STUDENT NAME
EXTENDED ESSAY TOPIC
ALBIEZ, CELESTE B.
Political Justification of Genocide
ALFORD, TARA Y.
The effect of food aid on the economic and political development of Mozambique
and Uganda
AMONTREE, JACOB M.
Critical analysis of The Jungle and Chronicle of a Death Foretold with regards to the
subjugation of women
ANDERSON, ABBIE E.
Criticisms of social norms within the novels Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre
ARMENGOL, ALEXANDRA L.
Darkness of humanity and racial views in Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart
ARMINGTON, SAMUEL L.
Evaluation of the contributions of the world war victors
BASSETTI, NICHOLAS A.
The effect of World War II on the role of women in the United States, regarding
legislation and apparent social norms
Munch, Klimt, and the Icon of The Kiss
Visual messages created using art elements and principles of design in Ai Weiwei and
Bansky's artwork
Comparison of the notorious criminals Escobar and Capone
BAYLOU, OLIVIA A.
Becoming a flower of evil
BECIREVIC, LEILA
Anne Boleyn's influence on the English reformation
BOCKLER, OLIVIA ROSE
Seeing Double: A comparison of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and Oscar Wilde's The
Picture of Dorian Gray
BOEVE, JACK R.
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: A detailed look at the incident through the eyes of the
public & corporate leaders.
BRKANIC, ADNA
The siege of Sarajevo: Media stories vs. witnesses
BROUSSARD, KATHERINE A.
Justification of the Iranian hostage crisis
BROWN, EMERALD M.
Forbidden love through authors' use of symbolism, foreshadowing & motifs in F.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby & William Shakespeare's play "Romeo & Juliet"
BUENO, ARIANNY I.
To what extent does the treatment of women in the Catholic religion differentiate
from the treatment of women in the Islam religion according to the Bible and the
Quran, given that they are both Abrahamic faiths?
BADGLEY, ALLISON A.
BALASCH, INES
BANCILHON, ZOE, D.
BUITRAGO, VALERIA
CAMELO, MARCY C.
The portrayal of troubled adolescents in The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of
Being a Wallflower
How are the roles of women in A thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini and the
Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood portrayed through their use of cultures,
symbols, and imagery
CARPENTER, HUNTER R.
The Jewish Question: Martin Luther's anti-semitism and connections to the Nazi
Holocaust
CARR, COREY R.
To what extent was the declaration of war by the Spanish & Americans to begin the
Spanish American War truly justified
CAVA NUNEZ, GUILLERMO
CHEAIB, NOELLE J.
COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER T.
The thirteen days of fear of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Banksy: Artist or Vandal? His work evaluated from both modern and postmodern
standards
The use of symbolism, imagery, and setting to parallel the story o biblical creation in
Lord of the Flies and The Magician's Nephew
CONETTA, EMORY E.
The warning signs of genocide in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
CONNETT, ERIN E.
The space races' influence on American popular culture, military and technology
CORREA, ELENA G.
Intelligent design on trial
CRAMER, JAMES C.
Why did Robert E. Lee surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
CRAMER, KYRSTIN B.
Da Vinci's influence on Raphael and Michelangelo
The use of time and setting in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and In the Time of the
Butterflies
How does William Shakespeare portray forbidden love in the plays Romeo and Juliet
and Troilus and Cressida
The impact of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the outcome of World War
II
Territorial ideas through the lens of the Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine
DA SILVA, RACHAEL E-M
DAVIS, MACKENZIE L.
DEAN, MICHAEL P.
DELFINO BIGBIE, ROSSALYN
DICKERSON, BRIANNA E.
ESLINGER, KAYLI J.
The journeys from adolescence into adulthood
Comparative analysis of the political purposes of 12 Angry Men and 12
Racial discrimination as portrayed in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Khaled
Hosseini's The Kite Runner
William Shakespeare creates comedy in his plays A Midsummer Night's Dream and
Much Ado About Nothing
Investigation of the portrayal of forbidden love
FALCO, GABRIELLE M.
