Student Projects
The Hart Leadership Program has a long history of exemplary student work, and we are proud to showcase here a selection of student research projects, internships, and honors theses dating back to 2011. Below, you can explore nearly 400 student projects, filtering by project type, Hart program affiliated with the project, thematic topics, project locations, and project years. The database does not provide the full text of students' projects, but it does provide abstracts of student work wherever available, as well as more information including students' class year and, when applicable, the name of the community partner organization a student worked with to conduct their internship or research. We will continue to expand the database as our students continue conducting phenomenal projects. In the meantime, use the search function below to explore our incredible students' work, and get inspired!
Topic: Justice & Injustice: Crime, Incarceration, & the Law
Leadership, Service, and Recidivism: Insights from Rural North Carolina
Jordan Phillips’ transformative summer as a SOL Fellow at the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office reshaped the perspective on leadership and service within the context of a rural community. Through ride-along, detention centre shadowing, and stakeholder interviews, Jordan synthesized insights into the causes of recidivism in rural Eastern North Carolina. Mental …
Creating Farm Working Justice in North Carolina
“Creating Farmworker Justice in North Carolina” consisted of working with farmworker communities distributed throughout the rural counties of North Carolina. The task included working with attorneys to understand the legal rights of contracted (H-2A/H-2B visas) farmworkers, conducting outreach nights to predominately farmworker locations, creating social media content in English and …
Development Analytics Project: Donor Survey Analysis and Predictive Modeling
It is the task of thousands of not-for-profit organizations to fundraise most or all of the annual budget with which they operate. These firms utilize some mixture of art and science to convince public and private groups and individuals to contribute to the mission of the not-for-profit. Thus, for the …
The Case for the Case for the Innocence Project
The Duke Law Innocence Project, a volunteer student organization, works to exonerate victims of wrongful conviction by assisting in investigations of claims of innocence. This summer, I served as a research assistant for the Duke Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility, the umbrella organization for the Duke Innocence Project …
Using Latine Community Networks to Create Healthier Families
At Make the Road NY, I worked with the Health Outreach Team and Trans Immigrant Health Project to collect referrals to connect residents to SNAP/WIC benefits, NYC Care, health insurance programs, OSHA classes, and immigration assistance. I also researched and developed accessible-language bilingual presentations for community workshops on SNAP benefits, …
Improving Connections to Affordable and Adequate Housing for Individuals Leaving Incarceration & People with Substance Use Disorders in North Carolina
The North Carolina Housing Coalition received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services – Division of Public Health to address housing needs of N.C.’s most vulnerable populations, with a focus on formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals struggling with substance abuse. We conducted a landscape analysis …