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 2004
Capstone Project: Evaluation of the Strengthening Families Program, Alma Martinez Rocha
Capstone Project: Family to Family community outreach, Kimberly Char
Capstone Project: Geomorphology, sediment analysis and restoration plan for an incised urban creek : Don Dahvee Creek, Monterey, California, Kimberly Anne DeRenzo
Capstone Project: Increasing Fort Ord groundwater supply by use of recharge basins, Emily Rose Roth
Capstone Project: Mal de Ojo, MaximoÌn, and the social practice of healing Guatemala : an ethnographic encounter, Stacey L. Moss
Capstone Project: Monterey County drug court assessment, Sandra Rodriguez
Capstone Project: Monterey County volunteer agencies, Alice Mitchell
Capstone Project: Police service technician job analysis, Simonne Robidoux
Capstone Project: Rising above : Rising Eagle Youth Services (REYS) outcomes measurement, Jesus Clemente Ruiz
Capstone Project: Science and policy : the California Market Squid Fishery, Monica C. Diaz
Capstone Project: Securing accurate child support orders, Maria Bravo
Capstone Project: Social marketing research on teenage pregnancy prevention among Latino parents : a case study, Kate Murphy
Capstone Project: Spatial distribution of coast and dune buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium & E. parvifolium) in a restoration site on the Fort Ord dunes of California, Heather Wallingford
Capstone Project: Suicide's bitter melody : existing review of professional and published works on suicide's connection to music, Sean Scully
Capstone Project: Tell a Friend : a program designed to help women get mammograms, Erin Kristine Finley
Capstone Project: The Linkages Program, Mark Perez
Capstone Project: The manual for Alisal Healthy Start, Antonio Barajas
Capstone Project: Towards an assessment of reading volunteer performance : four case studies of Monterey County Reads reading volunteers, Lucas Salazar
Capstone Project: Walkable communities of Salinas, California, Jessica Hunt
Master's Thesis: A model of a professional development program with an emphasis on serving typically underserved populations for educators working with gifted and talented students, Sandra Shephard
Master's Thesis: Analysis and critique of existing Greek elementary schools' 4th grade language textbook : proposal of guidelines for the development of an inclusive multicultural language curriculum, Effrosyni Sakaloglou
Master's Thesis: Beyond the classroom : learning through field trips, Diane Nugent
Master's Thesis: Bilingual preschool education : an anti-bias social activist approach, Luz Marina Cardona
Master's Thesis: Commercialization of public education : voices of academics and educators on corporate involvement in the schools, Oriana Parenti
Master's Thesis: Creating an anti-bias children's book, Leslie Ian Stewart Jenkins
Master's Thesis: Dual language immersion : the educational practices that contribute to the success of English only kindergarten students in learning Spanish, Shari Nacht
Master's Thesis: Early introduction to English literacy instruction for bilingual students : does it facilitate or hinder success?, Carolina Evans-Roman
Master's Thesis: Economic empowerement of women through higher level technology training, Jenipher Achieng Owuor
Master's Thesis: How can the educational needs of homeless youth be better served?, Andrea Vandom
Master's Thesis: How we help our children : Mexican immigrant parents of high-achieving students, Katharine Neumann Richman
Master's Thesis: Internet banking history and strategies : a case study of U.S. and Greek banks, Despoina Anesti
Master's Thesis: Learning days : shifting identities through collaborative action, Ryan Richard Oliver
Master's Thesis: Low oral communication and communication apprehension in the high school classroom, Christi A. Crutchfield
Master's Thesis: Marine geology and potential rockfish habitat in the southwestern San Juan Islands, Washington, Janet E. Tilden
Master's Thesis: No direct translation : the other immigrants in a Mexican community at an American school, J. Eric Gross
Master's Thesis: The Geology, Geochemistry and Ecology of a Shallow Water Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, México, Matthew J. Forrest
Master's Thesis: The use of manipulatives and education materials to teach young children about science and conservation, Jenny F. de la Hoz
Capstones/Theses from 2003
Capstone Project: A new bottom line : the ethics of profitability through environmental sustainability, Aaron W. Hull
Capstone Project: Because you can : a contextual autobiography, Lisa Marie Underdown
Capstone Project: Bullying affects on children and prevention strategies, Elizabeth Rada
Capstone Project: Exploring the importance of incorporating the visual and creative arts into elementary school curriculum, Emily McDaniel
Capstone Project: Feminism and science fiction, Emily Garton
Capstone Project: Gender bias in our school system and its effect on career choices for females, Les Stuart
Capstone Project: Hollister, California : birthplace of the American biker, Sarah Capulli
Capstone Project: Iraq War stories : how newspapers covered the first days of the war, Brian M. Kees
Capstone Project: Mi programa radial : the effects of Spanish morning radio programs on the Latino community, RociÌo Palacios AlmodoÌvar
Capstone Project: The ethics of sport : moral guidelines for effective coaching, Jennifer Lynne Whitemore
Capstone Project: The poverty of language in education : a social class perspective on an unequal institution, Julio J. Cardona
Capstone Project: Veteran Transition Center's Coming Home Program, Kelly Hieger
Master's Thesis: Aprendemos letras y sus sonidos : Learning letters and their sounds : an interactive experience, Diana M. Flores
