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 2016
The Effects of Question-Present Versus Item Present Conditions on Acquisition of Mands, Paige M. Thornton
Everyday Farm Life in the Moxee Valley 1915-1950: Historical Ethnography, Terri Towner
Testing the forage preference of the American pika (Ochotona princeps) for use in connectivity corridors in the Washington Cascades, Carly Wickhem and Kristina Ernest
Mate Selection Comparisons in Heterosexual and Homosexual Individuals, Daina Lee Wierzbinski
Play in Immature Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana): Location, Use of Play Signals, and Play Bout Termination at Mt. Huangshan, China, Kaitlin R. Wright
Theses from 2015
Peer Tutoring To Teach Children To Seek Help When Lost, Andrew J. Arellano
Exercise Motivations of Older Adults, Laura J. Attaway
A Zooarchaeological Analysis of the Monashka Bay Site (KOD-026) Kodiak Island, Alaska, Ayla Aymond
Beverage Selections and Presence Affect Healthy Eating Index Scores in Lunches of Elementary Age Children, Whether from Home or School, Mary K. Barbee
Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Non-Vocal Social Communication and Gesture Use With Conspecifics, Melanie Bell
Music and Attention for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Mallory M. Bentley
The Rise and Fall of the Minnesota Middle Ground: Henry Hastings Sibley and the Ethnic Cleansing of Minnesota, Jordan Scott Bergstrom
The Economic Impacts of Forest Pathogens in Washington State: A Hedonic Approach, Logan Blair
Using Particle Size Analysis to Separate the Deposition of a Bonebed and Artifact at the Wenas Creek Mammoth Site, Genevieve Brown
A Comparison of Markers of Iron Status between Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Female High School Cross Country Runners. Is Routine, Pre-Season Screening Warranted?, Edward J. Callahan Jr.
Geologic Mapping in the Black Mountain Area, Northern Eastern California Shear Zone: Testing a Kinematic and Geometric Fault Slip Transfer Model, Kevin M. DeLano
A Comparison of Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) Responses to Caregiver Use of Positive Reinforcement Training (PRT) and Species-Specific Behaviors (SSB), Whitney D. Emge
Pressure-temperature-time constraints for exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks, North Qaidam terrane, Western China, Brittany Kristine Fagin
Influence Of Landscape On Gene Differentiation In The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) Within The Interstate 90 Snoqualmie Pass Corridor, Craig P. Fergus
SIGNIFICANCE EVALUATION OF THE FORGOTTEN CREEK SITE, Joy D. Ferry
Female Social Connectivity through the Leadership and Movement Progression of Tibetan Macaques at Mt. Huangshan, China, Gregory P. Fratellone
Quantifying Channel Responses to the Removal of the Glines Canyon Dam in the Middle Reach of the Elwha River, Washington, Bryon J. Free
The Impact of the Arts for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities, Rebekah Fuss
Using MODFLOW to Predict Impacts of Groundwater Pumpage to Instream Flow: Upper Kittitas County, Washington, Zoe O. Futornick
Organization of Technology at the Sanders Site (45KT315): Analysis of Formed Tools from the Yakima Uplands, WA, Patrick D. Garrison
Obtaining Cultural Competency Skills: Perceptions from Supervisors in Higher Education, Veronica Gomez Vilchis
Field Observations and Modeling of the 1957 Earthquake and Tsunami on the Islands of the Four Mountains, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Frances R. Griswold
Elk and Deer Hunters in Washington State: Affiliations and Ethical Behavior, Isa O. Harrison
Passage Route Survival and Behavior of Juvenile Salmon at Priest Rapids Dam, Columbia River, WA, Kyle B. Hatch
Broken Promises: Rape, Race, and the Union Army, Kellie J. Hedgers
Community Readiness Assessment: Applications for Community Nutrition Research, Whitney E. Houser
Control of Violence, Control of Fear: The Progression of Gun Control in San Francisco, 1847-1923, Josselyn P. Huerta
