Thank you for joining us for our 2025 Thesis and Capstone event- it was wonderful celebrating everyone's hard work!
2025 Senior Capstone titles
Zoe-Anna Rudolph-Larrea - “‘Freight Trains of Mute Boxes’: The 5-over-1 as a Product ofAmerica’s Regulatory, Suburban, and Economic Context”*
Klara Davidson-Schmich - “‘In(nova)tion Lives Here’: Examining Tech Urbanism throughAmazon’s HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia”*
Josephine Alston - “Movin’ On Up: A Case for Fare-Free Public Transit as a Vehicle for Upward Mobility and Poverty Alleviation Across Rhode Island”*
Gabe Sender - “Living in the Warming City: An Ethnographic Study of Climate Change Advocates in Providence”*
Brenna Pangelinan - “Westminster St: Small Businesses & Redevelopment”
Lara Schechter - “They’re Coming to America: Tracing My Family’s Path from Europe to (and through) the Urban Fabric of New York”
Patrick McManus - “Sprawling Challenges: Urban Development, Transportation, and Equity in Perth”
Denika Kao - “Metro-Induced Gentrification: An Examination of Taipei’s Mass Rapid Transit System in Perpetuating Gentrification”
Kashetu Oseni - “South Station: The Rise and Fall of America’s Railroad Stations”
Griffin Steele - “Survival Mode Urbanism: Managing Constraint in the Built Environment”
Maxie Cole - “Inside the System: Understanding New York City Public Schools through Students and Space”
Kira McCarthy - “Bridging Mobility Gaps: A Critical Assessment of the TransPeshawar Bus Rapid Transit in Pakistan”
Ronnie Shashoua - “Digital Mappings of Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Change”
Kyle Gee - “Evaluating the Impact of the Charlotte Blue Line Extension”
Mia Reiland - “Bridge Rockaway Development Analysis”
Robert Carr - “Providence Revitalization and Public Subsidy: Assessing the Superman Building’s Redevelopment”
James Hardy - “Contemporary Issues in Municipal Finance and Urban Development Strategy”
Tanya Qu - “BIDness as Usual: Yellowjackets and the Providence Downtown Improvement District”*
Eliana Hornbuckle - “‘Even when there is no reception, there is a Dollar General’: Dollar General’s Impact on Food Access and Community Morale in Rural, Suburban and Urban Iowa Communities”*
* honors thesis
