StMU Research Scholars

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

3 Expansion and Reform (1801-1850)

James Madison’s Anti-Tyranny Philosophy: The Shaping of the U.S. Constitution and Contemporary Governance

Sebastian Blackburn

The World’s First Computer and Program

Gianna Freiler

Language and Sovereignty: The Implications of the Revitalization of Native Hawaiian on the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

Floridell Berry

Oh Weep No More Today!: How America’s First Composer Joined the Antislavery Movement in Song

Kristen Leary

Nicholas Trist: A Rebel Diplomat

Eugenio Gonzalez

Horace Mann: A Man Behind Public Education

Emily Rodriguez

William Henry Harrison: Winning a Presidency with Log Cabins and Hard Cider

Laura Poole

John Chapman: The Real Story of Johnny Appleseed

Gabriella Parra

The sewing machine and how it impacted the world

Alexandra Camarena

The Discovery of a Numbing Substance That Changed the World: Ether

Natalia Ramirez

David Crockett and the Alamo: The Thrilling Battle for Independence

Tomas Salazar

Dorothea Dix and her efforts to reform Prison and Insane Asylums

Phylisha Liscano
“Tragic Prelude”: Mural of John Brown

Bleeding Kansas: The Story of John Brown

Samuel Enriqure Vega

Peace Talks Breaking Down in San Antonio: the 1840 Shootout Between Comanches and Texas Rangers

Seth Roen

Tenskwatawa: Tecumseh’s forgotten Brother

Matthew Gallardo

Judith Sargent Murray: “Let there be no coercion in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper position.”

Amelie Rivas-Berlanga

Was There Any Theism in Thomas Jefferson’s Deism?

Tyler Pauly

Oneida: Cooking Up the Perfect Community

Eliana Villarreal

From Slave to Author: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

Ariette Aragon

Timothy Dexter: “The first Lord in the Younited States of A mercary”

Trenton Boudreaux