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 2012
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
Capstone Project: Communication connection packet, Celeste Ward
Capstone Project: Confronting the psychological and emotional effects of disability oppression, Ian R. Fagan
Capstone Project: Connecting the dots : how is community involvement essential to academic achievement?, Katherine M. Meyer
Capstone Project: Effects of cyber bullying on middle school students, Christina Chappel
Capstone Project: Effects of obesity on early childhood development and parental involvement, Gema Zamudio
Capstone Project: Elementary physical education, Paula R. Collet
Capstone Project: Encouraging teachers to pursue healthy parent-teacher interactions, Danielle Davenport
Capstone Project: Evaluation of school based flu clinics of 2011, Hang Pham
Capstone Project: Everybody's doing it! yes, but why should you? : educators preventing gangs in schools, Erika La Monica
Capstone Project: Finding fun in the sun : increasing access to summer programs for low socio-economic youth, Jacklyn Rubio
Capstone Project: Group work integration for middle school math students, Richard Cromwell
Capstone Project: Healthy choices, Ruby Vargas
Capstone Project: Helping children with ADHD focus by practicing yoga and meditation, Christina Molthen
Capstone Project: Helping teachers teach : exploring student needs in elementary classrooms, Andrea L. Samuelson
Capstone Project: Inclusion : all students will benefit, Nicole Sammartano
Capstone Project: Incorporating music into language arts curriculum, Jenny Kovitch
Capstone Project: Individual learning plan : glossary of terms, Heidi Kitchen
Capstone Project: Interacting with autism : Summer Surf Camp, Megan C. Moore
Capstone Project: Keep them safe : a look at safety in elementary schools, Michelle Yvonne Ballesteros
Capstone Project: LGBTQ : incorporating it into the classroom, Gentry Willcoxson and Abigail Williams
Capstone Project: Life in the classroom : teaching controversial issues in elementary schools, Laura Benitez
Capstone Project: Making it add up : an examination of the preparation of undergraduates to teach mathematics at CSUMB, Erin Barnes
Capstone Project: Middle school transition, Jacklyn M. Rubio
Capstone Project: Multiculturalism & multicultural education : where do minority teachers teaching minorities fit?, Jessica Salas
Capstone Project: No art left behind : the state of arts education today and solutions for tomorrow, Ashley Siemensma
Capstone Project: Nuts and bolts of an after school program, Nicole Garcia
Capstone Project: Participants of the Orchestra for the Youth of Sweepfire speak up, Kenneth L. Cho
Capstone Project: Physical education for life, Josef Davis
Capstone Project: Playing the villain : cyberbullying, Jessica Cellona
Capstone Project: Potential impacts of groundwater withdrawal and wildfires along the Big Sur River : an assessment of Oncorhynchus mykiss habitat, Casey Lanier
Capstone Project: Rural domestic violence and the faith community, Jennifer Irvin
Capstone Project: Self-managing a chronic disease : the results of a pediatric asthma case-management education strategy, Elena Maciel
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone final project research report : Alzheimer's disease assessment tool, Marcela Vargas
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone final project research report : Emergency Response Unit brochure, Claudia Valencia
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final capstone report : Multiple Sclerosis quality of life project website improvement, Margot Frey
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : breastfeeding friendly businesses, Jazmin Meza
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : girls on the run, Monica Bermudez
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : market make over's, Angelica Carbajal
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : quality improvement for asthma management services, Sally Garcia
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : raising awareness of child abuse through social marketing, Reginald Bennett
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : Seaside community needs survey, Marylou Esquivel
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project final research report : social justice 2.0 -- civil rights, cultural diversity, and equal opportunity at Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services, Germaine Caldwell
Capstone Project: Sex education : redefining the curriculum for seventh through ninth grade, Jessie Gilbert
Capstone Project: Shining the light of autism on Los Arboles Middle School, Lindsay Cellona