The Department of Political Science is pleased to present their Spring 2025 Capstones.

Presentations will be given on May 14th – Xavier Hall, Room 201 – 6:00-8:30 pm

Click on each student name to see their presentation title.

Anthony Angel

Campaign Crisis: How Presidential Candidates Use Political Issues For Political Gain

Nathan Boyce

Manipulator-in-Chief: How Presidents Frame Public Policy

Cody Dever

Voter turnout in US Presidential Elections: Discovering the Effect of Access Early Voting Methods

Isabelle Esposito

A Racial Threat to Healthcare: Undocumented Hispanic and Latino Immigrants Across U.S. Sanctuary and Non-Sanctuary Cities

Leona Fry

Abortion as a Decisive Issue: Public Sentiment and Its Role in Shaping Presidential Elections

Abby Hall

The Nuclear State: French Technocratic Governance and the European Pressurized Reactor

Mitch Morrow

The Birthright Executive Order: Unitary Executive Thoery, Jus Soli, and How We Got Here

Annika Nelson

Digital Democracy; Exploring the Role of TikTok and Short-Form Video Content in Political Campaigns

Prestin Reed

2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Praise Rogers

How Political Extremism in the Middle East Led to 9/11: What Were The Signs?

Aletse Ruiz-Cruz

Lost Potential: The Consequences of Coursework Gaps in High-minority public Schools

Stella Schena-Gordon

Artificial Intelligence, Administration, and Aversion: A.I.’s Threat to Society

Kloey Talbert

Equality on Paper: The EU’s Gender Agenda and the Politics of Implementation