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 2011
Capstone Project: Situated learning in gaming : what makes gaming so educationally promising, Kevin Archuleta
Capstone Project: Teacher attrition : overcoming stress, Samantha Sakay
Capstone Project: Teachers in diverse elementary classrooms address multicultural literature, Brittany Turner
Capstone Project: Technology and bullying, Tamara Lauren Stuck
Capstone Project: The benefits of student-teacher relationships, Chelsea Hanson
Capstone Project: The effectiveness of the Seaside Police Activities League program, Ronald Duer
Capstone Project: The importance of the arts in schools : do the arts help the learning processes of students with special needs?, Suzanne Dolores Boswell
Capstone Project: The nutritional effects of cognitive behaviors in elementary students : Senior Capstone research paper, Laura Derby
Capstone Project: The supersized generation : the dangers of childhood obesity, Natalie I. Noce
Capstone Project: Thrive Zero to Five : a parent's guide and mentor support understanding ages and stages of child development, Leslie Nelson
Capstone Project: Tobacco Retail License Ordinance, Christine Huerta
Capstone Project: Understanding self and society through the visual arts, Catherine Melendez
Capstone Project: What happens when the music is all played out?, Lauren N. Shacklock
Capstone Project: Where should I teach?, Amanda Kelley
Capstone Project: Where will all the dancers go? : creating more instruction opportunities after high school dance, Erica D. Lewis
Master's Thesis: An Assessment of Control Methods for Cape Ivy in Coastal Riparian Ecosystems, Jennifer Stern
Master's Thesis: An assessment of control methods for cape ivy in coastal riparian ecosystems, Jennifer Stern
Master's Thesis: Applied synectics to teach community development for living and learning communities to resident advisors and community assistants at California State University Monterey Bay, Christina Sierra-Jones
Master's Thesis: Combining a token economy and escape extinction to treat food selectivity in students with autism, Jessica Raders
Master's Thesis: Curious food procurement in the eastern North Pacific Kyphosidae, Clinton J. Moran
Master's Thesis: Detecting Change in Benthic Communities at San Cristobal Reef in La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2007-2009, Jeremy M. Kerr
Master's Thesis: Effects of video modeling and self-monitoring on the social language skills of preschoolers with speech and language impairments, Karen Serrano
Master's Thesis: Evaluating the effects of functional communication training for preschool children with autism, Jane Bambrick
Master's Thesis: Hypoxic and low pH water in the nearshore marine environments of Monterey Bay, California : characterizing a decade of oxygen and pH, and drivers of variability, J. Ashley Tomer Booth
Master's Thesis: Implementing literature circles with English language learners, Jennifer Wrighton
Master's Thesis: Lottia Gigantea Size and Density Differences in Rocky Intertidal Communities near Monterey Bay, California, Shae Mitchell
Master's Thesis: Marine Debris in Central California: Quantifying Type and Abundance of Beach Litter in Monterey Bay, CA, Carolyn Rosevelt
Master's Thesis: Nitrate transport to coastal Monterey Bay : investigating source inputs from Elkhorn Slough, Tanya Novak
Master's Thesis: Patterns in the Temporal Variability of Temperate Reef Fishes and the Implications for Sampling Frequency in Citizen Science Monitoring Programs, Chelsea Parrish-Kuhn
Master's Thesis: Reducing delayed echolalia in children with low incidence disabilities, Pamela Ardith April
Master's Thesis: Rippled Scour Depressions Add Ecologically Significant Heterogeneity to Soft Sediment Habitats on the Continental Shelf, Todd Russell Hallenbeck
Master's Thesis: Supporting English language learners in reading : a project for increasing phonemic awareness skills, Ernestina CantuÌ-Gutierrez
Master's Thesis: Teacher perceptions of including students with moderate to severe disabilities in non-academic courses at the secondary level, Samuel T. Sauer
Master's Thesis: Teaching daily living skills to young adults with autism : the creation of a curriculum guide for special education teachers, Stephanie Iwanciow Haas
Master's Thesis: The Distribution of Demersal Fishes Over Heterogenous Seafloor Habitats: An Application of Landscape Ecology to Video Imagery Collected in a Central California State Marine Conservation Area, Ashley Knight
Master's Thesis: The effects of behavioral skills training on implementation of mand training teaching components, Laura Jean Noland
Master's Thesis: The effects of direct positive feedback for increased classroom performance, Jennifer L. Post
Master's Thesis: The effects of standardized testing on second grade students, Heather C. Goin
Master's Thesis: The impact of primary language support on the math skills of English language learners with learning disabilities, Peter Brian Fleming
Master's Thesis: Using Vessel-Based LiDAR to Quantify Coastal Erosion During El Niño and Inter-El Niño Periods in Monterey, CA, Steven Quan
Master's Thesis: Using video modeling to teach conversational skills to high school students with autism spectrum disorder, Breton R. Gardner
Capstones/Theses from 2010
Capstone Project: Academic improvement in elementary school students with movement and no desks, Amanda Bailey
Capstone Project: Access to information for parents of children with autism, Mikaela R. Bozzo
Capstone Project: Advocacy for arts education in public schools, Guinevere Thomason-Powers
Capstone Project: An integrated surface water-groundwater interaction model for the Carmel River, Jonathan Frame
Capstone Project: Beyond the grant application process : bridging educator motivations with grant provider expectations, Meghan McFadyen
Capstone Project: Bully awareness program, Ester Gonzalez and Jennifer Moreno
Capstone Project: Capstone project : financial literacy, Adam Mitchell
Capstone Project: Capstone project : Zometool : from 0 to the 4th dimension, Michael J. Read
Capstone Project: Children with fetal alcohol syndrome, Sandra Edeza Duje
Capstone Project: Coping with diabetes, Lauren O'Connor
Capstone Project: Education in American prisons : a review of the literature, Ryan McNamara
