Below is a selection of dissertations from the International Studies program in Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences that have been voluntarily included in Chapman University Digital Commons. Additional dissertations from years prior to 2019 are available through the Leatherby Libraries' print collection or in Proquest's Dissertations and Theses database.

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Theses from 2024

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Negative Social Perceptions and their Impacts on the Maya People, Eleina Beltran

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Legitimacy Competition: China and the United States Legitimization of International Criminal Court Referral Decisions, Allison Flame

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Mobilizing Online, Marching Offline: Familias Unidas Por Nuestros Desaparecidos’ Strategic Use of Social Media, Iara Gonzalez Ascencio

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Rotten to the Corps: Understanding the Human Rights Consequences of Military Failure Through the Eyes of Russian Prisoners of War, Gary Mercer

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Fast Fashion: A Thorough Examination on Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh and Global Environmental Degradation, Maggie Quiroz

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Humanizing the Migration Experience: The Stories and Struggles of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children from the Northern, Stephanie Santiago

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A Cross-Country Analysis of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Leah Shoff

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The Dynamics of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Reyhaneh Zamani

Theses from 2023

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Modern Slavery: A Thorough Examination on Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Children in Mexico, Sarah Altuwaijri

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Whose Nation is it? A Critical Analysis of the Impacts of Conservative Nationalism and Migration Security on Marginalized Groups in America, Joshua Jackson

Theses from 2022

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Why Renegotiation?: Renewal of the South Korea-Chile Bilateral Free Trade Agreement, Montserrat Bugueno

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Intersectional Approaches to Climate Action: A Comparative Study of Women's Equality and Indigenous Voices in Iceland and New Zealand, Sixtine Foucaut

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Gender, Terrorism, and Nation-Building: A Comparative Study of Chechnya's Black Widows and the Female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Rachel Kadar

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Contextualizing the 2019 “Chile Despertó” Movement: The Impact of Historical Relational Processes on Mobilization and Repression, Tanya Leon

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Islamic Bioethics: National Regulations and Guidelines of Human Stem Cell Research in the Muslim World, Azza Mahmoud

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Five Public Concerns Represented by Environmental Groups in the Development of Regional Free Trade Agreements: A Case Study of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Julian Rodriguez

Theses from 2021

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Kagame’s Ruse in Rwanda: The Debilitating Role of Authoritarianism in Rwanda and its Impact on Long Term, Sustainable Development, Manuel Grajeda

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The Family Business: DNA Ancestry Tests and White Identity, Callan Keeter

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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria, Aitiya Simon

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China-Africa Relations: The Northern Nigerian Textile Industry, Afolabi Toye

Theses from 2020

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The Origin of Usurpation and Tyranny: Nonagentic Anti-Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century and the Legacy of Chavismo, Juan Bustillo

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Reproductive Health in the Philippines: Poverty, Religiosity, and Navigating Reproductive Choices, Allison Goncena

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The Impact of Chinese Investments on the Kenyan Economy, Candice Newcomb

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Detention of Asylum-Seekers: Comparison of the Asylum and Detention Practices in United States and Sweden, Yuliia Pohorilets

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Dual Immersion Programs and their Implications: Focused Analyses on the Educational History, Francisco Reynoso Barron

Theses from 2019

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The Dynamics of Language in the Valencian Community from the Context of Immigration Policy and Refugee Programs, Mark Hansberry