StMU Research Scholars

Featuring Scholarly Research, Writing, and Media at St. Mary's University

American Studies

People of the Land

Kanum Parker

The Discovery of a Numbing Substance That Changed the World: Ether

Natalia Ramirez

“The Whole World is Watching:” Tom Hayden and the 1968 Democratic National Convention Protests

Madison Goza

One Man In War Against a Nation: Juan Cortina

Luis Molina Lucio

The Philippine-American War: What Made it a Successful Counter Insurgency Operation

Seth Roen

“Southern Trees Bear a Strange Fruit:” A Cry From the Lynching Era

Cecilia Schneider

The Mouse and the Maker: How Walt Disney Made Some Noise for the Animation Industry

Gabriella Parra

“Peace is a woman’s job…” Jeannette Rankin and her pursuit for Peace and Women’s Suffrage

Serenity Kamenski

The Mad Bomber: Origins of Criminal Profiling

Irene Urbina

A Pacifist in a War: The Story of Desmond Doss

Carlos Hinojosa

November 22, 1963: A Day America Will Never Forget

Maria Luevano

“Whither Thou Goest I Shall Go:” Harry Hopkins’ Adventure in the United Kingdom, 1941

Christopher Hohman

The Southern Unionist: Charles Anderson’s Exile from San Antonio to Mexico

Claudia Sanchez

David Crockett and the Alamo: The Thrilling Battle for Independence

Tomas Salazar

Dorothea Dix and her efforts to reform Prison and Insane Asylums

Phylisha Liscano

1854: The Elite Life of a Quarter in our Nations Capitol

Matthew Tobar

Benedict Arnold’s Fallout with Horatio Gates at Saratoga

Aidan Fitzgerald

The Belfast Project: How an American University almost Started a Civil War

Andres Ruiz

The Mercury of the American Revolution: Paul Revere’s Journey to the Midnight Ride

Santiago Sabogal

Salem Witch Trials: A Pressing Time in History

Sabrina Drouin