The Capstone Paper is written by students in the SIT Graduate Institute Master's Programs. Capstones reassess theoretical knowledge in light of professional experience in the form of a final research paper, incorporating both classroom knowledge and practicum based experience.
The full-text of papers written before July 2011 is limited to World Learning/SIT faculty, staff, students, and alumni. If you are not affiliated with World Learning and want access to these papers contact your local library and ask about requesting the hard copy on interlibrary loan. Papers written after July 2011 are all available full-text online with no restrictions
Submissions from 1998
Impact of involving women in select dimensions of poverty alleviation : the case of Gonoshahajjo Sangstha (GSS), Abdur Rakib
Case study of the process used in implementing a job description formulation, a project design, and a participatory macro training design for MINPARRD in Mindanao, The Phillipines, T. Alexander Remolador and Mary Ann Remolador
Marginality Connecting Biraciality and Bisexuality: Building Support for Interconnectedness in Higher Education, Melissa Scheid
A Model For Planning In Turbulent Times, Martin Silutongwe
Impact assessment of the management training in the context of Rural Development Centre, Pokhara, Nepal, Kapil Prasad Silwal
Lost connections : attrition and retention of students of color at Highline Community College, Kayleen U. Oka Sorohan
Successful Repatriation : What’s a Company to Do?, Kim Strathearn
Assessing an NGO capacity building program in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kim Louise Taylor
Social and Technological Determinism in Cyberspace, Eugene Y. Tchana
Women As Global Business Executives, Phuong Linh Thúy Trân
Organizational Strategies to Integrate Gender Aspects Into International Development Programs: The Experience of Oxfam America, Shinichiro Tusji
A Small Business Preparatory Course for Adult Literacy Classes, Linda Vara
Hoping to Understand Arabs, Sherry Ward
The Intersection of Culture and Creativity: Adapting Western Creativity Training to Saudi Arabian Corporate Culture, Stephen S. Wauk
Experiential souvenirs : examining the components of mindful cultural travel program, Nancy Jo Zinner
Empowering Those Who Empower Others: Human Resource Training in Microfinance Institutions, Leslie Solvejg Zucker
Submissions from 1997
Non Government Organizations and Volunteers - Needs and Expectations, Jamal Harim Bin Abdullah
Interorganizational Coordination and Collaboration in the Development of an Entrepreneurial Ag-Marketing Enterprise: A Case Study of EMCOT, Cochabamba Bolivia, E. Donald Anthony
The Experience of Costa Rican-Owned and Foreign-Owned Small Businesses: A Case Study of Monteverde, Costa Rica, Lee Armstrong
How can the Minnesota School-Age Child Care (MnSACC) Training Network Move Toward Becoming a Multicultural Organization?, Carolyn Carr
Mexico: A Guide for Departing Students 1997-1998, Meredith Hutter Chamorro
Communication, Culture and Development: Communication Processes and Participation in Grassroots Development, Marion Sauka Chindongo
The Shea Project for Local Conservation and Development: an Exercise in Monitoring and Evaluation Techniques, James Cogswell
Impact Evaluation for Coalitions, Carolyn Cunningham
The Strategy of the Game: Main Competencies for Managers in the Next Decade, Jose Javier Del Carpio
An Improved Approach to Peace Corps Homestay Training Programs: Conceptualizing the Framework, Ibnou Diallo
Disempowerment among Catholic Laity in Northern West Virginia, Joey DiCesare
Race Relations between Cambodian-American and other Ethnic Groups Living in Long Beach, California, Vansin Christopher Dokken
Repatriation and the Expatriate Career Cycle: The Missing Link in Expatriate Success, Karen Donahue
Culture's Consequences Today: The Evaluation and Use of Geert Hofstede's Culture in the Workplace Training Questionnaire as a Research Tool, Kathryn Dovgala
Transmission or Transformation in ESL Education: A Look at the Education of Southeast Asian Students in Burlington, VT, Laura M. Fetters
Assessing the Problem of Attachment Disorder Children, Lisa Findeisen
Yalla Baax Naa: AIDS Education, Women and Islam in Bambey, Senegal: Developing an Effective AIDS Education Model for Women, Karen J. Fjeld
Project Analysis: Handcrafts in Guatemala, Gretchen M. Fogelstrom
The Buck Stops Here: Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations of Color, Claudia Fuentes
North-South Partnership Development Approach, Peter Gitau
Participatory Development through Community AIDS Education in Thailand, Lucy C. Gluck
Creating Change in Self and Community: Young Women, Advocacy and Self-Esteem, Carolyn R. Gordon
A Study of the Barriers that Latina Women Experience in the Corporate Sector and their Responses to those Barriers, Yolanda Haro
Examining the Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication in International Education, Michelle Jackson
Early Childhood Education Opportunities in the Community of Ebuakwa (a community located in Ghana, West Africa), Jennifer James
