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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
Scattered Swirls: Understanding a Fragmented Past Through Embodied Knowledge, Maxine Patronik
Schizophrenia and Its Effects on an American Family: A Call to Action for the 21st Century, Cynthia Newton Captain
Silence on the Endemic Suicides in Lithuania: Background, Causes, and Prospective Solutions, Monika Barta
Social Media Marketing Strategies in the Organic Food Industry, John Haff
Sonder: Locating the Unessentialized Self in Movement Practices, Joel Walsham
Teach Your Children White?, Katelyn Johnson
The Diaspora Impact on the Ethiopian 2015-16 Protests: Ethiopia’s Institutional and Social Progress, Tegist Worku
The Domestic Conditions and Influences of U.S. Foreign Aid on Guatemala Emigration, Monica Spohn
The Effects of Artificial Shading on Coral Bleaching Due to Thermal Stress on the Endangered Coral Species Orbicella faveolata, Laura Contreras
The Effects of Continuous Insulin Pump Therapy on Glycemic Control in Pregnant Type 1 Diabetics, Kimberly Kelsey
The Effects of Varying Thermal Stress and Light intensity on the Growth of Orbicella faveolata, Allex L. Llenos
The Efficacy of Narcotic Contracts in Preventing Drug-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents Experiencing Chronic Pain Related to Sickle Cell Anemia, Haley Russotti
The Experience of Generalized Anxiety Disorder through the Lens of Abraham Lincoln: The Effects of Mental Health Stigma, Daryl Claude Medina
The Gender Wage Gap in the Film Industry: A Review of Literature, Christine Pires
The Magic Behind the Magic: Discovering Why The Walt Disney Company is so Successful, Chloe Becker
The Relationship Between Parenting Style and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood, Madeline Newman
The Relationship Between Promoting Self-Efficacy and Informed Decision-Making in Pregnant Nulliparous Women and Method of Delivery, Crystal Hunter
The Severity and Lack of Awareness of Dermatomyositis, Alexander Lorenzo Perez Herrera