Political Science Research

Our political science faculty are actively engaged in guiding and collaborating with undergraduate students on research, resulting in a number of scholarly presentations and publications.

2021

  • Romero, Todd. "Stop the Count! The Factors that Created the 11th One-term President." Capstone Thesis.
  • Shepard, Poncé. “The AFD: A New Age of Fascism?” Capstone Thesis.

2019

  • Defenderfer, Jessy and Nick McGuire. “Not Your Cruise Ship Day Excursion: The Political, Economic, and Social Conditions of the Five Inhabited U.S. Territories.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, April 12, Muhlenberg College.
  • Nicholas McGuire, “The U.S. Territories: Foreign Yet Domestic.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.
  • Zachary Specht, “The Correlation Between Income and Vote Choice in the 2016 Presidential Election by Region.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.
  • Mackenzie Steich, “Socioeconomic Status and an Individual’s Environmental Values.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.
  • Catherine Jones, “Political Socialization and Political Ideaology.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.
  • Allison Robbins, “Effects of Redistricting on Elections in Pennsylvania.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.

2018

  • Allison Robbins, “Effect of News Sources on Political Participation.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.
  • Doerschler, Peter and Justice Powlus. “The Political Integration of Immigrants in Germany: Comparing Sub-national Processes in a Federal System.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association-Northeast, Nov. 3-5, Providence, RI.
  • Marianna Palumbo, “The Impact of Religiosity on Support for Efforts Against Terrorism.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.

2017

  • Jessa Wood, “Authoritarian Personality and Support for Interrogative Torture.” Presented at College of Liberal Arts Research Day.