Prior to 2014, CSUSB Master's Theses, Master's Projects, and Doctoral Dissertations were available only in hard copy. Starting in 2014, all theses, projects, and dissertations were produced in digital versions only. View recent theses here.
A project to digitize the library’s older, hard-copy theses and projects started with a grant from the Vital and Expanded Technologies Initiative, which allocates designated funds from the Student Success Initiative fee. The library thanks the VETI committee for supporting this project to showcase the intellectual endeavors of CSUSB graduates.
The first digitized copies were uploaded in January 2017, and the project wrapped up in December 2024. During that time, we uploaded a total of 4,526 digitized theses, which have created millions of downloads.
Most theses produced at CSUSB were digitized, but a few were not. In some cases, the library never received copies of a thesis. Other reasons a thesis might not be digitized:
- Because post-2014 theses/projects in Creative Writing were not posted in ScholarWorks, the digitization project did not post older Creative Writing theses. Metadata-only records are provided for these items.
- The document contained personally identifiable information on research subjects, substantial amounts of copyrighted material, or other sensitive data
- The library had only one physical copy. Because our digitization process destroyed the bound volume, we digitized only when we owned two copies of a thesis.
- The authors requested that their thesis not be digitized.
Opting Out
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. All such requests will be honored, but must come from the author of the work.
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The impact of body dissatisfaction on depression and sexual attitudes among college age women, Alesha Ianthe Marshall and Liliana Enriquetta. Llamas
The effect of brain-based teaching strategies on continuation high school students in Azusa, California, Georgia Lynn Martinez
Pinch play puppet project, Carolyn Faye Mattson
The African American Male: Examining resiliency, success, and family, TaKenya Chimene McMihelk
Assessing English learners: Authentic evaluation at the elementary level, Marco Antonio Mendoza
Exploring social workers beliefs and practices when working with gay and lesbian youth, Ethan Brian Michaels
The experiences of foster parents and how it can benefit future foster children, Arthur Hiro Natsume
Characteristics of families who succeed from wraparound services and those who do not, Jonas Caleb Nava
Financial crisis, bank acquisitions, and value creation: The case of bank mergers for the past five years, Sarina Ar-Loc Ng
Exploring the efficacy of evidence-based practice within public mental health agencies, Hannah Kaye Norton
An evaluation of lead concentrations in surface soils and sediments within Lytle Creek Drainage Basin, Harvey Clark Norton
Benefits and attitudes of the Latino population toward support groups, Monica Patricia Noutfia
Feelings and concerns about community services and social economic conditions of Catholic charities members, Stephan Ernie Oldham
Job stress among public service employees, Carlena Antonette Orosco
The effects of stereotype threat on job anxiety, job satisfaction, work specific self-efficacy, and turnover intent, Ciara Cascharelle Paige
Awareness of parental infidelity in childhood: Attitudes toward infidelity as adults, Nicole Marie Paredes
The effectiveness and ethics of immediate and top leaders: Relationships to organizational climate, organizational commitment, and size of organization, Johnny Joseph Parker
Barriers to accessing mental health services among Latinos, Patricia Guadalupe Pasillas
Quality inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education, Natalie Jean Phillips
Children affected by mental illness and parental involvement, Lisa Louise Pirtle
Case management services in the community: Benefits and outcomes, Esmeralda Alcantar Plascencia
Increasing subjective well-being through writing about future challenges while constructing creative solutions for the anticipated challenge, Samaneh Pourjalali
Cellular automata rules generator for microbial communities, Melissa Marie Quintana
Social workers perception of kinship care givers unmet needs, Carol Ann Rakestraw and Fallon Elaine Greene
An online system for tracking class participation, Bruce Donald Rhodewalt
A study of democracy in Africa: The Senegalese experience, Ryan Robert Riley
Why it makes sense to practice child welfare social work in the public school system: An evaluation study, Desiree JoAnne Robinson Moody
Homework and assignments in physical education incorporating national association for sport and physical education standards, Naeemah Takiyah Robinson
The impact of zero tolerance on student academic achievement and retention, Paul Robert Robinson
An applied investigation of Nafion membranes in PEM fuel cells: Durability issues, Amanda Rose Rodriguez
Addressing the disproportionate representation of African American children in the child welfare system, Cecilia Elizabeth Roman
Let them Moodle: Utilizing an open source learning management system to extend the English classroom, Mark Randall Rousseau-Smith
Phonological awareness and its affect on second language acquisition, Mallory Ann Ruiz
Reunification outcomes of Hispanic families in Riverside County Child Protective Services, Christy Quniterol Sabsook
The effects of language on the reunification of Mexican families, Luisana Sanchez-Ramirez
The Riesz representation theorem for linear functionals, Thomas Daniel Schellhous
Levels of attachments and childhood abuse among Mexican-Americans, Christina Shinn
Barriers to HIV couples testing: The African American woman's perspective, Frederick Scott Smith
Social studies through Web 2.0: A study of online learning, Kenneth Michael Snell
Independent living program participants' perceptions of permanency and their services needs, Kimberly Margaret Stark
An open source graphics engine for three-dimensional video games, David Lee Gardner Stover
