Master's Theses 1981 to 1990

1990 Master's Theses

Thesis: Legislative Responsiveness to Subjective and Objective Interests: A Case Study of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Jeffrey Winey

Thesis: The Limitations of Massachusetts Regulatory Protection for Temporary Pool Breeding Amphibians
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Bryan Windmiller

Thesis: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Mobilizing Scientific, Medical, and Public Health Information for Public Use and Governmental Agency Actions
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Peter Sonnenreich

Thesis: Water to Spare: Meeting New England's Water Needs
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Mark Smith

Thesis: Compensatory Mitigation for Wetlands in the Era of No Net Loss
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Mary Ellen Schloss

Thesis: "Just Passing Through?": Eviction and Tenant Selection for Drug Control in Boston Public Housing
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Gail Schechter

Thesis: Union Democracy and Workplace Practice: A Symbiotic Relationship
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Penelope Pelton

Thesis: A New Economic Vision: Self Employment and Microenterprise Development Strategies for Low Income Communities
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Neal Newman

Thesis: Strengthening Wetland Protection through Advance Planning: An Evaluation of Section 230.80 of the Federal Clean Water Act
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Catherine Manwaring

Thesis: Neighbors in Conflict: Community Responses to University Expansion
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Gretchen Locke

Thesis: Consciousness and Change: The Need for Critical Thinkers
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Sat Kartar Khalsa

Thesis: Designing a Match That Fits: Social Service Agencies Engaging in Enterprise Development
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Stuart Kermes

Thesis: From Tenants to Cooperators: Organizational Development in Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Scott Hoekman

Thesis: Long-term Arms Control and Disarmament Coalitions
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Will Hathaway

Thesis: Neighborhoods in Control: Organizing for Housing and Community Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Martin Hahn

Thesis: Analyzing Affordable Housing Policy Options for Somerville, Massachusetts
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Michael Goldrosen

Thesis: Scorched Earth: The Social and Political Context of Environmental Degradation in the Global South
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Jacob George

Thesis: Wasted Forests: The Virgin U.S. Paper Industry and the Federal Policies that Support It
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Roger Geller

Thesis: Changing Partners: Attempts to Develop Cooperation and Support for Wildlife Parks in East Africa through Park Extension Programs
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Christie Feral

Thesis: Community Reinvestment Strategies: Analysis of the Massachusetts Urban Reinvestment Advisory Group and the Community Investment Coalition
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Alison Feighan

Thesis: The Emerald Ghost: A Study of Family Violence
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Linda Enerson

Thesis: An Examination of the History and Evolution of the Public Policy Response to the Greenhouse Effect in the United States, 1957 - 1988
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Kevin Diehl

Thesis: Implementation of a Water Withdrawal Permit Program
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Sarah Creighton

Thesis: The Reproductive Rights Movement: Translating Ideology into Action
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Margaret Covert

Thesis: Demand Management of Public Water Supplies: Municipal and Residential Water Conservation Methods and Strategies
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Mel Coté

Thesis: The Effects of Urban Revitalization on Boston Harbor
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Barbara Clark

Thesis: Evaluating Long-Term Care in Massachusetts: A Research Project
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Susan Boylan

1989 Master's Theses

Thesis: Small Privately Owned Wastewater Treatment Plants and Their Potential Use in Massachusetts Single Family Home Developments
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Charlotte Young

Thesis: Support Systems for Women Entrepreneurs
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Katinka van Lamsweerde

Thesis: Pest Management in a Broader Environmental Context: Utilizing Source Reduction and Consumer Information Disclosure
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Linda Stein

Thesis: Growth Management in Massachusetts: An Electronic Primer
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Tom Spriggs

Thesis: The Benevolent Fraternity: The Theology of Urban Policy from 1826
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Sarah Snow

Thesis: Impact Fees and Their Application for Open Space Acquisition
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Timothy Smith

Thesis: Management Issues in Community-Based Nonprofits: Three Teaching Cases
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Douglas Smith

