The Archbishop Alemany Library began the collection of electronic master's theses and capstone projects in 2012; this collection represents the theses that have collected since then.
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Theses/Capstones from 2013
A Survey of Sandplay Therapy Practices Among Licensed Psychotherapists, Melissa Sherman
AVPT Art Assessment with Survivors of Human Trafficking, Jessica Jarocki
Bereaved Adults' Art Therapy Group, Andrea Hans
Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California, Victoria Danielle Rivera, Marion de Celis Sarte, and Alison Jean Wiggam
CAS with Art and Chronic Pain: The Effects of Clearing a Space with Art on Women with Chronic Pain, Jenny McGrath
Circles of Connection: Finding Social Connectedness and Meaning within Group Process, Julianna F. Bratsberg, Aundrea Marcella Roberts, and Susan R. Untiedt
Clinical Reasoning in the Use of Slings for Stroke Patients with Shoulder Subluxation: A Practice Phenomenon in California, Simon Chi and Naoko Murai
Comparing Full Day Kindergarten to Half Day Kindergarten, Alisha Catherine Bazzano
Computer-Based Cognitive Retraining for Individuals with Chronic Acquired Brain Injury: A Pilot Study, Stephanie Camille Gella, Joshua Victor Ramos, Julie Anne Robertson, and Lucia Diana Ulloa
Creating Symbols to Identify and Stabilize Character Traits: Using Art Therapy and Positive Psychology Perspective with Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, Faith Matter-Kratzer
Critical Issues for Administrators of Specialized Schools, Amanda Thomas Kirk
Dance Movement and Narrative Art Therapy for Adolescent Girls: A Combined Treatment Approach, Lindsay Parkinson
Decreasing Fall Risk in Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Reynaldo Joseph Ballesteros Jr., Kellie Ann Hislop, and Chanita Mary Panchasarp
Demeter's Daughters: How the Myth of the Captured Bride Helped Spur Feminine Consciousness in Ancient Greece, Mary Elizabeth Naples
Developing a Comprehensive Handwriting Curriculum Utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears™ Approach for Typically Developing Elementary School Aged Children, Taryn Nicole Clough, Jane C. Malone, and Christina Marilyn Robertson
Development of a Cellular Model for Morquio A Syndrome, Virgen Guadalupe Sierra
Digital Art Therapy with Older Adults: An Exploration of the iPad as a Medium, Melissa Kinches
Dreams, Art and Well-Being: A Positive Psychology Approach to Bringing Awareness to Dreams, Margaret Ann Gammie
Dual mTOR/HDAC Inhibition: Preclinical Development of a Novel Breast Cancer Therapy, Mariya Alexandra Yevtushenko
Effective Practices in Science Instruction in an All Girls School, Holly Hoyt Posner
Effects of School Choice on Math Performance, Rachel Ricioli Wittenberg
Enhancing Student Academic Performance and Overall Health Through Standards-Based Physical Education, Haley Elizabeth Marcoux
Enzyme Kinetics of Recombinant Human Arylsulfatase B (rhASB), Katherine Marie Cunico
Examining the Role of Corporate Sponsorship in the Public School System: Appropriate Pathways, Maria Potter
Factors That Impact a Child on the Autism Spectrum in the General Education Classroom, Ashley Meredith Davis
Fetus: An Exploration of Human Nature Through the Issue of Abortion, Grant Collis Dinsdale
Focus on Fatherhood: A Visual Journe Using Phototherapy Techniques With At-Risk Teen Fathers, Abby Zimberg
Fostering Resiliency in School Aged Children Through Art Therapy Group Interventions, Ruth Doyle
FRETT: Fall Risk Evaluation Tool For Traumatic Brain Injury A Master’s Thesis Project, Heidi Ann Mertle, Kiley Elizabeth Richter, and Louis A. Scirica
Harnessing Technology: Art Therapy as Early Intervention in School-Based Counseling for Latino Adolescents with Low SES, Tiffany Landis
Health and Fitness Awareness in Schools and Student Impact: A Quantitative Study, Meena Marie Tepas
Healthy Seniors: A Program Evaluation, Andrea Edith Maffei, Matthew Alexander Patjawee, and Jamie Christine Thompson
Identifying Characteristics in Low SES and Bicultural Parent Groups That Enhance Their Capacity to Enact Successful Change, Karen Lynn Rosenquist
I Feel Beautiful: A Narrative Art Therapy Group Designed to Increase Positive Body Image and Self-Esteem in Adult Women, Chelsea Hunter
iGeneration: The Social Cognitive Effects of Digital Technology on Teenagers, Eugenia A. Ives
Imagining Jazzocracy: Notes Toward a new Democratic Subject, Mario Tofano
Impact of Reading Ability on Academic Performance at the Primary Level, Caleb Bartholet Cimmiyotti
Increasing Fall Self-Efficacy and Awareness of Fall Risks Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Dona Diane Andersen, Brian Edwin Dinozo, Heather Vengco Enrile, and Brittany Anne Hutchison
Increasing Optimism in Adolescents: An Integrative Intervention of Positive Psychology, The Mindup Program, Mindfulness, Yoga, and Art Therapy, Elizabeth Doyle
Increasing Resilience Through Art Therapy in Children with Domestic Violence Exposure, Katleen M. Gilliland
In Desperate Need of Sleep: Teenagers and School Start Times, Cristin Marie Allen
Integrating Social Emotional Learning into Secondary Curriculum, Marilyn Janette Lindsay
Investigation of the Role of TOR and Nutrient Restriction on Lifespan of Arabidopsis thaliana, Debashree Banerjee
Journeys of Resilience: Awareness of Self-Strength and Coping in the Young Adult Alopecia Areata Population Through Madala Art Therapy, Heather Curtis
Kindergarten Readiness: The Impact of Sensory Integration on Preschool Children's Readiness for the Transition to Kindergarten, Laura Alexandria Boyd and Shannon Logan Sobieraj
Leading By Example: Creating Motivation That Fosters Positive Change in Young People, Curtis George Aikens Sr.