Senior Seminar Thesis Titles

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  • Herndon, Marco. Soy Moderno y No Quiero Locas: Globalization and the Peruvian LGBT Movement:

  • Ho, Vinh. More than CRA? How Banks Use Community Development Financial Institutions to Invest in Low-Income Communities and Promote Community Development:

  • Hu, Iva. The Mural Arts Program and their Involvement in the Integration of Karen Women Refugees:

  • Huynh, Jordan. Science Marginalized: Institutional Imperatives and Individual Characteristics in Science Student Teaching:

  • Kelly, Kristen. Profound & Profane Places: The Adaptive Reuse of Sacred Spaces in Philadelphia:

  • Levin, Jared. Race, Stigma, Safe(r) Sex: HIV/AIDS Sexual Practice and Prevention:

  • Mantica, Matthew. Educating Everyone: Public Schools in Mount Laurel Township Post Mount Laurel:

  • Marcus, Emily. The Reading Viaduct and Community Conflict in Chinatown North/Callowhill:

  • McDaniels, Abel. School and Suburbs: Postwar Suburbanization and the Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity in Mercer County, New Jersey:

  • Rubin, Jesse. Representing Music and Space in Compton Through Gangsta Rap:

  • Ruffin, Darrell. The Up and (Up)zoning of Williamsburg: The Impact of (Up) Zoning in Williamsburg:

  • Russom, Mereb. The Politics of Space: The Uses of Space and Italian Modernist Architecture to Achieve Imperialists Aims in Asmara, Eritrea [1890-1941]:

  • Shargorodsky, Alisa. Developing Front-End Systems in Support of Source Reduction and the Urban Metabolism:

  • Silva, Erick. What Limits Diversity in Charter Schools? A Case Study of KIPP Dubois Collegiate Academy:

  • Silvestro, Sara-Paige. Contributions, Culture, and Community: The Funding and Outreach of Philadelphia Arts and Culture Non-Profits:

  • Van Loan, Jacqueline. The Curriculum of Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia: A Cultural Wealth Theory Analysis:

  • Wattenbarger, Madeleine. Race, Religion, and Social Capital in West Philadelphia:

  • Winslow, Marlie. Bringing Back the Music: Conflict, Inequality and Progress in Philadelphia’s Public School Music Programs in the Era of the Budget Crisis:

  • Wolff, Melanie. Core Values: The Relationship Between Philanthropic Funding and the Adoption of the Common Core State Standards:

  • Adler, Sara. The Creative Office Space: A Symbol of the Post-Fordist City Today?:

  • Bendheim, Alexandra. Crown Heights: Unite and Fight:

  • Botticello, Casey. Inclusionary Zoning Policy In The D.C. Metropolitan Area:

  • Bustos, Diana. The Federal Police Intervention: Implementing Crime Prevention and Reduction Policing Initiatives in Ciudad Juarez:

  • Cummins, Danielle. Public-Private Partnerships in Community Development: The Case of Paseo Verde:

  • Dignam, Mark. How Art Spaces and Their Cultural Activities Affect the Development of the Communities: A Case Study of the Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center in Manayunk: