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.
Theses from 2022
The Use of Macromorphoscopic Analysis to Examine Nonmetric Skull Variation Within a Gorilla Subspecies: Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Chelsea J. Thompson
Characterizing and Predicting Beaver Pond Habitat in Kittitas County, Washington, Kylie Vroman
Higher Education and Food Access: A Case Study of Food Access Initiatives and Their Community Impact, Rebecca Wheaton
Theses from 2021
Raw Material Usage and Stone Tool Manufacture in the Elwha River Valley, Zachary C. Allen
The Human—Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Interface at Don Chao Poo Forest, Phana, Thailand, Ashton M. Asbury
The Personality of Primates: Opinions of Contemporary Primatologists, Courtney Dawn Aucoin
Development of Environmental Metabarcoding Analysis for Use in Ecological Studies of Aquatic Fungal and Oomycete Communities Using Nanopore Sequencing, Douglas Bennett
The Relationship between Eating Disorders, Weight Control Methods, and Body Satisfaction in Elite Female Runners Competing at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, Sophia Elizabeth Berg
Ecological and Anthropogenic Influences on a Sentinel Species' Gut Microbiome, Carson E. Black
Women and World War One: Perspectives on Women's Role in WWI Literature, Rachel Michelle Brown
Patterning and Quality of Male-Male Interactions in Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas), John Calcitrai
The immigrant in our head: Skin tone, social categorization, and support for policy, Patrizia Chirco
Rock Glacier Hydrological Significance in a Warming World: A Geoecological Transect in the North Cascades, Washington, Jessica Abadie Coffey
Cold-Induced Metabolic Changes in Lean, NAG-1 Transgenic Mice, Rachel J. Davey
Evaluating the Analytical Contribution of 1/8-Inch (0.32 Centimeter) Lithic Debitage at the Sunrise Ridge Borrow Pit Site (45PI408), David R. Davis
Long-term Geomorphic Effects of the Glines Canyon Dam Removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA, Alyssa D. DeMott
Playing with Relatives: Genetic Kinship and Play Behavior in Juvenile Tibetan Macaques, Riley Derby
Geologic Mapping along the Benton Spring Fault, Nevada: Dextrally-offset Tuff-filled Paleovalleys in the Central Walker Lane, Peter Dubyoski
Women and Violence in Revolutionary Russia, 1860-1925, Jenny R. Findsen
Gender and Conservation: A Comparative Study of the Bison and Wild Horse Conservation Movements, Holly Charlotte Fleshman
Comparing Semi-Urban and Forest Populations of the Jalisco Mud Turtle (Kinosternon chimalhuaca), Jose Garrido
A Regional Synthesis of Post-Glacial Fire History in the Eastern Cascades, Washington, Using Macroscopic Charcoal Analysis, Brynn Harrison
Organic-Input Impacts on Soil Carbon Flux, Storage, and Budget in Conservation Agricultural Soils, Central Washington, USA, Jessica Hartman
Water Surfaces Detection from Sentinel-1 SAR Images using Deep Learning, Chao Huang Lin
Sport, Kul’turnost, and Physical Culture in the Khrushchev Era Soviet Union, 1953-1964, James Henry Jennings
Visualization for Solving Non-image Problems and Saliency Mapping, Divya Chandrika Kalla
Critically Evaluating Website Credibility: Factors that Influence Perceptions of Online Mental Health Information, Mikayla Kimery
The Effects of Priming on Framing Bias: An Integrative Study Examining Mortality Salience, Self-Affirmation, and Emotional Intelligence, Kyle Klaassen
Graduate School Psychology Students’ Self Report on Multicultural Competence and Program Satisfaction, Jasmin Moreno Sanchez
Full Interpretable Machine Learning Method with In-line Coordinates, Hoang Phan
Bias and Fairness of Evasion Attacks in Image Perturbation, SiChong Qin
Evaluating compassion satisfaction and the risk of compassion fatigue among those working at non-human primate sanctuaries and wildlife centers, Madalyn Rantala
Tsunami Deposits and Tsunami Modeling of the 900 AD Seattle Fault Event in Northern Puget Sound, Andrew A. Raulerson
Clinical Test Versus Self-Test for Prediabetes: Outcomes in Diabetes Prevention Based on Mode of Diagnosis, Debra J. Rich
Destalinization and its Impact on Gulag Returnees in the Khrushchev Era, 1953-1964, Kendal Ridgeway
The Development of a Survey Instrument to Assess Racial and Cultural Inclusiveness: A Case Study of Staff, Jolene Rios
Quantifying the Impact of Remapping Floodplains on Residential Property Values in Snohomish County, Washington: A Hedonic Approach, Carson Joseph Risner
The Effect of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics on Indicators of Lactose Intolerance: A Systematic Review, Taylor Roice
Frontal Alpha Wave Asymmetry in regard to Affect, Monica Leigh Sewell
Embodied Performance As Queer Theatre Historiography: Translation, Gender, Identity, and Temporalities in Mikhail Kuzmin's The Dangerous Precaution, Keenan Shionalyn
An Analysis of Tachylyte and Other Volcanic Glasses in Washington Archaeology, Mallory M. Triplett
Evaluating the Spatial Trends and Statistical Determinants of Residential Solar Uptake in Washington State, Caleb Michael Valko
Interactive Visual Self-service Data Classification Approach to Democratize Machine Learning, Sridevi Narayana Wagle
An Ecological Comparison Between Resource Subsidies: Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) and Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), Jocelyn Wensloff
Mental Health Risks & Patterns Among On-Campus Resident Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brooke Writer
Theses from 2020
