This collection features all master's theses produced by students at Central Washington University. For more information, please see the School of Graduate Studies and Research.

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Theses from 2023

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INFANT-MATERNAL BEHAVIORS DURING NON-MATERNAL INFANT HANDLING INTERACTIONS IN CAPTIVE LONG- TAILED MACAQUES (MACACA FASCICULARIS), Kristy abney

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Using Primates as a Flagship Species in Marketing Campaigns: Effects on Proenvironmental Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions, Taylor Barber

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Comparison of Midwifery and Obstetric Care Among American Indian and Alaska Native Birthing People, Trista Barnhart

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An Assessment of "Long-Thin" Airline Routes: Network Structure and Emissions Implications for Environmental Policy, Porter Burns

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EVALUATION OF LEISHMANICIDAL ACTIVITIES OF 4-THIAZOLIDINONES AGAINST LEISHMANIA MAJOR, THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF HUMAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS, Kiera Bush

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THE EFFECT OF SENTENCE PRESENTATION ORDER ON ANIMACY VIOLATIONS AND THE N400 EFFECT: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH, Naomi Cady

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The Use of Field Philosophy in Conserving the World's Rarest Ape, the Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus): A Philosophical Engagement With Researchers and Conservationists, Jocelyn Callahan

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Generational Leadership in the American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1800, Kevin Cassidy

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Risk of Low Energy Availability, Disordered Eating, and Menstrual Dysfunction in Female Collegiate Runners, Leah Louise Dambacher

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DEMOGRAPHY AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF THE BASALT CACTUS: PEDIOCACTUS NIGRISPINUS, Zarha Dillon-Zuppelli

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The Impact of Subjective Risk Analysis on Real Estate Prices in the Nisqually Region Following the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, Ryan Espedal

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Identifying Paternal Behavior in Captive Sumatran (Pongo abelli) and Hybrid Orangutans (Pongo abelii X Pongo pygmaeus), Lilith Frakes

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The Expected Risks and Exacerbations of Poverty, Mental Health Disorders, and Maternal Mortality from Abortion Bans: A Comparative Literature Analysis, Daniel J. Francisco

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THE IMPACT OF UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS DURING COVID-19 ON FAMILY LIFE AND PERSPECTIVE OF SCHOOL MEALS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE, Charlotte Green

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WINDBLOWN SNOW BEDFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SNOW WATER CONTENT WENATCHEE RANGE, WASHINGTON, Ryan Hampton

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Using MODFLOW to Assess Groundwater Storage Enhancement via a Floodplain Infiltration Basin, Lindsay Henning

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Paleoseismic Investigation of Rupture on the Dead Coyote Fault in the Kittitas Valley, Washington, Garet Huddleston

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Identifying Unexpected Inflammation Resulting from Drug-Drug Interactions, Keegan Jolly

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A Conceptual Framework for Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Columbia River Basalts of the Lower Yakima River Basin, Bethany Kharrazi

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Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Skin Temperature During Resting Behavior at Different Ambient Temperatures, Benjamin Lake

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College Students' Perceptions of Autistic Peers: A Study of Gender and Stigma, Elise LaRue

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Comparability of Personality Assessments in a Captive Population of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata), Payton Livingston

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The Influence of Behaviorally Matched Play Gestures on the Duration of Social Play Bouts in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Naylea Lopez

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Transformation and Embodiment: Posthumanism in Marie Darrieussecq's Pig Tales and Larissa Lai's Salt Fish Girl, Samantha Ludlow

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EFFECT OF SOIL TRANSPLANTATION ON FUNGAL COMMUNITIES DURING RESTORATION, Thomas Luehl

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Hydrologic and Geomorphic Investigations of Two Engineered Stream Crossings Under Interstate 90 in Washington State, Catherine Mast

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Parents' Grief Literacy: How Loss is Talked About with Children, Abigail McCarthy

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Risk of Low Energy Availability, Disordered Eating, and Menstrual Dysfunction in Female Recreational Runners, Marissa Miles

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AN EVOLUTION OF GOLD OF THE SWAUK MINING DISTRICT, LIBERTY WASHINGTON, Timothy Miller

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Ballistic Experiments with a Sample of 3-D Printed Columbia Plateau Projectile Point Types, Aren Orsen

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Evaluating Mirror-Guided Behaviors in Hylobatids, Desiree Peck

