Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2017
Non-Offending Caregivers' Experiences at a Southern California Children's Assessment Center, Jenilynn Marie Pendergraft and Santia Gloria Magallanes
LANGUAGE CULTURE WARS: EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE POLICY ON LANGUAGE MINORITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNERS, Ambar A. Perez
ADULTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD GUIDANCE, Daniela Perez
"TAKING OUR SEAT AT THE TABLE": A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVEN LATINA ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Sharon Pierce
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL BURNOUT AND THE BEHAVIORAL WELL-BEING OF SOCIAL WORKERS, Damian A. Pisapia
SOUND MODE APPLICATION, Sindhuja Pogaku
ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY AND RESOURCE USE IN THE SALTON BASIN OF THE COLORADO DESERT, Lindsay A. Porras
THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIEVAL CLIMATIC ANOMALY ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Jessica Amanda Porter-Rodriguez
CORRELATION BETWEEN USE OF FAMILY VISITATION CENTERS AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION, Teri Posey and Cynthia Ann Munn-Haywood
The Construction of Candidate’s Political Image on Social Media: A Thematic Analysis of Facebook Comments in the 2014 Presidential Election in Indonesia, Siti A. Rachim Marpaung Malik
Your Abjection is in Another Castle: Julia Kristeva, Gamer Theory, and Identities-in-Différance, Ricardo R. Ramirez
EDUCATION THROUGH THE EYES OF FOSTER PARENTS, LaResha R. Richardson
PARENTING CHALLENGES AND RESILIENCIES OF LATINO IMMIGRANT PARENTS, Nicolette Rose Riggio and Brenda Irene Avalos
Social Media and the Voice of the Department, Brittany N. Rios
VIETNAM VETERANS AND ILLICIT DRUG USE, Joyce Roberts
WOMEN WHO PERPETRATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT INSECURITY AND EMOTION REGULATION, Diana Adele Robinson
EFFECTS OF ATTACHMENT AND INTERVENTIONS ON FOSTER PARENT AND FOSTER CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, Audrey L. Saber
THE EFFECT OF MODE OF EDUCATION AND DEGREE LEVEL ON EMPLOYER PERCEPTIONS OF APPLICANTS' HIREABILITY, Benjamin Safara
THE CHALLENGES THAT PROMOTORES FACE WHEN IMPLEMENTING THEIR PROGRAMS, Alejandra Santana
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW, Stephanie K. Schneider
THE EFFECTS OF SELECTION FOR HIGH VOLUNTARY WHEEL-RUNNING BEHAVIOR ON NUTRIENT CANAL ABUNDANCE AND SIZE, Nicolas Lawrence Schwartz
COMORBIDITY OF ALCOHOL AND MENTAL HEALTH: ADDRESSING ACCESS TO DUAL DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT CENTERS AND THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS, Annmarie M. Scott
THE FUNCTIONALITY OF REBOOTS, Dustin L. Shepherd
I2MAPREDUCE: DATA MINING FOR BIG DATA, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Sherikar
COMPARING AND IMPROVING FACIAL RECOGNITION METHOD, Brandon Luis Sierra
Anthropo-scenes, Ibel M. Sinohuiz
THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM: SOCIAL WORKER PERCEPTION, Marquita Marie Smith
MALE PERPETRATORS PERSPECTIVES ON REASONS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, Lisa Soriano
Prevail: In the moment..., Nicole Stahl
CORRELATING ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA WITH SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: A CASE STUDY FROM CA-ORA-507 AND THE ALISO CREEK REGION, Matthew V. Stever
LOSING CONTROL: THE CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL- AND GROUP-BASED SOCIAL EXCLUSION ON LATINA WOMEN’S SELF-REGULATION OF UNHEALTHY EATING, Dorris Kamiya Stewart
CLINICIANS PERSPECTIVES WHEN TREATING ADULTS IN POVERTY LIVING WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS, Natalie Stout and Paul Maldonado
TRANSRACIAL FOSTER FAMILIES: SOCIAL WORKERS PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURAL COMPETENCE, Jordan L. Swartz
An Introduction to Lie Algebra, Amanda Renee Talley
