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 2012
Geochemical Constraints on Groundwater Recharge in the Royal Slope Area, Grant County, Washington, Zoe Danielle Weis
Theses from 2011
Cooking up a Nation: Food, Culture, and Identity in the Early American Republic, Karen Anne Bailor
Geochemistry, Geothermobarometry and Geochronology of High-Pressure Granulites and Implications for the Exhumation History of Ultrahigh-Pressure Terranes: Dulan, Western China, Benjamin David Joseph Christensen
Assessment of Black Carbon in Snow and Ice from the Tibetan Plateau and Pacific Northwest, Matthew Glen Jenkins
Pollination of Basalt Daisy (Erigeron basalticus: asteraceae), Diedra Petrina
Surface Wave Inversion of the Upper Mantle Velocity Structure in the Ross Sea Region, Western Antarctica, James D. Rinke
Theses from 2010
Overwintering of Cascades Frogs (Rana cascadae) in Washington, April B. Barreca
Lacustrine Sediment Record of Multiple Quaternary Lava Dams on the Owyhee River, Southeastern Oregon, Caitlin Anne Orem
Fluid Budget of Metasedimentary Rocks from a Tertiary Accretionary Prism and Connections to Seismicity, Olympic Peninsula, Northwest Washington State, Holly Makena MacFadden Rotman
Theses from 2008
Energy Budget Analysis of Slow-Slip Tremor Events Along the Cascadia Subduction Zone Using Continuous GPS Array Data, James Steven Chapman
Petrogenetic Processes Characterizing the Mount Bachelor, Oregon Magmatic System: Open- versus Closed-System Processes, Sara Elizabeth Johnson
Middle Crustal Ductile Deformation Patterns in Southern Tibet: Insights from Vorticity Studies in Mabja Dome, Jackie Langille
Comparison of Landslides and their Related Outburst Flood Deposits, Owyhee River, Southeastern Oregon, Shannon Marian Othus
The 2004 and 1861 Tsunami Deposits on Simeulue Island, Western Sumatra, Katherine Frances Whitlow
Theses from 2007
Seismic Constraints on Slow Slip Events within the Cascadia Subduction Zone, Ana Cristina Aguiar
Late Holocene Uplift of the Chihshang segment of the Longitudinal Valley Fault at Fuli, Eastern Taiwan, Brian Thomas Gray
Development and Evaluation of a Simulation System Based Upon Standard Pedestrian Thoroughfare Methodologies, Charles O. Pringle
Paleoflood Record Reconstruction at an Archaeological Site on the Owyhee River, Southeastern Oregon, Stephanie Louise Vandal
The Public Perception of Enrichment for Captive Animals, Elizabeth Marie Webb
Theses from 2006
Fluvial Response to Intra-Canyon Lava Flows, Owyhee River, Southeastern Oregon, Cooper Cooke Brossy
Deciphering the Signature of Magma Mixing: Examples from the Castle Creek Eruptive Period, Mount St. Helens, Washington, Seth Taylor Mattos
Theses from 2005
The Role of Geomorphic Features and Hydrologic Processes on Sediment Clusters in Gravel-Bed Rivers, Washington: A Field-Based Approach, Ross Richard Hendrick
Transient Detection and Modeling of Continuous Geodetic Data, Walter Michael Szeliga
Theses from 2004
Teachers' Handbook for Using Picture Books to Promote/Reinforce Mathematical Concepts in the Early Primary Grades, Andrea Lynn Bannister
A Large Late Pleistocene Outburst Flood From Pluvial Lakes Alvord and Coyote Into the Owyhee River, Oregon, Deron Torrey Carter
Theses from 2003
Tracks in the Woods: Identifying and Evaluating Historic Logging Railroad Systems within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Carol Taylor Hearne
GIS Modeling of Desert Root Crop Maturation on the Mid-Columbia Plateau, Mary Michelle Phillips
TOWARD A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANT ASSESSMENTS OF PREHISTORIC ACHAEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AT MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Nicholas James Smith
Theses from 2002
An Assessment of Potential Habitat Corridors and Landscape Ecology for Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca Fascicularis) on Bali, Indonesia, Mark Warren Southern
Environment-Based Education: Policy, Practice, and Place, Eric N. Wickwire
