Papers from 2017
Extending Title IX to Transgender Students, Raha Maalin
Infrastructure Investment in Congress: Which Factors Affect Passage, Sean Mason
Two Nations, Two Systems: The Immigration Systems of the United States and Canada, Lessan Melke
Unconventional Lawfare: Operational Law in the War on Terror, L. P. Miller
Behind the Blindfold: A Debate Between Originalism & The Living Constitution, Joseph Mongiardo
The Ultimate Tradeoff for Colleges: Academic Quality or Consumption Amenities, Maura Mullaney
The Use of Force in the Pursuit of Peace: When Westphalia and Realpolitik Get in the Way of Humanity, Clare Orie
It’s an “Ad World”: the Advertising Industry and its Interaction with Culture and Gender, Elizabeth Pearce
Fashion & Body Positivity: The Impact of Body Positivity within the Fashion Blogosphere, Alicia Perry
Becoming Queer in the 20 th Century: An Analysis of Print Literature and Changing Queer Identity, Keith Plummer
85 Million Ivanka Trumps: Republican Motherhood, Pro-Family Policies, and Universal Child Care Proposals, 1972-2016, Carly Priest
Adolescent Identity Struggle and the Role of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Case Study on “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”, Ana-Sofia Reyes
Using a Social Determinants of Health Approach to Explain Health Disparities in the United States, Dario Rodriguez
Funding Formulas in Public Schools: Channeling More Money to Low-Income School Districts, Caroline Rossi
Parnassus: Classical Journal (Volume 5, 2017), Neel Smith, Charlie Schufreider, Melody Wauke, Allyn Walker, Jason Steranko, Corey J. Scannell, Hanna Seariac, Michael Kelley, Richard Ciołek, Thomas Posillico, and Claude Hanley
Winner-Take-Some? Motivating Electoral College Reform, Donnie Stephens
Beauty and the Beast: Pageants and Ethno-National Representation in the Dominican Republic, Kary Suazo
Oral History and the Dominant Narrative of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project Freedom School Newspapers, Catherine Tarantino
Barbie As Cultural Compass: Embodiment, Representation, and Resistance Surrounding the World’s Most Iconized Doll, Hannah Tulinski
Educational Equity: Closing the Fourth Grade Black-White Achievement Gap in Math and Reading in Urban Areas, Micheal Varda
Evaluating the Implementation of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act and Assessing Congress's Ability to Oversee the U.S. Intelligence Community, Willy Byrne Vogt
American Public Schools: A Gateway into the Justice System, Michael Ward
Concurrent Surgery and Informed Consent, Andrew M. Weller
Qatar's Role in the War in Syria, Maeve E. Westover
America's Orphans: Implications of the "Runaway and Homeless Youth Act" and the Future of Homeless Youth in America, Morgan Wilderman
The Fundamental Breakup of Iraq: the History and Reasons for a Partition, to Increase Regional Stability, Alexandra Yoeckel
Papers from 2016
Burning Through the Budget: Will today's wilfire suppression crisi be solved by the policy of tomorrow?, Keelin Arseneault
Still Separate, Still Unequal: Socioeconomic Integration as a Remedy to Racial Segregation in American Public Schools, Jared I. Boone
The Struggle of Interest Groups over Special Interest Policies, Joe Cataldo
"The Man from K.A.R.M.A." or The Question of US-Russian Cooperation in National Security and Nonproliferation, Daniel Clague
2016 Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Summer Research Symposium, College of the Holy Cross
Women in the United States Congress, Caitlin Daniels
Suffering in the Human Experience: An Examination of the Book of Job and King Lear, Allison Denton
High Recidivism Rates in California: How the Problem Can Be Solved With Help from Oregon and Michigan, William Devine
Pills and Needles: Shifting Opinion and Federal Policy towards Prescription and Illicit Opioid Addiction, Christopher H. Fox
An Investigation on Criminal History Disclosure On College Applications, Katie Giesecke
Assessing the Impacts of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion, Kayla Horan
How Do We Reduce the Achievement Gap for Students that are defined as Highly Mobile?, Mae Hougo
How Has the Proliferation of Transformative New Media Redefined Political Socialization for the Millennial Generation?, Brenna Rose Kent
Resettling Syrian Refugees in the U.S.: Regional Stability and Saving Lives, Alexander Kochenburger
When Time Stops: A Loss of Identity or a Lack of Responsibility?, Emma M. Kuper
Congressional Deference and the Right to Privacy, Brian Latu
Defining Assault: How Holy Cross Women Identify and Make Sense of Sexually Assaultive Experiences, Caitlin McGuire
A PCR-Based Assessment of the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Feline Chronic Rhinitis, Gabriella Motta
