2022 HONORS PROGRAM

Honor Students and their Theses

  • Melissa Barales-Lopez, "The Role of the Enclave: Investigating the Political Integration of Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S." 
  • Tanner Bielefeld Pruitt, "When Candidates Attack: Determining the Most Effective Response to Attacks in Political Debates"
  • Carly Brown, "Divided Attention: Explaining Variation in the United Nations' Responses to Mass Killing" 
  • John Cho, "Trade-offs in Asian American Political Representation" 
  • Chantal Elias, "Investigating Variation in American Public Opinion on United Nations Humanitarian Interventions" 
  • Olivia Gresham, "Fight or Flight: Ethnic Information Cascades and Military Collapse" 
  • Jonah Hirsch, "Producer Rights in International Trade: A Moral and Political Theory of Labor Justice" 
  • Emilia Hoppe, "Accessing Democracy: How Policy Enables Citizenship" 
  • Chris Jun, "Revisiting the Sanction Playbook: An Examination of U.S. Economic Sanction and Chinese Responses" 
  • Dhwani Kharel, "Caring Across National Boundaries: State Responsibility in Transnational Care Economy"
  • Gabrielle Levy, "When Help Hurts: Why Foreign Aid Backfires in Cases of Civil War" 
  •  Maia Round, "When the Going Gets Tough: The Effects of Political Polarization on Retirements from the U.S. Senate" 
  • Anya Sorensen, "Insurgency in the Name of God: Analyzing Islamic State Strategy in Iraq from 2016-2020" 
  •  Ben Vagle, "The Balance of Economic Terror: The United States, China, and the Economic Costs of Conflict" 

2022 Honors Prizes and Awards

Bennett Essay Prize in Political Theory and Public Law - Jonah Hirsch 

Pressman Prize in American Government - Melissa Barales-Lopez & John Cho 

Rockefeller Prize in Comparative Politics - Olivia A. Gresham

Rockefeller Prize in International Relations - Ben Vagle 

The James Fairbanks Colby Government Prize - Dhwani Kharel 

The Fowler Family Prize in Democratic Politics - John J. Cho 

Rockefeller Memorial Postgraduate Fellowship - Ben Vagle