This is where we showcase some of the best theses on urban issues completed by Urban Studies seniors and those in other departments and programs.

Ezra H. Moser ’10: “Re-Imagining Portland, Maine: Integrating a Refugee Community“; second-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Alexandera Stein ’11: “Mapping Residential Segregation in Baltimore City“; second-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Chang Liu ’12: “Shallow Urbanization in China: Causes, Impacts and Policy Implications“; first-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Will Kaplan ’13: “Neighborhood Organization, Community Policing, and Crime: The Power of Community in Hartford”

Sarah Kacevich ’13: “Accessing Human Rights through Faith-based Social Justice and Cultural Citizenship: Hartford’s Low-income Latino Immigrants“; first-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Monica Roldan-Rodriguez ’13: “A Mismatched Dubai: A Glamorous Globalizing City vs. A Contentious Local Identity“; second-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Ananya Sahay ’13: “India’s Boom Towns: Socio-Economic Consequences of Information Technology-Led Development in Chennai and Bangalore – Analysis post 1991 Liberalization Reforms in India“; second-place winner for the Grossman Global Fund Senior Thesis Prize

Jacob Miller ’14: “Subprime Disaster Capitalism in New Haven”; second-place winner for the Levy Urban Fund Senior Thesis Prize