School of Professional Studies
Graduate programs in the School of Professional Studies include Masters in Communication, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Project Management, Sports and Esports Administration, Public Administration, and Public Administration for Senior Leadership. Certificate programs include Educational Leadership, Digital Literacy, Nonprofit Human Services Management, Project Management, Public Relations, Regulatory Affairs for Cannabis Control, and Advanced Graduate Study.
2024
Innovations in Publicly Funded Workforce Training Programs, Chris Ackley
The State of Special Education in Virginia, Caroline A. Aramini
Difficulties in Police Hiring and Retention Post George Floyd, Dan Benedict
An Analysis of the Feasibility of an Overdose Prevention Center in the City of Worcester, Adam Cohen, Pieter VanderBrug, Gus Hoy, and Blake Leasure
Case Study: The Crumbling Foundation Crisis in Massachusetts and Advocacy by Homeowners to Encourage a State Response, Julie Harrowfield
Addressing the Opioid Crisis Through County-Widen Public Safety Agencies’ Post-Overdose Outreach Programs, Julia Keane
Addressing Untimely Healthcare Access of Veterans Receiving Care Through the Veteran Healthcare Administration (VHA), Frank Lunetta, Jamie Stern, and Lila McNamee
The Journey to Project Management: Navigating the Transition from a NonProject Environment, Renate Lian Mascarenhas, Shagun Verma, and Shrishti Rana
Addressing the Dual Challenges of Substance Abuse and Systemic Inequities Among AI/AN Communities: A Call for Action and Reform in Tribal Healthcare, Allessia A. Mauro
Museums Making Change (And Proving It!): A Case Study Developing Evaluation Plans for the Fitchburg Art Museum’s Development Department, Elizabeth Rozmanith
Climate Change and Voluntary Private Land Conservation: A Case Study of Working Lands for Wildlife, Abigail Thompson
The Need for States to Implement Trauma-Informed Care Policies, Teodora-Maria Uglean
2023
Active Cyber Defense in the Healthcare Sector, Evelyne Diaz Araque
A Guide to the Advancement of Leadership Post Covid, Kelly Grace Dolan
Building a Representative Workforce: How We Can Help Our Gateway Cities Recruit and Retrain Employees Reflective of Their Communities, Jessica Lynn Feldman and Andrew J. Russo
Case Study: National Employment Service Implementation Project Analysis, Muzaffar Kosimov
Reviving The Boeing Project By Using Project Management Methodologies, Aashay Mhatre, Chandrakant Kamble, Anjali Shah, and Shehzad Malim
Economic Extraterritorial Regulation Amongst the American States, Michael Mischley
Working to Elect Under-Represented Groups in Public Office, Jenny Pacillo
Connecting Eastern and Western Massachusetts with High Speed Rail, Mary Piecewicz and An Pham
State of Rhode Island, Minority Contractors and State Funded Public Construction Projects, Mary Piecewicz and Charon Rose
Benefit to IT Enterprises: Using Scrum Framework, Mary Piecewicz and wenxing Wang
Worcester's Changing Media Landscape and Political Participation, Claire M. Robbins
Importance of Stakeholder Management in Project Management, Rachit Samarth
Offshore Wind Industry in Massachusetts, Luis Santos
Case Study: SAP Development and Integration into General Motors Uzbekistan, Kamil Urunov
The History and Trajectory of Major Vice Regulations in Massachusetts, Jonathan D. Zlotnik and David K. Muradian
2022
Case Study: National Employment Service Implementation Project Analysis, Manish Kumar, Muzaffar Kosimov, Sanjay Chauhan, and Zainab Idowu
Managment Principles and Practices of Integrating Quality in the Project Life Cycle, Elvis Shyta
2021
