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"

Honors Program Faculty Directors: Lucas Swaine, Benjamin Valentino

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