Moving Foward?: Problematic Ideologies in Twenty-First Century Fairy Tale Films, Alyson Kilmer
Dystopian Cinderellas: "I Follow Him into the Dark", Courtney Lear
Understanding Vulnerability in Alaska Fishing Communities: A Validation Methodology for Rapid Assessment of Well-Being Indices, Conor M. Maguire
Total Synthesis of Clavatadine A Analogs to Produce a Viable Reversible Inhibitor for Factor XIa, Christopher E. Malmberg
Killin' it on Corporate Ground: The Cultural Politics of Street Performance in a Gentrified Space, Hillary C. Matson
Physiological variation of Garry oak (Quercus garryana) seedlings to drought stress, Matthew A. Merz
Agreement in the Army's Circumference Measurements and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Katherine Mitchell
Creating a Somali Manhood: Navigating Race, Place, and Power in Seattle, WA, Saeed Mohamed
Small Islands, Big Heart: Reproducing the Marquesas Islands Through The Body, Patrick E. Molohon
Rediscovering an Upland Site: The Manastash Pines (45KT346) Kittitas County, Washington, Christopher J. Moose
Renewing Spokane: A study of motivating forces behind downtown revitalization projects, Kara K. Mowery
The Evolution of Sex Determination and the DMRT1 Gene in the Japanese Gecko (Gekko japonicus), Lisa-Marie Mullen
Timing and Source of Alkali Enrichment at Mt. Etna, Sicily: Constraints from Clinopyroxene Geobarometry and In Situ SR Isotope Data, Kaitlyn Nelson
My Family, My Identity: An Ethnohistorical Exploration of a Multiethnic Family, Sarah Oosahwee-Voss
Behavioral Response of Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) to Predator Odors, Laurie L. Porter
The Effects of Feedback Sequence on Cognitive Performance, Travis W. Pyle
Play and Procedural Rhetoric in Composition Coursework: A Rhetorical Analysis of Trivial Pursuit Instructions, Peter Rampa
Chemical and Behavioral Ecology of the Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus), David Reavill
Electrophysiological and Behavioral Working Memory Differences Between Musicians and Non-Musicians, Benjamin P. Richardson
Anarchist Strategy and Visual Rhetoric in Brazil, 1970: The Living Theatre as “The People in the Street”, Chelsea R. Roberts
Sexual Behavior of Immature Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana), Anne Salow, R. Steven Wagner, Mary Radeke, and Joseph Lorenz
Provisioning and Its Effects on the Social Interactions of Tibetan Macaques (Macaca Thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China, Brianna I. Schnepel
Determination of Site Functionality and Subsistence Patterns at the Bray Archaeological Site (45PI1276) in Edgewood, Washington, David J. Sheldon
Rapid Middle to Late Miocene Slip Along the Zanskar Normal Fault, Greater Himalayan Range, NW, India: Constraints from Low-Temperature Thermochronometry, Brett L. Shurtleff
Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of Cetylpyridinium Bromide Monohydrate and Bromothymol Blue with Polymerized Silica, James Siegenthaler
Investigation Into School Lunch Quality Following Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act Implementation, Katherine N. Smith
Behavioral Response to UVB Differs in Subalpine Populations of Daphnia Melanica, Amanda Tompkins
Using Time Series Models for Defect Prediction in Software Release Planning, James W. Tunnell
Applying Wetland Rating Systems to Assess Functions of Depressional Wetlands Created by a Mass Wasting Feature, Table Mountain, Washington, Thomas S. Wachholder
Building a History: Evaluation of Central Washington University Campus Buildings to Determine Eligibility for Listing on the National Register of Historic Places, Lauren M. Walton
An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Assertiveness Skills to College Students, Savannah Warrington
Washington's Fish Consumption Rate and Water Quality Standards: Fostering Allies to Keep Our Seafood Clean, Tiffany J. Waters
