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

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Submissions from 2011

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The Charter School Commercial: NYC’s Fight Against Public School Privatization, Keedra Gustava Gibba

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“The Warm Heart Of Africa” Program Proposal For S.T.E.P Into The World, Adam Goldberg

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Funding the Fundamentals: A Peace First Teacher’s Recommendations for Increased Quality Sixth Grade Curriculum to Effectively Engage and Educate an Increasing Quantity of Students., Pamela Gonzales

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Perceptions of Access to Education: Inclusion and Exclusion for Non-Karen Refugees in Mae La Camp, Matthew Gross

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Sustainability Series: Creating Student Sustainable Practices Within SFS and Beyond, Staci Hagen

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Indigenous Perspectives: The Struggle For Land, Culture And Education In Rivas, Nicaragua, Jeremy Harrison-Smith

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Creating Change Within Resistant Systems Through a Multi-Dimensional Training Approach: Exploring a Change in Thinking Around Images of Victims, and Re-framing How Culture Thinks about Criminals to Effectively Reduce Recidivism Rates, Rachel-Storm Heasley

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Building a Global Village: Intercultural Communication for the International House at The College of New Jersey, Stephanie Holleran

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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

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Knowledge vs. Understanding: An Assessment of Teachers’ Perceptions on Tracking in One School District in Southern California, Matthew Killian

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Reciprocity and Reflection: Creating an Evaluation Plan for ProWorld Belize, Kelly Kocher

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Positive Discomfort: Structured Student Reflection in International Service-Based Programs: A Social Justice Curriculum, Stephanie K. Kraemer

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Safe Power Vermont: A Look Into The Campaign To Retire The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station., Dylan M. Kreis

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Building A Bridge: Customized Programs And First-Year Undergraduate Students, Deborah Lake

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Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program: Toward a Critical Framework of Community Peacebuilding; Individual and Community Transformation Through Service and Discourse, Benjamin Valentine Leiker

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Forgotten Foods: The Impact Of Western Development On Eating Habits Among Women In Dehradun, India, Stephanie L. Leite

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HMGT 610: French Hospitality January-Term Abroad, Bradi Lenentine

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Social Media In International Exchange Programs: Investigation Into The New Programs And Practices At World Learning, Pamela Lowenstein

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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

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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

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Strategic Planning In A Nonprofit Organization: The Process And Its Perceived Impact On Effectiveness, Welansa Akalu Mekonnen

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Faith In Action: A Snapshot Of Fair Trade Program Initiatives By Catholic Churches In The Brooklyn And Queens Dioceses, Yvette Mendes

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The Effects Of Training – Based Development Intervention In Makeni, Sierra Leone, Stephanie Meyer

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Examining The Relationship Between Higher Education Institutions In The United States And Commercial Recruiting Agents In Accordance With Lessons Learned From The Australian Experience, Cara Miller

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Collaboration As Social Change: The Impact Of Schools As Community Centers, Maggie Morales

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Internationalization of Higher Education in Azerbaijan: Transforming Post-Soviet Legacies Through Higher Education Development, Ramina Murshudova

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Rethinking Communications & Nonprofit Management, Christopher Nichols

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Immigrant Women Organize For Justice: A Listening Project, Sandra Catalina Nieto

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The Campaign For Bias-Free Policing In Vermont: One State’s Resistance To The Localization Of Federal Immigration Agency, Amanda L. Park

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The Water Project: A short-term study abroad program design for Alfred University, Caitlin Paul

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The Insecurity of “Secure Communities”: A Case Study of an Advocacy Campaign To Protect Immigrant Rights in Santa Barbara, CA, Tina Pia Peirano

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Is Mine Risk Education (Mre) Having A Significant Effect And Long-Lasting Impact On Attitudes Towards Uxos At The Community Level?, Phounsy Phasavaeng

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Brain Drain Out Of Hungary And Its Inhibitors, Eliza Plous

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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

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Evaluation and Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes for the Presbyterian College Semester in Cuba Program, Dianne Pritchard

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Education For The Excluded: Alternative Education In Bolivia, Martha Rath

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Experiences In Coexistence and Anti-Normalization Phenomenological Case Study: Arab Alumni Of The Arava, Lauren Rauch

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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

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Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Sponsored Agriculture: Lessons from Riverhill Farm CSA, Vanessa Reed

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Male Student-Athletes: What Happens When An Entire NCAA Division III Varsity Team From A Small Private Liberal Arts Institution Participates In A Trip Abroad Together?, Jacob Renze

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A Case Study of a Project Entitled Community Skills for a Complex Situation: Managing Mining in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Arash Shane Robinson

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Englishization Of European Higher Education: An Analysis Of The Rationale For Offering English-Medium Classes In Non-English Speaking European Universities, Sarah Rood

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Vaya Pues: A Case Study Exploring Sustainability, Intercultural Management, And Recycling In Honduras, Chad Ryerson

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As The Americans Do: The Effects Of A Semester Abroad On Students’ Academic And Career Goals Two To Six Years After Completion Of A Semester At The American University Of Rome, Maria Sandone

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Cultivating Cross-Cultural Competencies: A Curriculum Proposal For World Camp, Inc. Centered On Cultural Identities And Cross-Cultural Understandings, Ashley Sawyer

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Developing Intercultural Sensitivity In Children And Adults: A Trainer’s Experiences In The Field, Laura E. Schairbaum

