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

Follow


Theses/Capstones from 2021

PDF

Exploring Relationships Among Race, Mothers' Perceptions of Discrimination During Perinatal Healthcare Visits, and the Prevalence of Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes, Fiona So

Theses/Capstones from 2020

PDF

Barriers to Patient-Centered Care for Dementia Clients in the Long-Term Living Setting, Shaina Gaba

PDF

Nurses' Perceptions of the Impact of the Electronic Health Record on Clinical Decision-Making, Angela Dizon Garcia

PDF

Nurses’ Reported Use of Therapeutic Interventions Surrounding a Stillbirth Event, Sonya Woo

PDF

Participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy on the Immune Function of Survivors of Breast Cancer: A Literature Review and Pilot Study for Clinical Practice, Bianca Marteja

PDF

Supporting Positive Lifestyle Changes Among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Alison Tynan

PDF

The Relationship Between Low Socioeconomic Status and Mortality Rates of School Age Children Related to Motor Vehicle Accidents, Rubi Calderon-Rodriguez

PDF

Umuwi: Coming Home: Decolonizing Filipinx-American Identity, Theresa Joyce Esmejarda Arocena

Theses/Capstones from 2019

PDF

16:9 - A Study of Manipulating Perceptions Through Movement, Samantha Weeks

PDF

Composite Bodies: Construction and Deconstruction of our Identities through Movement, Pauline Mosley

PDF

Corporate Social Responsibility and Minor League Baseball: The Pacific Association and Community Engagement, Rachel Blackman

PDF

Electronic Cigarettes: Addiction and Physiological Effects within Adolescents and Young Adults, Matthew Pastrana

PDF

Idiosyncratic: The Formation of Artistic Voice Through Movement Research and Choreographic Processes, Kerry Healy

PDF

Intervening in Wartime Rape: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala, Liv Salinger

PDF

Moving Through, Moving On: Examining the Life Well Lived Through the Lense of Impermanence, Aidan O'Leary

PDF

Oscar. Delta. Echo. A Study on the Physical Poetics of Gratitude, Victoria Michalowsky

PDF

Pediatric Pain Management during Intravenous Line Placement: Nursing Perceptions and Interventions, Kate Shaffer

PDF

Safe Injection Facilities, Timothy Kwong

PDF

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

PDF

The Relationship Between Language, Emotional Intelligence, and Cultural Sensitivity, Sophia Root

PDF

The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Personality Type Among College Students, Samantha Easley

PDF

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

PDF

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

PDF

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

PDF

Fighting Fatigue with Caffeine: Exploring Perceptions on Patient Safety, Camille Quitangon

PDF

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

PDF

Nurses’ Perception of the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Incidence Rates and Complications of a Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis in the Adult Population, Malia McDowell

PDF

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

PDF

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

PDF

Investigating the Effects of Decreased pH on the Intertidal Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus nudus, Avni Gandhi

PDF

Lacuna: Transcendence of the Human Body through the Space Between, Anica Bottom

PDF

Linking Key Factors of Quality Dementia Care: Knowledge and Self-Efficacy, Sophie E. Miller

McCune-Albright Syndrome and Tamoxifen: How Traditional Breast Cancer Medications are Being Used to Treat the Symptoms Associated with Precocious Puberty, Geneva Jump

PDF

Misleading Information in Social Media News: How Bias Affects Perceptions, Amber Jackson