Head Start Teacher Professional Development on Language Modeling and Children's Language Development: A Sequential Mixed Methods Design, LaTrenda Terrell
INVESTIGATING THE ATTITUDES OF GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS TOWARD SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS, Jennifer Nicole Thompson
UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE COLLEGE SUCCESS FOR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rowana Thompson
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAM IN ADDRESSING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Anna Victoria Trieu
AN ISOGENIC STEM CELL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: DIRECT EXPRESSION OF AMYLOID-BETA, Teresa Marie Ubina
SOCIAL SERVICE AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES’ BARRIERS TO FINDING A SAFE, STABLE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN UNACCOMPANIED UNDOCUMENTED MINORS, Emely Valladares
THE SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE (RHINICHTHYS OSCULUS): PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REGION, James Jay VanMeter
MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CYTOCHROME B GENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SANTA ANA SPECKLED DACE (Rhinichthys osculus), Pia Marie VanMeter
SIMPLE AND SEMI-SIMPLE ARTINIAN RINGS, Ulyses Velasco
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN WORKING WITH DEPRESSED PREGNANT LATINA WOMEN: AS PERCEIVED BY SOCIAL WORKERS, Brenda Velasquez
THE ROLE OF HEALTH BELIEF MODEL CONSTRUCTS IN CONDOM USE AMONG EARLY YOUNG ADULTS, Christina Rose Vieux
THE IMPACTS OF VISIBLE/INVISIBLE IDENTITY CHARACTERISTICS ON EMPLOYEES’ PERCEPTIONS OF DISCRIMINATION, JOB SATISFACTION, AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS, Azadeh Vosoughian
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING BASED GENERATOR OF TESTING INSTRUMENTS, Qianqian Wang
THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTIVE ADULTS WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM FOSTER CARE TO INDEPENDENCE AMONG SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOSTER YOUTH, Alicia R. Washington and Beth Blankenship Barker
ASSESSING MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS' INTEREST IN GERONTOLOGY, Shelly-Ann Rosemarie Whyte
THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION AND SOCIETAL REINTEGRATION ON MENTAL HEALTH, Veronica Wicks
BACKPEDALING NUGGET SMUGGLERS: A FACEBOOK AND NEWS ARTICLE THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF CHICK-FIL-A VS. GAY MARRIAGE, Stacy M. Wiedmaier
A PARENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR DECREASING STRESS IN FAMILIES RAISING A CHILD WITH AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Hannah L. Wohlk
OLDER LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN’S ACCESS TO SERVICES AND RELATED HEALTH OUTCOMES, Marissa R. Wollard and Monique N. Bettencourt
SOCIAL WORKER PERCEPTIONS OF EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, Melanie Woolen
E-GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Marcos A. Ybarra
CONSTRUCTION OF FINITE GROUP, Michelle SoYeong Yeo
LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS WORKING IN HISPANIC COMMUNITIES, Marlene Zaragoza and Monica Elizabeth Jacobo
AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Yu Zhou
Sexual Victimization Among College Females: Severity and Substance Use, Krystal A. Zielen
Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2016
Beliefs About Fatherhood Among Social Workers, Abraham I. Acklin
Needs-Analysis-Informed Teaching for English for Specific Purposes, Israa A. Albassri
Organizational Success in the Big Data Era: Development of the Albrecht Data-Embracing Climate Scale (ADEC), Lauren Rebecca Albrecht
USING CORPORA IN A LEXICALIZED STYLISTICS APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE, Hind S. Aljuhani
INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL ISOLATION: EXPLORING THE VARIABLES, Melissa Marie Allen
