Submissions from 2024
Georgia’s Deportation of the Creeks and Cherokees: A Prelude to the Trail of Tears, Sean Michael Ahearn II
Communal Lament in Jeremiah, Phoebe C. Chetsas
The Queen Mother of Israel and Her Role in Christian Devotion, Matthew Hegarty
The Whore Queen of Incestuous Canopus: The Eroticization of Cleopatra VII in Roman Literature and Art, Carley M. Medeiros
“Alas Poor Ireland!”: British Prejudice, “the Irish Precedent, ” and the Origins of the American Revolution, David Arthur Salzillo, Jr.
Defining Womanhood: Ancient Greek Inspirations for Our Modern Ideas, Carrie Selwood
Reconsidering Dorothy Day: The Distinctly American Catholic, Emma Strempfer
Submissions from 2023
We Can Do It, Or Can We?: Women’s Domestic and Workplace Roles in Advertising During WWII and Postwar America, Jillian Brissette
Obelisks and the Power of Monument, John Brockelman
Twentieth Century Education Reform: Centralization and the Integration of Providence Public School, Emily Cavanaugh
A Soldier and a Statesman: The Evolution of George Washington’s Political and Military Career During the Encampment at Valley Forge, Dean Costalas
Redefining Roman Women: Powerful Benefactresses & Patrons of the Early Roman Empire, Jacqueline Elia
The Christmas Never Forgotten: December 1914, Michael Facenda
I-195 in Providence, Rhode Island: Urban Development or Dislocation?, Alec Fraggos
May We Remember How the Great War Changed the Practice and Ceremony of American Memorialization in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1868-1939, Grace Heffernan
The Formation of a Hellenic Identity: The Impact of Herodotus on the Ancient Greek and the Reception of his Histories, Conor James
An Authentic Development of Doctrine? The Sacrament of Reconciliation in the Patristic Writings, Sister Mary Barbara Keiser O.P.
The ‘Temple of the Holy Spirit’ & Christian Identity: Old Testament Echoes in 1 Corinthians, Sr. Amata Christi Lippert O.P.
When the Silenced Became the Voice: Argentina’s Military Dictatorship and the Fight for Memory and Justice, Brigid McEvoy
James Madison and the Supreme Court The Evolution of the Madisonian First Amendment in Early America, Thomas McSweeney
“A Scepter of Terror or a Sword of Freedom”: Elaine Brown’s Time in the Black Panther Party, Maeve Plassche
Gementes et Flentes in hac Lacrimarum Valle: The Gift of Tears in the Dominican Tradition, Sr. Immaculata Marie Policare O.P.
Gratia Gratis Data: A Thomistic Perspective of Grace in the Life of the Church, Sister Mary Josephine Spellman, O.P.
Art as a Form of Therapy: Afghan Women and their “War Rugs” Highlight the Trauma and Violence of the Soviet-Afghan War, Abigail Turano
Mary's Conception of the Word, Valerie M. Uhlig
Submissions from 2022
"In my end is my beginning": Families, Factions, Faith and Femininity as the Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Archbold
Hell, and the Savior of the World, Michael Anthony Bahry
‘He hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows’: Thomas Aquinas on Christ’s Suffering in His Descent to Hell, Stephen Beale
The Power of Mothers: A Comparison of the Egyptian Goddess Isis and Virgin Mary During the Roman Empire Through Literature and Art, Katherine Burdick
Mit Deutscher Gründlichkeit: The People Behind the World’s Most Effective Police State, Evan Diliberto
“Doe as Thou Wouldst be Done By”: Relief Responses to Mental Illness in Puritan New England, Rebecca Farias
Solidarity and the Soviet Union, Jillian Forrester
Excluded from Our City: Clement of Alexandria and the Porous Frontier of Early Christian Identity, Jordan C. Goneau-Goncalves
Terrible Terrell: Black Women’s Activism The Forgotten Story of Carolyn Daniels, Olivia Moll
Active Participation in the Two Direct Points of Contact with God within the Thomistic Metaphysics of Human Nature, Richard. R. Palin Jr.
A Genealogy of Ideas: From Transcendentalism Onward, Jakob Resnik
The Obedient Servants of Opportunity: Bermudians in the Revolutionary Eighteenth Century Atlantic World, Gretchen Richardson
Let Us March On: LaVilla, Florida, and the History of the Harlem of the South, Christine Sullivan
Submissions from 2021
Spymaster of Setauket: The Impact of Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring on the American Revolution, Kyle Burgess
Deification and Creation: A Comparative, Historical and Systematic View, Cole DeSantis
Dissecting Madness in Romantic Literature, Mackenzie Fox
Give Peace a Chance: Responses to the Vietnam War on Catholic College Campuses, Elizabeth Gleason
Bringing “Justice to Every Man’s Door”: John Jay’s Struggle to Build the Supreme Court, Sean Gray
Offering Our Lives: Liturgical Participation and the Reception of Grace, Betty-Ann Medeiros Hickey
Reagan’s State of Grace: J. Peter Grace and the Effort to Cut Government Expense at the Public’s Expense, Kevin Michels
Waning Imperium: Valentinian I’s Projection of Power, Philip Piscopo
Aerial Terror: The Shift in American Daylight Bombing Over Europe During World War II, Joseph Sullivan
“Educators of the Public Taste”: Post-Civil War Textbook Publishing and the American History Textbook, Andrea T. Traietti
Re-thinking Pandemics: State, Society, and Disease in British History, 1830-1960, Meghan Walsh
Submissions from 2020
Trust in the Truth as a Healing Measure to Long-Lived Histories of Gendered Violence: A Representation of Congolese Refugee Women and their Resilience to Love, Gabrielle Amorelli
The Development of a Theology of Tradition: Basil's On The Holy Spirit and Yves Congar's Tradition and Traditions, Sister Dominica Bickerton O.P.
