Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Dissertation: THE COMBINATORY EFFECTS OF PEDIATRIC OBESITY AND ONTOGENY ON MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION IN TISSUES OF DRUG DISPOSITION, Michael Ng
Thesis: SOCIAL MOVEMENT SPLINTERING: AN EXAMINATION OF STOCKTON STANDS WITH MINNEAPOLIS AND NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATION, Kevin Ozomaro
Thesis: HOW DO THEY DO IT? USING OMICS APPROACHES TO EXPLORE METABOLIC RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOXIA AND EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN THE DEEPEST DIVING PINNIPED, Elizabeth R. Piotrowski
Thesis: Optimizing the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (hAHR) expression in Pichia pastoris, junyu qian
Thesis: Depression and Anxiety Amongst College D1 Athletes, Jessica Radford
Dissertation: Empowerment by Design: Classroom Innovation and Inquiry Through Design Thinking and Action Research, Cory Rayala
Dissertation: Intrinsic motivation is not enough: Exploring the decision to pursue promotion to full professor, Margaret Roberts
Thesis: The Relationship Between The Educational Experiences Of Senior Dental Students And Their Attitudes Towards Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Alya Sarkhouah
Thesis: SELF-CARE PRACTICES AND BURNOUT EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC THERAPISTS IN A METROPOLITAN CITY, Sylvester Sroka
Dissertation: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, EXPERIENCE, & SUPPORT AMONG PRE-PHARMACY STUDENTS, James J. Stack
The outcome and stability of anterior open bite treatment with clear aligners in adults, Heeyeon Suh, Kimberly Mahood, and Heesoo Oh
Dissertation: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND THE CALIFORNIA BASIC SKILLS REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHING, Willie C. Thomas II
An In Vitro Evaluation of the Kontrolflex Accufile Hand File, Mia Tittle
Dissertation: PERIPHERALLY RESTRICTED OPIOID CONJUGATES AND ITS USE AS PHARMACOLOGICAL PROBES AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS, Md Tariqul Haque Tuhin
Assessment of skeletal changes and mandibular plane in growing patients treated with miniscrew assisted (MARPE) and conventional rapid palatal expansion using CBCT images, Daniel Voorhees, Jonas Bianchi, and Heesoo Oh
Searching for association of GSK3β rs13314595, MSX1 rs3821949, TGFβ3 rs3917201, and BMP4 rs17563 with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, Gabrielle Wainwright; Marie M. Tolarová MD, PhD, DrSc; and Mirek Tolar
Dissertation: COMPARISON OF FIRST-TIME NEUROCOGNITIVE BASELINE COGNIGRAM ASSESSMENTS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRAZILIAN PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING ATHLETES, Peter Wang
Thesis: EXPRESSION OF MOUSE FULL-LENGTH ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AND HUMAN ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN IN PICHIA PASTORIS, Yiyuan Wang
Dissertation: Where are all the African-American Women Superintendents in California, Oregon, and Washington State?, Toniesha D. Webb
Dissertation: AN EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO PROMOTE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR A RURAL CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL, Anna Austin Whitesides
Thesis: EFFECTS OF TOMMY JOHN SURGERY, DRAFT ORDER, AND MONETARY FACTORS ON THE VALUE OF PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Jonathan P. Wong
Thesis: CPF1-BASED CRISPR GENOME EDITING IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM N. PUNCTIFORME, Soohan Woo
Dissertation: CULTURAL AND GENDER SHIFTS: TRENDS AND FACTORS HMONG MALE STUDENTS FACE IN PURSUIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Sai Yang Xiong
Dissertation: GAS-PHASE ACID-BASE PROPERTIES AND CONFORMATIONS OF OLIGOPEPTIDES THROUGH MASS SPECTROMETRY AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES, Yuntao Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Thesis: The Effects of Adding Motivational Interviewing to a Behavioral Coaching Intervention to Increase Physical Activity, Ryley Acrea
Thesis: A TIERED RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR COST-EFFECTIVE CLOUD INSTANCE SELECTION, Xusheng Ai
Thesis: DETERMINING OPTIMAL RESISTANCE LOADS DURING EXERCISE IN MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS, Alexia Amo
Thesis: Memory Strategy Instruction With Goal-Setting And Positive Feedback: Impact On Memory, Strategy Use, and Task Commitment, Mercedes E. Ball
Thesis: Feasibility and Effectiveness of Self-Administered Mood Vectoring Playlists in the Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms, Katie A. Bautch
Dissertation: The Effect of Therapeutic Music Playlists on Symptoms of Anxiety: A Clinical Trial, Katie A. Bautch
Dissertation: WHERE AM I?: THE ABSENCE OF THE BLACK MALE FROM THE E-SUITE, Brian Bedford
Thesis: A REVIEW OF THE USE OF ADVANCE NOTICE AS AN INTERVENTION FOR TRANSITION RELATED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND FUTURE RESEARCH, Matthew Boliard
