Political Science RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

1. Political ScienceRUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY HONORS CONVOCATION PI SIGMA ALPHA INDUCTION MAY 3, 2011

2. PROGRAM Welcome Professor Jan Kubik Vice Chair, Political Science Remarks and Introduction of Faculty Professor Cynthia Daniels Chair, Political Science Introduction of Guest Speaker Professor Jan Kubik Guest Speaker Abosede A. George Fellow - Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Assistant Professor Barnard College Presentation of Departmental Honors Professor Jan Kubik Edward McNall Burns Scholar Joseph J. Geswelli Ruth K. Bennett Award Michael Cotton Wilson Carey McWilliams Memorial Scholarship Henry K. Boateng Miriam Khalid Mian Presentation of Honors Certificates Professor Jan Kubik Pi Sigma Alpha Ritual of Initiation Richard Garzon, President Amisha D. Desai, Vice President Presentation of Pi Sigma Alpha Certificates Professor Jan Kubik Richard Garzon, President Amisha D. Desai, Vice President

3. Departmental Honors Professor Cynthia Daniels, Department Chair, Professor Jan Kubik, Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies, and the faculty of the Department of Political Science ask you to join them in congratulating the senior Political Science majors who have completed their theses and been awarded Political Science Departmental Honors. In order to receive departmental honors, a student must spend two semesters doing extensive research under the supervision of a member of the Political Science faculty in order to produce a research paper. The final paper is also read by another faculty member and then orally defended in front of both the faculty advisor and a second reader.

4. Students Receiving Departmental Honors Meera M. Ananth Honors Thesis Title: The Vatican II Council and the Twenty First Century Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Andrew Murphy Dahoud A. Askar Honors Thesis Title: Guantanamo Bay and Personal Liberty Faculty Advisor: Professor Milton Heumann Courtney E. Berger High Honors Thesis Title: Policy, Governance, and Divestment in New Jersey Higher Education Advisor: Jonathan Alger, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ariel L. Bucher Highest Honors Thesis Title: Stories of War: International Media Coverage of the 2008/2009 War in Gaza and Southern Israel Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Beth Leech George A. Castiglia Highest Honors Thesis Title: Kant’s Theory of Man Faculty Advisor: Professor Stephen Bronner Brittany Chinchilla Honors Thesis Title: Sarah Palin and the Party Gap Among Women in Congress Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Kira Sanbonmatsu Leora Cohen High Honors Thesis Title: Jewish Divorce and “Get” Refusal in the United States Court System Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Andrew Murphy Joseph J. Geswelli Honors Thesis Title: An Uncertain State of War: The Geneva Conventions? Utility in Contemporary Warfare Faculty Advisor: Professor Roy Licklider Anthony Grasso Highest Honors Thesis Title: To Hell and Back: An End to Mandatory Guidelines Adjusting to the Post-BookerWorld of Sentencing Faculty Advisor: Professor Milton Heumann

5. Students Receiving Departmental Honors Sean P. Kenny Honors Thesis Title: The Holy Alliance: George W. Bush, Evangelical and the 2004 Presidential Election Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Andrew Murphy Maria Mian High Honors Thesis Title: Protecting the Constitution with States’ Rights Claims: A Pervasiveness of Race from Civil Rights (1960s) to Healthcare (2000s) Advisor: Associate Professor Lisa Miller Jason Moreira Thesis Title: The Progressive Legacy and Practical Efficacy of Public Education Litigation: Finance Reform, Local, and the Limits of Equal Protection Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Alger, Senior Vice President and General Counsel John Ryan High Honors Thesis Title: Negative Enforcement of Positive Rights: The South African Constitutional Court and the 'Right to Housing Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor R. Daniel Kelemen Michael Suleiman Honors Thesis Title: Incumbent Advantage in New Jersey’s Second Congressional District Faculty Advisor: Professor Ross Baker Jeanne Waters High Honors Thesis Title: The Impact of the U.S. Economy on the Coverage of Title IX in the New York Times Faculty Advisor: Associate Professor Jocelyn Crowley Janine P. Yaniak High Honors Thesis Title: An Analysis of Racism in the Tea Party Faculty Advisor,: Assistant Professor Alvin Tillery Jr.

6. BETA OMICRON CHAPTER Kyrie P. Graziosi Aphrodite Hadjiloucas Bahaa Hashem Amanda L. Hernandez Kristine E. Hernandez Shuhan Hu Robert F. Irven Kaitlin Jenkins Nicole M. Joyce Anita Kambhampati Tiffany Kaszuba Krishna M. Kavi Harini Nanda Kidambi Arthur Steven Kutoroff Elizabeth A. Langan Courtney N. Lanza Vincent A. LeGrand Alexis Levy Micah Linz Ghalib M. Mahmoud Nicholas Mammano Rebecca Rachel Mamone Jenna Maresco Kine Elisabeth Martinussen Kedar H. Mehta Edwin Giovannie Mercado-Viruet Kathleen Monsky Samuel J. Moorhead Nicholas Moyle Taryn A. O’Brien Jigitsa P. Patel Richard Paul Sylvia Pokrzywa Leonid Prilutskiy Divine Monagas Quattrocelli Nisha Ragha Harris Ahmad Michael Alter Joseph Amico Erin Armington Eli Nathaniel Auslender Kurt S. Avard Kevin Bhatia Erald Bido Stephanie D. Bono Eric William Branning Mary Brouder-Murphy Brett Anthony Buzzanga Miriam Campeas Ashley Cann Christine Paz Chan Richard Chandler Nicole Chasan Ahmed M. Chaudry Leora Cohen Jill E. Colban Amanda Crawford Alena D’Auria Rebecca Tova Davoudian Ilke Denizli Richard DeRose Mary Diduch Andrew Stephen Esler Diego Esposito Marielle Fedorko Courtney Ann Feldner Alexander Scott Firsichbaum Richard M. Forzani Ryan Gallagher Joseph J. Geswelli David Wayne Gillaspie Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Gittleman

7. BETA OMICRON CHAPTER Carly Rae Rasiewicz John Ren Gary John Repke, Jr. Daniel Rogers Matthew Rossi Scott David Ruzal John Ryan Lindsey Santamaria Alexandra G. Savino Jeremy I. Schiff Daniel B. Schwartz Michael Seymour Amil Shah ShoshanaSmolen Corey David Strausman Katherine Sweeney Ashley M. Szymanski Nicole Taylor SonalThawani Jonathan M. Tolentino Samantha A. Tormey EdytaWalega Samuel J. Weiner Valerie Lisa Weiss Janine Yaniak