Distinguished Senior Theses
Danielle Sabatka, Class of 2008
Robin Hood “Under the Greenwood Tree”: Peasants’ Revolt and the Making of a Medieval
Legend (PDF)
Meredith Brynteson, Class of 2008
The Bermuda Conference: The Use of Refugees for Public Relations (PDF)
Lindsay Prescott, Class of 2007
Dadabhai Naoroji: India's Representative in Parliment (PDF)
Stephen Millett, Class of 2007
A New Virtue for a New Republic: Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Reason and Sentiment (PDF)
Clint Rodreick, Class of 2006
A Shared Vision and Joint Venture: Benjamin Rush, Richard Allen, and the Free Black Community of Philadelphia, 1787-1813 (PDF)
Natilie Brewer, Class of 2006
Intervention?: British Politics and Basque Refugee Children During the Spanish Civil War
Leah Gottheiner, Class of 2005
You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee: The German-Jewish Refugees in Shanghai During the Second World War
Brian Chow, Class of 2005
"Asian American Activism and Interracial Involvement during the Era of Protest"
Zachary Strickland Johnson, Class of 2004
American Nature: The Great Forgetting
Lauren Quinsland, Class of 2004
Workers of the World, Subscribe! The American Federationist, the Oregon Labor Press, and the First World War
Jodi Buell, Class of 2004
Ratification of the Genocide Convention? The United States and the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
James Echert, Class of 2004
Lewis and Clark: an expedition of scientific origin
Annie McLain, Class of 2003
Unmasking the Oregon Klansman: The Ku Klux Klan in Astoria 1921-1925
Russ Getchell, Class of 2002
The Hidden Battles of the American Revolution
Phil Huhta, Class of 2000
Where Do the Roots of American Democracy Lie?
Tafi Olson, Class of 2000
The Templars: Used and Abused by Philip the Fair.
Isak Sexon, Class of 2000
Carolingian Propaganda: Kingship by the Hand of God.
Jason Gaskill. Class of '98
The Day the Atoms Parted
Jason is an editor of the Journal of the Association for History and Computing and is in graduate school in New Zealand.
Nathan Stanley, Class of '97
Examining the Korean War
Nathan's thesis has been used by the Canadian Military Academy for teaching the Korean War and has been selected by The Encyclopedia Brittanica as the best site for studying the Korean War. Nathan teaches high school in the Portland area.
Jennifer Dock, Class of '96
Mobilization Derailed: The Lack of Mobilization of the Female Work Force in Nazi Germany
Jennifer Dock was the Valedictorian for Pacific University's Graduating Class of 1996. Jen is currently working for the office of U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (Oregon).
Other Student Research & Work
J.C. Whitehead (seminar Paper)
Are the Democratic-Republicans the Legitimate Heirs of the American Revolutionary Experience?
Julie Holcomb. Class of '99
The Uppity Chicks of Herrick Hall