Senior theses collection

Arrow’s impossibility theorem states, “Any constitution that respects transitivity, independence of irrelevant alternatives, and unanimity is a dictatorship.” In other words, no democratic voting system can be perfect. With the archaic Electoral College system still in place and the Democratic and Republican parties fully entrenched in certain states, the United States’ electoral system is, quite … Read more

In my thesis, I present an analysis of how my informants manage the threat of racial stigma in their daily lives. East Asians’ introduction in Peru as plantation laborers established their race as stigmatized. As the interview data suggest, the stigma’s persistence is felt among my informants through institutions such as the Chinese restaurant chifa … Read more