Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Ariffin, Nabilla. The Viability of Having Self-Sufficient Urban Farms in Philadelphia:

  • Barazani, Zalima. Making Memories, Changing Lives: The Impact of Vacamas Programs for Youth in Preventing Urban, At-Risk Youth from Becoming Child Delinquents or Adult Criminals:

  • Bitterman, Moshe. Access to Mental Health for Prisoner Re-Entry:

  • Chandra, Meghna. Policing the Town and Gown: Making Sense of Contested Narratives of Security, Surveillance, and Power:

  • Cobbinah, Sarah. Just Give Kids a Break…Not Just Any Break, a Quality One!:

  • Compres, Elsy. Claiming the City: Informal Land Tenure and the Right to Belong:

  • Cruz-Guzman, Cristopher. Suburbanization of Poverty & Inequality: Analyzing Nonprofit Effectiveness with Well-Being:

  • Doi, Elizabeth. Behind the Gates: The Wagner Free Institute and its Neighborhood, 1865-2000:

  • Epstein, Adeline. Chicago as a Business Hub: What Should it Do to Get There?:

  • Feldman, Sophie. Taking the Coca-Cola Line to AT&T Station: Advertising in Public Space and its Manifestations in Philadelphia:

  • Fuchs, Alexandra. The Social Fuel of Transportation Decisions in Gentrifying Neighborhoods How a West Philadelphia Neighborhood Became a Hub of Bicycle Riding:

  • Gannon, Mark. Affordable Housing and the Gentrification of Point Breeze, Philadelphia:

  • Goore, Amy. Imprisoned Neighborhoods: The Spatial Concentration of Mass Incarceration:

  • Granger, Williamena. The Institution of the Community: Locating Pennypack Woods within Louis Kahn’s Design Philosophy:

  • Harding, John. Philadelphia and Global City Formation:

  • Horowitz, Jared. Boutique Hotels of All Sizes:

  • Hyman, Tyler. The Relationship Between Teacher Experience and Effectiveness: Implications for Teacher Mentorship at the Benjamin B. Comegys School:

  • Kotnik, Stephanie. Career and Technical Education in Philadelphia High Schools Place and Purpose in Post-Secondary Preparation:

  • Krieger, Patrick. Black Jesus: An Exploration of Catholic Identity at St. Francis de Sales School:

  • Lowe, Jordan. Working Toward Residential Energy Efficiency: Penn’s Role in Improving the Energy Efficiency of Off-Campus Student Housing:

  • Luo, Kevin. Equality for “All”: the (Lack of) Racial Discourse in Mainstream LGBT Activism: A Case Study of Family Equality Council:

  • Moreno-Rosa, Salomon. Abundant, Yet Overlooked: The Case for Reforming Bilingual Education in the United States:

  • Nash, Taylor. Gardening in Philadelphia Elementary Schools: Organizational Perspectives on the Success and Limitations of Horticulture in Schools.:

  • Onyeador, Nonyerem. African-American Social Media Entrepreneurship: Erasing the Business Ownership Gap Between Blacks and the Rest of the Population:

  • Schmidt, Samantha. Zoning for Equity and Exclusion: Conflicts Over How Best to Service Citizens in Philadelphia’s 1962 Zoning Code Revision: