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 2009
An extendable general platform for cluster analysis and validation, Brandon Troy Edwards
Technology use in Coachella Valley: A report on development of a community through technology use, Shohreh Esfandiari
The relationship between kinship support services and placement outcomes, Maria De Jesus Flores and Jennifer Lau
Perceptions about the effectiveness of play therapy among parents, Maria Nina Joy Malasig Flores
The effects of negative childhood experiences on the severity of mental and substance abuse disorders and recidivism, Christie Lynn Gabriel
Predicting a relationship between childhood abuse and adult post traumatic stress disorder: The role of dissociation, Cassandra Joy Garkow
Seniors' perceptions and experiences of autonomy in a health care setting, Dianne Rae Goldberg
Meeting future challenges of water and energy demand using watershed management strategies in the Inland Empire, Abigail Zepeda Gomez
Attitudes toward borderline personality among mental health professionals, Roseanne Bean Gonzalez
Moral and familial automatisms: Religious and cultural myth as fuels for domestic violence, Amber Deneén Gray
Former foster care youth perceptions on the effectiveness of Independent Living Program service, Sandra Lorena Guerrero and Amy Jean Mierzwik
Teaching Spanish to native speakers, Silvia Guzman
Investigation of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions generated through the production of Portland cement and a comparison of mitigation strategies, Sheri Marie Haggard
A social worker's perspective: Self-care outside of the work environment, Christina Louise Henderson
Construction of homomorphic images, Stephanie Ann Hilber
From the viewpoint of social workers: An exploratory study of the Indian child welfare act, Kimberle Michal Hill and Sherry Ann Cortez-Farris
A play on touching, Lindsay Marie Hobbs-Rodriguez
Trends and effects of third-party logisitics in global logistics operations, Kai-Yu Ho
Elder depression among nursing home residents, Alejandro Paul Holguin
Effects of early amphetamine exposure on memory, Wendy Ann Holmquist
Disciplinary patterns and complaint system of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Scott Eric Hutter
Group therapist's perceptions of group treatment of intra-familial child sexual abuse offenders, Elena Diana Inzunza
Fable: Finite automata based learning engine, Ryan Michael Jackson
Seriously mentally ill clients' perspectives on substance use and treatment, Ann LaVerne Jankowski
Improvisation, truth, and archetyping: Establishing the tools and precepts of comedic acting, Ann Marie Johnston-Brown
Means efficacy: The proposed role of external resources on motivation, Marissa Marie Jones
Establishing adult lifelong connections for emancipating foster youth, Tylia Lindsey Jones
The role of assertiveness and communication in adolescent females' decision to engage in risky, self-sacrificing sexual behavior, Joanne Bernadette Julien
A cross -cultural research about advertising practices for self-image projective products between the United States and Thailand, Pasinee Kaewmesri
Social workers' perceptions of barriers to father involvement in case planning in San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services, Deborah Ann Kay and Tina Marguerite Wright-Ervin
Informational social support and the stress involved in surviving a reduction-in-force, Woodstock Leben Koch-Wain
The experience of families of children diagnosed with autism, Rachel Ann Lakin
Attitudes and beliefs toward hoarding among adult protective services workers, Jade Yuko Lambert
Does sharing financial and creative resources with children function as extended phenotypes in female ratings of male attractiveness?, Margaret Anne Lanier
Satire's Club: Reality, reason, and knowledge in Joseph Andrews, Heather Anne Law Davis
The motivation to resolve discrepancies between implicit and explicit self-esteem, Valerie Leigh Laws
Nutrient analysis of the estuarine and river waters of the Santa Margarita River estuary, Barbara Elisabeth Long
Implementing Dijkstra's pathfind using quantum algorithms, Shing Yung Lo
Cyanide analysis in wastewater, Heather Marie Lutes
On a symmetric presentation of the double cover of M₂₂: 2, Gabriela Laura Maerean
Why can't kids be kids anymore: The impact of parental obsession in youth sport, Elissia Annette Magana
Effects of physical activity on physical self perception among middle school students, Leonard Richard Magdaleno
A critical analysis of L1 and L2 composition scholarship on instructor feedback, Danny Elbar Marenco
The application of choice theory: A social work perspective, Dolores Mast Martinez
Family-organization fit: An extension on person-organization fit, Rebekah Elaine Massmann
Efficient proton computed tomography image reconstruction using general purpose graphics processing units, Scott Alan McAllister
There are only four, Danielle Josette McCoy
The effects of immediate follow-up on psychiartric rehospitalization rates, Jennifer Erin McCreight
Impact of kinship foster care on kinship caregivers, Oluyemisi McMullen
Lesbian subjective distress to violations of trust as a function of the butch/femme paradox: Evolutionary and social-cognitive hypotheses, Sarah Carver-Steil McNay
