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 2005
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
Parental perceptions of overweight and obese children among low-income Women, Infants, and Children participants, Thomas Hernandez
Risk factors associated with recurrent child maltreatment, Mary Beth Hickey and Karen Eva Smithson
Art as a mediated structure for English language learners, Lynnea Patricia Hiebert
Neurolinguistic programming as observational and mediational strategies in teaching primary-level English as a second language, Amber Lee Hishmeh
Negotiating "post" era writing pedagogies, Hannah Sloan Holbrook
Discovering the path to Indian uses of native California plants: A family activity guide for the native plant garden at the San Bernardino County Museum, Lauren Anne Trish Holman
Front-runners and newcomers: The dynamics of momentum in electoral politics as explained by cue competition, Jeremy Ashton Houska
Food Wholesale Ordering System, Dennis Meng Yann Hsieh
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
Levels of social intimacy among women in substance abuse treatment, Jean Emiko Ishihara
Embodied knowing and effective communication in the development of a choreography curriculum, Michele Lynn Jenkins
Adult learning outcomes based on course delivery methodology, Timothy Edward 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
When English as a Second Language students meet text-responsible writing, Miso Jung
Thyroid hormone-regulated skeletal muscle Glut4 glucose transporter trafficking during fasting in diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance, Lucy Soo Yon Jun
Environmental education: The equalizer, Jolanda Tracie Karr
CARES - Computer Aided Rehabilitation Software, Kirti Katiyar
Educational curriculum for obesity in school aged youth, Carmen Vieyra Kemp and Melody Ann Mendiola
A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills, Pamela Marie Keyes and Christina Leigh Smith
Hybrid identity and Arab/American feminism in Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz, Nicole Michelle Khoury
Playful sciencing and the early childhood classroom, Barbara Mary Kirby
Goal orientation, ethnicity, and achievement of middle elementary students, Carl Phillip Koehnke
Emerging stock markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Man Ching Ko
Effect of preweanling methylphenidate exposure on the induction, extinction and reinstatement of morphine-Induced conditioned place preference in rats, Kellie Lynn Kucher
From Darwin to Dracula: A study of literary evolution, Erin Alice Lamborn
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
Concept attainment in mathematics within content-based instruction for secondary English as a second language, Kwang-Sug Lee
Vacation system, Min-Wei Lee
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
Superattraction: The superlearning phenomenon in interpersonal attraction, Ryan Edward Lipinski
Promoting metalinguistic awareness through peer response in writing in elementary English as a foreign language, Kuan-Ting Liu
A survey of social workers' cultural competency: An exploratory study, José Luis Lujano
A portable traveler's weblog, Feng-Chun Lung
Assumptive worlds of female childhood sexual abuse victims, Amy Matosian
Talking about drugs: Examining self-disclosure and trust in adult children from substance abusive families, Susan Renee Mattson
Instructor field manual for Camp Highland Outdoor Science School, Maleah Lynne McPherson
A comprehensive curriculum on how to teach the alphabet to bilingual kindergarteners, Raquel Mendoza Cabral
Environmental education at its best: helping at-risk Latino youth help themselves and our environment, Gregg Walter Mitchell
Significant life experiences of naturalists, Kathleen Marie Mitchell
Source evaluation and selection for interpretation in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Lacey Elizabeth Moore
Translingual literature: The bone people and Borderlands, Jill Marie Murphy
Working with ethnic-minority families: Evaluating the need for cross-cultural training within Riverside County Child Protective Services, Kathleen Fromayan Nebo and Darlena Allen
Optimization of a sequential alignment verification and positioning system (SAVPS) for proton radiosurgery, Mahesh Raj Neupane
Symmetrically generated groups, Benny Nguyen
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
Understanding why male juveniles perpetrate: An exploratory study, Debbie Lee O'Sullivan
A topological approach to nonlinear analysis, Wendy Ann Peske
Program manual for international business academies, Gina Lee Pierson
Use of a video based instruction program to enhance English literature and writing concepts, Jeffrey Christian Pitcher
Emotional intelligence and its relationship with the goodness of fit hypothesis and perceived stress, Ryan Anthony Platt
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
Empowering pre-adolescent second-language learners in the middle school years, Robert Charles Quintana
Athena: An online proposal development system, Humaira Rahim
The effects of Mexican Americans, Chicanos parental involvement on schooling, Maria Guadalupe Ramirez
Acquiring an existing business, Teodocio Ramirez
Creative, imaginative English-as-a-foreign-language using storytelling and drama, Man-Lin Rau
Movie in search of America: The rhetoric of myth in Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes
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
Evaluating WebQuests and the needs of a WebQuest rubric, Kimberly Marie Rountree
Electronic dictionaries in the ESL composition class, Rebecca Lynn Rudd
Facilitating an online community among community college peer tutor trainees, Matthew Robert Ruzicka
The pros and cons of using technology in primary education, Astrid Ryterband
The split dark rider: An examination of labor conflict and John Steinbeck's Of mice and men, Richard Stephen Sabolick
Review of the cross-sectional field of outdoor camps, resiliency, and juvenile delinquncy, Omar Taha Safie
Evaluation of the family nurturing program: The family education component of the Riverside County Dependency Recovery Drug Court Program, Lila Massoumi Samady
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes among minority groups, Patricia Elizabeth Sanchez
Planting the seeds of environmental sensitivity using children's literature, Kristin Alayne Sanderson
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
Female sports endorsement and attitudes toward brands and advertisements, Natsuda Saritmuthakul
Predictors of attitudes and turnover intentions in people with disabilities: The importance of means-efficacy, Naomi Charity Schmierer
The effects of childhood obesity on elementary school absenteeism, Sarah Diane Schoonover and Wyona Marie Lagomarsino
Using music to create effective curriculum for English language development, Steven John Schulz
The relationship between epistemological beliefs and academic achievement goals in middle school children, Sara Elizabeth Schuyten Pierce
Web-based independent study program, Darryl Dwaine Scroggins
Tibetan Buddhism and the environment: A case study of environmental sensitivity among Tibetan environmental professionals in Dharamsala, India, Megan Marie Shearer
Creating a student-centered learning community in the college reading classroom by incorporating web-based technology, Michael James Shefchik
A study of the interlanguage of apology by Taiwanese English-Language learners, Ching-Yi Shih
Development of a web site for Korean returning students and their parents to help their process of re-adaptation, Hamila Song
Korean Americans and barriers to the use of mental health services, Kimberly Joy Steiner
Witnessing violence: The link to reactive aggression, Nicole Marie Stevens
