Thesis Papers
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Spring 09
| Abbas, Ranya Ali | Dual Banking in Sudan: The Structural Reforms to Sudan's Banking System |
| AbdulRazak, Haider H. | The Religion of Democracy: Defining Democracy in the 21st Century |
| Ahmadullah, Ahmadullah | The Role of the Bonn Agreement, Opium, and Global Disinterest in the State-Failure in Afghanistan After 2001 |
| Albert-Hall, Cruskaia | Enhancing Youth Development Through the Arts: How Studying the Arts Contributes to Positive Youth Development |
| Ballve, Teofilo | Territories of Partition: Warlord Governance and the Predatory State |
| Barber, Nicholas | Metaphysical Agnosticism: Radical Engagements with Indigenous Healing |
| Burkhart, John William | Motivos Externos, Sangue Locais: Veto Players & Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique |
| Busa, Megan E. | The Dalit Movement of Nepal: Is Change In Store for The Dalit Castes |
| Cunningham, Sarah Alison | Not Giving In: Gentrification and Dislocation in the Global City |
| Fiestas Clapés, Beatriz | The U.S. and the EC Food Aid Systems: Why Their Policies Took Divergent Paths |
| Guyer, Patrick | The Incomplete Internalization of the Norm of Health Equity in US Health Policy |
| Hershey, Pamela J. | Targeting Road Infrastructure Investments in West Africa for Poverty Reduction |
| Kernis, Neil Irwin | Neoliberalism, EU Accession and State-Society Relations in Turkey: Rethinking the 1999 Marmara Earthquake |
| Lang, Timothy D. | U.S. Military Intervention and Human Development: A Central American Comparative Case Study |
| Larson, Astrid | Immigrant Media: The Importance of Self-Represenation and the Role of Ethical Communities in Italy |
| Liderman, Deanna | More Evil Than Good: The Role of Charities in the Financial Network of Al-Qaeda |
| Sengun, Kerem | Dirt, Walls, and (Dis)Possession: Narrating the Politics of Land Use in a Turkish Village |
| Stanca, Paula | The European Union's Conflicting Foreign Policy Approach: Transnistria Case Study |
| Sullivan, Margaret A. | Mapping Federalism Debates in Nepal: Charting A Course for the Future |
| Uwimana, Sonja | (De)Constructing A Continent: Africa in the U.S. Imagination |
Fall 08
| Amick, Benjamin | The Next Asian Tiger? The Role of the State in Korea and Vietnam |
| Cisse, Mariama | Tracing the Impact of US Cotton Subsidies on the Economy of Mali |
| Fitzgerald, Denis | Journalism Practice and Newspaper Coverage of HIV and AIDS in Namibia |
| Gaines, Elizabeth L. | Consent and Condemnation: The Gordian Knot of Commercial Sex, Trafficking and Human Rights |
| Greaves, Percival O. | More Than Criminals: The Gangs of Soweto |
| Malhotra, Shriya | Unwrapping the Social Constructions of the Modern Condom for Human Health and Development |
| McCarthy, Andrew | Beyond Taiwan: China's Military Modernization and Energy Security |
| Mendez, Sheryl | Syria Today: The Case of Iraq's Refugees |
| Whitten, Diana | Vessel: An Activist's Use of the Offshore |
Spring 08
| Brown, Raven | Bridging the Gap: Innovative Strategies Towards Gender Empowerment and HIV Service Provision in Alexandria Township, Shough Africa; A Case Study |
| Campbell, Eugenia Tremouilles | Escuela de Mecanica de la Armada (ESMA): One Space, Multiple Memories |
| Carter, Lisa | A Freirian Analysis of Social Exclusion: Student Living in Slums; Past Experience: Brazil & Current Case Study: Argentina |
| Chen, Jau-Yon | The Dialectics of Maquiladora Employment: How It Played a Role in the Formation of Mexico's Women Workers' Orientation Center |
| Faith, Jessica | Towards Authentic Human Development? Evictions and Slum 'Upgrading' in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Garcia, Karla | How the Internet is Transforming Cuba |
| Guerrero, Maria Rebecca Ortega | Venezuela's Legal Framework and its Effects on Freedom of the Press |
| Hall, Zachary | Interrogating Whiteness: Realist IR, U.S. State Torture and (Re)Producing Race & Gender Power Relations in Iraq & the 'Global War on Terrorism' |
| Kahn, Benjamin | French Weapons Sale; a Diplomatic Tool and an Outlet to its Defense Industry |
| Moussavian, Roxana | Plan Colombia's Power Broker: Militarization and Hard Power Within the United States Government and Its Policy Implications |
| Nichols, Caroline | When Post-Conflict is Protracted Conflict: The Linguistic Challenge of the 'Post-Conflict' Transition from Relief to Development |
| Ou-yang, Jui-hung | Aloha, My People |
| Santos, Aracely | Latina Image and Identity: Program to Nurture the Development of Latina Students |
