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 2017
Master's Thesis: Physical Factors Influencing Phytoplankton Abundance in Southern Monterey Bay, C. Ryan Manzer
Master's Thesis: Physiological Effects of Nitrate, Light, and Intertidal Position on the Red Seaweeds Mazzaella Flaccida and Mazzaella Splendens, Stephan A. Bitterwolf
Master's Thesis: Positive Behavior Intervention System and Latino/a High School Student Academic Achievement, Jasmin Ramos McEntire
Master's Thesis: The Effect of Campus Service Learning on Adolescent School Connectedness, Joseph Sinnott
Master's Thesis: The Effects of a Digital Platform on Achievement in Dental Assisting Classrooms, Maia Hopkins Carpenetti
Master's Thesis: The Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention with Students in Special Day Class, Amber Julien
Master's Thesis: The Effects of University Conversation Groups on English Language Learners, Candice Dunston
Master's Thesis: The Effects of Using GeoGebra on Student Achievement in Secondary Mathematics, Ashley Rose Martinez
Master's Thesis: The Effects of Utilizing Behavior Modification Techniques to Reduce Off-Task Behavior, Mayra A. Rangel
Master's Thesis: The Impact of Second Step on Foster Youth with Disabilities, Matthew Morrison
Master's Thesis: The Impact of Social Media on ESL Students’ Learning Performance, Phasita Anankulladetch
Master's Thesis: The Impact of Therapy Balls on In-Seat Behavior for Students with ADHD, Rebecca Boston
Master's Thesis: The Pow Factor: Graphic Novels in the Classroom, Ashleigh Parker
Master's Thesis: The Read 180® Program and Reading Comprehension Strategies for Students with Disabilities, Brianna Griffith
Master's Thesis: The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction and Latino Students with Learning Disabilities, Jeanne Leone
Master's Thesis: Thinning DRO Schedules of Reinforcement with Progressive Intervals and Constant Unit Price, Alison Anderson
Master's Thesis: Using Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behavior to Reduce Perseverative Speech, Taylor Schauer
Master's Thesis: Using iPad Apps to Improve Communication Skills for Special Education Preschool Students, Maria Gricelda Martínez
Master's Thesis: Using Online Grammar Lessons for Student Fluency in American Sign Language, Darby Campbell
Master's Thesis: Utilizing Background Music to Increase In-Seat Behavior for Students with Disabilities, Andrew Whitehead
Capstones/Theses from 2016
Capstone Project: A Beautiful Apocalypse: A Collection of Poems, Emily M. Kesler
Capstone Project: Accommodating Students Different Learning Styles with the Use of Technology, Jaime Prieto
Capstone Project: A Comparative History and the Importance of Chamber Music, Aaron M. Sacks
Capstone Project: Addressing the Impact of Deportation on Citizen Children and their Undocumented Parents, Ismael Mondragon
Capstone Project: ADHD in the Classroom: Promoting Teacher Knowledge and Successful Intervention Strategies, Lauryn Michele Fouser
Capstone Project: Arts Integration: The Missing Link, Samuel G. Cochran
Capstone Project: A Theoretical Analysis of ISIS Indoctrination and Recruitment, Trevor Hawkins
Capstone Project: Automation: From Consoles to DAWs, Christian Ekeke
Capstone Project: Avengers Assemble...In Therapy: An Exploration of Superheroes and their Trauma, Megan R. Butler
Capstone Project: Bad Language: A Study of Structural Violence through Language Policies in Australia, Dylan M. Howes
Capstone Project: Beautifully Scarred: The Journey through Recovery and Loving Thy Self, Racquel Ward
Capstone Project: Becoming Me: A Journey to Womanhood, Haley M. Mathis
Capstone Project: Benefits of Art Therapy in Special Education, Paige Myers
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