AN IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE WIRELE-X ELECTRONIC APEX LOCATOR, Lucas M. Brand DDS, Craig A. Dunlap DDS, Ray Scott DDS MSD, and Ove A. Peters DMD MS PhD
Thesis: SPEAK UP: AN EVALUATION OF TEACHING ENGAGEMENT TO CHILDREN IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING, Delaney R. Callan
Thesis: HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE DEI CLIMATE: EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SELF ESTEEM, AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, Christian T. Cardona
Dissertation: AN EXPLORATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ SELF-EFFICACY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN LEARNING CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, Cheng Chen
Thesis: Music Therapists, Personal Value Preferences, and Burnout, Yung-Jung (Kerstin) Cheng
1 Long Term Impact of Microimplant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion on Soft Tissue Nasal Morphology, Laura Chew, Heeyeon Suh, Joorok Park, and Heesoo Oh
Dissertation: Including ALL Students: Supporting Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities Who Are Gender Nonconforming, Jennifer Clare
Thesis: CROSSFIT, INSTAGRAM, AND THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF SOCIAL COMPARISON ON SELF-ESTEEM, Michael A. Contreras
Dissertation: EXPLORING THE IDENTIFICATION OF AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISODER THROUGH THE STORY OF A PARENT, Christopher Cooper
Thesis: The Feasibility of Assessing Infants’ Social Evaluations Using Within-Subject Repeated Measures in a Virtual Format, Samantha Crooks
Dissertation: BEATS, RHYMES AND LIFE: COUNTERING THE ENACTMENT OF SYSTEMIC WHITENESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION - HIP-HOP TOOLS AND PRACTICES, Adam Freas
Dissertation: ¡CON GANAS TODO SE PUEDE! JOURNEYS OF FIRST-GENERATION LATINA NONTRADITIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT-MOTHERS / ¡CON GANAS TODO SE PUEDE! VIAJES DE MADRES LATINAS NO TRADICIONAL QUE SON ESTUDIANTES PRIMERA-GENERACION EN COLEGIO COMUNITARIO, Myra Gardea-Hernández
Accuracy and reliability of a fully automated landmark identification system on Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Ali Ghowsi, David Hatcher, Heeyeon Suh, Joorok Park, and Heesoo Oh
Removable Appliance Therapy for Interceptive Orthodontic Treatment, Vikas Gupta and James Chen
Dissertation: Translationally-transformed coupled-cluster theory for periodic systems, Boris Daniel Gutierrez-Cortes
Dissertation: INTEGRATED THREAT THEORY: IMMIGRATION PERSPECTIVES AND TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES, Doe Adelfa Suzanne Hain-Jamall
Utilization of a new web-based application for case difficulty assessment as a predictor for procedural errors in nonsurgical root canal treatment, Watraat Unmona Hasanat
Dissertation: STRESS RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LEADERS AT FAITH-BASED UNIVERSITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY, David Heitman
Thesis: BAYESIAN-DERIVED VANCOMYCIN AUC24H THRESHOLD FOR NEPHROTOXICITY IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS, Dan Ho
Thesis: Investigating the Specificity of Coiled-Coil Recognition, Melina Huey
Dissertation: TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ROBOTS AS TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN THE ONLINE TEACHING OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Richard Hutley
Dissertation: EFFECTS OF RACIAL IDENTITY ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF BIRACIAL STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC SELF CONCEPT AS A MEDIATOR, Kamio Ayisha Jones
Thesis: Molecular Responses to Catastrophic Molting in a Wild Marine Mammal, Anna Keith
Thesis: Teaching Study Skills to College Students Using Checklist Training, Sarah T. Kong
Dissertation: IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF TRAUMA-IMPACTED STUDENTS: IDENTIFYING EMERGING BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS URBAN STUDENTS, Regina Lane
Dissertation: THE EFFECT OF DEPRESSION ON ADOLESCENT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AND THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF AUTONOMY, Theresa Lee
Dissertation: HARNESSING TRANSTHYRETIN TO ENHANCE THE IN VIVO HALF-LIFE OF HUMAN INTERLEUKIN-2 (IL-2), Fang Liu
Thesis: A Comparison of Traditional Aggregated Data to a Comprehensive Second-by-Second Data Depiction in Functional Analysis Graphs, Erin MacKelvie
Dissertation: TEACHER CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND THE EFFECT ON SLAVIC STUDENT PERFORMANCE, Erin Marston
Thesis: “The Other Side of the Pacific”——Social construction of reality of Chinese students in the United States, Su Y. McGowan
Dissertation: Self-advocacy for postsecondary students who use mobility aids, Erin Moore
VARIANTS OF FACIAL SHAPE GENES IN PATIENTS WITH CLASS II OR CLASS I MALOCCLUSION, Mahsa Mortazavi; Marie M. Tolarová MD, PhD, DrSc; and Mirek Tolar
Thesis: Teaching College Athletes Social Media Appropriateness, Christina Murray
Variants of PAX Gene Family in Patients with Class II or Class I Malocclusion, Mana Naeim; Marie M. Tolarová MD, PhD, DrSc; and Mirek Tolar
