The John M. Pfau Library is at work on a project to digitize its collection of CSUSB Master's Theses, Master's Projects, and Doctoral Dissertations. Prior to 2014, the theses were available only in hard copy. Starting in 2014, all theses, projects, and dissertations were produced in digital versions only. View theses 2014-present here.
Funding for the digitization project is provided by a grant from CSUSB's Vital and Expanded Technologies Initiative, which allocates designated funds from the Student Success Initiative fee. We thank the VETI committee for supporting this project to showcase the intellectual endeavors of CSUSB graduates.
Beginning January 2017, digitized theses will be posted here as they become available. We will digitize the oldest theses first. The files will be scanned with OCR to make the text accessible to users with visual disabilities and will receive basic structural markup to make them friendly to screen-readers. For privacy, advisors’ signatures will be redacted before the files are posted.
In keeping with ScholarWorks' mission as an open access repository, all files will be freely available. Based on our interpretation of the HathiTrust and Google Books copyright cases, the library considers that digitizing and indexing texts for accessibility constitutes a fair use, and for that reason we will not be seeking copyright permission from each individual author.
Opting Out or Requesting Quick Digitization
If you are the author of a CSUSB thesis and do not want the full text of you work posted in ScholarWorks, please notify us via the Digitization Project Request Form. Alternatively, if you would like your thesis digitized as soon as possible, please use the request form to let us know that too! All such requests will be honored, but must come from the author of the work.
Because current theses/projects in Creative Writing are not posted in ScholarWorks, the digitization project will not post past Creative Writing theses without the author’s express permission.
If you have any questions, please contact project coordinator Stacy Magedanz, magedanz@csusb.edu or (909) 537-5103.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Moments, Matthew Benjamin McMilon
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Educational experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents in pregnant minor education program, Tabitha Ndinda Muteti
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Effects of mathematics professional development on growth in teacher mathematical content knowledge, Carol Elizabeth Cronk
Graduate social work students' attitudes about the use of social networking sites in social work and the possible ethical implications of such use, Christina Irene Dillon
Applications of the well-educated mind 2003 concept by Susan Bauer in the Southern California history classrooms, Tomasz Bogdan Stanek
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The effects of school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports on student achievement and other outcomes, Gail Pamela Angus
Controlling gang crime: The Santa Nita gang injunction, Bryan William Devor
Face-to-face communication versus memo communication to announce mergers and acquisitions the importance of media richness, Janell Marie Hopeck
Chemical characterization of Lake Gregory, Eric Steven Torres
Ore's theorem, Jarom Viehweg
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Autobiography as self-defense in the works of Agnes Newton-Keith and Michelle Kennedy, Robin Heim
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Elements and skills of cooperative learning for student learning in physical education, Enrique Aguilera
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary, Sarah Hill Antinora
Web templates: Unifying the Web presence of California State University San Bernardino, Angela Marie Gillespie
The Use of Violence as Feminist Rhetoric: Third-Wave Feminism in Tarantino's Kill Bill Films, Leah Andrea Katona
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Web-based library for student projects/theses and faculty research papers, Rudy Senjaya
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A comparative study of book reviews in Thai and English, Prach Aowsakorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The need for social work intervention for the elderly patients and their family members, Yasuyo Abo
Combating social differences within institutions: The need for a curriculum based on social awareness in our schools, Robert Abrams
Cultural competence needs of non-Latino foster parents: A study of transcultural foster care with Latino children, Myriam Renee Aguilar and Amanda Nicole Robles
Business-to-business e-markets in textile industry: An empirical perspective, Kazim Akalin
The affects [sic] of behavior on celebrity image, Christina Marlene Arredondo
Style: A new perspective on Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Why are those computers sitting over there gathering dust, Bradford Ralph Austin
Using a teacher created website to provide 24/7 access to student assignments: An abstract, Dianne Lenore Austin
Attitude and satisfaction with internet banking of Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, Thailand, Siriwan Baosuwan
Measure it!: Developing an electronic resource for scientific measurement skills, Gregory Berenato
The solvability of polynomials by radicals: A search for unsolvable and solvable quintic examples, Robert Lewis Beyronneau
Attitudes towards the use of computers by registered nurses, M Luther Borgardt
Long term effects of day treatment programs for adults with severe and persistent mental illness: Effectiveness measured in rates of recidivism, Glenna Denise Briney
Bridge employment: Can occupational self-efficacy determine which bridges are crossed?, Alex Brody
192 IgG-Saporin lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis impair serial reversal learning in rats, Sara Michelle Cabrera
Successful midlife aging in a changing work environment: A model of midlife adaptation, Autumn Nichole Carroll
The council-manager plan, or, Managing for results?: Profiles and management styles of eight city managers in San Bernardino County, Leatricia Michelle Cash
The effects of verbal recognition on work performance and intrinsic motivation: Using behavior modification techniques, Rodney Eric Chalmers
Virtual Sports Stock Exchange, Chi-Chih Chen
