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Retention of young Professionals in Boston
Research question – is Boston actually unappealing to young adults, specifically recent college graduates? The interviews and personal point-of-views from the four individuals offer some insight into the young professionals’ minds but they are by no…
Boston: A “Gay Haven”?
Massachusetts is well-known for leading the nation in revolutions, from its role in Independence from the British to its being the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004. The gay rights revolution is a relatively new social revolution, and…
The Olympics: Boston’s Great Debate
On January 8th 2015, the United States Olympic Committee somewhat stunned the American public with the news of the American city selected to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Boston, the City upon a Hill, the Athens of America,…
2013 Boston Marathon Bombings
The idea for this project stemmed from that fact that I was very interested in the oral histories of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. I had a very personal connection to the bombings as I have been a life-long resident of Boston, and I came up with…
MBTA: The Unfixable Behemoth
In my essay, I examine the MBTA and why it is broken both politically and infrastructure wise. I examine and analyze why the record snowfall of 2015 led to such a collapse in service for an extended period of time while discussing some of the…
Introducing “#OneBus”, A Socio-Artistic Intervention of MBTA Buses to Foster Positive Social Interactions and a Stronger Sense of Community in Boston
The present project seeks to investigate how and to what extent public
transportation, understood as a space of daily convergence of diverse individuals and
communities, can be leveraged to promote social interaction and cohesion among diverse
and…
transportation, understood as a space of daily convergence of diverse individuals and
communities, can be leveraged to promote social interaction and cohesion among diverse
and…
GROWING UP BRAHMIN: The Cultural and Social Experiences of Boston Brahmins Through the Perspectives of the Fictional George Apley and his Mortal Descendants
This final project uses John Marquand’s novel The Late George Apley as a source of characterization of Brahmin life around the turn of the 20th century. I also explore the presentation of the modern Boston elite class in contemporary media, and…
An Investigation of College Students in the Greater Boston Area: How Frequency of Interactions With the City Shape Students’ Social Lives
Although college students make up 9.98% of the average United States metro area population, college students comprise over 40% of the Boston metro area population. With over 50 colleges and universities located in the greater Boston area, and since…
Reading Libraries: A Study of Boston through the Codman Square and Honan-Allston Library Branches
This paper presents a study of the City of Boston through two of its library branches. Insofar as ordinary people comprise the constituency of libraries, the premise of my research is that studying libraries and how they are utilized is a way of…
Is Boston Still “Bound”?
In 2007, Harvard Law School professors Gerald Frug and David Barron published a report entitled “Boston Bound”, comparing Boston’s legal structure to six other major United States cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco, and…