If you have problems finding a final project, contact the GLS Program Assistant at 910.962.3590 MWF or via email at campbellp AT uncw DOT edu.  The below listed projects are in ascending year order. 

• 2001************************************************************************************
• "No Longer Wicked : Real Stepmom Experiences that Challenge the Stereotype" / Linda J. MacRae / 2001
• "The Hickmans and their Crossroads Community, 1925 and Now" / Freddie Donald Hickman / 2001
• "SOS Kwajalein Lagoon" / Michael L. Ratigan / 2001
• "The Interpretation of the Cultural Landscapes of Pender County : The Architectural Heritage of Watha, St. Helena, Van Eeden and Penderlea" / Jimmy Teriell Tate / 2001
• "A Whalerman's Tale" / Denise Malloy Hubbard / 2001
• "A Cultural Geography of the Lower Cape Fear Basin Region of Bladen County" / James C. Burke / 2001
• "Homelessness: The Changing Landscape in Wilmington, North Carolina" / Michael E. Keane / 2001
• 2002*************************************************************************************
• "Cranford, NJ : a Town's History Preserved within the Physical Landscape: A Cultural Geographer's Perspective" / John Michael Kunak, Jr / 2002
• "Does Therapeutic Touch Work? A Double-Blind Pretest-Posttest Evaluation" / Susan Gail Auten
• "Perspectives on World War II : An Experiment in Oral History" / Reagan Blair Williams / 2002
• "The Hidden Curriculum : Building an Education through the Staff and Student Relationship" / Lesia Palmer Heltzel / 2002
• "Innocence Lost" / Christi O'Sullivan / 2002
• "White Gloves, White Girls and White Lies : Personal Recollections of 'Seventeen Magazine' in the Post World War II Era" / Linda K. Ramge / 2002
• "Student Characteristics: Identifying Consistencies between North Carolina's Curriculum, Teacher Implementation and Assessment" / Chanda Wynne / 2002
• 2003*************************************************************************************
• "Predicting Success in the Nursing Curriculum at Southeastern Community College" / Mary Kathleen (Kathy) Jackson / 2003
• "An Alaskan Adventure" / Leonard E. Lanier / 2003
• "It's not easy to find happiness in ourselves.': Death, Gender, and Perceptions of Control in Hubert Selby's Requiem for a Dream and Terry Kay's To Dance with the White Dog" / Donetta R. MacDonald / 2003
• "Black Mountain College: The Coincidences of Inception and the Art of Survival" / Kay and Max Fryar / 2003
• "Ethical Considerations of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Truths or Consequences" / Laura N. Wilhelm / 2003
• "The Art of the Subconscious: The Influence of Psychoanalysis on Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac" / Jason M. Pflug / 2003
• "Psychobiography, by Myself" / Dorothy B. Nesbitt / 2003
• "The Effects of Nonverbal Communication on the Construction of Professional Relationships in a Law Firm" / Heather K. Richards / 2003
• "Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alzheimer's Disease and Communication : A Palliative Approach" / Elizabeth Irene Fugate Whitlock and Carolyn Elizabeth Bardy Richards / 2003
• 2004**************************************************************************************
• "Interpreting the Americanization of Buddhism and Hinduism" / Chasity Raye Herring / 2004
• "The All Too Human Traveller" / Willard S. Perry / 2004
• "Heeding the Call: 177 Years of Protestant Missionary Work in Mexico" / Mitzi D. Pulliam / 2004
• "The Enigmatic Role of the Novel Nada by Carmen La Foret and Its Legacy in the History of Contemporary Spanish Literature by Women of the 20th-21st Centuries"/Marianella Jara Smith / 2004
• "Darth Vader as a Mythological Symbol for Technology and Its Effects on Humanity"/Carlon L. Robbins / 2004
• "Druid in our Midst: Artist Elizabeth Chant, 1865-1947"/ Brenda Pate / 2004