The Role of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in Trade Agreements, Colleen Naber
What political factors have changed the United States climate Change policy?, Paul Nymberg
Talking About Aphasia: The Two Voices of Insight, Elizabeth O'Brien
The Battle of the Seas: South China Seas Island Building, Marielle Pavek
U.S.-Saudi Stability in a Collapsing Middle Eastern Order, Jacob Pereira
The Effects of Civic Education on Youth's Civic Engagement, Luke Reynolds
The Invariable Truth of Detention & Deportation, Edgar D. Rodriguez
Parnassus: Classical Journal (Volume 4, 2016), Corey J. Scannell, Charlie Schufreider, Margaret Jones, Michael Kelley, Christopher Ryan, Steven Merola, Claude Hanley, Melissa Gryan, John Panteleimon Manoussakis, Thomas Krueger, Lawrie Whitmore, William Weir, Nicholas Guarracino, and Alexandra Larkin
Expanding National Service in America, Emily Sullivan
A Continuum of Family Needs: Discrepancies Across the Family and Medical Leave Act, Maeve C. Sweeney
Modern Media Impede Charities' Ability to Succeed, Briana Travers
Examining the Relationship Between Islamism and Democracy in Morocco, Hannah Tyrrell
How Will America Handle Climate Change and Who Is Driving the Decision, Author Unknown
Do Credit Ratings Matter? An Examination of the Relationship Between Sovereign Ratings and Capital Flows Pre and Post Financial Crisis, Greg Violante
Peace and Prosperity: Understanding the US trade with China Geopolitically, Yingdong Xu
Papers from 2015
SB 10990: A Ray of Hope for Bridgeport? The Effects of a Casino Establishment in the City and Peoposed Policy Decisions, Christopher E. Auray
"...Where Virtue guides not..." for tenor and chambor ensemble, Colby A. Baker
Sacrificing Mice: The Religious Nature of Scientism, Nicholas Vincent Barresi
Symmetrical Resurgence of Previously Extinguished Behaviors in Pigeons, Bethanne Bartscherer
The Spike in Number of Unaccompanied Children Entering the United States from El Salvador, Genesis Bautista
CELAC: Puzzling or Purposeful? Assessing New Regionalism in the Americas, Brian Beaton
Corporate Valuation: An Analysis of Discounted Cash Flows and Comparable Companies, Timothy Beekman
Development of an Earth Abundant Catalyst that Dehydrogenates Methanol, Michael Bender
The Student Loan Debt Crisis Rising Borrower Default Rates for Graduates of Both Traditional and Non-traditional Universities, Meaghan Elizabeth Body
Decision-Making During Episodes of Terror: How Fear of Terrorism Impacts Partisanship, Rowan Bost
Morality Policy and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013: Opposition and Advocacy Framing in LGBT Policy, Emily Breakell
Cognitive Control in Early Abstinent Use Disorder Patients, Christina Carlone
Does The Dao Support Individual Autonomy And Human Rights?, Caroline M. Carr
Russian Reclamation: The Kremlin's Geopolitical Ambitions and the Former Soviet Union, John Cicchitti
Making Black Catholics: The Language and Politics of Evangelization, Alden B. Coffin
The European Parliament and European Security Policy: Parliamentary Oversight and Community Foreign and Security Policy, Elizabeth Cohn
2015 Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Summer Research Symposium, College of the Holy Cross
Identities and Experiences of the Transplanted Self: How Recipients Manage the Risk of Organ Transplantation, Nicholas R. Cormier
High Culture Consumption: An Econometric Analysis of Live Concert Attendance, A. Joseph Dalton, IV
Policy Through Rhetoric: An Analysis of Cyber Security and Privacy Policy, Alec Davis
Solipsism and the failures of language in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, Frederick Doyle
The "Gun Nut" Perspective: Organized Responses to New Gun Control Legislation, Matthew P. Dunn
Partisanship and the Effects of a Representational Void In The District of Columbia, Kyle Espinola
The Rise of China and the Future of the International Political System, Timothy J. Farrell
Children's Spatial-Relational Representations of the Day-Night Cycle, Alison Franco
Synthetic Studies on the C1-C15 Fragment of (+)-Sorangrin A, Amanda Fyles
Fossil Fuel Dependence: A Study into the United States' Unfaltering Love of Fossil Fuels, and the Climate Denial Machine, Samuel Gentile
Economic Warfare: Assessing United States Sanction Policy, Nicholas Goode
The Arctic Gamble: Evaluating U.S. Policy in the Arctic, Andrew Higgns
Analyzing Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, Chardwin Jean-Baptiste
Power Tangled in the Web: Assessing the Democratizing Power of Information and Communication Technologies, Patrick Kerr
Tanked: The Transition of Think Tanks from Academics to Advocacy; How think tanks have become increasingly politicized, and the need for increased financial transparency., Brooke Emily Larsen
The Middleman Opportunity: Positional Power in the Humanitarian Exchange, Bowen C. Lee