Crossing Borders: The Experiences of Four North American Trainers in South Africa, Walis Dianna Johnson
Financial Aid for Study Abroad: Sources of Ambiguity, Bob Jones
Diffusing Opposition to Empowering Bangladeshi Women: BRAC's Human Rights and Legal Education Program, Lisa Kaplan
Unique Issues for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual International Students on U.S. American Campuses, Nadine Bollinger Kato
Someone You Love is Deaf: A Training Manual for Orientation to Deaf Culture from a Multicultural Perspective, Lori Layne Kempf
Impacts of Poverty Alleviation Program on the Income Level of the Grassroots People, Mohammad Ahsan Khan
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Crisis: Development for Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century, Paul Kortenhoven
A Study on how Participation in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program Impacts the Attitudes and Perceptions of American Participants Towards Japanese Society and Culture, Stephanie Alt Lamm
The Camp Anytown Discussion Group, Catherine Landstra
The Face of Spirituality in Social Action in Mexico City, Mexico, Chimin Lee
Up with People: A convergence of Cross-Cultural Understanding and Community Service Learning, Nancy Mahoney
A Teacher/Student Manual for the College Semester Abroad Program Course: Methods and Techniques of Field Study, Mary Elizabeth Marchev
Supporting Information for "A Teacher Training Manual for the NOVA NET System", Michelle E. Martin
Putting Gender on the Agenda of a Development Organization, Delores McLaughlin
Preparing International Students for College Life in the US: Writing the Carlow College International Student Sourcebook, Linda L. Melville
A Model of Distance Learning: SIT and the Global Partnership, Roberto Mugnani
The Family Approach as an Empowering Tool for Women in the Development Process: The ORAP Case, Thandiwe Cornelia Nkomo
Evolution of Japanese Non-Governmental Organizations: Analysis of NGO Management in Japanese Social Environment, Yoshiyuki Oshima
Integrated, Equitable Socioeconomic Development in El Salvador: Using Community Cooperatives as a Tool, Amy J. Parker
In Search of a Democratic Workplace: A Case Study of Brattleboro Area Hospice, Susan Parris
Self-Esteem Change in Participants of an Au Pair Program, Jean Quinn
The Social and Economic Implications of Downsizing: A New Culture in the Making, Mandy Rahardjo
A Study of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Simulation as an Effective Form of Classroom Experiential Learning in Global Education, Mark W. Rebstock
Our Own Way: An Italian-American View of Development and a Critique of Modernism, Peter M. Ruggiero
The Hanson Phenomenon, Suzanne Rumney
Intercultural Communicative Competence: Present Stress as an Indicator of Future Success, Makoto Saito
Crew Resource Management Training: Is this training needed in basic pilot training?, Wendy Santilhano
The Role of Leadership in a Start-up Organization, in a U.S. American Context, Erika L. Seid
International Student Services at the Commuter School: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why, Jessica H. Shaw
Community Involved Program: Review of Community Consultation for the Middle Head Management Strategy, Donna Shepherd
Identifying the Needs of Walden University Distance Education Students Residing Overseas to Guide the Development of Student Support Services, Stephanie J. Smith
Multicultural Team Meeting Communication: Using Technology across Time, Distance and Culture, Lee Ann Southern
Escort Officer Handbook for Delphi International, Michelle A. Szepansky
Dimensions of Dysfunction: Recognizing and Coping with Workplace Dysfunction, Inga Thomson
Messages in the Wind: Awareness for Our Earth, Each Other, and Ourselves, James Tvarian
AIDS Education in Cameroon: Assessing the Impact of "Teach English, Prevent AIDS", Crystal L. Zibas
Submissions from 1996
The Case of FACS: Lessons in Leadership from a Small Non-Profit, W. Scott Adams
The Harvey Williams Memorial Scholarship Program Guidelines, Rhonda Lynette Allen
Needs Assessment of the Hispanic Community in Danbury, Connecticut, Maryangela Amendola
Ketso ea Bua/Action Speakes Community Development Association: a Proposal for a Land-Based Learning with Permaculture Center at Lekokoaneng, ha Souru Lesotho, Craig A. Anderson
Leadership Survey, Irene Brammertz
A Collection of Seven Family Life Stories: Life Behind the Iron Curtain, Jessica Burdick
Culture and Transvestites in Lima, Peru, Lucien O. Chauvin
Biracial Identity: The Multicultural Experiences of Euro-Bangladeshi Adults, Phillip Shahid Choudhury
Strategic Planning for a Successful Future: Analysis and Evaluation of an Indigenous Ghanaian Rural Development Organization, Sheryl Cowan
Implementation of Participative Management, Ellen Cummings-Cota
Change Management in U.S. Nonprofits: A Staff-Centered Approach, Linda D. Deputy
International Educational Exchange in Central Europe: Focus Poland, Stuart Fields
Popular Education in Latin America: An Effective Tool for Social Change?, Marla Gitterman