Blarney in St. Louie: Performing Irishness at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, Cassandra L. White
Efficacy of Ultraviolet Radiation to Control Lactic Acid Bacteria in Wine Must, Brian D. Williams
Theses from 2014
Effective Learning Strategies for College Students with Asperger's Syndrome, Jamie Susanne Gilbert
Spatial relationship between GPS slip and seismic tremor during Cascadia slow slip events, Hillary Lynn Goodner
Proxy-based reconstructions of earthquakes and tsunamis at Quidico, South-Central Chile, Isabel J. Hong
Priming the Data: Examining Self-Potentiation in a Word Fragment Completion Task, Michael P. McDonald
Thermobarometry and geochronology in the Dulan region, North Qaidam ultrahigh-pressure terrane: resolving spatial variation of ages, temperatures, and pressures, Megan Eileen Regel
The Museum as an Inclusive Community: A Blueprint for Moving Forward, Howard P. Scott
Alpine and Other Abandoned Towns along the Great Northern Railroad near Stevens Pass, Washington, 1890-1930, Stacy Marie Stanley
Controls on fault geometry during early stages of extension in the Larkspur Hills, northwest Basin and Range, Diana Jean Strickley
GIS Modeling of Elk Habitat Suitability in the North Cascades of Washington State, Anna Yost
Sustainability Policy’s Inherent Dilemmas – Exemplified Via Critical Examination of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Sustainability Campaign, Kathryn A. Zimmerman
Theses from 2013
Experiments to Measure the Effects of Timber Harvesting Equipment on Surface Lithic Scatters, Douglas J. Baughman
Paleoseismologic Evidence for Holocene Activity on the Pinto Mountain Fault, Twentynine Palms, California, Ana Maria Cadena
Evaluating the Utility of Beaver Reintroduction Programs for Enhancing Habitat for Rainbow Trout and Steelhead, Jonathan Rodger Hegna
The Elwha River Restoration: Landscape Change, Salmon, and Sense of Place, Kelseyanne Johnson
Feasibility of Seismic Monitoring to Identify Avalanche Activity: Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Kathryn Johnston
Geomorphology of Deposits from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Tamil Nadu, Southeastern India, Patrick Alan Johnston
The Roles of Humans and Climatic Variation on the Fire History of Subalpine Meadows - Mount Rainer National Park (Washington), Michael Louis Lukens
Characterization of Mass Wasting Through the Spectral Analysis of LiDAR Imagery: Owyhee River, Southeastern Oregon, Christopher Earl Markley
LiDAR Assessment of Sediment Transport Related to the Removal of the Marmot Dam, Sandy River, Oregon, Carl Daniel Matzek
Black Carbon Measurements of Snow and Ice Using the Single Particle Soot Photometer: Method Development and an AD 1852-1999 Record of Atmospheric Black Carbon from a Mount Logan Ice Core, James Andrew Menking
Integration of School Psychology and Neuropsychology: An Inquiry, Megan Colleen Moerke
Theses from 2012
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Responses to Visitors using Chimpanzee-Friendly Behaviors, Daniella Bismanovsky
Holocene Arroyo Cut and Fills Cycles, South-Central Washington, Matthew Ian Durkee
The Effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, Docosahexaenoic Acid and 5-Fluorouracil on Human Breast Cancer Cells, Liv Astri Engelsen
A Punishment-free, Toilet-training Protocol for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Chelsea Lynn Pearsall
The Grissom Site (45KT301): A Review and Synthesis of Investigations and Exploration of the Site's Research Potential, Holly Ann Cecilia Shea
Applying GIS Metrics to Determine Degree of Glacial Modification in Mountainous Landscapes, Carl Delbert Swanson II
Petrogenetic Relationship of the Postcaldera Eruptions of Mount Mazama, Crater Lake, Oregon; Evolution of a Sub-volcanic Magma Chamber Following a Large Silicic Eruption, Michelle Leanna Tebbe
The Identification and Historic Context of Mining Archaeology of the Wenatchee Mountains within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Jared Valenta