StMU Research Scholars

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

Social Sciences

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

Edward Snowden: The Inside Scoop On The World’s Most Infamous Whistleblower

Ryan Estes

Cabeza de Vaca: Getting Lost and Captured in Spanish America

Antonio Coffee

Eunice Carter: The Unlikely Hero Who Brought Down the Mob

Mariah Cavanaugh

Black Power Salute: The 1968 Summer Olympics

Thomas Fraire

Hippocrates: The Father of Modern Medicine

Ruby Wynn

Saviors Rising from the Ashes of the My Lai Massacre

Mario Sosa

From Teahouses to Trading Ports: The Scallywag Empress Ching Shih

Danielle Slaughter

“3 out of 4 College Students Say They’re Stressed”: Anxiety and Depression on College Campuses

Jabnel Ibarra

The Joker That Got Away: The Untimely Demise Of Heath Ledger

Raymond Munoz

The Cannibal Who Advertised: Armin Meiwes Ate What He Killed

Antoinette Johnson