StMU Research Scholars

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

Regional Histories

The Brutal Murder of The Black Dahlia

Saira Locke

The Consequences to Conquer Freedom: The Perilous Journey of Female Migrants across the U.S. Mexico Border

Rosa Robledo Martinez

America Keels Over: The End of USA’s 132 Year Hold of The America’s Cup

Sabrina Doyon

Fuel for His Pen: The Two Consecutive Plane Accidents of Ernest Hemingway

Felipe Macias

The I-400: A Weapon Behind Its Time.

Aaron Peters

The ’92 Dream Team: The Team that Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

Briley Perkins

“Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe”: How the Apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe Changed the Catholic Faith and Mexican Culture

Nicole Ortiz

The Search for the Whitechapel Ripper

Azucena Cuevas

“An Absurd Delusion”: Pride, Ignorance, and America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster

Kenneth Gilley

The Execution Of Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen Of France

Ya Pey Hew

Richard Kuklinski: The Ice That Melted

Mitchell Yocham

Rocket Falcon 1: The Art of Failure

Bruno Lezama

Phineas Gage: An Ordinary Man

Stephanie Cerda

Whatalife: Harmon Dobson, the Founder of Whataburger

Courtney Peña

Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim

Vanessa Quetzeri

Elizabeth Bathory: The Countess Who Bathed in Blood

Hannah Hennon

The Discovery of Insulin: Medical Necessity for Type 1 Diabetics

Ashley Martinez

BEYONCÉ: The Early Days of the Worldwide Legend

Sydney Hardeman

The Red Crown: The Story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s Sacrifice

Alexander Avina

“The Year of Barbarism”: Sánchez Cerro and the Peruvian Insurrection of 1932

José Chaman