StMU Research Scholars

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

Political Science

The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial

Sydney Hardeman

A Dangerous Request: Mother Teresa’s Call to Calcutta

Edith Santos Sevilla

The Central Park Five: How the Truth Set Them Free

Nicole Ortiz

Johnnie Cochran’s Battle Of The 27 Year Long Court Case

Victoria Davis

Fighting Soviet Socialism With Music: Shostakovich

Amanda Uribe

Clarence Norris: The Last Voice of the Scottsboro Boys

Kathryn Martinez

Jackie Robinson: An Unexpected Hero of Business and Civil Rights

Todd Brauckmiller Jr.

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

Rosa Robledo Martinez

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

Alexander Avina

Segregation and Activism: Then and Now on the Eastside

Shine Trabucco

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

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

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

Victoria Salazar

Cabeza de Vaca: Getting Lost and Captured in Spanish America

Antonio Coffee