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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Over the Rainbow: A Study on the Impact of Raindrop Shape on Rainbow Arches, Samantha Forshay

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Untold Stories of ASL Deprivation: A Collection of Experiences, Lydia Kopp

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Bilingual Language Stimulation Strategies: Recasting and Expansion: A Creative Research Based Product, Merri Lindsey

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Black Identity Development in Deaf Individuals, Faith Sanders

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

A Memoir: Masked Butterfly, Jaleah Dortch

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Investigating Birth Outcomes Among Deaf Mothers: Hospital vs. Home Births, Aashni Kamra

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"That's My Blue Crayon!" : Development of a Bilingual Storybook App, Tayla Newman

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Vaccine Literacy Among Deaf Adult American Sign Language Users of Hearing Parents, Casey Lee Peck

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The Filipino Sign Language Act in the Philippines: Policy Analysis, Angela Rogers

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Linguistic Barriers in Mathematics Word Problems for Deaf Students, Stefania Sarkic

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An Analysis of Emerging Technology's Impact on Accounting: Creating a Brand - accountABLE - to Update Professionals in the Field, Patricia Brynn Schmidt

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Barriers to Job Satisfaction of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Employees: Implications for Creating Deaf-Friendly Work Environments, Yunhe Bai

(M)el(an)chol(ia): A Memoir, Alexandra Forkin

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Experiences of Mainstream Students: A Qualitative Study, Raelyn Fuechtmann

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Interactive Health Literacy: Gender Differences in a Representative Deaf College Student Sample, Gabrielle Humlicek

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Implementation of Group Based Cryptosystems in Information Security, Bailey J. Moers

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The Challenges of the Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: The Inside Story, Hannah Rae Neild

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Baggage: An Original Script and Production Furthering the Evolution of Deaf Theatre, Nikolya Sereda

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An Exploration of Kinesics in Black American Sign Language, Micayla Ann Whitmer

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Staging MEDEA for d/Deaf Audiences in the 21st Century: Strategic Adaptation, Translation, and Production Approaches to Greek Theatre, Casey Johnson-Pasqua

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Peer Support and Food Security in Deaf College Students, Brianna Celeste Keogh

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Three Personality Traits of Deaf Scientists: Openness, Extraversion, and - uniquely - Agreeableness, Megan Majocha

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Trust and Confidence: Law Enforcement and the Deaf Community, Nicole Mills

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Intersectional Experiences: White and Black Deaf Lesbians in Metro DC 1980 - 2000, Paige E. Watson

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The Neural Substrates of Communicative Actions: A Cognitive Psychophysiology Study of Sign Language Production and Imitation in Deaf Signers and Hearing Non-signers, Athena S. Willis