Capstone Project: Engaging English-language learners through hands-on experience, Dustin L. Nelson
Capstone Project: Exploring my identity through art, Sonia Aguayo
Capstone Project: [Formal instrument training programs in elementary schools], Ryan Daniele
Capstone Project: Gangs and intervention programs in middle schools, Filiberto Camacho
Capstone Project: Healing through reading : bibliotherapy, Cierra Van Treese
Capstone Project: Immigration through the eyes of a child : a children's book fostering a sense of belonging, Alicia DeWorken, Beatriz Morales, Paul DeWorken, and Daniel Medina
Capstone Project: Inclusion of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in non-school programs, Maggie Bowman
Capstone Project: Lunch Worms : a lunchtime book club for elementary school students, Kelly Simonis
Capstone Project: Mainstreaming : are traditional teachers prepared?, Megan Manly
Capstone Project: Neighborhood re-beautification project, Belen Uribe-Rosales
Capstone Project: Neonatal intensive care parent information : bridging the gap between assurance and the unknown, Stacy Kelly
Capstone Project: Pacific Grove High School : a social norm campaign approach, Nicole Salazar
Capstone Project: Readibility of fluency passages : an assessment of thematic fluency tests developed by the Reading Lions Center at the Sacramento County Office of Education, Lacey Cole
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project : bullying is a problem!, Claudia Padilla
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project : families sharing for a healthier future, Ana Aguado
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project : parent education on teen drinking, Greg Malbon
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project : parents collaborating towards the future, Maribel Baltazar
Capstone Project: Senior Capstone Project : school based influenza clinic implementation and evaluation, Kyle Rosenlund
Capstone Project: Sensory processing disorder : in the classroom tools to help the SPD student and teacher, Megan Brock
Capstone Project: Social & spatial analysis of Fort Ord architecture : the transformation of the use of army barracks into university residence halls, Erin Benzer
Capstone Project: Strategies for teachers to reduce physical, verbal, and relational bullying in middle schools : a review of the literature, Maritza Turpin
Capstone Project: Stroke & depression : supporting each other, Arturo Coronel
Capstone Project: Teaching with technology : college preparation with AVID, Megan Kauffman
Capstone Project: Test anxiety, Stephanie Bemboom and Stephanie France
Capstone Project: The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is a requirement for graduation : too many students fail the exam repeatedly, Agostina Mantega
Capstone Project: The digital divide : how access to technology effects education within Title I schools, Heather Carpenter
Capstone Project: [The power of playing : inclusion for special needs youth at the Boys & Girls Club in Monterey County], Angela Kaye Clark
Capstone Project: The power of playing : inclusion for special needs youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County, Victor Marinelli
Capstone Project: The power of play : why educators must rethink early childhood education, Krysta Bradley
Capstone Project: [The ups and downs of the teenage years] : [promoting Latino-based parent education in Monterey County], Cristina Cervantes and Isela Villanueva
Master's Thesis: A model to evaluate economic effects of fishery management measures : how would a change in total allowable catch for Monterey goundfish affect the local economy?, Monica Galligan
Master's Thesis: A Model to Evaluate Economic Effects of Fishery Management Measures: How Would a Change in Total Allowable Catch for Monterey Groundfish Affect the Local Economy?, Monica Galligan
Master's Thesis: Annual Sediment Retention and Hydraulic Residence Time Variability in a Riverine Wetland Receiving Unregulated Inflow from Agricultural Runoff, Randall W. Holloway
Master's Thesis: Annual sediment retention and hydraulic residence time variability in a riverine wetland receiving unregulated inflow from agricultural runoff, Randall W. Holloway
Master's Thesis: A study of storm-induced variations in the littoral sediment transport patterns of central Monterey Bay, Jeremiah J. Brower
Master's Thesis: Black Elk speaks says so : elders on telling about traditional tribes, James A. Starkewolf
Master's Thesis: Effectiveness of RIVPACS Predictive Models to Evaluate Diatom Response to Nutrient Stress in Coastal California Streams, Charles Ritz
Master's Thesis: Evaluating the quality of individual transition plans for students receiving special services at the secondary level, Roxana Piña-Donat
Master's Thesis: Exploring the impact of a CD ROM on Arabic language learners' acquisition of the Arabic language and culture, Abdelhak Bouhaja
Master's Thesis: Factors that affect fathers' participation in parent training for children with autism spectrum disorders, Mark W. Wenzler
Master's Thesis: Historic genetic diversity of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni), Heather L. Hawk
Master's Thesis: Improving working relationships between special education teachers and paraprofessionals : development of a quick-reference guide for beginning special educators, Saramae Cutts
Master's Thesis: Making our way : the incorporation of intermediate fluent bilingual students' personal experience and primary language in a mainstream humanities class at the middle school level, Jason Antaya
Master's Thesis: Preventing absenteeism for students with disabilities : a handbook for classroom teachers, Cynthia Jean Charfauros
Master's Thesis: Socratic seminars : fostering an environment of critical thinking and self-confidence in the classroom, Loretta E. Bernasconi
Master's Thesis: Stakeholder perceptions of California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) requirements for students with learning disabilities, Dolores Rodriguez
Master's Thesis: Still waters run deep : exploring the impact of teacher support of young shy students in creative dramatics class, Maria L. Dawson
Master's Thesis: Strategies to support general education teachers serving students with mild to moderate disabilities, Bruce La Monte Baker