Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Thesis: CASE STUDY ON INCLUSIVE DESIGN AND OPERATIONS AT ONE CAMPUS RECREATION CENTER, Kelly Cartner
Dissertation: It is better: An autoethnographic study; "why" it is and the perceived protective factors along the way, Michael Dennis Cowan
Dissertation: STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SUPPORT WHILE ATTENDING A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Laurie J. Koehler Crawford
Thesis: Vector Competence of Northern California Mosquitoes for Dirofilaria immitis (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), Rebekah Lynn Dian
Dissertation: Incivility and Abrasive Conduct in Institutions of Higher Learning and the Ombuds Role, Hector Escalante
Thesis: The Effect of Infant Directed Lullaby on Maternal Attachment and Parenting Stress, Casie Esposito
Thesis: A Communication Plan for Organizational Effectiveness in a Youth Development Organization, Allison Foster
Thesis: Student Perceptions of Instructor Humor as a Predictor of Student Intellectual Stimulation, Academic Interest and Engagement, Tiffany Marie Freitas
Thesis: From Frozen Turkeys to Legislative Wins: How Food Banks Put Advocacy on The Menu, Stephanie A. Galinson
Dissertation: RATE OF GROWTH IN SPANISH-SPEAKING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS RECEIVING INTERVENTION THROUGH MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, Diana Gilbert
Dissertation: Increasing Blacks' Representation and Utilization on the Bone Marrow Registry: An action-oriented needs assessment, Indria Gillespie
Thesis: Should I stay or should I go? Complex environments drive the developmental plasticity of flight capacity and flight-related tradeoffs, Jordan R. Glass
Dissertation: Social and Emotional Effects of a School Lottery on Gifted Adolescents: A Retrospective, Adrianne Michelle Go-Miller
Thesis: Racial Complexities of Outdoor Spaces: An Analysis of African American’s Lived Experiences in Outdoor Recreation, Matthew Charles Goodrid
Thesis: NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL OF THE CALLING APPARATUS IN THE TÚNGARA FROG (ENGYSTOMOPS PUSTULOSUS), Kiran Kaur Grewal
Dissertation: A case study on the perceived impact of elementary school departmentalization on teacher math self-efficacy, Rich Thomas Haley III
Thesis: Urban Scrawl: Satire as Subversion in Banksy's Graphic Discourse, Joshua Carlisle Harzman
Thesis: Production of Synthetic Spider Silk, Ryan Matthew Hekman
Thesis: From pickled peaches to pink poodle: What do Community Cookbooks Tells us About Foodways and Urbanization at the Turn-of-the-Century in Sacramento and Stockton, California, Kate Helfrich
Dissertation: Family child care providers' perceptions of quality of training in the early head start program, Carmen Zuleyma Hercules
Thesis: EVALUATION OF THE ROTR 1: AN INNOVATIVE DEVICE TO REACTIVELY STRENGTHEN THE SHOULDER, Bradley Tomio Yet Kong Hirayama
Dissertation: Testimonio of a Migrant English Language Learner (ELL), Steven Thomas Hoy
Thesis: FOODWAYS OF THE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED: TRAVERSING THE BLIND KITCHEN, Jason Chaw Jay
Dissertation: Issues of equity among team members in special education: Voices of parents new to special education, Amanda R. Johnson
Thesis: Aphasia Couples Therapy: A Case Study of Conversational Coaching for a Man with Conduction Aphasia, Adriana Joma
Thesis: Investigations on Cancer Cell Biological Effects of CDK8 Inhibitor Q-12, Zhixin Lu
Thesis: Endocrine responses to repeated adrenocorticotropic hormone administration in free-ranging elephant, Molly McCormley
Dissertation: West meets East: An exploration of the ways American university development officers can build guanxi with Chinese parents, Jinrui Zhang Mone
Thesis: Trochoidal Milling of AlSiCp with CVD Diamond Coated End Mills, Tony Nguyen
Thesis: In the Eye of the Beholder: How Women Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Define and Navigate Beauty, Bernice Marie Nisbett
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Balanced Literacy and its Impact on the Reading Development of African American Students, Kelley E. Odipo
Thesis: PERFORMANCE PEDAGOGY: UTILIZING ALTERNATIVE METHODS IN THE CLASSROOM, Alexander Paez
Dissertation: ROLES OF PARENTS’ CAPITALS IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, Liping Pan
Dissertation: Mechanistic Study of p23-Mediated Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Expression, Beverly Pappas
Dissertation: Bimetallic complexes: The fundamental aspects of metal-metal interactions, ligand sterics and application, Michael Bernard Pastor
Thesis: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Manon Prevost-Mullane