• "The Concerns, Progress, and Arguments of Mainstream Media Consolidation: An Analysis of Wilmington, North Carolina" / Milena Offredo / 2004
• "The History of the Paisley Shawl" / Joan McKillop / 2004
• "Is That a Goddess in My Pocket or Am I Just Happy to BE Me? An Exploration of Jungian Archetypes and the Personal Myth" / Pamela E. Goucher / 2004
• "Bedrock Beliefs of the Nineteenth Century as Seen through the Prints of Currier and Ives" / Perry W. Campbell / 2004
• "To Be or Not To Be a Nun: Sisters of the Silver Screen versus the Religious Reality" / Ann Marie Beall / 2004
• "The Effect of Religious Involvement and Faith on Longevity" / Sandra Page Sue / 2004
• "Reunion Chronicles of the Roswell Survivors or Quantum Theory for Dummies" / Curt Allen-Little / 2004
• "Politics on The Simpsons: A Look at Comic Pop Culture" / Stephanie L. Good-Kerr / 2004
• "Unbecoming a Teacher:  A Cautionary Tale" / Goldie Walton / 2004
• "The Military Chapel as a model for Spiritual Formation within the Protestant Worship Community" / David Vanderbilt / 2004
• "Exporting the North Carolina Furniture Industry: A Documentary on the Industry's Past, Present, and Future" / Tom Wells / 2004
• 2005*************************************************************************************
• "WOOL: From Sheep to Shawl" / Christine M. Abrons / 2005
• "Morality and Faith in Fantasy: Exploring 'The Lion' and Harry" / Jean D. Griffith / 2005
• "Cross Cultural Spiritual Values and Prospects for Peaceful Coexistance" / Eric H. Bruton / 2005
• "My Reflections on United States Marine Corps Women Recruit Training" / Andrea E. Quirindongo / 2005
• "People's Music:  A Sociopolitical View of the American Folk Revival" / Betty J. Brannon / 2005
• "The Articulate Threads of Anni Albers" / Jennings J. Trawick / 2005
• "Cultural Considerations in Elder Abuse:  The Lumbee Indian Example " / Tony V. Locklear / 2005
• "Dying to Know: Breaking the Cycle of Fear through Hospice" / Barbara N. Cowan / 2005
• "Growing Old? - Get Over It!" / Fletcher C. (Cal) Eddens / 2005
• "Proposed Curriculum for an Applied Degree in Gerontology with a Focus on an Assisted Living Administrator Certification Capstone Course" / Carla Bernia and Nichole Tompkins / 2005
• " Exploring the History and Values of New Freedom, Pennsylvania" / Parthena M. Bowman / 2005
• "Enemy or Ally:  World War II Prisoners of War on American Soil" / Deborah Ann King / 2005
• "An Analysis of Marcus Garvey Literature: A Paradigm for Understanding the Changing Perspectives of Garvey" / Rob Barnes / 2005
• "Human Rights: Are They Enforceable in Chechnya?" / Ruth Eslinger / 2005
• "Live Until You Die:  Programs for Those Living with a Life-Limiting Illness" / Lorraine Perry / 2005
• "A Journey of Steps: Walking the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool for Prayer and Meditation to Improve One's Concious Contact with God" / Harold E. (Hunter) Thompson / 2005
• "Island Voices: Personal Memories of Carolina Beach Preserve the Past" / Robin Robertson / 2005
• "The Breath of Life: An Artistic Look at Oxygen Therapy and Its Importance" / Jessica T. Bowen / 2005
• "Treasures from the Deep:  An Undersea Photographic Expedition" / Douglas Kesling / 2005
• "Contributions of American Military Women to WWII" / Budd Baker / 2005
• "My Own American Quilt" / Holly M. Lentz / 2005
• 2006**************************************************************************************
• "My Spiral Dance:  A Memoir on Experiential Aging" / Preston Craddock / 2006
• "Growing Up and Surviving in a Dysfunctional Family" / Regina M. Fennell / 2006
• "A Novel: 'Eating Jesus'" / Frank Howard / 2006
• "Metamorphosis:  The Changing Views of Motherhood and Feminism" / Amy L. Jerome / 2006