Jane Austen's portrayal of women's dependence
FORBES, CARROLL A.
To what extent did the Christianity influence C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in the
writing of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Hobbit through religions
themes and symbolism
FORREST, SARA E.
Physiological & physical struggles of a psychopath's journey to recovery in A
Clockwork Orange & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
FUSHIKOSHI, MALIA-LYN T.
The economic and political justifications of the United States role in the Bosnian and
Rwandan genocides
GEANNOPULOS, SABRINA R.
Effects of the industrial revolution in the United States from the viewpoints of the
upper class and working class
DYNIN, NICHOLAS M.
EASTER, BRIANA E.
EDELSBACHER, KIMBERLY C.
GILLIES, KYLE R.
GIRMA, JENNIFER S.
How was Hitler's rise to power and the creation of the Nazi regime affected by
economic and social influences and which was more important
The comparison and contrast of the motif of active and passive participation in The
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn by Mark Twain
GOFF, EMILY R.
GOLLNICK, ALISON L.
How do the afterlife theories of Vaishnavism Hinduism and Protestant Christianity,
based on holy books and rituals, influence their adherents' societal and political
behavior
Comparison of 1984 and Anthem in regards to how the authors use romance and
language to portray the leading protagonists transitions from a collectivistic to an
individualistic mindset
GOMEZ, ALEJANDRO
The fear of the unknown future developing into a dystopia in the rule of a
totalitarian state with technological advancements
GREENAN, TAYLOR M.
Warnings for the future from Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984
GUZMAN, LUIS A.
What are the motives that encourage Mexicans to immigrate to the United States
HAGAN, ABIGAIL
Comparison of literary techniques used to expose racism in The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
HARVEY, JILLIAN R.
Discussing the roots of human nature: William Golding's Lord of the Flies & Joseph
Conrad's Heart of Darkness
HERSHEY, ELIZABETH M.
HESS, RONALD E.
HOBLOCK, COURTNEY M.
HUMINSKI, HALEY B.
IMRE, ZSOFIA E.
JOHNS, LINDSEY N.
The portrayal of religion in Zora Neale Hurston's, Their Eyes were Watching God &
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The investigation of racism from the perspective of the two novels To Kill a
Mockingbird and The Secret Life of Bees
True Love's True Limits: An analysis of two choreographer's contributions to the
theme of Swan Lake
Comparing escapism & symbolism in the novels Bel Canto & Kiss of the Spider
Woman
How is totalitarianism portrayed in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley & Yevgeny
Zamyatin's We?
The treatment of women measured by symbols, dialogue, and themes of traditional
values
JOHNSON, TAYLOR M.
The religious, political & economic factors leading to the partition of India & Pakistan
JONES, ALLISON M.
Sketches on the street or real art: The investigation of this newfound street art
JONES, LOGAN R.
Germany's use of biological & chemical weapons in World War 1
KEY, MONICA V.
The Beast: How do the authors of The Lord of the Flies and A Separate Peace portray
the evils of mankind
KHALIL, MIRAL ADIL
To what extent did the partition of India in 1947 occur due to external forces such as
the control of the British Raj or internal forces between the Hindu and Muslims
KNAPCZYK, JACLYN E.
The gathering of intelligence and information prior to the attacks on 9/11
KOO, JIYEON
An exploration and investigation of the influence of family and duty unto
protagonists in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Paradise of the Blind
by Duon Thu Huong
KOVAC, REBECCA M.
The social, religious, and political influences involved in the Salem Witch trials
KURMAN, JOHN DAVID (JD)
The significance of Vicksburg as compared to Gettysburg in ending the Civil War
LADCHUK, VLADYSLAV V.
Three Mile Island vs. the Chernobyl Incident
LARSON, BENJAMIN
LE PATOUREL, JENNIFER
LE, DUC MINH (DANIEL)
LEE, LAUREN M.
