Thesis Defense Calendar

The following is a listing of the Ashbrook thesis defenses for the Spring 2023 semester. All defenses are open to the public and will be held in the Ashbrook Center (Schar 204) unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, March 16

6:00pm
Adrianne Silva (advised by Greg McBrayer)
A Platonic Critique of the Glamorization of Serial Killers in Entertainment

Monday, April 3

6:00pm
Tyler Rice (advised by Chris Burkett)
The Making of American Statesmen: An Inquiry on the Life and Character of George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant

Tuesday, April 11

6:30pm
Tony Adams (advised by Chris Burkett)
Social Security: The Proposal of Old Age Insurance and the Opposition to Federal Retirement Benefits

Thursday, April 13

6:00pm
Ardith Amon (advised by Greg McBrayer)
Austen as an Aristotelian: Happiness and Virtue in Pride and Prejudice

Friday, April 14

6:00pm
Ryan Ortner (advised by David West)
Cicero's Republica: The Plan to Retake Rome

Friday, April 21

5:00pm
John Miller (advised by Ben Slomski)
Virtue of the Vice: An Examination of the Constitutional Lessons and Historical Transformation of the Vice Presidency

Monday, April 24

6:30pm
Gio Hutchings (advised by David Aune)
Christian Thought: A Challenge to Societal Beliefs Rooted in the Prosperity Gospel

Wednesday, April 26

6:00pm
Joshua Stickney (advised by Russell Weaver)
Heidegger and the Question of Authenticity: Is a Truly Authentic Existence Possible?

Thursday, April 27

6:00pm
E.J. McKay (advised by Greg McBrayer)
The Autonomous Utility of NATO as an Instrument of Peace

Friday, April 28

4:00pm
Bria Meisse (advised by Robert Wyllie)
Entrepreneurs of Happiness

6:00pm
Molly Given (advised by Jeffrey Sikkenga)
Can Reparations Help the United States of America Make Racial Progress? A Dialogue of American Race Theorists

Wednesday, May 3

5:30pm
Reina Britt (advised by Cara Rogers)
The Virtues of Republican Motherhood: How Can These Principles Alter Modern Activism?

7:00pm
Tasha Coleman (advised by Cara Rogers)
Likeness With Liberty: How the Immigrant is More American than the Natural-Born Citizen

Thursday, May 4

2:00pm
Tiffany Sims (advised by Christopher Burkett)
“From Blindness to Sight” – A Short Film’s Exploration of Difference and Fear of “The Other”

Friday, May 5

9:00am
Ellie Richardson (advised by Russell Weaver)
The Laceration of a Dichotomy: Rationalism and Spirituality within Ivan Karamazov