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 2007
Sport And Gender Roles: A Viewpoint From Liberian Adolescent Girls In Ghana, Lauren M. Brunner
Sport And Gender Roles: A Viewpoint From Liberian Adolescent Girls In Ghana, Lauren M. Brunner
Intercultural Communicative Competence In TESOL Programs Across The Northeast, Kathereine Bryant
Intercultural Communicative Competence In TESOL Programs Across The Northeast, Kathereine Bryant
Profitable Sustainability: The Future of the Millennium Business, Vikas Budakoti
Profitable Sustainability: The Future of the Millennium Business, Vikas Budakoti
Bridging Microenterprise Development with Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction: Coping With Mission Drift in Ghana, John Eliot Burg
Bridging Microenterprise Development with Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction: Coping With Mission Drift in Ghana, John Eliot Burg
Combating the Sophomore Slump and Declining Retention Rates: An Experiential Academic Program for Second Year International Students, Christy Burke
Combating the Sophomore Slump and Declining Retention Rates: An Experiential Academic Program for Second Year International Students, Christy Burke
Diversity in Study Abroad, Joseph Reed Caldwell
Diversity in Study Abroad, Joseph Reed Caldwell
Rural At-Risk Youth: Identifying Community Supported Program Goals, Dorothy Alston Calley
Rural At-Risk Youth: Identifying Community Supported Program Goals, Dorothy Alston Calley
Designing a Monitoring & Evaluation System: A Case Study of Etta II, Katie Chandler
Designing a Monitoring & Evaluation System: A Case Study of Etta II, Katie Chandler
Peace Education in the 21st Century: the benefits of teaching conflict transformation skills to Vermont students in a K-6 public school, Victoria Chertok
Peace Education in the 21st Century: the benefits of teaching conflict transformation skills to Vermont students in a K-6 public school, Victoria Chertok
Building the U.S. Worker Cooperative Movement in the Context of Global Capitalism, David Ciplet
Building the U.S. Worker Cooperative Movement in the Context of Global Capitalism, David Ciplet
The Truth About Profit in the Non-Profit Sector: Staying Focused on Mission at Thompson Island Outward Bound, Boston, MA, Alison Clark
The Truth About Profit in the Non-Profit Sector: Staying Focused on Mission at Thompson Island Outward Bound, Boston, MA, Alison Clark
There’s No Place Like Home: Heritage-Seeking In The Experiences Of U.S. Students Of African Descent On SIT Study Abroad Programs, Akilah Clarke
There’s No Place Like Home: Heritage-Seeking In The Experiences Of U.S. Students Of African Descent On SIT Study Abroad Programs, Akilah Clarke
An Assessment Design for the Peking University – Yale University, Susan Coleman
An Assessment Design for the Peking University – Yale University, Susan Coleman
Creative Dialogues: Exploring Arts-based Dialogues in Issues of Diversity and Social Identity in an Australian Context, Reed Chapman Colver
Creative Dialogues: Exploring Arts-based Dialogues in Issues of Diversity and Social Identity in an Australian Context, Reed Chapman Colver
Making money matter, Jennifer Core
Making money matter, Jennifer Core
The Power Of Pie: Food Centric Informal Social Relational Approaches For Transforming Rural Community Conflict, Janet M. Damon
The Power Of Pie: Food Centric Informal Social Relational Approaches For Transforming Rural Community Conflict, Janet M. Damon
Market Campaigns: An Effective Contribution to the Global Justice Movement?, Jennifer DeLury
Market Campaigns: An Effective Contribution to the Global Justice Movement?, Jennifer DeLury
The Works: A Case Study In Corporate Social Responsibility And Climate Change, Richard Denby
The Works: A Case Study In Corporate Social Responsibility And Climate Change, Richard Denby
Multicultural Education in North Carolina: How is the State Preparing its Teachers to Change Education? The Case of East Carolina University, Rebecca Denton
Multicultural Education In North Carolina: How Is The State Preparing Its Teachers To Change Education? The Case of East Carolina University, Rebecca Denton
Multicultural Education In North Carolina: How Is The State Preparing Its Teachers To Change Education? The Case of East Carolina University, Rebecca Denton
Multicultural Education in North Carolina: How is the State Preparing its Teachers to Change Education? The Case of East Carolina University, Rebecca Denton
Urgent Need for International Programs, Heidi Dietz
Urgent Need for International Programs, Heidi Dietz
Business as Usual: Exploring Race at S.I.T. through the Eyes of US Domestic Black Students, Deniece Dortch
Business as Usual: Exploring Race at S.I.T. through the Eyes of US Domestic Black Students, Deniece Dortch
Democratization, Injustice, and the African Experience: How and Why the 2005 Democratic Election in Ethiopia Turned Violent, Teferi Fantahun
Democratization, Injustice, and the African Experience: How and Why the 2005 Democratic Election in Ethiopia Turned Violent, Teferi Fantahun
