A collection of Senior Theses from undergraduate programs across the disciplines.
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Theses/Capstones from 2018
Mission Impossible? The Likelihood of Democracy in Iran, Natalia Chamaki
Mujeres in Action: Analyzing the Effects Female-led Civil Society Organizations have on Policy Change in El Salvador, Samantha Hunt
Nationalize or Localize: Senatorial Incumbent and Challenger Differences in Issue Prioritization, Joshua Rosenberg
Play the Game or Change It? A Study of Capitalism, Control and College Students, Jacqueline Streur
Root Causes of the Generational Cultural Disconnect Among Marin County Vietnamese-Americans, Sierra Najolia
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 Arts and Technology: How Educational Technology Can Bring Humanities Further Into Elementary and Primary School Systems, Coleman D. Alameda
The Effects of Perceived Social Rank on Socially Anxious Adolescents, Ernest Garcia
The Importance of Teaching Young Children Academics Through Multi-Sensory Activities, Tiffany Schardt
The Inclusion of Students with Special Needs in the General Education Classroom, Megan Walsh
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
The Sea Ranch: Unforeseen Failures and Statewide Successes of an Ecologically Conscious Coastal Community, Robert Daley
These Children Are In Your Classroom: How Teachers Can Integrate Social-Emotional Learning to Support Children who have Adverse Childhood Experiences, Danielle O'Reilly
Wearing Art History: Fashion as an Art, Sofia Killion
What Is The Experience of Creating My Own Dance Style?, Jesse Bodony
Theses/Capstones from 2017
1964 Summer Olympics: More than Just Sports? How Japan Utilized the Olympic Games for Ulterior Motives, Christopher Suen
21st Century Education: The Importance of the Humanities in Primary Education in the Age of STEM, Christine M. Reiter
Advertisements and Social Appeal: Reshaping of the Twentieth Century American Woman, Janet L. Tumpich
A Journey Into Fear: Exploring Anxiety Through Personal Experience and Physiological Fact, Patrick Simon
Aquaponics: Redefining Education for Our Youth, Joshua Peal
Developing and Testing an Ocean Acidification Case Study, Vanessa Mendoza
Displacement Matters: The Socioeconomics of Gentrification in Richmond, California, Alicia Kae Miller
Diverse Delivery Methods: Significance of Cultural Competence in Westernized Healthcare, Julia Benson
Dying for a Diagnosis: The Impact of Racial Discrimination in Healthcare, Danielle Owusu
Effects of Chronic Cadmium Exposure on Antioxidant Capacity in Breast Cancer Cells, Maurice Brady
Eisenhower Internationalism and Nasser Nationalism: The Suez Crisis Defining International Policy in Post-Colonial Egypt, Dominic Supple
Fort Ross State Historic Park: A Case Study of the Successful Implementation of Public History Methods by a State Park and Museum, Destiny Reyes
Genetically Engineered Organisms: Progress or Poison, Melina Sansi
Humanity on the Verge of Insanity: Maintaining Cultural Identity Against Oppressive Rule, Danica Katarina Skoric
Humanization of the Enemy: The Pacifist Soldier and France in World War One, Daniel E. Stockman
Investigating the Effects of Decreased pH on the Intertidal Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus nudus, Avni Gandhi
Is Community Based Policing the Answer? Yemen’s Fight against AQAP, Maximilian Kaehler
Jacobites in Popular Literature and Digital Media: Perceptions Turned into a Nation's Identity, Cynthia Smith
Juneau: Notes From the Bus, Cara Makuh
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
Love Sick The Musical - A Reflection of My Undergraduate Studies, William Kelly
Misleading Information in Social Media News: How Bias Affects Perceptions, Amber Jackson
Music as a Bridge and Platform for Personal, Cultural, and Societal Change: The Work of Billie Holiday, Adrienne Auer
Pine Needle Pyrolysis: Bio-waste into Biofuel, Alexandra Fuentes
Post-9/11 Narratives: Isolation and Division in American Television, Fiction, and Poetry, Veronika Cuddy
Psychological and Physiological Ramifications of Inadequate Pain Management for the Pediatric Population: Influences of professional nursing preparation, Genica-Jade Ocampo
Returning To school at MY Age, Marcia Bargmann
Roman Propaganda in the Age of Augustus, Alex Pollok