This collection showcases capstone papers by graduate students in the Applied Community Economic Development sequence.
Submissions from 2023
No Refuge From The Fields Vol. 2: Revitalization of Farmworker Housing Research, Manda LaPorte
Citizenship Starts Here: A Community Engaged Approach to Civic Education, Grace Northern
Inclusionary Zoning in Illinois: A Case Study Analysis, Maxwell Seeley
Submissions from 2022
Quantifying the Problem and Risks of Poorly Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells in Ventura County, California, Haley Ehlers
Municipal Housing Resource Guide: Resources for Multi-Family Affordable Housing in McLean County, Illinois, Cassidy Kraimer
Emergency Response to Mental Health Crises: A Case Study of Bloomington, Illinois, Genevieve Rappold
Listening to the Unheard: Perceptions, Goals, and Challenges of Latinx Small Business Owners in Suburban Cook County, Kendra Shaw
Envisioning Telehealth Beyond the Pandemic: A Federally Qualified Health Center’s Inquiry Toward Sustainable Telehealth Programs, Krista Zampacorta
Submissions from 2021
Bridging the Divide: Community Centers as a Catalyst of Socioeconomic Opportunity Cultivation for At-Risk Youth, Grayson Bourke
Local Matters! Community-Based Organizations, Changemaking, and the Food System, Tessa Lance
Submissions from 2020
Divergent Paths: An Analysis of the Autonomous Future in McLean County, casey peterson
Narratives of Successful Refugee Resettlement in Houston, Ward Westray
Submissions from 2019
Impact or Impasse: How to Measure University Student Effect on Community Organizations, Joel McReynolds
Reform and Democratization in Ukraine: My Service as a Peace Corps Volunteer with an Ukrainian Local Government Organization, Danielle Stevens
Submissions from 2017
Marketing the Mountain State: A large N study of user engagement on Twitter, Kirk Richardson
The Griz in the Zoo: Evaluating the Relationship between the City of Missoula and the University of Montana, Eliud Uresti
Submissions from 2016
Peace Meal: A Senior Citizen's Right to Food in East Central Illinois, Jessica Aceves and Chris Wellin
A Formative Evaluation of the Bloomington-Normal Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Emily Rego
Policy Dissemination: Public Administration Theory and International Organizations | A Case Study on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Kingdom of Morocco, Rachelle Ann Wilson
Submissions from 2014
Post-Development Theory and Food Security: A Case Study in Swaziland, Lauren Karplus
Positive Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Youth Development A Case Study of the Royal Swazi Sugar Corporation in Swaziland, Danielle V. Shtraus
El Salvador: The Case of CrediCampo, Alexandria J. Trimble
Politics of Environmental Policy: A Case Study of Alamor and the Yasuní National Park, Katie Weber
Submissions from 2013
The Past, Present and Future of Transnational Conflict in Jordan: A Study of Syrian Refugees in the Hashemite Kingdom, David F. Becker
An Assessment of the Human Right to Safe and Sanitary Housing for Transitional Age Youth in Mendocino County, Jamie Boban
Building a Community-based Food System: Green Economic Development in Central Illinois, Tim Glaza
Come Together: Congregate Meal Participation in Illinois Planning and Service Area 05, Dane Myers
Best Practices and Barriers of Government Performance Measures: A Fire/EMS Case Study of the City of Bloomington Fire Department, Nancy Ouedraogo
Memory and Politics in El Salvador, Andrew Piotrowski
Credit Building Program Evaluation & the Opportunity for Capacity Building, Carolyn Schulte
The Innocent Face of Rights: An Exploration of Children’s Rights and Its Influence on Community Development in the Dominican Republic, Hillary Anne Smith
Submissions from 2011
Social Capital in Senegal: Bane or Boom?, Laura Livesay
The Continuing Development of the NGO Sector in Kyrgyzstan: Experience from one NGO in Naryn KG, Brad Pribe
Submissions from 2010
The Shifting American Community and the Rise of Social Media: Exploring Social Media in Grassroots Non-Profits, Casandra Fritzsche
State Versus Ethnic Identification in Tibati, Cameroon, Brian Hillery
A Case Study: The assessment and evaluation of the inaugural Multicultural Leadership Program of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Christine Holmes
Submissions from 2009
Measuring the Effectiveness of the Statewide Initiative: “The Maturing of Illinois”, Joseph Alustiza
Attitude, Money, or Administration? Barriers to Clean Energy Expansions in Kankakee, Illinois, Adrienne Martin
Submissions from 2007
Making TIFWorks Work for Chicago: An examination of Illinois Workforce Development Programs, Amanda Hudson
Mikva Challenge: Are We Misleading Ourselves? A Long-Term Evaluation Framework for an Organization in Transition, Jeremy Richart
ASPIRA Inc. of Illinois: A tale of educational success?, Christian Rivera-Perez
Serving the Young: A Volunteer’s Assessment of Youth Development Non-Governmental Organizations in Northern Kazakhstan, Daniel Wienecke
Submissions from 2006
Renewing the Community? Pork Barrelling? Maintaining the Status Quo? What's the Agenda?, K Lavon Wright
Submissions from 2005
The Value of Nonmaterial Wealth: A Critique of Microcredit in the United States and It's Ability to Empower Women, Melanie L. Parkhurst
The ACCESS Miami Model-- Shifting the Paradigm A Case Study in Sustainable Community Development through Partnerships and Community Resource Maximization, Danny Santivasci
Submissions from 2001
“ Do the Attitudes of Policy Implementers Affect the Implementation of the Community Service Policy at a Southern Illinois County Housing Authority?” A Case Study, Bernadette Zayas Lorenzo