Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The African Christian History of American Songs of Slavery, Elizabeth Adekale
Examining the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Exams, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average as Predictors of College Readiness, Carol Ann Alexander
On Multiplication Groups of Quasigroups, Ahmed Al Fares
A Tailored Sleep Behavior Change Support System to Promote the Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Machines: Theorizing the Solution, Sarah Alismail
Government Expenditure and Relative Efficiencies: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates with Application of the Relative Political Allocation Model, Ahmed A. Almulla
Essays in Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics, Rana Sulaiman Alogaily
Determinants of Bond Market Development in Emerging and Developing Economies, Mohanad Alsadoun
The Pervert’s Guide to the Museum, Seth Ifor Alt
Towards a Philosophy of Least Violence, Daniel Whitcomb Ambord
What Causes Power Transition Conflicts?: Evidence from Interactions between International and Domestic Politics, Jingjing An
Physiological Synchrony Predicts Cooperative Behavior with High Stakes, Lena Arai
A Path to Visibility and Leadership: How Mentoring Relationships Impact Career Advancement in Student Affairs for Asian American Women, Erica Alcantara Aros
An Exponential Formula for Random Variables Generated by Multiple Brownian Motions, Maximilian Lawrence Baroi
Picture This: Black Girl Multilingual Magic, Reka C. Barton
Truth and Enlargement in the Political Thought of John Stuart Mill, Aaron Berg
How Epistolary Novelists’ Literalizations of Moral Sense Philosophy Dramatize the Long-Eighteenth Century’s Gender Battles, Melissa Stacey Bishop-Magallanes
Carnivalizing the Nation: Reassessing the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival as an Inclusive Platform for Local and Diaspora Cultural Identity, Shari Bissoondatt
Do You Want to Be an Organ Donor? Why Question Order and Straightlining Matter, Danielle R. Blazek
Duty, Honor, Country: Generalship and Institutional Magnanimity, Erin E. Brooks
Still Reforming: The Need for a New Confession in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Matthew W. Bussell
Mapping the Socio-Spatial Educational Trajectories of Justice-Impacted Latina/o/x Students, Rachel Camacho
Building Zion: Sacred Space, the United Order, and Mormon Successor Groups, Stephen Cameron
First Year College Experiences of California’s Central Valley Latina/o/x Students, Alonzo Campos
Native Lands in Enemy Territory: Indigenous and Asian American Veteran Erasure and Resistance in the Literature of War, Kimberly Teaman Carroll
The Noble and the Base: Epideictic Rhetoric and the Character of Regimes, Rebeca Castaneda
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE AMONG PROBATIONERS ENROLLED IN THE RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, WHOLE-PERSON CARE PILOT PROGRAM, Nirshila Chand
Malcontents in the Middle: Uncertainty-Identity, Extreme Religious Groups and Leader Rhetoric, Jared K. Chapman
A Theology of Divine Calling in Light of Karl Barth, A.N. Whitehead, and Meister Eckhart’s Theological Forms, Kin Ting Caleb Cheung
Recognize and Accept Me: Consequences of the Drive for Social Identity Validation, Eunice U. Choi
Indigenous Climatic Perspectives: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Environmental Discourse Analysis, Linda G. Claros
Evaluation from Both Sides Now: Towards an Epistemology of Evaluation Practice, Heather D. Codd
Teacher Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Sight Word Development, Svetlana Cvetkovic
Fostering Verbal and Play Interactions in Heritage Language: A Naturalistic Intervention Mediated by Siblings for Autistic Children, Alanna Dantona
Attitudes Toward Immigrants as a Function of National Identity Distinctiveness Threat and Imagined Contact, Alicia S. Davis
Black Preschool Minds Matter: A Critical Examination of Preschool Teacher Beliefs About Discipline, Michelle DeJohnette
Public Perception of Socio-Scientific Issues Do You Decide Based on Your Education, Your Experience or Reading the News?, Burcu Demiralp
Learning from History: Real and Perceived Threats to National Security, David Dupont
Physicians’ Perceptions of the Utility of Clinical Guidelines in the Management of People with Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Eskandarani
Mindfulness: A Personal Resource in Organizational Change, Mona Farid-Nejad
School Counselors in Large Public High Schools: Roles and Responsibilities and Their Effects on Latinos/as A-G College Course Completion Rates, Patricia Perez Filimaua
Data-Driven Methods for Low-Energy Nuclear Theory, Jordan M.R. Fox
A Phenomenological Study Examining the Experiences and Postsecondary Transition Outcomes for Young Adults with Mild to Moderate Disabilities, Danielle Frierson
Towards Achieving Human Flourishing – An mHealth Application and Machine Learning Approach, Yubo Fu
First-Year Effects and Persistence Decisions: A Moderated Mediation Model of Coping, Self-Efficacy, and Locus of Control, Christina Gramatikova
Peacebuilding and Gender Inclusivity: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh, Adrineh Gregorian
A Computational Analysis of Civil Resistance Dynamics and Outcomes, Soha Hammam
Attracting Applicants with Corporate Social Responsibility: A Social Dilemma Perspective, Shin Han