Service Work in Youth Development: The Power Behind Extracurriculars, Lyndsy Cadet
Ending the Notion of “I DO NOT BELONG HERE” Recommendations for Predominantly White Institutions to Support First Generation Student’s Success, Perla Castillo Calderon
Soaring with Eagles: The Life and Legacy of Janina Lewandowska, the Only Female POW Killed in the Katyń Forest Massacre, Joshua Chlebowski
Lowering Disciplinary Rates: Looking at Social and Emotional Learning at Blackstone Academy Charter School, Ariel C. Davey
Participation, Image and Likeness: A Comparative Demonstration of the Scriptural and Philosophical Basis of Origen’s Theology of Deification, Matthew J. Doeing
Blake’s Method: Blake Imagining Milton in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Micaela Freeman
Funding Childhood Science: Life or Death, Kathleen Garvey
The Legion of the Archangel Michael: The Past and Present Appeal of Decentralized Fascism, Andrew Bennet Gillen
The Perfect Tree: The American Chestnut Tree in American Culture, Economics, and Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Sarah Heavren
The Rationality of Motherhood, Genevieve Kineke
Beneath the Surface: Hadrian’s Underground Contributions to Roman Greece, Michaiah Elizabeth Kojoian
Hope: The Core of Social Justice, Emily K. Locke
A Reflection and Discussion of Philanthropy and its Relevance and Practice in Service and Society, Brigid McGrath
“A Compact With the Whales”: New Bedford, the American Civil War, and a Changing Industry, Mark Ryan Mello
Learning from the Shadows: Undocumented Students in Higher Education, Sean J. Richardson
Submissions from 2019
Women in Roman Republican Literature: The Use of Mulier in Sallust and Plautus, Emily Conley
The Evolution of United States Supreme Court Jurisprudence under the Leadership of Chief Justices Melville Fuller and Edward White from 1888 to 1911, Christine Cromie
Incompetence and Obfuscation: Austria-Hungary’s Defeat in the Galician Campaign of 1914, Samuel D’Amore
Liberty And Justice For All?: Female Portraiture In The Age Of The Early American Republic, Mary Grace Day
Allah and the Armalite: The Origins, Religiosities and Material Conditions of Anti-State Terror-Nationalist Groups in Belfast and Gaza, James Fanning
“The Thing that Exists When We Aren’t There”: Narration and Mysticism in Virginia Woolf’s Novels, Taylor Godfrey
Unheard Voices Against the Invisible Empire: Black and Catholic Responses to the Second Ku Klux Klan, William Hartl
Italian Immigrants in the Early 20th Century and How They Have Impacted American Opinions on Immigration, Colleen Keating
The Polish Question at Yalta, 1945: Public Opinion on the Polish Agreements, Christopher Maxim
Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party: Contextualizing The Critical Reaction, Noreen McGonigle
“Este Pueblo Deicida”: The Roots of Antisemitism during Argentina’s Década Infame, 1930-1943, Shannon Moore
Paradise For The Pioneer: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Trip To Hawai'i, Rita Murphy
Shifts In Mindset: An Exploration Of Art In The Paleolithic And Neolithic Periods, Vivienne Strmecki
Submissions from 2018
Planning Chaos: The Foundations and Organization of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, Michael Bartels
13 Reasons Why NOT: Examining Peer Networks and Barriers to Help Seeking, Katharine Comber
Contemptible Cravens and Dumb Beasts: The Story of the Wiggans Patch Massacre, Kevin Cranney
Pledges of Faith: The Development of Ancient Roman Business Law and Contemporary Applications, Devon Guanci
Soldiers’ Motivations to Fight in World War II: The United States Army and the German Wehrmacht in the European Theatre, Anthony E. Hart
What Do You Bring to The Classroom? – A Look at Approaching Difficult Dialogues, Katherine Holleran
Aemulatio And Sprezzatura: Palladio And The Legacy Of Vitruvius, Cecelia Lahiff
On How the Infused Virtues Differentiate Christian Friendship from Natural Friendship, Maureen McNeill
The Dominican Liberator: Father Edward Paul Doyle, O.P.’s Response to the Holocaust, Jacqueline Michels
Idolizing Sans Idol: Buddhist Art And Its Reception During The Meiji Period, Joan Miller
Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Victoria L. Palmer
In God We (Dis) Trust: George Washington In The Capitol Rotunda, Josef Riccio
To the Frustration of Many a Birdwatcher: The Rise and Development of Naturism in Great Britain, Jacob David Santos
Salvation Spectacle: The Judgement Paintings of Jheronimus Bosch, Alec Scungio
The Independent Reign of Queen Victoria, Emilee Serwan
When Art Becomes Political: An Analysis of Irish Republican Murals 1981 to 2011, Maura Wester
