Take a look at just a few of our past OS Honors Theses for a sample of the excellent work students have accomplished.
Owen McAlister-Lopez ('25): A Sense of Community in Kerrytown, Ann Arbor: The Influence of Place-Based Organizations on Social Infrastructure
Brianne VanDyke ('21): Surviving and Serving During COVID-19: The Influence of Size and Diversification on Organizational Adaptation in Midwest Community Development Corporations
Lilah Kalfus ('19): The Business Case for the B Corporation Certification: An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Social and Financial Performance
Rachel Goldman ('17): The Influence of Positive Organizational Practices on School Climate in Middle School
Jessica Hasper ('16): Theological Praxis: Creative Faith and Doctrinal Belief in Puritan Congregationalism and aCorporate Megachurch
Aubrey O'Neal ('16): Network-Based Development Through a Non-Governmental Organization: A Case Study Of Empowering Women in Rural India
Zoe Miller ('16): Understanding Blameworthiness and Treating Juvenile Violence
Paul Vicinanza ('16): Identity-constrained Isomorphism: An Integrated Model of Organizational Mimicry
Shira Moskowitz ('15): Gender and Leadership Among Reform Rabbis in the United States and Canada
Alice Murphy ('15): The Environmental Context of Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Eli Burstein ('14): When Red Sox best Harvard: The Liability of High Status, Why it Occurs, and Why it Matters
Melanie Gingell ('14): Malleability of Self-Perceived Gender among Men: Examining the Role of Motivated Cognition
Kaitlin Keane ('14): Gendering of Compassion in Organizations
Christina Rowan ('14): The Routinization of Charisma: Leader-Follower Relationships in the Suzuki Association of the Americas
Haley Sakwa ('14): Taking Steps Towards Diversity: K-12 Outreach at Selective Universities
Caroline Canning ('13): Motivating Employees to Do Good: The Role of Leader Morality and Competence
Yourui Yeo ('13): Where Leaders Draw the Line: How Ethical a Boss Do You (Think You) Want?
Claire Baker ('12): Bridging the Gaps: A Case Study on the Implementation of Educational Technologies in High School
Maor Cohen ('12): Fermenting Innovation: Talk is not Cheap and Valuing Leads to Value
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen ('12): Diffusion, Adoption, and Adaptation: An Organizational History of El Sistema in the United States
Maple Kirby ('12): A Legacy of Education Reform in Detroit: An Archival and Field-based Case Study of the Current State of the School District and Reforms in Detroit, Michigan
