Nicholas Busta, “Abandoned and Alone: The Mistakes that Led to the Loss of the Battle of Wake Island” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: J. Talbott.
Taylor Ernst, “Was the Great Persecution of Christians Caused by the Manichaeans? The Significance of the Manichaean Persecution in the Time of Diocletian” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: H. Drake.
Kaitlyn Gilmore, “Community Controversies: The Politics of Educational Alternatives in Alum Rock, 1970-1976” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentors: A. O’Connor and S. Miescher.
Clara Morain, “Blowing It: The Development and Demise of Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees, 1978-1989” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: R. Bergstrom.
Graham Oleson, “Breaking New Ground: Challenges of the National Defense Education Act of 1958” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: R. Bergstrom.
Daniel Razzari, “Sir Francis Drake: The Pirate Leading the Counter Armada” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: F. Dutra.
John Stark, “John Muir’s Growing Beard: The Impact of Yosemite National Park on America’s Natural Landscape” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentors: R. Bergstrom and G. Graves.
Amanda Elisabeth Tewes, “Contentious Beauties: Christianity and Beauty Culture in Victorian England” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: E. Rappaport.
Jackson Warkentin, “Power Begets Power: Slavery, Society and Economic Policy in Indigenous America” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: P. Hamalainen.
David M. Wight, “The Ford Administration’s Role in the 1975-76 Lebanese Civil War and the Syrian Military Intervention” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007). Mentor: S. Yaqub. History Associates Board Prize