StMU Research Scholars

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

Social Sciences

Hope and Grief: Robert Kennedy’s Speech on the night of Dr. King’s Assassination

Matthew Swaykus

A Loss of Innocence: How Russian Authority’s Response to The Beslan Massacre Worsened Its Death Toll

Samantha Ruvalcaba

Fyre Festival: Trouble in Paradise

Chelsea Alvarez

Mirror Mirror on the Wall Who’s the Fairest? We All Are. Jameela Jamil’s Fight for Body Positivity and Female Empowerment

Maria Martinez

The Shock Heard Around The World: Milgram’s Experiment

Ava Rodriguez

Creating a Monster: Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker

Claudia Sanchez

The Eminem Show That You Don’t Know

Andres Cano

Designer Babies: Groundbreaking or Unethical?

Averie Mendez

How a dwarf plant can save millions of lives – The story of Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

Claudio Gomez Ascencio

William Weber: Attorney In it for Profit

Makenzie Santana

To Love A Serial Killer

Krystal Rodriguez

Institutional Change & Identity: Unexpected Impact of the Arab Spring

Auroara-Juhl Nikkels

The Duchess of Windsor—How the IRS Helped Create Same Gender Marriage

Christopher Metta Bexar
Silhouette showing Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her iconic dissenting opinion collar.

The Notorious RBG

Alicia Guzman

Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But My Words Will Build an Army Against Apartheid

Auroara-Juhl Nikkels

Colonialism: Dead or Rebranded? Re-Emerging Patterns of Destruction in the DRC

Natalie Thamm

“Doctor Miracle”: Denis Mukwege, Healing Women, Children, and Communities

Natalie Thamm

The Wet Railing that Solved the Clarence Hiller Murder Case

Diamond Davidson

Breaking Silence or Just Speaking Louder?: The Story of Larry Nassar and his 499 Victims

Paola Arellano

Brought on a Boat, Sent out on a Steamer: Ah Sou’s Round Trip to Sexual Servitude

Victoria Salazar