Student Honors Theses
2021
- "Before the Numbers Disappeared: Media and Perception of the 1937 Soviet Census" Jessica Baloun, ( Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "That's a Man's Job!: Soviet and American Airwomen at War, Taylor Bryan, (Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "Biopolitics of AIDs: Framing Disease; Challenging Homosexual Marielito's Relationship to the State through United States Immigration Law, 1980-1990", Lyndsey Case, (Jose Amador, advisor)
- "The Gendered Experience of French Women in Allied Media", Gillian Davis, (Erik Jensen, advisor)
- "Sex, Comstock, and Subervsion: Obscenity as a Concept and Methods of Subversion, 1873-1965", Alex Gregory, (Kimberly Hamlin, advisor)
- "Untitled", Peyton Rayburn, (Cameron Shriver, advisor)
- "The Trial and the Temple: How Legal and Buddhist Perspectives Have Shaped the Commemoration of the Cambodian Genocide", Kari Savoie, (Erik Jensen, advisor)
- "The Trial and the Temple: How Legal and Buddhist Perspectives Have Shaped the Commemoration of the Cambodian Genocide", Matthew Stork, (Amanda McVety, advisor)
- "A Witch, a Sorceresse, an enemy to Parliament': Witchcraft Accusations and Factionalism is Early Modern England", Jaycee Streeter, (Renee Baernstein, advisor)
- "People, Taxes and the Land: the Fiscal Administration of Arab-Islamic Egypt (7th-10th century)", Junyu Sun, (Matthew Gordon, advisor)
- "The White Slave Trade and the Yellow Peril: Anti-Chinese Rhetoric and Women’s Moral Authority", Hannah Zmuda, (Kimberly Hamlin)
- "Silence and Complicity in an African Genocide: Examining the British Response to the Herero Genocide in German Southwest Africa."Justin Macke (Sheldon Anderson, advisor)
- “Expelling Jesus: Catholic Reactions to the Ban on School Prayer." Bridget Dickens (Steve Conn, advisor)
- "Power Foods: The Struggle over Ethnic Food Identity in America." Bon écrit! Spencer Green (Andew Offenburger, advisor)
- “International Law Before International Law: The Development of a Legal Mindset"Noah Klinsky(Wietse deBoer, advisor)
- "Skin in the Game: The Social and Economic Pressures of Prostitution in the Early American Republic."Karli Schivitz (Lindsay Schakenbach Regele & Kimberly Hamlin, advisors)
- "Unheralded Champions: The Influence of the Suffrage Movement on First Ladies of the United States, 1889-1933" Meghan Murphy (Kimberly Hamlin, advisor)
- "From Opium to Opioid: How Medicine’s Paramount Drug Spiraled Out of Control" Benjamil Kallen (Nishani Frazier, advisor)
- "It's a Revolution, Dammit! The Revolutionary Qualities of Broadway's 'Hair' and '1776.'"Samuel Purkiss, (Nishani Frazier, advisor)
- "A Revolution of Romance: How Romantic Love Influenced Patriotic Rhetoric and Early Identity in the American Revolution." , (Lindsay Schakenbach Regele & Kimberly Hamlin, advisors)
- "Humanizing a Massacre: Diversity of the Victims of Kamianets-Podolsky, 1941." Jonathan Maxwell, (Francesca Silano, advisor)
- "Polite Propaganda: Narratives of Progress and Stagnation in Brezhnev-Era Soft Power." Avery Comar, (Steve Norris, advisor)
- "An Imagined Africa: The Construction of Americo-Liberian Identity and the Shifting Discourse of Colonization" Joshua Bradford (Osaak Olumwullah, advisor)
- "Turning Metal Boxes into Winning Weapons: An Analysis of Interwar Armored Theorists and Their Influences on World War II" Nathaniel Hieber (Eric Jensen, advisor)
- "Victor Arnautoff: The Travels and Artwork of a Transnational Man" Nicole Lohmueller (Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "Finding Political Common Ground in Native Land: Unity Through Hostility During Washington’s Presidency" Samuel Lutz (Lindsay Regele, advisor)
- "Rehabilitating the Facially Disfigured: The Forgotten American Experience Emerging from World War One " Nicole Puglisi (Eric Jensen, advisor)
- "Fomenting a Rebellion for the Hope of Liberty: An Examination of Feminist Agency During Early Modern Revolutions" Mary Seaman (William Brown, advisor)
- "They Played Their Way Out: How Musicians Survived the Holocaust" Anne Williams (Eric Jensen, advisor)
