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 2020
Linguistic Barriers in Mathematics Word Problems for Deaf Students, Stefania Sarkic
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
(M)el(an)chol(ia): A Memoir, Alexandra Forkin
Experiences of Mainstream Students: A Qualitative Study, Raelyn Fuechtmann
Interactive Health Literacy: Gender Differences in a Representative Deaf College Student Sample, Gabrielle Humlicek
Implementation of Group Based Cryptosystems in Information Security, Bailey J. Moers
The Challenges of the Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: The Inside Story, Hannah Rae Neild
Baggage: An Original Script and Production Furthering the Evolution of Deaf Theatre, Nikolya Sereda
An Exploration of Kinesics in Black American Sign Language, Micayla Ann Whitmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Staging MEDEA for d/Deaf Audiences in the 21st Century: Strategic Adaptation, Translation, and Production Approaches to Greek Theatre, Casey Johnson-Pasqua
Peer Support and Food Security in Deaf College Students, Brianna Celeste Keogh
Three Personality Traits of Deaf Scientists: Openness, Extraversion, and - uniquely - Agreeableness, Megan Majocha
Trust and Confidence: Law Enforcement and the Deaf Community, Nicole Mills
Intersectional Experiences: White and Black Deaf Lesbians in Metro DC 1980 - 2000, Paige E. Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Replacement of Network Switches, Sean Fenton
The Impact of Stereotype Threat on Deaf Individuals, Jessica Kales
Improving Deaf Citizens' Participation in the American Electoral Process, Jehanne McCullough
Gifts of Character: A Father's Love Letter from his Hearing and Deaf Childhood, B. Mutisya Nzyuko
Business Plan: Peacock Financial Advising, Kevin Peacock
Female Circumcision: Attitudes, Knowledge and Beliefs Within the Deaf Community, Morgane Vincent
Substance Abuse Recovery Through the Eyes of the Therapist, Taylor Wardle
Comparative Evaluation of Three Pharmaceutical Medications and White Willow Bark, Jazzmin Washington
Deaf Students Navigating the Rhetorical and Grammar Demands of College Essay Writing, Thyra Wood