The World Exists in a Mustard Seed: Grassroots Resistance in the Quest for Food Sovereignty, Rachel Fesler-Schnitzer
The World Exists in a Mustard Seed: Grassroots Resistance in the Quest for Food Sovereignty, Rachel Fesler-Schnitzer
UNICEF And The Convention On The Rights Of The Child: Improving Healthcare for Ghana’s Children, Lisa Michelle Fiala
A Case Study: Taking A Look At CAPA’s Efforts To Reach Out, Julie E. Franzini
A Case Study: Taking A Look At CAPA’s Efforts To Reach Out, Julie E. Franzini
International University Students in Thailand: Their Experiences and Understandings of the Host Culture, Dacia L. Gauer
International University Students in Thailand: Their Experiences and Understandings of the Host Culture, Dacia L. Gauer
How Two Universities Respond to Third Culture Kids during the College Choice Process, Steven Gist
How Two Universities Respond to Third Culture Kids during the College Choice Process, Steven Gist
The Immigrant Justice Movement in the Northwestern United States: An Analysis of Immigration in Organizing and Electoral Politics, Kayla Christine Gleason
The Immigrant Justice Movement in the Northwestern United States: An Analysis of Immigration in Organizing and Electoral Politics, Kayla Christine Gleason
Sustainable Cambodia: A Grass-Roots Approach To Monitoring And Evaluation, Leah Hall
Sustainable Cambodia: A Grass-Roots Approach To Monitoring And Evaluation, Leah Hall
Food Insecurity and Household Coping Strategies: Implications for Effective Food Security and Development Policy in Ethiopia, Mulugeta Lolamo Handino
Food Insecurity and Household Coping Strategies: Implications for Effective Food Security and Development Policy in Ethiopia, Mulugeta Lolamo Handino
Challenging the Root Causes of Hunger and Poverty: Christian Action in the Field of Development, Emily Hardin
Challenging the Root Causes of Hunger and Poverty: Christian Action in the Field of Development, Emily Hardin
Confronting Corporate Development: Anti-Mining Advocacy in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Jessica Harper
Confronting Corporate Development: Anti-Mining Advocacy in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Jessica Harper
The Russian Dacha: The Importance of the Dacha Tradition tn Russia’s Local Food System, Erica Hart
The Russian Dacha: The Importance of the Dacha Tradition tn Russia’s Local Food System, Erica Hart
In Search of a Pedagogy for the Environmentally Challenged, Stephen Hed
In Search of a Pedagogy for the Environmentally Challenged, Stephen Hed
What is Sovereignty? An Understanding of the Hawaiian Movement, Chloё Heiniemi
What is Sovereignty? An Understanding of the Hawaiian Movement, Chloё Heiniemi
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: NGO Needs versus Preparation for Overseas Volunteer Abroad Work in India, Jennifer Hickman
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: NGO Needs versus Preparation for Overseas Volunteer Abroad Work in India, Jennifer Hickman
Exploring the Dynamic Influence of Youth Organizations Within the Development Sector of Palestine, Amy Hunt
Exploring the Dynamic Influence of Youth Organizations Within the Development Sector of Palestine, Amy Hunt
Developing Interculturally Competent and Global Citizens: An Intercultural Communications Course for High School Students, Katherine Irwin
Developing Interculturally Competent and Global Citizens: An Intercultural Communications Course for High School Students, Katherine Irwin
U.S. Leaders and U.S. Values: A Blind Spot in Understanding Ourselves and the Muslim World, Jennifer Jarvis
U.S. Leaders and U.S. Values: A Blind Spot in Understanding Ourselves and the Muslim World, Jennifer Jarvis
The Impact of the Undergraduate Study Abroad Experience on Ethnic Identity Development Among African American Women, Allegra Johnson
Building for the Future: Exploring Social Competencies and Conflict Transformation Skills of Second Graders in a U.S. Public Elementary School, Tracy Kathleen Joosten
The Experienced Volunteer: Creating a Volunteer Abroad Program for Retired Adults, Katherine A. Kammann
The Experienced Volunteer: Creating a Volunteer Abroad Program for Retired Adults, Katherine A. Kammann
Assessing the Impact of Study Abroad on Career Development for Economics Majors, Kelly Keniston
“Parents, Please Tell Us What You Think of This Program” : Evaluating the Afterschool Component of a Community-Based Child Protection Network in Panama, Sri Lanka, Elizabeth Kenton
A Glimpse At The Elementary School Student’s View Of The World Regarding Stereotypes And Bias.: A Study Of How Explicit Anti Bias Music Lessons Effects Music Students In The New York State Public School System, Kyra Lynne Palmina Kenwood
A Glimpse At The Elementary School Student’s View Of The World Regarding Stereotypes And Bias.: A Study Of How Explicit Anti Bias Music Lessons Effects Music Students In The New York State Public School System, Kyra Lynne Palmina Kenwood