Master's Thesis: Core curriculum in Chad : a case study, Nouracham Niam
Master's Thesis: Dance as identity, resistance and power : danza indiÌgena de La Huasteca, MeÌxico, Janet Rachel Johns
Master's Thesis: Dismantling the master's house : using whose tools? : a critical analysis of the experiences of University Service Advocates at the Service Learning Institute of California State University, Monterey Bay, Judith Flores
Master's Thesis: Domoic acid in the benthic food web of Monterey Bay, California, Judah D. Goldberg
Master's Thesis: Dynamic assessment and reading instruction, Lori Voogd
Master's Thesis: Empowering African American women to use their voices, Debra Bolger
Master's Thesis: Examining multiage education : what teaching strategies and practices best support the academic and social needs of students in multiage classes?, Mary Lisa Kelley
Master's Thesis: Inviting soul into the public school classroom, Natalie Bernasconi
Master's Thesis: Lesson study : the school garden as an integrating context for science and language learning, Karen Nordstrom
Master's Thesis: Monitoring harbor dredging and sedimentary changes in coastal habitats of the Santa Cruz Bight, California, Steven G. Watt
Master's Thesis: Nuclear intron phylogenies and evolution of clonality among Northeastern Pacific Anthopleura species, Laurie J. Fitzgerald
Master's Thesis: Sediment accumulation and sedimentary diatom abundance on the continental shelf of central California, Roger C. Lewis
Master's Thesis: Teachers using computers in successful, effective and meaningful ways, Juanita Perea-Jimenez
Master's Thesis: The distribution and abundance of marine birds in nearshore waters of Monterey Bay, California, Laird A. Henkel
Master's Thesis: The influence of dissolved copper on the production of domoic acid by Pseudo-nitzschia species in Monterey Bay, California : laboratory experiments and field observations, Nicolas Christopher Ladizinsky
Master's Thesis: To what extent can regional art and literature serve as an academic framework to connect CSUMB freshmen to their off-campus housing?, Lila Staples
Capstones/Theses from 2002
Capstone Project: A celluloid history of Blacks in America, Ana Maria Zoellin
Capstone Project: A look at crab monitoring in the Elkhorn Slough, Jennifer Everly
Capstone Project: Anything less than a man : race, manhood, and insurgency in the US military, 1970-1974, Kevin Miller
Capstone Project: A protocol for MPA data collection and comparison : case studies in temperate and tropical oceans, Marnie Meyer
Capstone Project: Artway to academics, Jane Cohen
Capstone Project: A spatial and temporal analysis of trichloroethylene contamination in the aquifers under the former Fort Ord landfill, Kristy J. Meyer
Capstone Project: Assets of a multicultural curriculum in high school English classrooms, Kelley Ghione
Capstone Project: A women's script : individual recognition through created community, Laurel Hunter
Capstone Project: Barbed wire and bars, Chandra Apperson
Capstone Project: Beyond "Pesticides and Beyond" : the partnership of creative writing and service learning in engendering and perpetuating social activism, Paul David Tuff
Capstone Project: Building on the dynamics of youth violence, Noah V. Solis
Capstone Project: Camouflaged : domestic violence and the military family, Mary Porter
Capstone Project: Continuous academic improvement : a case study comparison of private and public school, Shannon Wheelan
Capstone Project: Counseling Mexican American high school students, Juanita Lopez
Capstone Project: Deals and crumbs : a novella depicting child sex slavery, Graham Blake
Capstone Project: Developing a policy that would permit California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) to obtain Cal OSHA certification to complete field inspections, Tamara Murphy
Capstone Project: Dietrich Bonhoeffer : applying his ethic to contemporary U.S.--responding to 911, David Michael Hensler
Capstone Project: Equal pay, comparable worth and the wage gap : from Rosie the Riveter to the presen, Aimee Edwards-Altadonna
Capstone Project: Ethics for a global economy : in the wake of 9-11, Karen Monica Patty
Capstone Project: Evaluation of recruitment methods, Jennifer Tennyson
Capstone Project: Examining the "skin trade" : a cultural and juridical analysis of the Internet's perpetuation of the sex tourism industry, Janelle Sanders
Capstone Project: Fairy tale females : what three Disney classics tell us about women, Debbie Mead
Capstone Project: Female entrepreneurs, Elizabeth Ross
Capstone Project: Filling in the blanks : IHSS desk reference and Power Point presentation, Christina Witkowski
Capstone Project: Finding potential linkages between age, severity, and water stress in pitch canker, Fussarium circinatum, infested Monterey pines in Asilomar State Park, Monterey, California, Dave Contreras
Capstone Project: From braceros to amnesty grantees : three generations of immigration history, LuiÌs MeÌndez M.
Capstone Project: Healing from rape without prejudice : an advocate's struggle, Tiffani Mychelle Jessup
Capstone Project: HIV/AIDS education and prevention outreach program for women, Catrina Flores
Capstone Project: How probation caseload size variations affect performance, Ian Titus
Capstone Project: Hunger and homelessness awareness week, Tamara John
Capstone Project: Identity education in conflict resolution, Mathew De Cristo
Capstone Project: Inspiring women to vote : what would it take?, Courtney Kuhn
Capstone Project: Jewel of the Delta : Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Charles C., Stringer
Capstone Project: Language planning to construct power, inequality, and hegemony, Arturo Ruelas
