Senior Theses in Political Science

Senior Theses in Political Science

Under Development:

• The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun: An Argument Worth Refuting
  – George Alecusan (Advisor: Chris Burkett)
   
• "Just as the Corybantes Seem to Hear the Flutes": A Reading of Plato's Crito
  - Tim Haglund (Advisor: Peter Schramm)
   
• The Periclean Precedent at Gettysburg: Lincoln's Revival of the Greek Epitaphios and Everett's Audacious Attempt
  - Max Hiltner (Advisor: David Foster)
   
• Of Gods and Men: A Political Study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
  - Robinson O'Brien-Bours (Advisor: Peter Schramm)
   
• Professions of Good: Aquinas, Machiavelli, and the Justice of Waterboarding
  – Stacey Sadowski (Advisor: Jeff Sikkenga)
   
• Guns and Freedom: D.C. v. Heller and the Meaning of the Second Amendment
  - Adam Wright (Advisor: Jeff Sikkenga)
   

Recently Completed:

• Rule in The Tempest: The Political Teachings of Shakespeare's Last Play
  – Lauren Arnold (Advisor: Chris Burkett)
   
• The Higher Law Background of the Constitution: Justice Clarence Thomas and Constitutional Interpretation
  – Michael Sabo (Advisor: Ken Masugi)
   
• Marriage, the Family, and Democratic Society in Augustine, Locke, and Tocqueville
  – Kristin Striker (Advisor: David Foster)
   
• Land That I Love: Searching for Beauty in America's Political Principles
  – Joe D'Andrea (Advisor: Jeff Sikkenga)
   
• Compromise: The Union and Slavery in the Political Thought of Henry Clay
  – Benjamin Kepple (Advisor: Chris Burkett)
   
• A Two Horse Race: An Explanation of The Virginian's Natural Equality Based on Man's Faculty of Reason and Sentiment of Pity
  – Clint Leibolt (Advisor: Chris Burkett)
   
• Abraham Lincoln's Understanding of the Nature of the Union: Secession, Slavery and the Philosophical Cause
  – Jason Stevens (Advisor: Peter Schramm)
   
• Power and Pretext: The Status of Justice in Thucydides
  – Caitlin Poling (Advisor: Justin Lyons)
   
• The Dictates of Conscience: The Debate Over Religious Liberty in Revolutionary Virginia
  – Deborah O'Malley (Advisor:Jeff Sikkenga)
   
• Federalist 10 and Faction
  – James Kresge (Advisor: Chris Burkett)