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Congratulations to

Kylie Walter

Education

Inclusive Elementary and Special Education

Honors Thesis Faculty Advisor: Christine Ashby

Thesis Title:

And They Were Roommates: Navigating Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education

Kylie Walter

This project, presented as a written paper and film, aims to provide counsel to the questions, emotions, challenges, and successes that are found when mentors and mentees with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities work to foster symbiotic relationships on a college campus. The film follows an inclusive roommate pair, a matriculated junior majoring in Education and a non-matriculated freshman studying Studio Arts. Their conflicts, social life, efforts to support independent living, and self reflections are candidly captured on camera, contextualized by interviews with eleven of their peers.

Special thanks to Olivia Baist for making this project possible.

Links to Project Materials:

https://files.emailmeform.com/742180/a8Ox79br/WalterK%20HonorsThesis2020.pdf

Additional support provided by: Honors Funding

 

Professional Projects 2020, School of Education 2020, 2020