| Smith, Shane | Drug Prohibition is Here to Stay: The Case of Needle Exchange in New Jersey as Parallel to Efforts to Dislodge International Drug Prohibition |
| Sweet, Elizabeth | From Lipstick to Liposuction: Global Beauty Risk in the 21st Century |
| Werth, Christopher Michael | I Went To Town: Understanding the Food Economy of the Diepsloot Informal Settlement in Johannesburg |
| Yoto, Adriana | Get Away Any Day: The Mall as a Frontline for Consumerist Citizenship |
| Zuehlke, Eric | Spend More, But Wisely': Discourse, Politics, and Power in Thailand's Sufficiency Economy |
Fall 07
| Fichtl, Eric | The Fair Trade Movement in Historical Perspective: Explaining the 'In and Against the Market' Predicament |
| Fogelson, Miriam | Pursuing Sustainable Development in Latin America By Investing in Youth: A Case Study of Culture as a Tool to Foster the Human Development of Marginalized Youth in Bogota, Colombia |
| Gallagher, John | Economies of Place: Immigrant communities and the revitalization of three New York City neighborhoods |
| Olivieri, Rinaldo | Bulding the 'Roads' to Peace: Restoring Physical Infrastructure and Building Peace: United States Military Engineering in Kosovo and Afghanistan |
| Puri, Vicrum | False Identity? Civil society, the state, and the non-governmental organization |
| Shirk, Mark | Security Community and the Rise of a Superpower: US China Policy 1993-2007 |
| Vosu, Bonny | Liquid Assets: A Case Study of the Commodification of Water in Maine |
| Willard, Jesse | Sovereignty, the War System, and the Exception in Colombia: A View from Aguablanca |
| Winchell, Dinarazade | Logistics Manual Based on Experiences with Antiretroviral Expansion in Nampula, Mozambique |
Spring 07
| Butler, Scott | Mad Dog Leashed? Force, Coercion, and Statecraft in the Evolution of the 'Libyan Model' |
| Dahl, Jared | Shared Ideas in City Network: A Case Study of Transportation in Bogota |
| Detwiler, Kari | Sahrawi Refugees and the Struggle for Survival |
| Djabarova, Zamira | The Role of Remittances in the Process of Human Capital Formation in Tajikistan |
| Garcia, Jose | How Hispanic Immigrants are Integrating into American Society |
| Gilloteau, Amy | Smoke and Mirrors: Why Demand Factors for Human Trafficking Remain Sidelined |
| Greenaway, Vishal | Imposed Forms of Governance and the Impact on HIV/AIDS |
| Marusek, Sarah | Religion, Social Justice and Parastatal Foundations in Iran: The Bonyads |
| Oh, Clare | Beyond Morality and Motive: Female Sex Tourism Through a Public Health Lens; The Case of Sanky Pankies and Female Tourists in the Dominican Republic |
| Quarashi, Sabrina | How Empowering is Microcredit: A Look at Grameen Bank's Village Phone Ladies |
| Ray, Margaret | Preserving vs. Stealing the State: International Intrusion into Economic Management in Liberia |
| Rivera, Edgardo | From Human Commodity to Human Resource: Employment and Economic Development in Puerto Rico |
| Rowbottom, Sara | Whose Urban Mobility? Transport Investments and Youth: A Case in Dakar |
| Rumbach, Jennifer | "By the Grace of God": Insecurity and Empowerment in a West African Refugee Camp |
| Silver, Maudi | Under the Veil of Democracy: An Examination of US Foreign Policy as it Confronts Women in Afghanistan |
| Williams, Anna | Beyond Cost: Accessing Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Fall 06
| McLaughlin, Michael | Hugo Chavez: Behind the Rhetoric |
| Paul, Amy | Revisiting Ghandi's Village: Dialogues in Sustainable Development and an Urge for Alternative Futures |
Spring 06
| Abshir, Nada | Confronting Invisibility: Youth and Hip Hop in Dakar |
| Bell, Alexandra | The Failure and Future of Biological Weapons Treaties |
| Brown, Bernardo | Simulating Identity: Undocumented Immigrants in the United States and the Use of Counterfeit Forms of Identification |
| Brunetti, Frank | A Capitalist's Dream? Networks, neoliberalism, and the reconstruction of Iraq |
| Chin, Vanessa | The Impact of Western Media Outlets on Communist China: The Disintegration of the Old Regime |
| Cornelio, Filomena Cornelio | Integrating Informal Sector into Luanda's Solid Waste System Could Work |
| Demefack, Serges | Nationality Law and Forced Displacement in Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Dieckmann, Bianca | Germany's Muslim Integration under the Aegis of the New Immigration Act |
| Dolan, Cara | Matter Out of Place: Genocide and the Language of Being Unclean: Case Study in Rwanda and Radio Television Libre de Milles Collines |
| Donahue, Asmaa | Engineering Identity: The Politics of Education Reform in Iraq |
