{"id":11882,"date":"2022-09-27T15:11:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/preservation\/?page_id=11882"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:41:11","slug":"capstones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/preservation\/scholarship\/capstones\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MA in Preservation Studies students complete as part of their program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/preservation\/academics\/ma-preservation-studies\/\">requirements<\/a> a capstone that is the culmination of their work at Boston University. The capstone projects are independent research projects, and listed below a selection of topics.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Janessa Dennis:<\/strong> &#8220;What Remains: Black Memory, HBCU&#8217;s, and the Future of Gaines Hall&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yunyang Feng: <\/strong> &#8220;Creating Immersive Museum Experiences under Preservation Constraints: A Comparative Study of Multisensory Strategies\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong> Ruizhe Yin: <\/strong> &#8220;&#8221;Shared Culture&#8221; or \u201cCultural Appropriation&#8221;?: Cross-culture Borrowing and National Heritage in the Sinosphere\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Siena Idoine: <\/strong> &#8220;The Development of Craft, A Case Study on Filipino Pi\u00f1a Cloth\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gianna Ortiz:<\/strong> &#8220;Preserving the Nahant Life-Saving Station in an Era of Sea Level Rise: A Climate Resilience Preservation Plan for a Coastal Historic Landmark\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lea Kolesky<\/strong>: \u201cPutting Postmodernism in Context: A Framework for the Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Boston\u2019s Postmodern Built Environment\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jieyu (Zoey) Lau:<\/strong> \u201cPreserving Place, Sustaining Community: A Community Centered Preservation Analysis of Boston\u2019s Chinatown\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hailey Manlowe:<\/strong> \u201cReframing the Past for the Future: The Power of Nature within the Development of Cultural Landscapes and Historic Preservation Through the Canvas of Turner and the Hudson River School Painters\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kayton Stewart:<\/strong> \u201cPreserving community Memory: The Pike School of Salisbury, Massachusetts \u2013 A National Register Nomination and Analysis of a Late-19th\u00a0Century Italianate Schoolhouse\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Verity Boyer<\/strong>: <span>\u201cPreservation Plan for a 1900 Piscataqua River Wherry\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>\u00a0Yanjun Hong<\/b>: &#8220;<span class=\"elementToProof\">Comparative Study on Urban Heritage Conservation Policies of Shanghai\u2019s Historical Cultural Style Districts and Boston\u2019s Historical Districts<\/span><span class=\"elementToProof\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hillary Hedges Rayport<\/strong>: <span>\u201cHistoric Structures and Massachusetts Housing Goals: Lessons from the MBTA Communities Act\u201d\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachel Burdette<\/strong>: <span>\u201c<\/span><span>Preserving the Narrative: A Critical Analysis of Interpretation and Preservation at Boston National Historical Park and Minuteman National Historical Park\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Meghan Keefe<\/strong>: <span>\u201c<\/span><span>Saving Sayward-Wheeler: The Preservation of Coastal Properties in the Face of the Climate Crisis\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hailey Stebner<\/strong>: <span>\u201c<\/span>Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Coastal Communities: The Future of Historic Preservation Using Souther Tide Mill as a Case Study<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Victoria Hatchell<\/strong>: <span>\u201c<\/span>Kents Hill School Site History, Maine<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><strong>Gaby Amore<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA Framework for a Preservation Plan for the City of Boston\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><strong>Kristen Dahlmann<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cPreservation Today: Upholding the Unique Cultural and Social Fabric of Boston Neighborhoods\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><strong>David Lewis<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/span>National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Haverhill Powder House, Massachusetts<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Esther Yang<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Preservation of Shikumen Architectural Style in Shanghai: The Case Studies of Xintiandi and Tianzifang\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Emily Pate<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cUsing Photography for Preservation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Rebecca Green<\/strong>: \u201cPreserving Diversity: How House Museums Approach Their Contentious History in the United States of America\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carmela Farago<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cConcord\u2019s Forgotten Neoclassical Period: The Untold Story of Minute Man National Historical Park\u201d<\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Akil Sokoli<\/strong>: \u201cThe Church-Mosque building in Rozafa Castle, Shkoder, Albania: Statement of significance and legal feasibility for its conversion into a Religious Museum\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Joseph Kennedy van den Berg<\/strong>: \u201cImagination Preservation: An exploration of Colonial Williamsburg, Disneyland, and their Preservation Principles\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Evan O\u2019Connor<\/strong>: \u201cHome at the Old Manse, Concord, Massachusetts: The Old Manse Historic Survey\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Mengxi Qian<\/strong>: \u201cThe Dilemma between Landscape Preservation and Economic Development: The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Shuozhou, China\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Hannah Nozer<\/strong>: \u201cAllston, Massachusetts: A Community Preservation Act Assessment\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eunjeong Kim<\/strong>: \u201cHistory and Identities: Seoul Country Club and Grand Children Park in Seoul, South Korea<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>G\u00fclnur<\/strong> <strong>Cengiz<\/strong>: \u201cThe Advent of Preservation in Turkey: How Preservation Changed and Shaped the City of Istanbul<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Moroski<\/strong>: \u201cThe Valuable Role of Archaeology in Historic Preservation Practices&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ian Kerr Murdoch Stewart<\/strong>: \u201cThe Birth of an American Form: Anglo-Dutch Houses of Columbia County, NY, 1790-1830<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elaine<\/strong> <strong>Sullivan<\/strong>: \u201cWilliam H. Monroe and the Changing Landscape of Brighton&#8217;s Aberdeen Neighborhood<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrick Powers<\/strong>: \u201cThe Eblana Brewery, <span> Boston, Massachusetts<\/span>: Maintaining Historical Significance in Cultural Adaptive Re-Use<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nathan Curwen<\/strong>: \u201cBethlehem&#8217;s Steel Industry, <span>Pennsylvania<\/span>: An Examination of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Through Practices of Preservation and Revitalization<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carmen De Lucia<\/strong>: \u201cBoston&#8217;s Brewery Landscape: Making Beer Before Prohibition<span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Maher<\/strong>: \u201cInvestigation of a Local House Type Illustrating Adaptive and Transitional Framing Practices in Southern Essex County, Massachusetts\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dayl Cohen<\/strong>: \u201cThe Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill, Boston: Adorning an American Immigrant Synagogue\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Casey Horna Pecoraro<\/strong>: \u201cHeritage and Community Identity: Suburban Development in Williamsburg, Virginia\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Sims<\/strong> (JD\/MA): \u201cCommunity Benefits Agreements: Potential for Better Brownfields Redevelopment\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Ware<\/strong>: \u201cThe Preservation of America\u2019s Lighthouses: A Review of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alyson Mamourian<\/strong> (JD\/MA): \u201cDesignation and Regulation of Historic Religious Properties: Applying the Free Exercise Clause under RLUIPA [Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000]\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eileen Wilde<\/strong>: \u201cCrafting a Commercial Aesthetic on the Outer Cape: Tourism and Car Culture on Cape Cod, Massachusetts\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MA in Preservation Studies students complete as part of their program requirements a capstone that is the culmination of their work at Boston University. 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