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: