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 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: 09/15/2021 03:00PM