Research & Writing
Majors learn how to do qualitative research and get hands-on experience designing research projects, conducting interviews and doing fieldwork in CCS 4850. This senior capstone experience culminates in CCS 4860 where students complete a research project that they designed and conducted.
Recent Capstone Projects:
Spring 2023
- Lucia Meyers, Ethnic Studies
"Conversaciones el la Mesa: Migration nad Experiences of Mexican Women Living in Northwest Ohio"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Luis Moreno - Katherine Pool, Ethnic Studies
"Examination of Historical Housing Discrimination in Toledo, Ohio"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Thomas Edge - Jordan Swartz, Popular Culture
"The Correlation Between Social Media and Self Image"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Montana Miller - Surah Marks, Ethnic Studies
"'Going Back to My Roots': An examination of black hair through generations"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Jessica Birch - Donovan Gaffney, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
"Analyzing the misogyny and violence in the Red Pill online community"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Sarah Rainey-Smithback - Alexadra Haynes, Popular Culture
"The Perpetuation of the American Misinterpretation that Anime is for Children"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Kristen Rudisill - China Bower, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
"The Fall and Rise of Domestic Arts"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Sarah Rainey-Smithback
Spring 2022
- Caytlin Schultz, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"A Critical Evaluation of Domestic Violence Resources at BGSU." - Zion Kania, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
“'Pronouns? Wait Until You Hear About Adverbs!' Memes as a means of Developing Gender Queer Identity and Community in Online Spaces"
- Tony Lowe, American Culture Studies
"Learning Histories of People of Color at Bowling Green High School"
- Uzochi Nwauwa, Ethnic Studies
"Good Hair!: The Significance of Black Women’s Hair"
- Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Ethnic Studies
"The Common Experiences of Women of Color Faculty at Universities in the United States"
- Christopher Wilson, Ethnic Studies
"Is Nike Congruent with the Social Messages they use to sell Products? Tracking Nike’s Social Congruency"
- Roux Wells-Jensen, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Multiplicity of Being: The (Many) Nonbinary Experience(s)"
- Molly Marody, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"BGSU’s All-Gender Housing and the Student Experience" - Nicholas Wynn, Popular Culture
"Alma de La Frontera: Vivir Entre, Vivir Más Allá (Soul of the Borderlands: To Live Between, To Live Beyond)" - Elijah Blunders
"Refusal to Condemn the Queer: The Relationship between the LGBTQ+ Community and the Unitarian Universal Church at BGSU"
Spring 2021
- William Ezzell, Popular Culture
"Live From A Studio Audience: How M*A*S*H and All in the Family discussed and educated audiences on the Vietnam War."
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Rob Sloane - Clare de Lune, Popular Culture
"Transition and Transcendence: Graphic Novels as a Mode of Transgender Expression"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Charles Coletta - Shelby Kuney, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Understanding Lesbian Gender: a Recontextualization of Lesbian Gender and Identity Through the Non-Binary Lesbian"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Tessa Pyles - Mikayla Ernst, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"Exploring Bowling Green State University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Through a Survey of Individual Experience"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Sarah Rainey-Smithback - Donovan Gaffney, Ethnic Studies
"Addressing Race on the Longest street in the world: Sesame Street!"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Thomas Edge - Madison Everett, Ethnic Studies
"Something to Fall Back On: An Analysis of the Black Church as a Model for Other All-Black Spaces"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Thomas Edge - Alan Martinez, Ethnic Studies
"Expanding Across the Pacific: Establishing Chinese-Mexican Culture in 20th Century North America"
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Luis Moreno - Kristin McKeown, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"A Novel Remote Team-Based Learning Platform for Medical Students Using Readily Available Technology"
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarah Rainey-Smithback
Spring 2020
- Collin J. Andrews (Major PopC; minor in History)
"Dungeons & Dragons: An Investigation of the Game’s Recent Popularity" - Carter D. Bracy (Major Ethnic Studies; minor in geography)
“Hot, Hot Humboldt Park: Real Estate Vernacular and its Effects on Gentrification” - Gretel J. Thorpe (Major ACS; minors in Design for Social Impact, non-profit administration, and political science)
"Material Artifacts of the Contemporary EDM Festival Scene: Commerce, Community, and Counterculture"
Updated: 11/08/2023 02:12PM