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 2013
The Unheard Needs of the Deaf in Ecuador, Natalie Delgado
Observing a Residential School for the Deaf: Identifying Factors in Creating a Deafcentric Environment, Alyssa M. Romano
"She Stands for Freedom": A Thematic Unit Plan for 4th and 5th Graders, Jeremiah Sammons
Reader's Theater for Deaf Students: A Tool for Developing Literacy Skills, Caroline Suggs
Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation: Reflections on an International Service-learning Capstone, Te'aira Tucker
Salary Differentials Based on Gender and Deafness at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 1840 to 1900, Brittany Turner
Eyeth: A Novel for the Deaf, Kelsey Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Ecumenism: Catholicism and the ELCA: The Possibility of Ecumenism between the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Trevor De Rosch
Caffeination and Loop: Approaches to Literary and Science Fiction, Griffin O'Hara
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Comparing Deaf Native Signers and Deaf Early Signers with Respect to Phonological Perception, Ian DeAndrea-Lazarus
Self-adaptors and Gaze Aversion: Cues of Deception in Culturally Deaf College Students, Grady Matthew Gallagher
Gallaudet at 150: Chapter One, Meredith M. Peruzzi
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Turf or Grass? Comparison of rates and causes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries on Field Turf and natural grass football fields of a Division III school, Thomas Michael McKnight
Molecular Analysis of B3GALTL in a Patient with Peters' Plus Syndrome, Taiyabah Naeem
Die Geschichte Meiner Familie, Rachel Marie Rose
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Convergent Dualities: The Explorations of a Developing Poet, Jonathan Cetrano
From Consciousness to Callousness: The Misdirected Path of Rap, Pamela Collins
Factors Influencing Zooplankton Distribution in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, Pia Marie Paulone
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Helen, Alfreda, Babci: A Woman's Struggle for Her Own Destiny, Christopher Kotson
U.S./Mexico Border and Illegal Immigration: Policy Analysis, Stephanie Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The War on Terror: A Utilitarian Analysis, George Nathan Gomme
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Determining Barriers to Health Care in Iowa, Joanna Busch
Gathering the Flock and Marginalizing the Sheep: The Origins of a Christian Deaf Liberation Theology, Sophara Sok
Stuck on the Tip of My Thumb: Stuttering in American Sign Language, Geoffrey Whitebread
Music as a Bridge to Literacy for Young Deaf Children in Classrooms, Fara Wilson