University Honors Capstone Presentations

This year Gallaudet University celebrates a record-breaking 12 capstones. This number represents a 300% increase over our previous record. Because of this large number, the format for presentations to the university community has shifted from individual power point presentations to a poster session with 12 individual posters. Common to many professional conferences today, posters allow greater interaction with each presenter and more focused questioning.

Stop by any time on Thursday, May 9 between noon and 3 p.m. in the SLCC Atrium to see this demonstration of the pinnacle of undergraduate academic achievement.

The capstones represent original contributions ranging from creative writing to social science research and our first service learning project. For brief abstracts of each project, please see the attached document.

Presenters include:

• Aileen Aldalur - Hearing the Media: An Investigation of the Influences of Mainstream Media on Deaf/deaf Women’s Body Image Development.
  Committee: Dr. Deborah Schooler and Dr. Deborah Maxwell-McCaw
• Derrick Behm - A Work In Progress: My life at twenty-one
  Committee: Ms. Allison Polk and Dr. Pia Borsheim
• Lauren Benedict - “Sensual Cultures”: Exploring Sensory Orientation
  Committee: Dr. Benjamin Bahan and Ms. Melissa Malzkuhn
• Natalie Delgado - The Unheard Needs of the Deaf in Ecuador
  Committee: Ms. Paula Rodrigue, Dr. Roberto Sanchez and Ms. Christi Batamula
• Trevor De Rosch - The Possibility of Ecumenism between the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
  Committee: Dr. Kirk Van Gilder, Dr. Jeffrey Brune, and Dr. Roberto Sanchez
• Griffin O’Hara - “Caffeination” and “Loop”: Approaches to Literary and Science Fiction
  Committee: Dr. Shirley Shultz Myers, Dr. Pia Borsheim, and Dr. Christopher Heuer
• Alyssa Romano - Observing a Residential School for the Deaf: Identifying Successful Factors in Creating Deafcentric Environment
  Committee: Dr. Maribel Gárate and Dr. Beth Benedict
• Jeremiah Sammons - “She Stands for Freedom”: A Thematic Unit Plan for 4th and 5th Graders
  Committee: Dr. Thangi Appanah and Dr. Shirley Shultz Myers
• Caroline Suggs - Reader's Theater for Deaf Students: A Tool for Developing Literacy Skills
  Committee: Dr. Sharon Pajka and Dr. Laurene E. Simms
• Te’Aiara Tucker - Service Learning Project: Setting up a Poultry Farm in Kumba, Cameroon
  Committee: Dr. Cristi Berdichevsky and Dr. Emilia Chukwama
• Brittany Turner - Salary Differentials Based on Gender and Deafness at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, 1840-1900
  Committee: Dr. Brian Greenwald and Mr. William Ennis, III
• Kelsey Young - Eyeth: A Novel in a Deaf World
  Committee: Dr. Christopher Heuer and Dr. Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

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