BIS Capstone Project

Capstone Mentor Information

The following is a partial list (beginning in the fall of 2003) of faculty members who have served as capstone mentors. In looking for a Capstone mentor you should not limit yourself to the professors on this list. Any University of Virginia faculty member can be a Capstone mentor.

A mentor wears two hats. First, your mentor is a “domain expert” who helps you identify an appropriate capstone research problem, points you to the relevant research and assists you in interpreting and evaluating this research. Second, your mentor serves as a guide through the Capstone process setting deadlines, providing feedback and helping you implement an effective research plan.

Mentor	Affiliation	Capstone Project Title
Ed Ayers	CLAS	The Confederacy's Passage into Peace
Paul Barolsky	CLAS	Theology of the Sistine Chapel
Dan Bauer	SEAS	Product Information Management System (PIMS)
Ken Beals	BIS	Racial Inequality in the Application of the Death Penalty in the United States Non Controversial Alternatives to Stem Cell Research
Ron Bouchard	HS	Pinching Pennies: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS 75-Percent Rule Impact Analysis
Catherine Brighton	Curry	Looking Beyond Cognitive Development for School Readiness
Frederick Brigham	Curry	Recorded Readings: Learning to Read By Listening Why Are We Doing This? A Close Look at Recent Research on Co-Teaching
Richard Brownlee	Darden	Applying the Cradle-to-Cradle Philosophy to the University of Virginia Food Services
Harold Burbach	Curry	Marketing to Children in School Best Leadership Practices In Turning Around Academically Low Performing Schools Best Leadership Practices in Turning around Academically Low-Performing Schools Characteristics and Strategies of Successful Teachers
Stephanie Conley	SCPS	Student Interaction in the Online Learning Environments: What Factors Inhibit the Effective use of Interaction and Collaboration
John Corlett	BIS	Are You a Man or a Mouse? All Makes and Models The Impact Of Education On Mental Models Of The Individual: Are Organizations Prepared? (IRB Protocol) Can Decisions Made at the Startup Of Your Business Affect the Success of Your Business? Reinventing the Franchise HELP WANTED: Employer Bias When Hiring Ex-Felons Inreading Production withthe Help of Incentive Plans Grade and Seniority: Their Relationship to Employee Absenteeism Determining the True Success of the Wal-Mart Corporation Organizations as Games: A Perspective for Exploring the Design of Organizations as Systems for Creating Meaningful Work Determining the Impact of Work/Life Programs on Low-Wage Organizations Fair Trade in Central America Study and Application of Carl Jung's Theory of the Midlife Years
Leo Daugherty	BIS	Pink Collar Woman: I Hear You, I Get Your Message Ideals of Feminine Purity in Charlottesville, VA During the 1930s: A Newspaper Analysis Finding Their Ways: Testing Feminine Gender Roles in Shakespeare's Comedies The Effects of the Alternative Press on the American Wars in Indochina Ecce Homo: Michelangelo’s Last Testament Investing in the Contemporary British Art Market
Martin Davidson	Darden	The Meatpacking Industry and Propaganda
Robin Felder	HS	The Value of Technology in Reducing Needlestick Injuries
Ruth Ferree	Curry	Native Language Literacy and its Impact on Learning English and Developing English Literacy
Bill Kehoe	Commerce	Explicating International Marketing-Entry Strategies: A Case Study emphasizing Wal-Mart in Asia Prescription Drugs for the Elderly: A Hard Pill to Swallow? Implementing Paid Personnel Into a Volunteer System: An Exploratory Study of Albemarle County Fire Departments Back to Marketing Basics for Corporate Restaurants Corporate Governance, Codes of Ethics and Health Insurance: A Critical Examination Access at an Excess: The Perils of Unregulated US Prescription Drug Pricing The Water of Life A Critical Examination of Public Policy: Land-Use and Affordable Housing in Albemarle County
Glenn Kessler	BIS	Learning Organizations: Ansers for Successfully Implementing IT Tools? A Story of Self Parental Growth and Transformation: In the Aftermath of A Child's Death Storytelling and Episodic Memory: The Construction of Self Free Will in a Deterministic Universe Finding Data's Soul: Consciousness and Machines
Rob Kolker	CLAS	Subjective Expressionism in Film Noir
Edith "Winx" Lawrence	Curry	Factors Involved in Body Dissatisfaction Among Adolescent Females
Ann Loper	Nursing	Gener-Specific Programs for Incarcerated Females
Joanne McNergney	Curry	The School's Role as a Support System for Fatherless Elementary School Children
Peter Miller	BIS	A-View The Effect of the Ordination of Bishop V. Gene Robinson on the Episcopal Church Unbundling IT: Examining critical elements that will revolutionize the way we perceive and use Information Technology
Susan Mintz	Curry	Why Should Parents be Involved in Their Children's Education?
Rachel Most	AS	Mesoamericans in Chaco Canyon
Louis Nelson	AS	Experience & Identity in the African American Community
Karen O'Brien	Darden	Organic Foods: Profit & Stewardship
Barbara Parker	Nursing	What Are the Attitudes of Salon Professionals Concerning Domestic Violence Training?
Ann Marie Plunkett	BIS	The Darker Side of NAFTA Bringing the War Crime of Rape Into the Twentieth Century, an Examination of the Conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina Can You be a Pragmatic Anarchist? Poland and the European Union The Armenian Genocide in American History, Politics & Consciousness A Bonding Experience: The Therapeutic Relationship Between Dogs and Chronically Maltreated Children Help from Harry? Ethnic Cleansing in Europe and American Foreign Policy Humanitarianism vs. Politics: Differential Treatment in U.S. Foreign Aid Disaster The Freedmen's Bureau:Laying the Framework to Educate Virginia's Freed Slaves The Root Causes of the Crisis in Darfur Triangle: A Catalyst for Improved Fire Safety in Factories? Fighting HIV/AIDS: Community Based Youth Education Programs Greek Myth, Plato, and the Soul's Immortality
Reuben Rainey	Architecture	Cemeteries Can Be Healing Landscapes
Sara Rimm-Kauffman	Curry	Children's Behavior in a Sheltor Environment
Alan Rasmussen	BIS	Recidivism Among Drug Offenders Promoting Awareness and Responsibility: A Critical Analysis of Alcohol Prevention Strategies in Local School Systems
Peter Ronayne	CLAS	The Endless Truth About Custer and The Little Bighorn Disaster Rwanda: The Willful Indifference of the West? The Bloody Foundation: Exporting Democracy War in the Media Apartheid and Genocide The Department of State Policy Planning Staff's Role in the Formation of Foreign Policy, Yesterday and Today Looking Back in Order to Move Forward: Using the Philippine American War to Demonstrate Elements of Success in Counterinsurgency With Applications to Iraq The Motives of the Nazi Doctors: Transition form Hippocratic Oath to Murder Successful Leadership Behaviors for Front Line Hospitality Managers
Rob Saldin	CLAS	Partisan Politics: Is It Really on the Rise?
Laura Smolkin	Curry	Portrayals in Young Adult Literature: The Best Books vs. The Romance Series
Robert Tai	Curry	Using the Environment to Improve Learning
Stanley Trent	Curry	Implications of the Applied Behavior Analysis Approach to Teaching Autistic Children in an Inclusive Education Environment
Edith Turner	AS	Dreams, Visions & Voices: Manifestation of Spirit in the Iconography of the Native American Shaman
Stephanie van Hover	Curry	The Potential for Garden Based Nutrition Education to Alleviate Childhood Obesity
Cory Walker	CLAS	The African American Church: Facing 21st Century Challenges
Bill Welty	BIS	Oil Exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Development vs. Conservation
June West	Darden	How to Prevent the Misuse of Credit Cards by College Age Students
Laurance Wieder	BIS	Local Solutions to Global Problems Color or Shape? A Study in Optical Art
Brad Wilcox	CLAS	Standing Out While Standing In - Youth Volunteering
Mark White	Commerce	Should the Logging Industry Extract Timber from National Forests and Parks?
Bill Wilkerson	Commerce	Expatriate Success
Monnica Williams	BIS	A Proposal for a Classification of the Serial Killer in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostics and Statistics Manual Exercise Dependence: A Primary Disorder?
Andy Wilson	BIS	Evaluating Population Control in China Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable? A Discussion about International Trade in 2005 The Effect of Nominal and Real Interest Rate Fluctuations on Housing Prices A Struggle for Independence: Iran's Natural Gas Industry Under Unilateral U.S.Sanctions
Ellie Wilson	Curry	Teaching Strategies That Work Best With the Multiple Intelligences
Kate Wood	BIS	Childrearing Variations and the School Gender Different Conversational Styles: Contribution to Marital Conflict Anorexic Women and How They Use Fashion Magazines Does Weekly Joint Church Attendance Create a More Satisfying Marriage?

Updated: May 5, 2005