PST Class of 2012

The thesis projects of the most recent graduation class exemplified the Program’s hallmark combination of theoretical and practical research subjects.

Elizabeth Stratford Bowles, Forging the “Field” of Social Entreprenurship. Advised by Prof. Ekaterina Makarova. Read abstract

Matthew Lee Cofer, The One and the Ninety-Nine: An Examination and Analysis of Rising Income Inequality in the United States. Advised by Prof. Milton Vickerman. Read abstract

Sarajaneé Davis, Black Power, Student Activism, and the Development of Black Studies. Advised by Prof. Claudrena N. Harold. Read abstract

Matthew Diton, Covering the Shifting Sands: American Media and the Arab Spring. Advised by Prof. William B. Quandt. Read abstract

Duan (Kate) Duan, The China Bubble. Advised by Prof. Herman Schwartz. Read abstract

Mark M. Duerksen, Monumentalizing Africa’s Momentous Decade: Building Monuments and a Nation in Uganda. Advised by Prof. Joseph C. Miller. Read abstract

Alex Eschenroeder, Currents and Sub-Currents: The Long Trek to Comprehensive Health Care Reform in America and The Promise of Patient-Centered Care. Advised by Prof. Guian A. McKee. Read abstract

Maj-Britt Frenze, Hedgehogs in Conversation: Suffering and Guilt in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. Advised by Prof. Vigen Guroian. Read abstract

Annacrizelda C. Funtelar, Race, Culture, and History: An Examination of the Political Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Franz Boas at the Turn of the Century. Advised by Prof. Richard Handler. Read abstract

M. Pemberton Heath, Climate Change in Historical Perspective: A Comparison through Economic and Ethical Frameworks. Advised by Prof. Howard Epstein. Read abstract

Tatiana Matthews, On Education Reform: The Transcendentalists, John Dewey, and the Harlem Children’s Zone. Advised by Prof. Patrice Preston Grimes. Read abstract

Victoria McLaughlin, Anonymous: What do we have to fear from hacktivism, the lulz, and the hive mind? Advised by Prof. Siva Vaidhyanathan. Read abstract

Emma Elizabeth Ying Murphy, Dorothy Day and the Integrated Life. Advised by Prof. Heather Warren. Read abstract

Eman Niazi, The Golden Lyric: Reflections in the Service of Iqbalianism. Prof. Mehr Farooqi and Prof. Richard Barnett. Read abstract

Marvin Allen Richards, Jr., Privilege, Power, & Appropriation: The Essence of ‘Authentic’ Performance. Advised by Prof. Claire Raymond and Prof. Tristan Bridges. Read abstract

Andrew Seidman, Why Public Service Journalism Will Endure: Reflections on the American Newspaper Industry, 1945-present. Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith. Read abstract

Deeva Shah, Genes and Ownership: The Controversy Over Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting Isolated Human DNA. Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith. Read abstract

Evan Avery Shields, Minority Entrepreneurship & Economic Development: Toward a Theoretical Model of Capital Access. Advised by Prof. Michael J. Smith. Read abstract

Rehema Wachira, Politicizing Education: Kenyan Lessons on Institutional Reform. Advised by Prof. Carol Anne Spreen. Read abstract