Outstanding Papers

Graduate

• Danielle Myers
  • "Beyond Roe v. Wade: Exploring Women's Voting Patterns and Abortion Access Support Across Racial Lines"
• America Resendiz
  • "Symbolic and Substantive Representation: Examining the Impact of Descriptive Representation on Marginalized Minorities"
• Natalie Thurston
  • "Racial Resentment and Symbolic Racism in the United States"

Undergraduate

• Paul Bessman
  • "The American Judicial System and its Liberian Stepchild"
• Mateo Hernandez
  • "Urban Governance Reexamined: Exploring the Dual Legacies of Political Machines and Reform Movements"
• Joana Ovalle
  • "Toward Authoritarianism? Evaluating the Potential Impact of Trump's Presidency on Democratic Norms and Institutions"

• Michael Salas
  • "What Explains the Emergence of Social Movements: Emotions or Rational Calculations?"
• Meghna Sharda
  • "The Kargil War 1999"
• Caleb Smith
  • "Authoritarianism and Hard Policy Challenges"
  • "American Democracy and its Current Challenges"
  • "Public Investment and Improvements in the South Dallas/Fair Park Neighborhood"
• Natalie Thurston
  • "Voter Identification Laws and Suppression of Voter Turnout Among Minority Communities"