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.
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
Co-teaching and reciprocal teaching for English-as-a-foreign-language reading, Pei-Ying Chou
Situating the cetacean: Science and storytelling in Witi Ihimaera's The whale rider, Lee Elton Dionne
The San Gorgonio Wilderness: A history of human presence and implications for management, Cynthia Jeanne Holman
An elementary habitat curriculum for the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Linda Jan Matthews
Irony, rhetoric, and the portrayal of "no place": Construing the elaborate discourse of Thomas More's Utopia, Davina Sun Padgett
Wildlife all around us: A second grade guide to city wildlife education, Melanie Anne Pendegraft
Aspects of the Jones polynomial, Alvin Mendoza Sacdalan
Innovative literacy content, methods, and assessment in English-as-a-foreign language primary instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai
Golfer celebrity endorsements on consumers' attitude toward the advertisement and the brand, Onvadee Tunsarawiput
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
Influences of supervisor and peer support on transfer of training, Suzanne Michelle Anderson
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
Exploring creative writing in the middle school classroom via the effective use of multimedia, Nicole Allison Bezi
Coordinated compliance review: Guidebook for the English language learner coordinator, Dilma Cordeiro Bonzer
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
The representation of rape in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadias, Angela Denise Bullard
192 IgG-Saporin lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis impair serial reversal learning in rats, Sara Michelle Cabrera
Play therapy interventions and their effectiveness in a school-based counseling program, Nancy Cardenas
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
Impact of media spokeswomen on teen girls' body image, Senem Bahar Cevik
The effects of verbal recognition on work performance and intrinsic motivation: Using behavior modification techniques, Rodney Eric Chalmers
An interdisciplinary comparison of master's thesis abstracts, Patricia Belle Chance
Virtual Sports Stock Exchange, Chi-Chih Chen
Constructivism and mediated learning in designing English-as-a foreign-language instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Chinese Restaurant Online System, Yaming 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
Politics and directors' performance evaluation: Perceptions of senior student affairs officers and directors, Nicole Christine Cowley
Teaching vocabulary through integrated curriculum improves reading comprehension, Linda Carol Cox
Reading fluency instruction in upper elementary international school classrooms, Jinky Lunaspe Dagoon
Do educators value school social workers?, Keynasia Kami Daniels
Vacation spots or homes?: Children who live in motels, Katrina Michele Devine
The effects of pet ownership and attachment on caregivers' mental health, Eveleen Irene Dimaggio and Nicole Renee Hughes
Transition from foster care to adoption: Services needed for building adoption permanency for children, Colleen O'Neill Duggin
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
The cross-cultural research of United States and Thailand: The relationship between celebrity endorsers and types of product endorsed, Sudawadee Eamsobhana
Kin caregivers' perceptions of social worker and agency services and support, Diana Ray Egan and Meri Lynn Vandom
Special care units: Recreational activities for patients with Alzheimer's disease, Christina Marie Erickson-Taube
Lessons in Character Development, Virginia Lizette Escobar
The relationship between self-esteem and glycemic control in 13-17 year old adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Annabelle Lucia Sandoval Esparza
Career and technical education: General office occupations, Joyce Johnson Fairman
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
"Is it really a natural fit?": The construction of "technology" in composition studies, Irina Fealy
Spirituality and compliance correlates of hemodialysis patients, Paula Luz Ferro and Gloria Del Fernandez
Environmental education and high school backpacking, David Russell Ficke
An effective science education program can be a deterrent to the drop out of Hispanic females, Sally Anne Field
Does California's scripted curriculum affect students' motivation to read, Francene Marie Fisher
Comparison of effectiveness between Merit Software and traditional grammar instruction for ninth grade students, Cynthia JoAnn Furr
Cultural factors affecting Latino diabetics, Maud Danitza Garcia
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
Social support as an influential factor in treatment-seeking, Liana Christine Gonzalez
Moderating effects of tolerance for ambiguity on role ambiguity and stress: The impact on feedback seeking behavior, Lorissa Ann Grant
Kinship care placement: Do grandparents' relationships with birthparents affect placement outcomes?, Judith Mary Greenwood
Stepparents: Social support systems and factors that contribute to role fulfillment, Lydia Guerrero and Sonia Marlene Valadez
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
Proposed marketing and advertising campaign for the United Negro College Fund, Rashida Patrice Hamm
Micro-payment exchange system, Yiyao Hao
Improving student achievement through parent involvement, Bridget Anderson Hardesty
Symmetric representation of elements of sporadic groups, Elena Yavorska Harris
The role of religious beliefs and practices in the lives of African American family caregivers, Lisa Renee Hebert
Root subgroups of the rank two unitary groups, Matthew Thomas Henes
An analysis of nitrate contaminated water in Cherry Valley, Adriana Hernandez-Romo
