Thesis defenses for the Spring 2021 semester are scheduled from Wednesday, April 14 until Friday, April 23. All defenses will take place online. If you are Croft student who would like more information about how to view a defense, contact Ms. Hilterbrand.
This page will be updated through April 23 as more defenses are scheduled.
All times are Central Daylight Time, the local time for Oxford, MS.
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 2:00 p.m. | Anna Kate Ferrell | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Sellar | Mamás Trabajadoras: An evaluation of Policies that Incite Maternal Participation in the Labor Force in Spain and the European Union |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 11:00 a.m. | Melissa Sanguinetti | Dr. Love | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Mendoza | Who Gets to Ride? A Case Study in Inequality and Public Transportation in Santiago, Chile |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 1:00 p.m. | Ella Lawson | Dr. Ibrahim | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Zachos | A City Divided: A GIS-InformedStudy of Urban Planning in Amman, Jordan |
| 2:00 p.m. | Miller Greene | Dr. Hickman | Dr. Fransee | Prof. Williams | Here is not Yemen: Mizrahi Music and Identity in Contemporary Israel |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 1:00 p.m. | Susanna Cassisa | Dr. Petrescu | Dr. Velitchkova | Dr. Payne | Gay Identity in the GDR: The Homosexuelle Interessengemeinschaft Berlin between Self-Expression and State Control |
| 1:00 p.m. | Katie Dames | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Nordstrom | Finding the Missing Peace: A Postcolonial Feminist Analysis of UNSCR 1325 in the African Union and the European Union |
| 1:00 p.m. | Claire Haxton | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Delerme | Refugees Not Welcome Here: An Analysis of Human Rights Transgressions under the Migrant Protection Protocols |
| 2:00 p.m. | Alana Mitias | Dr. Ferry | Dr. Fransee | Prof. Williams | The Blue State: UNRWA’s Transition from Relief to Development in Providing Education to Palestinian Refugees in Jordan |
| 3:00 p.m. | Charlotte Armistead | Prof. Williams | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Winkle | “Here We Start and in Jerusalem We Meet:†The Motivational and Organizational Influences of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine on Transnational Salafi Jihad |
| 4:00 p.m. | Jeannie Williams | Prof. Williams | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Guthrie | Why Did the Camel Cross the Road?: The Use of Camel Racing and Military Pageantry in Unifying Oman Through Nationalism |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 11:00 a.m. | Claire Benge | Prof. Eliason | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Sellar | International Antitrust: A Comparison of the European Union and the United States Approaches to Regulating “Big Tech†|
| 12:00 p.m. | Lea Dudte | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Adams | The Impact of Intercultural Healthcare on Indigenous Maternal Health and Access to Care in Ecuador |
| 1:00 p.m. | Thomas Bleeker | Dr. Hickman | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Fransee | Assimilation, Association, and Modernism in the Urbanism of the French Third Republic |
| 1:00 p.m. | Benjamin Hager | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Cafer | Soda, Water and Convenience: An Evaluation of the Mexican Soda Tax |
| 2:00 p.m. | Allie Kate Williams | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Velitchkova | Prof. Eliason | The Politics of International Investment Law in Latin America |
| 2:15 p.m. | Catherine Berich | Prof. Williams | Dr. Fransee | Mr. Yates | The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces; Institutional Formalization and its Impact on Iraqi State Stability |
| 4:00 p.m. | Abby Flickinger | Dr. Mendoza | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Cromwell | The Politics of Everyday Subversion: Crisis, COVID-19, and Coming-of-Age in Córdoba, Argentina |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Bailey Burleson | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Otero | Support for Regionalist and Nationalist Political Parties in Spain |
| 1:00 p.m. | Tayler Daugherty | Dr. Zerba | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Mendoza | Factors in Disaster Response in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Tori Gallegos | Dr. Love | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Allen | The Impact of Civil Society Engagement on Support for the Colombian Peace Accord |
| 10:00 a.m. | Lennis Barlow | Dr. Howard | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Guo | The Politics of Water Resource Management: State-Guided Framing of China’s South to North Water Diversion Project and Its Impact on Citizen Perception |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lilly Fritz | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Gardner | What about the Kids: A Comparative Study of Youth Unemployment in France and Belgium |
