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 2020
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
The Effects of Induced Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in NAG-1 Transgenic Mice, Nicholas Werner
Diversity Analysis of Soil Fungus Communities in Disturbed, Nursery, and Mature Forest Conditions, Dana Whitmore
Automatic Chest X-rays Analysis using Statistical Machine Learning Strategies, Hermann Yepdjio Nkouanga
Theses from 2019
Teacher Acceptability of Curriculum Based Measurement as a Universal Screener in Reading, Brooke Adams
Transgenerational Plasticity is Sex-dependent and Persistent in Yellow Moneyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Kayla Akkerman
Extending the Morpheme Order Studies: Acquisition of Modal and Non-Modal Verbal Morphemes by ESL Learners, Amal Alshehry
Blood, Water and Mars: Soviet Science and the Alchemy for a New Man, Sophie Y. Andarovna
Fire and Road Disturbance Impacts on Forest Plant Species and Seed Rain in Table Mountain Fire Arai, Kittitas County, Washington, Jonathan A. Betz
Identifying the effects of land use and policy on disturbance regimes in the Teanaway Community Forest, Washington, Savannah Bommarito
Classification of Stars from Redshifted Stellar Spectra utilizing Machine Learning, Michael J. Brice
Relaxing Music Effects on Implicit Racial Bias and Neural Activity, Viktoriya Robertovna Broyan
Endogenous Gene Tagging of pfr2 and pfr5 in Trypanosoma cruzi Using CRISPR/Cas9, Naomi Bryant
Ethnoprimatology of Urban Cebus Yuracus: An evaluation of Human-non-human interactions and local perceptions in Misahualli, Ecuador, Sofia Castro-Loza
Effect of Iron on the Oxidative Capacity of Carbonaceous Nanoparticles, Daniel Chavez
The Effects of Therapy Balls on In-Seat and On-Task Behavior in Young Children, Ariel Ching
The Effect of Sound on Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Grace Coffman
The Effect of a Lag Schedule of Reinforcement on Variability in Toy Play in Children with Autism, Cloie Cornell
Rock Imagery: A Cultural Landscape Analysis in the Yakima Uplands, Jessica Eliana Delgado-Morris
Prevalence of Low-Energy Availabilty Amongst Female Paralympic Athletes, Alicia DiFolco
Defining historical earthquake rupture parameters and proposed slip distributions through tsunami modeling in south-central Chile, Alexander Dolcimascolo
Investigating Potential Multi-Protein Complexes Involving Emx2, Nicole Enger
DNA Methylation and Genetic Divergence Associated with an Inducible Defensive Response in Mimulus guttatus, David Farr
Post-Glacial Fire History of Horsetail Fen and Human-Environment Interactions in the Teanaway Area of the Eastern Cascades, Washington, Serafina Ferri
Faunal Analysis of the Mesa 12 Archaeological Site (45GR144): Grant County, Washington, Justin Fitzpatrick
Effects of a Voluntourism Experience on Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Environmental Sustainability and Science, Mireille Gonzalez
How Researchers Address Ethical Concerns Regarding Habituating Nonhuman Primates: Results of a Survey and Suggestions for Future Practice, Victoria M. Green
Exploring Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Perceptions About the Use of Technology in the Classroom, Sharron Hallanger
The Chemical Analysis and Biological Activities of the Secondary Metabolites from Dalea mollis and Dalea albiflora, Nicholas Peter Hansen
Music, Video and Perception: An investigation into shaping attitudes toward fish and their natural habitat, Kayla-Ann Hemmings
Measuring Trace Element Concentrations in Artiodactyl Cannonbones using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence, Joshua L. Henderson
Impacts of Self-Efficacy on School Psychologists' Provisions of Mental Health Services, Ashley Jantzer
Increased Utility of pH Sensitive Indicators as High Concentration CO2 Detectors Through the Use of Polyelectrolyte Complexes as Stabilizing Media, Camden James Johnson
Estimating the Economic Value of Rock Climbing in Smith Rock: An individual travel cost approach, Cassandra Koefod
The Activity Budgets of Captive Javan Gibbons (Hylobates moloch) and their Response to Visitor Presence or Absence, Kalli Kohnen
Modelling Stream Metabolism and Fish Biomass in Headwater Streams of the Eastern Cascades Mountains, Zach Lessig