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Floodplain Aquifer Storage Capacity in Upper Yakima River Tributaries, Kittitas County, WA, Emily Polizzi

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PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER WEIGHT AND RACIAL BIAS: TREATMENT DECISIONS FOR FEMALES LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN, Malee Powell

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Intestinal Parasite Infection in Tibetan Macaques (Macac Thebetana) in Eastern China, Miarisoa Ramilison

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Characterizing cellular injury and inflammation with ALDOB-/-Mouse model of MAFLD, Andy Rashid

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Impact of the Washington State COVID-19 Lockdown on 5-10-Year-Ol School-Aged Children Residing in Kitties County, Peyton Rondeau

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Forest Patrol Guards and Caregivers' Perceptions of Wild Chimpanzee Populations Near Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Virginia Sanchez

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Consensus on Potential Changes in Public Health Leadership Competencies as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Washington State Local Health Jurisdictions, Haley M. Schimmel

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Establishing a Neuronal Cell Model to Probe the Toxicity of Commonly Used Phthalate-free Alternatives, Kyle Sease

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Effects of Solar Arrays on Southwestern Desert Thermal Landscapes: Consequences for Terrestrial Ectotherms, Adrian Slade

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Zooarchaeology of the Grissom Site (45KT301), Kittitas Valley, Washington, Steven Spencer

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Cannabis Cues and Effects on Social Anxiety, Erica Steinberg

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CONSTRAINING ROCK TYPE CONTROLS ON GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT NEAR ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON, Zachary Stevens

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Postpartum Depression and the Availability of Support Resources in the Era of COVID-19, Colleen Steward, Amy Claridge, Tishra Beeson, and Sarah L. Feeney

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Tracking Subtle Differences in Selective Conditions Across Microenvironments as Reflected in the Lithic Assemblages at The Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45PI408) and the Buck Lake Site (45PI438), Mount Rainier National Park, Breann Stoner

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Manipulating Social Mobility to Measure Group Stability in Crickets, Anne Tolo

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Crosshair Optimizer, Jason Torrence

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STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT FOR NON-HUMAN PRIMATES IN ZOO SETTINGS, Ember Nevada Toth

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Estimating Evapotranspiration and Analyzing Soil Moisture and Heat Flux Parameters at Taneum Creek, Central Washington, Edward Vlasenko

Theses from 2022

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Detecting Impacts of Historic and Undocumented Landslide Tsunamis at High Latitude Sites Using NDVI, Trent Adams

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What About Me: Understanding the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Social Anxiety, Jessica Allen

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Standards-Based Grading in the Culinary Arts Classroom, Kathryn Bart

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Assessing the Effects of Instream Large Wood on Floodplain Aquifer Recharge and Storage at Indian Creek, Kittitas County, Washington, USA, Stephen Bartlett

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Proceptivism: Applying Buchler's Theory of Human Judgment to Art, Dance, and Choreographic Methods, Michael Blue

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Investigating the Effects of Body Weight Fluctuations on Insulin Resistance in Adults: a NHANES Study, Jessica Claire Burke

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Establishing the Relative Composition of Functionalized Thiols in Mixed Ligand Gold Nanoparticles by 1H-NMR Spectroscopy, Matthias Carroll

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Parental Status as a Modifying Factor in COVID-19 Vaccination Status: A Mixed Methods Approach, MacKenzie Carter

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Activity Levels of Bat Species at Interstate Highway Sites with and without Wildlife Underpasses in the Washington Cascades, Jenna Chapman

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Hanford Nuclear Site Cultural Resource GIS Analysis: A Case Study Investigating Pre-Contact Travel Networks and Site and Artifact Locations, Luciana R. Chester

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A Contentious Crop: Exploring the Regulatory Debate of Solar Power Production Facilities in Kittitas County, Washington, Daphne Condon

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The Blackness: Analyzing and Confronting the Underrepresentation of Black Americans in Primatology, Trevon Covington

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Geomorphic History and Preservation of Archaeologically Significant Areas in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Washington State, Benjamin Deans

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Attachment Style and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Infants, Elizabeth DeBruyn

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Using Capture-Recapture to Estimate Population Size: A Case Study Assessing Homelessness in Kittitas County, WA, and the Applicability of the Capture-Recapture Method to Primate Species Estimates, Ryan Domitz

