Legal Scholar Award Winners
2011 - 2012
Kayla Ernst '13, Faculty Mentor - Professor Nicole Hotchkiss (Legal Studies and Sociology) "The Meaning of Terrorism through the Judiciary"
Sarah Maniates '13, Faculty Mentor - Professor Joseph Klesner (Political Science) "The Legal Foundations of the World Bank: Constraining Effectiveness in a Changing World?"
Morgan Peele '13, Faculty Mentor - Professor Nicole Hotchkiss (Legal Studies and Sociology) "The Conflict of Community: How Institutions of Higher Education Conceptualize and Respond to Bias-Motivated Crime on Campus"
Kaylan Talkington '14, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler (Political Science) "Where God and Caesar Converge: Fundamentalist Evangelical influence on the Supreme Court since the Reagan Adminstration"
2010 - 2011
Robert Bosilovic '13, Faculty Mentor - Professor Nicole Hotchkiss (Legal Studies and Sociology) "The Effectiveness of Multidistrict Litigation (MDL): A Case study involving Chinese drywall"
Gillian Gualtieri '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Marla Kohlman (Sociology) "Writing Sexual Misconduct: Articulation, Enforcement, and Revision Patterns for Sexual Misconduct Policies at GLCA Institutions as Related to State Laws"
Brittany Grabel '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Jennifer Johnson (Sociology) "Nothing but Resettlement: The Legal Integration and Collective Experiences of Mauritanian Refugees in Ohio"
Thomas Huelskoetter '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler (Political Science) "Bound by Tradition: The Filibuster in the US Senate"
Christian Martinez-Canchola '12, Faculty Mentor- Professor Jennifer Johnson (Sociology) "Hypothetically, What if I were undocumented?"
James Whitacre '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Nicole Hotchkiss (Legal Studies and Sociology) "Environmental Justice: Issues in Cleveland and near Marietta"
2009 - 2010
Christine Bonomo '11, Faculty Mentor - Professor Jeffrey Bowman (History) "Women in the Law Codes of Reconquest Spain"
Jessica Goley '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Bruce Kinzer (History) "From Temporary Charters to "Too Big to Fail": The Social and Legal Causes of Corporate Growth in America"
Quentin Karpilow '11, Faculty Mentor - Professor Joseph Klesner (Political Science) "The Unintended Consequences of U.S.Law: The Role of U.S. Anti-Gang and Immigration Legislation in the Evolution of the Mara Salvatrucha Street Gang"
Gavin McGimpsey '11, Faculty Mentor - Professor Joseph Klesner (Political Science) "Defending Creators Incentive: Legal Responses to a Culture of Infringement"
Lukas Moe '11, Faculty Mentor - Professor Stephen Van Holde (Political Science) "Global Climate Governance and the Role of NGOs"
Robert Wallace '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Thomas Nightingale (Philosophy) "Status Crime: Re-emerging Issues in the Law"
2008 - 2009
Travis Cook '10, Faculty Mentor - Professor Allison Hurst (Sociology) "The Constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act; Can the Commerce Clause be Applied to Anything"
O'Neill Cushman '11, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler (Political Science) "Morality and Law: The Geneva Conventions in the Age of International Terrorism"
Martin Marcinko '10, Faculty Mentor - Professor Joseph Klesner (Political Science) "The Sicilian Mafia: Law and Morality"
Lindsay Stevens '10, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler (Political Science) "Intersections of Youth, Sexuality, Poverty, and Government: The Impact of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs"
Raluca Toma '10, Faculty Mentor - Professor Stephen Van Holde (Political Science) "Trapped in the Trade: Human Trafficking and Prostitution in Western Europe"
Desiree Vodounon '12, Faculty Mentor - Professor Ric Sheffield (Sociology and Legal Studies) "Cultural Impact on Plagiarism in American Colleges and Universities"
2007 - 2008
Naomi Blaushild '10, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler (Political Science) "Pardoning the Power: Patterns and influences of Executive Clemency since the Eisenhower Administration"
Risa Griffin '09, Faculty Mentor - Professor Marla Kohlman (Sociology) "National Welfare and State Surveillance: How PRWORA Impacts Women's Reproductive Freedom"
Elizabeth Meyers '09, Faculty Mentor - Professor Allison Hurst (Sociology) "The Caseworker-Client Relationship: The Dynamics of Class in Welfare"
Kara Stiles '09, Faculty Mentor - Professor Linda Smolak (Psychology) "Women in Prison: Do Female Inmates Face Inequity in the Criminal Justice System"
2006 - 2007
Jeffrey Benjamin Force '08, Faculty Mentor - Professor Christopher Yeomans (Philosophy) "Scalia and Dworkin: The Societal Impact of Constitutional Interpretation"
William Neil Johnston '08, Faculty Mentor - Professor Allison Hurst (Sociology) "The Unequal Scales of Justice: An Exploration of Inherent Disadvantages of Working-Class Civil Litigants and Criminal Defendants"
David Alexander Rinehart '08, Faculty Mentor - Professor Abbie Erler ( Political Science) "Presidential Influence on the Amendment Process: George W. Bush and the Same-Sex Marriage Ban"
Molly Elizabeth Schlemmer '08, Faculty Mentor - Professor Jennifer Johnson (Sociology) "Net Detectives: Cyber-sleuthing as legal vigilantism"