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Senior Theses from 2025

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Optimizing Decision-Making in a Cerebral Palsy Model Using Reinforcement Learning, Richard Ampah

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The Genetic Basis of Conical Petal Cells in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ian Hirshfield Beck

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Uncovering a Novel Role for Drosophila brain tumor (brat) in Dopamine Regulation, George Blue, Sandra Watson PhD, and Rhea Mistry

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Verification of Real-Time Smoke Simulations: A Case Study on Early Summer North American Wildfire Events, Daniel Bonilla

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Between Commandment and Identity: A Proposed Study Investigating the Cortisol Stress Response in Queer Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Birthing People, Kayla L. Brinkman

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BRIDGING THE GREEN DIVIDE: Sustainable Community Development and Climate Resilience in Altadena, CA, Katie Brosnan

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Crisis in the Current: A Proposed Study on the Impact of Columbia River Basin Water Quality on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Survival, Olivia Buist-Thuillier

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The Cognition of Emotion: How Cognitive Control and Working Memory Underly Emotion Regulation Strategy Differences, Nathan Chabin

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The Banned Sunscreen Chemicals of Hawai’i: Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Bioaccumulation in Hawaiian Reef Fish and an Environmental Policy Analysis of the Ban, Jessica S. Choi

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To Seek and Sustain: A Theoretical Exploration and Choreographic Analysis of Embodied Safety, Holand B. Dennis

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Exploration of College Campus Design: Centering Community in Urban Life, Ella Francis

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Healthcare Plagued by Colonial Violence: An Analysis of Reproductive Justice and Collective Care in Haiti, Talia Glass

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Public Land and Political Identity: Problematizing Open Space Preserves in Marin County, California, Samantha Gottsegen

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Art as Asset: The Rise of the Financialized Art Market and the Abstraction of Value, Kenneth Knothe

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Identification of Polymorphisms Associated with the Development of FIP in an Inbred Cat Population, Emme Laundry

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Valuating the Impact of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Savannakhet, Laos through Ecosystem Services Assessments, Nathan Lu

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Ni(II) and Co(III) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes as Potential Anticancer Agents, Jack Martin

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BEYOND THE BIN: Transforming Relationships with Waste Through a Collaborative Inquiry-Based Environmental Education Curriculum, Kaylee V. Morris

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The Solar Maya: Resilience and Strength in the Face of Climate Change, Anna Frances Paradise

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Systematic Review of Immunohistochemistry Protocols, Arpitha Parthasarathy

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Racial Health Disparities Among Pregnant Women of Color in New York City: Biological and Systemic Impacts, Kaylin Peña

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Reproducing Inequality: Kinship’s Role in Addressing Environmental and Reproductive Injustice Under Pronatalism, Alexa Potter

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THE CHESAPEAKE PEARL: A Proposal for an Environmental Public Art Installation, Samuel I. Reichard

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Untangling the Classification of Surfaces: an Accessibility-Centered Perspective on Topology, Charlotte N. Richards

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Breathing a New Life into Industrialized Cities: Adapting Warehouses in the Inland Empire, Mazzy Rosenast

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Precipitation, Perceptions, and Participation: An Analysis of Individual Perceptions of Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's Cloud Seeding Pilot Program and Suggestions for Public Outreach and Communications, Rachel A. Rowlee

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Sex Hormones on Morphine Analgesia and Allodynia, Melina Soberg

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Income, Education, and Access: Analyzing Air Conditioning Ownership in the U.S., Kae Tanabe

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A Comparative Analysis on Geothermal Energy in Kenya and California, Sia Were

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The Impact of Titin on Muscle Fiber Composition during Aging, Shannon Wong

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SPACE FOR THE DEPARTED: BURIAL, LAND SCARCITY, AND BONE-ASH APARTMENTS IN CHINA, Xinyi Wu

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Development of a 3D, in vitro model of RUTI incorporating Escherichia coli and epithelial bladder cell co-cultures, Sadie Wyatt

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Wellbeing Against the Odds: Confronting Obstacles to Collective Wellbeing in Greater Los Angeles, Ethan H. Yao

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Farming as Life: Reframing Smallholder Farming as a Site of Self-Sufficiency and Cultural Heritage in Botswana, Natasha Yen

