This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.

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Capstones/Theses from 2013

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Master's Thesis: Use of technology to increase expressive communication skills of students with autism, Catherine McMinn

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Master's Thesis: Using functional assessment procedures and behavior intervention strategies for students with severe disabilities, Abigail Williams

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Master's Thesis: Video modeling as a strategy for independent living skill acquisition among adults with autism spectrum disorder, Ricardo Lopez

Capstones/Theses from 2012

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Capstone Project: Achieving recovery for patients in hospital rehabilitation units through education, Sylvia Zendejas

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Capstone Project: Almost there : a totally awesome study of animated Disney films and the development of American values, Allyson Scott

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Capstone Project: Benefits of integrating more physical activity for students in the elementary school classroom, Shannon Buegeler

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Capstone Project: Breaking the silence : understanding and overcoming social anxiety, Kevin Shimizu

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Capstone Project: Building strong women : addressing the needs of at-risk pre-teen girls, Sarah Walton

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Capstone Project: Come together : how educators can create community within their classrooms, Emily D. Petersen

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Capstone Project: Danger in familiarities : sex education and adolescent sexuality in the early 20th century, Sadie Johnson

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Capstone Project: Don't stop the music : the mission to keep music education in public schools, Chelsea Metreyeon

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Capstone Project: Family bonding as a means to prevent gang involvement among Mexican American elementary students, Elizabeth L. Lopez

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Capstone Project: Fitness for life : creating physically active lifestyles with Starlight Elementary School students, Veronica Reyes

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Capstone Project: Hanging in there : engaging "at risk" youth with culturally relevant literature, Nicole L. Perez

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Capstone Project: High teacher turnover rates : effecting our kids and communities, Maria Zesati

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Capstone Project: Illuminating nutrition : the road to promoting healthy lifestyles in students, Korin Graves

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Capstone Project: Knowledge is power : preparing for single fatherhood, Christopher Ziel

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Capstone Project: Little classroom on the playground : increasing student academic achievement through integrating the playground into academics, Lora Ann Carey

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Capstone Project: Mental health clients suffer from stigmatization, Lizette Padilla

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Capstone Project: Non-directive play : promoting social and emotional competence in preschool children, Reynalda Valadez

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Capstone Project: No parent left behind : exploring parental involvement in schools, Robin Falkenberg

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Capstone Project: Permanence and stability of placement : an assessment of the effectiveness of foster and adoptive parent training, Alexis Boerlage

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Capstone Project: Power lunch : optimizing extra-curricular reading groups at Oakside High, Sarah M. Figueroa

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Capstone Project: Preparing relative and near kin caregivers : evaluation of ROOTS, Betsaida Macias Gonzalez

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Capstone Project: Preventing childhood obesity among elementary school students in the Monterey County, Carolyn McIntyre

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Capstone Project: Pseudoarchaeology and the ancient astronaut theory : an analysis of a modern belief system, Morgana Sommer

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Capstone Project: Reconstructing comprehensive sex education curriculum from fifth to tenth grade in California : a focus on body image, Kenzie Brand

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Capstone Project: Seeds of hope : improving the nutritional environment of Seaside Middle School, Emily Abrahams

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Capstone Project: Senior Capstone : [benefits of sensory integration in the development of children], Juan Reyes

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Capstone Project: Short circuited : strategies and suggestions for creating social change, Amber Diederich

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Capstone Project: Smooth transitions : increasing support for students with disabilities and special needs to meet their post-secondary goals, Traci Lynn Alger

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Capstone Project: Social effects of mainstreaming special education students in middle school, Lauren Avila

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Capstone Project: Spreading the health : making the change to healthier alternatives, Wendy L. Guttormsen

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Capstone Project: Stamp out stigma : putting a face to mental illness : increasing mental health knowledge for local high school students, Danielle Pacheco

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Capstone Project: The benefits of creative arts on elementary students in the classroom, Andrina Morrell

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Capstone Project: The Royal Presidio of Monterey : a socio-cultural analysis based on zooarchaeological remains, Jennifer A. Lucido

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Capstone Project: Through the looking glass : a trans students' internal and external exploration of CSUMB campus climate, Amanda McMillan

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Capstone Project: Understanding how social/cultural difference and systematic factors inhibit the formation of partnership between elementary school teachers and families, Vanessa Robinson

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Capstone Project: Voices of the electric guitar, Don Curnow

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Capstone Project: White girls teaching in the hood : a focus on connecting the text to the readers' own life, Kelley Loveridge

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Capstone Project: Why should I care : re-engaging disengaged youth through culturally relevant literature, Tessa N. Spurlock

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Master's Thesis: Applied policy analysis report : a solar garden for the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District: an applied analysis of solar power, Debra Gramespacher

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Master's Thesis: Assessing Pesticide Reduction in Constructed Wetlands Using a Tanks-in-Series Model Within a Bayesian Framework, Pamela Krone-Davis

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Master's Thesis: Examining teacher practice using instructional conversation in a third grade classroom with English language learners, Heather Bellue

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Master's Thesis: Investigating the applicability of the neurodevelopmental framework to enhance learning for all students, especially those with mild to moderate disabilites, Lisa B. Kline

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Master's Thesis: Life skills curricula and community based instruction for students with moderate disabilities, Tari Johnson

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Master's Thesis: Linking Habitat Heterogeneity to Genetic Partitioning in the Rocky Subtidal Using Black Surfperch (Embiotica Jacksoni), Scott Robert Williams Toews

