Theses from 2024
An Examination of the Visual and Textual Influences on the Anthology of American Folk Music, Ben Collier
Creation of Eco-Terrorism: A History of Actions by the Earth Frist!, Earth Liberation and Animal Liberation Front from the 1980s-2000s, Zachary Smith and Zachary C. Smith
Theses from 2023
Leeland Jones and Claude Clapp: Case Studies of Civil Rights in Western New York, Kaelynn Beckman
Social Sanguinity: Communal Ties and the Pursuit of Political Power in Saga Age Iceland, Sam Fearnside
Lars Gustaf Sellstedt: Art in Buffalo and the Buffalo Fine Art Academy, Shannon N. Gilmartin
The Moral Hygiene Movement in the United States, 1840s—1920s, Marissa Seib
Theses from 2022
The Significance of Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, in the Buffalo area, 1840-1860, Timothy J. Nixon
Theses from 2021
A Select Examination Of the Historiography Of The Causes of the War of 1812, Shiva Czuba
The Challenge of E. Pluribus Unum: Waterfront Workers During the Civil War in Buffalo, New York, Anthony E. Gil
Failoure On All Fronts: The United States Army in the First Year of the War of 1812, Gary H. Nobbs Jr.
Distinctly American: The Roots of Secessionism and Nullification in the United States, Patrick F. Ryan
Theses from 2020
A Brief History of the Irish and Social Mobility in Buffalo, New York from the 1830s to the 1860s, Evan B. Kennedy
Theses from 2019
Missed Moments: Kodak’s Failure to Define the Consumer Market for Digital Photography, Paul T. Moon Jr
Theses from 2018
The Seventeenth Amendment: The United States Senate and the Transformation from Legislative Selection to Direct Popular Election, John Joseph Janora
Whose Monster? A Study in the Rise to Power of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Nicholas Kotarski
The Stamp Act: Revolutionary Resistance in New York, Ryan L. Wagner
Theses from 2017
“I am the Handmaid of the Lord”: The Spiritual Development of Mary Ward Amidst English Catholic Clerical Crisis, 1585 – 1630, Alyson Borowczyk
Experiences of Soviet Women Combatants During World War II, Michelle De Jesus Reyes
Scottish Emigration to British North America 1770-1783: The First Phase of Scottish Highland Diaspora, Beth Pryor
Theses from 2016
When Ink Turned into Bullets: The Effect of the Press in Buffalo, New York and the Nation along with Its Role in Igniting a Civil War, Nicole C. Kondziela
Women, the Church and Equality: The Religious Paradox, Donna M. Nowak
An Examination in the Evolution of Iroquois Lacrosse, Christopher P. Root
Influences of Western Philosophy and Educational Thought in China and their Effects on the New Culture Movement, Anthony C. Sturniolo
Theses from 2015
Incomplete Conversions: Intentions of Indigenous Idolatry in Early Colonial Latin America, Amanda Boos
Raymond E. Jackson and Segregation in the American Federation of Musicians, 1900-1944, Lance Boos
The Ideal Museum vs. The Real Museum: How do Museums in Western New York Implement Preventive Conservation?, Jennifer R. Conn
“A More Stainless and Splendid Name?” Contrasting the Wartime and Peacetime Strategies of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1757-1778, Lori Ann Holmes
Sensory History and Multisensory Museum Exhibits, Naomi Reden
Accommodating Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Museums, William S. Tyler
The Anglo-American Reception of Carl Schmitt from the 1930s to the Early 2000s, Benjamin T. Watkins
Theses from 2014
Revolution, Rebellion and Subversion in US History: Government and Public Response, Christie F. Andrle
A Form in the Road: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Path Toward Globalization in the Middle East, 1945-2014, Joshua P. Brotka
Feminist and Lesbian Relations in Buffalo, New York and the Nation During the 1970s, Alyssa Hickey
Reforming Christianity by Reforming Christians: Devotional Writings of the Late Medieval and Reformation Era, Christopher J. Quail
The Power of Corrupt Political Environments and its Effects on Museums: A look at Egypt’s Modern-Day ‘Indiana Jones’: Dr. Zahi Hawass, Christine Smith
Urban Undertaking: Changes in the Land and the Decline of Spatial Quality in Buffalo, NY, 1951-2011, Timothy Tielman
Theses from 2013
The War of 1812: The End of an Uncommon Alliance, Ryan Barrett
Conservative Revolutionary Intellectuals in the Weimar Republic and National Socialist Germany: Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger, and Ernst Jϋnger, Vincent S. Betts
Indira Gandhi: India’s Destined Leader, Josclyn C. Green
Fraunces Tavern Museum: Revolutionizing Collections Care in a Small Museum Environment, Suzanne Prabucki
Preserving Imperial Sovereignty in the Changing Political Order of Prewar Japan, Shane Vrabel
Robert Nathaniel Dett and the Music of the Harlem Renaissance, Daniel Weaver
Wartime Art: A Study of Political Propaganda and Individual Expression in American Commercial and Combat Art during World War II, Jennifer M. Wilcott
Theses from 2012
Why Are There So Many Diverse Holocaust Museums?: A Journey through the Holocaust Museums of Five Nations, Marjorie E. Carignan
The Professionalization of the American Army through the War of 1812, Robert L. Heiss
Motivations of Civil War Soldiers from Western New York, Justin T. Howell
Buffalo, New York’s Citizen Soldiers: Personal Histories of Combat, Trauma, and Returning Home after the Second World War, Drew H. Lewandowski
By My Side: Charles E. Burchfield's Letters to Bertha K. Burchfield from 1923 to 1963, Alana Ryder
Paris: Reflections of a Modern City, Brian J. Schultz
Ralph Raico: Champion of Authentic Liberalism, Daniel P. Stanford
He Honored Death, Too: The Subterranean Life of Jack Kerouac, Christopher Wayne
Theses from 2011
The Decline of Buffalo, New York in the Postwar Era: Causes, Effects, and Proposed Solutions, Carmen J. Bartolotta
The Significance of Human Remains in Museum Collections: Implications for Collections Management, Kacey M. Page
The North Pole Controversy of 1909 and the Treatment of the Greenland Inuit People: An Historical Perspective, Kayla J. Shypski
Fighting for Recognition: The Role African Americans played in World Fairs, Andrew R. Valint
Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks: The History, the Mystery, and the Museums' Considerations of the Two Paintings, Nicole Wagner
