SNaPP Lab Honors Theses
Students are able to investigate original research through the SNaPP lab in the form of an Honors Thesis or independent study. Additionally, all first-year students will complete individual research projects during Boot Camp (for more information, see ‘Apply to Join’ page).
| Political Chameleons: An Exploration of Personality and Political Conformity By: Taylor Feenstra |
When Social Pressure Fails: Evidence from Two Direct Mail Experiments By: Meg Schwenzfeier |
| Disgust: An Emotional Component of Conservative Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals By: John Stuart |
“Yes”-Women: The Impact of Gender on Agreement in Online Political Discussio By: Emily Draper |
Summer Research Projects
| State-level Ideology and Newspaper Coverage of the Affordable Care Act in August 2009 By: Joanna Borman |
Content Analysis of Egyptian Newspapers |
| “Like”-minded Views on the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision: An Experimental Test of the Spiral of Silence in a Social Media Setting By: Zarine Kharazian |
The Effect of Facebook on Political Ideology By: Dan Brown |
| Causes of European Public Opinion Polarization By: Sahil Mehrotra |
Local Newspaper Coverage of Ideologically Contentious Legislation: A Case Study on the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas By: Will Evans |
| The Effects of Facebook Posts on Partisan Polarization By: Dan Brown |
McGlennon Scholarship Projects
| The Impact of Gender on Evaluations ofOnline Political Arguments By: Michael Payne |