This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.
To view capstones and theses separately, please see the links below:
Capstones/Theses from 2016
Capstone Project: Benefits of Counseling Services for Elementary School Students, Sarah D. Fuentes
Capstone Project: Benefits of Implementing Journaling Activities in Physical Education at the Elementary School Level, Ivy Ottmar
Capstone Project: Benefits of Incorporating Health and Wellness Education into the Fifth Grade Curriculum, Allison Brown
Capstone Project: Benefits of Migrant Education Program, Cecilia Serrano
Capstone Project: Benefits of Promoting College Awareness for Low Income Middle and High School Students, Jenna N. Kroboth
Capstone Project: Benefits of Therapeutic Recreation for Young Adults with Special Needs, Summer L. Esseff
Capstone Project: Breaking the Silence by Empowering Women, Noeli Perez
Capstone Project: Bringing College Awareness to Migrant Parents, Adriana Pimentel and Maria Pimentel
Capstone Project: Bringing Curriculum Outdoors: Implementing Gardening in Schools, Stephanie Q. Escalera
Capstone Project: Bringing Curriculum Outdoors: Implementing Gardening Outdoors, Nicole Aboujaoude
Capstone Project: Bringing Sor Juana to Life: Creating a Community-Based Acto to Speak Feminism Into the Educational Dreams of Latinas, Raymundo Navarro
Capstone Project: Bullying and Development, Caitlin O'Hare
Capstone Project: Bullying in Elementary Schools, Tracy Perez-Guzman
Capstone Project: Chicanx (Re)-Claiming Identity and Representation Through Education, Katherin Razo-Gomez
Capstone Project: Citizen Engagement in Monterey County, Bernard Green
Capstone Project: Classroom Community: Creating a Respectful and Accepting Learning Environment to Inspire Student Participation and Achievement, Dana Angelo and Margarita Tapia-Soto
Capstone Project: College Awareness for Spanish Speaking Parents, Mariela G. Morales
Capstone Project: Comparing the Cost of Preamplifiers to Their Sonic Fidelity and Frequency Output, Jackson O. Hunter
Capstone Project: Developing a Bike-Share Program for Salinas and CSUMB, Brittany Whalen, Ryan Blackman, Monica Mata, and Madi Hare
Capstone Project: Effects of Classroom Relationships Between Students and Teachers on Emotional Development of Elementary School Students, Hannah R. Allen
Capstone Project: Effects of Obesity in Elementary School Children after No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Victoria L. Moore
Capstone Project: Elementary Teaching Strategies for LGBTQ Inclusion, Nicole E. Cox
Capstone Project: Epiphany Through Chaos, Sibel Borquez
Capstone Project: Exploring Chicana Identity Through Mascaras (Masks) as a Healing Process, Esther Santiago-Sanchez
Capstone Project: Feeling on an Island, Nima Godusi
Capstone Project: First Century Roman Wales: An Insight Into Imperial Policy, Austin P. Phipps
Capstone Project: Fit for School, Erika Rose Bertelsen
Capstone Project: Gaining Equality In Elementary Schools Through Integration of Technology, Mallery Helmuth
Capstone Project: German People and the Holocaust, Brandi J. Lopez
Capstone Project: Goal-Setting and Healthy Choices, Shannon Boulger
Capstone Project: Growing Together: A Journey to Self-Discovery, Alicia Mehtlan
Capstone Project: Hooked On Self-Identity: What does it mean to find yourself?, Wesley Barnes and Brent Clay
Capstone Project: How Two-Way Immersion Programs Close the Achievement Gap, Bethany Finneran
Capstone Project: Humanity’s Capability of Transcendence through Artificial Intelligence, Zena McCartney
Capstone Project: I Am a Sexual Being: An Exploration of Over-Sexualization and Its Effects, Erin Bass
Capstone Project: Identity & Self-Esteem through Re-culturalization: “We are sometimes not who we think we are”, Aki Kurosawa
Capstone Project: Immigrant Students: Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Education, Dayana Rangel
Capstone Project: Implementing A Preschool Literacy Curriculum, Darienne Keller-Vallo
Capstone Project: Implementing arts-integrated lessons through auto-ethnography to improve teacher collaboration, Richard M. Romero Jr
Capstone Project: Implementing Physical Activity Inside the Classroom, Janet Jacuinde
Capstone Project: Importance of Accommodating Elementary School Students with Learning Disabilities, Angelica R. Rivera
Capstone Project: Importance of Supporting the Unique Needs of Military Children in the Monterey Bay Area, Emilie Knudson
Capstone Project: (I’m)Possible: In a World That Pushes Back, Step Forward, Rahni Jensen
Capstone Project: Improving Literacy of Elementary Students, Naomi Pardo
Capstone Project: Improving Sex Education:How Can Teachers Better Serve Their Students?, Courtney R. McCrary and Ryan Okerson
Capstone Project: Inclusion of Nutrition in Elementary Education, Marina Grimaldo
Capstone Project: Increasing Consumption and Decreasing Food Waste in the National School Lunch Program, Stephanie Sturgis
Capstone Project: Introducing Financial Literacy at the Elementary Level, Shelby Gertz
