The Undergraduate Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford

Honors Theses Archive

Thesis Repository
Beginning with the Class of 2009, CSRE Honors Theses are available on this site. The list of theses titles demonstrates the range of topics and interests supported by the Honors program and the ethnic studies majors. Further review of the abstracts show the interdisciplinary nature of these programs through the diverse methodologies utilized to conduct student research.

For more information regarding the CSRE Honors Thesis Program, please see our Honors Program Page.

2011 Honors Thesis Repository
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Student Name	Major	Thesis Title
Donovan Ervin	CSRE	We Shall Overcome: The Anti-Apartheid Movement and its Effects on the Stanford Community
A-lan Holt	CSRE	8BALL \| Towards a Politic of Impossibility
Kelsey King	CSRE	Ways of Being White: Examining White Identity Formation and Social and Academic Integration of Low-Income White Students at Elite Universities
Jennifer Price	CSRE	Crime and Cinema: Latin American Film Portrayals of Afro-Latinos in the Favelas and Barrios of Brazil and Venezuela
Stephanie Otani-Sunamoto	CSRE	Living Out Loud: (De)Constructing the Multiracial Individual
Luke Wigren	CSRE	iViva Turismo!: Overcoming Racial Borders through a Trans-American, Transnational Social Movement of Travel, Art, Language, Community Organizing, and Youth Activism
Pilar Wong	CSRE	The Power of the Uniform: The Transition from Native to Civilian

2010 Honors Thesis Repository
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Student Name	Major	Thesis Title
Erika Eva Chase	CSRE	Beyond Blood Quantum: Exploring the Origins & Implications of Imposed Indigenous Identification Policies to Reclaim Tribal Citizenship & Rebuild Native Nationhood
Aria Florant	CSRE	Inextricably linked: Cultural representation and transformation in the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Cuauhtemoc Peranda	CSRE	The Doing of Vogue: LGBT Black & Latino Ballroom Subculture, Voguing’s Embodied Fierceness, and the Making of a Quare World on Stage
Jessica Diane Perez	CSRE	Beyond Admissions: Latino College Choice
Luke Alexander Spark Taylor	CSRE	Whiteness: The Body and Pathology of American Loss
C. Lilian Thaoxaochay	Anthropology	Writing Metaethnography: Anthropological Explorations and Hmong American Women’s Multi-Sited Lives
Henry Tsai	CSRE	In(di)visible: New Orleans Vietnamese American Youth Responses to Hurricane Katrina
Bethany Woolman	CSRE	Coalition Building or Cultural Appropriation? African-American Civil Rights Rhetoric in LGBT Politics

2009 Honors Thesis Repository
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Student Name	Major	Thesis Title
Victoria Benson	CSRE	Giving A Voice To The ‘Silent Epidemic’: Examining Existing Barriers And Oral Health Outreach For Low Income Mexican American Children
Edgar Chávez	CSRE	Closed Doors, Open Windows: Legal Status in the Lives Of Undocumented Youth
Maggie Chen	CSRE	Does Attitude Matter? Explaining Racial Disparities in Teen Pregnancy
Katie Frank	Chicana/o Studies	Drawn In, Drawn Out: Graphic Novels as a Site for Alternative Representation
Cynthia Liao	Asian American Studies	Rhetoric of Race and Rights in Chinese Parents’ Anti-Busing Campaign in San Francisco, 1971-1972
Sergio Rosas	CSRE	La Familia En Casa—The Participation of Low-Income and Immigrant Mexican Parents in the Lives of High School Children
Holly Miowak Stebing	Native American Studies	Rewriting the History of Racial Segregation In Alaska
Kaori Tsukada	CSRE	Two Housing Campaigns by the Chinese Progressive Association: The Interaction Between Organizational Structure, Organizing, and Service
Wayva Waterman	Native American Studies	The Great Tree of Healthy Eating and Seasons Haudenosaunee Food Model: Culturally Specific Approaches to Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits