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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Marginalization of Fezzan Region in Libya, Amad Abukhzaam

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Opportunity Cost of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness: Testing the Impact of Four Policy Options on United States’ Economy, Emelia Akhlaghi

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Essays on Marijuana Legalizations, Fawaz Alotaibi

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Three Essays in Behavioral Economics and Macroeconomics: Unraveling Celebrity Influence on Philanthropy, Racial Disparities in Donation Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia, Rawan Khalid Alothaim

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Optimal Portfolio Construction for Oil-Based Sovereign Wealth Funds, Mohammed Saeed Alshowaikhat

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Immigrant Muslim women’s belief and practice of the veil in Southern California, Fatimah Alsuhaibani

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Essays on the Labor Market, Hard Drug Use, and Traffic Fatalities, Abdullah Alswelh

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The Effects of Internalized Homonegativity, Outness, and Depression on Sexual Risk Prevention Behaviors of Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men, Devin Arias

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Natural Law Theory Under the Sun How Iranian Political Thought Viewed Tyranny as Opposed to The West, Shahram Arshadnejad

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School District Investment Reform: Examining Student-Level Factors to First Grade Reading Achievement Supported by Equity Funding Formulas in Predominantly Latin/x Schools, Frances Baez

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The Role of Mediators in the Relationship Between Export Diversification and Economic Development, Hajer Abdulla Basodan

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Female Pleasure and Theories of Desire in Narrative Structure: Evolution, Futurity, and Species Survival in the Post-Human and Science Fiction Imaginary, Laura L. S. Bauer

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The Future of Community Health Center Executive Leadership A Mixed-Method Formative Evaluation, Lizbeth Bayardo Cardenas

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The Value of Mentoring in Living Out Your Calling, Megan Benzing

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True Connections: High-Quality Connections in a Post-COVID-19 Landscape, Alyssa Birnbaum

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Women's Legislative Representation: Attitudes and Institutions, Laura Bouamrane

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Undergraduates’ Preparedness for College-Level Work in STEM: The Importance of Reading and Understanding Scientific Theories, Arguments, and Data, Ewa M. Burchard

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As Below So Above: Reconstructing the Neo-Babylonian Worldview, Heather Marie Burrow

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What is a “Helpmate”? Using Comparative Semitic Linguistics to Propose New Translations for Ezer Kenegdo, Rebekah Call

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Dismantling Education’s “Wicked” Problems, Amanda M. Castillo

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Exploring College Knowledge: Diálogo Between College Counselors and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Latinx Public High School Students, Maritza Azucena Salazar Cha

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Communal Appropriation: Considerations of Heritage and Cultural Preservation, Nikia Chaney

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Territorial and Maritime Disputes in South China Sea: The United States' Strategic Plan of Response, Jung Lin Chang

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Staying Engaged During the Remote Work Revolution: An Integrated Job Crafting Perspective, Christopher Legion Chen

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Certain That I Belong in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM): Women's Authentic Belonging and Men's Inclusion Actions Through Job Crafting, Cecelia Lee (Dotzler) Corson

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Signaling Dynamic Authenticity as a Leader, Laura Dannhäuser

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Influenced: Performing Gender and Femininity in Mormon and Evangelical Online Spaces, Kathryn Ann Davis

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Institutional Researchers and Equitable Outcomes: An Examination of Factors Driving Their Success, Qiana Nichole Davis

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Commodifying the Conifer: The Rise of the Christmas Tree Industry in the United States, Kerri Dean

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Under Threat: An Empirical Test of the Social Identity Theory of Psychological Safety, Jessica Brull Barrett Diaz

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Playing with Power: An Autoethnographic Study of "The Last of Us" as a Black Gamer, Adrienne Domasin

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The Effect of Bureaucracy on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Study of Libya and the United Arab Emirates, Abdurraouf Abdussalam Elakder

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Stairway to Fairness: The Impact of Explanations on Applicant Reactions to Automated Video Interviews, Benjamin E. Falls

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Lattice Extensions and Zeros of Multilinear Polynomials, Maxwell Forst

