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 2011
Short-Term Medical Exchange: A Proposal For Via In Stanford, California, Amy Loise Casey Azuma
Shooting The Moon: Social Justice and The Logic of Capitalism, Jonathan G. Barnes
Girls Club: The Gender Imbalance of Youth Programs, a Case Study, Shayne Bell
Summer Bridge Program at the University of San Francisco for Conditionally Admitted Chinese Students, Adrienne M. Bergenfeld
Toward A Praxis Of Revolutionary Solidarity, James Patrick Byrne
Intercultural Competency Training For Semester At Sea, Leah Charbonneau
Three Sisters Exchange: Building Alliances and Promoting Justice from The United States to Ecuador, Ariel Climer
A Framework for Monitoring Local and Regional Food Systems, Heather Victoria Davis
Building Community Food Security: An Evaluation Of A Market Basket Csa, Joshua Davis
Energy Management and Governance in Vermont: A Case Study, Nicole Davis
Analysis Of The Causes Of Migration From Gorno-Badakhshan To Moscow, Sharaf Davlatov
Racial Minorities in the Nonprofit Field: A Reflection on the Field and Personal Experience, Victoria Der
Ethnic Minorities and Food Security in Northern Thailand, Monalisa Diamond
English As A Foreign Language Professional Development Practicum: Placing Skilled Teachers Where They Can Grow A Program Proposal For The Schools Of Cañadilla, S.A. Santiago, Chile, Ellen Marie Dizzia
Latino/A Students In Study Abroad: Reasons For And Against Participation, Amy Dooley Bello
‘It’s Not Justice, It’s Economic’: The United States, Aid And The Neoliberalization Of The Occupation, Jora Ehrlich
Emerging Youth Leaders: A Redesign Of A Two-Way Youth Exchange Between The US And Senegal, Aspen L. Felt
Organizing for Food Justice: Launching Oxfam America’s GROW Campaign, Will Fenton
Policy Analysis In Practice: Lessons From Researching And Writing A “Statenote” For Education Commission Of The States, Dinah J. Frey
Emigration’s Impact On Gender Roles And Citizen Participation In Rural Guatemala: Women Who Wait, María Alejandra García
Experiences With Peace Corps’ Third Goal: Perspectives Of Peace Corps Mali Volunteers, Elizabeth N. Gardiner
The Charter School Commercial: NYC’s Fight Against Public School Privatization, Keedra Gustava Gibba
“The Warm Heart Of Africa” Program Proposal For S.T.E.P Into The World, Adam Goldberg
Perceptions of Access to Education: Inclusion and Exclusion for Non-Karen Refugees in Mae La Camp, Matthew Gross
Sustainability Series: Creating Student Sustainable Practices Within SFS and Beyond, Staci Hagen
Indigenous Perspectives: The Struggle For Land, Culture And Education In Rivas, Nicaragua, Jeremy Harrison-Smith
Building a Global Village: Intercultural Communication for the International House at The College of New Jersey, Stephanie Holleran
Digital Storytelling: Enriching Reflection And Reentry For Princeton In Africa Fellowship Participants, Stephanie C. Hooper
Farmworkers In D_ County, California Define Their Labor Rights, Amanda Jordan
Knowledge vs. Understanding: An Assessment of Teachers’ Perceptions on Tracking in One School District in Southern California, Matthew Killian
Reciprocity and Reflection: Creating an Evaluation Plan for ProWorld Belize, Kelly Kocher
Positive Discomfort: Structured Student Reflection in International Service-Based Programs: A Social Justice Curriculum, Stephanie K. Kraemer
Safe Power Vermont: A Look Into The Campaign To Retire The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station., Dylan M. Kreis
Building A Bridge: Customized Programs And First-Year Undergraduate Students, Deborah Lake
Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program: Toward a Critical Framework of Community Peacebuilding; Individual and Community Transformation Through Service and Discourse, Benjamin Valentine Leiker
Forgotten Foods: The Impact Of Western Development On Eating Habits Among Women In Dehradun, India, Stephanie L. Leite
HMGT 610: French Hospitality January-Term Abroad, Bradi Lenentine
Social Media In International Exchange Programs: Investigation Into The New Programs And Practices At World Learning, Pamela Lowenstein
Peace Corps Paraguay’s Diversity Day: A Reflection On Diversity In The Context Of Peace Corps Service, Laara Manler
Exploring The Concept Of Sustainability In A Fragile State’s Health System: The Case Study Of Liberia, Seema Manohar
REWRITING THE UPSIDE DOWN WORLD: A Reflective Curriculum to Provoke Perspective Transformation And Personal Development among EcuaExplora Participants, Katerine A. McConnell
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: In Search Of The Best Program Model, Melissa McCrory
Strategic Planning In A Nonprofit Organization: The Process And Its Perceived Impact On Effectiveness, Welansa Akalu Mekonnen
Faith In Action: A Snapshot Of Fair Trade Program Initiatives By Catholic Churches In The Brooklyn And Queens Dioceses, Yvette Mendes
The Effects Of Training – Based Development Intervention In Makeni, Sierra Leone, Stephanie Meyer