• "In Pursuit of the American Dream-House" / Angel M. Moore / 2006
• "The Role of the Media in the Marginalization of Women's Sports" / Mary E. Walsh / 2006
• "A Yen for Japan" / Kay Warren / 2006
• "A Travel Narrative: 8200 Miles of Road Therapy" / Christine S. Woodward/ 2006
• "The Bush Administration's Effect on the Environment in Brunswick County, North Carolina over the Last Five Years" / Kelly E. Braun / 2006
• "Linda Darnell:  Rise and Fall of a Star" / Tania E. Urbinati / 2006
• "The Flight and Fight of Publishing" / Joanie D. Martin / 2006
• "A Simple Sailor:  A Merchant Seaman in the Global War on Terror" / Stephen L. Sayko / 2006
• "One Girl, Two Lives:  Growing Up Bi-Cultural" / Besa C. Pinchotti / 2006
• "My Personal Journey on the Road of Life: An Autobiography" / Brandon L. Boswell / 2006
• "Where Two Worlds Grey" / Travis L. Corpening / 2006
• "An Ethnographic Study of Homelessness in Wilmington, North Carolina" / Sharon A. Bundick / 2006
• "Gays and Lesbians:  A Struggle to Adopt" / Andrea L. Hiser / 2006
• "Bogue Banks:  An Exploration by Car, Camera, Conversation, and Collective Memories" / Virginia A. Baysden / 2006
• "Journey's End, The Thousand-Year Journey of One English Family in its Journey to America" / Martha J. Poole / 2006
• "The Origins of Gnosticism" / Percy J. (Josh) Padgett / 2006
• "Cultural Differences Within Italy:  A Regional Approach with Emphasis on Production" / Patricia A. Burke / 2006
• "The Woman Behind the Nude" / Anne H. Sinclair / 2006
• "A Triad of Welsh Tales:  A Model for a Multi-Cultural, Multi-Media Educational Program" / Suzie Bean / 2006
• "U.S. Naval Air Power in Viet Nam -- One Man's Story" / Dean R. Ab-Hugh / 2006
• "The Social and Economic Impact of I-40 on the Small Towns of Duplin and Pender Counties, NC" / Harvey J. Tate, Jr./ 2006
• "Writing a Children's Book Manuscript:  Come Visit 'El Zoologico'" / Natalie M. Laight / 2006
• "Living Well:  The Forming of Healthy Partnerships between Faith Communities and African-American Men"  / Tamara Brooks Barnes / 2006
• "Perfect Process, Imperfect Product:  Learning Digital Photograpy" / Jennifer Brandenburgh-Smith / 2006
• "The Structural Organization and Executive Production of a Record Label" / William J. Freeman / 2006
• 2007**************************************************************************************
• "Inner Vision and Synchronicity:  Dream Work as Taught by Charles Fillmore and Carl Jung" / Russell D. Heiland, Jr. / 2007
• "African American Women:  The Disregarded and Neglected Artist" / Ashley G. Bethea / 2007
• "Collage of Love" / Barbara P. McDougald / 2007
• "1898 and the Anomie of Young African American Males in Wilmington, North Carolina" / Tammy M. Graham / 2007
• "Northern Grits:  The Writing of a Play" / Jonathan M. Watkins / 2007
• "Shipboard Life:  The Day to Day Experiences in the United States Navy from 1800-1860" / Kerry Ann Schwallenberg / 2007
• "Meatloaf, Misery, and the American Housewife:  The Image of the American Woman in the 50s" / Jennifer A. Allen / 2007
• "Commodification of African American Culture and Hip-Hop" / Travis D. Newkirk / 2007
• "The Riverpointe Pilot" / Mikel Peterson / 2007
• "Deception Has Five Stars:  My Life in Chile During and After the MIlitary Coup" / M. Andrea Lucie / 2007
• Boundless Commencements:  A Walk in the World of A.R. Ammons" / Steve Rosing / 2007
• "Ninety Miles to Freedom: The Journey of Ismael" / Benjamin Botero / 2007
• "Exploring Lifelong Learning Survey Methods at the University of North Carolina Wilmington" / Nancy D. Cowdrey / 2007
• "Gross Domestic Product" / Christopher V. Henderson / 2007
• "Breathing Techniques" / Judith M. Huffman / 2007
• "Children's Ministry: Breaking the Cycle of Child Negligence" / Rodney D. Jackson / 2007
• "Recovery" / Debra R. Jacobs / 2007
