Karen Dombrowski – Pickerington, Ohio - May 2008
Capstone Project: The Origins and Creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights
Luke Loboda – Cincinnati, Ohio - August 2008
Thesis: America and Muhammad: The Founding Conceptions of Religious Freedom in America and Islam
Erik Iverson – Black Hawk, South Dakota - December 2008
Thesis: The Swearingen Report
Heather Merckens* – Huron, Ohio - December 2008
Capstone Project: Remembering the Civil War: A Secondary Travel Curriculum
Sarah Morgan Smith* – Oak Ridge, New Jersey - May 2009
Thesis: Predestined for Liberty: The Political Theology of Joseph Buckminster (1751-1812)
Emily Swogger – Akron, Ohio - May 2009
Capstone Project: From Revolution to Women's Suffrage: How the "American Mind" Led to the Women's Rights Movement
Matthew Lo – Indianapolis, Indiana - August 2009
Thesis: Article I, Section 9: A Principled Act of Prudence
Brandon Fox – North Royalton, Ohio - August 2009
Thesis: Constitutional War Power: Examining Original Meaning
Michael Kathrein – Mansfield, Ohio - December 2009
Capstone Project: Mark Twain: The Shaping of the American Mind
Deborah Ann Demirjian* – Lancaster, California - August 2010
Thesis: Calvin Coolidge: The Civic Educator
Kathryn Pitrone* – Chardon, Ohio - August 2010
Thesis: Improving America: John Quincy Adams and Herbert Hoover and What a Republican Government Ought to do to Improve the Nation
Daniel Droski – Lowell, Michigan - December 2010
Capstone Project: How British Forts on Lake Huron Impacted the American Indians of Michigan
Amy Fagnilli* – Wadsworth, Ohio - May 2011
Capstone Project: Film and the History Classroom: Pedagogical Content Analysis of Band of Brothers and The Pacific
Kimberly Huffman – Smithville, Ohio - May 2011
Thesis: First Amendment Jurisprudence of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
Francis J. Eder – Colora, Maryland - August 2011
Capstone Project: "Free Exercise" and "Establishment" from Four Unique Perspectives: An Examination of the Religion Clause of the First Amendment
Joseph Nunney – Twinsburg, Ohio - August 2011
Capstone Project: Five Key Federalist Papers
Sara Whitis* – Ashland, Ohio - August 2011
Thesis: Increased Devotion: Equality, the American Founding, and Abraham Lincoln
James Zenes – Chicago, Illinois - August 2011
Capstone Project: From Independence to Civil War: A Primary Source Investigation of Nullification, Interposition, and Secession in America (1776-1861)
Jason Beavers* – Circleville, Ohio - May 2012
Thesis: How Human Nature Informs the Structure of Government: An Exegesis of The Federalist Papers
Christina Cote – Gardiner, Montana - May 2012
Capstone Project: The Truman Doctrine – Beginning in Cold War Rhetoric
Eric Dameron – Columbus, Ohio - May 2012
Capstone Project: A Virtual Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
Robyn Verbois* – Baton Rouge, Louisiana - May 2012
Capstone Project: Teaching Civic Knowledge through the Founding Documents
Vicki Jo Anderson – Cottonwood, Arizona - August 2012
Capstone Project: The Arizona Story: A Teacher/Student Guide
Michelle Bemis – Southgate, Michigan - August 2012
Capstone Project: The Power of Persuasion: How the US Government Used Propaganda Posters to Shape Civilian Behavior in World War II
Brian Clark – Sebring, Ohio - August 2012
Thesis: The Manifest of Executive Expansionism: the Ambitions of James K. Polk
Donna Devlin – Smith Center, Kansas - August 2012
Thesis: James Henry Lane: Popular Sovereignty Advocate for Territorial Kansas
Michelle Holowicki* – Ypsilanti, Michigan - August 2012
Thesis: The Debate Over Energetic Government: Securing the Proper Balance of Energy and Liberty in the American Republic
Michelle Hubenschmidt – Lakeland, Florida - August 2012
Capstone Project: Jesse Goodrich: Revolution, Religion, and the Building of America
Catherine Marie Alderman* – Cottonwood, California - December 2012
Capstone Project: A Commerce Clause Review: A Survey of the Changing Interpretations by the Supreme Court
Mary Z. Angelo – Davie, Florida - December 2012
Capstone Project: How did James Madison, a critic of a bill of rights, become the "Father of the Bill of Rights" and ensure its ratification?
Michelle D. Check – Murrieta, California - December 2012
Melanie Ann Clark – North Liberty, Iowa - December 2012
Capstone Project: New Deal Murals: Brining Art to Rural Iowa
Robert F. Curtis – Strongsville, Ohio - December 2012
Julia Rae Fuette* – Menifee, California - December 2012
Capstone Project: Slavery in the Constitution: "An Inconsistency Not to Be Excused" - Analyzing a Series of Significant Moments from 1776 to 1865
Jennifer Lynn Howard – Arcanum, Ohio - December 2012
Capstone Project: The Treaty of Greenville (1795): An Annotated Resource for Teachers
Charles Arthur Martindell – Prospect, Ohio - December 2012
Jennifer Margaret Reiter – Tulsa, Oklahoma - December 2012
Capstone Project: Boomers, Boosters and Broadsides: Promotion of the Great Plains and Oklahoma's Indian Lands
* denotes recipient of the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Theses and Capstone Projects.
