The Senior Program

Senior majors in government complete a senior thesis and a research paper, working closely with a faculty member in the department. In the Senior Program, students draw on their accumulated skills and knowledge to produce focused, high-level scholarship on a specific topic or problem.

Recent senior projects in government include:

• Democratic Outcomes from Movement-Based Party Formation: A Study of Participatory Democracy in Post-Communist Countries
• A New Wave of Women in Politics? Examining Women’s Political Participation Post-2016
•  Is the Barrel Poisoning the Apples? Investigating the Link Between Procedural Justice in Police Administration and on the Beat
• “A Life Changing Experience”: Mayor's Youth Council Membership and Political Efficacy
• Small Islands and Brain Drain: A Case Study of Martinique
• The Price of Justice: The Effect of State Government Funding on Indigent Defense
• Apple and the FBI, The Power of Jus Tertii, and the All Writs Act of 1789
• Regional Exertion of Power: Iran and the Nuclear Deal
   
• Understanding Nation States and the Global Climate Regime: Applying Theories of International Relations to the International Climate Negotiations
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