SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Student Research
In the Political Science Program
Many political science majors have worked with Dr. John Gamble on his Comprehensive Statistical Database of Mulitlateral Treaties project, and several of those students have presented papers with Dr. Gamble at international conferences and have co-authored articles in peer-reviewed journals of international law.
Many majors have also been Schreyer Scholars who have written honors theses on a variety of topics with all of our faculty members. Some of their topics in recent years have included:
American Politics
State Government Takeovers of Failing School Districts
Criminal Disenfranchisement
The Role of Regionalism in American Foreign Policy
The Constitutional Right of Privacy
Land Claims Disputes Among Native American Tribes in Western New York
Affirmative Action Policies at Public University Law Schools
The PATRIOT Act
Comparative Politics
Ethnic Politics in Botswana
Government and NGO policy solutions to the Environmental Protection of Lake Victoria (Africa)
The Political and Social Integration of Hong Kong and China
American and Dutch Health Care: Similar Values, Different Implementation
Kurdistan: An Unrealized Dream
The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: Perspectives on Their Roles within the European Union
A Comparison of Margaret Thatcher’s and Tony Blair’s Policies and Positions Toward the Increasingly Powerful European Union
International Relations
Border Conflicts Among Soviet Successor States
The Effectiveness of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf War
The Gender Wage Gap as a World Indicator of the Political, Social, and Economic Progress on the Issue of Gender Equality
Children’s Rights: The Emergence of International Protection
The Birth of the International Criminal Court: A New Paradigm for International Law?
NATO in the 21st Century
International Law and the Capture of General Manuel Noriega
The Treaty-Making of "Chinese Entities": 1648-1995
Africa: The Forgotten Continent Chained to Colonial Darkness or Bound for a Brighter Future?
Defining and Understanding Economic Treaties: A 500-Year Perspective
Soft Law as Reflected in Multilateral Treaties
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND POLICIES