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Students with no Thesis title designated completed the MASS with a comprehensive examination or graduate project.
June 2011
- Michelle S. Byham
- Wang Xiong
Thesis: "The Emergence of Neo-Orientalism Through the Study of the Changing American
Image of China Since World War II"
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
December 2010
- Jeffrey L. Tyree
- Nicholas F. Whiteman
Thesis: "Death in the Water: Drownings on Presque Isle State Park 1921-2010"
Director: Ihor Bemko
August 2010
- Jon Beckman
- Adam Cilli
Thesis: "The Adaption of Iraqi Refugees in the City of Erie, Pennsylvania: Issues and Perspectives"
Director: Stephen Nachman
- Matthew Talkish
Thesis: "World War II Domestic Propaganda: A Case Study of Erie, Pennsylvania"
Director: Joe Laythe
- Lori Yavorsky
June 2010
- Robert Thornton
Thesis: "The Modern 'Dangerous Class' and Hip Hop Culture in the Rustbelt City"
Director: Joe Laythe
May 2010
- Brandon Fahey
- Jennifer Gibbs
- Barbara Hossain
- William O. Howard
December 2009
- Bethany Bliley
Thesis: "Male Interpretation, Female Subjugation: Case Studies of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene"
Director: Jerra Jenrette
- Brent Catherman
Thesis: "From Gibraltar of the Liquor Traffic to Control State: A History of Alcohol Regulation and the Establishment of the State Liquor Store"
Director: Ihor Bemko
- John Gage
- Sue Nunn
Thesis: "Childhood Corporal Punishment and Adult Compulsive Eating: An Empirical Inquiry "
Director: Irene Fiala
- Thomas Csonger Szendrey
Thesis: “Brinksmanship: The Diplomacy of James K. Polk During the Oregon Crisis”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
- Tanya Teglo
Thesis: "Waves of Change: African-American Radio and Community Activism in hte Civil Rights Era"
Director: Dennis Hickey
- Shaina Vella
Thesis: "Factors that Influence Education Inside and Outside the Classroom: A Comparative Analysis of Interviews with Professional Educators from Erie, Pennsylvania and Madrid, Spain"
Director: Lee Williams
June 2009
- Paul Adam
Thesis: “Epistemological Avenues to Paranormal and Supernatural Belief”
Director: Ivan Chompalov
May 2009
- Susan Bailey
Thesis: "The Cambodian Genocide: Ideology, Methodology, and Failure to Recover"
Director: Dennis Hickey
- William Hollenbeck
Thesis: “The Crusades Through Norman and Byzantine Conflict”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
- Jason Holloway
Thesis: “The Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe”
Director: Jerra Jenrette
- Lee Oberman
December 2008
- Storm Fox
Thesis: “Sociology of the Living Dead”
Director: Rhonda Matthews
July 2008
- Dan Vogel (Currently ABD, Texas Christian University)
Thesis: “The Closed Seas Effect: The Naval War of 1812 on the Great Lakes”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
May 2008
- Jaymes Brown
Thesis: “The History of the Keystone Ordnance Works, 1941-1945:". . . TNT to blow the Axis to hell!"
Director: Dennis Hickey
- Timothy Hemmis (Currently ABD, University of Southern Mississippi)
Thesis: “Obstacle to Progress: The Legacy of Pontiac’s Rebellion”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
December 2007
- Valerie Matteson
- Alexander Rice
Thesis: “Gender Traits and Normative/Humanistic Behavior”
Director: Frank Taylor
July 2007
May 2007
- Jamie Chapman
Thesis: “Poverty in Meadville: Michael Harrington’s ‘Other America’”
Director: Jerra Jenrette
- Michael Frawley (Currently ABD, Louisiana State University)
Thesis: “Industry and Nationalism: The Confederate Attempt to Create a Modern Industrial Nation”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
- Jonathan Lanstrum
Thesis: “Status Attainment and Social Mobility: Gateways to Success”
Director: Frank Taylor
December 2006
Denise Jones
Thesis: “Equality: Are We There Yet?”