Thesis: From the Ground Up: An Evaluation of the Community Development Finance Corporation's First Ten Years
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Cindy Schlessinger

Thesis: Polystyrene: The Controversial Packaging Material
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Mark Rossi

Thesis: Income and Rent Distributions in Public Housing: Are They Fair?
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Amanda Roe

Thesis: Master Plan for the Redevelopment of Rogers Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Marc Resnick

Thesis: Commercial Development in the Dudley Triangle: Balancing Interests in a Community-Based Plan
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Lynn Reynolds Peterson

Thesis: Beyond Rationalism: The Role of Organizational Development in Re-creating Human Connection in the Modern World
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Elaine Olden

Thesis: Old Values and New Concepts: A Critique of Maine's Growth Management Law
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Henry Nichols

Thesis: Economic Empowerment and Business Viability: The Role of Low-Income Workers and Professionals in Developing Worker Cooperatives
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Katie Moody

Thesis: Prospects and Problems of the Relationship Between Marxism and the New Social Movements: The Italian Case
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Antonis Mitropoulos

Thesis: National Parks and Their Neighbors: Partnerships for Preservation
Topic: Arts and Historical Preservation
Author: Nora Mitchell

Thesis: The Accessibility of Higher Education for African-Americans
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Madeleine McGarrity

Thesis: Pay Equity for Public Employees in Minnesota: A Study of Policy Components and Wage Results
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Deborah Mapes

Thesis: Superfund and Land-Use Issues
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Daniel Mandell

Thesis: Rich Man's Shelter, Poor Man's Shelter: Strategies for Preserving Long-term Affordability in Syndicated Low Income Housing
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Maria Maffei

Thesis: Philanthropic Exclusion in the Workplace: An Argument for Reform of the United Way's "Single Workplace Campaign"
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Matthew Howe

Thesis: A Community Health Center in the 1980s: A Case Study of the Fenway Community Health Center
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Heather Hersee

Thesis: Facing Boston's Transportation Dilemma: An Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure and Planning for Downtown Boston
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Andy Hamilton

Thesis: The Politics of Welfare Reform
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Avivah Goldman

Thesis: AIDS, The Media and Public Policy
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Lori Fresina

Thesis: Rural Credit Systems in Developing Countries: A Review of the Present System and Agenda for Reform
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Sofyan Djalil

Thesis: Women's Economic Development as an Emerging Movement: Strategies for Improving Women's Economic Position
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Susan DiMatteo

Thesis: Women's Economic Development as an Emerging Movement: Strategies for Improving Women's Economic Position
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Mary Cronin

Thesis: Niger's Livestock Export Policy
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Andy Cook

Thesis: Reproductive Hazards: The Case of Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Nurses
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Nancy Comeau

Thesis: Wetland Replication: An Evaluation of the Massachusetts Mitigation Policy
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Frances Clark

Thesis: Rural People in the Developing Countries: The Neglected Resource in Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Deepak Chhetri

Thesis: The Funding Crunch: The Impact of Institutional Funders on Community-Based Social Service and Advocacy Organizations
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Rex Burkholder

Thesis: CDCs and Business Development: The Massachusetts Experience
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Phillip Brown

Thesis: Recreational Planning and Resource Preservation and Management in the Boston Park System
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Jan Brown

Thesis: In Search of an Affordable Housing Strategy in Suburban Massachusetts: An Evaluation of Executive Order 215
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Charnan Bray

Thesis: User's Perceptions of the Massachusetts Support System for Community-Based Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Holly Isbitsky Boykin

Thesis: A New Birmingham or A New Face?: An Examination of Political and Economic Power in Birmingham, Alabama During the Arrington Era
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Eric Bove

Thesis: Approaches in Native American Community Economic Development
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Nancy Askin

Thesis: Politics and Values in AIDS Clinical Research
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Matthew Alper

1988 Master's Theses

Thesis: Regulating Pesticides in Food: Politics and Science in Risk Management
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Leah Weiss