| Eagles, Douglas | Free Speech, Incitement, & The Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace |
| Eberhardt, Wendy | Governing Illegality: Discourses on Immigration and Security |
| Flattau, Jeremy | Using Propaganda to Manufacture Political Fear and Nationalism in Democracies: A Lesson in Nonviolent Power Accumulation from the Bush Administration |
| Gioannini, Maria Silvina | The Making of 'La voz que vendra,' Documentary |
| Guaqueta, Lisa | The local on the global: city-organizations and global governance |
| Hancox, Edward | Identity in Post-Soviet Russia: How Culture and Identity is Shaping Russia's Future |
| Hansen, Tina Alice | Conflict and Organization in Central Asia and Transcaucasia |
| Harpe, Mattie | Reservation Blues: How Military Service Engenders Culturally Specific Trauma Among Ojibwe Veterans |
| Hill, Tiffany | HIV/AIDS Media and The Effectiveness on Black American and Black South African Women |
| Martin, Christopher | The World Bank, Civil Society, and Cameroon |
| Mdivani, Mikhail | Microinsurance: Will It Work in Georgia? |
| Miele, Kathryn | NGOs in Today's Social and Political Climate |
| Proescher, Sarah Elaine | Can the Shallow Fill the Hollow? Undocumented Mexican Immigrants and the Struggle for Citizenship |
| Raffo, Eileen | Globalization and the Impact of Quota Free Trade |
| Sajkas, Marija | The Power of a Single Statement: The meaning of a public apology, reasons for it, and popular assumptions behind it. A case-study of post-war Serbia |
| Singh, Karishma | Everyday Life in Chandigarh: Implications of Ideals and Foreign Architecture |
| Soto-Sitiriche, Geraldine | Palestinian Authority: The Lure of One-Sided Incitement |
| Temesy-Armos, Julia | Expanding Economics for Sustainable Empowerment: Supplementing Social Capital to Ensure Employment for Young Women Despite Traditional Limitations; case study in Cairo |
| To, Leslie | What Does the Beginning of Pan Africanism Feel Like? |
| Wetterau, James | Moving to Mexico: The Story of a Trans-National Alter-Globalization Movement - a documentary film |
Fall 05
| Abdessalam, Zayne | Transformations of Capital: Expressions of Informal Culture in Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe |
| Andrejevic, Uros | State Dirigisme in Eastern Europe: Socialism Rediscovered |
| Cheung, Siu Wai | The Textile Quota Case: Is the U.S. a Free-trader or a Protectionist Bully? |
| Marteek, Aninka | Paving the Streets for Tuberculosis: A look at how development engages with disease to shape a global health crisis |
| McLachlan, Erin | Examining Microfinance: A Closer Look into the Elixir of Microfinance Institution |
| Minteer, Krista | Towards Women's Rights: The Challenges and Successes of Women's Organizing in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska |
| Rawls, Oren | The Mighty Pen: Media, Track II Diplomacy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
| Stone, Michael | What economic policies would allow mid-income nations to capture more foregin portfolio investment while maintaining economic sovereignty? |
| Vento, Jennifer | Atoms Versus Bits: How the Communal Nature of the Web is Changing Reporting |
Spring 05
| Archer, Michelle | Aid and Conflict Lessons Learned: The Rwandan Experience |
| Augusta, Abigail | The Role of Land Reform in Reducing Inequality and Poverty in the Philippines |
| Bridges, Allison | Civil Society Beyond Class: Using Zakat for Community Development |
| Chistyakov, Viktor | Circular Migration of the Highly-Skilled Human Resources: Asian and Latin American Case Studies |
| Culic-Viskota, Jasna | Formation of an Ad Hoc Democracy in Iraq |
| Gonzalez, Edward | Remittances and Development in the Dominican Republic |
| Heinrich, Svenja | Re-Imagining Humanitarian Space in West Africa |
| House, Rachelle Rae | The Liminal State of Somali Women and the Possibilities for Governance through the Language of Peace Building |
| Kasven, Sarah | Micro-enterprise and Sustainable Livelihoods Framework: A Working Partnership? |
| Lewis, Angela | Developing Africa's Human Capacity: The Role of Life and Health Reinsurance in Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| MacVicar, Andrew | Pension Reforms in Post-Socialist Poland and Latvia: The Role of the World Bank in Shifting Conceptions of the Welfare State |
| McGrath, Ryan | Discovering Alignment for Business and Communities |
| Miller, Kristen Casey | Engendering Trust in Formal Institutions: Migrants' Remittance Transfer Methods and Development in Mexico |
