Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Ferguson, Sereina. Sister Poor & Brother Hope: A Contextualization of how City Politics Influences Student Religious Life in the Urban College-Campus Setting:

  • Garnick, David. Transportation (In)Justice & the Dwindling Hope of Co-Existence in Jerusalem: The Development of the Jerusalem Light Rail, a Case Study:

  • Ghura, Alisa. Breathing in Black and Brown Schools: The School Facilities Crisis, A Case Study of the School District of Philadelphia:

  • Goudjil, Adam. Old City Neighborhood: Gentrification or the Shaping of New Urban Trends? :

  • Kean, Joseph. Are Support Programs Rightfully Representing the Drug-Abused Homeless Population?:

  • Morfin, Juliette. At the Intersection: Public Arts in the Right-of-way:

  • Moss-Horwitz, Benjamin . Music Education in the Creative Economy: A Case Study of Music Generation Ireland:

  • Mueller, Savannah. “The music can save their lives”: A Critical Perspective on El Sistema Programming:

  • Oh, Amanda. London's Royal Parks: Exceptional Public Amenities or Exclusionary Private Spaces?:

  • Schulman, Jenna. A Radical Response or a Product of Neoliberalism: Understanding the Nature of Urban Agriculture in West Kensington, Philadelphia, from 1970-2022:

  • Statchen, Thomas. Asset Based Community Development in Health Resource Development for an African Immigrant Community: A Temporary Bandage Over Deep Wounds:

  • Taylor, Miles. When Disaster Strikes: How Philadelphia’s Transit Agency Botched the COVID-19 Pandemic and How It Could Have Done Better:

  • Troeller, Kimberly. 'The Preservation Paradox': Reconciling the Tensions between Historic Preservation and Sustainable Development in Philadelphia:

  • Wagner, Leo. Transit mode, alignment, and operation and its impacts on ridership, the passenger experience, and urban areas in the Maghreb:

  • Ward, Meghan. 76 Place as a Catalyst for Urban Revitalization: Why History Tells us this Might Not be the Case:

  • Aguilar, Valery. Criminalizing Urban ATV & Dirt Bike Riding in Philadelphia: An Analysis of Government, Media, and Individual Opinion:

  • Aronoff, Grant. Impact of Covid Restrictions on Hospitality and Office Sectors of the Real-Estate Market:

  • Barkann, Matthew. A Blessing in Disguise? How Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program Has Become a National Model for Eviction Recourse in the Wake of the CDC’s Eviction Moratorium:

  • Chowdhury, Amira. Adult Immigrants In Philadelphia: How Language Acculturation At Traditional and Ethnic-Based Adult-Education Programs Are Influencing Life Trajectories Of Adult Immigrants:

  • Ciampa, Francesca. Public Safety? Campus Policing And University-Driven Redevelopment At The University Of Pennsylvania:

  • Connolly, Katherine. A Classroom Divided: Defining the Digital Divides in Philadelphia Public Schools:

  • De La Paz, Nathaly. The Paradox of Inclusion: The Exclusionary Effects of Participatory Design in Neighborhoods Facing Gentrification:

  • Duan, Hongyu. Irreverent: Negotiating A New Normal In An Old-School Bodybuilding Gym:

  • Finley, Sarah. uCity Square: The Continuation of 1960s Urban Renewal in University-Led Development?:

  • Gulino, Michael. Sunbelt ‘Citadels’: Enclaved Exclusivity in West Houston’s Urban Landscape: