Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Napierkowski, Samantha. Does Snider Hockey reach its own goals?: An assessment of enrollment, retention, and academics:

  • Nierenberg, Ali. The Varied Effects of Retail Gentrification in Northern Liberties:

  • Onyeador, Ikechukwu. Urban Malnutrition: Deficits in Ability, Assets & Attitude in West Philadelphia:

  • Osaki, Samantha. Crisis Averted? The Dimner Beeber Middle School Community, Post-Threat of Closing:

  • Pan, Ying. Identity and Isolation: The Social Changes Reflected from the Decline of Physical Bookstores, Using Philadelphia as an Example:

  • Pershe, Matthew. Shaking Up Center City: Shake Shack and the Resurgence of Retail in Downtown Philadelphia:

  • Sachse, Erica. Current Strategies for the Revitalization of Detroit: Emerging Themes and Past Disappointments:

  • Santos, Rosemary. The Intricacies of Neighborhood Revitalization: The Case of Inwood, Manhattan:

  • Schlager, Spencer. Urban Amenities and the Creative Class: A Case Study Approach Analyzing the Impacts of Bicycle Use and Facilities on Cities:

  • Shepherd, Samuel. Philadelphia’s 10-Year Property Tax Abatement program: Unequal Outcomes:

  • Shimberg, Claire. Voter ID Laws: Fraudulent or Preventing Fraud?:

  • Slaughter, Kelsey. “Opting Out” at the University of Pennsylvania?: Are African Americans in the College of Arts and Sciences Avoiding Certain Majors and Opting for Lower-Paying, Less Prestigious Careers?:

  • Sloss, Molly. Learning How to Learn: A Case Study of Socio-Emotional Learning at Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia and Wagner Middle School:

  • Smyth, Julian. The Low Income Housing Tax Credit: How The Government Created a False Perception Around the LIHTC Program:

  • Stroh, Elisa. Escaping the Persistently Dangerous Designation: The Impact of No Child Left Behind Legislation and the School District’s Evolving Relationship with its Schools:

  • Survis, Nicole. The Right Response?: A Case Study of Implementing Technology-Based Assessment and Instruction into the Response to Intervention and Instruction (RtII) Framework at Mastery Charter’s Shoemaker Campus:

  • Thomson, Steven. Crime in Kensington: Addressing the Factors and Uncovering Solutions:

  • Vergerio, Manon. The Role of Art in Urban Revitalization: A Case Study of Fishtown, Philadelphia:

  • Walker, Claire. Pop-ups as a Branding Strategy: Investigating the Phenomenon of Publically Funded Pop-ups:

  • Welch, Ashley Marie. Olympic Impact in Rio de Janeiro: A Case Study on Displacement and Affordability in Olympic Host Cities:

  • Williams, Taryn. Managing Urban Classrooms: Behavior Management at Lea Elementary:

  • Zhang, Shuting Rosaline. Keeping Great Teachers in the Classroom, a case study on a pilot teacher evaluation system and its impact on teacher retention:

  • Zurier, Rachel. Educating Space: The Suitability And Failure of a Philadelphia Factory School:

  • Alicino, Gabrielle. Growing Engagement through Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Bartram Farm and Community Resource Center:

  • Anderson, Jessica. Orange County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness: A study on homelessness and policy at the local level: