StMU Research Scholars

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

Sociology

A Woman’s Shot at Making History: The First Female CEO of Mylan and the EpiPen

Courtney Peña

Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory

Wilzave Quiles Guzman

The Opiate Epidemic: The FDA’s Struggle to Control Opiate Abuse

Abigale Carney

Diabetes: Don’t Sugarcoat It

Pablo Medina

Gun Violence in America: The Sandy Hook Story

Diamond Estrada

Jonas Salk: Discovering The Shot that Saved the World – 20th century Polio Virus Epidemic

Jeremiah Durand

The Aaron Hernandez Story: Football is More Than Just a Game

Luis Arroyos

E-Cigarettes: An Incredible Invention or Complete Catastrophy? Adam Hergenreder Shares His Catastrophic Experience

Elizabeth Guardiola

Who Wants to Live Forever: Freddie Mercury’s Last Years and his Battle with AIDS

Michael Lazcano

The Discovery of Insulin: Medical Necessity for Type 1 Diabetics

Ashley Martinez

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 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

Hippocrates: The Father of Modern Medicine

Ruby Wynn

The Cook Who Killed: Revolutionized Public Health

Vanessa Tombo

Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease

Hector Garcia

The Immortal Woman: Henrietta Lacks

Belia Camarena

The Wonder Drug of the Twentieth Century: Penicillin

Crystalrose Quintero