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Growing Global Citizens: Shaping Perspective In An Interconnected World Through International Service Learning In A Gap Year, Nicole Sheldon-Desjardins

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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

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Fighting Fire With Flame: Visual Storytelling As The Antidote To Negative Media Imagery, Léna Sulpovar

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Beyond Heard: Young Adults in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo, Their Resilience and Role in Peacebuilding., Cynthia Tarter

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Narrating Women's Interfaith Agency: Stories of Faith, Transformation, and Vision, Audra Teague

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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

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International Student Orientation: Designing an On-Going Program for Soka University, Diana Ueda

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Long-Term Food Security In Kenya: Opportunities And Challenges To Implementing The U.S. Feed The Future Program, Faustine Wabwire

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Dream Big: An Intercultural Program for Underpriviledged Indian Girls, Jennifer Wahlquist

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“From China to the US: Bridging the Gap between University of Indianapolis and Ningbo Institute of Technology”, Sarah Wann

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The Global Citizen Revisited: Building Critical Conciousness In Youth Volunteering Abroad, Anna Welton

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The Role of Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction (The Case of Liberia), Marit Woods

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International Service-Learning Program in Guatemala On Mayan Education, Language Maintenance & Social Activism: A Program for The City College Of New York, CUNY, Kenneth Yanes

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The Unheard Messages Of HIV&AIDS: A Look At Knowledge, Communication, and Programming Efforts in Ntcheu, Malawi, Lisa M. Yankowski

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Managing Muliticultural and Diverse Teams Within an International Organization, Ahmed Ibrahim Yansaneh Mr

Submissions from 2010

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Building Food Secure Communities In The Southeastern United States: A Case Study Of “Local Food For Local Power”, Christopher Adams

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The Forest Protection Fund: An Innovative Business Approach to Reconcile Conservation and Community Based Livelihoods: A Case Study and Interim Assessment of the Lebialem –Mone Forest Landscape Integrated Conservation and Development Project (ICDP)., Stella Ajabji

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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

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Japanese Visual Culture In Context: A Summer Faculty-Led Program At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Megan Anderson

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Fine Tuning the Faculty-Led Consortium Program Model: An Administrative Proposal for Creating Stability and Sustainability for the New York State Independent College Consortium for Study in India (NYSICCSI) Program, Jonathan Andrew

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Defining Diversity: Exploring the Role of “Diversity” in Major Organizations, Julianne Appleton

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Constructing Confidence: Discovering the Benefits of Girls’ Empowerment Programming, Deborah L. Attewell

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In Their Own Words: Perceptions of Unemployed Young Men in Mankassa About Crime in Their Community, Clint Ryan George Audette

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Bridging the Gap: Strategic Framing and Budget Advocacy in Tanzania, Anthony Garett Baker

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Increasing Intercultural Competence in Fort Wayne Communities: My Experience as a Change Agent, Mastora Bakhiet

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Helping Do Gooders Do Better: An Exploration into the Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Traumatization, and Burnout that Direct Service Providers Experience in the Fields of Domestic & Sexual Violence Advocacy, Becky S. Bangs

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Assessing Students’ Learning: Have they learned what we had hoped?, CyBelle R. Barthelmess

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A Re-Entry Orientation for Youth for Understanding: Understanding Reverse Culture Shock, Courtney Beach

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An Examination Of How Refugee Resettlement Affects The Experiences Of Karen Female Refugees That Remain On The Thai/Burma Border, Abigail Behrends

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CIEE Alumni Programming: Creating A Mutually Beneficial Design, Lauren Beilin

A Description of Strategic Performance Measurement in a Citizen Service Organization, Robert Quentin Benedict

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“My Heart Hurts,” She Said: Domestic Violence In Peru, William Blaschko

Change Management In Environmental Nonprofits, Olesya Boreyko

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The Intersection of Immigration, Education and National Identity in Contemporary Italian Society, Dana E. Bumpus

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A Logical Framework For Partnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees (P.A.I.R), Maria Burke

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Human-Centered Organizational Design: How commitment can change our planet, Christopher Burley

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Certified Professional Midwives as a Solution to America's Maternal Mortality Crisis: A Case Study of the Big Push for Midwives Campaign, Kimberly R. Calkins

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Some Best Advocacy Practices In The Fight Against Hiv/Aids In Mali, West Africa, Fode Sory Camara

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Beyond The Job Training: A New Approach To Training Third-Party Provider Representatives, Eliza Camire-Akey

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Perspectives and Issues of Youth Activism, Anna Gail L. Caunca

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Study Abroad: A Vision for Hawai‘i Community College, Holly T.K. Chang

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The Scourge of Human Trafficking: Responses by NGOs & Government Agencies – With Special Focus on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking In the United States, Brandon William Christopher Coberly

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International Volunteerism: Host Communities' Awareness of Peace Corps Volunteers’ Benefits in Uganda, Bina Zaitsu Contreras

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Hotels: How CSR Programs are Developed and Implemented, Matthew Courtland

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Bridge Across The Atlantic: A Senegal / U.S. Two-Way Youth Exchange Program For Intercultural Skills, Leadership And Peacebuilding, Joseph Debiec

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How Does Knowledge Management Impact Sustainability, Benjamin Dewberry

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Reversing the Brain Drain, Hamady Dia

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Assessing Intercultural Competence in Children, Gina Marie Difino