StMU Research Scholars

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

American Studies

Action Park, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Dylan Miller

People of the Land

Kanum Parker

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

Natalia Ramirez

Dr. Henry Kempe: A Defender for Children

Victorianna Mejia

“The Whole World is Watching:” Tom Hayden and the 1968 Democratic National Convention Protests

Madison Goza

One Man In War Against a Nation: Juan Cortina

Luis Molina Lucio

The Philippine-American War: What Made it a Successful Counter Insurgency Operation

Seth Roen

“Southern Trees Bear a Strange Fruit:” A Cry From the Lynching Era

Cecilia Schneider

The Mouse and the Maker: How Walt Disney Made Some Noise for the Animation Industry

Gabriella Parra

“Peace is a woman’s job…” Jeannette Rankin and her pursuit for Peace and Women’s Suffrage

Serenity Kamenski

The Mad Bomber: Origins of Criminal Profiling

Irene Urbina

A Pacifist in a War: The Story of Desmond Doss

Carlos Hinojosa

November 22, 1963: A Day America Will Never Forget

Maria Luevano

“Whither Thou Goest I Shall Go:” Harry Hopkins’ Adventure in the United Kingdom, 1941

Christopher Hohman

The Southern Unionist: Charles Anderson’s Exile from San Antonio to Mexico

Claudia Sanchez

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

1854: The Elite Life of a Quarter in our Nations Capitol

Matthew Tobar

Benedict Arnold’s Fallout with Horatio Gates at Saratoga

Aidan Fitzgerald

The Belfast Project: How an American University almost Started a Civil War

Andres Ruiz