Recent Honors Theses

2012

Rebecca Soules 
"Being Shaker in the Twentieth Century: Canterbury Shaker Village, 1905-1939" 

Alyssa Kichula, 
"Platforms for Art: Examining the Goals and Impacts of Public Transit Art Programs"

2011

Ria T. DiLullo
"Spokesduck: Donald Duck’s World War II Cartoons from 1942 through 1944: An Intersection between Propaganda and Animated Shorts."

Julian A. Jimarez Howard
"Biggie and Bateman: Contemporary Effects of the American Dream as a Consumer Ideology."

Tanmay Misra
" Essays in Contemporary American Film: Youth Culture and Politics between 9/11 and Obama."

Kelly J. Schryver
" Keeping Up Appearances: Examining Teen Girls’ Self-Presentation and Social Comparison on Facebook."

2010

Molly Mills
"In Their Own Words: Discourse, Decision-Making and Creativity of Young Immigrant Women in Northern California."
Thesis Advisor: Matthew Garcia, American Civilization and Ethnic Studies

Chelsea Miro
“Kingdom of God: The Political Agenda of Conservative Evangelical Christians from 1940 through 2010.”
Thesis Advisor: Beverly Haviland, American Civilization

Jung Wook (Chris) Suh
“Writing A New Deal: The Federal Writer’s Project in New York City.”
Thesis Advisor: Susan Smulyan, American Civilization

Alex Tudela
“The Other Youth: Post-Second World War Constructions of Latino Youth.”
Thesis Advisor: Richard Meckel, American Civilization

2008

Stephen John Babish
"Lions or Lambs?"; Hollywood Cinema in the Post-9/11 era"
Thesis Advisor: Professor James T. Campbell, American Civilization

Hannah Furst
"Loud Voices: Three Second-Generation Jewish Immigrant Women Writers and the Quest to be Heard"
Thesis Advisor: Professor Richard Meckel, American Civilization

Monica Raquel Pelayo
"Cultural Intersections: The Development of Olvera Street and China City"
Thesis Advisor: Professor Ralph Rodriguez, American Civilization

Robin Marie Perenchio
"Connecting and Expanding Communities: Contemporary Native Radio"
Thesis Advisor: Professor Susan Smulyan, American Civilization

Rebecca Michelle Silverman
"'Bubbie's Secrets' Unwrapped: Cooking up Culture in an American Jewish Sisterhood."
Thesis Advisor: Professor Marcy Brink-Danan, Judaic Studies

 

2007

John Sydney Butler
"YouDiplomacy: New Strategies for American Public Diplomacy"
Thesis Advisor:

Arminda Elizabeth Smith (History)
"Round and Round They Go: The Rise and Fall of Rocky Point Park"
Thesis Advisor:

2006

Kate Maxwell
Constructing a Creative Urban Space: The Development of AC220 in Providence, RI.
Thesis Advisor: Paul Buhle

Amita Manghnani
Rhythm Nation: South Asian America Performs Race Onstage.
Thesis Advisor: Susan Smulyan

Julia Wolfson
My Experiences with Oral History and Industrial Evolutions: Voices of Pawtucket's Workers.
Thesis Advisor: Paul Buhle

2005

Ashley Elizabeth Harness
Liberation Incarnate: A Study of the Metropolitan Community Church of New York 1972 - 1990.
Thesis Advisor: Mari Jo Buhle
Reader: Jane Gerhard

Heather Velez
Lurkers at the Threshold: Fans of H.P. Lovecraft.
Thesis Advisor: Susan Smulyan
Reader: Paul Buhle

2004

Elizabeth J. Ault
Why Would A Fellow Want a Girl Like Her?": Cinderella Stories on Film and the Reinscription of the Status Quo, 1950-2003
Thesis Advisor: Lewis Seifert
Reader: Susan Smulyan

Alina Engelman
Winner, American Civilization Prize
Revolutionary Signs: Sandinistas and the Deaf Nicaraguan Experience
Thesis Advisor: David Lewis
Reader: Carol Poore

Ilana Friedman
Tom Levin and Polly Greenberg's Reflections on the Rise and Demise of the Child Development Group of Mississippi
Thesis Advisor: Paul Buhle
Reader: Luther Spoehr

Caroline Staudt
Elbowing into a Man's World: the Effect of Athletics on the Women's Movement at Brown University and in America in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century
Thesis Advisor: Brian Casey
Reader: Howard Chudacoff

2003

Jennifer Hahn
Feminist Magazines of the Third Wave
Thesis Advisor: Jane Gerhard
Reader: Susan Smulyan

Moye Ishimoto
Anime in America and The American Otaku
Thesis Advisor: Susan Smulyan
Reader: Robert Lee

Anna Purinton
Sí, se puede (yes, it can be done): The Movement for Living Wages and Accountable Development
Thesis Advisor: Paul Buhle
Reader: Julia Sass Rubin

Daniel Weber
Rock and Roll Reconnections: Mobilizing the Organic Intellectual Voice
Thesis Advisor: Jane Gerhard
Reader: Robert Arellano

2002

Katherine Chavez
Powerful Places: The Santuario de Chimayó and Loretto Chapel of Santa Fe
Thesis Advisor: Susan Smulyan
Reader: Alberto Pulido

César Cuauhtémoc García H.
In the Shadow of the River: McAllen, Edinburg, and Mission in the Post-NAFTA Economy
Thesis Advisor: Suzanne Oboler
Reader: Jose Itzigsohn

Benjamin David Healy
Visitor with a Deadline in Mind: Privacy, Publicity, and the Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Thesis Advisor: James Cullen
Reader: John L. Thomas

Jason Michael McGill
Power, Race, Culture: Postwar Jazz as Fruit and Seed
Thesis Advisor: Paul Buhle
Reader: Paul Austerlitz

Katharine Malinowski
Standards-Based Reform: The Chicago Experience and its Implications for the New Federal Role in Education Reform
Thesis Advisor: Luther Spoehr
Reader: Nancy Hoffman

Elizabeth Singer More
Bodies of Writing: Changing Feminist Ideas of the Body and Expertise in Our Bodies, Ourselves 1971-1976
Thesis Advisor: Richard Meckel
Reader: Mari Jo Buhle

Hannah Ruth Thompson
Immigrant Life in Large Town New England: The Ways in which Church, Jobs, and Leisure Shape the Brazilian Community in Framingham, Massachusetts
Thesis Advisor: Richard Meckel
Reader: Jane Gerhard