Senior Projects 2004-2007

Fall 2004

• Christopher Caldwell, "'I Don't See Anything That I Want:' A Historical Perspective of Cleveland's Punk Subculture"
  
• John Cilley, "An Analysis of the Ethical Consequences and Social Effects of Lobotomy in the Mid-Twentieth Century"
  
• Adam Clements, "A Neglected Hero: The Story of Colonel Edward E. Cross"
  
• Matthew Gonzalez, "The Industry of Industry"
  
• Fred Johnston, "The Luddites: Their Legacy versus the Technological Imperative"
  
• Sarah Johnston, "Making the Grade: Women in Higher Education in the 1950s"
  
• Jesse Neckers, "Of a Sect by Himself: Thomas Jefferson's Model of Jesus"
  
• Katherine O'Donnell, "Richard von Kraft and his 'Moral Monsters'"
  
• Hector Urena, "The Boss: George Steinbrenner's Unique and Successful Legacy"
  
• Benjamin Walsh, "The History of the Pennsylvania Delta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta"
  
• Kristine Wells, "Flawed Historiography: Assessing Iris Chang and Tanaka Masakki"

Spring 2005

• William Bradley, "Stasuma-Ryukyu Relations in Tokugawa Era Japan"
  
• Renee Buchser, "The Sagrada Familia: A Monument to Catalonian Culture"
  
• Andrew Chrzan, "The Crisis of Overcrowding in Yellowstone" (Poli. Sci. & History)
  
• Darren Eades, "The Constraints on Covert Paramilitary Operations and the Just War Tradition" (Poli. Sci. & History)
  
• Kelly Gascoine, "Margaret of Anjou: A Study of the Scope of the Queen's Power During the Wars of the Roses"
  
• Kurt Gutshall, "A Neglected Story: John Roebling's Emigration to America and Settlement of Saxonburg, PA"
  
• Ryan Harris, "Unconventional Warfare: Military Strategy of the IRA from 1969-1994"
  
• Margaret Keilty, "A Long Affair: Historians and Anne Boleyn"
  
• Adam Klimas, "The Choctaw's Choice"
  
• Joseph Knupp, "Philosophical Foundations of the American Constitution" (Philo. & History)
  
• Kevin Lutz, "Civilizing a 'Backwards' People: Aboriginal Rights, Restitution, and Repression in Post-Colonial Australia"
  
• Jenna Nigro, "Defining the Other: Lahontan, Charlevoix, and the American Indian"
  
• Oi-Ling Yu, "The Fall of the Ming Dynasty"
  
• John Rielly, "A Product of Quality: A History of Porsche from 1949-1966"
  
• Dierdre Richardson, "Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, 1868-1894"
  
• Nicholas Sciarro, "The Italian Immigrant Family: A Family of their Own"
  
• Matthew Vento, "Motives of the Meiji Reformers"

Fall 2005

• Rob Ayers, "John Adams: Conservative Revolutionary, 1765-1776"
  
• Kevin Foley, "False Tongue and Hard Heart: The Carnegie- Frick Relationship and the Homestead Strike of 1892"
  
• Neil Simpson, "Bronson Alcott"
  
• Michelle Tome, "American Women Living their Dream at 'Home'"

Spring 2006

• Craig Crocker, "The Wannsee Conference: Establishing RSHA authority over the 'Final Solution'"
  
• Christian Gass: "The Greco-Arab Heritage of Medical Study, Teaching, and Practice"
  
• Janelle Hackman: "Saudi Arabia: The Oil Interdependency and its Consequences"
  
• Steven Huszai: "The Role and Importance of Oliver Stone's JFK to the study of History"
  
• Bryan Jordan: "The Rise and Decline of Utopia in 19th Century America"
  
• Caroline Lang: "Solidarity Forever? The Rise and fall of the Socialist Party in America"
  
• Matthew Lebold: "Lord George Germain: An Exploration of the American Revolution through the study of the Colonial Secretary"
  
• Megan Mess: "'It was another Lincoln, one that took me by storm': Ida Tarbell"
  
• Colin Morgan: "A Terrible Beauty is Born: A Study of the Life and Works of Padraig H. Pearse"
  
• Stephen Nemeth: "A Historiographic Survey of the Climax of Rome Through a Study of Edward Gibbon's Five Good Emperors during the Second Century of the Christian Era"
  
• Andrew Perego: "The French Revolution of Paris - 1871"
  
• Daniel Robinson: "Michael Collins: A Costly Sacrifice"
  
• Eric Rupp: "My Father's War"
  
• Thaddeus Rupp: "Uncovering the King-Crane Commission: The Story of Wilson's 'Exceptionalism' and America's First Steps in the Middle East"
  
• Rachel Severa: "Striking a Balance Between the Standards of Feminine Conduct, Colonial North America, and the Demands of the Plantation South on Eliza Lucas Pinckney"
  
• Nora Soule: "Beethoven and the Enlightened Patronage System"
  
• Robert Utter: "Comparing Constitutions: Why the South African Constitution provides more rights than the American Constitution"

Fall 2006

• Dylan Esworthy: "Metternich"
  
• Timothy Eyerman: "Freedom through Faith: An Examination of Desmond Tutu and his Spiritual Influence on South Africa"
  
• Matthew Kissling: " A Noble Failure: The German Military Resistance to Hitler, Operation Valkyrie, and 20 July 1944"
  
• Samantha Ricci: "Shakespeare's Coriolanus: Political Statement or Dramatic Opportunity?"
  
