Friday, May 6, 2011
Welcome, coffee & pastries
9:30 – 10:00 am
UW1-061 (break room)
Panel 1: Quantitative Policy Analysis Methods
10:00 – 11:30 am
UW1-010
Discussant and Panel Chair: Cinnamon Hillyard
Anne Cameron
Professional Growth Plans for Clock Hours: Effects of State Policy On Student Outcomes
Capstone Advisor: Keith Nitta
Second Reader: Andrea Stone
Ericka Wiggins
The Fourth Time's the Charm: Charter School Legislation in Washington State
Capstone Advisor: Keith Nitta
Second Reader: Shauna Carlisle
Michael Brockman
Factors Impacting Farmers’ Business Decisions in Western Washington
Capstone Advisor: Nives Dolšak
Second Reader: Shauna Carlisle
Stephen Barbouletos
The Impact and Implications Caused by the Difference between Job Descriptions and Role Expectations
Capstone Advisor: Pete Nye
Second Reader: Ben Galvin
Panel 2: Political Feasibility Analysis
11:45 am – 1:15 pm
UW1-010
Discussant and Panel Chair: Nives Dolšak
Susan Funk
The Role of Government Support for Volunteerism
Capstone Advisor: Dan Jacoby
Second Reader: Elizabeth Thomas
Joshua Thompson
Waste Reduction through Policy Reform: A Political and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mandatory 3-sort Recycling in Edmonds
Capstone Advisor: Nives Dolšak
Second Reader: Sego Jackson
Natasha Hundley
Troubled Youth and the US Mental Health Care Crisis
Capstone Advisor: Andrea Stone
Second Reader: Bruce Kochis
Lunch on your own
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Panel 3: Case Study and Comparative Case Study
2:15 – 3:45 pm
UW1-010
Discussant and Panel Chair: Keith Nitta
Brittany Allyn
Discretionary Gaps in Fair-trade Apparel Manufacturing Practices
Capstone Advisor: Bruce Kochis
Second Reader: Keith Nitta
Grover Nogawa
An Alternative Approach to Emergency Preparedness: A Descriptive Case Study Evaluation
Capstone Advisor: Elizabeth Thomas
Second Reader: Julie Shayne
Scott Ferguson
Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption
Capstone Advisor: Steve Collins
Second Reader: Nives Dolšak
Jared Bigelow
Defining Terrorism: A Step Toward More Effective Policy
Capstone Advisor: Bruce Kochis
Second Reader: Stuart Streichler
Panel 4: Cost-Benefit Analysis
4:00 – 5:30 pm
UW1-010
Discussant and Panel Chair: Dan Jacoby
Kristen Maines
Implementing Cap-and-Trade in Washington to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Regional Regulation of a Global Problem and the Risk of Carbon Leakage
Capstone Advisor: Dan Jacoby
Second Reader: Nives Dolšak
Aimee Munzi
Computers: Turn Them Off or Leave Them On?
Capstone Advisor: Cinnamon Hillyard
Second Reader: Mark Kochanski
Kaylene Strock
Water Reclamation in Washington State: An Analytical Review of WAC 173-219
Capstone Advisor: Dan Jacoby
Second Reader: Rob Turner
Maia Anderson
Evaluation of Washington C.A.S.H.'s Individual Development Account (IDA) Program
Capstone Advisor: Bruce Kochis
Second Reader: Keith Nitta
Reception
5:30 – 6:15 pm
UW1 Third Floor Vista
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