Previous Capstone Projects

The Special Studies Capstone gives students the opportunity to complete special studies with one of the minor’s affiliated faculty. Each student produces and presents a product (manuscript, work or art, composition, poster board display of research results, etc.) to the members of the PSIM at a special colloquium held in the spring semester of each academic year. 

Capstone Spotlight: Pre-Medical Student Loan Repayment Resource

The Poverty Studies Interdisciplinary Minor Senior Capstone group project for AY 2013-14 had the goal to increase the flow of Notre Dame premed-graduates into medically underserved areas in the United States.  Toward that end, they created a web site providing information for our premed students about loan repayment for service programs.

Additional Projects

Ashley Barraza – “Chagas Disease and Poverty in North and Central Americas” 

Capstone Paper

Lee Haruno – “Neglected Tropical Diseases in the United States: Pathologies of Poverty”

Capstone Paper

Poster

Meredith Hollender – “Teaching Detained Juveniles About Their Brains: A Study on a Novel Brain Health Intervention at the St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center”

Capstone Paper

Presentation

Sophia Kiernan – “No Shots, No School: A Social Justice Focused Proposal to Track the World’s Vaccinations”

Capstone Paper

Erin McCune – “Obstacles to Care: An Analysis of Barriers of Transportation Among Low-Income Patients of the Sister Maura Brannick, C.S.C., Health Center”

Capstone Paper

Presentation

Anna Powers – “The History of American Mental Healthcare Policies and an Examination of the Mental Healthcare System in South Bend, Indiana”

Capstone Paper

Casey Spreen – “A Comparison of Rural Poverty Across County Lines: How Two Southern Alabama Counties Share a Geographical Location But Not Much More”

Wilcox County – Capstone Paper

Wilcox County – Presentation

Baldwin County – Capstone Paper

Baldwin County – Presentation 

Rachel Tullio – “Insurance Enrollment, Physician Access, and Health Outcomes: A Health Profile of Perry County, Kentucky”

Capstone Paper