Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring The Relationship Between Heritage Language Teachers’ Professional Development Experiences and Their Self-Efficacy, Shahnaz Ahmadeian Fard
Opportunity Cost of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness: Testing the Impact of Four Policy Options on United States’ Economy, Emelia Akhlaghi
Essays on Marijuana Legalizations, Fawaz Alotaibi
From Macro to Micro: A Study of the Impact of Stock Market Development and Behavioral Factors on Charitable Donations During the COVID-19 Pandemic., Sahar Alqunaibit
Optimal Portfolio Construction for Oil-Based Sovereign Wealth Funds, Mohammed Saeed Alshowaikhat
Immigrant Muslim women’s belief and practice of the veil in Southern California, Fatimah Alsuhaibani
Essays on the Labor Market, Hard Drug Use, and Traffic Fatalities, Abdullah Alswelh
Natural Law Theory Under the Sun How Iranian Political Thought Viewed Tyranny as Opposed to The West, Shahram Arshadnejad
The Role of Mediators in the Relationship Between Export Diversification and Economic Development, Hajer Abdulla Basodan
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
The Future of Community Health Center Executive Leadership A Mixed-Method Formative Evaluation, Lizbeth Bayardo Cardenas
The Value of Mentoring in Living Out Your Calling, Megan Benzing
True Connections: High-Quality Connections in a Post-COVID-19 Landscape, Alyssa Birnbaum
Women's Legislative Representation: Attitudes and Institutions, Laura Bouamrane
Undergraduates’ Preparedness for College-Level Work in STEM: The Importance of Reading and Understanding Scientific Theories, Arguments, and Data, Ewa M. Burchard
As Below So Above: Reconstructing the Neo-Babylonian Worldview, Heather Marie Burrow
What is a “Helpmate”? Using Comparative Semitic Linguistics to Propose New Translations for Ezer Kenegdo, Rebekah Call
Dismantling Education’s “Wicked” Problems, Amanda M. Castillo
Exploring College Knowledge: Diálogo Between College Counselors and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Latinx Public High School Students, Maritza Azucena Salazar Cha
Communal Appropriation: Considerations of Heritage and Cultural Preservation, Nikia Chaney
Territorial and Maritime Disputes in South China Sea: The United States' Strategic Plan of Response, Jung Lin Chang
Epistemology and Authority in Two Latter-day Saint QAnon Conspiracy Theorists, Indra Jean Louise Chapman
Staying Engaged During the Remote Work Revolution: An Integrated Job Crafting Perspective, Christopher Legion Chen
The SS: The Phony Elite and Brutal Preparators of the Holocaust, John E. Cordero
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
Signaling Dynamic Authenticity as a Leader, Laura Dannhäuser
17th Century Colonial Witchcraft: Before Salem, Andréa Diane Davis
Influenced: Performing Gender and Femininity in Mormon and Evangelical Online Spaces, Kathryn Ann Davis
Institutional Researchers and Equitable Outcomes: An Examination of Factors Driving Their Success, Qiana Nichole Davis
Commodifying the Conifer: The Rise of the Christmas Tree Industry in the United States, Kerri Dean
Under Threat: An Empirical Test of the Social Identity Theory of Psychological Safety, Jessica Brull Barrett Diaz
Comics Ideology: Racism in American Comics During World War II, Luke Diep-Nguyen
Playing with Power: An Autoethnographic Study of "The Last of Us" as a Black Gamer, Adrienne Domasin
The Effect of Bureaucracy on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment: A Comparative Study of Libya and the United Arab Emirates, Abdurraouf Abdussalam Elakder
Stairway to Fairness: The Impact of Explanations on Applicant Reactions to Automated Video Interviews, Benjamin E. Falls
Three Essays in Behavioral Economics, Zhou Fang
Lattice Extensions and Zeros of Multilinear Polynomials, Maxwell Forst
Saftey of Covid-19 Vaccines in Real World Studies, Khawla Amar Mohamed Gammudi
A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education, Sergio A. Gonzalez
The Effect of Age, Syntax Complexity, and Cognitive Ability on the Rate of Semantic Illusions, Sara Anne Goring
A Systems-Based Patient Aid Design Artifact for Active Medication Management in Type 2 Diabetes, Ibrahim A. Hamzah
Advancing Internet Viewpoint Diversity: A Novel Algorithm and a Corpus Creation Tool, Jeffrey Harwell
Judgments of Learning and Retrospective Confidence Judgments: A Qualitative Exploration of Difference in Processes, David Hengerer
Assessment of Founders in Venture Capital Investment Decisions, Gregory Gerald Hennessy
Social Capital and the Transition to College for Asian Americans, Chia S. Her
Prospects for Professional Art and STEM Collaborations to Create STEAM Programs and Projects, Darius K. Hines
The Green Revolution in California: The Real Costs and Benefits of Changing Electricity Production, Joseph James Hoffman
Disruption, Dissent, and Dialogue: YPAR as a Pedagogical and Institutional Tool, Charlene E. Holkenbrink-Monk
Summary of Essays on the Constitutional Application of the 1996 CDA Section 230 and Separation of Powers, Gia Luisa Honnen-Weisdorn
Capital Controls and Banking Crises in Emerging Markets, Xizhen Huang
College Aspirations, Preparation, and Enrollment of First-Generation College Students: The Role of College Counseling Support, Jamilla Helena Jamison
Optimization and Machine Learning Applied to Inverse Problems in Partial Differential Equations, Zhixuan Jia
Black Feminist Poiesis: Locating “The Uses of the Erotic” Within Black Domesticity, Kiandra S. Jimenez
Paul R. Williams at Work in Photographs: Tarrying With Cites/Sights/Sites of Trouble, Denise M. Johnson
A Digital Transformation Framework for Biopharma Manufacturing, Frederick K. Johnson
African American Female Political Behavior in the Georgia General Assembly: Policy, Position, & Power, Shawnika Johnson
Evaluation Education in a World in Transformation: The Way Forward, Marcia Paterno Joppert
Essays on Bubbles in Asset Market Experiments, Taeksang Jung
A Forward-Looking Conceptualization of Information Privacy, David Kallemeyn
Empathy Unfolding: A Complexity Neuroeducation Framework for Tracing the Impact of Immersive Storytelling and Transformational Learning on Nursing Education, Maria H. Keckler
Factors That Enable or Hinder the Transition of Some Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries to Green Energy, Verkine KeukPanossian
Managing Someone 'Less like You' From Afar: The Role of Virtual Communication Modality, Boree Kim
Diffusion of Environmental Protection Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Policy in California, Sekwen Kim
Multidisciplinary Approach to Civil Conflict: Political, Economic, and Social Determinants of Violence, Zhamilia Klycheva
Moral Outrage Moderates the Relationships Between System Perception, System Justification, and Intergroup Helping Behavior: A Multigroup Approach, Michael Edward Knapp
A Culturally Responsive Evaluation Lens to Logic Model Design, Ciara Cascharelle Knight
The External Influences on Korea's Monetary Policy, Seh-Beom Koo
Conversion and Apostasy: Egypt in Premodern and Modern Times, Yostena A. Labib
Is Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance by State and Local Governments Constitutional?, Joseph Lake
Experiences of LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Implementation of The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Jonathan Carter Lee
An Empirical Study: Evaluating the Impact of Economic, Human Resource, and Governance Factors to Foreign Direct Investment, Yuan-Yuan Lee
“I Don’t Want to Cook”: Reconfiguring the Domestic Space in Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Rida Leonard
The Evolution of Efficiency in the Chinese Stock Market, Qiyun Li
The Feel of the Road: Anxiety, Passivity, and Empathy in Postwar Women’s Road Narratives, Diana Luu
What drives West African Diaspora students to success?, Toby Madubuko
Dynamics and Equilibria of N Point Charges on a 2D Ellipse or a 3D Ellipsoid, Barah Makhdum
Public Health and the Politics of Haussmannization in Nineteenth-Century Paris, 1830-1870, Mikaela Malsy
African American Women in the Academy: Meaningful Pathways to Productive Careers, Kenya Marshall Harper
Mourning at Mount Vernon: Memory, Commemoration, and Thanatourism in the Creation of Nineteenth-Century American Identity, Lisa Janeen Matthews
Remodeling the Closet: The Individual and Organizational Correlates of Workplace Sexual Identity Management, David M. Mendelsohn
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
A Vascular Flora of the Nopah Range, Inyo County, California, Carolyn J. Mills
Understanding Cancer Caregiver Burnout using Machine Learning Models and Providing Support for Wellbeing with Wearable-device based Mobile App, Md. Moniruzzaman
Longitudinal Effects of Prenatal Teratogen Exposure on Executive Function and Academic Outcomes, Dawn Michele Moore
The Restoration of Religious Freedom: Joseph Smith’s Evolving Understanding of the United States Constitution, 1830-1844, Mitch Nelson
How Capable Does That Make You Feel? Appraisal Dimensions of Emotion and Health Behavior Judgments, Catherine Elizabeth Nylin
A Mixed Methods Inquiry into the Decision-Making of California’s Principals During Local Control, Adrienne Ortega-Magallanes
Evil No More: The Image of the Witch and Women in the United States From Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries, Morgan Taylor Peacha
Going Above and Beyond: Motivation in The Reading Lab, Steve A. Pell
Experiencing Uncertainty as a Challenge or a Threat: Impact on Attraction to Entitative Groups, Mary Peterson