- "Italian Honor and English Civility: European Dueling Practices 1600-1850" Gregory Wnek, (Wietse de Boer, advisor)
- "The Mexican "Problem" in Arizona: School Segregation to 1954" Virginia Agee(Andrew Offenburger, advisor)
- "Becoming Homeless: From Hobos in the 19th century to the Homeless in 1980s Cincinnati, How We've Talked About We don't Want to See" Jacob Bruggeman(Steven Conn, advisor)
- "A Story of Survival: The Dayton Flood ant Its Impact on the Progressive Movement" Addison Caruso(Rob Shorman, advisor)
- "Democracy, Communism, and the Unknown Promise of Future Freedom: The Czechoslovak Refugee Crisis, 1945-1953" Sarah Childs(Stephan Norris, advisor)
- "Unfilled Quotas: A Review of State Department Policy directed towards Jewish Immigration from Germany: 1933-1941" Adam Cloch(Erik Jensen, advisor)
- "Psychedelic Utopia: LSD and the Psydelic Movement, the Enlightenment of the Individual and the Lost Revolution" Brayden Hayes(Steven Conn, advisor)
- "The Maid at the Crossroads: The Impact of the Crusades on 12th Century Arthurian Literature" Emily Hicks(Charlotte Goldy, advisor)
- Nuances in Black Women's Welfare Reform: A Study of Settlement House Developments in Cleveland and New York City, 1890-1930" Alissa Johnson (Tammy Brown, advisor)
- "Shoring Up Our Natural Bulwarks: American Naval Policy and National Security in the 1920s" Zachary Logsdon (Amanda McVety, advisor)
- "Germans, Beer, and Cincinnati: A Look at the Rise and Fall of Cincinnati's Brewing Industry" Christopher Scheren (Steven Conn, Advisor)
- "Unification through Opposition: America and the Myaamiaki Following the Seven Years' War" Kaylie Schunk(Andrew Offenburger, advisor)
- " The U.S. Dakota War of 1862: Memory and Reconciliation on a Global Scale" Madison Scott(Andrew Offenburger, advisor)
- "Identity and Exile in Iraq: A Historical Reading of Nuha Al-Radi's Baghdad Diaries" Terry Tait (Matthew Gordon, advisor)
- "Ticas Take Charge: Women and Activism in Costa Rica, 1900-1949" Rachel Wydra(Elena Albarrán, advisor)
- "The Fifth of November, 1605: The Political and Cultural Creation of the Gunpowder Plot in England" Spencer Aitken (Dr. Renée Baernstein, advisor)
- "Comparing the Role of Higher Education in Germany and the United States from 1945-1955" Luke Borland (Dr. Erik Jensen, Advisor)
- "The Enduring Legacy of the 1968 Mexican Student Movement and Tlatelolco Massacre" Autumn Harriger, Autumn (Dr. Elena Albarrán, Advisor)
- "Student Reactions to the American Civil War at Miami University"Henry Leaman (Dr. Andrew Offenburger, Advisor)
- "Jefferson Davis: A Study in Failed Leadership"Luke Noe (Dr. Michael Carrafiello, Advisor)
- “A Russian Disaster: American Intervention into Northern Russia and the American Continuum of Crisis, 1917-1921" Samuel West (Dr. Stephen Norris, Advisor)
- "Bye Bye Birdie, Willkommen Cabaret" Remy Willocks (Dr. Steven Conn, Advisor)
- "The History of Trade and Diplomacy Between the Creek Indians and the British, 1733-1770"Hannah Blubaugh (Andrew Offenburger, advisor)
- "Russia's Amazons: Women, War, and Patriotism, 1812-1945"Brett Coleman (Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "Understanding the Effects of Corporate Culture Following the Gilded Age: Mack Johnson, Urban Cincinnati, and the Question of the Self-Made Man, 1880-1950"Emily Dawson (Andrew Offenburger, advisor)
- "The Cuban Changeup: The Evolving Role of Sport in the Cuban Revolution from the Soviet Era to the 'Special Period'"Eric C. Evans (Sheldon Anderson, advisor)
- "The Discourse of Women's Experiences under Communism with a Focus on East Germany"Mahaley Evans (Erik Jensen, advisor)
- "We Want to Be All Things for All People: Women's Health Care Activism in the Context of Planned Parenthood and Black Power"Alexandra Fair (Kimberly Hamlin, advisor)
- "Patrice Lumumba, Thomas Sankara, and the Politics of Remembrance and Memorialization in Africa"James J. Fisher (Osaak Olumwullah, advisor)
- "Dismantling the American Empire: The Passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act and the Transformation of American Imperialism, 1898-1916"Riley Kane (Amanda McVety, advisor)
