The Capstone Paper is written by students in the SIT Graduate Institute Master of Arts degree 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 prior to July 2011 in the Capstone Collection are limited to SIT and other World Learning faculty, staff, students, and alumni. If you are not affiliated with SIT or World Learning and want access to these papers contact your local library and ask about requesting the hard copy on interlibrary loan. Full-text papers written after July 2011 are openly accessible to the public.

Due to copyright restrictions some papers are not available full-text electronically. World Learning affiliated students and staff can check these papers out of the library or, if you are off-campus, request them via interlibrary loan

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Submissions from 2024

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Women’s Traditional Handcrafts: A Global Tool of Resistance, Resilience, Empowerment and Transformation, Vashti Blacker

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Applied Theatre for Peacebuilding: Exploring the Value of Embodied Practice, Emily Machin-Mayes

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Peace and Justice Themes as Presented Within Select Works of Children’s Literature, Jessica Marker

Submissions from 2023

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An analysis of communication-related information and services offered to parents of deaf children in Puerto Rico, Brenda Belcher

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System Support for Early Grade Teacher Mentors in Cambodia, Jana Scislowicz

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The Radical Imagination: Exploring the Intersection of the Youth-led Climate Justice Movement and Education, Calla Sneller

Submissions from 2022

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Building on Best Practices and Organizational Expertise: Informing Curriculum Design for Refugee and Asylum-seeking Youth at Philadelphia Outward Bound School, Emily Della Fera

Submissions from 2021

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To New Geographies: Implementing U.S. Department of Energy Order 151.1D, Comprehensive Emergency Management System, Eric B. Sussman

Submissions from 2020

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How Do They Do It?: Looking at the Strengths and Challenges in the Running of a Completely Voluntary Non-Profit Organization, Erin Guilliams

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Exploring Approaches to Effective Evaluation for Public Diplomacy Exchange Programs, Alison Opoku Donyina

Submissions from 2019

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Learning Freedom: A Journey in Training, Nick Brzezinski

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Creating Global Citizens Through Returnee Programming, Kristen Foos

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HOW TO ATTRACT YOUNG ADULTS TO AMERICORPS SERVICE, Rachel Goldstein

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The If Men Project – The Design and Implementation of a Healthy Masculinity Curriculum for Young Men, Scott Kaltenbaugh

Getting them In the Door: A Study of Programming Within Boys & Girls Clubs of Vermont, Hannah Macon

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Facilitating Social Change: Bridging Participatory Methodology with Training Design to Support Equitable Community Development in Kent, Washington. A Journey of Learning and Development., Folake Oyegbola

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AFGHAN STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES AND CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, Ayesha Sabri

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Breaking with Silence: Using a Music Classroom to Empower and Engage, Ashley Storrow

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What Is Accountability? Conceptions and Challenges of Accountability in White Anti-Racism Organizing, Kathryn Wooldridge

Submissions from 2018

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On Equal Footing? A study on how adult members of the Deaf and hard of hearing community (in the United States) perceive that the procurement, use, or absence of assistive technology has influenced their lives, Brad Andersen

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Radical Spaces of Possibility: One Teacher's Journey from Banking Education to Student-Driven Learning in a Middle School World Language Classroom, Linda Suzanne Brown

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Coming to Voice: An Analysis of Social Justice and Transformative Learning Approaches in English Language Curriculum Design, Lucy Burriss

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Training in the Digital Age: A Practitioner's Reflections on Incorporating Traditional Classroom Strategies into Remote Training, Mary Duggan

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Consumer Perceptions of Social Business Practices in South Korea and Thailand, Emily Gaynor

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The Effectiveness of a Boys for Positive Change Program at Changing Attitudes and Behaviors toward Gender Equality, Bethany Grupp

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Creating an Ecology of Hope: Nature-Based Training to Increase Compassion and Collaboration in Building Sustainable Communities, Charlotte Herz

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Intercultural Competency Development: A Case Study with SIT Study Abroad in Morocco, From a Trainers Lens, Amy Leap Miller

Campus Food Security: An Approach Toward Co-Creating Change, Tassandra Rios-Scelso

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A Group Leader’s Journey: Connecting Youth Development, Youth Empowerment and Social Justice Theory to Practice on The Experiment in International Living, Brian Sheffer