LEE, YEWON
LINDSAY, LAUREN N.
LOGAN, KATHERINE M.
How did Joseph Stalin win over the people & government on his rise to power with
propaganda, terror & unethical actions
Critical analysis of Swan Lake and Giselle as performed by the American Ballet
Theatre
Vietnam's conquest for liberation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vs. (500) Days of Summer: A cinematic
investigation of narrative structure and mise en scene
Effect of the government in North and South Korea in the post-Korean War period
Relations between Judaism and Islam: Reasons for conflict and significance of
similarities
To what extent did the American and French Revolutions affect each other socially,
economically, and philosophically
LOPEZ, CAMILLE JANINA E.
How does Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
reveal the inescapable ugliness of humanity regarding false values
LOPEZ, DIANE E.
How are the rights of women, socially and religiously affected in Roman Catholicism
compared to Islam and according to sacred texts
MACIAS, MATIAS A.
The mysterious collapse of the Mayan civilization
MATTHEWS, MARINA
Investigation & comparison between both, The Lawrence Massacre & the
Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
MAZZARANTANI, MYLES D.
The search for meaning in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, or the Evening
Redness in the West and No Country for Old Men
MCCABE, BRETT P.J.
MCCORMICK, PHILLIP M.
MCGINNESS JENNIFER LEE
MEANS, JOSEPH TURNER
MEIER, ADAM T.
MILLER, DANIEL R.
MILLER, MARK DANIEL
MIXON, KAITLYN D.
MORICH, SARAH L.
The legacy of the Manhattan Project: An atomic creation that left the world with
biased opinions and unsettled disputes
The extent to which musicians influenced political thought from the 1960s to the
1970s
An investigation of father-daughter relationships through characterization and
dialogue in To Kill a Mockingbird and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Justification for and arguments against the inception of the Manhattan Project
The role integrating Major League Baseball played in gaining civil rights for African
Americans
Leonardo Da Vinci's techniques
An investigation of how views can change in the novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Kiss
of the Spider Woman, by Harper Lee and Manuel Puig
Love & relationships through wartime in A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell
Tolls
How do Nathaniel Hawthorne and Lois Lowry portray dystopian societies in The
Scarlet Letter and The Giver
MULHOLLAND, MAX L.
1980's "Miracle on Ice": Effects Cold War Politics and national pride for the United
States and the Soviet Union
NATHERSON, RUSSELL J.
"R.J."
The effectiveness of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island on exposing the risks of nuclear
power and government response to the events
NEWMAN, RAMSAY A.
Airline deregulation: Good, bad or undetermined
PATTERSON, NICOLAS A.
Use of nuclear warfare against Japan
PETERS, MATTHEW J.
The Battle of Gettysburg: The similarities and differences between the Union and
Confederate armies
PHAM, ROSE L.
Theories behind the Salem Witch Trials between the male and female accused
through social & religious factors
PINEDA-SILVAS, EHIMY
PINTCHUCK, IKE L.
PONRICK, OLIVIA M.
Women, through the eyes of society
To what extent was the political tension and unrest caused by the British mandate of
Palestine and the UN partition of the State of Israel affect the choices of Jews around
the world to participate in the creation of the Israeli state
In the eyes of the beholder
RAMOS, JOSEPH A.
Is Edwidge Danticat more successful in portraying the theme of neglect in Krik? Krak!
than Khaled Hosseini is in The Kite Runner
RANTA, DAMON A.
The Sepoys & the Pattern-53 Lee-Enfield Rifle: an inquiry of justice
RILEY, TYLER, W.M.
The Cuban Revolution & Ernesto "Che" Guevara: An analysis of the real Che in the
terms of his participation in the Cuban Revolution
RIVAS, ANA L.
ROGERS, DELILAH K.
ROHAN, HATAITAYA E.
