Senior Theses from 2025
Optimizing Decision-Making in a Cerebral Palsy Model Using Reinforcement Learning, Richard Ampah
The Genetic Basis of Conical Petal Cells in Arabidopsis thaliana, Ian Hirshfield Beck
Uncovering a Novel Role for Drosophila brain tumor (brat) in Dopamine Regulation, George Blue, Sandra Watson PhD, and Rhea Mistry
Verification of Real-Time Smoke Simulations: A Case Study on Early Summer North American Wildfire Events, Daniel Bonilla
Between Commandment and Identity: A Proposed Study Investigating the Cortisol Stress Response in Queer Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Birthing People, Kayla L. Brinkman
BRIDGING THE GREEN DIVIDE: Sustainable Community Development and Climate Resilience in Altadena, CA, Katie Brosnan
Crisis in the Current: A Proposed Study on the Impact of Columbia River Basin Water Quality on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Survival, Olivia Buist-Thuillier
The Cognition of Emotion: How Cognitive Control and Working Memory Underly Emotion Regulation Strategy Differences, Nathan Chabin
To Seek and Sustain: A Theoretical Exploration and Choreographic Analysis of Embodied Safety, Holand B. Dennis
Exploration of College Campus Design: Centering Community in Urban Life, Ella Francis
Healthcare Plagued by Colonial Violence: An Analysis of Reproductive Justice and Collective Care in Haiti, Talia Glass
Public Land and Political Identity: Problematizing Open Space Preserves in Marin County, California, Samantha Gottsegen
Art as Asset: The Rise of the Financialized Art Market and the Abstraction of Value, Kenneth Knothe
Identification of Polymorphisms Associated with the Development of FIP in an Inbred Cat Population, Emme Laundry
BEYOND THE BIN: Transforming Relationships with Waste Through a Collaborative Inquiry-Based Environmental Education Curriculum, Kaylee V. Morris
The Solar Maya: Resilience and Strength in the Face of Climate Change, Anna Frances Paradise
Systematic Review of Immunohistochemistry Protocols, Arpitha Parthasarathy
Racial Health Disparities Among Pregnant Women of Color in New York City: Biological and Systemic Impacts, Kaylin Peña
Reproducing Inequality: Kinship’s Role in Addressing Environmental and Reproductive Injustice Under Pronatalism, Alexa Potter
THE CHESAPEAKE PEARL: A Proposal for an Environmental Public Art Installation, Samuel I. Reichard
Untangling the Classification of Surfaces: an Accessibility-Centered Perspective on Topology, Charlotte N. Richards
Breathing a New Life into Industrialized Cities: Adapting Warehouses in the Inland Empire, Mazzy Rosenast
Sex Hormones on Morphine Analgesia and Allodynia, Melina Soberg
Income, Education, and Access: Analyzing Air Conditioning Ownership in the U.S., Kae Tanabe
A Comparative Analysis on Geothermal Energy in Kenya and California, Sia Were
The Impact of Titin on Muscle Fiber Composition during Aging, Shannon Wong
SPACE FOR THE DEPARTED: BURIAL, LAND SCARCITY, AND BONE-ASH APARTMENTS IN CHINA, Xinyi Wu
Development of a 3D, in vitro model of RUTI incorporating Escherichia coli and epithelial bladder cell co-cultures, Sadie Wyatt
Wellbeing Against the Odds: Confronting Obstacles to Collective Wellbeing in Greater Los Angeles, Ethan H. Yao
Farming as Life: Reframing Smallholder Farming as a Site of Self-Sufficiency and Cultural Heritage in Botswana, Natasha Yen
Senior Theses from 2024
The Ecological Underpinnings of Famine: Irish Agriculture and Land Use Under British Colonialism, 1534-1852, Wyatt Bandy-Page
Affective Infrastructure and the Chilean Memorial Museum, Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida
Paths to Belonging: How Chinese Parachute Kids Construct Identity Across Borders, Huiying Chen
The Effects of Seaweed Farming on Local Ecosystems in the United States, Reid Cohen
Roadblocks Ahead: High-Speed Rail Setbacks in the United States—Reflections and Ramifications, Sophie Dorn
Environmental Effects of Planned Wastewater Releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Grant Ho
Exploring the Impact of Diabetes on Feet: Analysis of Foot Ulcers with a Focus on Eczema-Related Considerations, Namlhun Jachung
Corporate Influence at Public Universities: Upholding the Conventional Agricultural Paradigm, Michaela Jones
Effects of the Homegrown Player Rule in the English Premier League: A comprehensive analysis of squad composition, market values, and wages, Jiho "Brian" Jun
Turning from the Streets to the Courts: Assessing the Extrajudicial Effects of Litigation as a Strategy in the Climate Justice Movement, Journey Lipscomb
Making Freedom a Place: Geographies of Social Movement Activism and Repression in Oakland, California, Sophie McClain
Addressing Healthcare Disparities Faced by Aging Down Syndrome Populations, Rhea Mistry
The Effect of Dsk1 and Kic1 Kinase Deletions on Cdr-2-GFP Localization in Fission Yeast, Kelsey Shintaku
Senior Theses from 2023
Hyperparameter Codependence in FieldNet: Guidelines for ANN construction, Seiji Akera
Radioactive, Internal Colonialism: The Uranium Industry’s Historic and Current Impact on the Navajo Nation, Sophie Arens
Decolonial Foodurisms: From Plantations to Agricultural Spaces of Intersectional Healing, Dominic Arzadon
Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Mental vs. Physical, Patria Aziz
From Building to Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar
The Impact of Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Taxes on Consumption and Health Outcomes in Latinx Youth Residing in Los Angeles County, Jacquelyn Campos-Araujo
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.
