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 2006
Biconditional discrimination learning in rats with 192 IgG-saporin lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis, Michael Ryan Kitto
Art as business: Creating marketing strategies for artists, Rachel Elizabeth Kokosenski
Stimulating intrinsic motivation: Brain-based pedagogy for the second-language writing classroom, Kristin Marie Kucia-Stauder
Insulating effects of early childhood education, William Anthony Kull
Increasing emergent literacy skills in children with autism, Julie Lynnette LaFleur
Black and white and read all over: An analysis of narratives in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Martin Larry Lastrapes
Parallel programming on General Block Min Max Criterion, ChuanChe Lee
Software-based gradient nonlinearity distortion correction, Thomas Seward Lee
Modeling queueing systems, Angela Zoi Leontas
A teacher's handbook Post-traumatic Vision Syndrome: Awareness, assessments, accommodations, Elaine Ruth Lewis
Restaurant recommendation system (RRS), Tai-jung Lin
Solicitation Management System, Yu-Luen Lin
Free roaming: A system for ubiquitous computing, Huanjin Liu
Activity theory as a basis for negotiation training in adult English-as-a-foreign-language instruction, Cheng-Wei Lu
Early detection of autism is key in socializing children before entering the school setting, Martha Elsa Lyon
Moving traditional teaching methods of advanced placement biology toward improving opportunity for students to develop understanding of scientific principles, Mabell Jeannette Martinez
The effect of the exposure to domestic violence on psychological well-being among American Muslim women, Soulafa Shakhshir Massoud and Vanessa Francis Romo
An elementary habitat curriculum for the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Linda Jan Matthews
Psychological quality of life in the nursing home environment, Gabriel Mejia
Perceptions of a culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS curriculum, Yolanda Vivian Mouton
Real-time finance management system, Abdul Muqtadir
The effects of participative safety and support for innovation on group creativity, Toshio Murase
Writer's workshop: Teaching students to own their work, Amanda Kaye Naimy
An exploratory study of barriers to psychotropic adherence from the client's perspective, Nicole Nanchy and Michelle Sereese Green
Rendering whiteness visible in the Filipino culture through skin-whitening cosmetic advertisements, Beverly Romero Natividad
Consumer concerns towards privacy: An empirical study, Maria Nicolaou
The effects of music on communication and behavior in children with autism, Cheryl Ann Nicolosi
The effects of procedural justice and work overload on job performance, Seana Maria Nuñez
Overrepresentation of African Americans in the child welfare system: Differential treatment in risk assessment by public child welfare workers, Rebecca Sheree Owens and Courtney Marques Roushion
A new model of evolution education for middle school science, Walter Lee Owen
Irony, rhetoric, and the portrayal of "no place": Construing the elaborate discourse of Thomas More's Utopia, Davina Sun Padgett
The structure of semisimple Artinian rings, Ravi Samuel Pandian
Family medicine physician residents' perspectives on domestic violence, Christina Marie Peña
Wildlife all around us: A second grade guide to city wildlife education, Melanie Anne Pendegraft
Effects of feedback, education, and work experience on self-efficacy, Hieu Chi Pham
The effects of varying types of voice on organizational justice and motivation perceptions, Scott Bradford Pilch
The evolution of equation-solving: Linear, quadratic, and cubic, Annabelle Louise Porter
Parent skills training for individuals in substance abuse treatment, Frances Quintana
Impact of maternal attachment security on emotional experession in young males, Noemi Ramirez
Self-repair in second language interaction: Dyad groups in action, Beatriz Rangel-Studer
A comparative analysis of three manufacturers of science probeware for the classroom, Matthew Phillip Reisenhofer
Parolee and police officer perceptions of prison gang etiology, power, and control, William Henry Richert
A web based Master calendar of events, Raul Hernan Rivas
Aspects of the Jones polynomial, Alvin Mendoza Sacdalan
Bias in the network nightly news coverage of the 2004 presidential election, Stephen Arthur Shelton
Game design and development, Vani Indrani Surangi
Development of a strategic plan for the Highland Environmental Learning Center, Jessica Ann Sutorus
Filipino-American perceptions of and experiences with domestic violence, Bernice Macaraeg Tabil
Chuck Palahniuk and Jean Baudrillard: The terminal state of human subjectivity, Elisabet 'Osk Takehana
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
The relationship between meaning in life and depression in young adult, Sarah Lynn Tuttle
A comparative study of attractiveness types in advertisements of women's magazines between United States and Thailand, Pornkamon Unyawong
The importance of parental socialization and Early Maladaptive Schemas in the development and maintenance of psychological symptoms in young adults, Kiranjeet Kaur Uppal
Comparison of the three national coaching methods and their effectiveness to coaching competitive soccer, Rolando Uribe
Semantic tableaux program, Sirisha Lakshmi Vadaparty
How youth in transitional housing perceive the independent living program and aftercare services at Cameron Hill, Savannah VanKummer and Richard Vela
Autism and family functioning: The role of parental coping, Liliana Vargas
Child protective service worker's perception of how housing issues affect their decisions, Amanda Vasquez and Dorothy Ann Mokate Wilson
Social workers' perceptions of team decision-making, Jennifer Yvonne Veal
Parents' perspectives and barriers regarding childhood overweight, Sharon Trower Vejnar
Parents' perspectives and barriers regarding childhood overweight, Sharon Trower Vejnar
Parenting styles and parents' attitudes toward learning and performance in their children, Chaoping Violet Wang
Online hotel booking system, Junxian Wang
A comparative study of the motivations of potential versus experienced foster care providers, Maria Maxine Weiss
Use of read alouds to increase reading comprehension, Heather Cynthia Williams
Alternative minimum tax: A middle class burden, Kelly Ann Williams
Multi-warehouse inventory control system, Tzu-Hsiao Yin
International extension program online registration system, Hau Yu
Performance measures: Traditional versus new models, Hasan Zafer Yuksel
Connecting the teacher and parents through a website to monitor student progress, Shazia Ahmad Zaidi
Analysis of trade dependence and correlation of market returns to hedge portfolio risk, Carl Eric Zeise
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
Foster caregivers' opinions on the causes of multiple placements among foster children, Erika Yolanda Alatorre and Angelica Lemus
Influences of supervisor and peer support on transfer of training, Suzanne Michelle Anderson
A model for instructional integration for science and English-language development, Patricia Diane Andreano
The affects [sic] of behavior on celebrity image, Christina Marlene Arredondo
Style: A new perspective on Kate Chopin, Daniel Arredondo
Treatment of mentally ill juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system, Robin Michelle Atlas
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
The geo-spatial analysis and environmental factors of narcotics hot spots, Stefanie Wrae Balchak
The study to determine customers preference of using claims system via the internet at National Insurance Company Limited, Thailand, Kunthorn Baosuwan
Attitude and satisfaction with internet banking of Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, Thailand, Siriwan Baosuwan
Extroversion and introversion as factors affecting adult English-as-a-second-language learners, David Augustine Baptiste
Credit union service organization products and services: Implications, decisions, and strategies, Michael Burnett Bare
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
Child welfare workers' perceptions of reunification services: Are timeframes feasible?, Nancy Razo Calderon and Elisa Adriana Hernandez
