10 Students Present Theses at International Relations Honors Conference

10 seniors presented their honors theses at the annual International Relations Honors Conference on Tuesday, May 14.

Learn more about their presentations below, and visit the Honors Students page to read their abstracts.

Kyle Kinnie

The Eagle and the Dragon: Sino-German Military Cooperation 1919-1938

Faculty Advisor: Niall Ferguson

Grace Anderson

Living up to Responsibilities: UN Humanitarian Interventions and the Impact of R2P

Faculty Advisor: Stephen Stedman

Kanani Schnider

Erasing the Rohingya: The Historical Roots of Myanmar’s Genocide

Faculty Advisor: David Cohen

Tashrima Hossain

The Case for Congresswomen: Gender Equality in Congress as a Determinant of Political Outcomes

Faculty Advisor: Gary Cox

Renata Miller

Closing the Floodgates: The Origins of U.S. Immigration Policy Towards Latin America in the 1965 Hart-Celler Act

Faculty Advisor: Zephyr Frank

Hana Kapasi

The Decision to Prosecute: Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Chile and Argentina After Military Regimes

Faculty Advisor: Francis Fukuyama

Audrey Huynh 

“The Black Blouse Girl”: The History of Sexual Violence in the Vietnam War and Opportunities for Justice

Faculty Advisor: Beth Van Schaack

Elena Diane Lund

Do Mass Killings Breed Transnational Terrorism?

Faculty Advisor: Kenneth Schultz 

Lloyd Lyall

Darkness to Light: Ethno-Religious Diversity and Recovery After Conflict in Post-ISIL Iraq

Faculty Advisor: James Fearon

Meghan Mary Fate Sullivan

How Capitalism Affected Alaska Native Culture: An Analysis of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Faculty Advisor: Karen Biestman