Thesis: A Review of Selected Design Flow Choices in Assigning Wasteload Allocations for Small Massachusetts Streams
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Karin Shepardson

Thesis: Groundwater Protection: Why Are We Failing?
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Lynne Seeley

Thesis: Integration of Land Use Planning and Consensus Building: A Case Study of the Iron Rail Site in Wenham, Massachusetts
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Eileen Schell

Thesis: Corporate Child Care: Motivation, Options and Social Implications
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Marjorie (Weinberger) Saltiel

Thesis: Surface Water Management: Towards Local Guidelines
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Gretchen Roorbach

Thesis: Conflict Into Consensus: Implementing the Boston Resident Jobs Policy
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Robert Nixon

Thesis: Energy/Resource Recovery Ash Disposal Options for King County
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Bonnie Meyer (Koval)

Thesis: Perspectives on a Transportation Planning Problem: Case Study, The Washington Street Corridor
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Anne McKinnon

Thesis: The Massachusetts Community Assessment Unit: A State Effort to Bridge the Gap Between Community Concerns, Environmental Epidemiology and State Agencies
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Maria Madison

Thesis: The Modular Housing Factory and Economic Empowerment: A Comprehensive Approach to Link Affordable Housing and Economic Development
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Jan (Cox) Lindenthal

Thesis: Local Politics and Groundwater Protection
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Denise Leonard

Thesis: Reducing Risks, Promoting Regulatory Compliance & Educating Students in Academic Chemistry Laboratories: An Approach to Government Outreach, Education, & Technical Assistance
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: David Kleckner

Thesis: Incubators and Their Impacts on Job Creation
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Karen Jacoby

Thesis: The Feasibility of In-Situ Biodegradation and Remote Laser-Induced Fluorescence Monitoring in Hazardous Waste Cleanups: Technical and Regulatory Policy Analyses
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Jean Holsinger

Thesis: The "Patchwork" Private Development Subsidy Strategy in the Boston Area: Costs, Affordability, and Policy
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Peter Hollands

Thesis: Public Employee Safety and Health: Issues for Labor and Federal Legislation
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Jennifer Helmick

Thesis: Exchanging Gossip and Grain: Public Markets and Their Role in Community Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Julia Freedgood

Thesis: Mutual Interests? The Evolution of the U.S. Environmental Movement and the Campaign to Reform the Environmental Policies of the World Bank
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Gordon Foer

Thesis: The Development of Shanghai Regional Industry
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Yunduo Chen

Thesis: Citizen Participation and Superfund: Comparative Case Studies
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Sharon Becker

Thesis: In My Father's House: Church Perspectives on Affordable Housing
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Steven Ayres

1987 Master's Theses

Thesis: EPA's Interim CERCLA Settlement Policy: A Preliminary Assessment
Topic: Environmental Law
Author: Ann Fowler Wallace

Thesis: Yi Bu, Yi Bu Lai: The Evolution of Politics and Planning in Boston's Chinatown
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Denise Thomas-Deschamps

Thesis: Regional Environmental Conflict on Cape Cod: Past and Present Options for Resolution
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Paul Schumacher

Thesis: Political Participation in Thailand
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Piyanuj (Buranasiri) Saropala

Thesis: The Salt Ponds of Massachusetts: Their Present State and Their Potential for the Future
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Steven Roderick

Thesis: Comparative Analysis of Two Wetland Assessment Methodologies
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Nathalie Rice

Thesis: The Boston Housing Partnership Demonstration Program: Non-Profit Housing Revisited
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Wendy Plotkin

Thesis: Residential Abandonment in Boston: Causes, Obstacles to Reclamation and Public Policy Responses
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Janet Parsons

Thesis: Risk Assessment at Hazardous Waste Sites
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: P. Diane (Newton) Mountain

Thesis: The Role Massachusetts Government Can Play in Promoting Local Water Resource Management Planning
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Beth McCann

Thesis: Source Reduction or Municipal Treatment of Wastes from the Jewelry Industry
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Diane (Greaney) Madden

