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Honors IS Graduates
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Camanda Fergus | "Turkey Facing Westward: The Road to EU Accession and Germany's Influence" | Magna Cum Laude | Hoyt Purvis |
| Jacob Mott | "Money and Politics: The Renminbi and Sino-American Relations" | Magna Cum Laude | Hoyt Purvis |
| Samuel Robert | "Bullets and Ballots: Democracy’s Dynamic on Radical Islam" | Cum Laude | Hoyt Purvis |
| Katherine Strike | "Does Violence Work?: The Effects of Violence on the Success of Indigenous Protest Movements Against Mining Enterprises in Latin America" | Magna Cum Laude | Jeff Ryan |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Ellen Barber | "A New Global Order: A Study of the Effects of Globalization on Cultural, Political, and Economic Ties Between States, and the Emergence of Non-State and Super-State Governments" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon |
| Morgan Byttner | "Third Culture Kids: Strengthening or Weakening International Relations?" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Elizabeth Caruth | "Historicizing German Multiculturalism" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Laurence Hare |
| Cristen Handley | "Energy Security and America: An Investigation into the United States’ Liberation from the Persian Gulf and Caspian Basin" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Lauren Leatherby | "Iran in Latin America" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Kalli Parette | "Will China Remain Politically Stable? How China’s People, Leaders, and Economy Will Keep the Nation from Political Revolt" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Jeffrey Rudolph | "Illumination: The Secret World of the Sex Slave Trade and the Fight Against It" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Shaojing Wu |
| Cameron Word | "The Japanese Textbook Controversy in Sino-Japanese Relations" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Elizabeth Markham |
| Keely Dye | "An Unrequited Love: The Czech Republic and the Euro" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Kathleen Richard | "Changing the Game: A Political Analysis of the Future of the Olympic Games with Respect to Middle-Income Countries" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Lindsay Newby | "Representations of Argentine Identity: Tradition, Modernity, and Tourism" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/History) | Kristin Erickson |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Zach Bradshaw | "The European Union and Political Theories: How the EU has Challenged Political Theoretical Thought and the Effects it has on EU Member States" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Cooper Gatewood | "French Cinema: Art as a Reflection of National Opinion" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Megumi Kawaraya | "What are the Motivations of the BRICs to Increase Their Foreign Aid?" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Andrew Horowitz |
| Michelle Murphy | "Modern Perceptions of Catholic Basilicas in Rome" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Emily Nevala | "Stuck at a Crossroads: An Investigation into the Current Impasse between the EU and NATO and an Analysis of their Future Sustainability | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Laura Peery | "World Hunger and What Heifer International is Doing to Stop It" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Libbi Strum | "The Media and Euro-Skepticism in the United Kingdom" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Andrew Walchuk | "Immigration and the Extreme Right: An Analysis of Recent Voting Trends in Western Europe" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Jeff Ryan |
| Jacob White | "International Governance of the Commons: Property Rights in Outer Space" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Stephen Sheppard |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Seth Barlow | "A Future of Olympism in America" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Lindsay Harrington | "Environmental Refugees and Internally Displaced People: The Need for Recognition by the UNHCR" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Kelsey Hoffman | "American Cultural Imperialism and the French Cultural Exception: A Battle for Cultural Survival" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Spencer Lucker | "The Trans-Atlantic Connection: An Analysis and Comparison of the Cultural and Legal Attitudes and Trends towards Alcohol and Alcohol Policy Between the United States, Northern Europe, and Mediterranean Europe" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Taylor Mikles | "The European Union and Its Interactions with Problematic Member States" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Erin Ridgeway | "Modeling the Dependency Theory: French Colonialism and Its Legacy in West Africa" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Andrea Arrington |
| Katherine Shreves | "Modern Migration in the European Union: Statistical Analysis of Migration Decision-Making" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Nathan Stockemer | "The Issue of National Self-Determination and the Potential for the Formation of New Nation-States in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Catalonia, Scotland, and Kosovo" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Kelsey Winchester | "Painting a Thin Line: International Relations Between Mexico and the United States as Seen Through the Visual Arts of Tijuana/San Diego" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/Latin American Studies) | Kathryn Sloan |
| Marcos Zarate | "The Dangers of Failure: Weak States, Failed States and the International Destabilization Created by State Collapse" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Kendall Byers | "‘In Fire, Both Green and Dry Wood Burn’: The Roots of the Kurdish Struggle in Turkey" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Tom Paradise |
| Clare Casey | "The National Security Implications of Global Warming: A Region by Region Analysis" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Kaylee Cox | "An Analysis of the Space Race, Conspiracy Theories, and the U.S. Apollo MissionsAn Analysis of the Space Race, Conspiracy Theories, and the U.S. Apollo Missions" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Latin American Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| David Sawyer | "The Effect of Private Military Firms on Modern Conflict" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/History) | Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon |
| Beth Ibrahim | "'Garbage People' A Case Study on the Zabbaleen of Cairo" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Tom Paradise |
| Cassie Kordsmeier | "A History of North African Immigration into Italy" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Tom Paradise |