Grieving Climate Change: A Psychological and Personal Exploration of Emotionally Processing the Climate Crisis, Hava Chishti
Utilizing Multiple Analysis of Petrocalcic Soils to Determine Potential Environmental Factors, Cecilia Compton
Redesigning Pitzer's East Mesa Parking Lot, Maisie deBruyn
Survey based investigation on diet/BMI in Indian-American communities, Arjan Deol
21st Century Exhibition Rhetorics, Sabina Eastman
The Ways I'm a Fraud: Essays on Imposter Syndrome in Identity, Jack Friedman
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
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
“If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another”: Black LGBTQ students and their experiences with school discipline and punishment, Quentin Jenkins
Addressing the History and Proposing a Solution for Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria, Riley Kinlaw
Quantum Darwinism and Preferred Choice of Subsystems, Mahima Kumar
La Puerta Park, Graeme F. Logan
Diversity, Equity, & Exclusion: Examining Jewish Identity & Antisemitism as Missing Pieces of DEI and Ethnic Studies Education, Katie Meitchik
Can Host Traits and Environmental Conditions Predict Helminth Fecundity and Length?, Finley Melnikoff
Effect of poor menstrual health on UTI diagnosis, Michelle Muturi
Evidence for the Integration of Movement Based Alternative Therapy in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, Kareena Parmar
Analysis of the Dynamic Between Air Pollutants in the Environment and COVID-19 in Rural and Urban California Counties, Isabella Pollalis
Surfactant-Loaded Xanthohumol: A Potentially Improved Hops-Based Antimicrobial, Ty Rocker
Decoherence and Preferred Tensor Product Structures for Systems of Qubits, Marissa M. Singh
My Backyard Garden, Hezekiah Smithstein
Investigating Neuroanatomical Evolution through Proliferative Cells in the Astyanax Mexicanus, Sophie Staeger
Effects of Indonesian Cuisine on the Dutch Kitchen and Culture Post World War II, Anton Syril van Schaik
From Bloom to Bouquet: Unearthing the Toxic Cut Flower Industry, Addie Wasikonis
Miniscule and Might Predators: A Cautionary Tale of the Power of Mosquitoes in California and the Greater United States, Benjamin Willett
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
Addressing Pediatric Health Disparities: School-Based Health Centers Expand Access to Primary Care and Advance Health Equity, Clio Bazakas
Not Coming Home: The Flaws in Skilled Nursing Facilities and their Contribution to Cyclical Hospitalizations of Post-Acute Patients, Kate Eisenbraun
Shriveling Bodies and a Shrinking World: A Journey from Woolf’s Feminism to Contemporary Notions of Aging, Beauty and Visibility, Esme Fairbairn
Mental Disorders, the Positivity Effect, and Questions of Identity and Responsibility, Liam Jones
Agroecology Curriculum Proposal, Emily Kuhn
PARENT-PROMPTED DYSREGULATION: DO PARENTS SERVE AS CUES FOR DYSREGULATION IN SOME CHILDREN?, Daniel Lee
Validation of the Use of Clathromorphum compactum Growth and Skeletal δ18O as a Proxy for Seawater Conditions, Teagan McMahon
The Heirloom as Evidence: Investigating the Colonial Trace Preserved within my Family’s Sandalwood Box, Olivia Meehan
Beyond The Technical Dimensions of Water: Community-Based Efforts for Water Justice in the High Desert, Ella Meyer
Model Minority Perceptions: The Lived Experiences of Asian American Women in Collegiate Sports, Anna Ponzio
Investigation of Tryptophan Synthase Mutation Effects on Substrate and Coenzyme Binding, William Ragen