Thesis: It's Never Like It's Supposed to Be: New Challenges for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Lisa Lightman

Thesis: Which Way Is Up? Social Welfare and the Ideology of Progress
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Bart Laws

Thesis: Barriers to Participation in Employment and Training Programs: A Perspective of Welfare Mothers in Public Housing
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Jan Jeffrey-Mills

Thesis: The Environmental Challenge: Toward Incorporating Sustainability as an Organizing Principle in the Solution & Prevention of Global Environmental Problems
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Karen Jankowski

Thesis: Community Development Corporations and Empowerment of Low-Income People: Have They Been Successful?
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Janet Howley

Thesis: Citizen Advisory Committees in Land Use Planning: Are They Ever Effective?
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Cheryl Hoffman

Thesis: Empowering the Homeless: A Case Study of Family House
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Liz Hall

Thesis: China's One-Child Policy: Problem and Prospects
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Debra Goldfarb

Thesis: Home Computer Work: The Practice and Its Effect on Women's Power in the Economy
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Lois Frankel

Thesis: Critical Evaluation on the Regulation of Asbestos Emissions
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Catherine Fedorsky

Thesis: Managing Organizational Transitions in Non-Profit Organizations: A Case Study of Greenpeace U.S.A.
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Michael DeChiara

Thesis: An Analysis of the Boston Harbor Wastewater Facility Siting Decision
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Kathleen Castagna

Thesis: The Massachusetts Main Street Program: Taunton, Amesbury and Southbridge
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Deborah Cary

Thesis: Tires: On the Road to Recovery
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Lawrence Cain

Thesis: Regional Recycling for Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Wendi Buesseler

Thesis: Pesticide Regulation in Massachusetts: A Policy Evaluation
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: John Bolduc

Thesis: Integrating Support Services in Senior Housing
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Sheila Ardery

1986 Master's Theses

Thesis: Local Ownership as a Theme in Community Economic Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Bryan Wyatt

Thesis: Lowell Park Trolley, Development and Implementation
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Nancy Woods

Thesis: Hazardous Waste Management and Facility Siting in Massachusetts
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Ralph Willmer

Thesis: Pre or Site-Built Construction: Which Best Addresses the Need for Low and Moderate-Income Housing?
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Steven Westra

Thesis: Descriptive Epidemiology of Congenital Malformations in the Merrimack Valley
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Patricia Ushewokunze

Thesis: The Parks of Boston: Resurrection through Citizen Participation
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Polly Selkoe

Thesis: The Impact of Interest Groups on Environmental Policy in Virginia: A Case Study Analysis
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Russell Riggs

Thesis: Capitalism and the Environment: Liberal and Radical Analyses of the Ecological Crisis
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: John Pepi

Thesis: An Analysis of Solid Waste Incineration: A Public Health Viewpoint
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Barbara Newman-Yelen

Thesis: HUD Policy and the Granite Properties: Who is Representing the Public Interest
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Emily Morris

Thesis: Women and Occupational Health Policy Making in Greece
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Christina Marouli

Thesis: Developing a Management Strategy for the Protection of Estuarine Ponds from Excessive Nutrient Loading
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Victoria Lowell

Thesis: Home Rule Bylaws for Wetlands Protection in Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Paula Levin

Thesis: Groundwater Protection: The Policy Crisis of Solid Waste Management in Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Geri Lambert

Thesis: Local and State Response to Toxics Crises - A Universalistic Model
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Leslie Kochan

Thesis: Land Trusts: Citizen Participation and Land Conservation
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Lorraine Keough

Thesis: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of a University: A Guide to Impact Analysis Balancing Community and University Concerns
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Anne Jones

Thesis: Participatory Environmental Planning in Central America Case Study: The Rio Portano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Mary Beth Jacques

Thesis: Tactics, Influence, and Foreign Policy: A Survey of Public Interest Groups
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Rebekah Herrick

Thesis: The Interplay of Scientific and Non-Scientific Issues in International Decision Making: The Ocean Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Cynthia Hayden

