Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Wright, George D. Housing Market Impacts of Public Transit: Implications from the Census and American Community Survey, 1990-2010:

  • Yoon, Eiwoon. Diversifying Museum Education at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Is it Heading in the Right Direction?:

  • Aronson, Sam. Brownfield to Green Space Conversions: An Analysis of Two Successes and One Failure:

  • Bassini, Alan. Inside Philadelphia’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness:

  • Bloom, Samantha. Expressions of Crisis in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe: A Case Study of Berlin’s Urban Memorial Culture:

  • Bryant, Kristen. Aging into Adulthood: The Experiences and Struggles of Former Forster Youth in Philadelphia:

  • Ching, Justin. The Prison Disability Complex: Disability Among Juveniles Incarcerated in the Philadelphia Prison System:

  • Connor, Hannah. Dis)empowerment:The Implementation of Corrective Mathematics in Philadelphia Empowerment Schools:

  • Delphin, Naomi. Urbanization and Marine Water Quality in Beverly, Massachusetts:

  • Dillard, Nicole. VI: The Martin Luther King Plaza and Hawthorne Neighborhood:

  • Dobkin, David. Fair or Foul? Ballparks and Their Impact on Urban Revitalization:

  • Fisher, Ariel. From Preaching to Providing: How Religious Communities Can Help Alleviate Urban Poverty:

  • Flesh, Michelle. Deaf Education:A Case Study of The Juan Chavez SchoolCiudad Quesada, Costa Rica:

  • Fuld, Ryan. Parking In Center City:

  • Garofalo, Michael. Changing Connections:College Students and Political Media Consumption:

  • Goodman, Jason. The Impact of Urban Greening on Tax Assessments in New Kensington, Philadelphia:

  • Goodwin, Marcus. Mid-Atlantic Homebuilders and the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis:

  • Hess-Homeier, Meg. Student Mobility and School Policy:

  • Hewitt, Albert. Diversity in Athletics in the Ivy League:

  • Huberlie, Allison. The Twin Demands: A Study of How Philadelphia Charter School Leaders Perceive Tradeoffs Between Accountability and Autonomy:

  • Isham, Caitlin. Eat and Live. Live and Eat. Determining a Restaurant’s Location and Its Potential to Impact a Neighborhood:

  • Joell, Valerie. ENSURING NO CHILD IS LEFT BEHIND An analysis of how three elementary schools are confronting the implementation of a direct instruction reading program:

  • Kaplan, Naomi. Downtown Dollars as Community Currency:

  • Katcoff, Esthee. Hope, Fear, and (Dis)enfranchisement: Community Leaders’ Complex Perception of Gentrification:

  • Kurz, Sarah. Growing Community:An examination of racial dynamics at Mill Creek Farm: