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 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 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 1978
Developmental changes in context effects and picture recognition memory, Nancy Hancock
The effects of gender label on young children's interpretation of an infant's behavior, Susan Sterkel Haugh
Effects of family mobility and maternal attitude on adolescent personality, Jean M. Irwin
Content reading instruction as it relates to the secondary social studies curriculum, Paula L. Jacobs
An investigation to determine the impact of public financing on the Joint Powers Authority, Louis M. Jarcho
Consciousness-raising groups for senior citizens, Sally Joan Lewis
Creativity; a description of creative people, the creative process, self-actualization and creativity, Jerry C. Martin
A curriculum for the teaching of listening skills to kindergarten students, Virginia McCarthy
Evaluation of a short-term training program for enhancing the quality of life, Lynne Milne
An ecological study of a natural population of Tribolium brevicornis Le Conte (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Gary D. Mulder
A comparison of the WISC and WISC-R by order of administration, Michael Murphy
Impact of intimacy of therapist self-disclosure on the therapy process, Kim Nadler
A developmental study of stereotyping, androgynous play preferences and tomboyism from latency to adulthood, Patricia C. Plumb
The effects of television on children's behavior, attitude, and moral judgment, Lauri Reinhardt
Royal Flying Corps training and casualties in 1916 and 1917 and related factors, Robert E. Rogge
A study of the utilization of parents as therapeutic agents, Shirley D. Rojas
An evaluation of four support groups for widows in the Boston area, Susan N. Scherr
Personal space assessment of the development of racial attitudes in integrated and segregated schools, Diana Speelman
The effect of novelty and familiarity on the conditioning of learned aversions to gustatory and nongustatory stimuli in coyotes (Canis Latrans), William Eric Swanson
A comparative analysis of electric utility ownership in California, Robert E. Tremont
Change in female adolescent's sex role attitudes as a function of women's study course, Carol L. Lewis Wintrode
Effects of irradiation on black antennapedia mutants of Trilobium castaneum, Ellen K. Yamada
Sex-role orientation in male and female alcoholics, Carole Zeldes-Seffinger
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
A study of a language program focusing on basic writing skills and creative writing activities and the affect on the writing skills of third grade students, Zelma Jane Ballard
Staff development a primary component in residential treatment, Vernon R. Bradley
The development of a media-based program in industrial arts safety, Harold Curtis Brown
Biosystematics of the abronia villosa complex from Southern California, Ned R. Curtis
Comparison of special education teachers' and elementary education teachers' attitudes toward specific class labels, Louis Denti
The effects of Kundalini Yoga and desensitization on speaking anxiety, Rama Kirn Kaur Khalsa
A current medical reimbursement practices and prospects for national health insurance, Wallace D. Kinney
Crisis intervention Interpersonal skills training for lay volunteers, Gary J. Ladoceour
A comparison of traditional and atraditional Chicanas on acculturation, self-esteem and meaning in life, Patricia Ann Marquez
Organization closure a study of mobility versus satisfaction, Roy N. Mattke
Teacher's guide planning a 6th grade outdoor education program for your school, William Arnold Muench
Variables affecting married women's attitudes toward the women's movement, Stephanie Obarr
Crossmodal matching capabilities of pre-school children, Nancy Ruth Pettus
Cheating in the junior high school, James L. Phillips
Classical/medieval views of the happy afterlife, Ad Vanden Ekart
Multimodal test anxiety management training, Steven R. Wallace
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
The heavenly dimension: Some visionary descriptions of the world of spirit, Arnold Arias
Audio tape induction of juvenile delinquents into a group living milieu, Philip J. Blende
The readability of pre-Sputnik and post-Sputnik basal reading texts as measured by the Spache readability formula, Barbara G. Ensign
The effect of sex and irradiation on crossing-over in Tribolium castaneum, Daryl Faustini
Continuity and change in self-esteem over four phases of polydrug abuse, William J. Gallaher
A confidant's effect on institutionalized elders, Marcia L. Johansen
Women's prejudice toward women in untraditional sex roles, Dolores D. Lackey
A comparative study of children's political socialization in two cultures, Chumsai Pathrasen
A reading program in a sixth grade class-room based on modified self-selection of paperback books using Cloze procedure to test comprehension, Martha J. Shaw
Positive versus negative self-monitoring in the self-control of smoking behavior, Joyce C. Walters
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Children's perception of special class labels., Thomas D. Bohan
The efficacy of the psychodrama technique of doubling in increasing self-acceptance, Eugene R. Dold
Early retirement for teachers, Mary Madeleine Dudley
A content analysis of social studies texts used in California schools using the Dale-Chall readability formula, the McLaughlin smog formula, and the Fry readability formula, Pamela A. Ellwanger
Moral development and the Women's Liberation movement, Sidney Goodman
The relationship of empathy to moral reasoning, sex, and mode of story presentation a thesis presented to the faculty of California State College, Donald W. Higgins
A philosophic survey of resident outdoor education in California, Daniel Marshall Hynes
Sex role orientation in juvenile delinquents., Kathryn Isenberger
The perception of males and females as a function of their traditional versus non-traditional sexual attitudes ..., Janis Koenigshofer
Female delinquency: A comparison study as related to purpose in life, Geraldine M. Olin
The relation between delinquent adolescents' perception of parents and therapists' perception of parents in a family counseling session, Patricia R. Pentz-Bozzi
Current teacher attitudes toward collective bargaining, Patricia Thompson Reed
Individualization in kindergarten with learning centers, Cheryl Strong
Locus of control in long and short-term abstinence alcoholic males, Kathleen R. Taylor
Sex-role stereotypes: Their influence on clinical diagnostic labeling of male and female clients, Michael Tennies
Derived identity, self-esteem and meaning in middle aged housewives, Barbara Van Schaik
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
The development of the EEG in the Gerbil, Susan Bonner
A research study concerning a deterrent to truancy: The juvenile court petition., Joanne S. Evans Duncan
The differential impact of institutional correction programs upon self concept change in juvenile delinquents, Brian E. Flescher
A needs assessment for a summer quarter program at North Shore Elementary School, Alta Germany and Terry Aikens
Study of the effect of homogeneous grouping by sex during reading in the third grade, Billie Anne Gillette Goff
Creative behavior and teacher-peer relationship, Joan James
Attitudes of black and white students in a semi-urban integrated high school, Marsha B. Martin
A comparative study of reading methods and their effect on test scores of title one children, Michael Meadows
A causal comparative ex post facto study of the effects of preschool attendance on reading achievement at the first grade level, Nancy Jo Newman
A research study to determine the effectiveness of the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching reading compared to the Basal method, Deloris Hassell Rhodes
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
The Doman and Delacato program (Parts 1 and 2), Ruby L. Rubio