- "Radical Dualism: Identity Crisis and the Algerian Revolution of 1954"Emma Malueg (Matthew Gordon, advisor)
- "Captives of Revolution: Hessian Prisoners during the American War of Independence"David McDevitt (Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, advisor)
- "Salvation and Power in the Early English Reformation: A Dialog between John Frith and Thomas More about Purgatory and the Eucharist"Tanner J. Moore (Wietse de Boer, advisor)
- "When Pharaoh Falls: Egyptian History and the Rise of Jihadi-Salafism"Katie Poppe (Matthew Gordon, advisor)
- "Representations of Social Movements on Television: Second-Wave Feminism and The Mary Tyler Moore Show"Cecilia Simon (Kimberly Hamlin, advisor)
2015
- "Johann Ewald and America: A Study on the Changing Perceptions in European Military Affairs as Influenced by the American Revolution and the Trans-Atlantic World"Steven Darnell (Andrew Cayton, advisor)
- "An Executive Distraction: Governor Morris and the People's Influence on the Creation of the American Presidency"Alexander Filice (Andrew Cayton, advisor)
- "A Spartan Confederacy: Classical Discourse in the Southern Intellectual Life, 1780-1856"Shea Hendry (Mary Kupiec Cayton, advisor)
- "Analyzing the Female Humanist's Character: How Paolo Giovio's Assessment of Illustrious Women Aligned with Italian Renaissance Discourse"Kelly Irwin (Renée Baernstein, advisor)
- "Perfect Partnership: the Disney Studio and the United States Government During World War II"Amanda Lawson (Helen Sheumaker, advisor)
- "The American Abroad: The Experiences of Paul Lemasters in the South Pacific, 1944-1945"Grant Lemasters (Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "Science, Mercantilism, Empire: Colonial Development and Nature on Barbados, 1627-1700"Michael Putz (José Amador, advisor)
- "Architect of Destruction: The German Armaments Ministry and Albert Speer, 1936-1945"Andrew Sullivan (Erik Jensen, advisor)
- "The Church and the Foreign State: The Impact of American Missionaries on Turn-of-the-Century Korea"Cassondra Willoughby (Yihong Pan, advisor)
2014
- "Women Abolitionists and Egalitarian Marriage: Equality in the World and in the Home"Chelsea M. Adelman (Kimberly Hamlin, advisor)
- "Plutarch's White Fawn: The Roman Religious Experience in the Life of Sertorius"Matthew D. Cramer (Kevin Osterloh, advisor)
- "Fragile Empire: Differentiation over Time among Khanates in the Mongol Empire"Kimberly T. Foster (Daniel Prior, advisor)
- "Average Guys Who Go Fast: Cultural Identity Groups and the Rise of NASCAR"Bryan P. Gable (Helen Sheumaker, advisor)
- "Unlikely Allies: American Involvement in South America's Operation Condor"Alexander J. Haight (Elena Albarrán, advisor)
- "The Blackfords' Imagined Community: The Formation of Southern Nationalism within a Virginian Family, 1825-1865"Caroline E. Johnson (Mary Kupiec Cayton, advisor)
- "A Mighty Wurlitzer or a Player Piano?: Frank Gardiner Wisner and the Effects of Identity and Personal Narratives on the Founding of the CIA, 1940-1965"Andrew M. Mackin (Stephen Norris, advisor)
- "Cooperation over Conflict: Reconsidering the Interactions of Noblemen in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland"Sarah McKinsey (Tatiana Seijas, advisor)
- "The Raven's Changing Plumage: Shifting Identities and Cultural Dynamics of the Viking Diaspora"Colin S. McKinstry (Charlotte Goldy, advisor)
- "'The Great Dissenter': Arthur Gartland and the Movement to Desegregate Boston Public Schools, 1963-1976"Kyle P. O'Brien (Nishani Frazier, advisor)
- "The Second Queen: Becoming a Tudor Icon. Anne Bolyn and the Tudors 1485-1536"Ashley Rovner (Charlotte Goldy, advisor)
- "The Strange Case of the Western Museum: The Development of a New Museum Culture in Early Nineteenth-Century America"Christine J. Spaulding (Mary Kupiec Cayton, advisor)
- "The Air Force's Struggle to Establish Itself as a Separate Branch of the Military: An Evaluation of Institutional Identity from 1945 to 1953"Ben W. Wild (Allan Winkler, advisor)