Promoting a mastery goal orientation in children through the education of parents and caregivers, Connie Imelda Medinilla
Alpine ecology of a C4 grass, Muhlenbergia Richardsonis in the White Mountains of California, Archie Thomas Meyer
The promotion and prevention of Ahwahnee water principles for resource efficient land use in the cities of Ontario and San Bernardino, Melissa Danielle Miller
Peter Pan: A journey of imagination, Daniel Mark Monroe
Contributing factors to the over representation of African American children in the foster care system, LaMonica Shalice Montgomery
Exploring child obesity among African Americans through the eyes of parents, TyYendra VyOnn Moore
How kindergarten English language learners "come to know" written language, Teresa Renee Morris
The effects of depression on treatment compliance among dialysis patients, Amber Lynn Mote and Maria Elena Salazar
Ethical and faith-based investments: An assessment of performance, Hisar Joel Munte
Digital reconstruction of a ceratopsid pes, Ken Conrad Noriega
Whitman, elegy, and the nineteenth century culture of death and mourning, Susan Renee Nylander
Perceptions of breast cancer patients on communicating sexuality-related issues, Farrah Joy Oblepias
The use of an environmental education service learning project to enhance student motivation in a secondary school, Mary Frances O'Connell-Hershey
Demographic effects on the length of stay and discharge destination from the gay and lesbian adolescent social services agency's group homes, Lenwood Valentino Patterson
United States Forest Service: A resource for California's education and environment initiative, Summer Kristine Pearson
Genetic analysis of two phenotypes in variovorax paradoxus strain EPS, Michael Jherek Pehl
Bilingual kindergarteners' emergent views about the functions of writing in the school context, Trinidad Pendleton
Ballads as "poetic" rhetoric in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Norma Jeanne Peterson
Video instruction for teachers utilizing SchoolFusion web design software, Darlene Robin Pitman
Early maladaptive schemas: The role of gender, Renee Kathleen Prince
Parental substance abuse services that promote family reunification under Adoption and Safe Families Act timelines, Omeera Qadir
Student engagement scale: Development and the underlying factor structure, Patricia Isabel Quiñones Pareja
Is public education preparing learning disabled to succeed at the college level?, John Fermin Ramirez
Multiple intelligences in the classroom, Julia Marie Ramirez
Share world: A web-based reuse managment system, Raymol Philomina Rappai
Intertemporal relations between stock indices-correlation analysis for the stock markets of the United States, England, and Singapore, Michael Nabil Razzouk
Project-based learning as situated practice, Sandra Jeane Rice
"Can you hear me now?": A study on oppression, Kathryn Marie Risinger
Geometric theorem proving using the Groebner basis algorithm, Karla Friné Rivas
In our own words: A qualitative study of Bachelor and Master of Social Work interns at Vitas Hospice, Martha Elizabeth Romero
Depression in Korean immigrant women, Darin Lee Rorrer
The Universal coefficient theorem for cohomology, Michael Anthony Rosas
The efficacy of the use of inquiry computer simulation to generate understanding and a positive attitude toward the nature of science in seventh grade students, Eleanor Maria Ruiz
Theater: A mission, Angela Marie Sanicola
Satisfaction of independent living programs among foster youth, Monica Sapien and Nadia Fuentes
Self-reported obstacles among African American families who fail to reunify, Deena Saunders-Green
The effectiveness of using homicide and auto theft rates as indicators of violent and property crime in the United States, Joseph Allan Schwartz
Service delivery models of orthopedic donations to low income nations, Jean Elizabeth Sigaran
Participants' perception of the utility of an adult day health care center, Sherry Ann Snyder
Caregivers' perceptions of disabled elders preparations for a natural disaster, Brenda Marie Starkins
United States mainland speakers' use of Hawaiian Creole English and standard American English across social situations, Nicole Kaylani Kanahele Stutz
Welcome to the world of tomorrow today: Matt Groening's Futurama as posthuman mediator, Amanda Jill Taylor
The relationship between full service partnership intervention and rehospitalization rates of the severe and persistent mentally ill, Joseph Ralph Tena
The fundamental group and Van Kampen's theorem, Aaron Christopher Thomas
Quality of life perceptions and treatment choices in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and the implications for social work practice, Heather Noel Toms
Effective classroom management skills in physical education for student participation, Bethel Lisa Trice
An exploration of playmaking strategies resulting in youth performance scripts for elementary school audiences, Dana Marie Vazquez
An insight into the Hispanic immigrant experience, Maria Guadalupe Venegas
Hispanic attitudes towards adoption, Adriana Ventura-Ramirez
Study of the Department of Children Service's supervisors, Debra Ann Walker