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Hide and Seek: How and why Peace Corps Panama Volunteers conceal and reveal parts of their social identities and perceived impacts on their cultural integration, Sara Sweeney

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Foregrounding the Role of the Consumer in Social Entrepreneurship, April M. Wyatt

Submissions from 2017

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The Principles of Universal Design for Learning implemented in a non-profit organization: The Discovery Center., Rose Albert

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Ndoto Au Ota: Jifundishe's Strategic Planning Process: A Case Study of an Appreciative Approach to the Strategic Planning Process for a Small NGO, Margaret Bearor

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Adopting Organizational Learning Systems at the Field Level of International NGOs, Rebecca Beauregard

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Listening: Projects for the Self and Social Action, Thomas Boyd

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Strengthening the M&E system of Peace Corps Colombia, Samuel Burke

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Preventative Community Policing in Immigrant Communities, Carole Chopi

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The Heart of Basketball: A Dynamic and Transformative Program Design for Chinese Youth, Jayson Gilbert

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Through the Phoropter: A reflective analysis of one practitioner’s attempt to sequence social and emotional learning competencies into an experiential learning program, Stephanie A. Globus-Hoenich

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WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: SUPPORTING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN SUKHBAATAR, MONGOLIA: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Women in Sukhbaatar Province, Mongolia To Understand The Need for and Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment, Tunga Hellstrom

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Lessons for Legalizing Love: A Case Study of the Naz Foundation's Campaign to Decriminalize Homosexuality in India, Preston G. Johnson

Establishing Cross-Cultural Trust: Exploring the Process of Building Facilitated Connections, Taylor MacDonald

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The World Watches: How Media Coverage of American Police Violence Influences The Perspectives of South Louisiana's Community Members, Jahi J. Mackey

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Music, Healing, and Conflict: Balancing Science and Intuition, Marisa K. Massery

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Training the Masses: Cultural Competency Training: ethics and practices of sharing training designs for others to facilitate: Reflections and Recommendations, Jess K. McCue

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The Heart of Experience: The Education of a Practitioner's Journey, Tai Mesches

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How Whiteness is Preserved: The Racialization of Immigrants & Assimilation in Education, Hadiel Mohamed

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Connecting Beyond The Circle: A Restorative Approach in Co-Creating a Safe Space for Social Justice Education at UTEC, Nikki F. Pelonia

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Community Development Projects In Moldova, Berkend Pura

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MORE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: ADVOCACY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GEORGIAN WOMEN’S TASK FORCE ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, Emma Shattuck

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Sustainable Tourism Study through Solimar International, S silongwengjia

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Bridges Out of Poverty as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, Katlyn M. Uhler

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Exploring the Strengths and Challenges of Co-creation of Impact Assessments/ Analysis In Rural Communities: Focus: Hotel con Corazón in Granada, Nicaragua, Johanna Q. Ulseth

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ARMENIA’S SOCIAL SECTOR: AN ANALYSIS OF ARMENIA’S NONPROFITS, P L. Wierikko

Submissions from 2016

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Diversity Training Workshop Series: How to Learn and Interact within a Diverse Community, Katherine Mabel Bernal

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KickAct: the Implementation & Evaluation of a Youth Empowerment & Leadership Program, Crystal M. Denny

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?: Food Inequlaity and Black Americans, Christina Foster

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Building Creative Capacity in Conservationists: One Facilitator’s Exploration of Training and Art in Belize, Adriana Guzman

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How to Decolonize a Classroom, Celeste C. Hayes

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How did cross-cultural dynamics impact decision-making during the revision, endorsement, and implementation of the United Nation’s International Search and Rescue Guidelines? And how was cross-cultural bias overcome?, Melanie Jennings

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My Neighborhood Is Changing: Positive Youth Development in the Historic Near East Side, Fevean N. Keflom

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Youth media and social change: Using digital storytelling as a tool that engages youth to become change agents, Soufiane Khebbaz

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Organizing for Women and Children: Advocating for the ‘Reach Every Mother and Child’ Campaign, Laura E. Leslie

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Relationship Between Preponderance of ADHD in the African American Community and How Teachers are Trained to Type Students as ADHD, E Madison

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Motives and Methods of Social Mobilization in Rural Senegal, Antonia Morzenti

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Incorporating Experiential Theory into Virtual Strategic Planning Processes, Chris Perkins