Online collaborative whiteboard, Niranjana Kumari Subramanian
Rewriting Christians: A rhetoric analysis of emergent church texts, Frances Marie Suderman
Substance abuse: A chronic care perspective, Michael James Sweitzer
Sources of fear in American society: Representations in short horror fiction, 1950s-present, Mona Moin Syed
The effectiveness of altering value structure to enhance creativity, Christa LaRai Taylor
Paying the price for black masculinity: Investigating sexual behaviors contributing to HIV/AIDS infection and death of black women, Porsche Monic Terry
The effect of music instruction on math and language arts scores in elementary school, Mirastasha Ashley-Briann Thomas
Developing students' reading comprehesion through whole language, Zelda Marie Thomas
The efffects of ethnic identity and perceived racial discrimination on psychological distress in a sample of Latinos, Joseph Anthony Toruno
Practitioners' views on access to therapeutic services for juvenile sex offenders, Dorothy Lizabeth Traudt
Evaluation of a health environment training for childcare providers, Brianna Nicole Uhlhorn
Peers as a social-contextual factor on adolescents' academic and career motivation, Danyel Arlyssa Vargas
The artistry of teaching: Commedia Dell'arte's improvisational strategies and its implications for classroom participation, Jean Artemis Vezzalini
The benefits of resistance training for children, Colleen Michaela Vranich Kiemele
The college of extended learning online registration system, Ching-yi Wang
The relationship between self-monitoring, self-promotion, and agentic traits in leadership, Sabrina Regina Wilhelm
Eleven case studies of parents' experiences when accessing services for an Autistic Spectrum Disorder child, Michelle Barbara Wood
Reordered subsets reconstruction of proton computed tomography, Wenzhe Xue
The effect of ethnic-identity salience and negative performance feedback on African Americans' explicit and implicit self-evaluations, Delisa Nicole Young
A practitioner perspective on working with drug-exposed infants, Hindi Rebecca Zeidman
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Elements and skills of cooperative learning for student learning in physical education, Enrique Aguilera
Attitudes regarding gang affiliation of select adolescent boys residing in group homes, Gina Michelle Aguirre
Sibilities: A proposed program for siblings of children with chronic illness or disability, Alisha Nicole Alanis-Ayala
Barriers that affect the under utilization of mental health services among foster children, Haneen Sabah Alghita and Denise Nunez
Abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education: Which model is likely to be supported by college students?, Ifeanyi Casimia Alozie
A web based grading assistant system, Nabeel Saeed Alzahrani
Modulation of memory formation following violations of conditioned expectations, Dennis Antonio Amodeo
The composition of split inversions on the hyperbolic plane, Robert James Amundson
Veteran baby boomer retirement planning, Kahalia Tunisha Anderson
Shaping our children's future: Perceived self-efficacy in a Montessori environment, Candace Joan Andrews
The utilization of temporary emergency protective custody orders for at risk elder and dependent adults: An exploratory study, Mary Avitia-Torres
The development of racial identity among multiracial adults, Andrea Louran Bales
Classroom self-regulation and variations in cardiovascular activity predict reading achievement, Derek Raymond Becker
In situ bioremediation of perchlorate in soil and groundwater, David Christopher Bertolacci
Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) Data Repository, Laurence Jonathan Bouts Bohannan
Detection of deception in criminal defendents: Treatment or trial?, Loran Noelle Bounds
Co-sleeping deaths in Riverside County, Christine Leigh Brown
The effect of disability type and severity on personal identity and acceptance of a cure, Carley Inez Butler
Identification of effective outreach methods for mental health services to the Hispanic population, Nidia Yamileth Canello
Teacher perceptions of environmental education: An exploratory assessment, Joye Charlotte Marika Cantrell
The effectiveness of mental health services among individuals with hoarding syndrome, Yadira Cardenas and Girlyanne Batac. Lacson
The effects of Creatine supplementation on exercise performance, Nellie Carrillo
Private foster family agencies' certified foster parents' perceptions of county social workers and services, Maria Gabriela Casillas
Spirituality among health-challenged individuals, Intisar Kabrou Chamoun
Environmental attitudes and knowledge in urban, Latino youth, Jeffery Brian Chapman
Role of dorsostriatal D1 and D2 receptors in modulating the kappa opioid-mediated locomotor activity of preweanling rats: Importance of synergistic activation, Sergios Charntikov
Factors influencing middle school students' non-participation in physical education, Pasqual Raul Chavez
Integration of mapping web services and scalable vector graphics, Suneetha Chinamuthevi
"Putting it together": The process of producing, musically directing and starring in a musical, Shane Maitland Churchill and Brown
Substance abuse among the aging population: A needs assessment, Stephen Michael Clark
The impact of attachment security on multiple role strain in female students with children, Cassandra Lynn Clough
Internet marketing strategy and the cognitive response approach: Achieving online fundraising success with targeted donor outreach, Carrie Dawn Cornwall
Exploring ethnicity and dynamic risk factors when assessing treatment needs for sex offenders, Sherrill Lynn Cranston and Cheryl Nadine Willis
Docent knowledge and attitudes following an environmental education workshop on a local endangered species, Keri Frances Dearborn
One Stop Information Site, Poongkuzhali Dhanasekaran
Hispanics' experience with hospice care, Maria Rosario Diaz
Human resource management system, Saurabh Dixit
The impact of California's service delivery system on developmentally disabled youth emancipating from the child welfare system, Carey Ann Doetschman
