School of Public Policy Capstones
Submissions from 2018
Promoting Healthy Diets: Challenges and Opportunities of Nutrition Policy Implementation in Food Banks, Sarah Brown-Anson, Elizabeth Leibinger, and Hadassah Masudi Minga
Alcohol Policy Best Practices in Franklin and Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts, Lauren Coakley, Reily Connaughton, and Ghida EL-Banna
Food Insecurity at a Four-Year College Campus, Danielle Corrado
Curating Heritage in the Digital Age: An Exploration of How America’s National Heritage Areas Are Using Technology to Share Their Stories, Desiree Demski-Hamelin
Access to Technology and Student Academic Achievement: Empirical Evidence from Nepal, Palista Kharel
Adolescents’ Soda Consumption in Mexico Before and After the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax: Results from National Health and Nutrition Surveys, Estefania Martí Malvido
Massachusetts School Discipline Policy Change: Exclusion, Alternatives, and Inequality in Public District and Charter Schools, Aster Richardson
The Abandoned Shipwrecks Act in Florida, Tyler Wolanin
Submissions from 2016
MotherWoman and the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: The Role of Community Organizations in Education and Outreach for State Employment Laws, Christoph Demers and Laura Sylvester
The Financial Health of Massachusetts Nonprofit Arts Organizations (2009-2014), Derek Krevat
Submissions from 2015
Wellspring Waste to Energy Feasibility Study, Andrew Clinton, Emily Hajjar, and Frank Nakashian
Socioeconomic Assessment of the EPIC Sustainable Road Infrastructure Program in Nepal, Maria Fernandez and Trista Ristvedt
Socioeconomic Assessment of the EPIC Mangrove Restoration Project in Thailand, Jennifer King and Orlando Cordero
Women's Rights in Pakistan: The Zina Ordinance & the Need for Reform, Minah Ali Rathore
Pathways Out of Poverty: A Needs Assessment Survey of Low-Income Single Mothers in Amherst, MA, Garine Roubinian
Evaluation of the Capacity Building Grant for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Asya Rozental, Laura Steglich, and Mylasha Furnlonge
Submissions from 2014
Improving Flexibility to Increase Housing Affordability, Russell L. Pandres
Environmental Highest Courts’ Decisions: Investigating the factors that influence mining and oil cases in Ecuador, Nathalí Costa Unda
From Battery Cages to Barns: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a National Standard for Cage-Free Egg Production, Jonathan Ward
Submissions from 2013
The Non-federal Match Requirement For Head Start: Why Does it Exist and How Does it Affect A Local Head Start Program?, Alan Dallmann
“Social and economic impacts of labor migration on migrants’ households in Tajikistan: working out policy recommendations to address its negative effects”, Gulchekhra Khuseynova
Civic Engagement in Local Arts Agencies, Maya Kumazawa
The Education of a Farmer, Matthew D. Kushi
Social Enterprise In Latin America: Dimensions of collaboration among social entrepreneurs, Kevin Moforte Madsen
Can a Default Option Reduce Default Rates?, Vanessa Joyce Megaw
Evaluating Governance and Market of Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD): Lessons for Indonesia’s ccTLD .id, Dwi Elfrida Martina Simanungkalit
Encouraging Spanish-Speaking Parent Involvement: Overcoming the Barriers at Crocker Farm Elementary School, Krista Solie
Submissions from 2012
Finding a Place to Call Home: An Analysis of Mortgage Lending In Springfield, MA, Kyle Andrejczyk
Small Town Libraries and the Challenges of ADA Compliance: Can a small town create a better community through ADA compliance?, Charlene M. Coleman
Upgrading the American Labor Relations System: An Analysis of Several Alternatives, Zane Farr
Funding General Education Classes: Alternatives to Meet Current UMass Needs, Holly Fitzpatrick
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Biochar Application in the U.S. Cereal Crop Cultivation, Nataliya Kulyk
Policy Alternatives for Federal Agricultural Subsidies:Fertilization Protocols and Their Effects on Crop Yields,Sustainability, and Food Justice, Thomas Mazzarino
Energy Concierge Services: Analysis of a Public-Private Partnership Model for Commercial Energy Efficiency, Lucia N. Miller
PartnerSTAT? Performance Measurementand Management forInter-Municipal Partnerships, Christina Mills
How does a socially-driven for-profit balance mission and profit?: The Case of Joya Bride, Marcelia Muehlke
Chief Jolly Project: Creatingan Arts and Culture Nonprofit/Social Enterprise, Kristin Neville
Toward an Electric Vehicle Policy for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Noeleen Nuñez
Outsmart Invasive Species, Evan Piche
Bridging Arab American diaspora: A case for social support programming, Elham Sliman
Desegregating Our Schools: Litigation Proposal, Peter Vickery