Individual Projects

 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

Blog                                                Thesis

When Social Pressure Fails: Evidence from Two Direct Mail Experiments

By: Meg Schwenzfeier

Blog                                                Thesis

Disgust: An Emotional Component of Conservative Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals

By: John Stuart

Thesis

“Yes”-Women: The Impact of Gender on Agreement in Online Political Discussio

By: Emily Draper

Blog

 

 Summer Research Projects

State-level Ideology and Newspaper Coverage of the Affordable Care Act in August 2009

By: Joanna Borman

Blog

Content Analysis of Egyptian Newspapers

By: Yussre El-Bardicy

Blog

“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

Poster                                     Project Write Up

The Effect of Facebook on Political Ideology

By: Dan Brown

Blog

Causes of European Public Opinion Polarization

By: Sahil Mehrotra

Blog                                      Research Paper                                    Poster

Local Newspaper Coverage of Ideologically Contentious Legislation: A Case Study on the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts, Florida, and Texas

By: Will Evans

Blog

The Effects of Facebook Posts on Partisan Polarization

By: Dan Brown

Blog                                                Poster

 

McGlennon Scholarship Projects

The Impact of Gender on Evaluations ofOnline Political Arguments

By: Michael Payne

Poster