Archive of Student Papers
Click on student's name for a copy of the research paper:
Spring, 2000
Gail Lynn Aungst, "The Battle for the Maya Civilization"
Todd Mealy, "Broken Bloodlines: How Slavery Influenced African American Culture
Stephen Moore, "The Strait & Narrow: On the Origin of the First Americans"
Meredith Scott, "The Encomienda"
Daniel Heller,
"European Ecological Impact"
Mark Whiteman,
"Jamestown"
Jennifer Majchrzak,
"Images of Columbus"
Spring, 1999
Kevin Engle, "Navigation Through History"
Tiffany Kaylor, "The Vikings"
Autumn Arva, "Going Native"
Mike Hewitt, "Clash of Cultures in Iberia"
Dreama Hohenwarter, "Cross Cultural Study of Society in Indian America"
James Stevenson, "Cross Cultural Study of Government and Politics"
Lloyd Kitchner, "Lewis and Clark"
Rebecca Carlson, "Trade Between Indians and Europeans"
Shelley Seifarth, "Lost Colony of Roanoke"
Chris Ivey, "Juggling in the time of the Age of Discovery"
Sarah Augustine, "The 'Indian' in European Art"
Fred Kerner, "Indians in Movies"
Fall, 1998
W. R. Hagen, "Laying the Foundations: Pre-Columbian Colonization and Exploration of the New World"
Damian Knecht, "A Cross-Cultural Study of Pre-Columbian Africa and America"
Mike Moeller, "If you Sell It They Will Come for More: A Look Into the United Stakes' Treaty Making Process with the Native Americans"
Alfie Cucuzella, "Muslim Influence in the Age of Discovery: More then you may have thought"
Maurice Reilly, "The Lust for Riches: Europe 1492"
Bradley R. Nelson, "The Impact of Indian Warfare Tactics on the Development of the United States Army"
Josh Gui, "The Colonization of America Part Two: The Invasion of the Animals"
Elizabeth Orlow, "Silent Killers of the New World"
Amanda Romberger, "The Rise of the Bourgeoisie during the Age of Discovery"
Michelle Mowery, "RELIGIONS OF THE AZTEC AND SPANISH: HOW DO THEY COMPARE?"
Eric Swab, "Indians in Movies"
Alan D. Groff, "Native Americans in Children’s Literature"
Ryan McClellan, "POCAHONTAS: INDIAN PRINCESS"
Fall, 1997
Dave Burkholder, "The Trial of the Millennium" (Amerigo Vespucci)
Aaron Clevenstine, "Drake"
Tracey Shafer, "The Virginia Trading Company"
Shane M. Firestone, "Indian Views of Nature's Spirituality"
Troy L. Graves, "Mythology-Quetzalcoatl"
Katrina Grosso, "Disease"
Mark E. Nucci, "Ralegh"
Frank J. Palmieri, "The Vatican during the Age of Discovery"
Stephanie L.. Poerstel, "Atlantic Sea Lampry"
Jennifer L. Richart, "Malinche"
Shannon N. White, "Destruction of the Inca Civilization"
Mitchell T. Witmer, "Art of the Age of Discovery and its Influence on the 20th Century"
William M. Fox, "When Musical Worlds Collide"
Tatiana Heckles-Smith, "The Conquest of the New World"
Kimberly M. Bridi, "'Indians' in the Movies"
Spring, 1997
Art Turner, "The Major Effects that Europe had on Africa due to the Slave Trade"
Colin Wenrich, "Spain and the Philippines"
Bryan Sanguinito, "Native American Medicine"
Jeremy Miller, "Ecological Expansion in the Age of Discovery"
David Krzywanski, "Disease"
John R. Reinhard, "Christian Conversion"
Charles "Bob" Quay, "Quetzalcoatl and Viracocha"
Shawn A. Beears, "The Papacy During the Age of Discovery"
Damon E. Cunningham, "Africans and Indians"
Jonathan Oestereich, "Images of the Age of Discovery in Children's Literature"
Darren Washington "The Rise of the Bourgeoisie"
Kevin Kearney "A Conflict of Species"
Heather Thomas "The Christian View of the Natives"
Brian Kozicki "A Culture Lost"
Tabatha Hensel "Going Native"
Sarah Richard "Antithesis"
Fall, 1996
Heather Buettner, "The First European Colony in America"
