Political Science Honors students will present their research projects to faculty, family, and friends at the annual Honors Colloquium, held every year on the Friday before Commencement.  The Colloquium wll be followed by an awards ceremony recognizing all political science award winners and students receiving selected awards from the College of Letters and Science and from the University.  This is an invitation only event, and an RSVP is required.

Presenting research at this year's colloquium will be the following students:

Panel 1
Matthew Peralta
Killed by the Heavens: Assessing the Effectiveness of Israel’s Policy of Targeted Killing

Joseph Sterphone
Wer sind wir? The Efficacy of Party Appeals to a Shifting “Germanness”

Nanor Balabanian
The Perils of Isolation: Barriers of Technology in Rural Armenia 

Eric Lopez
Revolution in Cairo: News Media and Its Different Perspectives

Panel 2
Adam Yefet
The Function of Religion and Religious Institutions in the Life and Literature of Niccolo Machiavelli

Ross Miletich
A Line in the Sand: Race, Redistricting, and Representation in Congress

Tyler Wilken
Which Way Forward? A Comparative Case Study on Labor Union Organizing Strategies