| Montiel, Michael | Leave Home to 'Fix' Things at Home: The Impact of Transnational Migration and Remittances to 'Dollarized' Ecuador |
| Murphy, Richard | A Study in Critical Aspects of the United States Foreign Policy |
| Nguefack, Alix | The controversial invasion of universalistic model of human right and the international response to human rights abuses: The example of female circumcision |
| Opgenhaffen, Veerle | The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting: Justice, Impunity, and Reconciliation in the Context of Algeria's Blanket Amnesty |
| Pacquette, Cherry | Can local institutions mitigate the barriers to Politial Union of Eastern Caribbean States? |
| Price, Susannah | The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa. Is regionalization the most viable security framework for Africa? |
| Silverberg, Peter | Human Rights NGOs in the United Nations: Informal Lobbying and State Resistance |
| Tapaoan, Emelyn | Othering Angelo Dela Cruz: Can the Subaltern Speak? |
Fall 04
| Ferreira, Elizabeth N. | Pension Reforms in the Context of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing |
| Heimbinder, Michael | Conversions and Seizures: Transforming Food for the 21st Century |
| Hewitt, William | The Underlying Psychology of Violent Political Conflict |
| Kim, Jungseung | North Korea Today: The Two Clusters of Key Tensions |
| Montague, J. DeMario | The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Governance |
| Rubinstein, Michael | Trade, Tourism and Turmoil: Examining the Role of Culture in the Sustainable Development of Guyana |
| Sandin, Neal | U.S.-China Nuclear Trade and Its Effect on South Asia |
| Usher, Solange Ebagnitchie | Comparative Analysis: Gender Policies During Post Conflict Periods; The UN and the World Bank Group |
| Yaffes, Christopher | Ensuring Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Comparison of Approaches in Four Programs Across Sectors in South Africa |
Spring 04
| Cohen, Danielle | Humanitarian Assistance in Kosovo: An Examination of Relief Work After the Genocide and Two Humanitarian Organizations |
| Formosa, Michael | The Political Economy of the Market Transition in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| Holahan, Cynthia | The South African Private Equity Model: A Tool for Economic and Social Development |
| Maldonado-Salcedo, Melissa | Demarcating Miami and South Beach: Latinaje |
| Munro, Tess | From Exploitation to Empowerment: Corporate Initiatives to Combat HIV/AIDS in South Africa |
| Pimentel, Yira | The socio-economic aspects and environmental health problems posed by informal settlements and possible solutions |
| Raccah, Fabien | Security and Development |
| Shapiro, Susanna | Confronting the Crisis of Development: Reorienting practice through 'Spaces of agency' |
| Sylvia, Michael | Culture, Media, and Emergent Politics in Brazil: 1964-2004 |
Fall 03
| Bacovic, Hasan | Financial Globalization and Turkish Integration into the Capitalist World Economy |
| Bardelli, Guadalupe | To Be or Not To Be: Argentina |
| De La Cruz, Edwin | Managing Risk for Sustainable Tourism Development: Case Study Comparison of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, 1990-2000 |
| De Larminat, Nathalie | French and American Journalists Facing Criticism: The Transatlantic Great Divide |
| Demeranville, Robert | An Analysis of the Ethiopian Famine of 1984-1986 in Comparison to the Present |
| Duarte, Simone | Archivo de la Identidad |
| Gremler, Robert | Porto Alegre's Participatory Budget and the Importance of Civic Engagement |
| Hooper, Jonelle | Case Study: A Rapid Assessment of the Street Children Phenomenon in Douala, Cameroon |
| Komarecki, Marina | Direct Cash Transfers vs. Traditional Safety Net Programs: A Critical Evaluation of the New IDH Project in Argentina |
| Mazer, Marla | Youth Participation in Urban Development: Youth Radio in Cameroon and South Africa |
| Mueller-Sang, Nina | Modernizing the Commodity Bride: National Fundamentalism, Globalization, and Politicizing the Hindu Woman in India |
| Nelson, Kirk | Oil and Social Polarization in Ecuador and Venezuela |
| Sato, Kay | Chinese Media at a Crisis: A crisis from a fatal epidemic or a crisis of democratic media? |
| Velazquez, Jose | Institutional Weakness as a factor for underdevelopment - Case study of the 1990s financial crisis in Ecuador |
Spring 03
| Jones, Bronwyn | Human Trafficking and Media Development in South Eastern Europe |
| Krzewicki, Michael Anthony | Return on Development for Development Aid |
| Rahman, Sadia | 9/11 News Narratives and Their Use of the 'Muslim Other' |