Thesis: Spatial and temporal dynamics of Batesian mimicry between Adelpha californica and Limenitis lorquini, Louis Albert Prusa
Dissertation: Institutional diffusion and implementation of internationalization in higher education: A case study of G University, Yiwei Qiu
Thesis: Affect and Political Satire: How Political TV Satire Implicates Internal Political Efficacy and Political Participation, Reed Ramsey
Thesis: Evidence that a partner-switching regulatory system modulates hormogonium motility in the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme, Kelsey Wynne Riley
Thesis: PEER TO PEER DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT USING BLOCKCHAIN, James Rinaldi
Dissertation: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF CHILDREN LIVING IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, Terri J. Robinson
Thesis: Comparing Equivalence-Based Instruction with Lecture-Based Instruction to Teach College Students to Identify Logical Fallacies, Kelly Roughgarden
Thesis: Unknown and Cryptic Diversity in the Adelpha serpa-group, Cassidi Rush
Thesis: Orlando’s Pulse: Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education After a Tragedy, Jennifer C. Sands
Thesis: Rhetorical constructions of tipped worker wages: A comparative analysis of restaurant opportunities centers United's and National Restaurant Association's tipping arguments, Kendall Robbin Shurance
Thesis: The Influences of a Mariachi Education on Student Perceptions of Academic Achievement, Academic Attainment, and Student Engagement, Victoria Lynn Smith
Dissertation: African American faculty: A study of their experiences related to intercultural competence at predominantly white institutions, Hervey A. Taylor III
Thesis: The Effect of Peer Presence on Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, Nancy Thao
Thesis: From Quiver to Quill, veteran transition to higher education, Mark Walch
Dissertation: Development of Novel Phenanthroline and Thiazole Orange Derived G-quadruplex Ligands and Telomerase Inhibitors, Siwen Wang
Thesis: Peptide-drug conjugate for Her2-targeted drug delivery, Yan Wang
Thesis: APPLICATIONS OF LOW FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, Muhammad Waqas
Thesis: Influence of the estrous cycle and female sex hormones on GHB toxicokinetics, Hao Wei
Thesis: Shape from focus image processing approach based 3D model construction of manufactured part, Mitchel Wendland
Thesis: The Implementation and Adoptability of Behavioral Skills Training in a Career Center, Vinthia Wiryananda Wirantana
Dissertation: Determining the role played by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) in the colon carcinoma tumor model, Poonam Yakkundi
Dissertation: Applying Cooperative Development in Exploring College English Teaching in a Large Class Format in China, Fan Yang
Dissertation: Co-Teaching: Loss of professional space from the perspective of special education and general education teachers, Cordelia Azumi Yates
Dissertation: THE EFFECT OF AN ORFF-BASED CURRICULUM ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE OF MIGRANT CHILDREN IN A SUBURBAN KINDERGARTEN IN SHANGHAI, Yuanyang Yue
Thesis: THE DOCTOR OF CHANGE: A IDEOLOGICAL CRITICISM OF DOCTOR WHO, Noah Zepponi
Dissertation: Computational Methods in Biomolecules:Study of Hydrophilic Interactions in Protein Folding & Constant-pH Molecular Simulation of pH Sensitive Lipid MORC16, Wei Zhang
Dissertation: Design and in vitro characterization of lipids with a pH-sensitive conformational switch and their liposomes for anticancer drug delivery, Shen Zhao
Thesis: RATIONAL DESIGN OF PEPTIDES BINDING TOWARDS HUMAN PD-L1 USING KNOB-SOCKET MODEL, Xingchen Zha
Thesis: Trini to de Bone: The Impact of Migration on the Cultural Identities of Trinidadian Immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stephanie Zukerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Identifying the Physical Education Beliefs of Classroom Teachers, Kortney R. Agdeppa
Thesis: DEFINING THE FOOD MOVEMENT IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: BRANDING AMERICA’S FARM-TO-FORK CAPITAL, Dawnie Marie Andrak
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Effect of Tumor Microenvironmental Conditions on Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Swetha Arikatla
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: AVID's Effect on Metacognitive Development of 9th Graders in Two Comprehensive High Schools, Timothy A. Bugno
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: An investigation of the relationships between professional development, teacher efficacy and teacher stress among teachers in Shanghai public primary schools, Xun Bu
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Metaphor and Ideology in Economic Discourse, Brian DeRhen
