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Theses/Capstones from 2018
Nationalize or Localize: Senatorial Incumbent and Challenger Differences in Issue Prioritization, Joshua Rosenberg
Root Causes of the Generational Cultural Disconnect Among Marin County Vietnamese-Americans, Sierra Najolia
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 Sea Ranch: Unforeseen Failures and Statewide Successes of an Ecologically Conscious Coastal Community, Robert Daley
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
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
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
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
Love Sick The Musical - A Reflection of My Undergraduate Studies, William Kelly
Music as a Bridge and Platform for Personal, Cultural, and Societal Change: The Work of Billie Holiday, Adrienne Auer
Post-9/11 Narratives: Isolation and Division in American Television, Fiction, and Poetry, Veronika Cuddy
Returning To school at MY Age, Marcia Bargmann
Roman Propaganda in the Age of Augustus, Alex Pollok
Schizophrenia and Its Effects on an American Family: A Call to Action for the 21st Century, Cynthia Newton Captain
Social Media Marketing Strategies in the Organic Food Industry, John Haff
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 Continuous Insulin Pump Therapy on Glycemic Control in Pregnant Type 1 Diabetics, Kimberly Kelsey
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 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
Understanding YouTube Culture and How It Affects Today's Media, Jessica A. Zanatta
Vladimir Putin: A Profile into Dictatorship, David Enriquez
What We Can't Understand: The Non-Verbal Communication Among Autistic Children, Samantha Simmons
Theses/Capstones from 2016
Cultural Sensitivity in Healthcare: The New Modern Day Medicine, Daniel Dell'Osso
Healing the Tenderloin of San Francisco:The Unconditional Love of Glide Memorial, Susan M. Hartwell
I preferred, much preferred, my version: Exploring the Female Voice and Feminine Identity within Memoirs of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Alexandra Fradelizio
Lullaby for the Burning Ear: How Intersectional Feminism Can Help Decolonize the Latino Consciousness, Donovan E. Hernandez Garcia
The Artistic Legacy of Georgia O’Keeffe, Michelle L. Knutson
The Black Death in the Medieval World: How Art Reflected the Human Experience Through a Macabre Lens, Shirley M. Carrade