Upset Paths and 2-Majority Tournaments, Rana Ali Alshaikh
BUILDING BRIDGES FROM CURRENT ENGLISH CONTENT TO AN IMAGINED ENGLISH FUTURE, Iftikar Saeed Alsulami and Danyah Abdulaziz Aleisa
ENVIRONMENTAL INGREDIENTS FOR DISASTER: DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING THE ALVARADO WORK ENVIRONMENT SCALE OF TOXICITY, Claudia Alvarado
CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE FOSTER PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FOSTER YOUTH, Shay B. Alvarez and Stephanie K. Funston
EVALUATING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE USING MEDIATED SELF-REFLECTION IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES, Hessah Khaled Alzimami
FACTORS RELATED TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF IRANIAN CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVORCE, Bahaur Amini
A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTIONS WITH YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED MALTREATMENT, Meghan Elizabeth Anderson
Distracted Parenting: How Social Media Affects Parent-Child Attachment, Denise Ante-Contreras
WEIGHT STIGMA PREDICTS INHIBITORY CONTROL AND FOOD SELECTION IN RESPONSE TO THE SALIENCE OF GROUP DISCRIMINATION, Ashley Marie Araiza
Perceptions of Mental Health Amongst Pakistani-Americans, Arifa K. Ashraf
THE BRONX COCKED BACK AND SMOKING MULTIFARIOUS PROSE PERFORMANCE, Alex Avila
LAW ENFORCEMENTS PERCEPTIONS REGARDING DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN THESE CASES, Adriana Lopez Baca and Melissa Marie Lopez
EFFECTS OF REPEATED ARIPIPRAZOLE TREATMENT ON THE cAMP AND AKT PATHWAYS IN THE DORSAL STRIATUM OF PREADOLESCENT AND ADULT RATS, Megan Leigh Becker
HEALTH FACTORS AND THE TO-WORK, AT-WORK, AND TO-RETIRE GOALS OF OLDER WORKERS, Thomas John Borawski Jr.
Regular Round Matroids, Svetlana Borissova
FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM AND ADOLESCENT SUCCESS, Sherisee Bossett
GEODESICS IN LORENTZIAN MANIFOLDS, Amir A. Botros
Beliefs About Animal Assisted Interventions Among Medical Social Workers, Gyda D. Boyd
Outdoor Leadership Development Training, Kari W. Brandt
PERCEPTIONS AND PREPAREDNESS OF MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS IN REGARDS TO SUBSTANCE USING CLIENTS, Heather M. Branson and Kailah J. Byrd
Revising Rhetorical Theory in "My Bondage and My Freedom": Narrativizing and Theorizing a Rhetoric of Blackness, D'Angelo A. Bridges
ANALYSIS OF DROUGHT ASSOCIATED IMPACTS ON THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT’S WASTEWATER FLOW RATES AND CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATIONS, Anthony Nicholas Budicin
PERCEIVED LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG GAY MALES: THE COMING-OUT PROCESS, Kimberly D. Carter
Kinship Support Group: Addressing Grandparent Caregiver Challenges, Danya Brenda Cervantes
THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN CASES OF REMOVAL OF INFANTS: A SOCIAL WORKERS' PERSPECTIVE, Mindy Lizbeth Cervantes and Alma Esther Manzano
SUBSTANCE ABUSE CYCLE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION FOR CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, Charleena Sharon Chagoya
REALIZING TOURNAMENTS AS MODELS FOR K-MAJORITY VOTING, Gina Marie Cheney
Chiasma: Plural Selves on Ink and Paper, Sapira Cheuk
BRINGING THE WONDER OF NATURE BACK TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS, Heather I. Claffey
Maternal Scaffolding and First Graders' Near and Far Transfer on Problem-Solving Tasks, Andria R. Clausell
THE EFFECTS OF FORGIVENESS ON SUSTAINING SOBRIETY IN 12 STEP GROUP ATTENDEES, Rebecca Cornelius
BELIEFS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG EMERGING ADULT LATINOS, Ashley Maxine Cortez
RELATIONAL AGGRESSION AS A SOCIAL TOOL OF CHOICE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Donald Patrick Cox
Perspectives of Mental Health Treatment, Dale Marie Craig
Untitled Memoir, Tara Lee-Geerlings Cummins