Honor Students and their Advisors

Carter E. Brace, "The Wage-Centric Life and its Discontents" Advisor: Prof. Brendan Nyhan

Dominic D. Carrese, "Wilderness Subjugation in American Political Thought: The Dilemma of Technology" Advisor: Prof. Lucas Swaine

John A. Davidson, "Continental Chess Match: The NATO-Russia Airpower Balance over the Baltic States" Advisor: Prof. Daryl Press

Jaclyn R. Eagle, "Explaining Wartime Sexual Violence: Cross National Evidence Contradicts Common Beliefs" Advisor: Prof. Benjamin Valentino

Jacob Gordon, "Do Voters Like Choice?: The Impact of Electoral Complexity on Satisfaction with Democracy" Advisor: Prof. Dean Lacy

Joshua L. Kauderer, "'War By Other Means:' Russian Interference in Great Power Politics" Advisor: Prof. William Wohlforth

Drew N. Leonard, "The Persuasive Effects of Information Operations: Analyzing Russia's 2014-17 Disinformation Campaign" Advisor: Prof. Sean Westwood

Alexander W. Petros, "Live and Let Spy: Why Rival States Cooperate to Preserve Espionage in Outer Space, Cyberspace, and the Open Skies" Advisor: Prof. William Wohlforth

Priya Sankar, "Redefining the Fourth Amendment's Protection of Privacy – What is a "Search or Seizure" in the Age of Technology?" Advisor: Prof. Sonu Bedi

Ryan E. Spector, "From Exile to Enemy: Dispersion as a Cause of Refugee Militarization" Advisor: Jeffery Friedman

Samantha M. Stern, "The Accidental Terrorist: Examining the Structural and Individual Causes of Jihadist Homegrown Violent Extremism in the West" Advisor: Prof. Benjamin Valentino 

Honors Program Faculty Directors: Michelle Clarke, Benjamin Valentino

2019 Honors Prizes and Awards

Bennett Essay Prize in Political Theory and Public Law - Dominic Carrese 

Pressman Prize in American Government - Drew Leonard

Rockefeller Prize in Comparative Politics - Jacyln Eagle

Rockefeller Prize in Intl. Relations - Jack Davidson & Samantha Stern 

The James Fairbanks Colby Government Prize - Carter Brace

The Fowler Family Prize in Democratic Politics - Joshua Kauderer