University Honors Capstone Presentations
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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 between noon and 3 p.m. 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
