Student Research

 

Previous Research by History Students

Class of 2027

  • Maria Byrnes '27 -- "The Impact of Mainstream Social Media on Neo-Nazism and Right-Wing Extremism: A Case Study of Instagram, Tik Tok, and X"
  • Charlotte Dixon '27 -- "A Nazi General in Spain: Wilhelm Faupel's Career in Latin America and His Involvement in Facilitating Nazi Ratlines after WWII"

Class of 2026

  • Saige Beatman '26 -- "The Rise of Antisemitism on College Campuses" & "Hartford Jewry and the Changing Jewish American Identity, Position, and Purpose from 1945 to 1990"

Class of 2025

  • Michael Baranov '25 -- "A Short History of the USSR -- As Revised by Stalin"
  • Maya Casillas '25 -- "Mandating the Holy Places: Religious Rights and International Law in Palestine, 1917-1929"
  • Ryan Doherty '25 -- "The Construction and Defiance of Black Compulsory Heterosexuality Under Slavery"

Class of 2024

  • Robert Bentley '24 -- "Combatting Rightwing Extremism: Punks, Skinheads, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall"
  • Courtney Ford '24 -- "Manatees, Ecotourism, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act: Shifting Status of Sea Cows in the United States, 1965-1983"
  • Makena Gitobu '24 -- "Exploring the Material Consumption of Freed-people in Jamaica Post-Emancipation"
  • Mado Long '24 -- "Beyond the Gilded Cage: American Journalists Navigating the Soviet Union, 1980-1991"
  • Rachel Matthews '24 -- "From Gay to Transwoman to Rivera: Sylvia Rivera & the Development of Trans Identity in the U.S., 1969-2002"
  • Samuel Ogden '24 -- "The Legacy of Hurricane San Ciriaco: An Ecological Disaster"
  • Benjamin Reilman '24 -- "Vilna, Wilno, and Vilnius 1919-1923: Western Perspective on Five Years and Three Nations in Conflict"
  • Nicole Schreiber '24 -- "Investigating the Russian Justice Ministry Ban on the 'LGBT Movement'"
  • Peyton Sisson '24 -- "Decision Making and Intelligence Failures That Led to the War in Iraq and the War in Ukraine"
  • William Tune '24 -- "The Shadow of Empire: Aemulatio Imperii in 6th Century Spain"