Class of 2024

Student Name | Title of Capstone Thesis

Roshan Baddeliyanage | Surveillance Capitalism: The Modern Key to Power

Aidan Burke | Transforming African Commerce: The Role of M-Pesa in Overcoming Financial Exclusion and Fostering Inclusive Growth

Daphne Chen | Accountability in Global Production: Human Trafficking in the Thai Fishing Industry

Yuni Choi | Soviet Koreans: Challenging the Bounds of Korean Ethnicity

Caroline Connor | European Football Clubs as Cultural Artifacts: Why Commercialization is a Threat

Abby Donahoo | Fast Fashion: Can We Slow it Down and Save Our Planet?

Teddy Donohue | Viral Lies: Unveiling the Lethal Spread of Disinformation on Social Media

Samantha Girardi | Urbanalization: Postmodern Urbanism and the Loss of Local Identity

Anna Goldman | Doomsday Preppers and the Immeasurable Impact of Neoliberal Ideology

Sabrina Harjanto | Analyzing the Complex Tourism Systems: A Case Study of Kuta and Ubud

Chloe Hutcheson | Reparative Engagements in the World of Thematic Bonds: Addressing the Gap between Capitalism and the Environment

Christina Keating | A Race to the Bottom: How Globalization Has Perpetuated Corporate Power and Labor Inequalities

Lydia Kim | Diving into the Abnormal Blue: Hidden Realities and Futures of the Haenyeo Women

MK Lamb | Defining Human Trafficking: Problems with Simplification, Sexualization, and Dramatization

Hailey Lee | Wealth is Health: The Commodification of Health and Wellness: A Comparison of American and Japanese Cultures

Nina Parker | The Human Cost of Tax Havens: A Re-Evaluation of the Threat of Offshore Finance

Charlotte Perine | Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: Constructing a Responsive and Cooperative Japanese-Multinational Workplace Culture

Sarah Rice | Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Water Privatization: An Examination of Commodification and Equity in Cochabamba

Caroline Schwanewede | Fast Fashion and Capitalism: Why the Burden of the Issue Should Be Placed On Production Not Consumption

Alex Smithgall | Curated Perceptions: China, Hollywood, and the Global Information Environment

Sydney Strawn | Guns, Butter, and Interminable War: Blackwater and the Private Military Industry

Bella Valentine | Unveiling Disaster Capitalism: Exploring Post-Katrina Reconstruction Efforts

Kara Ventura | The Peculiar Capitalism of American Healthcare: Private Equity and Physician Autonomy

James Welch | Sand: A Quiet Crisis

Ryan Winegardner | Managing Modernity: The Construction of Paris and Colonial Marrakech

Maria Zafar | The Invisible Hand (of God): Exploring the Intersection Between Religion and Capitalism

Class of 2023

Student Name | Title of Capstone Thesis

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