Global Commerce in Culture & Society Capstone Thesis
Class of 2023
Drew Brennfleck
How the Black Swan Exposes the Evolution of the Automotive Supply Chain
Aubrey Donohue
The Influence of Covid-19 Misinformation on WhatsApp: Ethnic Relations in India and the Promise of Digital Games as Education Tools
Shiyuan Gao
Food Equity in the Big Apple: Food Insecurities, Food Deserts, Obesity, and Solutions in New York and Beyond
Michael Glatz
Redefining Meetings: A Social Understanding Applied to New Forms
Brady Holbrook
Development and Trees: Forestry around Mount Kenya
Sophie Mallas
The Birkin Dupe: How Generational Perceptions of Luxury and Counterfeit Goods Will Shape the Future of Fashion Consumption
Silas Mathew | Cobalt Supply Chains: Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Grace Motta | Global Supply Chains and Climate Change: The Cost of Semiconductor Manufacturing
Rowan Mulcahy | Surveillance Captialism: Exploiting the New Digital Frontier
Emma Myer | Gender Diversity in Banking: How Different Countries' Gender Norms Have Kept Women Out of Senior Level Roles in Finance
Huyen Nguyen | Unpacking the Consequences of Fast Fashion's Social Media Marketing on Generation Z
Daniel Parker | Show Me the Dirty Money
Sterling Ruff | TSMC in Sino-American Conflict
Travis Schuck | Exploring Travesti demands for Reparations in Argentina
Peyton Showalter | Voluntourism as Global Development: Voluntourism Begging for Reform in Brazilian Favelas and Elsewhere
Suzanna Stohr | Women in the Informal Economy of Tanzania: Forms of Resistance and Support for Hybrid Economy
Katie Treene | Groundwater Exploitation in India: The Lasting Impact of Green Revolution Policies in the Context of Climate Change
Ying Yuan | Body or Commodity: The Role of Choice in the Egyptian Organ Trade
Class of 2022
Student Name | Title of Capstone Thesis
Saleem Abu-Tayeh | The Israeli Health Care System: A False Utopia
Tatiyahna Blakely | South-South Squeeze: Neocolonial Debt and China's Belt and Road Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
Reed Atkinson | Haiti: The Construction and continuation of the NGO State
Caroline Challe | Interest Groups at Odds: Understanding Psychedelic Legislation through Medical, Indigenous, and Recreational Use
April Grossman | Naming "Opportunity Deserts": The Key Poverty Reduction Policy
Cecilia Hail | From M-Pesa to Cryptocurrency: How FinTech Is Reshaping the Global Financial Market and Helping the Most Vulnerable
Sara Hamilton | Electronic Waste and Emerging Economies: Production, Trade, and Social Impact in Accra, Ghana
Riley Kindley | Work from Home: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Reversion to Traditional Gender Roles
Emily (Lu) Oksen | Egg Donation: An Ethnography of Intimate Labor & Exploitation
Matthew Parker | The United States' Exploitation of the International Monetary Fund: The Politicization of the IMF for U.S. Economic and Strategic Gain
Angeline (Qiner) Shi | Data Surveillance of China's Social Credit System: China's Cultural Perspective towards Privacy
Porter Brown Simmons | Historical Transformations in the Danish Education Model
Amy Tran | Understanding the Resistances to Dual LAnguage Programs in the United States
Chandler Williams | The Fallacies of Female Empowerment: A Look Into Gap Inc.'s Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement Program within Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment Industry