The reliability of digital images as evidence for use in criminal investigations
The effect of predomination and expectations on the primary characters in Bride
Price and The Handmaid's Tale
Comparing Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen to Secrets of the Tudor Court by Royal
Decree by Kate Emerson, by their similarity in themes and symbolism on how they
portray societal expectations impacting their main characters
ROKOP, ANTHEA M.
A critique of Celtic history
SAVARY, RUSSELL JOHNSON
Anti-war sounds in Platoon and Apocalypse Now
SCARBROUGH, CARLY
Perceptions of Title IX and gender equality in the United States
SCHEB, AMY E.
SCHNATHMANN, ALLISON P.
SCHOFIELD, EMILY A.
SEWELL, JACQUELINE E.
SHAFFER, JESSE J.
SHAFFER, TAYLOR R.
SHEELER, JADA P.
The justifiability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' intervention on the
Branch Davidians at Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas
Discrimination of women in A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Color Purple
The effects of power, relationships, and isolation on the communities in Bel Canto
and Lord of the Flies
Feminism in Rosa Bonheur and Deborah Butterfield's work
Failure of French and Nazi invasions of Russia by Hitler and Napoleon through the
Russian winter and Russian strategies
Treatment of Native American Indians by the United States Government during the
conquering of the west
The impact of the Eugenics movement on America & Great Britain
SIMUNOVIC, MELINA N.
United States actions towards Native Americans, presented through social,
economical, and political viewpoints of the early 1830's
SMITH, MCKENZIE G.
Symbolism and composition in the Declaration of War through Pablo Picasso's
Guernica and Francisco Goya's Third of May
SPURLOCK, SAMANTHA M.
SYROS, ALINA
A creation of a dystopia
The perplexing perspectives of premeditated murder
TABER, PAIGE N.
Comparison of female roles in Pride & Prejudice and Jane Eyre
An exploration of hope versus violence and suffering in A Long Way Gone and Kaffir
Boy
"Wally Pfister and the creation of neo-noir film through cinematography
U.N. policy during the Rwandan Genocide
Responsibility change as a result of changing roles in society for 20th century
Orthodox and reform Jewish women in the United States of America
TAHMOSH, KASEY A.
THERRIEN, JONATHON T.
THOMAS, COLE P.
TRUITT, JAMES S.
VALDESUSO, STEPHEN R.
VOKUS, BRYCE
The Bay of Pigs invasion's final judgment
Silence is Golden: A comparison of Charlie Chaplin's 1921 film, The Kid, and Michel
Hazanavicius 2011 film, The Artist
Changes in U.S. national security in response to the 9/11 attacks
WAGLER, SARAH R.
The quest for human contentment as taken by Candide and Gulliver
WALL, PATRICK J.
The distinction between freedom fighting and terrorism
Christianity in the Golden Compass and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
presented through religious themes and symbolism
The investigation of the extent investment in nuclear weaponry affected the
development of Russia, Germany and Japan throughout the Post WWII era
VELEZ, HANNAH MARIE
WALSH, EMMA
WALTON, ROBERT G.
WARNER, FELICITY R.
The comparison & contrast of the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown V. Board of
Education (1954) cases regarding segregation in schools and public transportation
WEAVER, SAMUEL R.
Popular uprising in Iran and Czechoslovakia as representatives of rebellions against
superpower satellite states
WEINMANN-SMITH,
SAMANTHA
Questioning the role of women in Pride and Prejudice and Handmaid's Tale
WEINSTEIN, MIA
The cultural aspects of dance
WHALEY, ISABELLA M.
How does Quentin Tarantino utilize mise en scene in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction
to create a sinister tone?
WHITMER, JUSTIN M.
Joseph Stalin's rise to power: An evaluation of the leading causes resulting in the
dictatorship of Joseph Stalin during the Soviet Union
WOOLERY, WILLIAM
BRANDON
Satirizing European society and the human condition in Candide and Gulliver's
Travels
YAEGERS III, DAVID A.
Was Sherman's march to the sea necessary