Student research from the Public Policy Department at Gettysburg College.
2025
Analyzing Public Opinion as an Input in the Systems Theory Framework by Examining the Democratic Responsiveness of the Pennsylvania Legislature in the 2023-2024 Legislative Session, Donovan M. Villegas
2024
Project Light, Adhara Ayndrila
The Spotted Lanternfly in Gettysburg and Public Mobilization Through an Awareness Campaign, Brandon R. Fey
Running on the Battlefields, Danielle L. Fritchman
The Delta Program: Bringing Change Through Mathematics, Ndeye F. Ndiaye
Action Plan: Gym Cleanliness at the Jaeger Center, Blair A. O'Connor
Selective Mutism In The Classroom, Audrey Whisman
2023
The Future of Banking: Consumer Protection and Contagion Risks of Cryptocurrency, Anthony Choi
The Successful Student Accommodations Letter, Marisa Conners
More Care and Less Pay: The Phenomenon of Low Wages Among Care Occupations, Allison B. Dayton
Increasing Substance Safety Concentrating on the Fentanyl Epidemic, Rachael A. Geesaman
Early Nutritional Education: The Key to Success, Riley A. Gerbereux
Implementing a Definition of Street Harassment at Gettysburg College, Ella A. Prieto
2022
Strategic Concealment: Locating Armed Private Contractors in State Foreign Policy, Jared A. Michaels
Policy Strategies to Solve the U.S. Recycling Crisis, Flavia M. Scotto d'Antuono
Struggles and Successes in Accessing Art, Theodore J. Szpakowski
2021
A Trifecta of Challenges for Veterans Treatment Courts, Anne S. Douds and Jared A. Michaels
Are Victims’ Rights Honored in Veterans Courts? A Statewide Assessment of Law on the Books versus Law in Action, Anne S. Douds and Haley B. Shultz
Restoring Humanity through Human Trafficking Courts?, Anne S. Douds, Ella R. Warburton, and Kealy A. Cassidy
Perceptions of Bystander Intervention: Surveying Students’ Relationship to Sexual Misconduct, Emma G. Padrick
The Solution to Plastic Pollution: A Dissection of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, Nadine M. Snyder
Creating a Home Base for Treatment in Homeless Courts, Kyle C. Troeger
Public Safety Agencies and UAV Technology: A Review of Uses, Lacey L. Weynand
2020
Narrative Policy Analysis, John W. Burns
Planned Policy Action, Nicole T. Cesanek
Why Prison Dental Care Matters: Legal, Policy, and Practical Concerns, Anne S. Douds, Eilenn M. Ahlin, Nicholas S. Fiore, and Nicholas J. Barrish
Advocacy Coalition Framework Lens on Pressing Healthcare Issues, Garrett S. Goodwin
Funding Culture: An Analysis of Historic Site Preservation Policy, Ann L. Grab
A Clean Energy Future: The Policy Environment of Public Service Enterprise Group, Justin T. Letizia
Punctuated Equilibrium Public Policy Theory, Luke D. Matzke
Mis-Nourished Nation: Analysis of the Impact of SNAP Benefits on Food Deserts in the U.S., Audrey E. Maynard
Primary Prevention and the Socioecological Model: An Integrated, Preventative Approach to Combat Sexual Violence, Emma G. Padrick
Analyzing the Response to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions, Elizabeth A. Rousseau
Teletherapy Use in Children’s Advocacy Centers: An Effective Solution Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, Camille T. Traczek
The Policies of the Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal Analyzed Through Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, Multiple Streams Theory, and Diffusion Theory, Camille T. Traczek
Breonna’s Law: The Genesis, Not the Culmination, for Policy Response to Violent Confrontation during No-Knock Search Warrants, Ethan S. Wilt
2019
Checking a Box or Creating Change? Examining the Overall State of Gender Mainstreaming in Humanitarian Action, Jenna M. Thoretz