University Capstone Honors is the heart of the Honors Program. Capstones allow honors students to develop into highly competitive prospects for top-tier graduate schools or employers.
Beginning as early as the sophomore year, students take six upper course honors credits (via contracts, advanced consortium courses, or graduate courses). In the spring of their junior year, students develop their capstone proposal, identifying what they want to do, how they want to do it, and who they want to work with.
Students work closely with faculty mentors to develop a project worthy of a top graduate. The variety of projects ranges from creative writing to fine arts to research-based projects to service learning. What matters, though, is not the kind of project but the level of expectation: Students must demonstrate adequate knowledge or skill to carry out an advanced project, whether through a major or equivalent life learning and experience.
More information on Gallaudet University's Honors Program can be found here .
Note: This collection is incomplete. Older capstones are being digitized when availability arises.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Photo Identification on Interactions between Tursiops Trucatus and Humans to Promote the Importance of Sustainability, Julia Bronneberg
Descriptive Comparative Analysis of Bacteriophage and Auxiliary Metabolic Gene Diversity in Marine and Wastewater Environments, Andrew Crawford
Exploring Safety Perceptions on Campus: A Look at Student Responses to Campus Crime and Institutional Effectiveness, Edgar J. DelaTorre
Signs of Belonging: Community Identities of Deaf Elders in Central and Coastal Massachusetts, Nelia Eaddy
A Weeping Willow, An Original Script Enriching the Canon of Deaf Plays, Tyler Furzland
Synthesis of a Nicotine-like Backbone Ligand for Binding Evaluation at PLK-1 PBD, Carter Johnson
Patient-Provider Communication Among Deaf English Users: Disparities and Implications for Cancer Screening, Ciara Luttrell
Programming Lights for Storytelling in Live Theatre: Technology, Collaboration, and Creativity, Jeremy Pitts
Worldbuilding a Place for the Deaf: an Encyclopedic Approach to Writing Inclusive Narratives, Frederick Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Creating Accessible Literature for Deaf Young Adults, Kailee Bates
The Cost of Accommodative Burdens: Prevalence & Impact on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals, Lorelei Becktel
A Study into the Psychology of Emotions, Dark Comedy, and Theatre of the Absurd: Ghosted an Original Script, Courtney Bronson
The Manifestation of Synesthesia in the Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Sign Language User Population, Elizabeth Droubi
Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning Amid and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, Ezra Forero-Tarquino
Reimagining Law Enforcement Communication with the Black Deaf Community, Jeanelle Francis
Comparing Deaf School and Mainstream Student-Athletes' Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety and Risk Factors, Ella Gamble
The LRE Provision of IDEA's Impact on Deaf Students' Socio-Emotional Satisfaction in K-12th Grade Education, Shealyn Junge
Exploring the Relationship Between Disability and Stress: A Preliminary Study, Katie McClyman
Themes of Moral Injury in the Field of ASL Interpreting, Samantha Michaelson
Brain Fog: An Adventure: Part One, Amalia Mihalakakos
Conversations and Educating People about Traumatic Experiences, Cynthia Ortega
Transgender & Gender-Diverse Interpreter Experiences, Atlas Rideout
The Missing Link: Connecting Hearing Parents of Deaf Children to Resources that Re-center Language Access Decisions Around Their Deaf Child, Ella Stromberg
Preparing to Bridge the Deaf Math Gap: Exploring Preparation Materials for ASL Interpreters in Math Education, Taylor Victor