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Determining the Effects of Chemical Exposure on Hepatocyte Mitochondrial Networks and Cell Viability, Bethany Eaton

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Decadal-Scale Effects of Large Wood Restoration on Channel Morphology and Groundwater Connectivity, Taneum Creek, WA, Samuel Fixler

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The Interrelatedness of Attachment Insecurity, Alexithymia, and Emotional Loneliness, Becky Fromm

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Investigating the Archaeological Record Using a High-Resolution GIS Land Use Model in the East Saddle Mountains, Grant County, Washington., Mars Galloway

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Wilderness and the Geotag: Exploring the Claim that "Geotagging Ruins Nature" in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA, Mara Gans

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Examining Enrichment Use by Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Julia L. Greeson

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Binding Interactions Between Mixed-Monlayer Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) And the Serum Protein Albumin, Jennifer Hanigan-Diebel

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Assessing the Mechanics of Two Earthquake Clusters in the Basin and Range Province, Jamie Hansen

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Breaking Free: Detectives Let the Guilty Walk, Cassandra Holcombe

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Analysis of the Correlation Between the Lexical Profile and Coh-Metrix 3.0 Text Easability and Readability Indices of the Korean CSAT From 1994–2022, Andrew Howie

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Corporate Values of Tribally Owned Companies, Halle Hull

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The Sunshine Years: Sunshine Mining Company, the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, and the 1937 Strike in the Coeur d'Alene District of North Idaho, Thomas Hull

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Who's Included? A Systematic Review of Socio-demographics and Participant Recruitment within the Investigation of Periodontal Disease and its Treatment Effect on Hemoglobin A1c, Jaclyn L. Johnson

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Exploring Agricultural Worker Self-Efficacy During a COVID-19 Delta Variant Surge and Adverse Environmental Conditions, Hannah Lascano

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Instrumental and Emotional Social Support Intention and Utilization Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gracie Minks

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Examining the Function of Stone Wrapping Behavioral Pattern in Balinese Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis), Patricia Mitchell

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Factors Influencing Intestinal Parasite in Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata), Eliette Noromalala

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The Effects of Channel Incision and Land Use on Surface-Water/Groundwater Interactions in the Teanaway River Basin, Washington, USA, Joseph Petralia

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Education and Awareness of Workplace Hazards: An Educational Intervention for First Responder Trainees, Emily Portune

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The Use of Gesture Forms Within Sequence in Free-Living Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) In Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Caroline Ratliff

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Interpretable Machine Learning for Self-service High-risk Decision Making, Charles Recaido

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Associations Between Atherogenic Markers and Hearing Loss: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: 2011-2012, 2015-2016, Anna Anya Rombakh

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Evaluating Variation in Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) Diet Using Feather Stable Isotopes, Jasmine Ruiz

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A Comparison of Chimpanzee Wound Rates Before and During COVID-19 Zoo Closures, Robin Elana Salak

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Russian Women Emigres After the Revolution, Kaelen Sauriol

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Longitudinal Patterns of Microplastic Abundance and Potential for Food Web Uptake in the Yakima River, Janell Shah

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Combatting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Do False Information Tags Work?, Jeremy Simmons

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Distribution of Capped Langurs (Trachypithecus pileatus) in Bhutan, Kelsie Strong

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Spatio-temporal Movement Patterns of Sub-adult Adfluvial Bull Trout, Aimee Taylor

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The Use of Macromorphoscopic Analysis to Examine Nonmetric Skull Variation Within a Gorilla Subspecies: Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Chelsea J. Thompson

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Characterizing and Predicting Beaver Pond Habitat in Kittitas County, Washington, Kylie Vroman

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Higher Education and Food Access: A Case Study of Food Access Initiatives and Their Community Impact, Rebecca Wheaton

Theses from 2021

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Raw Material Usage and Stone Tool Manufacture in the Elwha River Valley, Zachary C. Allen

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The Human—Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Interface at Don Chao Poo Forest, Phana, Thailand, Ashton M. Asbury

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The Personality of Primates: Opinions of Contemporary Primatologists, Courtney Dawn Aucoin

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Development of Environmental Metabarcoding Analysis for Use in Ecological Studies of Aquatic Fungal and Oomycete Communities Using Nanopore Sequencing, Douglas Bennett