Honors Research is a hallmark of an IWU liberal arts education. Eligible students are invited to embark upon a year-long research or creative arts project with a faculty mentor and a committee of faculty from within and outside of their major department.
Any entry that does not have a pdf attached has been withheld from the repository at the author’s request. Bona fide researchers may be consult these works by visiting the University Archives in Tate Archives & Special Collections; contact archives@iwu.edu or visit Tate Archives and Special Collections for details.

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Submissions from 2022

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Korea's Explosive Declaration of Independence: Complex Influences Leading Up to the March First Movement of 1919, Anna Cooper

Submissions from 2019

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Absolutely Free?: Frank Zappa’s Musical Assault on American Conformity, 1966-1968, Brandon Chopp

Submissions from 2016

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National Identity, Historical Narratives, and the Fate of Poland in World War II, Ziven K. Chinburg

Submissions from 2015

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Conflicting Perspectives: Chivalry in Twelfth-Century Historiography, Stephanie L. Carlson

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Defying the United States: General Douglas MacArthur, Luke G. Mueller

Submissions from 2014

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The Two Gentleman of Design: Josef Hoffmann, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and their Contribution to the Decorative Arts in Fin-de-Siecle Glasgow and Vienna, Elizabeth Muir

Submissions from 2013

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The Problematic Search for an Emerging American Identity before the Revolution: An Analysis of Colonial Newspapers and Secondary Literature, Emma Florio

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The Bone of Contention: Mule Bone and the Friendship of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston during the Harlem Renaissance, Julie A. Mangoff

Submissions from 2011

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Wei Yuan and the Chinese Totalistic Iconoclasm: The Demise of Confucianism in Matter and in Form, Chao Ren

Submissions from 2010

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The Back of the House As Viewed from the Front of the House: Sarah Davis and the Irish Domestic Servants of Clover Lawn from 1872 to 1879, Gina C. Tangorra

Submissions from 2009

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Reading Between the Lines; Or, The Literary Lives of the Davis Family, Amelia Benner, '09

Submissions from 2008

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Goddesses, Priestesses, Queens and Dancers: Images of Women on Sasnian Silver, Mary Olson '08

Submissions from 2006

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Out of the Movement and on to Today: The Contemporary Impact of the Students for a democratic Society, Lindsay M. Hawley '06

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The Speeches and Self-Fashioning of King James VI and I to the English Parliament, 1604-1624, Megan Mondi '06

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The Cult of Millenial Motherhood and the Rhetoric of Female Reform: Domesticity, the Millenium, and Gender Constructions in Antebellum America, Erie M. Roberts '06

Submissions from 2005

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Reforming the Stage and Screen: How Expectations, Audiences, and Economics Shaped the Film and Theatre Censorship Movements in Early-1930s New York, Jenna Simpson '05

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Through Their Eyes: Buffalo Bill's Wild West as a Drawing Table for American Identity, Katherine White '05

Submissions from 2004

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The Fading Gleam of a Golden Age: Britain's Battle Against Piracy in the Americas in the Early 18th Century, Roger Adamson

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame: How the East-west Classic All-Star Game Affected the African American Community of the Midwest, Trisha L. Bucholz '04

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Vietnamese Land Reform: the Domestic Impetus to Communist Compromises at Geneva, Robert Callahan '04

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Magic, Mysticism, and Modern Medicine: The Influence of Alchemy on Seventeenth-Century England, Lindsay Fitzharris '04

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To Cover Ancient Prejudice with the Palladium of Scientific Argument: Women, Reproduction, Pseudo-Science, and the Alarm of Race Suicide, 1870-1915, Sarah Hamilton '04

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Chicago's Other Magnificent Mile: Howard Street's Growth and its Effect upon the Rogers Park Neighborhood, Ryan McGuinness '04

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The Translation of Radical Ideas into Radical Action: The American Revolution and Revolutionary Philadelphia, Angela Skeggs '04

