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Submissions from 2014
Teaching Archival Research Skills to Undergraduates, Aaron G. Noll
An Analysis of Employment Barriers Facing Blind People, William O'Donnell
A Case Study of the Regulations Imposed Upon Massachusetts' Prescription Monitoring Program, Meredith Rodman
SNAP: An evaluation of how families in a low socioecnomic bracket decide what to eat., Kate-Marie Roycroft
Health and Wellness Programs in Massachusetts' Public Sector, Andrew Sullivan
Chief Executive Structure in Massachusetts Towns: The relationship between authority levels and leadership opportunities, Maureen A. Thomas .
Financial Aid Administration: Effect and Innovation, Brendan Williams
Submissions from 2013
The Memory Keeper: Analyzing the Importance of Collecting and Preserving Oral Histories in a Twenty-First Century University Archival Repository, Arabeth Balasko
Municipal Waste Management Policy: The Impact of Pay As You Throw and the Predicted Effect on Nahant, Massachusetts, Antonio Barletta
The Continuum of Care Model and Veteran Homelessness: A Case Study of Soldier On, Stephanie Bosley
Effects of Volunteering on the Volunteer Post-Service, Shannon Brown
HomeBASE: An Exploration into Massachusetts' Policy to Fight Homelessness through a Rapid-Rehousing "Housing First" Approach, Caileen Burns
Applied Creativity: Tools Toward Transformation: An Undergraduate Curriculum, Teryl Cartwright
Regional Equity in Transportation Finance: A Massachusetts Case Study, Christopher Gilrein
Communities of Practice, Cailin B. Hochradel
Minority Partisanship in the Massachusetts Legislature, Gary Lowell
The Casino and "Eastie Pride", Kathleen McCauley
Seeing Adoption with Eyes Wide Open, Cheryl Millman
Developing a Creative Thinking Course for Community College Students, Noreen McGinness Olson
Engaging Hearts, Changing Minds: Gang Prevention and Relational-Cultural Connection, Stacy Randell
SoftSecond Program: An Option for Low and Moderate Income Families, Hamilton Rodrigues
Moving to Opportunity: Does Mobility Affect Economic Outcomes?, Amy Sutherland
Prostate Cancer and Screening Procedures for Early Detection, Bruce Tobin
SNAP(ed): The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Household Expense Calculation and the Adequacy of Benefits, Katherine Zanetta
Submissions from 2012
Discovering My Passion as an Ally: Gaining Awareness of the History of the Gay Rights Movement, Meghan R. Callaghan
Belief is so last century, Cynthia Clayton-Parent
Life is a Journey, Carol D. Hardick
Born-Again Artist: Lessons, Prophets, and Visions on Developing an Identity as an Artist, Alison Palmucci
Maximizing the Learning Outcomes of Cocurricular Civic Engagement in Higher Education, Jeremy Poehnert
Third Divergence: Representations and Reflections, Nathan Weaver
Managing from the Middle, Lisa Williams
Submissions from 2011
First-Generation Students’ Pathways to a Baccalaureate, Yolanda Avidano
Building a Learning Community for Dental Hygiene Faculty, Nancy Baccari
Empowering and Engaging Teen Girls through Media from the Perspective of a Practitioner and Producer, Marie Celestin
Creative Consciousness: Becoming a Reflective Designer, Renessa Ciampa Brewer
Serendipity and Persistence: A Journey Building a Rich Music-Making Culture in Public Schools, Constance Cook
My Journey to Develop an Innovative Approach to Unplanned Pregnancy, Gina Dillon Podolsky
Edutainment: Using Storytelling as a Tool for Social Marketing, Sally Heldrich
Mutual Mondays, PTSD and Dialogue Process with Veterans of Armed Conflict: Becoming a Facilitator, and Healing Along with Participants, Michael Johns
Our Mouths on Paper: A Critical Look at the Educational Value, Social Importance, and Self- Exploration Stemming from Slam Poetry, Candace R. McDuffie
Student's Stress: It's Real and Manageable, Mary F. McGurn
Putting the Self Back into Self-Regulation: Why Current Academic Self-Regulation Models are Insufficient for High-Schoolers and What Can Be Done about It, Sheila O'Shea-Resto
Submissions from 2010
My Plan to Play: A Personal Journey towards a Lifetime of Play, Aimee Blaquiere
Changing My Perspective on Intelligence, Kristin E. Capezio
