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 2007
The ENERGY club: A diabetes prevention project for Monterey Elementary School, Peggy Ann Scoggin
Web-based library for student projects/theses and faculty research papers, Rudy Senjaya
Optimized and integrated alignment system for functional proton radiosurgery, Fadi Easa Shihadeh
Fossilization in Japanese adult advanced English learners and linked instruction as intervention, Misuzu Shimabukuro
Web-based geographic information system for the archives of the Water Resources Institute, Wei Shi
21st century skills for 21st century learners, Jennifer Lynne Shopshear
The effects of perceived discrimination on Samoan health, Shail Singh
Standardization in the development and delivery methods of technology workshops, Sherwin Anthony Smith
Whites' physiological and psychological reactions toward affirmative action programs, Victor Soto-Marquez
Student nurse perceptions on commuting related to ontime arrival at clinical experiences, Paula Spencer
Designing a brain-based learning environment, Juntana Ginda Sperlich
The potage of Chinese stocks: Strengths and weaknesses for United States investors, Shubhi Srivastava
A liminal examination of always already meaning within language, James Richard Starr
Dual-language drama as a door to classic literature, Ezekiel Glenn Stear
Barriers to development and implementation of school district nutrition and wellness policies in San Bernardino County, California, Mary-Jean Paula Stevenson
Document imaging application, Ruchi Sukhija
Using the concrete-representation-abstract instruction to teach algebra to students with learning disabilities, Edward William Sung
An algorithm for two-dimensional density reconstruction in proton computed tomography (PCT), Jihad Tafas
Understanding the knowledge Masters of Social Work student's have in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender foster youth issues, Amy Rebecca Taliaferro
An integrated approach to writing: Using writer's workshop, Step up to writing and six traits of writing to teach the California State Standards, Daisy Marie Tawney
A study of strategies for successful enterprise resource planning implementation in a merger and acqusition environment, Maricelle Casquejo Thomas
The parolee experience: An analysis of pre-incarceration, incarceration, and post incarceration, Karen Ann Torres
Graffiti art and self-identity: Leaving their mark, Lorenzo Martin Aguilar Valdez
Depression and coping among Hmong refugees, May Vang
"Getting ready" independent living skills program: A professional assessment, Luz Maria Varela
Effectiveness of interactive web based review, Eric John Viebach
Multiplicity and gendering the Holy Grail in The Da Vinci Code and the Mists of Avalon, Victoria Anne Villasenor-Oldham
Impact of brand equity on the purchasing of consumer durables, David Michael Wells
Homeless children: A needs assessment, Constance Marie Whelan
Factors associated with job burnout among mental health workers, Tammy Marie Whitlow
Selection of small package transportation companies: An empirical analysis, Scott Lee Williams
Implications of sex offender residency restrictions, Erin Patricia Wolbeck
Motivating readers through policies and classroom practices, Christi Lynn Worthington
The New York Stock Exchange/Euronext merge, Di Wu
Intimate partner violence among Latina women: In their own words, Sarah Anne Yeung and Yvonne Leticia Quesada
Construction of finite homomorphic images, Jane Yoo
Multi-core processors and the future of parallelism in software, Ryan Christopher Youngman
Project Think: Transforming history into new knowledge, Susan Heather Young
Parallel remote interactive management model, Faris Nabeeh Zuriekat
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Career development curriculum for welfare recipients, Eileen Jackson Alsina
The correlation between social support, socioeconomic status and psychological well-being among Hispanic adolescent females, Xochitl Margarita Alvarez and Marcela Mercado
Business case analysis: Learning to think like a physician, Zeda Glass Amaya
Emotional intelligence and leadership emergence, Gilma Yannet Anderson
A comparative study of book reviews in Thai and English, Prach Aowsakorn
How can a science educator incorporate field study into their advanced high school science courses?, Michael Alexis Apffel
Caregiver burden in the Latino family, Yvonne Arellanes-Amador
Using Project GLAD strategies in the teaching of literacy genres to second grade bilingual students, Socorro Arellano
Cultivating dissent: Queer zines and the active subject, Angela Connie Asbell
Teenage codependency: A social worker's perspective, Diane Jean Ausilio
Caregiver characteristics that foster secure attachment syles in children, Anna Marie Avila
Role satisfaction: Grandparents raising grandchildren, Noreen Orman Ayres
Falling through the cracks: A look at factors contributing to non-participation in independent living program services, Cheryl Joy Babb and Holly Sue Ninneman
