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”
Lee Haruno – “Neglected Tropical Diseases in the United States: Pathologies of Poverty”
Meredith Hollender – “Teaching Detained Juveniles About Their Brains: A Study on a Novel Brain Health Intervention at the St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center”
Sophia Kiernan – “No Shots, No School: A Social Justice Focused Proposal to Track the World’s Vaccinations”
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”
Anna Powers – “The History of American Mental Healthcare Policies and an Examination of the Mental Healthcare System in South Bend, Indiana”
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
Baldwin County – Capstone Paper
Rachel Tullio – “Insurance Enrollment, Physician Access, and Health Outcomes: A Health Profile of Perry County, Kentucky”