Croft Theses
One of the requirements for graduating with a major in International Studies is completion of the senior thesis during the final year in a student's program. The senior thesis is a substantial work of original research and analysis in the student's regional and/or thematic concentration.
Prizes for the best theses in each region, the best interregional thesis, and the best overall thesis are recognized each year at the Croft graduation ceremony.
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
To Vote or Not to Vote: The New Challenge to Mexican Democracy, Elizabeth Thea Harrington
Bipartisan Efforts to Deter Human Rights Violations on the U.S.-Mexico Border, James Scott Jimenez
Stopping the Flood of Denglish: The Difficult Dilemma Faced by German Language Organizations in Modern-Day Germany, Julianne Kay Lofton
El 'Crash': An Examination of the Political Economy of Argentina's 2001 Currency Crisis, Benjamin Isaac Quilter
A Comparative Analysis of Institutions, Policies, and Vehicle Emissions between the United States and the European Union, William Lee Ramsey III
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Questioning the Banana Republic: A Comparative Case Study of the Implications for Local Workers of the United Fruit Companies' Operations in Ecuador and Colombia, Ryan Kenneth Bullock
The French Non: The Socialist Party, Relocations, Economic Concerns, Christine Erin Day
Advice’s Effect: The Role of Western Advisors on Russian Privatization Policy, Nicholas James Greene
The Cost of Wealth: The Saudi Struggle for Sustainable Development., Benjamin Laird Hammond
An Examination of the Gender Relations and Causes of Gender Inequality in the Latin American Workforce., Kimberly Lane Kilpatrick
Fragmentation Within the Modern Basque Nationalist Movement and Its Implications for Basque Cultural Identity, Kathryn Zoe Merrell
What's Behind Genocide?: The Social Construction of Ethnicity and Mass Killing, Brianna Marie Phillips
China's Growing Unemployment Problems: Past, Present, and Future, Andrew Piletz
Ils en ont parle, Mary Elizabeth Roe
Women in Informal Work: An Examination of the Position of Workers in the Latin American Informal Sector, Caroline Elizabeth Wicker
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Ecotourism in Costa Rica: A Study of the Viabilities and Impacts of Three Ecotourism Models, Corey Harmon Rogers
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
European Lingua Franca? Germany's Relationship with English in the late Twentieth Century, Anna Elise Fleming
Networking Is not Everything: The Factors that Led to the Eventual Decline of the Brigate Rosse, Courtney Janos Geraci
The Emergence of a Middle Class among Turks in Germany: A Move toward Cultural Pluralism, Eden Blythe Hegwood
Institutionalized Hypocrisy: Divorce and Politics in Chile, 1884-2004, Amanda Faye Mitchell
Battling from the Bottom Up: The Alleviation of Violence Against Women by the Non-Governmental Sector in South Africa, Shane Julia Richardson
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Assimilation versus Autonomy: Indigenous Education in Mexico, Gordon Lee Gent
Transitions: Decentralization and Senegalese Political Parties, Megan Earline Norris