Senior Theses from 2024

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The Ecological Underpinnings of Famine: Irish Agriculture and Land Use Under British Colonialism, 1534-1852, Wyatt Bandy-Page

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Affective Infrastructure and the Chilean Memorial Museum, Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida

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Paths to Belonging: How Chinese Parachute Kids Construct Identity Across Borders, Huiying Chen

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The Effects of Seaweed Farming on Local Ecosystems in the United States, Reid Cohen

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Roadblocks Ahead: High-Speed Rail Setbacks in the United States—Reflections and Ramifications, Sophie Dorn

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Environmental Effects of Planned Wastewater Releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Grant Ho

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Exploring the Impact of Diabetes on Feet: Analysis of Foot Ulcers with a Focus on Eczema-Related Considerations, Namlhun Jachung

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Corporate Influence at Public Universities: Upholding the Conventional Agricultural Paradigm, Michaela Jones

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Effects of the Homegrown Player Rule in the English Premier League: A comprehensive analysis of squad composition, market values, and wages, Jiho "Brian" Jun

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Turning from the Streets to the Courts: Assessing the Extrajudicial Effects of Litigation as a Strategy in the Climate Justice Movement, Journey Lipscomb

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Making Freedom a Place: Geographies of Social Movement Activism and Repression in Oakland, California, Sophie McClain

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Addressing Healthcare Disparities Faced by Aging Down Syndrome Populations, Rhea Mistry

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The Effect of Dsk1 and Kic1 Kinase Deletions on Cdr-2-GFP Localization in Fission Yeast, Kelsey Shintaku

Senior Theses from 2023

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Hyperparameter Codependence in FieldNet: Guidelines for ANN construction, Seiji Akera

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Radioactive, Internal Colonialism: The Uranium Industry’s Historic and Current Impact on the Navajo Nation, Sophie Arens

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Decolonial Foodurisms: From Plantations to Agricultural Spaces of Intersectional Healing, Dominic Arzadon

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Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Mental vs. Physical, Patria Aziz

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From Building to Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar

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The Impact of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Taxes on Consumption and Health Outcomes in Latinx Youth Residing in Los Angeles County, Jacquelyn Campos-Araujo

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Can the XY+Z Heisenberg Model Be Compressed Using the Yang-Baxter Equation? An Exploration of the Compression of Quantum Time Dynamic Circuits Describing Heisenberg Spin Chains, Miriam Caron, Bo Peng Dr., Scott Gould Dr., Kevin Setter Dr., and Niranjan Govind Dr.

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Grieving Climate Change: A Psychological and Personal Exploration of Emotionally Processing the Climate Crisis, Hava Chishti

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Utilizing Multiple Analysis of Petrocalcic Soils to Determine Potential Environmental Factors, Cecilia Compton

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Machines with Heart: Utilizing an STS Framework to Analyze Implementation and Design of Social Eldercare Robots in Germany and Japan, Lucy Conover

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AN ANCIENT THREAD OF “INSEPARABLE ONENESS”: A Theoretical Exploration of Community and Kinship in Grassroots Environmental Justice Movements, Izzy Dean

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Redesigning Pitzer's East Mesa Parking Lot, Maisie deBruyn

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Survey based investigation on diet/BMI in Indian-American communities, Arjan Deol

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21st Century Exhibition Rhetorics, Sabina Eastman

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The Ways I'm a Fraud: Essays on Imposter Syndrome in Identity, Jack Friedman

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Preparing for Uncertain Water Futures: An Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Southern Sierra Nevada Snowpack, Infrastructure Vulnerability, and Implications for San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Management, Kyle Greenspan, Branwen Williams, and Heather Williams

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An Analysis on How Housing Status Influences the Gut-Brain-Axis for populations in and around the Skid Row Area of Los Angeles, California, Mauricio Guzman

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“If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another”: Black LGBTQ students and their experiences with school discipline and punishment, Quentin Jenkins

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Addressing the History and Proposing a Solution for Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria, Riley Kinlaw

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Quantum Darwinism and Preferred Choice of Subsystems, Mahima Kumar

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Entangled Mangrove Roots: The Shrimp Industry, Ancestral Afro-Descendant People, and Community Resistance in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, O'philia Le