Inner Struggles, Outward Reach: An ADD'er Reflects on the Path towards an ADD Coaching Practice, Scott Goddess
Tension and Critical Thinking in Art, Marnie A. Jain
Service and Community: An Action Plan For Schools , Julie Johnstone
Greek for Travelers, Apostolos Koutropoulos
Navigating the Complexities in Teaching, Marie Levey-Pabst
Using Critical & Creative Thinking to Enhance Productivity in Integrated Marketing Communications Meetings and Procedures, Ashley N. Smith
Applying Critical and Creative Thinking in Teaching Buddhism, Doan Van Thua
Searching and Exploring a Multi-Cultural Identity for Myself and My Daughter through Critical and Creative Thinking, Diana Truong
Submissions from 2009
Managing a Creative Practice, Julie C. Barrett
Bringing Community College Students and Employers Together: A Guide for Employers and Career Centers in an Economic Decline, Jeffrey Craig
Children's Story: Per-Se-Vere, Virginia de la Garza
Social Action Teaching: Engaging Middle School Students in Knowing and Doing in the Social Studies Classroom, Alyssa Hinkell
China's Post-Cold War Identity Crisis and the Politics of Intervention: The Case of Sudan, Jennifer Howard
Promoting Rapid, Sustainable Operational Change in Business Organizations, Michael Lihon
Mentoring towards Resilient Thought, Jeneen M. Mucci
Incorporating Service-Learning into the ESL Curriculum: What Aspiring Practitioners Need to Know, Andres R. Reyes
Exploring the Teaching Mind: Extending Participation in Lifelong Learning through Engagement with a Supportive Community, Jeremy Szteiter
Constructivist Learning Verses Explicit Teaching: A Personal Discovery of Balance, Tara N. Tetzlaff
Developing Healthy and Balanced Minds: How Creative, Critical and Moral Thinking Promote Good Cognition, Matthew Tower
Submissions from 2008
The Globally Responsible Leader, Bertha-Lucia Fries
Original Curriculum for Encouraging Meaningful Community Service in High School Students, Elizabeth H. Naylor
Meaning through Metaphor: Visual Dialogue and the Picturing of Abstraction, John Quirk
Submissions from 2007
My Search for a Meaningful Information Literacy Course: A Drama in Three Acts, Jan Coe
Fighting Traffic Congestion in Metropolitan Phoenix by Making Public Transportation a Success, David Frias
Recovery and Discovery to Become a Balanced Thinker - and Beyond, Maho Hatano
Individual Transitions between Organizational Cultures, Gretchen Heath
Fiction Writing and the Unconscious: A Memoir, Kathleen Irwin
Illness Stories: From Recognizing the Significance in Care to Planning My Own Storied Practice, Jane LaChance
Identifying Methods Nurse Managers Can Implement to Foster a Supportive Environment for Staff Where Disruptive Behavior Exists, Kathleen Leavitt
From Humor in the Workplace to Humor as a Means of Healing from Loss, Sheryl Savage
Destination? A Play about Workplace Ethics, Zhenxing Wang
Submissions from 2006
Traditional and Non-Traditional Graduate Academics: Two Models for Consideration, Frank Carvino
Staircase to Slope: A Mathematics Learning Expedition, Karen Crounse
Refining Operating Room Communication: Creating a Culture of Improved Teamwork for the Future of Perioperative Nursing, Barbara DiTullio
Training Teaching Assistants in Theory and Methods: The Next Professors of Biology, Michelle Hardy
T-Mobile: Strategic Analysis, Apostolos Koutropoulos and Glenn Charbonneau
Leadership of a New Generation to Forge Peace, Progress and Prosperity for All, Beck H. Lee
A Journey to Make Documentaries that Entertain as well as Enlighten, Luz Valdez
Submissions from 2005
Collaborative Insight: Fostering Communication between Designers and Their Clients, Andrea Brenner
Capturing the Dance: Producing the Live Dance Performance of '128' For Video, James E. Clements
…And There Was Light. On Becoming a Writer: A Reflective Journey, Senait Fesseha
Developing Intrapersonal Synergy though Dialogue and Expressive Writing: Implications for Education and Living, ElizaBeth Garcia
Dynamic Systems Theory and Human Development: A Cognitive Journey through Intellectual State Space, Matthew Jans
Hands-on: Lessons for ESL adults, Linda Jeffrey
Bureaucracy: An Original Creative Project, Robert Lingley