Senior Capstone Projects
          
  
      
  
L'evoluzione della Moda Italiana dagli Anni del Fascismo ad Oggi: Un'Analisi sullo Stato della Moda Italiana Ieri e Oggi
Labor Market Outcomes of Non-Resettled Refugees: Evidence from Jordan
lacunae: an undergraduate journal for queer of color critique
Land repatriation as decolonization: Indigenous methods of reclaiming land and reversing "colonial spatial violence"
Land Use Restrictions and Segregation: The Effect of Single-Family Zoning in Austin
I study the effect of zoning on segregation in Austin, Texas. I use municipal data on zoning for each address in Austin, and census data on demographics. I find that a one standard deviation increase in single-family zoning in a...
Landscape Consequences of Pennsylvanian Natural Gas Development: Fragmentation effects of unconventional gas development upon the future of Pennsylvania's old growth forests.
Pennsylvania's forests share a long and deep history that has been affected throughout the years by a number of external factors. The most recent threat to forest health is the development of unconventional shale gas production from the Marcellus Shale...
Laughing out loud: activism and identity politics of American queer female stand-up comedians
Law and politics at interplay: how the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia shaped the course of war in the Balkans
Le Hip-Hop: Constructing Local Identities in Early Francophone Rap
Leaks: Tracing the path of secrets through democracy
In this thesis, I explore the unique potential of political leaks to illuminate and critique the underlying power structure of the state. The primary motive of the institutional state is to maximize and preserve its own power; because of this...
Legacies of Haunting: Confronting my Grandfather, his Films, and my Ghosts
This thesis explores the paradoxical nature of Rafael Azcona’s legacy; Azcona is deeply ingrained in Spanish collective memory through his culturally significant films yet, contradictorily, my memories of him as my grandfather are very limited. Guided by an understanding of...
Lessons from Humanitarian GMOs: Case Studies of Vitamin a Biofortified Crops
Let women live: (dis)ability at work in Mexican maquiladoras
Let’s Move to Maine! Amenity migration, rural-urban mobilities, and community change in the wake of a pandemic
Leveraging the clinical microsystem to offset the limitations of breast cancer screening in the united states
Liberty and Justice for Whom? Educational Reforms and Capital, Labor and Social (Im)Mobility in the Age of Neoliberalism
In this thesis, I wanted to examine the influence of neoliberal theory in the realms of public education and immigration within the US, and to tease out the implications that have resulted within each. From there, I attempted to understand...