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La Puerta Park, Graeme F. Logan

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Diversity, Equity, & Exclusion: Examining Jewish Identity & Antisemitism as Missing Pieces of DEI and Ethnic Studies Education, Katie Meitchik

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Can Host Traits and Environmental Conditions Predict Helminth Fecundity and Length?, Finley Melnikoff

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Effect of poor menstrual health on UTI diagnosis, Michelle Muturi

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Evidence for the Integration of Movement Based Alternative Therapy in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, Kareena Parmar

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DNA Barcoding Illuminates Biodiversity and Geographical Distributions of Indo-Pacific Shallow-Water Octocorals off the Coast of the Philippines, Asha Peddada

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Analysis of the Dynamic Between Air Pollutants in the Environment and COVID-19 in Rural and Urban California Counties, Isabella Pollalis

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Surfactant-Loaded Xanthohumol: A Potentially Improved Hops-Based Antimicrobial, Ty Rocker

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Restoring an Iconic Joshua Tree Forest: Natural Recovery, Restoration Success, and Soil Microhabitats on a Desert Burn Area, Riley Scaff

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Decoherence and Preferred Tensor Product Structures for Systems of Qubits, Marissa M. Singh

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My Backyard Garden, Hezekiah Smithstein

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Investigating Neuroanatomical Evolution through Proliferative Cells in the Astyanax Mexicanus, Sophie Staeger

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Effects of Indonesian Cuisine on the Dutch Kitchen and Culture Post World War II, Anton Syril van Schaik

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Health Behavior and Outlooks in an Altered Microbial Diversity: Changes in Parental Attitudes on ‘Building Immunity’ Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jennifer Vidal

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From Bloom to Bouquet: Unearthing the Toxic Cut Flower Industry, Addie Wasikonis

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Miniscule and Might Predators: A Cautionary Tale of the Power of Mosquitoes in California and the Greater United States, Benjamin Willett

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Growing Culturally Relevant Food at the Urban Farm: An Examination of Sovereign Foodways, Place-Making Practices, and Autonomous Identity-Shaping, Dahlia Bess Zail

Senior Theses from 2022

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Addressing Pediatric Health Disparities: School-Based Health Centers Expand Access to Primary Care and Advance Health Equity, Clio Bazakas

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Growing Meat on Plants: Using intermediate CBD-RGD fusion proteins to improve bovine satellite cell attachment on cellulose-based scaffolds, Julian Cohen

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Not Coming Home: The Flaws in Skilled Nursing Facilities and their Contribution to Cyclical Hospitalizations of Post-Acute Patients, Kate Eisenbraun

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Shriveling Bodies and a Shrinking World: A Journey from Woolf’s Feminism to Contemporary Notions of Aging, Beauty and Visibility, Esme Fairbairn

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How Can Economic and Social Marginalization Explain Mexico’s Drug War Violence? An Assessment of the Role that Poverty and Social Marginalization Plays in Explaining Variations in Homicide Rates., Diego Flores

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Finding a Place for Women of Color: An Examination of Definitions of Inclusion, Neoliberalism, and Their Effects on Women of Color in Higher Education, Xochitl Husted

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Mental Disorders, the Positivity Effect, and Questions of Identity and Responsibility, Liam Jones

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Agroecology Curriculum Proposal, Emily Kuhn

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PARENT-PROMPTED DYSREGULATION: DO PARENTS SERVE AS CUES FOR DYSREGULATION IN SOME CHILDREN?, Daniel Lee

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Validation of the Use of Clathromorphum compactum Growth and Skeletal δ18O as a Proxy for Seawater Conditions, Teagan McMahon

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The Heirloom as Evidence: Investigating the Colonial Trace Preserved within my Family’s Sandalwood Box, Olivia Meehan

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Beyond The Technical Dimensions of Water: Community-Based Efforts for Water Justice in the High Desert, Ella Meyer

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Model Minority Perceptions: The Lived Experiences of Asian American Women in Collegiate Sports, Anna Ponzio

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Investigation of Tryptophan Synthase Mutation Effects on Substrate and Coenzyme Binding, William Ragen

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Chemical Analysis of Amoxicillin Samples Using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography in Tandem with Mass Spectrometry for the Distributed Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory, Sophie Samiee