Evaluation Training in Public Health: Exploring a New Approach for MPH Curricula, Bree Hemingway
Digital Archives as Relationship-Building: Reflections on Worldmaking in Community-Based Latin American and Caribbean Diasporic Memory Work in Southern California, Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz
Self-Distancing as a Persuasive Amplifier for Increasing Help-Seeking among People with Depression, Sara M. Hollar
A Vascular Flora of the Manter and Salmon Creek Watersheds, Tulare County, California, Nina Marie House
Conjecture and Evidence: Discovering the Costs of Contemporary American Political Ideals, Joseph C. Immormino
California Bookstores: Passion and Profit, Scout Jaech
Teacher Perceptions of Relationship Building with Students: A Case Study of K-5 Schools in a Southern California School District, Anais Janoyan
Cosponsorship Networks in the U.S. Congress: Measuring the Success of Female Legislators, Brian Jewett
The Influence of Payment Method: Do Consumers Pay More with Mobile Payment?, Yizhao Jiang
Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling: Examining the Academic and Professional Identity Development of Asian American Women Faculty, Christine Whang Kang
Measuring Purposeful Engagement in Leader Self-Development: A Scale Validation and Pathway to Leader Adaptability, Amber Kea-Edwards
On Coherence and the Geometry of Certain Families of Lattices, David Booth Kogan
Evaluating Los Angeles Homelessness Policy Using System Dynamics Modeling, Dandan Kowarsch
Characterization of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Essential Workforce Members of a Large Urban Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, Deborah Kupferwasser
The Role of Identity for the Practitioner and the Student: Culturally Inclusive Career Services for Pacific Islander Students in Higher Education, Roshni Devi Lal
Harry E. "Indian" Miller: Spectacles of Identity in the Early Twentieth Century American Southwest, Courtney Lamb
Excessive Stakeholder Evaluation Anxiety (XSEA): Helping Your Stakeholder Find Their Sea Legs with Program Evaluation, Samantha B. Langan
Transnational Film Practices: Hollywood Remakes of South Korean Films and Preference on Genre Films, Jung Lim Lee
The Economics of Public Safety, Uyen Le
An Exploratory Analysis of How Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde, and Patrisse Cullors Radicalized the Meaning and Practice of Self-Care, Melanie Marie Lindsay
The Carceral Death Machine: Savagery, Contamination and Sacrifice in the Contemporary Prison, Timothy Malone
Latina/o College Students with Psychiatric Disabilities: Experiences Encountered on the Postsecondary Educational Trajectory, Adaly Reyes Martinez
Political Cultures in Times of Crisis: Measuring the Effects of Liberal Values on Interstate Crisis Onset, Timothy Milosch
Investigating How Reading Enhances Empathy: A Longitudinal, Diary Study of Everyday Reading Habits, Caleb H. Mitchell
Systematics and Conservation of the Genus Malacothamnus (Malvaceae), Keir Morse
Ecofeminist Theology in Islam: The Process and Application of Synthesizing Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Insights, Islamic Feminist Aspirations, and Ecological Concerns, Nayawiyyah U. Muhammad
An Iterative Method for Canonical Polyadic Decomposition of Tensors, Ionela Silviana Munayco
Decision Making and Reform Within the United States Criminal Justice System, Rainita Narender
Global Citizenship Education and Teacher Learning and Change: Lessons Learned from within a Nascent Movement, Janette Neumann
The French Conundrum: The Unsettled Relationship between the Colonial Past, Identity Construction, and Immigration in the Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Sierra Ruby Newby-Smith
In Their Own Words: An Exploration of the Educational Experiences of Black, Indigenous Girls and Gender Expansive Youth of Color in Foster Care, Franchesca Ocasio
Green, Clean, and Mean? China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa Economy, Makuochukwu Okoma
The Future of Plastics Trade: Identifying Determinants and Impacts of the Shifting Global Plastic Scraps Network, Ana Ortiz Salazar
Reactions to Others with Depression: An Investigation of Responsibility and Deservingness Judgments, Tara Parnitvithikul
Investigating the Future of Student Affairs Professionals, Quincey Penn
A Fearless Set of Men, Spencer Gregory Pirnik
Perceiving the Good: An Agent Relative Account of Desire, Paul R. Pistone
Implications for Educational Equity Due to Master Scheduling Decisions Made by Site Administrators, Rachel Pittman
Memorial Museums: Politics, Spectacle and Interpretation, Deepthi Ponnaluru
The State of Teacher Evaluations in California K-12 Public Schools during COVID-19, Irene Preciado
Jemimas, Jockeys, and Jolly Banks: The Racial Discourse of Black Collectibles, Conrad Pruitt
Queering Submission: (Re)Framing Evangelical Wifely Submission through BDSM, Amanda Pumphrey
A Flora of Coyote Ridge and Flat, Inyo County, California, Martin Purdy
Exploring Social Identity Complexity and the Possible Impact on Stereotype Threat, Lindsay Quarles
A Framework for and Design of a Smart Academic Building Using Sensors, Citizen Participation, and Volunteered Geographic Information, Neelam Raigangar
Identity Centrality Influences Group Members’ Self-uncertainty, Self-esteem, and Evaluations of Moral Deviants, Jeff Varun Ramdass
Racial Microaggression Experiences of Latinx Community College Students, Maria Reyes