Late Holocene Paleoflood Hydrology of the Snake River in the Lower Hells Canyon, Idaho, Kent C. Allen
Image Forgery Detection with Machine Learning, Lubna Alzamil
The Development of Social Behavior in the Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana), Rose Amrhein
Tekison Cave: A Case Study in Archaeological Collection Rehabilitation and Accessibility, Jackey Anderson
The Seasonality and Parasite Richness and Prevalence of the Weddelli’s Saddleback Tamarin (Leontocebus Weddelli), Krista Banda
Examining Environmental Use by Captive Lemur catta and Varecia rubra, Rhiannon Belcher
Mapping and Modeling the Seattle Fault Tsunami Inundation in Puget Sound, David Bruce
Effects of Different Housing Configurations on Captive Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Behavior in Holding Area During Construction, Kailyn Campbell
Group Differences in Mother-Infant Macaca fascicularis Behavior, Parasite Load, and Body Condition within an Anthropogenically Altered Forest, Elizabeth M.C. Coggeshall
“They are like Children”: Father Wilbur and Paternalism at Fort Simcoe, 1860-1890, Cassandra Crisman
Documenting the Earthquake History of the Thousand Springs Fault in Summer Lake Basin, Oregon, USA, Elizabeth Curtiss
Optimizing Pollution Routing Problem, Shivika Dewan
Sampling the Local Fare: Fishes at the Sam Israel House Pit (45GR76), Soap Lake, Washington, Adam Fruge
Risk of Low Energy Availability in Elite Male Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury, Savannah Glasgow
Examining how comfortable Students are in Contacting Campus Police at Central Washington University, Luis Gomez
Investigating the Spatial and Statistical Dimensions of Mortuary Choice in the Historical-Period Old City Cemetery in Roslyn, Washington, Sarah Rain Hibdon
Effects of Illness Type and Empathy Induction On Illness-Related Stigma in Undergraduate Students, Karlie Hill
Image Features for Tuberculosis Classification in Digital Chest Radiographs, Brian Hooper
Modeling Cle Elum Reservoir Shoreline Erosion: GIS Analysis to Support Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, Yakima Basin, Washington, Michael H. Horner
Recovering Lost Information From Avocational Projectile Point Collections, Mackenzie Hughes
The Economic Impact of Forest Harvest Practices on Washington State Park Visitation, Tyler Humphries
A Resource Management Analysis of Olympia and Pacific Oysters in Puget Sound, Liliana Kaeding
Me, Myself, and I: The Impact of Metacognitive Strategies on Student Locus of Control and Critical Thinking Skills, Danielle Kuchler
A Functional Analysis of Recorded Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites on Lopez Island, Washington, Julia Kunas
Hand Preference for Holding, Tapping, Probing and Digit-Feeding in Captive Adult Aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), Robert Shaun Mayo
Early Life History and Stock Discrimination of Kokanee Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an Alpine Lake Environment, Alexandra McCarrel
The Effects of Chinese and Spanish Writing Systems on L2 English Learners’ Vocabulary Acquisition, John Mitchell
Comparing Rusle LS Calculation Methods across Varying DEM Resolutions, Amanda Moody
Distribution of Invasive Plant Species on Debris Cones at Mount Rainier National Park, Shaun Morrison
Forgive Them, Forgive Them Not: The Role of Remorse and Empathy in Interpersonal Forgiveness, Molly Mortensen
Environmental DNA is an Effective Method to Monitor Species in Various Freshwater Habitats, Kayleigh Mullen
Toadal Isolation: Genetic Connectivity of the Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas) along I-90 in the Snoqualmie Pass Area of Washington State, Anneliese Myers
Toward Efficient Automation of Interpretable Machine Learning Boosting, Nathan Neuhaus
Effects of Western Spruce Budworm Herbivory on Forest Soils and Litter Decomposition in Central Washington, Izak R. Neziri
The Belfast Boycott: Consumerism, Gender, and the Irish Border, 1920-1922, Katie Omans
Chimpanzee Early Life Experiences and Responses to Caregiver Use of Species-Specific Behavior, Emily Patton
Modeling of Potential Historical Tsunamis from Large Earthquakes in the Izu-Bonin Mariana Subduction Zone, Rachelle Reisinger
Selective Synthesis of Trans-fused Lactam-Lactones by Vicinal Difunctionalization of Readily Affordable Allylic Lactams, Morgan J. Rodriguez
Selective Synthesis of Trans-fused Lactam-Lactones by Vicinal Difunctionalization of Readily Affordable Allylic Lactams, Morgan J. Rodriguez
Acoustic Analysis of Nomascus Gibbon Songs as a Potential Measure of Current Health Status, Caroline Rowley
Ecological and Genetic Connectivity of Shrews (Sorex spp.) across Interstate-90 in the Washington Cascade Range, Jordan Ryckman
Sarah Kane's Post-Christian Spirituality in Cleansed, Elba Sanchez
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Land Use and Water Quality in Kittitas County, WA, Lindsay Schulz
Floral trait architecture in crop sunflower (Helianthus annuus) under drought conditions, Lauren Segarra
A Geochemical Assessment of Potential Groundwater Storage Locations within the Yakima River Basin, Silas Sleeper
Mommy Issues: Do Differential Rearing Histories Affect the Social Behavior of Captive Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus), Madeleine Spencer
The Role of Cumulate Plagioclase Entrainment in the Steens Basalt, SE Oregon: Insights from the Magma Chamber Simulator, Valerie Strasser
The Economic Impacts of Soil Remediation Efforts at Lead Arsenate Contaminated Sites in Yakima County: A Hedonic Approach, Seth Urbanski