Social Media and Political Campaign Communication in Ghana., Beatrice Eyram Amenyeawu
Capstone Case Study Guide MAPFRE, Apoorva Arbooj, Ahamad Waqas, K C Prabhat, Manju Jayam, and Rashmi Sakleshpur Rajashekar
Group Living Environment Responses to Pandemic: A Case Study of Advocates, and the COVID-19 Crises, Nicole K. Atchue
The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Careers, Allison Bach
A Gateway to Economic Success, Nathan R. Boudreau
Business Plan and Analysis for uplifting Small Business (SB), Prexa Dedhia, Sivarubiny Shanmuganathan, and William Livis
Examlning the Effectiveness of Influencer Marketing Across Platforms, Alison Everett
An Analysis of the Applications of Technology to Health Care within the Caribbean and Latin America, Chineme Ezema
Happening in Plain Sight: An Evaluation of Sexual Harassment in Municipal Government Through A Case Study of Newark, New Jersey, Hoween R. A. Flexer and Caitlin R. Louie
The Effects of Social Media on Young People Through the Lens of Covid-19, Molly Gammon
Internal Communications In The Time Of A Global Pandemic, Thais Gandica, Manvi Talwar, Sange Wangmu Thungon, Edgar Knyvet Diengdoh Pyrtuh, and Emmanuel Kumah
Impacts of Chronic Diseases on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity., Mansi Gandi, Naga Sai Sandeep Chowdary Guntupalli, and Srinithya Varma Kakarlapudi
A Comparison of Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in Worcester, Massachusetts, Benjamin L. Gessel
The Human Services Workforce Crisis: Moving Forward with Intention in Massachusetts, Suzanne Gray Henderson
Moving from Shelter to a Housing First Reponse, Robyn Kennedy
Pernet Family Health Service, Inc.: Organizational Restructuring & Change Management Best Practices, Carly Massino
Title IX: Perceptions and Utilization on U.S. College Campuses, Emma Narkewicz
Examining the Strategies in Response to Crises in Major League Baseball, Jimmy Palmerino
Bail Discrimination: Racial Disparities in the United States Bail Determination Process, Collin Porter
The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Competitive Sports, Qiyu Pu
Broadband in Rhode Island, Deborah Ruggiero
Neural Network With Nlp, Harshita Sharma and Tinkle Jain
How Social Media and Embedded Recommender Algorithm Fostered Political Issues, Yan Shi
Employee Retention Rate, Lila Sorenson
A Comprehensive Analysis of Food Insecurity and Solutions in Worcester, Massachusetts, David Sullivan
The State of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging, Catalin Cristian Veghes
Sports Data Analysis – Application of Sports Data In Athletics, Zhong Zhuang
2020
RCAP Solutions Breach Management - Case Study, Eugene Adu-Gyamfi, Gio Al Muarrawi, and Kwame Ofori
Transparency and Yielding of Law Officers Reform (TAYLOR) Act of 2020: Proposal for Police Reform, Marwa Alnaal, Matthew L. Anderson, Hannah Brier, Mollie Campbell, and Rose Wine
The Mental Health of Black Men: Stabilizing Trauma with Emotional Intelligence, Davis Brandford
Interdepartmental Collaboration: A Case Study, Leah Breiss
Narrowing the wealth and income gap in Poland, China, and the United States, Cyndy Carboo, Zhiling Song, Jiawei Feng, and Xudong Zhu
Elder Isolation in Immigrant Communities, Jessica Da Silva
Crisis Communication and Executive Leadership: Ethical Shortcomings in Government, Daniel Davidoff
Higher Education Responses to Crisis: A Case Study of Clark University and the Pandemic of 2020, Lisa Gillingham
Dallas, TX: The Staggering Wealth Gap, Macy Golman
How museum utilize social media on communication, Jiake Han
Worst Time Being Poor? The Hunger Problem in U.S. During COVID-19 Pandemic, Yuanhang Hu
Managing Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Human Service Organizations, Naomi Ingram
