Sample Capstone Projects


These are the titles of the thesis papers presented by the recent MAIS graduates:

  • Signers Theatre: Building American Sign Language Fluency through Deaf Mentorship
  • African American Youth: What Motivates Them to Vote?
  • America's Depression: An Oral History
  • Toward New Approaches to Enhance Critical Thinking in the Teaching of Writing in High School
  • Seeking Ecological and Socio-Political Balance in Parks and Recreation Policy
  • Rhetoric, Religion, and the Supreme Court on Abortion
  • Use and/or Misuse of Credit Cards among Young Adults: Evaluation of Marketing Appeals
  • Children as Witness to Bullying:  Can Art-making Raise Empathy in the Classroom in Students and the Artist? 
  • Vanishing Act:  the Mobile Phone and the Sudden Disappearance of Space, Time, and Decorum
  • Alzheimer's and Anticipatory Grief:  The Caretakers' Long and Ponderous Journey of Invisible Mourning
These and all of the Capstone Projects are available on closed reserve at the Hiram College Library or you can contact the Office of Graduate Studies for more information at (330) 569-5111.

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