Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Scobey-Thal, Jake. Meaning and Message in The Wire: Informing an Expanded Cultural Discourse of the Urban Crisis:

  • Sesin, Joseph. Fitting Policy with Development in Gowanus, Brooklyn:

  • Tillman, Zoe. The New Battleground: Small-Town Regulation of Undocumented Immigration. A Case Study of Riverside, NJ:

  • Tintenfass, Jennifer. Midtown Village, Philadelphia: A Case Study. How Branding and Subsidies Supported a Successful Urban Renewal:

  • Tong, Wilson. Transportation Infrastructure: A Framework for Investment in Transportation Infrastructure:

  • True, Kimberly. Adolescent Pregnancy and the Media: Attitudes, Perspectives and Reactions Towards Media Portrayals of Young Mothers in America:

  • Tsui, Charlotte. HEALTH CONSCIOUSNESS OF URBAN FOOD STORES: Assessing food availability and in-store promotional strategies of Fresh Food Financing Initiative Supermarket: University of Pennsylvania:

  • Tye, Dean. Urban Universities As Economic Engines In Their Communities: A Case Study Of The University Of Pennsylvania’s Policies Since 1994:

  • Umoh, Nse-Abasi. Community Gardens and their role in generating Social Capital: A case study of Mill Creek:

  • Waldron, Elizabeth. Justice for All? Victim Attrition in Philadelphia Domestic Violence Prosecution:

  • Wizman-Cartier, Hannah. Synthesized Identities: The Haitian American Experience:

  • Zeiger, Eric. Philadelphia’s Diverse Provider Model: Not a Worthy Investment for Special Needs Students:

  • Zhu, Lisa. INCENTIVES FOR WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA:

  • Zimmerman, Andrew. HAS THE PRIVATIZATION OF STUDENT HOUSING AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S CAMPUS LED TO CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCIAL HIERACHY WITHIN PENN’S COMMUNITY?:

  • Zuckerman, Sarah. City Harvest: A Study of the Relationship between Community Gardens and Food Cupboards:

  • Allen, Justin. The Implementation and Viability of Drug Courts: The Philadelphia Case:

  • Amoroso, Jesse. The Town and Gown Relationship: The University of Pennsylvania’s Role in Transforming University City through the West Philadelphia Initiatives and Land-Use Gentrification:

  • Bonnette, Brittany. The Implementation of a Public-Use Bicycle Program in Philadelphia:

  • Bronson, Jennifer. The Effect of Teacher Race on African American Middle School Students: Summerbridge of Greater Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s University:

  • Casellas, Marisa. El Barrio: Latino Relationships in Northern Philadelphia and Impacts on Puerto Rican Businesses:

  • Chang, Alison. Referrals in Philadelphia’s Health Care System:

  • Cohen, Brian. Engagement through Computing:An Analysis of Cognitive Tutor Algebra 1:

  • Dawes, Elizabeth. Prenatal Care Information Marketing in Philadelphia:

  • Dodds, Keandra. Gendered Residential Spaces:

  • Edwards, Courtney. Utilization of On-Campus Mental Health Services by African American Students: