Community Development Theses
Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.
1985
- Craig DiGiammarino, Open Space Land Management for Community Development
- Nancy Leila Vorley, Waterfront Development: A Revitalization Study of the Burlington Waterfront
1988
- Margaret Ashford, Parker's Gore: A Community's Concern Over Future Development
1989
- Jonathan D. Packman, Growth and Development in Vermont: A Case Study of the Natural Resource and Community Impacts of the Maple Tree Place Proposal for Williston, Vermont
1995
- Ruth Smith, Exploring Various Organizational Structures in the Field of Community Development
1997
- * Laura Durham, H.O. Wheeler School: Community Development in Practice
1999
- Samantha Parker, Social Capital Theory and Community Development Block Grants: A Study From Vermont
2001
- Jessica Tomko, Bibaani: Resistance Through Grassroots Organization
2002
- * Laura Pagliarulo, Green Energy: Benefits and Barriers of the Burlington Community Energy System
2003
- Rebecca Ebel, Creating a Community Center in Vergennes, Vermont: Exploring the Process
- Claire Houston, The Design of a Welcome Center for Island Pond, Vermont
2004
- Lisa Abregu, Women’s Development and its Impacts on Community Development in Nepal
- Oriana Mae Campanelli, Vive Batey Libertad: Discovering a Sense of Place with Haitians Displaced
- Hayley Cohen, Ecological Restoration in Poor Urban Communities: A Case Study of Sustainable South Bronx
- Kaitlin Dougherty, How Could This Happen? The Story of Camden’s Demise
- * Kelly C. Goudy, The Human Cost of Meat: Rural Communities of the Great Plains, the Meat Processing Industry, and Latino Immigrants
- Kat Shultz, An Assessment of the Vermont Transit Bus Barn Brownfield Redevelopment: From Community Involvement to Community Impacts
- * Lee Silkman, Community Environmental Health Assessment: A Background Report on the Major Environmental Risks and Their Potential Influences on Human Health in the Municipality of Taulabe, Honduras
- Lindsay Tabar, Social Capital and Community in an Ecovillage Setting
2005
- Kathryn Ann Davis, Constructing Community: A Plan for Community Maple Sugarhouses in Municipal Forests
- *Brianna Leigh Farver, Exploring Communities of Intention: A Students Teaching Students Course
- Kelly Lynn Garrison, Empowering Communities While Improving Water Quality: An Evaluation of Water Quality Monitering Program in Taluabe,Honduras
- Tara Jahn, Building Bridges: Intergenerational Cooperation and Social Capital
- *Bret Mueller, The Design of a Natural Building for the Ecological Sugar Project in Honduras
- *Tom O'Dowd, Questing in Burlington: Connecting to Place with Treasure Hunts
- *Sara Kamara Yassky,Exploring Communities of Intention: A Students Teaching Students Course
2006
- Rachel Charow, Participant Satisfaction with Community Collaborative Planning: A Case Study of the Spruce Peak Ski Area Expansion Project, Stowe, Vermont
- Shannon C. Duke, The Value of Environmental Education as an Approach to Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Initiatives in Local and International Programs
- Jessica Dunlop, Environmental Awareness and the Usefulness of Trees in Unlikely Places
- Caitlin E. Fitzpatrick, The Value of Environmental Education as an Approach to Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Initiatives in Local and International Programs
- Meghan Walker, Developing an Interpretive Trail in the Jericho Research Forest
2007
- Laura Angell Evangelista, Sailing and the City of Burlington: Building Community through a Shared Waterfront
- Marissa Harris, Environmental Justice through Community Involvement
2008
- Ali Beddoe, Re-Constructing Community: Strength, Sense of Place and Identity Among Haitian Environmental Refugees in the Dominican Republic Communicated through Art: A Multi-Media Art Activism Project
- Kyle Burkett, El Mundo Verde Inn: An Operational Plan and Philosophy for an Ecolodge in Ecuador
- Sara Chace, How NGOs Influence Equity in Tank Irrigation, Tamil Nadu India
- Julie Czesnowski, Burlington Legacy Project: Developing a Sustainable Community, Exploring the Vision for a Better Burlington
- Brittany Morin Dunn, Connecting Community to Waste: Applying Waste Reduction Strategies at the Municipal Level in Newport, New Hampshire
- Abby Eden Farnham, Keeping Sprawl out of Vermont: The Fight for a Sustainable Future with Smart Growth Vermont
- Liz Morrison, True Ecotourism is a Catalyst for Sustainable Development, But What About the Phonies?: An Exploration of Ecotourism Certifications
2009
- * Jessica Breitfeller, Perceptions, Promises, and Politics: an Ethnographic Case-Study of Community-Based Ecotourism in Gales Point, Belize
- * Stephanie Fakharzadeh, Food for Thought: The Intersection of Gardens, Education, and Community at The Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
- * Jason Gold, Residents’ Attitudes Toward the Development of Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont: A Community Impact Study
- Nichole Henderson-Roy, Rebuilding New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina: Exploring the Racial, Economic and Environmental Relationship of Two Communities During the Reconstruction Process
- Hunter Houde, Poverty Alleviation in the United States Through Microfinance: Incorporating Social and Environmental Values Amidst a Changing Economy
- Ian Howes, Shade-Grown Coffee for a Time of Crisis: Potential for Costa Rican Household Farms and a Focal Point for Global Sustainability
- Jennifer Latessa, Transiting to Sustainability: Public Transportation Assessment, Analysis, and Resolution in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Conor Rice,Uprooting Urban Decay: Ecological Design Applied to Urban Agriculture
- Brett Sykes, Sustainable Community Planning: Implementing the Natural Step Framework
2010
- Allie Calnan – Seeds of Rebellion: Civil Engagemen in the Gardens of the Lower East Side
- Forest William Donaj-Keys – Guerrilla Gardening: Perspectives and Trends in the Current Movement
- Josh Ellsworth – A Smart Growth Assessment of Affordable Housing in Burlington, Vermont
- James S. Prendergast – Exploring Environmental Ideologies in Palmares II, a Community of Brazil’s Landless Rural Worker Movement
- Holly Cameron Watson – Cultivating Education: A Service-Learning Partnership with Grow Team ONE
2011
- Hillary Hutchins – Burlington's Legacy: Interning with the City of Burlington
- Nicole Lovesky – The Root Cellar: A Business Plan for A Small Restaurant Located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
- Elizabeth D. Quinn – Growing Community: A Public Outreach and Community Organizing Internship Working with Grow Team O.N.E.
- Peter S. Tyliszczak – The Importance of Community Participation in Ecotourism: A Costa Rican Case Study
2012
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Laura Rose Dailey – Saratoga Plan: Summer 2011 Internship with a Local Land Trust Working to Conserve Open Space and Farmland in and Around Saratoga County in Upstate New York
- Erin Schminke – Advocating for Local Food Systems Through the Center for an Agricultural Economy
- Brienne Toomey – Digging Up the Dirt: Exposing the Barriers and Challenges of Community Gardening
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