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 1999

A Grant Proposal for Using Art Therapy to Improve the Self-Esteem of Adolescents in a Special High School fo rAlcohol and Substance Users: And for Providign a Foundation for a Substance Free Life, Lynne Doherty

A Historical Survey of the Angel Archetype: Convergence of Psychology, Art Therapy and Soul, Christine Marie Springer

A Research Project on Mood and Color Choice in Children With Autism, Heather Suzanne Eckenrod

Art Therapy in a Business Community: A Creative Outlet for Enhancing the Work Experience Through Communication Skills Training and Stress Reduction, Kenda Swartz-Perez

Concurrent Validity of the House-Tree-Person and Kinetic-Family -Drawings as Depression Assessment Tools in the Non-Clinical Korean American Adolescent, Mikyong Han

Deconstruction's Place in Western Thought: Philosophic and Figurative Language, Nancy Smith Harris

Educating for a Sustainable Environment, Christina K. Leknius

Effect of Group Art Therapy on Depressed Mother-Child Dyads, Amy K. Keucher

Effects of English Language Acquisition in English Language Learners in a Sheltered Classroom, Tegan C. McGuinness

Factors that Contribute to the Shortage of Minority Teachers in California Schools: A Review of the Literature, Kelley M. Roa

"Five in a Frame": A Story of Art for Young Adults, Bente Licht Mirow

Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement: The Role of Teacher Behaviors in Promoting Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement, Karen Jill Gordon

La Famiglia: Twentieth-Century Transisitons of the Italian-American Family and the Resultant Changes in Gender and Generational Relationships, Mary Stella McCready

Measuring the Validity of the DAP-SF Using the Draw-a-Person Projective Drawing to Assess Self-Seteem in Latino Adolescents, Yvette Duarte

On Garde Path and Hiking Trail: Conservation and Community in the Life of Caroline Livermore, Lora Templeton

On The Shoulders of Giants, Suzanne Sculley

Physiological Calming Effect of the Color Blue on Children, Lydia Cho

Presence of Defense Mechanisms in the Art of Children in Treatment for Luekemia, Kathryn S. Rogers

Privacey in Cyberspace: Federal Law, Online Commerce, Citizens, and rights in Conflict with the Digital Age, Richard Bammer

Quilts: A Textiel Tradition for Processing LIfe and Cultural Experiences With Art Therapy Applications, Constance Hunt

Saint Rita's and Its Place in Marin County History, Sharon Noel Springett

Shiahrazad's Daughters, Huda Al-Jamal

Surviving and Thriving: Increasing the Hope of Public School Adolescents Through Art Therapy, Eleanor Fisher Ruckman

The Effectiveness of a Skill Based Explicit Phonics Reading Program K-2 as Measured by Studetn Performance and Teacher Evaluation, Alexandra B. Dakin

The Effectiveness of Cross-Age Tutoring in Improving Academic Performance and Student Activities, Kim Baumann

The Effects of Artistic Expression on Identity Formation Within a Learning Disabled Adolescent Population, Paula Artac

The Effects of a Word on the Month Program on a Small Independent School, Peter Lavaroni

The Effects of Cooperative Learning on Self-Esteem: A Literature Review, Lucyann M. Tedesco

The Face of Labor: Portrats of Working People, Victoria Sheridan

The Impact of Computers , The Internet and the World-Wide Web on Human Communication, Stefan Cannonball Rollins

The Role of Creating an Art Journal During the Art Therapy Practicum, Mary Greaney

Women in Mid-Life: Looking at Spirituality Through the Use of Art, Saundra E. Akridge

Theses/Capstones from 1998

Aesthetic Preference and Poetic Writing Style: A Correlational Study, Mary M. Gende

Art and Poetry for Stress Reduction: An Outcome Study with an Acutley Depressed Partially Hosptilalized, Adult Population, Samantha Renee Schmidt

Art Therapy With Adolescent Marijuana Users: A Means of Promoting Insight, Jana Olias Silverman

Assessment of Mental Disorders: The Rainbow Phenomenon, Laura Huber

A Study of the Mother-and-Child Drawing as an Indicator of Separation Anxiety in the Adolescent Population, Margaret Hunter

At-Risk Intervention: Student Perceptions of a Calfironia Partnership Academy, Nikola Gwen Hobbel

College Preparatory Mathematics: Student Achievemnet in a Nontraditional Algebra Program, Jane Decker

Dionysos at the Palace: A Play in Three Acts, Julia Helen Hawkins

Drawing Mandalas: Its' Psysiological Effects on Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances, Antonia Fokken

Eleanor Roosevelt: Strategies for Success, Lila McCarthy

From Paris o Persia: Two Worlds Juxtaposed by the Journey fo the "Morgan Picture Bible", Robin Pryor

Graphic Indicators of Sexual Abuse in Children Using the Human Figure Drawing, Sandra Mailloux

Great Men, Heroic Deeds: The Influences of the Nine Heros During the Late Middle Age, Teresa Humm-Curry

Is There Life After Menopause? A Study of Changing Self Concept in Midlife Women, Constance Milligan

Looking for Recurrent Archetaypal Images Through the Use of the Arrigton Visual Preference Test With Children Who are Severely Emotionally Disturbed, Lesley Ann Mastey

Masks of Northwest Coastal Indians: Transformation of the Human Spirit, Karen Cornell

Mathematical Achievement in Reduced Stress, Kristie A. Weber

Retablos: The Tradition of Painting the Tragic, The Miraculous, and Art Therapy Applications with Latino Adolescents, Deann Acton