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"Everybody Drinks Water": Mark Twain's Critique of Social Darwinism, Sarah Vales '04

Submissions from 2003

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Benjamin Franklin's Female and Male Pseudonyms: Sex, Gender, Culture, and Name Suppression from Boston to Philadelphia and Beyond, Jared C. Calaway '03

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'Make Yourself for a Person', Anzia Yezierska's Alternative Americanization, Amy M. Kiel '03

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Regulating Babylon: Religion and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina, Sarah E. King '03

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Confederation at the Tip of a Sword: How the Threat of American Aggression Created the Dominion of Canada, Katrina L. Roloff '03

Submissions from 2002

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Exclusive Liberation and Lesbian Suicide in Interwar Japan, Scott Reynen '02

Submissions from 2001

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Campaigning in America: Captain Johann Ewald's Hessians in the American Revolution, Gregory D. Bereiter '01

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The Urban Response to the Rural Land Reform During the Chinese Civil War: 1945-1949, Elizabeth Grad '01

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Trembling for the Nation: Illinois Women and the Election of 1860, Erika Rozinek '01

Submissions from 1999

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Listening to the Native Voice: Museums as a Medium in Correcting Native American Stereotypes, Shana Bushyhead '99

Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something New: The Ethnic Identity of Polish-American Women During World War I, Cheryl M. Trauscht '99

Submissions from 1996

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This Great and Sacred Trust: Robert R. Moton's Legacy at Tuskegee Institute, 1916-1930, David J. Paul '96

Submissions from 1995

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Quest for Empire: The United States Versus Germany (1891-1910), Jennifer L. Cutsforth '95

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The Roots of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 1882-1914, Lorena S. Neal '95

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Dancin' to Freedom: A Historical Analysis of the Rise of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Deborah Obalil '95

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Bright Hopes and Bloody Realities: The Diplomatic Preclude to the Winter War, Steven D. Webster '95

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The Role of Supeman in American Culture: 1938 to 1955, Elayne Wehrly '95

Submissions from 1993

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Human Rights and Policy Wrongs: United States Involvement in the Creation and Overthrow of the Somoza Regime, Kevin A. Katovich '93

Submissions from 1992

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Saving Souls and Securing the Socioeconomic Status Quo: A Consideration of Billy Sunday and the Pacific Garden Mission, Jonathan R. Moore '92

Submissions from 1991

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Modernization and Development: An Empirical Study of South Korea and Brazil, Douglas J. Becker '91

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The Limitations of Women in Science at Six Midwestern Colleges due to the Adherence to Conceptions of Gender Differences Between the Sexes in the Years of 1880 through 1940, Denise Mohney '91

Submissions from 1987

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Lincoln's Boys: The Enlisted Men of the Illinois Infantry in the Civil War, Peter R. Wells

Submissions from 1978

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The Pursuit of a Dream: Monility in the Laboring Class of Early Twentieth-Century Bloomington, Albert G. Webber

Submissions from 1977

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To take a promise from the past and hand a tradition to the future: The Irish separatist thought of Padraic Pearse and James Connolly, Leo John Jordan

Submissions from 1969

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History and Growth of Congregationalism in Rockford, Illinois, Linda J. Anderson '69

Submissions from 1968

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The Alliance for Progress, Barbara J. Ford

Submissions from 1966

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The Colored Farmers' Alliance and Negro Disfranchisement in the South, Sandranel Bahan '66

Submissions from 1965

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The Soul of a Church, David Cavallini

Submissions from 1963

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From Pioneer Preaching Point to Urban Parishes, Stephen Foster '63

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One Among Many: The Story of Cavey Lambert Methodist Circuit Rider, Lana D. Lambert '63

Submissions from 1961

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Basic Issues of the Illinois Territory (1809-1818), Jack F. Kinton '61

Submissions from 1960

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Church Trials in a Changing Society, Robert H. Williams