Constructivism and mediated learning in designing English-as-a foreign-language instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Advising module: Graduate application system for the Computer Science Graduate Program, Yen-Hsi Chiang
A proposed resource development plan for the Department of Communication Studies, California State University San Bernardino, Donna Louise Cooley
Cholinergic basal forebrain involvement in the acquisition of differential reinforcement of low rate responding tasks in rats, Sean Ryan Corley
Teaching vocabulary through integrated curriculum improves reading comprehension, Linda Carol Cox
Reading fluency instruction in upper elementary international school classrooms, Jinky Lunaspe Dagoon
Constructivism for the English-as-a-second-language learning environment and professional development, Starley Beatrix Dullien
In time on time: Website for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, Starley Beatrix Dullien
Kin caregivers' perceptions of social worker and agency services and support, Diana Ray Egan and Meri Lynn Vandom
The relationship between self-esteem and glycemic control in 13-17 year old adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Annabelle Lucia Sandoval Esparza
A developmental care program in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Shirley Marie Farr
Utility computing: Certification model, costing model, and related architecture development, Saif Ahmed Faruqui
Spirituality and compliance correlates of hemodialysis patients, Paula Luz Ferro and Gloria Del Fernandez
Environmental education and high school backpacking, David Russell Ficke
Get the right price every day, Gerardo Javier Garcia Sotelo
Hazweb: An Internet approach to mapping hazardous locations, Kevin Gonzago
A culturally relevant approach: Introducing third graders to the injustices of migrant farm work, César Chávez, and social action, Beatriz Barajas González
Moderating effects of tolerance for ambiguity on role ambiguity and stress: The impact on feedback seeking behavior, Lorissa Ann Grant
The role of corpus linguistics in a lexical approach to college level English-as-a-foreign-language pedagogy, Adamantia Hadjioannou
We should be like water: Choosing the lowest place which all others avoid: John Steinbeck as a modern messenger of Taoism, Andrea Marie Hammock
An analysis of nitrate contaminated water in Cherry Valley, Adriana Hernandez-Romo
Parental perceptions of overweight and obese children among low-income Women, Infants, and Children participants, Thomas Hernandez
Negotiating "post" era writing pedagogies, Hannah Sloan Holbrook
Enunciative identity in elementary English as a foreign language, Hsiao-Juo Huang
Foreign-language immerision as preferred bilingual/biliterate program model for elementary English education in Taiwan, Shih-Hao Huang
The role of the program administrator in instructed English as a foreign language, Yei Lun Hung
Embodied knowing and effective communication in the development of a choreography curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
WebSAT: Web-based systems administration tool, Juyong Jeong
A web application for Medasolution Healthcare Company customer service system, Hao Jia
The utilization of parent-child visitations for reunification and stability among children and families, Susanne Allison Jimenez and Lori Hai Stooksbury
Educational curriculum for obesity in school aged youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp and Melody Ann Mendiola
Playful sciencing and the early childhood classroom, Barbara Mary Kirby
A curriculum guide for teaching business planning, Dennis Patrick Larney
Assisting students with concept acquisition in basic skills reading through the use of an interactive website, Michele Barbara Laveaux
The effect of perceived control on the decision to withdraw from an organization in an inequitable situation, Marilyn Susie Lawrence-Fuller
Mediational English-as-a-foreign-language teaching that supports independent reading, Lei Li
A skeptical feminist exploration of binary dystopias in Marion Zimmer Bradley's The mists of Avalon, Alexandra Elizabeth Anita Lindstrom
Senior health care system, Meng-Chun Ling
A survey of social workers' cultural competency: An exploratory study, José Luis Lujano
Talking about drugs: Examining self-disclosure and trust in adult children from substance abusive families, Susan Renee Mattson
A comprehensive curriculum on how to teach the alphabet to bilingual kindergarteners, Raquel Mendoza Cabral
Translingual literature: The bone people and Borderlands, Jill Marie Murphy
Optimization of a sequential alignment verification and positioning system (SAVPS) for proton radiosurgery, Mahesh Raj Neupane
Faculty training manual-- academic component: International student volunteers, Jessica Sue Niven
The needs of informal grandparent caregivers and how they are met at the Kinship Family Center, Emily Jane Osborne-Lewis and Shanta LaShawn Clardy
A topological approach to nonlinear analysis, Wendy Ann Peske
Patriarchy and machismo: Political, economic and social effects on women, Luis Antonio Prado
Adolescent participation in pregnancy prevention interventions, Brooke Marie Prince-Slocum
The underwater life off the coast of Southern California, Kathie Lyn Purkey
Acquiring an existing business, Teodocio Ramirez
Creative, imaginative English-as-a-foreign-language using storytelling and drama, Man-Lin Rau
Successful strategies for expository writing, Bonnie Dee Reed
The effects of neonatal manganese exposure on impulsivity, unlearned motoric function, and reward, Carmela Marie Reichel
Online tutor training: An alternative to person-to-person training, David James Reyes
Child welfare professionals' knowledge of identifying factors for alcohol and other drug issues, Josefina Reyes Sauri and Michael Leslie Lau
A web design shop for local business owners, Mary Colleen Rice
Numbers of generators of ideals in local rings and a generalized Pascal's Triangle, Lucia Riderer
Tell me a story about feathers: Teaching discipline through literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau
The pros and cons of using technology in primary education, Astrid Ryterband
A study of the effects of short-term respite care on caregivers and the relationship between respite satisfaction and social support, Lisa San Filippo Di Matteo
The effects of childhood obesity on elementary school absenteeism, Sarah Diane Schoonover and Wyona Marie Lagomarsino
The relationship between epistemological beliefs and academic achievement goals in middle school children, Sara Elizabeth Schuyten Pierce
