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.
Initial funding for the digitization project was 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.
The first digitized theses were posted here in January 2017. 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 your 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 post-2014 theses/projects in Creative Writing were not posted in ScholarWorks, the digitization project will not post older 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
Women and homelessness in San Bernardino County: Causes, demographics, services, and hope, Queenesther Marie Anderson
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
Musical linguistics: How music and artistic creativity when delivered as a linguistic practice, help students master academic skills in English language arts, Cynthyny Ann Lebo
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
Implications and recommendations for online physical education at secondary level, Josh Caleb Brannen
Geodesics of surface of revolution, Wenli Chang
Clarifying leader-member exhange theory: Examining the role of leader active listening and justice perceptions, Erik Samuel Collier
What are the service needs of the parents participating in the Child Care Access Means Parents In School (CCAMPIS) project?, Andrea Michele Conklin
Controlling gang crime: The Santa Nita gang injunction, Bryan William Devor
Achieving permanency in the adoptions of special needs children: What factors lead to adoption disruption?, Stephanie Frances Duran
An evolutionary psychology perspective on responsibility attributions for infidelity and relationship dissolution, Kindra Lynn Edmonson
Revision of ReMoTe (Recursively Estimating Multi-Threaded Observation Tool Enterprise) for commercialization, Jeongtaek Hong
Face-to-face communication versus memo communication to announce mergers and acquisitions the importance of media richness, Janell Marie Hopeck
The creation of self-directed nutrition education modules in the women, infants, and children (WIC) program, Veronica Huff
Participants' perceptions on the effectiveness of the "Parents in Partnership" program of Los Angeles County, Shaniece Anejo Hunter-Moffett
The influence of gender scripts on African American college student condom use, Kelechi Nkeiruka Ihenacho and Christina Nicole Burden
A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric, Katherine Elizabeth Kacarab
The North Shore public transportation dilemma: How local sociopolitical ideologies, ethnic discrimination and class oppression create marginalization, and a community's quest for social justice, Katrina Renea Millet and Lisa Renee Otero
Gobuddy - Android mobile application, Kalaivani Nellaiappan
Trigeiawriter: A content management system, Mohan Prabhakara Ram
Quality or quantity?: Refining the definition of the means efficacy construct and its relationship to task specific self-efficacy, Jennifer Renee Rice
Gloria Anzaldua and Alanis Morisette: The untangled flavors of conocimiento, Audrey Nathalie Romero
An evaluation of the California Brief Multicultural Competence Scale and training for mental health practices, Catherine Tillie Smith and Dahlia Avila
Fabulistic: Examination and application of narratology and screenplay craft, Nicholas DeVan Snead
Chemical characterization of Lake Gregory, Eric Steven Torres
Ore's theorem, Jarom Viehweg
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Performance differences in diverse contexts: The role of personality, Daniel Karl Cashmore
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
Religion in language policy, and the survival of Syriac, Ibrahim George Aboud
The Palestinian Shahid and the development of the model 21st century Islamic terrorist, Benjamin Timothy Acosta
Identifying the needs of the Purhepecha children and families: An indigenous population of immigrants from Michoacan Mexico living in the the United States, Berenice D. Aguirre
Foster parent satisfaction and retention, Ruth Maria Albarran and Ranee Taechameena. Sahachartsiri
Critical analysis of total physical response as pedagogy, Rachel Lynn Anderson
Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary, Sarah Hill Antinora
Dual language educators: Tambien tenemos sentimientos, Monica Sophia Apodaca
Antidote to marginalism: An alternative method of instruction for English language learners, Robert Gabriel Arias
Obstacles and aspirations amongst Hispanics and African Americans in pursuing a college education, Monica Avina
Blow-up behavior of solutions for some ordinary and partial differential equations, Sarah Y. Bahk
Attitudes and beliefs about evidence based practice among masters in social work practitioners and licensed clinical social workers, Katy Leanne Bandy and Emily Violet Thomas
A cost benefit analysis for the denitrification of waste water utilizing wetlands versus wastewater treatment facilities, Jennifer Michelle Bell
An investigation into disordered eating among athletes, Melissa Ann Bender
Factors affecting college student athletes' academic success in the classroom, Alicia Ann Berber
Do San Bernardino County, Department of Children's Services, licensed foster parents receive adequate trainings and services to care for foster children?, Ryan DeRay Berryman
The relationship between caseworker education and client outcomes, Theresa Rebecca Brannon
Effects of imagery use in basketball free throw shooting, Jamaal Edward Cannon
The nine reasons why inmates offend: Rational choice and determinism, Anthony Robert Carbo
What contributes to academic achievement among elementary grade students: A needs assessment, Adriana Chavez and Martha Tinehyn Glomah
Extending the solicitation management system: User interface improvement and system administration support, Kun-Che Chen
Foundations of geometry, Lawrence Michael Clarke
The rhetoric of nonfiction: An examination of Sebastian Junger's The perfect storm, LaShawn Jon Janice Cole
Eugenic discourse in the work of D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Lawrence Cotton
Rethinking empowerment: Collective action as intervention with women, Melissa Liberty Darnell
Horses and at-risk youth: An alternative approach to reconnect adolescents, Christiane Deaton
The design of an intercultural communication skills training for multicultural Catholic parishes in the Diocese of San Bernardino, Marco Aurelio De Tolosa Raposo
Intervention outcome differences for adult children of domestic violence, Donna Jo Diamond and Geneva Naomi Hannigan
Effects of organizational communication on employee perceptions during organizational change, James Kelly Doran
Is there a male victim?: Discursive subjection in representations of female-on-male childhood sexual abuse, James Ireland Ducat
Grassy hollow trail guide, Judy Ann Eindboden
Late diagnosis of autism among African American children, Lysette Nana Etti and Kathleen Patrice Holsey
The importance of differentiated instruction to student involvement, motivation, and learning, Emily Christine Fandino
A strength-based perspective on group homes, Liza Ana Fimbres and Rose Kathleen Solomon
Acetylcholine levels in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during trace and delay conditioning, Mary Melissa Flesher
Religious social support groups: Strengthening leadership with communication competence, JoAnne Irene Flynn
Examining the effects of abuse on girls in gangs, Champagne Monique Ford
The effects of "family group decision making" in San Bernardino County, Valerie Christine Forell
Mediators of self-destructive behaviors in women survivors of childhood sexual abuse: A structural model, Kellie Bree Fritchel
Moops: A web implementation of the Personal Software Process reporting system, Thomas Russell Gigler III.
Web templates: Unifying the Web presence of California State University San Bernardino, Angela Marie Gillespie
Degree of privacy afforded in long-term care, Lynn Marie Givens and Jesse Ornelas
Gang membership, drug sales, violence, and guns, Jose Fabian Gonzalez Dominquez
The effects of coeducational versus single-sex physical education classes on student performance, Jennifer Nicole Gormley
Social workers' views about disproportionality among African American children in child welfare, Hortense Granderson
The harm in being a man: Gender self-stereotyping moderates the relation between the motivation to achieve and performance, John Joseph Haller
Foster parent perceptions concerning reasons for continued involvement as care providers in a foster family agency, Stephanie Lynn Harper
United States media portrayals of the developing world: A semiotic analysis of the One campaign's internet web site, Lindsey Marie Haussamen
Compensations for exile: A Lacanian analysis of Aeneas's destiny and Dido's tragedy in Virgil's Aeneid, Jessica Marie Hayes
Exploring the perceptions of child welfare social worker's retention rates for five years or more of employment in San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services child protection units, Victoria Loren Hill and Kimberly Ann Kalloo-Violante
High school lessons on human sprawl in the Inland Empire, Anieno Abasiofiok Ibekwe
What policies can the United States implement in order to improve its efforts to transition those with learning disabilities into the workplace, Gregory Allen Jones
How an after school environmental science club can increase environmental knowledge: Awareness and sensitivity towards the environment for third and fourth grade students, Sandra Joyce Jones
The Use of Violence as Feminist Rhetoric: Third-Wave Feminism in Tarantino's Kill Bill Films, Leah Andrea Katona
The effect of explanatory style on the coping strategies of women in recovery, Alice Joy Kirk
Behaviors of the stock indexes-correlation analyses for the stock markets of Japan, the United States, and China, Kazuma Koseki
Chinese remainder theorem and its applications, Jacquelyn Ha Lac
Moderators of the relationship between the quality of leader-member exchange relationship (LM) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB), Jennifer Anne Lee
Networking in the 21st century: The influence of self-esteem on networking behaviors, Cassaundra Renee Leier
Assessing service satisfaction: Experiences of individuals living with HIV/AIDS, LaTanya Renee Lewis
Attitudes and views of older gays and lesbians, Neil Mikel LoMeli
Perceived social support among adult alcoholics, Alexander Rand MacAdam
A dual language immersion parental guide for teachers and administrators, Tamara Lee Madrid
Frequency of and barriers to physical education in selected grade levels in a Southern California school district, Stephen Eugene Mann
Information gathering and culture shock: Mediating the effect of individual characteristics of international adjustment, Jeremiah James McFarland
Decision making theory with geographic information systems support, Sean Alan McFarland
The sound bites of George W. Bush during the 2004 presidential election examined and unpacked, Jack McKelvey