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace; Benefits, Challenges and Strategies for Success, Margaret Leone
A web-based AI assistant Application using Python and JavaScript, Viet Le, Tej Bahadur, Jainee Shah, and Roushan Ara
The Killingly Mascot Case Study, Jordan Lumpkins
The Practical Applications of Video Games Beyond Entertainment, Jack Martin
The Impact of Special Interest Groups on the Federal Dietary Guidelines: Consequences for American Health, Dory McMillan
Young People, Social Media, and Impacts on Well-being, Andreana Nop
Rest Homes: Their Value on Massachusetts Healthcare Continuum, Ronald Pawelski
Healthy Food Portal Business Plan and Its Function Model, Alena Raupova
CVS covid-19 screening website: Test Automation, Savya Rawat
A Case Study on the Best Practices of the Facilitating Organization for Peer Recovery Support Services in the State of New Hampshire, Maggie Ringey
Becoming a Trauma Informed Care Organization, Katie Robery
2019
For One Child, Zion Bereket, Xin Huang, Yitong Lin, Ruobing Pei, Rachel White, and Ziyuan Li
HIV/AIDS in the Latino Community of San Francisco: Past and Present, Jessica Da Silva
Worcester Chamber of Commerce: Recruiting Minority Business Owners, Ryan DiMaria, Alexander Hull, Xikun Lu, Haopeng Wang, Jiacheng Hou, and Danning Zhao
Changing the Current Perception of Affordable Housing in Worcester, Simone McGuinness, William Roberts, Vaske Gjino, Tong Zhou, Mengxin Ma, and Sarawadee Sonpuak
“Greening” Worcester: Municipal Best Practices for Sustainability, Erin McKeon, Charline Kirongozi, Jared Duval, Antannia Greene, Qianshu Sun, and Zewei Yao
Service Now: CMDB Research, Monika Patel, Smita Patil, Katerina Tzanavara, Manish Chauhan, Yuhao Wang, Houmin Xie, and Lei Shi
2018
Graduate Admissions Recruitment Project, Kevin Anderson, Chiemela Dike, Yixin Du, Arvinder Kaur, Amanda Popp, and Huizhong Yang
Clear the Air: Moving towards a more supportive, welcoming, Tobacco-free Clark University, Edward Aroko, Simon Elliot, Jackson Espe, Donovan Smith, and Michael Spanos
Inbound Marketing, Hasini Assiriyage, Isabelle Zoeckler, Emmanuel Aghado, Kefu Bu, Xiouyu Jiang, Rajesh Kamble, and Yan Wang
Adult Learners: A Targeted Marketing Approach, Sarah Baldelli, Camilo Botero, Camille Ferreol, Caleb Horton, Xinyue Ma, and Stefan Sprinkmoller
Audubon Data Project Final Report, Askhat Beygenov, Valinur Kutlambetov, Shrikant Patel, Phoebe Roberts, Ulfat Sayyed, and Shriram Sivaraman
Leicester Public Schools Information and Data Portal: Research and Recommendations, Yue Cen, Natalie Bonetti, Rashida Buchanan, Sathark Jain, and Yuwei Wong
A Guide for Hiring Mature Employees at Ascentria, Binghe Change, Calleigh Leach, Elsie Lu, Hongquiang You, Mengge Wang, and Nina Mariotti
Leicester Research A Study in Effective Technology in Education, Jimeshkumar Chauhan, Anna Lakomy, Li Liu, Christina McCarthy, Scott McCarthy, Roman Pena, and Emilie Smiley
A Social Media Plan for the Changemakers’ Playground, Meng Cong, Ciara Kilian, Xinling Wang, Sumanth Wilson, and Chenyu Yan
Water in Worcester A Campaign for Public Fluoridation, Ryan Early, Xiao Gu, Yajing Huang, Lauren Meininger, Emma Phillips, and Yao Su
Worcester Center for Crafts: A Transition to Online Sales, Monica Gow, Carly Branconnier, Srilatha Prodduturi, Ekaterina Shusharina, and Alberta Yamoah
Optical Heritage Museum: An Interactive Touch, Connor Guerin, Ankur Halwai, Jinzhao Liu, Qi Liu, Yangjing Wang, and Yashaswini Bharti
Canine for Disabled Kids Awareness Campaign Research and Implementation Plan, Jiamin Gu, Kendall Harcourt, Chang Liu, Kiamu Liu, and Jemmie Tejada