Thesis: Development of Linked-Domain Protein Inhibitors of the E2-Conjugating Enzyme Ube2D, Anneroos E. Nederstigt
Thesis: Changes in the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Nymphalidae at Forest Edges in Relation to Light and Temperature Conditions, Brian Koji Oye
The influence of CBCT-derived 3D-printed models on endodontic microsurgical treatment planning and confidence of the operator, Shreyas Oza and Johnah C. Galicia
Complications Reported in Maxillary Skeletal Expansion, Jacqueline Payne, Audrey Yoon, Heeyeon Suh, Joorok Park, and Heesoo Oh
Dissertation: IMPACT OF 17-BETA ESTRADIOL AND MODERATE-INTENSITY EXERCISE ON MESENTERIC ARTERIAL FUNCTION OF UC DAVIS TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS RATS, Md Rahatullah Razan
Thesis: EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR BEAUTY ACCOUNTS ON INSTAGRAM, Gitaine Reis
Dissertation: MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE EFFECTIVNESS OF POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS IN A DIVERSE DISTRICT: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Laureen Riddick
Thesis: Television Viewing and Latino Stereotypes, Gustavo Rivera
Dissertation: SYNTHESIS AND CONFORMATIONAL STUDY OF TRIAZOLYLCYCLOHEXANOLS AND TRANS-2-(AZAARYLSULFANYL)-CYCLOHEXANOLS, Mulinde R. Ruyonga
Thesis: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT OF BILINGUAL DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN, Joanne J. Ryu
Thesis: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRIT, WORK ENGAGEMENT, AND CAREER SUCCESS AMONG U.S. PHARMACISTS, Nareeta A. Sharma
Dissertation: The Effects of Touchscreen Technology Usage on the Social Emotional Development of Preschool-Aged Children, Amanda Marie Sharpe
Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of the Lao American College Experience, Jerry Sithiphone
Dissertation: EVALUATION OF A DIVISION I MID-MAJOR UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT-ATHLETE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, Heather M. Swanson
Dissertation: Community Gardens: Giving Hope to Southeast Asian Refugees, Yua Thao
Dissertation: Supporting instructors to promote at-promise students’ success: How faculty coordinators facilitate TSLC’s ecological validation, Jonathan Toccoli
Thesis: CLARIFYING PATTERNS IN HOST PLANT USE BY ADELPHA BUTTERFLIES (NYMPHALIDAE: LIMENITIDINAE), Karina Torres
Dissertation: IN VITRO COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BINDING AFFINITY AND TARGETED-DRUG DELIVERY EFFICIENCY OF EGFR-TARGETING PEPTIDES, Jingda Wang
Dissertation: Investigating the Lived Experiences of Community College Students Who Have Practiced Meditation, Robert S. Withrow-Clark
Dissertation: Human Capital Formation and Return Migration within Mong Communities in Rural/Semi-Rural Northern California, Chong Yang
Dissertation: POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION AND DEGRADATION MECHANISMS OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR, Yujie Yang
Thesis: DEVELOPMENT OF MIRIPLATIN-LOADED NANOPARTICLES AGAINST NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER, Zhongyue Yuan
Comparison of Maxillary Expansion Between Clear Aligners and Removable Expansion Appliance in the Mixed Dentition, Micaela Zaverdinos, Paul Kasrovi, James Chen, and Heesoo Oh
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY CHANGES FOLLOWING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR OPEN BITE IN GROWING VS NON-GROWING PATIENTS, Mona Awadi, Heeyeon Suh, Joorok Park, and Heesoo Oh
Thesis: THE ROLE OF FOOD AND CULINARY CUSTOMS IN THE HOMING PROCESS FOR SYRIAN MIGRANTS IN CALIFORNIA, Sally Baho
Dissertation: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF A COREQUISITE MODEL ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRECALCULUS: WHO BENEFITS WHEN?, Savita Bhagi
Dissertation: Factors Influencing Alumni Giving of First-Generation Hispanic Women, R. Scott Biedermann
Dissertation: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTORING AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: GENDER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHOOL SITE LEADERS, Kristina Britton
Dissertation: Workplace Dynamics: Exploring Views, Impressions, and Preferences of Colleagues with Diverse Backgrounds and Attributes, Emily Harris Broadhurst
Thesis: Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training (BST) to Teach College Students to Pour a Standard Serving of Alcohol: Skill Acquisition and Generality Across Cups and Time, Margaret Brock
Dissertation: Chicanas Completing the Doctorate in Education: Providing consejos de la mesa de poder, Sandra J. Castañón-Ramirez
Thesis: Prevalence of Dirofilaria Immitis in Southern California’s Invasive Aedes Species and Native Culiseta Incidens, Zaina Chaban
Dissertation: HIGHER EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, QUALITY ASSURANCE PRACTICE, AND TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ARTS DISCIPLINES, David M. Chase
Thesis: Minority Representations in Crime Drama: An Examination of Roles, Identity, and Power, Megan E. Chatelain
