Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • A'Janae Hester, Kailah. Cultivating a Community of Care: Understanding Perspectives of Those Delivering Overdose Response Care:

  • Agbotey, Sey. Influences on Perceptions of Complete Street Policies: A Case Study on Washington Avenue:

  • Ahmadzai, Sameem. Experiments in Liberation: Political Education, Movement-Building, and Power Dynamics at the Radical Independent Bookstore:

  • Applegate, Faith. Magnet School Students’ Search for Accessible Third Places in Philadelphia’s Market East Neighborhood:

  • Biehl, Leo M.. “The Snowball Effect”: An Analysis of Community Organizing Efforts at Community Land Trust Brussels :

  • Busser, Grace. Visualizations of Resistance: Chinatown Community Through Public Art :

  • Chiu, Kenny. Giving Back and Defending Home: The Rooted Community Work By the Youth of Philadelphia Chinatown:

  • Cisneros, Jacob. Breaking Chains: Social Entrepreneurship and the Path to Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated Citizens:

  • Edman, Erica. Transitioning from Crisis Response to Sustainable Institutions: The Evolution of Philadelphia’s Community Fridges:

  • Fasan, Ayomikun. Anticipatory Action to Address Environmental Justice Concerns in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Metropolitan Area:

  • Flaxman, Zachary. Changes in Public Expenditure Resulting From the Disbursement of Guaranteed Income to the Unhoused:

  • Freedman, Sophia. Affordable Aspen? Evaluating Gentrification and Housing Policy in a Mountain Town:

  • Gadzekpo, Kimberly K.. Eastwick: Flooding and Demographic Vulnerabilities in Eastwick, Philadelphia:

  • Guggenhime, Riley C.. Infrastructure Matters: Quantifying the Association between Transit Access, the Built Environment, and Philadelphia Bike-Share Usage:

  • Heim, Sara K.. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Immigrant Erasure and Othering within the Philanthropic Sector, A Case Study of South Philadelphia (1898-present):

  • Hochman, Anna. For Whose Benefit? The Evolution of Green Space in the Face of Urban Transformation:

  • Koumendakos, Jonathan. Lender of Last Resort: The Role of Community Development Financial Institutions in Supporting Small Businesses in Underserved Areas of Philadelphia:

  • Leung, Sophia S.. Push-Pull: The Politicization of Social Studies in Philadelphia Elementary Education:

  • Metzger, Anna G.. The Gentrification of Fishtown: Unpacking Resident Perceptions of Luxury Real Estate Development:

  • Moosbrugger, Mabel. Compromising Public Good: Evaluating the Impact of Private Financing on Government Project Goals:

  • Nguyen, Kaitlyn H.. Unleashing the Social Scene: Exploring the Social Impact of Dog Parks in Philadelphia:

  • Sun, Claire. Mandating Affordability: Stakeholder Responses to Inclusionary Zoning in Philadelphia:

  • Teague, Khaci U.. Philadelphia’s Centralized Food Hubs: Cultural and Economic Pillars in African American Communities, A Study on the Role of Black-Owned Restaurants in Philly:

  • Wong, Anthony T.. Driving a Hard Bargain: Determinants of Public Transit Usage Among Male Undergraduate Students at the University of Pennsylvania:

  • Edayadi, Marc. Impact of Labor Unions on Political Behavior in Post-Industrial Pittsburgh: