December 2018 Capstone Seminar

Publication Date: December 7, 2018
Publication Location: Brattleboro, VT
Contact: Kate Casa | [email protected]

SIT welcomes 12 students to its December Capstone Seminar on the Brattleboro campus from Monday, Dec. 10 through Friday, Dec. 15. The capstone presentation and paper is the culmination of every SIT degree program, the demonstration of students’ integration of theory and practice in their field.

Current capstone students are earning degrees in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding, International Education, Sustainable Development, and Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management. Students will present on a wide range of topics, from sustainability in the cocoa supply chain to an analysis of social justice and transformative learning in English language curriculum design and a study of post-conflict reconciliation initiatives in Rwanda.

Leading the week-long seminar are Bruce W. Dayton, Associate Professor and Chair of the Peace and Justice Leadership master’s degree program, and Sora Friedman, Professor and Chair of the International Education master’s program. A closing ceremony will be held in Rotch 108/109 on Friday, Dec. 14 from 1:30 p.m. through 3 p.m. Capstone Seminar events are free and open to the public.

December 2018 Capstone Presentation Schedule (Download pdf version)

Tuesday, Dec 11

1-2:30 p.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Marija Nikolic	Short Term Program (Re-Entry Workshop) For Graduate International Students Returning from The United States to Kosovo	Sora Friedman	Rotch 205
Ahmad Momeni	Development of a Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Plan: A Case Study on the Refugee Services Program of Islamic Relief USA	Bruce Dayton	Rotch 209

3-4:30 p.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Marko Lundgreen Caracco	Violence Exposure in Human Rights Defenders’ Work	Bruce Dayton	Rotch 205

Wednesday, Dec. 12

8:30-10 a.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Stefani Sellers	Expanding Language Travel	Sora Friedman	Rotch 208

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Florence Mahoney	Decoupling Trauma and Criminal Behavior Through Restorative Reentry Programs and COSAs	Bruce Dayton	Rotch 209

1:30-3 p.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Megan Melbourne	Outlander Abroad	Sora Friedman	Rotch 205
Kenneth Mukonyezi	Service Delivery and Security for Refugees and Asylum Seekers	Bruce Dayton	Rotch 209

3:30-5 p.m.

Student	Title	Facilitator	Room
Lucy Burriss	Coming to Voice: An Analysis of Social Justice and Transformative Learning Approaches in English Language Curriculum Design	Sora Friedman	Rotch 208

Thursday, Dec. 13