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 2013
Capstone Project: Supporting elementary students' academics through dance, Pilar Mendoza
Capstone Project: Tape vs. tape emulation, Adam Pardee
Capstone Project: Teaching to incarcerated youth, an inside job : advocating education and incarcerated youth, Chaz Wilson
Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Jaime Muñoz
Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Francisco Gutierrez
Capstone Project: The early bird gets the worm : the benefits of early identification and testing for students with learning disabilities, Kathleena Awad
Capstone Project: The increasing need for P.E. in elementary schools, Julie Cooper
Capstone Project: Think globally, act locally, Brooke M. Keith and Katherine M. Sinkewiz
Capstone Project: We are what we eat inside the school lunchbox, Caylie Churchill
Capstone Project: What about me : providing in school support for children of alcoholics, Kayce Dalton
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Amanda Flores
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Kacey Peterson
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Jillian deBar
Capstone Project: Why am I a bad student : improving the effectiveness of learning plans, Samantha Main
Capstone Project: Yearning to breathe free : the quest for unalienable rights, Layne M. Clifton
Capstone Project: Youth employment, Ana Castro
Master's Thesis: An Alternative Compliance Framework for Stormwater Management in the Central Coast Region, Violetta Pristel
Master's Thesis: Analysis of Environmental Factors Affecting Fruit Quality for the 2007 Growing Season in a California Vineyard, Sean Castorani
Master's Thesis: A study of instructional experiences of students with learning disabilities in co-taught and solo-taught inclusive classrooms, Lowella Beverly B Merana
Master's Thesis: Combining self-monitoring procedures and video modeling instruction as a positive behavior intervention, Faith Sterling
Master's Thesis: Effects of adapted assessment and instructional tools to improve academic success in mild-moderate special education students, Holly Emilia Hollingsworth
Master's Thesis: Effects of Landscape Covariates on the Distribution and Detection Probabilities of Mammalian Carnivores on the Former Fort Ord, California, Bartholomew Lukas Kowalski
Master's Thesis: Effects of peer mediated pivotal response training on social skills for children with autism, Josh Kayne
Master's Thesis: Environmental Factors Associated with Toxic Cyanobacteria in Pinto Lake, a Coastal Lake in the Monterey Bay Area, Erin Stanfield
Master's Thesis: Fine-Scale Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes in a Small Floridian Marine Reserve, Jessica Watson
Master's Thesis: Impact of homework on academic achievement of students with severe emotional disabilities in a non public school setting, Reena Sharma
Master's Thesis: Museums as school : collaborative exhibit survey development for high school teachers, Deborah Silguero
Master's Thesis: Optimization and characterization of the bulk FDA viability assay to quantify living planktonic biomass, Brian N. Maurer
Master's Thesis: Readers theater : effect of fluency, comprehension, and attitudes toward reading in middle school students with mild-to-moderate disabilities, Nancy Ames Swan
Master's Thesis: Supporting students with learning disabilities in the general education classroom, Vivian Moe Michaele
Master's Thesis: The Academic and Motivational Impact of California Gateways and Lexia Reading on English Language Learners with Disabilities, Rebecca Hayley Wilner
Master's Thesis: The effects of collaborative strategic reading on high school students in a special day class, Benjamin K. Walker
Master's Thesis: The impact of the whole to part graphic organizer on written recalls for students with learning disabilities in a high school special day class, Michael C. Royster
Master's Thesis: Transition handbook for parents and students exiting special education services, Lorraine M. Gonzales Ramirez
Master's Thesis: Use of technology to increase expressive communication skills of students with autism, Catherine McMinn
Master's Thesis: Using functional assessment procedures and behavior intervention strategies for students with severe disabilities, Abigail Williams
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
Capstone Project: Achieving recovery for patients in hospital rehabilitation units through education, Sylvia Zendejas
Capstone Project: Almost there : a totally awesome study of animated Disney films and the development of American values, Allyson Scott
Capstone Project: Benefits of integrating more physical activity for students in the elementary school classroom, Shannon Buegeler
Capstone Project: Breaking the silence : understanding and overcoming social anxiety, Kevin Shimizu
Capstone Project: Building strong women : addressing the needs of at-risk pre-teen girls, Sarah Walton
Capstone Project: Come together : how educators can create community within their classrooms, Emily D. Petersen
Capstone Project: Danger in familiarities : sex education and adolescent sexuality in the early 20th century, Sadie Johnson
Capstone Project: Don't stop the music : the mission to keep music education in public schools, Chelsea Metreyeon
Capstone Project: Family bonding as a means to prevent gang involvement among Mexican American elementary students, Elizabeth L. Lopez
Capstone Project: Fitness for life : creating physically active lifestyles with Starlight Elementary School students, Veronica Reyes
Capstone Project: Hanging in there : engaging "at risk" youth with culturally relevant literature, Nicole L. Perez
Capstone Project: High teacher turnover rates : effecting our kids and communities, Maria Zesati
Capstone Project: Illuminating nutrition : the road to promoting healthy lifestyles in students, Korin Graves
Capstone Project: Knowledge is power : preparing for single fatherhood, Christopher Ziel