Theses from 2001
A small look at the big picture: linking geopotential height anomalies to paleofloods on the Snake River, Idaho and Oregon, Gwendolyn Bernitha Rhodes
Theses from 2000
A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning to Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. McKee
Theses from 1999
A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Riparian Vegetation along Satus Creek on the Yakama Indian Reservation, Kathryn Gellenbeck
The Effects of an Organizational Communication Intervention on Job Satisfaction in a Public Health Organization, Ann Kathleen Riley
Carbonado: The History of a Coal Mining Town in the Foothills of Mount Rainier, 1880-1937, John Hamilton Streepy
Theses from 1998
Factors Contributing to Landslide Activity in the Winter of 1995-96, Clearwater County Near Orofino, Idaho, Aaron Paul Wisher
Theses from 1997
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Restoration in Altered Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Habitat of the Yakima Training Center in Central Washington, Margaret Ann Pounds
Issues and Conflicts in the Management of the Public Domain of the Saddle Mountains in Eastern Washington: A Case Study, James Jack Sharpe
Summer Home Range Size of the Eastern Cascade Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa rainieri) in Relation to Availability of Preferred Food, Robert Julian Stagg
Theses from 1996
Johann Victor Bredt and German Party Politics: From Empire to Republic to Dictatorship, 1912 to 1933, John Michael Katz
Theses from 1995
Introversion, Extraversion, and Humor, Tanna Marlane Boucher
Impacts of Irrigation Development on Anadromous Fish in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, Robert L. Tuck
Theses from 1993
The Intelligibility of Japanese Speakers of English to Native Speakers of English, Manabu Aoki
To Assimilate the Children: The Boarding School at Chemawa, Oregon 1880-1930, James Alan Smith
Theses from 1992
Using Music to Enhance Beginning Reading, Shirley Yvonne Herrud
A Study of the Summer Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss in Several Intermittent Tributaries of the Satus Creek Basin, Washington, Joel Denney Hubble
THE VALUE OF HEBELER CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, Janet Lucille Smith
Theses from 1990
Collaborative Reading at Home to Assist Children with Reading Difficulties, Criste R. Goldy
The Effect of Different Approaches to Goal Setting on Goal Commitment, Eileen Mary Piersa
Theses from 1989
Promoting Children's Writing for Publication, Minnie Mary McKay Merrill
Theses from 1988
Pre-Academy Placement in the Washington State Patrol: Factors Associated with Academy and Job Performance, Richard Franklin Hamack
Computers and the School Principal, Paul Henry Nelson
Theses from 1987
The Homeschool Enrichment Center: A Handbook for Implementation, Linda Maude Anderson
The Pre-First Transition Room Program, Jeffrey Scott Peck
Theses from 1986
Silent Reading before Oral Reading on the IRI: Implication for Diagnosis and Instruction, Catherine P. Benedetti
A Measure of Student Attitude toward Physical Activity at Central Washington University, Timothy D. Clark
Administrative Behaviors which Positively Affect Teacher Commitment to Principals, E. Paul Furchert
100 Years of Yakima Indian Nation Art, Muriel Jean Hauge
Analysis of Some Variations in Method of Performing the Push-Up among College Women, Clifford T. Mito
Selection Procedure Utilized by Second-class School Districts in Making Appointments to the Principalship in Washington State, Keith W. Morris
Adjustment of South African Education Program Students and South African Higher Education Program Students in America, Ronald T. September
Theses from 1985
An Analysis of Parental Rights in the Education of their Children, Marylou Brain Mundy
Student Rights: U.S. Supreme Court Cases-- Their Implications for and Implementation in Washington Schools, Angela Dawn Ramsey