| Rachel Lewis | "One Nation Under God" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Christopher Nassar | "Shifting Sands: Analysis of the Varying Strategies Between the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Conflicts and Their Effect on International Politics and Domestic Gain" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Jessica Rice | "A Nation Without Borders: Roma Identity in a Globalizing World" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Rachel Stuckey | "Not an Immigration Country’: Analysis of the Center-Right’s Resistance to Reforming Nationality Law in Germany" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Chris Wylie | "Occupation, Integration, and Colonization: The Oslo Process and the Economics of Peace, 1993-1999" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Jillian Boles | "Security Implications of the Anglo-American Special Relationship" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Mallory Box | "Good Wives, Wise Mothers: The High Incidence of Induced Abortion in Japan" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Asian Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Nathan Brown | "The Significance of Slums: The Relationship Between Economic Deprivation and Political Stability in the Middle East" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Melanie Claassen | "Miscommunications Between the United States and Islamic Middle East: How UNESCO, Fulbright Exchange Program, and Cultural Diplomacy are Fighting Back" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Lauren Duke | "Changing the World One Chicken at a Time: An Analysis of Brazil, Heifer International, and its Brazilian Projects" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/Latin American Studies) | Sergio Villalobos |
| Katie Fourmy | "In Pursuit of Democracy: U.S. Counterinsurgency Campaigns in El Salvador and Iraq" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Jeff Ryan |
| Callie Graves | "The Foreign Vote: The Effect of Immigration on the 2007 French Presidential Election" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Megann Hamlin | "Tony Blair and Gordon Brown: An Analysis of Successive Labour Governments" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Jeff Shreve | "Humanitarian Intervention" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Natalie Smith | "It’s Not Easy Being Vert: Environmental Problems, Policy and Attitudes as Effects of French and American Culture" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Rachel Williams | "Economics and the Irish Conflict" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Nadia Akbar | "Definitions Creating Divisions among Adherents of Islam and the Emergence of Nonpartisan Muslims" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Tom Paradise |
| Yanisha Brown | "Telling the Real from the Fake: Rampant Piracy in China Poses Challenge to the International Community" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Angela Fletcher | "The Argentine Dirty War: New Truths and Old Lies" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Allison Ivey | "Japan’s Capital Cities: From Nara to Kyoto to Tokyo" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Henry Tsai |
| Mervin Jebaraj | "An Analysis of Reform of the United Nations Security Council with Regard to Genocide Prevention" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Adam Kaltenbach | "American Big Business versus the Central American Peasantry: An Analysis of the Central American Free Trade Agreement" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Steve Stiffler |
| Patrick Kelley | "Turkish Admission to the European Union: Progressing Fact or Unrealistic Dream?" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Jamie Kern | "The Other Side of Immigration: Causes and Effects of Emigration in Latin America" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Jared McAfee | "A Final Status for the Holy Sites of Jerusalem and Its Importance in Ending the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Nathan Miller | "Galvanizing and Consolidating National Political Power: An Analysis of Yes versus No in the European Union" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Shenna Ora | "A United Kingdom or Not? A Look at the Formation of British Identity and Its Future" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Sarah Peery | "Life After Lycée: A Look at Higher Education in France and the Challenges Facing a Generation" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Sydney Perkins | "Integrating the Muslim Majority of France: Religion, Society and the Republican Pact" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Gabriel Porter | "An Analysis of The European Union Goals and Position in the Doha Round of World Trade Organization Negotiations" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Mallory Rogers | "The Re-Emergence of the Conservative Party in Great Britain" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Courtney Sparks | "What Went Wrong in Germany: A comparative analysis of the policies and procedures used by Wal-Mart that led to a positive outcome in the United Kingdom but led to their departure in Germany" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Laura Stump | "A Study of the Organization and Evolution of Radical Islamic Organizations in the Middle East" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Najib Ghadbian |
| Devon Tucker | "Spitting Distance: The Kuril Islands Dispute from a Regionalist Perspective" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Donald Kelly |
| Haunani Verzon | "Water Wars: Analysis of the Regional Water-Sharing Conflict Between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq Over the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Tom Paradise |
| Terry Vo | "Japan’s Declining Population: Exploring the Causes and Effects on Japan’s Future" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Tatsuya Fukushima |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Kelly Freeze | "The Right Kind of Aid: A Comparative Analysis of Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid Groups" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Elizabeth French | "A Case Study Examining International Humanitarian Assistance in Response to Natural Disasters" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Crosby Hipes | "Peacekeeping and State Building in West Africa" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Dorris Scott | "No Space for Children: The Falling Birthrate and How it Relates to Women and Space in Japanese Society" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Tatsuya Fukushima |
| Lindsay Tucker | "Turkish Accession to the European Union: Public Opinion and the Common Foreign and Security Policy" | Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Rachel Yingling | "The European Union Constitution: Influences on Referendum Outcomes" | Summa Cum Laude (International Relations/European Studies) | Fiona Davidson |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Lindsey Barnes | "Past and Future Effects on Mad Cow Disease in the United States" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Angela Dunlap | "Effects on Changing Laws Regarding Immigration and the U.S.-Mexico Border" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| April Kersten | "France and America: A Difficult Relationship" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Hoyt Purvis |
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Honors Designation | Supervisor |
| Iris Ferguston | "The International Oil Industry’s Thwarting or Embracing of Environmentally Sustainable Methods within the Global Market and Their Incentives" | Magna Cum Laude (International Relations) | Fiona Davidson |
| Laci Kazanovicv | "The Algerian Challenge to French Republicanism: Alternatives to Affirmative Action" | Cum Laude (International Relations) | Mark Cory |
| Justin Leflar | "A Koranic Environmental Ethic and the Divergence of Political Islam" | Cum Laude (International Relations/Middle East Studies) | Vincent Cornell |