Outstanding Research

Undergraduate

• Alexander Martinez-Gutierrez
  • "Subnational Authoritarianism in Mississippi and Oaxaca, Mexico"
• Jordan Pruitt
  • "Tilly's Decrepit State-Making Argument"
• Kadisha Asher
  • "Strongman Leaders in Stagnant Democracies"
• Sima Alnemri
  • "Addressing Structural Inequities in Public Education: A Case for the Weighted Student Funding Model"

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"

• Rodrigo Lizaola
  • "The South Texas Latino Swing for Trump in the 2020 Election"
• America Resendiz
  • "Mexican-American Women in North America: Misrepresentation and Lack of Authority"
• Brett Robinson
  • "Evaluating the Flaws of the Bush Presidency"
• Corrina Sullivan
  • "Star Trek Effect 1, and the United Nations: Friend or Foe?"