Collaboration As Social Change: The Impact Of Schools As Community Centers, Maggie Morales
Internationalization of Higher Education in Azerbaijan: Transforming Post-Soviet Legacies Through Higher Education Development, Ramina Murshudova
Rethinking Communications & Nonprofit Management, Christopher Nichols
Immigrant Women Organize For Justice: A Listening Project, Sandra Catalina Nieto
The Campaign For Bias-Free Policing In Vermont: One State’s Resistance To The Localization Of Federal Immigration Agency, Amanda L. Park
The Water Project: A short-term study abroad program design for Alfred University, Caitlin Paul
The Insecurity of “Secure Communities”: A Case Study of an Advocacy Campaign To Protect Immigrant Rights in Santa Barbara, CA, Tina Pia Peirano
Is Mine Risk Education (Mre) Having A Significant Effect And Long-Lasting Impact On Attitudes Towards Uxos At The Community Level?, Phounsy Phasavaeng
Brain Drain Out Of Hungary And Its Inhibitors, Eliza Plous
Engaging At-Risk Youth in the Green Movement: A Study of an Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Program’s Impact on Eco-Literacy and Interest in the Green Economy, Kirstin Kweilin Powell
Evaluation and Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes for the Presbyterian College Semester in Cuba Program, Dianne Pritchard
Education For The Excluded: Alternative Education In Bolivia, Martha Rath
Experiences In Coexistence and Anti-Normalization Phenomenological Case Study: Arab Alumni Of The Arava, Lauren Rauch
A Case Study On Conflict Over Fresh Water Resources In A Development Context: Water’s Role In Interreligious Violence In Jos, Nigeria, Ericka E. Reagor
Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Sponsored Agriculture: Lessons from Riverhill Farm CSA, Vanessa Reed
A Case Study of a Project Entitled Community Skills for a Complex Situation: Managing Mining in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Arash Shane Robinson
Vaya Pues: A Case Study Exploring Sustainability, Intercultural Management, And Recycling In Honduras, Chad Ryerson
Developing Intercultural Sensitivity In Children And Adults: A Trainer’s Experiences In The Field, Laura E. Schairbaum
Growing Global Citizens: Shaping Perspective In An Interconnected World Through International Service Learning In A Gap Year, Nicole Sheldon-Desjardins
Elevating the Advocacy Impact Of The Global Partnership For Environment And Disaster Risk Reduction By Understanding The Motivations And Aspirations Of Its Members, Brittany Star Weiss Smith
Fighting Fire With Flame: Visual Storytelling As The Antidote To Negative Media Imagery, Léna Sulpovar
Beyond Heard: Young Adults in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo, Their Resilience and Role in Peacebuilding., Cynthia Tarter
Narrating Women's Interfaith Agency: Stories of Faith, Transformation, and Vision, Audra Teague
Strategic Planning For A Multi-Organization Nonprofit Entity: A Case Study Of The Connecticut Boys & Girls Clubs’ 2007-2008 Strategic Planning Process, Jill Terrell-Ouazzani
International Student Orientation: Designing an On-Going Program for Soka University, Diana Ueda
Long-Term Food Security In Kenya: Opportunities And Challenges To Implementing The U.S. Feed The Future Program, Faustine Wabwire
Dream Big: An Intercultural Program for Underpriviledged Indian Girls, Jennifer Wahlquist
The Global Citizen Revisited: Building Critical Conciousness In Youth Volunteering Abroad, Anna Welton
The Role of Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction (The Case of Liberia), Marit Woods
The Unheard Messages Of HIV&AIDS: A Look At Knowledge, Communication, and Programming Efforts in Ntcheu, Malawi, Lisa M. Yankowski
Managing Muliticultural and Diverse Teams Within an International Organization, Ahmed Ibrahim Yansaneh Mr
Submissions from 2010
Building Food Secure Communities In The Southeastern United States: A Case Study Of “Local Food For Local Power”, Christopher Adams
Women as Change Agents and the Influence of Education on Their Approach to Social Change: Illustration of Four Female SIT Graduates, Yetunde Oluyemisi Ajao
Board Effectiveness in Small Nonprofits: A Case Study of a Nonprofit with Three-Person Board, Modupe Kate Ajayi
Can Polio Promote Peace?: How the Eradication of Polio in the Internally Displaced People of Colombia Can Promote Positive Social Change, Rebecca Altneu
Empowering a Shift in Self-Awareness: An Inquiry into How Buddhism Benefits Westerners at Work, Kerry Leigh Ambrose
Japanese Visual Culture In Context: A Summer Faculty-Led Program At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Megan Anderson
Defining Diversity: Exploring the Role of “Diversity” in Major Organizations, Julianne Appleton
Constructing Confidence: Discovering the Benefits of Girls’ Empowerment Programming, Deborah L. Attewell
In Their Own Words: Perceptions of Unemployed Young Men in Mankassa About Crime in Their Community, Clint Ryan George Audette
Bridging the Gap: Strategic Framing and Budget Advocacy in Tanzania, Anthony Garett Baker