Thesis: Uphill All the Way: The Potential of Community Based Development in South Holyoke
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Thomas Harden

Thesis: Airborne Lead, Environmental Health & Public Policy: The Case of European Economic Community States
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Maria Goutsou

Thesis: Solid Waste Planning in Massachusetts: A Critique
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Kurt Fischer

Thesis: Water Conservation: Target Groups and Public Education/Information Requirements
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: John DePriest

Thesis: The Neighborhood Bank as a Community Asset: The Role of South Shore Bank of Chicago in Revitalizing Its Community
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Cheryl Cooke

Thesis: The Massachusetts Condominium Conversion Law: Its Evolution and Impacts
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Christine Colvin

Thesis: Land, Pricing, Marketing and Cooperative Policies in Zambia
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Marilyn Cantor

Thesis: Local Governments Fight the Tide: Resources for Job Retention Through Local Ownership
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Janet Byrd

Thesis: A Fiscal Impact Analysis of Residential Development in the Town of Framingham, Massachusetts
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Carol Bock

Thesis: Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency Financing of Cooperative Share Loans: No Blanket Security
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Donald Bianchi

Thesis: Evaluating Urban Enterprise Zones: Industrial Development and Employment Opportunity in the Ghetto
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Kurt Bauman

Thesis: Do Community Health Centers Have a Competitive Future?: Managed Care Systems in Boston's Community Health Center Setting
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Michael Arnott

1985 Master's Theses

Thesis: The Greening of the Charles: An Assessment of the Conservation Restriction as a Technique for Protecting Open Space
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Kenneth Schwartz

Thesis: Managing Neighborhood Reinvestment: An Alternative Approach to Guiding Change
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Susan (Cunio) Salem

Thesis: Planning for the Renovation and Reuse of Nineteenth Century Mill Buildings: Cambridge, Waltham and Fitchburg
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Daphne Romanoff

Thesis: A Political Economic Analysis of the Policy of Industrial Decentralization in South Africa
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Camagwini Mdaka

Thesis: The Implementation of Public Policy: A Case Study of Child Abuse and Neglect Policies in Massachusetts
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Barbara Marcus

Thesis: Jews and Social Justice: A Contemporary Perspective
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Frank Hornstein

Thesis: Ethnic and Racial Conflict in Boston: The Dynamics of the Split Labor Market and the Defended Neighborhood
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Brian Gillis

Thesis: Citizen Participation in Community Energy Planning: The Case of Massachusetts
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Joseph Freeman

Thesis: Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal as Limiting Factors in the Growth of an Urbanizing Community -- Andover, Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Frances Fink

Thesis: The Employment Impacts of the Massachusetts Industrial Revenue Bond Program
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Laura Dowd

Thesis: Innovations in the Health Care Continuum: A Maine Case Study
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: James DiVirgilio

Thesis: Industrial Cogeneration: Aspects of a New Approach
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Peter Brock

1984 Master's Theses

Thesis: Route Twenty-five: A Case in Highway Planning
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Stow Walker

Thesis: The Regenerative Economy
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Ron Shegda

Thesis: Dioxin: The Selective Use of Scientific Knowledge in a Political Context
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Eileen O'Connor

Thesis: Environmental Health and Safety Issues in the Semiconductor Industry
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Corinne Lipman

Thesis: Monitoring the Bureaucrats
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Robert Horn

Thesis: Union Responses to Plant Shutdowns and Disinvestment
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Mona Hochberg

Thesis: City Government Funding of Neighborhood Organizations: The CDBG Experience
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Aaron Gornstein

Thesis: Belle Isle: A Salt Marsh in a City
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Barbara Gard

Thesis: Union Responses to Plant Shutdowns and Disinvestment
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Edward Feigen

Thesis: Yumi Olgeta Lakim Diwai (We All Need Trees): Forest Resources in Papua, New Guinea
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Pamela (Mercer-Miller) Denney

Thesis: Collaborative Job Development Strategies: Community Based Organizations and the Private Sector
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Monica (Sheridan) Daly