• "Nightlight Savings Time: The Making of" / Lisa M. Moye / 2007
• "What Lives in the Living Room: An Ecology of the Soul" / Katherine L. Newcomer / 2007
• "'I'm Good at What I Do': The Life of Master Sergeant Chistopher A. Basile, a Vietnam Veteran" / Amy M. Shelton / 2007
• "Farming Organic in North Carolina: Outlook, Economics, and Support for the Transition from Conventional Crop Agriculture" / Lisa Williams / 2007
• "Manuela Saenz:  A Biographical Comparison as Woman, Lover, and Liberator" / Kimberly S. Small / 2007
• "The Lost Colony" / Lisa B. Bertini / 2007
• "Death of a King" / Jaime E. Owens / 2007
• 2008********************************************************************************
• "The Long Way Home, or Just Another Road Song" / Kristopher B. Jacobs / 2008
• "Living with Scleroderma: Stories of Actual Sufferers of the Disease" / Hilda M. Maness / 2008
• "Burial Traditions: How We Say Goodbye" / Jeannine Leary / 2008
• "The Development of a Community Based Youth Center Directed Towards Improving the Future of Today's Youth" / Barron B. Thelmon / 2008
• "We Are Who We Are Because We Were Who We Were: A Collegiate Memoir" / Joshua P. Shelton / 2008
• "Dancing with Disabilities Creative Movement" / Stacey L. Pye / 2008
• "Social Schism: A Study of History and Race within the Methodist Denominations" / Zachary T. Moser / 2008
• "Bionic Women: How Cosmetic Surgery is Changing the Modern Female" / Laura B. Thiedemann / 2008
• "Personal Effects: Assaying the Spirit within the Material" / Gail H. Guthrie / 2008
• "Grey Area" / Bryan F. Chambrello / 2008
• "The Revolution of the 60s" / Stephen V. Giusto / 2008
• "The Fruition of Female Sexuality, One Living Room at a Time" / Abby B. Jordan / 2008
• "Feature Length Theatrical Screenplay: 'Deep Dark Water'" / Terry Linehan / 2008
• "Humorous Genes: Funny Stories from My Life" / Melanie L. Canfield / 2008
• "One Voice: Twenty-Five Years of Advocacy within the Judicial System" / Iris G. Derrick / 2008
• "To Any Place Wild: The Tao of John Muir" / Daniel Q. Noonan / 2008
• "What Did You Do in the War, Pop-Pop?" / George E. Wigglesworth / 2008
• "Meanwhile I Keep Dancing ... through the Older Years" / Page L. Wingfield / 2008
• 2009**************************************************************************
• The following 2009 final projects will not be bound and available until the new fiscal year (after July 1, 2009).
• "Predators of Society: A Personal and Academic View of Gangs" / I.D. Jenkins, Jr. / 2009
• "The Rock, Iron Mike, and Golden Boy: Three Boxing Heroes and the Influences They've Had" / Laura Gentry / 2009
• "The Art Farm Organization: Making a Case for Change in the Arts" / Adrian Varnam / 2009
• "Heroism at 200 mph: A Study of Athletic Heroes in Formula 1 Racing" / David Caldwell / 2009
• "A Student's Perspective of the University of North Carolina Wilmington's Internationality / Justin Szymik / 2009
• "Remembering the Geraniums" / Carolyn Franch / 2009
• "Creating Oral Histories: From the Lower Palatinate to Virginia - A Family History" / Thomas Frith / 2009
• "Far Away from Home: Undocumented Hispanics Living and Working in Southeastern North Carolina" / Vicki Hartsfield / 2009
• "The Role High School Athletics Plays in Closing the Achievement Gap for Underprivileged Males" / Julia Deaton / 2009
• "Choosing to Make the Choice: The Social and Psychological Effects of Copia in America" / Sandra McClammy / 2009
• "Medicare Part D Outreach" / Dana Fasanella / 2009
• "I'm Not Dominincan, I Don't Speak Spanish: An Ethnographic Study of My Dominican Bloodline" / Carmen Meade / 2009
• "The Gold Cigarette Lighter" / Sandra Arnold / 2009
  

The following MALS final projects are not available in Randall Library.  Projects are in ascending semester order.