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Master's Thesis: Spatial and Oceanographic Factors Affecting Black-Legged Kittiwake and Thick-Billed Murre Distributions in the Southeastern Bering Sea, Brian Hoover

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Master's Thesis: Steelhead Habitat Assessment of Three Small Coastal Central California Streams, Colin L. Nicol

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Master's Thesis: Students with mild to moderate disabilities perceptions of engagement in general education and self-contained educational settings, Megan Hunt

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Master's Thesis: Using TouchMath to increase math skills of young English language learners with mild to moderate disabilities, Anamaria Covarrubias

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Master's Thesis: Using video modeling and role playing activities to teach social skills to middle school students with intellectual disabilities, Alyce Avenell

Capstones/Theses from 2011

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Capstone Project: Addressing white privilege and whiteness in teacher education : attitudes and perspectives of white prospective teachers, Michelle Diane Rhoton

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Capstone Project: A lesson plan to teach children about nutrition and promote healthy eating, Brieann Russell

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Capstone Project: A partnership with migrant parents to help their children blossom into harvests of hope, Karina Aguilar

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Capstone Project: Art speaks : enhancing K-12 curriculum through multicultural community public art, Julie Mejia

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Capstone Project: Assessing the Invasiveness of the Non-Native Kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor and Implications for Its Management, Sarah Jeffries

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Capstone Project: Awareness : students connecting with the environment, Elizabeth Chagolla

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Capstone Project: Benefits of Migrant Education Program for enrolled elementary school students, Guadalupe Aguilar Maldonado

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Capstone Project: Benefits of re-integrating visual arts into fifth grade curriculum : a focus on English language arts and science, Jordan Sinclair

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Capstone Project: Benefits of re-integrating visual arts into fifth grade curriculum : a focus on history and math, Ashley Eberhard

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Capstone Project: Benefits of visual arts for elementary school children, Cecilia Moreno Mares

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Capstone Project: Break the cycle of violence : preventing teen dating violence among at-risk youth at the Luna Evening Center, Maria Moreno

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Capstone Project: Career locker for at-risk youth, Roberto Garcia

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Capstone Project: Childhood obesity and school lunches, Elizabeth Mendoza

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Capstone Project: Childhood obesity and school lunches, Celene Reyna

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Capstone Project: Communication connection packet, Celeste Ward

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Capstone Project: Confronting the psychological and emotional effects of disability oppression, Ian R. Fagan

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Capstone Project: Connecting the dots : how is community involvement essential to academic achievement?, Katherine M. Meyer

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Capstone Project: Effects of cyber bullying on middle school students, Christina Chappel

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Capstone Project: Effects of obesity on early childhood development and parental involvement, Gema Zamudio

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Capstone Project: Elementary physical education, Paula R. Collet

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Capstone Project: Encouraging teachers to pursue healthy parent-teacher interactions, Danielle Davenport

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Capstone Project: Evaluation of school based flu clinics of 2011, Hang Pham

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Capstone Project: Everybody's doing it! yes, but why should you? : educators preventing gangs in schools, Erika La Monica

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Capstone Project: Finding fun in the sun : increasing access to summer programs for low socio-economic youth, Jacklyn Rubio

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Capstone Project: Group work integration for middle school math students, Richard Cromwell

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Capstone Project: Healthy choices, Ruby Vargas

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Capstone Project: Helping children with ADHD focus by practicing yoga and meditation, Christina Molthen

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Capstone Project: Helping teachers teach : exploring student needs in elementary classrooms, Andrea L. Samuelson

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Capstone Project: Inclusion : all students will benefit, Nicole Sammartano

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Capstone Project: Incorporating music into language arts curriculum, Jenny Kovitch

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Capstone Project: Individual learning plan : glossary of terms, Heidi Kitchen

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Capstone Project: Interacting with autism : Summer Surf Camp, Megan C. Moore

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Capstone Project: Keep them safe : a look at safety in elementary schools, Michelle Yvonne Ballesteros

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Capstone Project: LGBTQ : incorporating it into the classroom, Gentry Willcoxson and Abigail Williams

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Capstone Project: Life in the classroom : teaching controversial issues in elementary schools, Laura Benitez

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Capstone Project: Making it add up : an examination of the preparation of undergraduates to teach mathematics at CSUMB, Erin Barnes

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Capstone Project: Middle school transition, Jacklyn M. Rubio

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Capstone Project: Multiculturalism & multicultural education : where do minority teachers teaching minorities fit?, Jessica Salas

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Capstone Project: No art left behind : the state of arts education today and solutions for tomorrow, Ashley Siemensma

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Capstone Project: Nuts and bolts of an after school program, Nicole Garcia

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Capstone Project: Participants of the Orchestra for the Youth of Sweepfire speak up, Kenneth L. Cho

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Capstone Project: Physical education for life, Josef Davis

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Capstone Project: Playing the villain : cyberbullying, Jessica Cellona

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Capstone Project: Potential impacts of groundwater withdrawal and wildfires along the Big Sur River : an assessment of Oncorhynchus mykiss habitat, Casey Lanier

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Capstone Project: Rural domestic violence and the faith community, Jennifer Irvin

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Capstone Project: Self-managing a chronic disease : the results of a pediatric asthma case-management education strategy, Elena Maciel

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Capstone Project: Senior Capstone final project research report : Alzheimer's disease assessment tool, Marcela Vargas

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Capstone Project: Senior Capstone final project research report : Emergency Response Unit brochure, Claudia Valencia