Capstone Project: It Takes a Community to Teach a Child: Teachers Success with Helpers, Catherine Hickinbotham and Demi Varni
Capstone Project: It Takes a Village: Identity Through Helping the Community, Kimberly Anne Arias
Capstone Project: Justice for Juveniles, Nicholas H. Meech
Capstone Project: Kitchen-Table Talk: Creating Authentic Engagement in K-12 Classrooms, Megan R. Williamson
Capstone Project: Ladies in Leadership, Christina Cawaling
Capstone Project: Latino Roles in TV & Film: The Reproduction of Stereotypes, Vanessa A. Beltran and Tamara Delena Anai Delena
Capstone Project: Law Enforcement: Deadly Force Policy and Community-Oriented Policing Programs, Lucas Asuncion
Capstone Project: Learned Helplessness and its Connection to Recidivism, Martin Nguyen
Capstone Project: Learning from Frida Kahlo—Artista, Feminista, Latina: Examining the Self through a Culturally Relevant Art Curriculum, Sulema Aguirre
Capstone Project: Let's Dream Again America, Luke James Eicher
Capstone Project: Light Up the Darkness: Using Disability Awareness to Achieve Goals, Coleman Newell
Capstone Project: Mathematic Support Programs: A Case Study of Marina High School, Monica Carrillo
Capstone Project: Mentoring At Risk Students Outside of School To Meet the Mark, Tiffany Ray
Capstone Project: Mexica Music, Tizoc E. Ramirez-Marquez
Capstone Project: Navigating College: First Generation Latinas in Higher Education, Miriam Mendoza
Capstone Project: On the Trope of Identity, Elizabeth Contreras-Garibay
Capstone Project: Parental Grief: Traumatic Death of a Child and Length of Bereavement, Joy Dawn Buscaglia-Dale
Capstone Project: Parental Involvement Within Common Core, Catherine Hoyt
Capstone Project: Past, Present, Future: How Time Affects Identity, Keith Maus
Capstone Project: Pink Glasses: A Work In Progress, Dominique Maldonado
Capstone Project: Pornography: Ensuring that Women are Never on Top, Makenna D. Baker
Capstone Project: Preparing Young Adults for a Career In Teaching: The Role of a Guidance Counselor, Rene Pardo
Capstone Project: Preschool Intervention Programs Addressing the School Readiness Gap for Poor-to-Low-income children Entering Kindergarten, Marizela Soria
Capstone Project: Professional Development on Bullying and Impacts on Social and Emotional Growth of Elementary School Students, Nicolas M. Salgado
Capstone Project: Promoting Sustainable Transportation with Campus Car Policies and Public Outreach, Michelle dela Cruz, Stephanie Samos, Kelcey Tern, and Nathaniel Todd
Capstone Project: Recidivism in the State of California, Berenice Carcano
Capstone Project: Safe and Sustainable Commutes, Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes, Ian DeVille, Darlenne Guerra, Giovanni Ibarra, Victoria McClellan, and Rebecca Ortega
Capstone Project: Seeing Special Needs Education Through the Eyes of Girls Like Us, Hailey Leighton
Capstone Project: Selcouth, Lisa Claussen
Capstone Project: Self-Expression Through Dance in Early Elementary School, Emily Blythe
Capstone Project: Social Justice and Monterey County, Emily X. Adad
Capstone Project: Social Media's Impact on Compassion, Courtney L. Tulipani
Capstone Project: Soft Sound: A Guide to the Tools and Techniques of Software Synthesis, Quinn Powell
Capstone Project: SPARK! A Creative Critical Thinking After School Program, Britney L. Picotte and LisaMarie Quintana
Capstone Project: Supporting English Language Learners in Afterschool Programs, Rebecca Sanchez
Capstone Project: Supporting the Education of Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Monterey County, Samantha H. Engel-Ruck
Capstone Project: Taboo, Peter Xiong
Capstone Project: The American Nightmare: Land of the Incarcerated, Jamara Bernard
Capstone Project: The Backdoor to the Digital Realm, Jessica Peregrina
Capstone Project: The Benefits of Outdoor Education Curriculum for Elementary School Students with Nature Deficit Disorder, Madison L. Allen
Capstone Project: The Development of Self in Multicultural Experiences, Dennise Jackson
Capstone Project: The Effects of Colonization on the Aztecs: Early Colonial Period 1521-1550, Manuel Lechuga
Capstone Project: The History and Significance of Analog Synthesis, Mason O. Guerrero
Capstone Project: The Importance of Art in Elementary Education, Heather Gattis
Capstone Project: The Many Shades of Beauty, Shannon C. McAlister
Capstone Project: The Modern Book: the Forms, the Essence, the Experience, Melanie J. Renton
Capstone Project: The Path Of Least Resistance: A Student’s Guide For Working Smarter, Not Harder., Scott Abel
Capstone Project: The People Who Influence Our Lives, Julie R. Agrimson
Capstone Project: The Philippine Labor Brokerage State and the Overseas Filipino Workers, Morgan Welsh
Capstone Project: The Privileged 3% of College Students, Sara Sullivan
Capstone Project: The Road Less Traveled, Brandon Caskey
Capstone Project: The Role of Principals in Creating a Healthy Environment for Teachers and Students, Mirel T. Mejia
