Seventeen students will present the findings from their capstone research on May 4-5 in Gordon Hall 302-304. The full conference schedule is available below.
All faculty, students, and local alumni are welcome to attend.
Katie McDermott, associate professor of education and public policy, and Joya Misra, professor of sociology and public policy, led this year’s capstone course.
May 4, 2011
?10:00 Welcome to Capstone Conference! (Advisors in parens)
10:05-10:25 Daryl Lafleur, 2010 United States Decennial Census: Muddling Through Nonresponse Followup Field Training (Jane Fountain, Political Science & CPPA)
10:25-10:45 Margaret Byrne, Bisphenol A in Consumer Products and Food Contact Applications: An Analysis of Laws Governing Exposure to a Low-dose Endocrine Disruptor (Jane Fountain, Political Science & CPPA)
10:45-11:05 Claire McGinnis, A Survey of Massachusetts Municipalities’ Participation in Resident to Government Online Transactions (Jane Fountain, Political Science & CPPA)
11:05-11:10 Break
11:10-11:30 Phoebe Walker, Mandatory Accreditation of Local Health Departments: What Massachusetts can Learn from North Carolina (Dan Gerber, Public Health & Katie McDermott, EPRA & CPPA)
11:30-11:50 Rachel Trafford, A Case Study of the J-PAL Policy Group: Improving the Translation from Research to Policy (Sylvia Brandt, Resource Economics & CPPA)
11:50-12:10 Sarah Keister, Primary Concern: An Analysis of Emergency Department Utilization after Health Insurance Reform in Massachusetts (Sylvia Brandt, Resource Economics & CPPA)
12:10-12:15 Break
12:15-12:35 Luke Johnson, Risky Perceptions and High-Stakes Drinking at UMass Amherst (Sylvia Brandt, Resource Economics & CPPA)
12:35-12:55 Hasansahib Pinjar, Self-reliance, Collective Action, and Cooperation: Perceptions of Farmers and Leaders of Karnataka State Farmers’ Association (KRRS) (Joya Misra, Sociology & CPPA)
12:55-1:15 Christa Drew, Toward Increased Access to Healthy Food for a Springfield Congregation (Lorraine Cordeiro (Nutrition) and Kalidas Shetty (Food Science))
May 5, 2011
9:00-9:20 Elissa Holmes, Return and Reintegration: Experiences of Nepali Women after Leaving Exploitative Labor Situations (Nina Siulic, Legal Studies & Political Science)
9:20-9:40 Bia Kim, Being Defeated by Public Distrust: Scandals in the Nonprofit Environment (Brenda Bushouse, Political Science & CPPA)
9:40-9:45 Break
9:45-10:05 Jordan Garner, Democratic Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships: A case study of the Boston Private Industry Council’s Healthcare Careers Consortium (Brenda Bushouse, Political Science & CPPA)
10:05-10:25 Matthew Friedson, The Implementation of Massachusetts School District Incentives: an Analysis on How to Improve the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches (Katie McDermott, Educational Policy, Research and Administration & CPPA)
10:25-10:30 Break
10:30-10:50 Edward Harvey, Value in Partnerships: A Case Study of the Morningstar Full-Service Community School (Katie McDermott, Educational Policy, Research and Administration & CPPA)
10:50-11:10 Anne Bordieri, Can Connecticut learn from New Jersey’s Growth Management Model of cross-acceptance? (Carol Heim, Economics)
11:10-11:15 Break
11:15-11:35 Shantel Palacio, An Analysis of Financial Aid Trends at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (Michael Ash, Economics & CPPA)
11:35-11:55 Jeffrey Hofer, English-only Education Policy and Latino English Language Learners in Massachusetts (Laura Valdiviezo, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies)