BHSU POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE MEDIA

SDPB Interview (start at 41 mins): Dr. Drummond discusses the competing views of Carter and Reagan 

Keloland interview: Dr. Carriveau discusses how politicians are using social media ().

SDPB Interview: Dr. Carriveau discusses presidential debates ().

SDPB Interview: Dr. Carriveau discusses what candidates can learn from past presidential debates ().

SDPB Interview: Dr. Carriveau discusses the benefits of democracy ().

SDPB Interview: Dr. Van Benthuysen discusses the importance of compromise, forbearance, and tolerance in democracy ().

SDPB Interview: Dr. Drummond discusses the pedagogical use of movies and television ().

SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Samantha Allen, “Feminism as a Secular Religion” 2022

Jason Gentrup, “Infrastructure Policy: Security for the Future” 2022

Julianne Graham, “The Abuses of Intelligence Power in the United States” 2022

Sydney Lunde, “Applying Gendered Political Institutions Theory: The Politics of Masculinity,” 2022

Anthony Mooney Denny, “Re-writing the Global Order: Mutually Assured Destruction, Nuclear Threshold, and the Return of Great Power Conflicts in the 21st Century” 2022

Madison Russell, “Understanding Kelo v. City of New London (2005)”

Kayla Sutton, “American Tolerance and Immigration” 2022

Michael Scott, “Conscription: A Tool For Democracy,” 2022

Taylor Ann Wooley, “The Mind of the Taliban: An Explanatory Study of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Treatment of Women,” 2022

Sydney Fuerst, “Populist Divisions: Why the Left and the Right Cannot Unite,” 2022

Thomas Donovan, "Capital Punishment & the Case for Life," 2021

James LaCroix, “Education Reform in Kenya,” 2021. 

Adam Miller, “Social Media: Demagoguery of Democracy,” 2020. 

Kennesha Nept, “The Political Economy of Mass Incarceration,” 2020. 

Jenna Piper, “The Silent Invasion: Human Trafficking in Rural America,” 2020. 

Tristen Rhoden, “Mass Incarceration,” 2020. 

Katie Tieman, “How Sovereignty Effects Native Nations,” 2020.

Contact Info

Dr. John Van Benthuysen
Associate Professor, Political Science
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Black Hills State University
1200 University St.
Spearfish, SD, USA 57799

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