The Honors Program curriculum emphasizes enriched learning experiences incorporating service learning, leadership opportunities, multicultural experiences, community-based research, and study abroad. Our close-knit honors student community is rooted in the Dominican pillars of study, reflection, community and service while emphasizing our values as shaped by our Dominican heritage and Californian identity.
The work presented here represent the culminating theses of our honors students.
Browse our Honors Theses by department
Communication and Media Studies | Education | Literature and Languages |Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Nursing | Psychology
Theses/Capstones from 2021
Theses/Capstones from 2020
Barriers to Patient-Centered Care for Dementia Clients in the Long-Term Living Setting, Shaina Gaba
Nurses' Perceptions of the Impact of the Electronic Health Record on Clinical Decision-Making, Angela Dizon Garcia
Nurses’ Reported Use of Therapeutic Interventions Surrounding a Stillbirth Event, Sonya Woo
Supporting Positive Lifestyle Changes Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Alison Tynan
The Relationship Between Low Socioeconomic Status and Mortality Rates of School Age Children Related to Motor Vehicle Accidents, Rubi Calderon-Rodriguez
Umuwi: Coming Home: Decolonizing Filipinx-American Identity, Theresa Joyce Esmejarda Arocena
Theses/Capstones from 2019
16:9 - A Study of Manipulating Perceptions Through Movement, Samantha Weeks
Composite Bodies: Construction and Deconstruction of our Identities through Movement, Pauline Mosley
Corporate Social Responsibility and Minor League Baseball: The Pacific Association and Community Engagement, Rachel Blackman
Electronic Cigarettes: Addiction and Physiological Effects within Adolescents and Young Adults, Matthew Pastrana
Idiosyncratic: The Formation of Artistic Voice Through Movement Research and Choreographic Processes, Kerry Healy
Intervening in Wartime Rape: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala, Liv Salinger
Moving Through, Moving On: Examining the Life Well Lived Through the Lense of Impermanence, Aidan O'Leary
Oscar. Delta. Echo. A Study on the Physical Poetics of Gratitude, Victoria Michalowsky
Pediatric Pain Management during Intravenous Line Placement: Nursing Perceptions and Interventions, Kate Shaffer
Safe Injection Facilities, Timothy Kwong
Saudade: An Exploration of the Choreographic Process and the Power of Dance, Audrey Erickson
The Effects of Synthetic Shading on Thermal Bleaching of Aquacultured Orbicella faveolata Corals, Rachel Stowell
The Relationship Between Language, Emotional Intelligence, and Cultural Sensitivity, Sophia Root
The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Personality Type Among College Students, Samantha Easley
The Sources and Effects of Occupational Stress on Recent Graduate Nurses, Athena Pham and Mirabella Mercado
Video Modeling for Work Occupations to Support Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review, Teresa Le and Brianna Rodrigues
Wine Industry: The Development of Accounting and Key Success Factors for Truett Hurst vs. Viña Concha y Toro, Kate Anderson
Theses/Capstones from 2018
Authoritarian Pedagogical Practices in Dance Teaching and Choreography, Charlotte Carmichael
Conviction Moves Us, Erin McKay
Cultivating the Whole: The Development of Critical Acuity Through Poetry Programs, Jenae Casalnuovo
Cyclooxygenase-2 dimerization activity may be influenced by its monomers’ glycosylation at Asn580, Jelaine M. Cunanan
Docile Bodies: A Study on Women and Docility, Bri Wilson
Do People Who are More Aggressive Sustain More Injuries Than Their Less Aggressive Counterparts: A Study of Participants of Medieval Combat Games in the United States?, Christopher Sanchez
Fighting Fatigue with Caffeine: Exploring Perceptions on Patient Safety, Camille Quitangon
Hospice Nurses' Perceptions of Family Education and Dying Support Best Practices, Vivian Le
Iron Oxide and Montmorillonite as Surfaces For Environmentally Persistent Free Radical Formation, Simon Chan
Mindfulness Meditation and the Reduction of Stress in Nursing Students, Jeanie Gee
Mujeres in Action: Analyzing the Effects Female-led Civil Society Organizations have on Policy Change in El Salvador, Samantha Hunt
Play the Game or Change It? A Study of Capitalism, Control and College Students, Jacqueline Streur
Screening Possible Scar-Collagen Inhibitors on TGF-β1 Treated Dermal Fibroblasts, Janelle DeJong
Soy Barack Obama, y Yo Apruebo Este Mensaje: The Obama Presidential Campaigns and the Latino Electorate, Sayra Trejo
The Known Behaviors and Functions of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Bone Regeneration, George Washington Brownridge III
The Marginalization and Stereotyping of Asians in American Film, Isabel Paner
These Children Are In Your Classroom: How Teachers Can Integrate Social-Emotional Learning to Support Children who have Adverse Childhood Experiences, Danielle O'Reilly
Theses/Capstones from 2017
Developing and Testing an Ocean Acidification Case Study, Vanessa Mendoza
Effects of Chronic Cadmium Exposure on Antioxidant Capacity in Breast Cancer Cells, Maurice Brady
Investigating the Effects of Decreased pH on the Intertidal Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus nudus, Avni Gandhi
Lacuna: Transcendence of the Human Body through the Space Between, Anica Bottom
Linking Key Factors of Quality Dementia Care: Knowledge and Self-Efficacy, Sophie E. Miller
Misleading Information in Social Media News: How Bias Affects Perceptions, Amber Jackson