Seven International Affairs Students Write Honors Theses

Angel Ackerman ’13 (Easton, PA),  International Affairs and French

“Civilizing Muslims: How the French Perpetuate Colonial Algerian Stereotypes in their Contemporary Fight Against the Veil”.  Accepted at NCUR

(Thesis Adviser: Angelika von Wahl, Associate Professor of International Affairs)

 

Rachel Davidson ’13 (Bethesda, MD), International Affairs and Gov’t. & Law

“Savings and Insurance: Putting Together the Pieces of the Microfinance Puzzle”.  Accepted at NCUR

(Thesis Adviser: David Stifel, Associate Professor Economics/Chair of the International Affairs Program)

 

Jaclyn Fonteyne ’13, (Westport, CT), International Affairs

“The Belgian Compromise: Societal and Political Hybridity in a Deeply Divided Society”

(Thesis Adviser: Ilan Peleg, Dana Professor of Government & Law)

 

Christopher Kelly ’13 (Boyertown, PA), International Affairs and Geology & Environmental Geosciences

“Miocene Climate Evolution of the South Atlantic”.

(Thesis Adviser: Kira Lawrence, Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences)

 

Kelsey Lantz ’13 (Washington, PA), Engineering Studies and International Affairs

“Life-Cycle Cost Tracking of Charity-Funded Rural Water Systems”

(Thesis Adviser: Kristen Sanford-Bernhardt, Associate Professor/Chair of Engineering Studies/Civil & Environmental Engineering)

 

Devon Thorsell ’13, (Lake Forest Park, WA), International Affairs

“Navigation through Sovereign Seas: Strategic Waterways and Cooperation with the International Community”.  Accepted at NCUR

(Thesis Adviser: David Stifel, Associate Professor of Economics/Chair of the International Affairs Program)

 

Kelly Senters ’13 ( Center Valley, PA), Government & Law and International Affairs

“The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation in Argentina and Chile: Civil-Military Relations and Political Reconciliation”

(Thesis Advisers: Seo-Hyun Park, Associate Professor of Political Science and Angelika von Wahl, Associate Professor of International Affairs)