Exploring Locus of Control in Offender Cognition and Recidivism Paradigms, Anistasha Lightning and Danielle Polage
Suction Dredge Mining Impacts on Pacific Lamprey Populations and Habitat in Washington State: A Case Study of the Entiat River, Jaime Liljegren
A Novel SNP Genotyping Technique to Determine Orangutan Relatedness and Genetic Diversity at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting, Central Kalimantan, Ruth Ella Linsky
Incorporating User Data in Cross Boundary Trail Mangement: A case study of the foothills trail systemnear Wenatchee, WA, Beth Macinko
Mapping and Reconstructing the Paleotsunami Record in Queule, South-Central Chile, Pedro I. Matos Llavona
Characterizing the deformation history of the southern Mina Deflection: field and structural studies in the Huntoon Mountains, California-Nevada, Joseph Bodie McCosby
Are Highways Stressful for Pikas?: Analysis of Stress Hormones of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) Living Adjacent to Interstate 90 in the Cascade Range of Washington State, Thomas J. McIntyre III
Quantifying magma recharge at Parinacota volcano, northern Chile (52 ka - recent): Insight from the Magma Chamber Simulator, Jennifer McLeod
Terminal Illness: The Political Ecology and Political Economy of the Millennium Bulk Coal Export Terminal, Longview, WA, Paige McNorvell
Modular Synthesis and Hydroalkylation of Vicinally Functionalized Ketopiperazines: A solution to the Piperazine Problem, Antonio Moreno
The Effects of Reversing SAFMEDS Presentation on Learning and Generalization, Emily Nordlund
A Book and its Cover: The effects of dynamic and static facial expressions on the perction of personality traits, Jonathan Ojeda
Bondmania: Spy Films, American Foreign Policy, and the New Frontier of the 1960s, Luke Pearsons
Effect of Carbonaceous Nanoparticles on Naturally Occurring Iron Reduction by Carboxylates, Ashleen Reddy
Evaluation of Wildland Firefighter Leadership, Rebecca Rose
A Cognitive Task as Enrichment for Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Sanctuary, Federico Rubio
Holocene Fire History Reconstruction of a Mid-Evaluation Mixed-Conifer Forest in the Eastern Cascades, Washington, Zoe Rushton
Evaluations of Health in Sympatric Free-Ranging Saguinus imperator and Leontocebus weddelli Using Neopterin, Urinalysis, and Blood Chemistry Analyses, Alexandra J. Sacco
Identifying Key Factors Affecting Translational Landslides in Part of the Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt, Washington State, Joseph Schilter
Who is Paying for God: A thematic analysis of Henry Arthur Jones's religious plays in relation to the modernist trend, Jay Tyler Sharma
Effects of 5��-Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on Mouse Gut Microbiome– A Study of Sex Differences and Hormonal Effects on Gut Microbiome Composition, Bikesh Shrestha
Effect of Group Size on the Activity Budget of Two Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Kaeley Sullins
Effectiveness of Nutrition Education and Fitness Tracking in a Large Corporate Healthcare Wellness Program, Jess Tyrrell
Effects of Initial Thermal Structure on the Evolution of Continental Rifting, Alexandra Wernle
Water and Life. A Cross-Sectional Study on Determinants of Beverage Consumption and Water Access in One Tribal Community, Christina White
Enlightened Agricultural Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Scotland, Amanda M. Widney
Sea Star Wasting Disease in Pisaster Ochraceus on the Washington Coast and in Puget Sound, Caitlin Wilkes
Holocene Periods of Aggradation and Incision, Hanson Creek, Washington, Levi Earl Windingstad
The Effects of Self-Esteem and Mood on the Perception of Others, Sydney Wirkkala
Theses from 2018
Spike-Based Classification of UCI Datasets with Multi-Layer Resume-Like Tempotron, Sami Abdul-Wahid
The Effects of Autonomous Motivation and Implementation Planning on Dietary Goal Adherence Among Personal Training Clients, Hannah Allen
Improving the Phylogenetic Understanding of the Genus Juniperus, Therese Balkenbush
Use of a Two-Action Paradigm Apparatus with Captive Lemurs: Insights into Social Learning, Carly Batist
Assessing the Use of Tsunami Simulations as a Tool to Predict Source Magnitudes and Locations of Paleoearthquakes in Chile, Rebeca Isabel Becerra
Gender Differences in Task Switching: An Event-Related Potential Study, Briana M. Bratcher