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A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education, Sergio A. Gonzalez

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The Effect of Age, Syntax Complexity, and Cognitive Ability on the Rate of Semantic Illusions, Sara Anne Goring

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A Systems-Based Patient Aid Design Artifact for Active Medication Management in Type 2 Diabetes, Ibrahim A. Hamzah

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Advancing Internet Viewpoint Diversity: A Novel Algorithm and a Corpus Creation Tool, Jeffrey Harwell

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Judgments of Learning and Retrospective Confidence Judgments: A Qualitative Exploration of Difference in Processes, David Hengerer

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Assessment of Founders in Venture Capital Investment Decisions, Gregory Gerald Hennessy

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Social Capital and the Transition to College for Asian Americans, Chia S. Her

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A Struggle So Beautiful: The Roses That Rise From Concrete: Exploring Transformative Ruptures in the Higher Education Journeys of Formerly Incarcerated Latinx/a/o Students Through Relationships with Institutional Agents, Joe Louis Hernandez

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Prospects for Professional Art and STEM Collaborations to Create STEAM Programs and Projects, Darius K. Hines

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The Green Revolution in California: The Real Costs and Benefits of Changing Electricity Production, Joseph James Hoffman

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Disruption, Dissent, and Dialogue: YPAR as a Pedagogical and Institutional Tool, Charlene E. Holkenbrink-Monk

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Summary of Essays on the Constitutional Application of the 1996 CDA Section 230 and Separation of Powers, Gia Luisa Honnen-Weisdorn

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Capital Controls and Banking Crises in Emerging Markets, Xizhen Huang

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College Aspirations, Preparation, and Enrollment of First-Generation College Students: The Role of College Counseling Support, Jamilla Helena Jamison

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Optimization and Machine Learning Applied to Inverse Problems in Partial Differential Equations, Zhixuan Jia

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Black Feminist Poiesis: Locating “The Uses of the Erotic” Within Black Domesticity, Kiandra S. Jimenez

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Paul R. Williams at Work in Photographs: Tarrying With Cites/Sights/Sites of Trouble, Denise M. Johnson

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A Digital Transformation Framework for Biopharma Manufacturing, Frederick K. Johnson

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African American Female Political Behavior in the Georgia General Assembly: Policy, Position, & Power, Shawnika Johnson

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Black Girl Black Girl Holla and Let Em’ Hear You: An Autoethnographic Exploration of My Experiences From Black Girlhood to Black Womanhood, Ashá S. Jones

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Evaluation Education in a World in Transformation: The Way Forward, Marcia Paterno Joppert

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A Forward-Looking Conceptualization of Information Privacy, David Kallemeyn

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Empathy Unfolding: A Complexity Neuroeducation Framework for Tracing the Impact of Immersive Storytelling and Transformational Learning on Nursing Education, Maria H. Keckler

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Factors That Enable or Hinder the Transition of Some Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries to Green Energy, Verkine KeukPanossian

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Diffusion of Environmental Protection Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Policy in California, Sekwen Kim

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Multidisciplinary Approach to Civil Conflict: Political, Economic, and Social Determinants of Violence, Zhamilia Klycheva

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Moral Outrage Moderates the Relationships Between System Perception, System Justification, and Intergroup Helping Behavior: A Multigroup Approach, Michael Edward Knapp

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A Culturally Responsive Evaluation Lens to Logic Model Design, Ciara Cascharelle Knight

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The External Influences on Korea's Monetary Policy, Seh-Beom Koo

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Adaptive Evaluation for Systems in Rapid Change or Sustained Transition: Innovations and Applications Generated from a Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amy Kuhn

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Conversion and Apostasy: Egypt in Premodern and Modern Times, Yostena A. Labib

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Is Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance by State and Local Governments Constitutional?, Joseph Lake

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Experiences of LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Implementation of The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Jonathan Carter Lee

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An Empirical Study: Evaluating the Impact of Economic, Human Resource, and Governance Factors to Foreign Direct Investment, Yuan-Yuan Lee

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“I Don’t Want to Cook”: Reconfiguring the Domestic Space in Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Rida Leonard

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What motivates transformational leaders? On the relationship between leaders’ satisfaction of basic psychological needs and transformational leadership, Haoxiong Li

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The Evolution of Efficiency in the Chinese Stock Market, Qiyun Li

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The Feel of the Road: Anxiety, Passivity, and Empathy in Postwar Women’s Road Narratives, Diana Luu

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What drives West African Diaspora students to success?, Toby Madubuko

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Dynamics and Equilibria of N Point Charges on a 2D Ellipse or a 3D Ellipsoid, Barah Makhdum

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Public Health and the Politics of Haussmannization in Nineteenth-Century Paris, 1830-1870, Mikaela Malsy

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African American Women in the Academy: Meaningful Pathways to Productive Careers, Kenya Marshall Harper

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Understanding the Relationship Between Undergraduate Students’ On-Campus Employment Status and Their Reported Sense of Belonging to the Campus Community Post the COVID-19 Pandemic, Samantha Martinez

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Mourning at Mount Vernon: Memory, Commemoration, and Thanatourism in the Creation of Nineteenth-Century American Identity, Lisa Janeen Matthews

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Remodeling the Closet: The Individual and Organizational Correlates of Workplace Sexual Identity Management, David M. Mendelsohn

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Implementation of Local Control Accountability Plans in a Geographically Diverse Sample of K-12 California Public School Districts: The Impact on the Classroom and Parent Input in the Process, Rita Mongoven Miller

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Understanding Cancer Caregiver Burnout using Machine Learning Models and Providing Support for Wellbeing with Wearable-device based Mobile App, Md. Moniruzzaman

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Longitudinal Effects of Prenatal Teratogen Exposure on Executive Function and Academic Outcomes, Dawn Michele Moore

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The Restoration of Religious Freedom: Joseph Smith’s Evolving Understanding of the United States Constitution, 1830-1844, Mitch Nelson

Smart Home Cybersecurity Challenges: An Assessment of End-User Knowledge and a Training Solution to Mitigate These Challenges, Ali Nusair

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How Capable Does That Make You Feel? Appraisal Dimensions of Emotion and Health Behavior Judgments, Catherine Elizabeth Nylin

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A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Decision-Making of California’s Principals During Local Control, Adrienne Ortega-Magallanes

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Evil No More: The Image of the Witch and Women in the United States From Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries, Morgan Taylor Peacha

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Going Above and Beyond: Motivation in The Reading Lab, Steve A. Pell

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Experiencing Uncertainty as a Challenge or a Threat: Impact on Attraction to Entitative Groups, Mary Peterson

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Evaluative Thinking Amid Disaster, Phung Khanh Pham

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The Development of Adolescent Students’ Self-Directed Learning Skills Within a Montessori Program During COVID-19: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study, Elyse Laurelle Postlewaite

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Teacher Education Program Recruitment and Admissions: A Multiple Case Study of Three Minority-Serving Institutions in California, Mayeen Quader

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Interpersonal Skills: Exploring the Future of Evaluator Training, Jessica Renger

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Partisan Politics and Green Foreign Direct Investment (Electrical Vehicle Industry in the United States), Inseon Roh

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More Moments with Others Matter for Emotion Regulation and Well-Being: A Study of First-Year College Students’ Daily Life During COVID-19, Jaymes Paolo Delas Armas Rombaoa

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Examining the Effectiveness of Mental Health and Law Enforcement Partnerships in California, Domonique Hualani Rood

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The Structure of Working Memory: A Review and New View of Psychometric Models, Kevin Pablo Rosales

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California Community College Presidents’ Leadership: Serving Latinx Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions, Christina Joy Ryan Rodríguez

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Further Examining the Bias Habit-Breaking Intervention in a Non-Academic Organizational Sample, Veronica Scott

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The ‘Failed’ Detectives: Failure as a Structure of Feeling in American Detective Fiction, 1914-1953, Ayoung Seok