• ******************************************************************************Fall 2001
• "A Journey to Grandmother's Attic" / Wendy Eposito / Fall 2001
• ***************************************************************** ************Fall 2003
• "The Adventurous Life of Captain Otway Burns" / John M. Robinson III / Fall 2003
• "This Machine Kills Fascists: A Century of Woody Guthrie" / Todd Thomas / Fall 2003
• ******************************************************************************Spring 2004
• "An Analysis of the USA Patriot Act within the Context of George Orwell's 1984" / George W. Brown / Spring 2004
• "EducAviation: The First Free Computer Based Training Program (CBT) for Pilots" / Benjamin F. Coats / Spring 2004
• "A Woman's World: The Mistreatment of the Modern Woman"/Melody Caroline Smith
• "The Laramie Project - A Play" / Steve Vernon / Spring 2004
• "The Triumphs and Tragedies of One Immigrant Hispanic Family in North Carolina: A Doumentary of the Gomez Santiago Family's Struggle to Hold On to the American Dream" / Suzanne M. Ward / Spring 2004
• "The Legalization of Marijuana" / Shana C. Sek / Spring 2004
• "A Woman's World:  The Mistreatment of the Modern Woman" / Melody Smith / Spring 2004
• "The Mississippi Delta: A View from the Crossroads" / Leah Wetzler / Spring 2004
• "The Lady in Blue: Reflections from a Former Policewoman" / Jennifer A. Wilkins / Spring 2004
• "A Journey into the Dark World of a Stripper" / Barbara C. Williams / Spring 2004
• **********************************************************************************Fall 2004
• "Reflections Upon Growing Up in Hitler's Germany" / Christl Weide / Fall 2004
• "Answers for Ashley" / Nicole Ulmer / Fall 2004
• "A Play:  Gimme Some Sugar" / Jean H. Marie / Fall 2004
• "Boat Yard Voices" / Sheilia G. Griffis / Fall 2004
• *******************************************************************************Spring 2005
• "The Poisoning of a Community:  Environmental Racism and Warrenton, North Carolina" / Cathy D. Bowens / Spring 2005
• "African-American Women and Exercise:  Factors that Motivate Them to Exercise or Not" / Marquita C. Brown / Spring 2005
• "The Unexpected Hero:  An Oral History of Vietnam Veterans" / Robyn J. Dunning / Spring 2005
• *************************************************************************Summer 2005
• "Zealotry" / Mark E. Menchhofer / Summer 2005
• ******************************************************************************Fall 2005
• "A Sweet Success:  Krispy Kreme Doughnut Company, Inc." / Elizabeth (Beth) Roberts / Fall 2005
• *******************************************************************************Spring 2006
• "Words, Babies, and Longing:  The Poetry of Caroline Cropp" / Caroline Cropp / Spring 2006
• "Go to the Light:  A Morality Play in One Act" / Mark Eyre / Spring 2006
• "A Documentary of Frederick Douglass:  A Man among Men" / Gloria M. Jones / Spring 2006
• "A Lightkeeper's Day:  Old Baldy Lighthouse in the Year 1837" / Donna Ray Mitchell / Spring 2006
• "Jon Blake:  A Fictional Look at the Legacy of a Simple Man's Life" / Amy E. Shaffer / Spring 2006
• "Exploring the Western North Carolina Mountains:  A Travel Narrative" / Tanya Szulak / Spring 2006
• "Her Fateful Passage:  The History of the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste" / Lisa M. Tripp / Spring 2006
• "We've Come this Far by Faith:  A Memoir" / Starlette L. Vaught / Spring 2006
• **************************************************************************Summer 2006
• "The Expansion of a River Town" / Chandler T. Madray / Summer 2006
• **********************************************************************************Fall 2006
• "How Do I Know Thee? - Understanding a Realization Acquired through Image, Archetype, and Association" / Katherine M. (Kim) Proukou / Fall 2006
• ****************************************************************************Spring 2007
• "The Need for Accessible Transportation for the Physically Challenged and Elderly:  The Making of Ivory's Accessible Transportation Service, Inc." / Timothy D. Corbett / Spring 2007

Last Update:  July 10, 2009