| 1:00 p.m. | Channell Cole | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Moses | Being Female and Indigenous: Barriers to Reducing Bolivia’s Maternal Mortality Rate under Evo Morales |
| 1:00 p.m. | Katelyn Hutson | Dr. Hendrickson | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Wellman | The Politics of Taxation: An Economic Analysis of Politically Motivated Tariffs Placed on French Wine by the United States |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Santana Amaker | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Wang | The Great Equalizer or a Modern Iteration of Historical Inequality: Artificial Intelligence in Latin America |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sally Wilkerson | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Love | Economic Progress and the Success of Democracy: Case Study of Uruguay from 1985 to 2018 |
| 11:00 a.m. | William Bradford | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Cotelo | The Ceibalitas in Uruguay: How Digital Educational Technology Affects Social Cohesion |
| 11:00 a.m. | Eleanor Schmid | Dr. First | Dr. Velitchkova | Prof. Williams | From Ideological Resource to Financial Asset: The Evolving Relationship Between Youth and the State in Putin’s Russia |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lucy Herron | Prof. Eliason | Dr. Howard | Dr. Guo | China, Xinjiang, and the Genocide Convention: The Fragility of International Law |
| 12:00 p.m. | Isabelle Hudson | Dr. Mendoza | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Cotelo | Contests of Meaning in Ecuador: Decree 883, Neoliberalism, and the Political Struggle of 2019 |
| 1:00 p.m. | Joey Baker | Dr. Howard | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Guo | Regional Educational Disparities in Reform Era China |
| 1:00 p.m. | Rachel Ducker | Dr. Novicevic | Dr. Velitchkova | Dr. Fragoso Gonzalez | Crisis and Catalonia: An Analysis on the Impact of Crisis on the Public Opinion of the Secessionist Movement in Catalonia |
| 3:00 p.m. | Sam Simon | Dr. Ibrahim | Dr. Fransee | Prof. Williams | Changing Power Politics in the Gulf: Exploring Muhammad Bin Zayed and the UAE’s Quest for Regional Balance |
| 3:30 p.m. | Madeline Cook | Dr. Mendoza | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Love | ‘Con Los Brazos Abiertos’: Venezuelan Migration and the Humanitarian State under Ecuador’s Moreno Administration |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Ivy Gerrell | Dr. Thilly | Dr. Howard | Dr. Guo | Taiwan and Territories: Understanding Territorial Claims in the China Seas |
| 11:00 a.m. | Kennedy Cohn | Dr. K. Centellas | Dr. Dinius | Dr. Roper | Fine Particulate Matter and Low Weight Births in Mexico City, Mexico |
| 12:00 p.m. | Liza Chura | Dr. First | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Novicevic | Russia as a Petrostate: The 90s up Until Today |
| 1:00 p.m. | Madison Gee | Dr. Quinney | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Fransee | Anti-Americanism and the Auteur: Critical Discourse and the French Film Industry from 1946 to 1965 |
| 1:00 p.m. | Olivia Myers | Dr. First | Dr. Velitchkova | Mr. Yates | A Historical and Contextual Analysis of Soviet and Russian “Active Measuresâ€: How Russian Political Warfare Efforts in Foreign Presidential Elections Have Transformed in the Information Age |
| 2:00 p.m. | Jeanne Torp | Dr. First | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Howard | Going Green: A Comparative Analysis of Green Urbanism in Paris and Shanghai |
| 2:00 p.m. | Alena Vu | Dr. Hutchinson | Dr. Velitchkova | Dr. Hickman | Understanding German-Turkish Identity in the Context of Deutchrap |
| 3:00 p.m. | Matt Travers | Dr. Guthrie | Dr. Howard | Dr. Guo | Perceptions of Chinese Influence in Tanzania |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Elizabeth Atkinson | Dr. Nordstrom | Dr. Howard | Mr. Yates | A Unified Korea: A Structured Analytic Study of Swift Reunification Potential in the 21st Century |
| 11:00 a.m. | Swetha Manivannan | Dr. M. Centellas | Dr. Schenck | Dr. Vij | Exploring the Global Rise of Ethnoreligious Nationalism: A Case Study of Vox in Spain and the Bharatiya Janata Party in India |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 10:00 a.m. | Eli Landes | Dr. Velitchkova | Dr. Fransee | Dr. Wellman | Bretonnitude and Welshness: A Case Study onIdentity and Language in Brittany and Wales |
| Time | Student | Mentor | 2nd Reader | 3rd Reader | Title |
| 9:00 a.m. | Anna Bruno | Dr. Guo | Dr. Howard | Dr. Oh | Enduring Gender Disparities in China’s Education System |
| 2:00 p.m. | Bobby Simmons | Dr. First | Dr. Schenck | Prof. Williams | Hand Over Fist: Russia's Use of Military Aggression to Affect Regional Policy |
