter, Arnab Basu, Tobias Hofmann

2008-09

Pooja Gupta, "Should, Not Shall" -- How Customary International Law Increases NGO Efficacy" (Honors)
David Dessler + David Backer, Kris Lane
Rachel Walsh, (Highest Honors)
Dennis Smith + Debra Shulman, Abdul-Karim Rafeq

2007-08

Sadie Gardner, "Exploring Informality: An Empirical Analysis of the Informal Economy" (High Honors)
T.J. Cheng + Rani Mullen, Berhanu Abegaz
Ashley Kramer, "Institutions and Economics: The Effectiveness of Reconstruction Efforts in Bosnia" (High Honors)
Paula Pickering + Mike Tierney, Till Schreiber
Alvin Potter, "Preventive Force and Nuclear Weapons: Playing with Matches?" (Honors)
Amy Oakes + Mitchell Reiss, Mike Tierney, Todd Averett
Michael Woolslayer, "Confronting Jihad: Past Experience and Counterterrorism Since September 11" (High Honors)
Clay Clemens + Dennis Smith, Hiroshi Kitamura

2006-07

Laura Sauls, "Green Aid Meets Grassroots Development: Explaining Environmental Aid Flows to Central America since the Rio Earth Summit" (High Honors)
Mike Tierney + Karen Frey, David Feldman
Melissa White, "The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights and the Development Dilemma: Who Violates and Why?" (High Honors)
T.J. Cheng + Katherine Rahman, Clyde Haulman

2005-06

Sean Fox, "Institutionalism and Neorealism in NATO Interventions" (Honors)
Greg Miller + Hiroshi Kitamura, Katherine Rahman
Emily Meredith, "China Perceived: The View of China's Peaceful Rise" (Honors)
T.J. Cheng + Sophie Hart, Ron Rosenberg
Stephanie Reed, "Greenbacks as an Indicator of Green Support: What the international environmental allocations of the United States have to say about U.S. foreign ..." (High Honors)
Maria Ivanova + Rob Hicks, Timmons Roberts, Mike Tierney
Amy Rossnagel, "Microfinance Institutions During Financial Crises" (Honors)
David Feldman + Berhanu Abegaz, Mike Tierney

2004-05

Peter de Nesnera, "Peacekeepers for Hire: Private Military Companies and the United Nations"
Harvey Langholtz + David Dessler, Hiroshi Kitamura
Jonathan Lasken, "Getting the Message Across: A Quantitative Study on How to Deal with State Sponsors of Terrorism and the International Terrorist Groups They Harbor"
Sue Peterson + Steve Shellman, Naama Zahavi-Ely
Nicole Schroeder, "Integrating the Balkans: How Slovenia and Bulgaria are Becoming Part of the European Union"
Paula Pickering + Clay Clemens, Berhanu Abegaz

2003-04

Jennifer Maul, "The Changing Face of Trade: American Trade Policy and Competitive Liberalization"
Jessica Young, "The Problems with European Union Language Policy"

2002-03

James Long, "Citizens and Their Agents: Rebel Movements and Political Violence in Africa"
Bradley Parks, "To the Aid of the Environment? A Preliminary Exploration of Recipient-Level Factors Determining Bilateral 'Green' Aid Allocation"
Lindsay Manning, "At the Intersection of the International System and the State: The Case of the World Health Organization in Cameroon"

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