"What now?": Willa Cather's successful male professionals at middle age, Deena Michelle Baker
Development of a usable website for an electric motorboat drag racing physics project, Reno Don Barry
Increasing comprehension strategies through reciprocal teaching, Kathlyn Garcia Benosa
Population genetics and phylogeography of the pygmy nuthatch in Southern California, Thomas Alan Benson
Motivational levels and abstinence rates in substance abuse clients, Stephen Sean Borchers
Children's asthma: Relationship between parental education and frequency of emergency room visits, Victorine Natalie Brewer-Benjamin
Gauss-Bonnet formula, Heather Ann Broersma
The Spanish Assistant, James Randolph Campbell
Influences of maternal parenting behaviors: Maternal mental health, attachment history and eduction, Rebecca Socorro Carreon-Bailey
An evaluation of the impact of maternal substance abuse on infant and child attachment, Rachel Clare Caudillo
A web accessible clinical patient information networked system, Andrew Yee Chang
Top-down modulation by medial prefrontal cortex of basal forebrain activation of auditory cortex during learning, Candice Monique Chavez
Investigation of 4-cutwidth critical graphs, Dolores Chavez
Prevalence of depression among adolescent males in residential treatment, Keri Nicole Chavez and Alexa Joy Perez
Cultural impact on customer perception of service quality in the hotel industry: A comparative study of Eastern and Western respondents, Jing Fen Chiang
Geodesic on surfaces of constant Gaussian curvature, Veasna Chiek
The effects of (RS)-MCPG on amphetamine-induced sensitization in neonatal rats, Fiona Yeuk-Lun Choi
Traditional Chinese medicine on-line diagnosis system, Chuan-Ting Chou
Co-teaching and reciprocal teaching for English-as-a-foreign-language reading, Pei-Ying Chou
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl novels: Contemporary subversive tales, Amy Ruth Wilson Clark
Analysis of PSP-like processes for software engineering, Paul Jefferson Conrad
Writing and metacognition: Empowering young authors in the writing workshop, Suzanne Gagne Cooke
Views from the center: Middle-class white men and perspectives on social privilege, Sandra Jane Cross
Developing a business plan for Media Benefits Corporation: First Entertainment Credit Union's credit union service organization, Anthony Christopher Cuevas
Institutional structures for equitable and sustainable water resource management in the Middle East, Michael Raphael Davidson
Minimal congestion trees, Shelly Jean Dawson
ReMoTe: A complete tool to support software process management, Darrion Todd DeMelo
Situating the cetacean: Science and storytelling in Witi Ihimaera's The whale rider, Lee Elton Dionne
Bubbling vs. writing: Bridging the gap between fourth grade writing standards and composition theory, Pamela Lynn Dobbins
Evaluating Microsoft .NET technology: Implementation online store, Jie Dou
Creating a content management system to support K-12 teachers implementing a web enhanced classroom, Marc Thomas Drescher
Boys and literacy: Disengaging from reading, Barbara Ann Ell
The writing center as a Burkean parlor: The influence of gender and the dual engines of power: collaboration and conflict, Clara Louise Enoch
Improvement and deployment of the web-based database management system for computer science graduate program, Li-Chuan Fang
Re-engineering the solicitation management system, Yao-Long Fan
Adolescent obesity: A study of the effects of parent attitudes on physical activity, John Arthur Fieldhouse
Effects of using educational robotics at the elementary school level, Vega Rishelline Anne Flores
The effectiveness of direct vocabulary instruction strategies to increase the comprehension of fifth grade students during social studies lessons, Octavio Rodolfo Gamez
An examination of the direct versus indirect effects of parenting behavior on academic achievement: The potential role of perceived competence and motivational orientation, Ana Veronica Garcia
Symmetric representation of elements of finite groups, Timothy Edward George
Parental attachment as a predictor of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse revictimization, Kimberly Lynn Glass
Process evaluation of treatment with adolescents in residential treatment foster care, Courtney Anne Glazer and Adrianne Marie Vance
Educational interpretive programs for ecotourism destinations, Rachael Anne Hamilton
Addressing second and third grade California science and social science content standards through environmental literature, Denise Truex Hatfield
Making sense of nonsense, Violeta Erendira Hernández
The elements of filmmaking, James Patrick Hilliard
The advantages and obstacles of having been raised by a gay or lesbian parent, Jennifer Falconi Hilt
Design factors for the communication architecture of distributed discrete event simulation systems, Catharine McIntire Hoaglund