• Kirsten Solheim Santiago: "Success through Skin"

Spring 2007

• William Baker, "Reinvention of the American Dream"
  
• Amy Hughes, "Organizing in the Dark: The Coal Strike of 1933"
  
• Nicholas Johnson, "Selling The Fuhrer: Edward Bernays, Joseph Goebbels, And The Creation Of The 'Hitler Myth'"
  
• Sam Kaye, "The Maharal: Mystic or Misunderstood"
  
• Dreen Lee, "Transformations Of Cuchulainn- From The Greatest Hero Of Celtic Tradition To The Paragon Of Christianity"
  
• Joshua D. Macel, "Forgotten Revolutionary: An Examination of the Political Theory, Motivation, and Actions of John Dickinson"
  
• Ben Mourer, "Making (Up) History: The Traditions of Capt. Samuel Brady (1756-1798)"
  
• Lauren Rzoski, "Nicholas II: Unnecessary Tragedy"
  
• Lindsay Svetlak, "The Central Intelligence Agency In Berlin, 1947-1959: How the CIA's Actions in Berlin Helped Establish the Agency as the Premier Source of Intelligence for the United States"
  
• Andrew Wright, "Prisoner- Doctors: An Examination Of Moral Life In The Concentration Camps"

Fall 2007

• Daniel Thomas Getkin: "Blessed are the Peacemakers: The National Council of Churches and the Vietnam War"
  
• Michael S. Gillis: "What Was It You Wanted? The Extraordinary Impact of Bob Dylan"
  
• Julie M. Glaser: "Anglo-American Piracy in the Carolinas, 1680-1730"
  
• Kristen M. Lane: "Organized Crime in Cleveland: 1920-1940"
  
• Mark A. Matsko: "The Emancipation Proclamation: The Turning Point in the American Civil War"
  
• Crystal Ptacek: "'In the Solitude of a Hermit': Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest"
  
• Ayla Marie Siemon: "Revolutionary Relationship? An Examination of the Marriage of John and Abigail Adams as Revealed in Their Correspondence"
  
• Ashley Elizabeth Steckel: "Changes in Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour after McCarthyism"
  
• Jennifer Torkos: "So Long, Scarlett: The Effects of the American Civil War on Elite Southern Women, 1850-1900"
  
• Morgan L. Tucker: "Pants Off: How Playboy Liberated Sex for Men and Women in the Twentieth Century"
  

Spring 2008

• Samuel C. Anderson: "Forcing Its Hand: How Outside and Competitive Pressures Forced the Reintegration of the NFL"
  
• Judit I. Borsay: "Falling Stars: Eastern Bloc Uprisings and Subsequent Immigration to the United States in 1956"
  
• Miles Farren: "Epitome of Fanaticism: The Fighting Men of the Waffen SS"
  
• Brian Gabriel: "The Legacy of Operation Restore Hope"
  
• Jennifer Grayburn: "The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial: Reflectionof the Pagan-Christian Relationship in Early Anglo-Saxon England"
  
• Jacob T. Halbig: "From Cosa Nostra to Mafiya: Organized Crime in America"
  
• Allison Hilkert: "Post-WWII West Germany: Resolution of Guilt and Resurrection of Heimat"
  
• Margaret Aimee Lawton: "'War is Cruelty and You Cannot Refine It:' The Actions of General Tecumseh Sherman Under the Lieber Code"
  
• Kimberly Luperi: "Money versus Morals: Sensation and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood and the Case of Baby Face"
  
• James R. Merritt Jr.: "Mao, Stalin, and the Korean War"
  
• Kevin D. Persch: "Francis Marion: 'The Swamp Fox' of the Revolution and of Backcountry South Carolina"
  
• Ashley C. Pike: "Religion in Nineteenth-Century Great Britain and the Corresponding Effects on the Victorian Christmas Holiday"
  
• Cory E. Ridenour: "James Joyce and Italian Fascism"
  
• Nathan M. Sekely: "Rethinking the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis"
  
• Tony Serrao: "To Hell With All That: Terrorism in Algeria and the Fight Against Injustice"
  
• Bryan Schutez: "Who Remembers John Thomas Scopes? Interpreting the Scopes Trial and the Power of Memory"