Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Himmel, David. The Philadelphia BYO Industry:

  • Jacobson, Alexander. Private Design of Public Space: A Study of Love Park & Dilworth Plaza:

  • Karp, David. Developing Green Building Initiatives: Restructured Economies and Redesigned Environments:

  • King, Cami. The Simple Way: Community Organization and Community Service of Utopian Communes in North America:

  • Lewis, Ben. The Hipster: Defining the Indefinable- An American Subculture:

  • Marg, Michael. Sprawl and the Great Smart Growth Experiment: Will Smart Growth Policies Solve Sprawl Once and for All?:

  • Matysik, George. Freedom from Hunger: Data solutions toward mapping food insecurity in the United States:

  • Mott, Felicia. An Evaluation of John Ogbu’s Theories on Immigration and Education: A Study of Black Ethnic Identities and the differentiation of the English speaking African American, African Caribbean, and African Student:

  • O'Donnell, Evan. Reevaluating the BID: Civic Engagement in Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Business Improvement Districts:

  • Pollock, Jody. Tener Lugar: Community and place-making in the Norris Square Grupo Motivos gardens:

  • Portelli, Joseph. Financing Suburban Retrofits: Strategies for Dead and Dying Mall Redevelopment:

  • Ratner, Jacob. Bolivian Migrant Transnational Political Organizations in the D.C. Metropolitan Area: Why They Organize, How They Work For Change, And If They Succeed:

  • Rommerdahl, Dana. The Organizational Dynamics of the Penn/West Project:

  • Schwartz, Daniel. Recruiting for Sanctuary: Explaining Involvement in the Original and New Sanctuary Movements of Philadelphia:

  • Squire, Rachel. Keeping people in their homes? An Evaluation of the Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program:

  • Tatum, John. Dallas TOD: Fact or Fiction? A Study of Transit-Oriented Development near DART Red and Blue Line Rail Stations - 1995, 2000, 2005:

  • Tishman, Maggie. Painting in the 505: Graffiti in Managua, Nicaragua, as an example of cultural hybridization and how this challenges classic theorizations of global-local interaction:

  • Tobias, James. Penntagon: A Contemporary War Catalog of the University of Pennsylvania:

  • Tomczuk, Jamie. Student Voice in School Reform: the Case of West Philadelphia High School:

  • Tonnesan, Sonja. What does “thorough and efficient” mean to you? Understanding Variations Among Judicial Decisions on School Finance Litigation:

  • Warrell, Adrienne. Finding Unity in Diversity: A Case Study of Integration in Mount Airy, Philadelphia:

  • Yeung, Sarah. Immigrant Suburb:

  • Yudin, Leah. Institutional Approaches to Sustainability in the Urban Environment:

  • Acoca-Pidolle, Arthur. MLK Plaza: A Case Study of One Mixed Income Development and Its Ability to Provide Affordable Housing: University of Pennsylvania:

  • Bailey, Bria. Black Real Estate Developers: Their Road to Success: