The following American Studies Seminar research papers were written by students in the 1987 seminar, "The Constitution and the Press, 1787-88: Popular Culture, Political Opinion, and the Ratification Debates," under the supervision of Charles E. Clark.

• "The colonial Post Office: The Carrier of the Constitution and the Ratification Debates," by James C. Berube
• "Newport Newspapers and Ratification of the Federal Constitution," by Deborah A. Bockus
• "Swimming Against the Tide," by Carla Buckley
• "The Ratification Process in New Hampshire," by Beth A. Crawford
• "A Political Perspective on South Carolina: Sectionalism, Ratification and Slavery," by Donald LeBlanc
• "All of a Piece: Shays' Rebellion and Rural Anti-federalism in Western Massachusetts," by Sharon A. Moore
• "Federalism, Anti-Federalism, and the Newspapers' Role in Publishing the Opposition to the Constitution in Connecticut, 1787-1788," by Victoria Peters
• "The Concept of Deference and the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution in Hartford County," by E.C. Schroeder
• "The Paper War: The Newspaper Battles and the Ratification of the Constitution in Massachusetts, September 1787-February 1788," by Richard F. Wareing