My thesis explores how over time, walls and anti-immigration rhetoric have become winning populist tools in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Focusing on Don[...]

Has Eugenics resurfaced in America? What impact does the genomic industry have on this resurgence? An archival analysis of the American Eugenics movement yields concern o[...]

In 1975, the city of New York looked out on the precipice of fiscal collapse. Years of borrowing, a fleeting tax base, deindustrialization, and the thinning of federal in[...]

Across the globe, country after country is seeing populist movements gain power and even win office. When these populist ideas are adopted and utilized by authoritarian-l[...]

This paper assesses the COVID-19 relief response of the federal government. How well was the response created and implemented to satisfy the demonstrated needs of the maj[...]

This thesis looks at the ways 1.5, second, and third generation Dominicans in the United States understand their racial identities and how this affects their political id[...]

The primary goal of this thesis is to determine the effect of gender quotas in national legislatures on the ability of female legislators to provide substantive represent[...]