Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Kayser, Jacob. A Case Study on the Policy Influences on Chicago’s Bus Rapid Transit: A Conversation on Equity, Economic Development, and Urban Regime Theory:

  • Lampkin, Sydney. Policing Sex and Public Space Before, During, and After a Plague: An Overview of Policing Gay Spaces and Activity in New York City:

  • Lowenkron, Hadriana. The Case for Media Reparations: Envisioning an Antiracist Future for Newsrooms:

  • McElwee, Cayla. The Anchor Effect: A Case Study on University City Life Sciences and Community Impact:

  • Moran, Caroline. Building the Boulevard: How Roosevelt Boulevard Came to Connect and Divide North and Northeast Philadelphia:

  • Park, Julia. Housing is Health Care: A Case Study of the Housing Smart Program in Philadelphia:

  • Ruiz de la Concha, Daniel. El Lado Olvidado: The Untold Story of Mexican Agriculture in the Age of Free Trade:

  • Weinberger, Rebecca. College Students’ Motivations for Volunteering: How University of Pennsylvania’s Academic Programs Influence Undergraduate Students’ Motivations for Volunteering:

  • Yeh, Nicholas. The Guangdong-Macau-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area as an example of China’s Rapid Urban Development: A Capitalist take on Communist Principles:

  • Abramowitz, Gideon. Urban Tech Ecosystems: Lessons from Targeted Economic Development Efforts in New York City and Tulsa:

  • Acosta, Daniel. Give Me Five: The Effects of an Extra Five Days on Vote-By-Mail Ballot Return Rates in Florida:

  • Allen, Trinity India. Digging Deeper into the Causes of Teacher Turnover in the School District of Philadelphia: An Ethnographic Approach:

  • Armetta, Nicholas. Financial Literacy Education and How the Stock Market Figures In:

  • Cabrale, Maria. Transit-Oriented Displacement: Los Angeles Exposition Line:

  • Canty, Rebekah. Why Affordable Housing Isn't the Solution Philadelphia Needs: Understanding Affordable Housing and its impact in Philadelphia:

  • Colas, Pauline. Photography and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Case Stude of #ICPConcerned, Global Images for Global Crisis :

  • Dinan, Michael. Ghost Kitchens: They Might Be Invisible But Are Here to Stay:

  • Falk, Jay. Sacrificing Privacy: Hidden COVID-19 Costs of Ed Tech in Virtual Urban Education, 2020:

  • Galbraith, Amelia. COVID-19 Across Philadelphia: How Long-Standing Inequities Exacerbate Hospitalizations and Deaths Among Specific Demographic and Geographic Groups:

  • Goldman, Lindsay. Student Housing & Student Experience: A Case Study of the University of Pennsylvania in 2020:

  • Goldman, Jack. Sunset Park: Is Gentrification Inevitable?:

  • Hachenburg, Carmina. Reggaetón and Puerto Rico: An Analysis of Puerto Rico’s Complex Urban Environment Through Music:

  • Hall, Ryan . Equity in the Outputs of the Neighborhood Street Fund Program: A Case of Participatory Budgeting in Seattle, WA:

  • Heard, Preston. The Golden Ratio in Music:

  • Horowitz, Tate. How can the Philadelphia Navy Yard be used as a guide to the future redevelopment of decommissioned military bases in the United States under the Base Realignment and Closure Commission?: