A.
Honors Theses
in Public Policy
2006-2007
Matthew Dong , Culturally Competent Health Care in a Community Health Care Setting: A Qualitive Study of South Cove Community Health Center
Tamiz Ahmed, Art Therapy for Incarcerated Youth: The Effect of the AS220 Arts Program on Recidivism in RI's Juvenile Justice System
Richard Kwong,
Michael O'Mara,
David Pan,
2005-2006
Kate Newby , Dedicated to a Dream: Making School Choice Work in Milwuakee
Ruth Brown, Meeting Medicare Part D: Dual Eligibles' Transition Prescription Drug Plans (click here for abstract)
Miranda Galindo,
Debra Greenspan,
2003-2004
William Tucker , The Effect of Victim Age and Gender on Prosecutors' Willingness to Prosecute Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Genevieve Herreria , Ammending a Culture of Corruption: RI Political Culture and the Separation of Powers Movement (click here for abstract)
Rebecca Santoro,
Adam Reich,
Daniel Schneider,
2002-2003
Kolajo Afolabi, College Persistance among Urban
Stuents: A look at the Graduates of Fenway High School
Marshall Clement, Climbing Invisible Walls: Assessing the Impact of Reentry Planning at the Rhode Island Prison (click here for abstract)
Joseph C. Davis,
Julie Falender,
Sarah Staley,
2001-2002
Liza Khan, Assessing the Impact of
Access: Coverage of Family Court Issues in Closed, Open, and Hybrid States
Jeanette E. Markle, Work Sanctions in TANF Cash
Assistance Programs: A Comparative Study
of Caseworker Perspectives
Eric Tucker, Strategic Partnerships for Teacher Support: A Qualitative Inquiry into Urban Debate
Leagues, Community-Based Organizations, and School Improvement Efforts
2000-2001
Lila E. Slovak, Attending to the Uninsured: An Analysis of State Commitment to People
Lacking Healthcare Insurance
Rachel A. Flood, Government Provided Child Care Assistance: An Analysis of Program
Participation in
Sheryl L. Frost, Promises of Stability for Foster Children in
Vera
Brunner-Sung, Interpreting Justice:
Non-English Speaking Latinos and the Criminal Justice System
Monica Karuturi, Assessing the Implementation of Mandatory Arrest Policy for Intimate
Partner Violence in the State of
Jennifer M. Swedish, The Role of the Abortion Issue in Campaigns
and Elections: A Case Study Analysis
Sarah Cook, Money and Student Performance in Rhode Island Elementary Schools
1999-2000
Stephanie Kissam, Charity as Policy:
Implications of Private Food Assistance
Jillian Berk, Hot Town, Summer in the City: An Examination
of the Factors That Influence the Adoption of Summer School Programs Education
Policy
Dulari Tahbildar, Three
Students, Two Open Seats, One Policy: Is the
1999-2000 (continued)
Alexandra Greif, Preventing Child Fatalities:
An Analysis of Child Fatality Review in
Katherine Weisburd, Growing Pains Inside the Fence: The Impact of Judicial Intervention on
Conditions of Confinement in The
Patrick Sharkey, From Welfare to What? An Exploration of Outcomes from Training and Education Programs Serving
the Welfare Caseload, and Implications for Welfare Reform in
Sarah Coburn, Intimate Partner Violence: Analysis of Police and Restraining Order
Utilization in
Tanya Rakpraja,
Participation Puzzle: Asian Pacific American
Political Engagement, Registration and Voting
1998-1999
Abigail White, Whom Does City Year Serve? The
Impact of a National Service Program on Participants
Kristina Daugirdas,
From Brown to Green? Public Funding, Institutional Factors, and the Economic and
Environmental Success of Brownfields Programs
Jeffrey A. Berger, Global Changes in the Banking Industry and Their Impact Upon the Relationship Between Banks and Communities
Sarah Remes, Implementing Welfare Reform in
Robert Taylor, There Ought to be a Law! The Initiative Process as an Institution for
Pressing Controversial Policies: A Study of Three States’ Experiences with
Physician-Assisted Suicide Initiatives
Thaddeus Heuer, Holton’s Gamble: A Nation at Risk and the Symbolic Politics of
American Eductaton Reform Policy
1997-1998
Laura Marti Dokson, Drugs, Disease, and Debate:
The Issue of Syringe Access for Injection Drug Users in
Alexander Harris, Hoo-Rah! A Comprehensive Analysis of a
1997-1998 (
continued)
Jeremy Schenof, The
Skills to Pay the Bills: The Characteristics, Quality and Requirements of
Entry-Level Jobs in the
1996-1997
Justin Driver, More than Picking Cotton: Afrocentricity
and Public Schools
Farrell Allen, Parents Aren’t Sold: A Case Study of Parent Involvement and its
Implications for School Choice
Elizabeth Anker, Systemic Reform and Goals
2000: An Examination of National Policy Through
District, School, and Classroom Implementation
Joshua Richman, Billion Dollar Baseball: Determining the Future Home of the
Julie Bauman, The Policy Impact of Section 112r of the
Clean Air Act Amendments: A Comparative Case Study of
Andrea Battacchi, Confronting Teen Dating Violence: An Analysis of the Juvenile Justice
Response in
Shirley Woodward, Promotoras de la Salud:
Sustaining a Program that Sustains Lives
1995-1996
Eric Wolff, Holding Schools Responsible: State Accountability and the
Rebecca Saxon, The Role of the State in Early Childhood
Education
Shannon Quill, School-to-Work and Systemic Reform: Understanding What
it Will Take
Josh Rabina, Regulatory Rule Making and the FDIC Improvement Act: An Analysis of
Administrative Behavior
Lisa Dunham, For-Profit Hospitals: The Anticipated Impact on Uncompensated Care in
Natasha Flora, Institutional Responses to the Changing Social Contract: A Look at
Immigrant-Serving Nonprofit Agencies in
Hollie Arnold, An
Evaluation of the Child Protection Team
1995-1996 (continued)
Karen Tumlin,
Children in the System: Discretion, Disorganization,
and Disparity
Jacob Gersen, Disparity and Difference: Determining Criminal Sanctions
Eileen Shy, Planning for a Political World: A Case Study of the Development of
Nicole Hanrahan, Community Development in
Matthew Holzer, The United Federation of Teachers and School
Reform: A Case Study 1967-1996
Joanna Leeds, Implementing Controlled Choice:
Jon Ehrhardt, The Barriers to Collaboration of Service
Providers in Two Rhode Island Child Opportunity Zones
1994-1995
Michelle Ahnn, The Rules of the Game: Three Case Studies of
Jon Matthew Aldrich, The Streetworker
Program: A Case Study of a Youth Gang Intervention Approach
Oliver Chase, Separate and Unequal: The Employment Training System and
Discrimination Against the Welfare Poor
Mandy
Jeffrey Metzler, Local Governance in
Sara Nathanson, New York State’s School Quality Review Initiative: A Model for School
Assessment and Improvement in the Context of Systemic School Reform
Milda Saunders, The
Issues and Actors in the Making of the Crime Bill: An Examination of the Role
of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Formulation of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Amy Sohn, Discrimination in
1994-1995 (continued)
Ebonya
1993-1994
Deborah Ahrens, The Politics of School Desegregation in
Rima Alaily, Shifting
Liabilities: A Solution to the Medical Malpractice Problem
Michelle Cherande, Court Ordered Prison Reform: A Case Study of Palmigiano
v. Garrahy and the
Shannon Flattery, Rehabilitation: A Solution to
Sharon Hurwitz, What Works? Lessons Learned From Two Programs Designed to Keep
Pregnant and parenting Teens Receiving AFDC in School
Antonia Juhasz, Patriarchy By Any Means Necessary: The
Effects of Secondary Socioeconomic Status of Women on Battered Women
Peter Kahn, Education, Taxes, and Politics: 1993
Erik Pitchal, The Coalition of Essential Schools and the
Politics of
Jon Richter, A Discussion of Three Municipal Revitalization
Techniques
Ilene Strauss, The Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases in
1992-1993
Jeffrey Francer, Congressional Oversight of the Food and Drug Administration
Jeffrey Grybowski, Policy and the Politicians: The
1991-1992
Troy Centazzo,
Hatching Fledgling Firms: The Business Incubator
Matthew Dunne, The Arts and the
State: The Effects of Controversy and Fiscal Constraint on Government Funding
of the Arts and Artistic Stagnation
1991-1992 (continued)
Bobby Jindal,
“The Physician Model” and State Health Care
Expenditures: The Relative Effects of Malpractice Liability, Cigarette and
Alcohol Consumption, and Physician Income
Matthew Kelemen, Policy Implementation and School Based Management: A Comparative Case
Study of Educational Restructuring
Miriam Laufer, Choice and Voice in Cambridge Public Schools
Jack Resneck, Medicare Physician Payment Reform: A Comparative Study Illustrating
the Effects of Congressional Budget Rules on Congressional Oversight of
Regulatory Agencies
Clifford Robinson, Alternatives to Federal Government Housing Policy: A
Comparative Case Study of Local Housing Initiatives and Public/Private
partnerships Operating in
1990-1991
Kristine Abbot, Federal Home Care Policy for the Elderly: A Need for new
Direction
Jennifer Fries, The Prosecution of Domestic Violence: Toward
a Uniform Policy of Response
Mark Morelli,
The Earned Income Tax Credit as an Antipoverty Program
Michael Peterson, Short-term National Security Objectives and American Semiconductor
Policy
William Rivera, Saving the Child, $aving
Wendy Shimelman, Grants-Based Nonprofit Politics: Nonprofit Organizations and Human
Service Delivery in
1989-1990
Eric Golden, Justice for the Poor: A Study of Indigent Defense Policy
Marilyn Hines, Governmental Ethics in the Policy Stream: A Case Study
Elise Hood, Social Welfare Policy: An Analysis of Employment Programs for Welfare
Recipients and A Case Study of the Westchester County Health Care Training
Program
Charles Lubinsky,
Aaron Ostrom, Uranium Mining and Milling in the Navajo Nation: Confronting the Past
and Transforming the Future
Adam Spector, The Politics of Corporate Takeover
Regulation
1989-1990 (continued)
Jonathan Youngwood, Allocating the Costs of Accidents: A Study of Equity and Efficiency in
Private Passenger Automobile Insurance Classification
Bennet Zelner, The Thrift Industry Crisis and the Insolvency of FSLIC:
Perverse Incentives Created by the Structure of Federal Deposit Insurance
1988-1989
Susan Gander and Christopher
Jernigan, Ability Grouping in
America’s Public School System: The Persistence of a
Questionable Practice
Jennifer Sweet, Police Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence:
The Chief’s Effect on Officer Attitudes
1987-1988
no honors theses
1986-1987
Judith Altenberg,
Women as Candidates: Why Do They Run?
James Bernard, Housing for New Yorkers in the 1990s: Construction of Low and Moderate
Income Rental Housing Units in
Michael Bopp, Enterprise Zone Performance and Perspectives
Sarah Eaton, Overcoming the Rule of Thumb: Political Agenda Setting and the Social
Problems of Battered Women
Diana Edensword, The Abortion Debate in
Michael Miller, The Negative Mandate of the FDA: Political
Pressure and the Regulation of Prescription Drugs
Matthew Riven, Strategic Defense Initiative Contracts: Who Gets Them and Why
Marcie Rosenthal, Nuclear Power at the Expense of Public Protection: A Critical
Examination of the Price-Anderson Act
1985-1986
David J. Horowitz, Congressional Budgeting as Symbolic Action: The Symbol of the Budget
Process as a Conflict Management Tool
1984-1985
Jonathan M. Rozoff, The
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