2001 Undergraduate UCSB History Theses

Carreen Anderson, “Thomas de Cantimpre’s Representations of Holy Women in the Thirteenth Century Low Countries” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: S. Farmer.

Jason Frantz, “1969: Nixon’s Opportunity” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: F. Logevall.

Jedediah J. Gray, “Albert Speer: From Ambition to Immoraltiy (Speer’s Influcuence Regarding the Treatment of Forced and Slave Laborers in Nazi Germany)” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: H. Marcuse.

Jonathan Hill, “Martin Luther and the Mysticism of Johannes Tauler” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: A. Friesen.

Dan Leahy, “Soviet Views on ‘Star Wars’” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: T. Hasegawa.

Cheryl McLandrich, “From Friend to Foe: The Changing Images of the Soviet Union in the American Press, 1942-1947” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: T. Hasegawa.

Bianca Murillo, “Urban Experiences of Elite Women in Coastal West Africa” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: S. Miescher.

Andrew Sperry, “Japan’s Decision to Advance South in 1941: An Analysis Through German-Japanese Diplomacy” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: J. Fogel.

Steven B. Williams, “The Man on the Spot: General Maxwell Taylor’s Ambassadorship and Involvement in the Vietnam War” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001). Mentor: F. Logevall. History Associates Board Prize