Absenteeism Trends in the North Franklin School District From 1974 to 1985, Gail A. Thompson
Theses from 1984
Selected Sources of Funding for the Third World Educational Projects, Joseph M. Ndisya
Acquisition of Physical Fitness Knowledge by Central Washington University Physical Education Activity Students, Diana Dawne Rector
Theses from 1983
The Cost to and the Public Relation Effects of Federal Education Dollars to the Local School District, Raymond L. Cooper
Exercises for Developing Student Leadership for the Middle School, Gene Robert Laes
The Effect of an Intensive Study Skills Approach on Grade Point Average of Secondary Learning Disabled Students, Jeanne Lancaster Vaughan
The Use of Children's Literature in Improving the Secondary Remedial Reader's Attitude toward and Fluency in Reading, Jane Watson
Theses from 1982
Opinions of Washington State School Administrators Concerning Federal and State Paperwork Requirements, Jerry Alan Harding
The Effect of Intelligence Quotient Scores on Special Education Teacher Expectations for Job Success of the Mildly Handicapped, Janice Ann Tornow
Theses from 1981
Attitude and Opinion Profile of the High School Vocational Student versus the Academic Student, Bernard Austin Belstad
Theses from 1980
The Nature of the Middle School in Washington State - 1980, Edward Allen Barnhart
Academic Performance and Social Participation of Gifted and Talented Humanities Program Students, Hyak Junior High School, Bellevue, Washington, Eileen Casey Herling
The Development of a Comprehensive Preschool Screening Instrument, Jana Lee Johnson
Occurrence and Characteristics of Nonfruiting Myxobacteria Isolated from Pine Forest Soils, Paul M. Kulvi
A Content Analysis of Public School Education News in an Independently Owned Small Daily Newspaper, Linda L. McCleary
The Effect of Bench Jump Training on the Leg Strength and on the Vertical Jumping Ability of the Student, Michael Milo McGuire
The Fifth Grade Student as an Active Participant in the Selection of School Library Books, Catherine Spada McLeod
Relationship between Systematic Planning at Community Colleges and Goal Agreement, Nancy Emily Stetson
Theses from 1979
The Body of John Merryman: Ex Parte Merryman, a Case of Executive-Judicial Conflict over the Suspension of Habeas Corpus, Eric Paul Anderson
Energy Education Materials for Elementary School, Marcia Keizer Fraser
Teacher's reactions to an implemented competency based education program in Tigard Senior High School, Merle Dean Winder
Theses from 1978
An Evaluation of Central Washington University in Meeting the Objectives of the Degree Program in Teacher Education, John Harold Dallum
Theses from 1977
Effect of Deforestation by the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth on the Quality of Streamflow and Stream Productivity Parameters, Martin Ed Hicks
Theses from 1974
A study of the Neurological Impress Method with Remedial Secondary Students, Larry Charles Reynolds
Theses from 1973
Exploration of Directions and Philosophies of Two-Dimensional Media, Michael James Murphy
Frontier Consuls: Americans in British Columbia and the Yukon, 1880-1906, Clyde William Tucker
Theses from 1972
A Measure of the Library Skills of High School Graduates of Washington State as Demonstrated by Freshman of Central Washington State College, Malcolm Douglas Alexander
The Relationship between Functional Articulation Disorders and Self-Monitoring Auditory Discrimination, Geraldine Hahn Allison
The Effect of Oral Reading Rate Feedback on Reading Performance, Kristi M. Anderson
The Manipulation of Visual and Aural Allegorical Images on Motion Picture Film, Douglas Rogers Atherton
Assessing some Side Effects of a Contingency Management Program, Charles M. Atkinson
Motivating Employees to Overcome Marginal and Unsatisfactory Performance: Academic Preachments and Practical Considerations, William P. Baker
The Possible Causes and Remediation of Inverted Vision, Archie J. Beamer
Frauenliebe und Leben, Rose I. Bolstad