Thesis: Warren H. Manning: Landscape Architect and Democratic Planner
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Steven Conant

Thesis: The Policy Implications of Utility Financed Conservation in Massachusetts
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Charles Cary

1983 Master's Theses

Thesis: Local Strategies for Reclaiming Tax Delinquent Abandoned Housing
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Laura Wiener

Thesis: The Equity Transfer Assistance Program: An Examination of an Innovative Homeownership Program in Brookline, MA
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Alison Waltch

Thesis: A State Program for Affordable Housing: The Use of Modular Housing on Tax Foreclosed Vacant Lots
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Beth Sullivan

Thesis: Modular Housing: Community-Based Development of an Affordable Alternative in the Boston Area
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Esther Schlorholtz

Thesis: Social and Psychological Effects of Housing and Environment on the Well-Being of Older Persons
Topic:Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Susan Schappert

Thesis: Community Organizations in the Electoral Process
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Cynthia Rubin

Thesis: Women, Work, and Welfare
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Caroline Ross

Thesis: CDC's and Political Change: A Case Study of the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Sandra Rose

Thesis: Developing Local Groundwater Protection Programs in Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Arleen O'Donnell

Thesis: Silresim Hazardous Waste Site
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Jane Obbagy

Thesis: Aquaculture in the Caribbean: A Developmental Alternative
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Thomas Nunn

Thesis: The Communication Factor in the Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Jeri Levitt

Thesis: Who Enrolls in the Case Management Program: A Study in Consumer Choice
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Marcia Landa

Thesis: Squares Upon the Circle: Destruction of the Maritime Forest, Bogue Banks, North Carolina
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Kathryn Henderson

Thesis: The Retention of Farmland
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Douglas Funkhouser

Thesis: A Preservation Study of the Waverly Place District of Nashville, Tennessee
Topic: Arts and Historical Preservation
Author: Clark Conn

Thesis: Groundwater Contamination in Massachusetts: Case Studies of Community Response
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: David Blackmar

1982 Master's Theses

Thesis: The Effects of Corporate Control of Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Elizabeth (Flemings) Sherman

Thesis: Black-Hispanic Coalitions
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Marianne Sculos-Ornelas

Thesis: Competitive Employment: An Alternative to Sheltered Workshops for Persons Who Are Mentally Retarded
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Mark Ostrowsky

Thesis: A Holistic Assessment Model for Food Policy
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Timothy McCarthy

Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Tourism Development and Environmental Planning in St. Kitts/Nevis, the Caribbean
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: John Lewis

Thesis: Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Linda Hickman

Thesis: A Program for Community Ownership of Residential Property
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Nancy Rockett Eldridge

Thesis: Cable Television: Public Access for Whom? Community Leaders and Citizens in Local Programming Decisions
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Mary Bablitch

Thesis: The Power of Law: Land Rights of the North American Indian Tribes Under Federal Law, 1789-1980
Topic: Native Americans, Federal Law, International Law, Land law, History, Sociology and Anthropology
Author: Imadiel Ariel

1981 Master's Theses

Thesis: Hybrid Automobiles and Photo-voltaics: Are they complementary in the market place?
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Catherine Stibolt

Thesis: Siting Hazardous Waste Dumps in Massachusetts
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Charles Schwerin

Thesis: An Examination of Waste Water Management Facility Planning Project Citizen Advisory Committees in New England
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Ellen Robertson

Thesis: Community Health Centers: Past Dreams, Present Realities, and Future Survival
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Regina McCarthy

Thesis: Ocean Dumping of Dredged Material
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Barbara Hotchkin

Thesis: Mandatory Historic Preservation: The Economic and Social Impacts on the Lower Income Homeowner of the Newton Upper Falls Historic District
Topic: Arts and Historical Preservation
Author: Stephen Gartrell

Thesis: Chronic Pain Management: The Pain Center
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Toby Brief

Thesis: Policy Implications of the Mass Media Coverage of the New York City Fiscal Crisis
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: Wendy (O’Donnell) Ballinger