Capstone Project: Little classroom on the playground : increasing student academic achievement through integrating the playground into academics, Lora Ann Carey
Capstone Project: Mental health clients suffer from stigmatization, Lizette Padilla
Capstone Project: Non-directive play : promoting social and emotional competence in preschool children, Reynalda Valadez
Capstone Project: No parent left behind : exploring parental involvement in schools, Robin Falkenberg
Capstone Project: Permanence and stability of placement : an assessment of the effectiveness of foster and adoptive parent training, Alexis Boerlage
Capstone Project: Power lunch : optimizing extra-curricular reading groups at Oakside High, Sarah M. Figueroa
Capstone Project: Preparing relative and near kin caregivers : evaluation of ROOTS, Betsaida Macias Gonzalez
Capstone Project: Preventing childhood obesity among elementary school students in the Monterey County, Carolyn McIntyre
Capstone Project: Pseudoarchaeology and the ancient astronaut theory : an analysis of a modern belief system, Morgana Sommer
Capstone Project: Reconstructing comprehensive sex education curriculum from fifth to tenth grade in California : a focus on body image, Kenzie Brand
Capstone Project: Seeds of hope : improving the nutritional environment of Seaside Middle School, Emily Abrahams
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone : [benefits of sensory integration in the development of children], Juan Reyes
Capstone Project: Short circuited : strategies and suggestions for creating social change, Amber Diederich
Capstone Project: Smooth transitions : increasing support for students with disabilities and special needs to meet their post-secondary goals, Traci Lynn Alger
Capstone Project: Social effects of mainstreaming special education students in middle school, Lauren Avila
Capstone Project: Spreading the health : making the change to healthier alternatives, Wendy L. Guttormsen
Capstone Project: Stamp out stigma : putting a face to mental illness : increasing mental health knowledge for local high school students, Danielle Pacheco
Capstone Project: The benefits of creative arts on elementary students in the classroom, Andrina Morrell
Capstone Project: The Royal Presidio of Monterey : a socio-cultural analysis based on zooarchaeological remains, Jennifer A. Lucido
Capstone Project: Through the looking glass : a trans students' internal and external exploration of CSUMB campus climate, Amanda McMillan
Capstone Project: Understanding how social/cultural difference and systematic factors inhibit the formation of partnership between elementary school teachers and families, Vanessa Robinson
Capstone Project: Voices of the electric guitar, Don Curnow
Capstone Project: White girls teaching in the hood : a focus on connecting the text to the readers' own life, Kelley Loveridge
Capstone Project: Why should I care : re-engaging disengaged youth through culturally relevant literature, Tessa N. Spurlock
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
Master's Thesis: Assessing Pesticide Reduction in Constructed Wetlands Using a Tanks-in-Series Model Within a Bayesian Framework, Pamela Krone-Davis
Master's Thesis: Examining teacher practice using instructional conversation in a third grade classroom with English language learners, Heather Bellue
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
Master's Thesis: Life skills curricula and community based instruction for students with moderate disabilities, Tari Johnson
Master's Thesis: Linking Habitat Heterogeneity to Genetic Partitioning in the Rocky Subtidal Using Black Surfperch (Embiotica Jacksoni), Scott Robert Williams Toews
Master's Thesis: Spatial and Oceanographic Factors Affecting Black-Legged Kittiwake and Thick-Billed Murre Distributions in the Southeastern Bering Sea, Brian Hoover
Master's Thesis: Steelhead Habitat Assessment of Three Small Coastal Central California Streams, Colin L. Nicol
Master's Thesis: Students with mild to moderate disabilities perceptions of engagement in general education and self-contained educational settings, Megan Hunt
Master's Thesis: Using TouchMath to increase math skills of young English language learners with mild to moderate disabilities, Anamaria Covarrubias
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
Capstone Project: Addressing white privilege and whiteness in teacher education : attitudes and perspectives of white prospective teachers, Michelle Diane Rhoton
Capstone Project: A lesson plan to teach children about nutrition and promote healthy eating, Brieann Russell
Capstone Project: A partnership with migrant parents to help their children blossom into harvests of hope, Karina Aguilar
Capstone Project: Art speaks : enhancing K-12 curriculum through multicultural community public art, Julie Mejia
Capstone Project: Assessing the Invasiveness of the Non-Native Kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor and Implications for Its Management, Sarah Jeffries
Capstone Project: Awareness : students connecting with the environment, Elizabeth Chagolla
Capstone Project: Benefits of Migrant Education Program for enrolled elementary school students, Guadalupe Aguilar Maldonado
Capstone Project: Benefits of re-integrating visual arts into fifth grade curriculum : a focus on English language arts and science, Jordan Sinclair
Capstone Project: Benefits of re-integrating visual arts into fifth grade curriculum : a focus on history and math, Ashley Eberhard
Capstone Project: Benefits of visual arts for elementary school children, Cecilia Moreno Mares
Capstone Project: Break the cycle of violence : preventing teen dating violence among at-risk youth at the Luna Evening Center, Maria Moreno
Capstone Project: Career locker for at-risk youth, Roberto Garcia
Capstone Project: Childhood obesity and school lunches, Elizabeth Mendoza
Capstone Project: Childhood obesity and school lunches, Celene Reyna
