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Capstones from 2019

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Transgender Vulnerabilities: State Issued Identity Documents and Third Gender Options, Mira Farrow

Narratives of Salishan: The Untold History, Justi Pfutzenreuter

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Managed Madness, Gabriel Roberts

Capstones from 2018

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Living With Loss In the Anthropocene, Jaynetha Robinson

Capstones from 2017

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Position Before Submission: Grappling with Gender and Hypermasculinity in Mixed Martial Arts, Courtney Carter Choi

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The River Twice, Brent Cox

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The Casino Economy: Indian Gaming, Tribal Sovereignty, and Economic Independence for the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Miguel Douglas

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Matindi, Liezel Moraleja Hackett

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The Battle of Gentrification vs. Centrification: The role of nonprofits, William Towey

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No Lost Generations: Refugee Children and Their Human Right to Education, From the Holocaust to the Syrian Civil War, Jessica Warner

Capstones from 2016

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Progression: Preventing Recidivism through Post-Secondary Education, Frelimo Omari Amili

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Words Can Hurt: An Investigation into How Racially Coded Language Was Advanced in Ferguson to Promote a Conservative Agenda, John Phillip Burns

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Digital Activism: How Social Media Prevalence has Impacted Modern Activism, Kyle Joseph Chapman

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HIV/AIDS Social Stigma and Visual Art, Naomi Demmings

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A Temporary Hometown: Gendered Labor and Social Citizenship in Bremerton, Washington, a Domestic Military Colony, Anna K. Fern

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The Manchurian Candidate Narrative: The Need for Balance and a Counter Narrative, Patrick E. Hardin

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Uncovering Inequalities: Addressing the (RE)Production of Power Relations within Financial Aid Processes utilizing Institutional Ethnography, Victoria A. Hill

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Sexual Violence in a Native American Community: Native American Women Speak Out, Victoria Catherine Olive

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Sustainable Hub for Education and Demonstration, Daniel N.C. Smith

Capstones from 2015

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Capitalizing on Change: The Influence of Queen Elizabeth I's Marriage Politics on the Lives and Works of Anne Bradstreet and Aphra Behn, Emily Virginia Allen

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The Universal to the Material: Social Citizenship, a Politics of Becoming and New Deal Labor Organizing in Chicago Meatpacking, Peter Y. Benjamin

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“Undone”: a Novella Using Othello to Discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Support, Thomas M. Hicks

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A People’s History of the Hilltop Private lives made Public, Artis DuShawn Jenkins

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Navigating the American Healthcare System as an Obese Person: Developing Effective Community-Based Treatment Strategies for Healthcare Providers, Kari G. Kennedy

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Alone and Unafraid: Observations on Functional Leader Intervention in Decentralized Organizations, Marc William Miller

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19th Century American Women's Literature- Symbolic Meanings in Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Jessie Mizic

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The Third Shift: Paid Work, Care Work and Education, Michelle Sanchez

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Mourning Wave: Grieving the Loss of the Natural Environment, Kayla Stewart

Capstones from 2014

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Critical Reflections On and In "the Field": The Study of `Religion' and the Methodology of True (Reflexive) Praxis in Puerto Rico, Douglas J. Avella

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Voices Made (M)other, Lizbett Benge

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Unmarked and Unheard: Voices of Working Class White Men in an Appalachian Borderland, Jonathan K. Grove

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Unsheltered & Undeserving: How Chronically Homeless Individuals are Discursively Constructed in Newspapers, Jacinda Howard

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Working Class Theater NW, Christina Hughes

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Bet Lee: An American Civil War Novella, Tamara J. LaFountain

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A Continuous Present, Margaret L. Lundberg

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Multiculturalism and Student Retention: Designing the Identity, Culture, and Inclusion Leadership Certificate Program to Ignite Critical Engagement, Sonja C. Morgan

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Boeing's Behavior in a Liberalized Marketplace: The 787 Dreamliner Project and Impact on Puget Sound Workers, Jesse Lee Mseitif

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How Communication Design Motivates Voter Participation: Comparing Instrumental vs. Social Rhetoric, Lindsay Pryor

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Human Rights Enforcement at the International Criminal Court: An Interdisciplinary Proposal for a Multi-level Approach Based on Wendt and Habermas, Rick William Spruel

Capstones from 2013

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Girls, STEM, and Children's Books: A Review of the Literature Concerning Girls' Interest, Motivation and Ability in STEM, Complemented by a Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Award Winning Informational Children's Books, Cynthia Gale Anderson

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The War With No End: Sentencing Disparities in the "War on Drugs" and National Trends that are Defining a Nation, Crystal Campbell

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Overcoming Barriers: Black Women at Boeing, Cheryl M. Coney

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Double Coded Feminist TV- Overlooked Contradictions within Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Timothy Michael Foley

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Building Sustainable Behavior through Social Marketing: Encouraging Reusable Shopping Bag Use at Stadium Thriftway in Tacoma, WA - A Case Study, Alysen Kristen Laakso

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Assessment and Monitoring of Water Quality in Lake Waughop as a Service-Learning Project: A Case Study Approach, Michele LaFontaine

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David and Goliath: Individualism and Liberty in the Italian Renaissance and the American Revolution, Jennifer McConnell

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Paradigms of American Identity: and the Struggle for a More Authentic Self, Ruan Donette Murphy

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Comparative Analysis of Successful Third Parties, Sean Panzer

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Experiences of Lesbian-Parented Children: A Journey of Discovery, Marcie Clare Pierson

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A Survey of Language Experience and Usage among First Generation Community College Latina/o Students, Cesar Rangel

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Roads Less Traveled: Access, Automobiles, and Recreation in Mount Rainier National Park's Wilderness Areas, Brian Robert Rybolt

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Hawaii, Theresa J. Zeller

Capstones from 2012

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Legality, Survival, and Action: Immigrant and Refugee Organizing in the Pacific Northwest, Star Berry

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Danza Macabra: The Reevaluation of Antonio Margheriti through His Film Castle of Blood, Nicholas Paul Diak

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United States Immigration: Regulating Workers, Enforcing Wage Labor, Jennifer Anne Driscoll

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Growing a Greener Tacoma: The Historical Roots of Tacoma's Urban Gardening Movement, Jessica Dvorak

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Assuming Rape: The Reproduction of Fear in American Military Female POWs, William Junior Hillius

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Urban Agriculture: Using Community Systems of Agriculture as a Solution to Homelessness and Unhealthy Food Sources, Ian Michael Mearns

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Modernizing the Greek Tragedy: Clint Eastwood's Impact on the Western, Jacob A. Williams