Jeff Butch, "Amerigo Vespucci"
Matt Wilson, "Ecological Impact of the Age of Discovery on the New World"
Kristi Garner, "Native American Images and Stereotypes"
John Deuter, "The Death of Jamestown"
Brian Snader, "Sowing the Seeds of Capitalism"
Miriam Ortega, "Forced Education and Values"
Ana Serrano, "Education in Puerto Rico; then and now"
John Adams, "European Influences on Native Technology "
Brian Elliott, "The Voyage to India and Those Who Influenced It"
Spring, 1996
Lisa Marie Bagley, "Colonial Exchange during the Age of Discovery"
Ann-Marie Gunselman, "The Impact of Infectious Disease in the New World"
Kristin Collins, "Spices"
Ron Shealer, "Hernando de Soto: Legacy of a Conquistador"
Jamie Katzaman, "Christianity in the New World"
James A. Canaday, "Amerigo Vespucci"
Jaymie Holubowsky, "Plants in the New World"
Brian Fisk, "The Myth of the Benign Indian"
Bill Howe, "The Printing Press"
Jake Repsch, "Columbus in High School"
Fall, 1995
Mike Mylin, "The Development of the Spanish Conquest Mentality"
John Greiner, "Virginia from 1607-1660: A Colony of Ignorance"
Tam Dao, "What the Red Men Gave Us"
Todd Astheimer, "An Evaluation of the Portrayal of Native Americans in Children's Literature"
Patty Strassman, "The Influence of Spice Trade on the Age of Discovery"
Stacy Goodling, "Effects of European Diseases on the Inhabitants of the New World"
Tom Santoli, "The Exchange of Agricultural Species and Practices between Europe and the Americas"
Jennifer Jury, "Amerigo Vespucci"
Nadine Kuziemkowski, "Amerigo Vespucci"
Joel Groff, "Medicine Men vs Shamans"
Doug Griffith, "Jamestown and the Decline of the Indians"
Lisa Hayes, "The Black Legend"
Mike McAllister, Technology in the Age of Discovery"
Matt Kennedy, "Indian Music"
Charles Parker, "Christopher
Columbus: A Question of Character and Accountability"
Linda Serianni, "Portrait of an American Indian"
Cara Nixon, "Disease"
Papers Prior to Fall, 1995
Willie Thedford, "African Encounter in the New World"
Barbara Margerum, "Religion during the Age of Discovery"
Beverly Caldwell, "Comparison of Spanish and English Colonization"
Lisa Cellucci, "Race as Seen in Childrens' Books"
Sharon MacAdams, "Portrayal of Columbus in the Elementary Schools"
Scott Keddie, "Columbus: Hero or Villain"
Greg Cramer, "First Impressions of the New World"
Janet L. Dotterer, "Christopher Columbus: Motivations to Reach the Indies by Sailing West"
Geoffrey Beers, "The Ecological Impact of Europe During the Age of Discovery"
Matt Madeira, "The Columbian Exchange: A Clash With Nature"
Matt Farro, "How Native Americans Are Depicted In Childrens Literature"
Jeff Graczyk, "The role of the Vatican during the Age of Discovery"
Ladina Stoltzfus, "Medieval Spanish Culture and Inca"
Jennifer Glass, "Metalsmithing in Peru: from the Chavin to the Inca"
Chad P. Isom, "Mesoamerican Architecture, a Cross Cultural Study"
Shannon Moran, "The Vikings"
Ed Harvey, "Understanding Sea Mythology"
Russell C. Grayson, "Sea Mythology"
Kathy Neff, "The Suppression of Indian Religion"
Daniel F. Ruzansky, "Peopling the New World"
Patrick Gillisse, "The Printing Press in the Age of Discovery"
Brett Reigh, "Exploitation of the Indians during the Age of Discovery"
Robin Rickert, "The Fall of Two great Empires"
Peter Dzien, "The Seneca Nation's Death and Rebirth"
Pearl L. Sensenig, "Marco Polo: An Inspiration to Christopher Columbus and the Age"
Willis Shirk, "Encounter With the New World: European Psyche Confronting Its Own"
Charles Tatu, "The Bourgeoisie and the Age of Discovery"