Director: Frank Taylor
August 2006
May 2006
- Angela Loomis
Thesis: “Daughters of Changing Woman: An Analysis of Navajo Women and the Adapting Navajo Culture”
Director: Jerra Jenrette
- Kristin Walzer
Thesis: “Poverty in America: Choice or Consequence?: Discriminatory Policies in the U.S.”
Director:
December 2005
- Brian Stevens
Thesis: “Implementation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 in Pennsylvania Congressional Elections.”
Director: Bridget Jeffery
May 2005
- Adam Blahut
Thesis: “A Study of the Founding of the Erie Public Library”
Director: Dave Obringer
- Samuel Claster
Thesis: “Evaluating the Effectiveness of University 100 Course at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania”
Director: Frank Taylor
- Barry Gray
- Selena Lane
Thesis: “A Case of Mistaken Identity: The "Hispanic" Label in the United States and its Social Implications”
Director: Rhonda Matthews
- Jessica Leveto
Thesis: “Contraceptive Consistency Among College Students”
Director: Rhonda Matthews
December 2004
- Nanette Grygier
Thesis: “East European Migration to Northwest Pennsylvania: A Case Study of Crossingville Pennsylvania”
Director: Ihor Bemko
August 2004
- Frances Fair
Thesis: “Legacy of the New Deal in Chautauqua County”
Director: Ihor Bemko
May 2004
- Lynn Mihoci
- Jennifer Thompson
Thesis: “The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine”
Director: Mona Garcia
December 2003
- Chivon Fitch
Thesis: “Exploring the Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Feminism and Attitudes Toward Prostitution”
Director:
- Kimberly Magee
Thesis: “Student Attitudes and Academic Achievement”
Director:
- James D. Neal
Thesis: “Consumerism and the Other-directed Self: An Exploratory Study”
Director: Frank Taylor
August 2002
- Rita Orinko
Thesis: “The Legacy of the French and Indian War for Pennsylvania”
Director: Ronald L. Spiller
December 2001
- Kyle Foust
Thesis: “Why Lou Tullio?: How Erie’s Most Powerful Mayor Came to Office”
Director: Ihor Bemko
May 2001
- Juan Argaez
- Christopher Rokosky
December 2000
- Anita Rogowski
Thesis: “The Pennsylvania Delegation to the Continental Congress 1778-1789: Their Contributions
to the Development of the United States: A Research Study of Select Pennsylvania Delegates”
Director:
May 2000
May 1999
December 1998
May 1998
- Tresha Bresslin
- Michael Malory
Thesis: “Suspicion and Paranoia: American Newspaper Reaction to Japanese-American Internment, February, 1942”
Director:
- Richard Sabol
Thesis: “The Ninth Pennsylvania Reserve - 1861”
Director: Jack Braun
December 1997
August 1997
May 1997
- Shabnam Bashir
- Edward Carter
- Kimberly Lata
Thesis: “Defying Conventional Motherhood: Non-custodial Mothers, Perceptions of Deviance and Sex-roles”
Director:
December 1996
- Robert Magill
- John Werkmeister
Thesis: “The People Who Were Cambridge Springs 1900-1920: A Study of Change”
Director:
August 1996
- Robert Popella
- Jolie Said
Thesis: “Primitive Liberation: American Perceptions of African Independence, 1957-1962”
Director:
May 1996
- Waseem Bhatti
- Aicha Cesar
- Laura Engelhardt
- Deborah Wagner
Thesis: “The History of Drug and Alcohol and the Implementation of Act 152 in Crawford County”
Director:
December 1995
- Scott Anderson
- Jeffrey Jones
May 1995
- Jeffrey Sherry
Thesis: “The Pennsylvania reserves in the Peninsula[r] Campaign, 1862”
Director: Roy Stonesifer
December 1994
- Roy Fronzaglia
Thesis: “The Magic that did Not Work: Admiral Raymond Kelly Turner and the Failure of Naval intelligence to Avert the Disaster at Pearl Harbor”
Director:
May 1994
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