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Beyond the Three Delays: A Case Study of Haiti's Maternal Health Sector, Stephanie Rapp

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The Influence of Social Media in Egypt during The Arab Spring, Nicole Reed

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Community Viability and Marine Conservation: Hybrid Resource Management and the Role of the Coral Triangle Center on Pulau Ay, Indonesia, Jerica Rossi

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BiblioWorks: Advocating For The Creation Of Libraries For Children In Chuquisaca, Bolivia, Jhasmany Saavedra

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo: National Student Exchange Four-Part Workshop for the Outgoing Students at The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Kadian Shaw

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ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE: Third Cultured Kids and Their ‘Stabilizing Factors’, Aman D. Singh Mr.

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Effective General Entrepreneurial Learning Programs for SME Development, Paul Kenneth Steele

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Movements, Moments, and Movement-Moments: Generational Approaches to Organizing for Social Change, Carissa Tinker

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Fortaleza's Immigrant Song: Portrait-Narratives and an Identity Needs Analysis of Recent Immigrants' Lived Experiences, Carl Weitz-Santiago

Submissions from 2015

Research Analysis from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer: How U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions Impact Agroforestry Sustainable Development Projects Implemented in a Rural West African Village, Katerina A. Barnes

Leadership and Community Development Initiatives of the Agency for Refugee Education, Skills Training and Advocacy’s (ARESTA) Community Education Campaign: A Leadership, Coalition and Community Building Course Linked Capstone, Nicole M. Baynard

GLOW: Planning An Azerbaijani Girls' Leadership Camp, Jessica Beck

An assessment of the needs of Palestinian Elderly in the West Bank: A Snap Shot of Service Delivery Provision to Older Palestine Refugees in Four Camps, Jennifer Natasha Bido

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Utopian Visions in Radical Communities: Burning Man, Anthony J. Colella Sir

Asbestos Management and Non-profit Action in Macedonia, Spencer Fain

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Understanding how Culture Impacts the Potential for Urban Gardens to Increase Access to Healthy Food A Qualitative Study of Food Access in North Milwaukee, Kristen Fledderjohn

Cross-Cultural Facilitation Skills in a Curriculum Design Project: Collaborative Learning for Social Change in the Republic of Macedonia, Lurdes Hernandez Hernandez

Internationalizing Housing The internationalization plan for housing international students within the ten residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Mirabai Hutton

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Reframing Inclusion: Cross-cultural interventions for families with Deaf children in Swaziland, Pamela Keilig

The Future of INGOs: A Qualitative Case Study of Save the Children, Cristina M. Kowarick

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Reinventing the Role of Children and Youth in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Amirah M. Alias

STEP RIGHT UP! : Using Circus Arts in Youth Peacebuilding Programs, Rachel Marr

The Effect of Service-Learning on Social Identity Development: The Impact Scholars Program, Kylie McCreesh

Educating and Empowering Rhode Island's Youth in Becoming the Next Generation of Leaders for Social Change and Justice., Lily McKay

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Travel Tales: the role of storytelling in abroad experience and healing, Colleen N. McMurray

Mandated Literacy Curricula: Teachers’ Perceptions of Fundations in the K-3 Classroom, Maresa E. Nielson

TOWARDS A COHESIVE CIVIL RESISTANCE-ORIENTED PROGRAMS IN PALESTINE, Ayman A M Nijim Mr.

Policy Recommendations for Michigan Promise Zones, Shantel E. Reynolds

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Spoken Language to be Embraced and Avoided Around Disability: Words That Impact Identity and Sense of Achievement, Jessica M. Rodrigues

Implementing a Strategic Planning Process into a Non-Profit Organization (PH) for Developing Long Term Goal-Oriented Approaches to Programming and Organizational Health, Hannah Taliaferro

Case Studies in Sustainable Development Abroad with ProWorld Service Corps., Tavia L. Trulson

Modifying the Virginia Regulated Investor-Owned Utility Model for the Common Good, Steven J. Williams

Submissions from 2014

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Maximizing the Benefits of Short-Term International Programs: Student Engagement and Reentry Guide for Global Routes Students and Leaders, Susanna Adams

Social Return on Investment Methodology- To Justify, Track, and Manage Socio-Economic Development Investments in Madagascar, Christopher Carazas