Class of 2024 Senior Theses
Senior Writer: Meg Beuter
Thesis Topic: "Critical Literacy and Global Citizenship: Teaching African Migrant Experiences in the Elementary and Middle School Classrooms"
Advisor: Thomas Tweed
Senior Writer: Alexandra Conley
Thesis Topic: "I'm voting on abortion': A history of abortion activism and polarization"
Advisor: Laurel Daen
Senior Writer: Aubree Davis
Thesis Topic: "Connecting the Past & Present: The Contemporary Impact of the Colonial Consciousness as a Result of the Americanization Project in Hawai’i’s Territorial Schools"
Advisor: Jennifer Huynh
Senior Writer: Kylie Gallegos
Thesis Topic: "Used To Be Young: Miley Cyrus and Her Effect on Gen Z's Sexual Ethics"
Advisor: Peter Cajka
Senior Writer: Gannat Mukhtar
Thesis Topic: "Beyond Rhetoric: Black Integration and Administrative Realities in Elite Academia"
Advisor: Korey Garibaldi
Senior Writer: Nora Mulligan
Thesis Topic: "This Land Was Made for You and Me; The Story of Disability, Accessibility, and Preservation on America's Outdoor Recreation Spaces"
Advisor: Annie Coleman
Senior Writer: Luisa Romero
Thesis Topic: "Cruzando La Frontera: Narrating Immigration in Latinx and Latin American Telenovelas"
Advisor: Jason Ruiz
Senior Writer: Kate Ross
Thesis Topic: "The Labor of Becoming: American Ballerinas in Class"
Advisor: Annie Coleman
Senior Writer: Dane Sherman
Thesis Topic: "Crusades of Military Chaplains During the First Gulf War (1990-1991)"
Advisor: Peter Cajka
Senior Writer: Annnie Texido
Thesis Topic: "Leaning In Or Leaning Away: A Historical and Intersectional Analysis of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In"
Advisor: Perin Gurel
Senior Writer: Maria Wainscott
Thesis Topic: "Storytelling the Storytellers: Female Sideline Reporters of American Football: Examining Gender, Workplace, and Hope"
Advisor: Katie Walden