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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The "Politics of Trauma": National Trauma in Poland and Hungary and the Othering of Queer Identities, Keira Hoeferle

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Ce Qui Reste: Legacies of Decolonization in Guinea and Gabon, Andrew Tietz

Submissions from 2018

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Sexual Violence against Males in Armed Conflict: How State Masculinity Helps to Explain its Occurrence, Jia Muyi Yang

Submissions from 2017

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Aesopian Language of Soviet Era Children’s Literature: Translation, Adaptation, and Animation of a Western Classic, Boryana Borisova

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BRICS Built with STIPs, Evan Mok-Lamme

Submissions from 2015

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Between History and Fiction: Visualizing Contemporary Polish Cultural Identity, Dominique Castle

Submissions from 2014

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Carving the Perfect Citizen: The Adventures of Italian Pinocchio in the Soviet Union and the United States, Rachel Branson

Submissions from 2013

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Challenges in Migration Policy in Post-Soviet Russia, Lina Meilus

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Biological Prospectors, Pirates, Pioneers, and Punks in the Andes Mountains: An examination of scientific practice in the Andean Community of Nations, Sarah Takushi

Submissions from 2012

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A Comparison of Theory and Lived Experience: Immigration to Bloomington-Normal, Jennifer Ceisel

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Russia’s International Adoption Policies: Realities of the Soviet Happy Childhood Myth, Hannah L. Freeman

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The Forgotten Ones: Child Sex Trafficking in Post-Communist Romania, Sarah K. Moir

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Maoism in South Asia: A Comparative Perspective On Ideology, Practice, and Prospects for the 21st Century, Ryan D. Nielsen

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Choice, Coercion, Capabilities and Conflict: Multilingualism, Human Development and Peacekeeping in a Globalized World, Megan R. Thompson

Submissions from 2011

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The Importance of Education Systems in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Emily Coles

Narratives of Fear and Shame: Jewish Childhood in Soviet and Post-Soviet Life Writing, Rosa Kleinman

Submissions from 2009

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When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?: American and Chinese Media Portrayals of the Chinese Uighur Minority Pre and Post 9/11, Anna File, '09

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Surrogate Freedom: Transmitting Democracy to the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, Lauren Nelson, '09

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Explaining Ethnic Peace: The Importance of Institutions, Rebecca Tong, '09

Submissions from 2008

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Brazilian Ethanol and U.S. Industrial Organization: An Analysis of Bilateral Trade Barrier Removal, Michael X. Feeney '08

Submissions from 2007

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Globalization and Gangs: The Evolution of Central American, Patrick Beary '07

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French Framing of Anna Karenina: Confused Identities in Russian Aristocratic Culture, Devin Conley '07

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Trade Liberalization and Environmental Justice in the Ivorian Cocoa Industry, Anne M. Fell '07

Submissions from 2003

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Insight into Illinois Wesleyan University Study Abroad, Christopher B. Lyons '03

Submissions from 2001

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L'intertextualité dans les œuvres d'Anne Hébert: Le lien entre la voix poetiqué, la voix narrative, et la voix féminine, Karla Stoesser '01

Submissions from 2000

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An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Fertility, Michelle Y. Ewert '00