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Characterization of Egg Case Silk and Spider Silk Gene Transcription in Black Widow Spiders, Simmone Olivia Dyrness
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Individual and Organizational Factors That Influence Principal Longevity in Charter Management Organizations: Does Gender Matter?, Kat Ellison
Thesis: MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE MONARDELLA ODORATISSIMA – MONARDELLA VILLOSA COMPLEX, Monica Estiandan
Thesis: CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYTOCYSTATIN-LIKE CYSTEINE PROTEASE INHIBITORS OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, Ryan Michael John Faucher
Thesis: Autonomous Driving with a Simulation Trained Convolutional Neural Network, Cameron Franke
Thesis: ISOLATING THE TARGETS OF SIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IN EPHYDATIA MUELLERI AND IDENTIFYING THE ROLE OF THE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 6 IN HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE TO TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, Gurbir Kaur Gudial
Thesis: Investigating Secondary Structure Features of YAP1 Protein Fragments Using Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Steered Molecular Dynamics (SMD) Simulations, Ferdiemar Cardenas Guinto Jr.
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Long-Term Western Residents in Japan: Hidden Barriers to Acculturation, Douglas R. Heath
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Social and emotional learning: A case study of the practices and systems within a caring middle school community, Carla Ruth Clawson Hoffman
Thesis: MONITORING INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN CULEX TARSALIS FROM SUTTER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Bridgette Danielle Hughes
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: The Relationship Between Job Burnout of Kindergarten Teachers in Shanghai and their Personality Traits, Yue Hu
Thesis: Synthesis of AG10 analogs and optimization of TTR ligands for Half-life enhancement (TLHE) of Peptides, Raghavendra Jampala
Thesis: Auranofin Targets Thioredoxin Reductases in Trichomonas vaginalis, Jose Jauregui
Thesis: Examining the relationship between exercise induced fatigue and postural stability among geriatric patients with vestibular disorders, Alexis Christine King
Thesis: Studies on development in Euphilomedes ostracods: Embryology, nervous system development, and the genetics of sexually dimorphic eye development, Kristina Koyama
Thesis: Vector Competence of Aedes sierrensis and Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) for Dirofilaria immitis (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) in Northern California, Jeffrey Allan Kurosaka
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: COMPREHENSIVE PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF DRAGLINE SILK AND MAJOR AMPULLATE GLANDS FROM THE BLACK WIDOW SPIDER, Latrodectus hesperus, Camille V. Larracas
Dissertation: Fragment-based Excitonic Coupled-Cluster Theory for Large Chemical Systems, Yuhong Liu
Thesis: Using the Medication Cabinet to Predict Fall Risk In Elderly Adults, Jessica Lopez
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Impact of Group Mentoring on the Professional Development of Early Childhood Teachers in a Shanghai Kindergarten, Lingyun Lu
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: FREE LUNCH: HEALTHFULNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF FREE MEALS PROVIDED IN THE TECH WORKPLACE, Katlyn Michelle Marchini
Dissertation: Preclinical evaluation of AG10 for therapeutic use against familial amyloid cardiomyopathy and its application in various other technologies, Mark Russell Miller
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted: Charter Schools That Do Not Suspend, Nate Monley
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: A Discussion of Intercultural Relations as a Critical Component of Corporate Social Responsibility, Adriel Noe Ewell
Thesis: The Effect of Token Reinforcement on Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity Exhibited by Young Children, Rutvi R. Patel
Thesis: The Rational Investigation of Anti-Cancer Peptide Specificity using the Knob-Socket Model, Shivarni Patel
Thesis: SOLUBILITY ENHANCEMENT OF MODEL COMPOUNDS, Lavanya Pitani
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted: Soluble and Functional Overexpression of the Ligand Binding Domain of Mouse Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in E.Coli, Himaja Ponnakanti
Thesis: CLINICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS C TREATMENT SELECTION IN A VETERANS AFFAIRS POPULATION, Carly Anne Ranson
