We are proud to provide access to the theses and projects of successful graduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt. You can search for titles or authors in the search bar on the right.
For those submitting for Fall 2025, submit a PDF file of your thesis for committee approval using Adobe Sign's Graduate Thesis/Project Committee Approval Form. Please start this form as early as feasible but no later than Monday, December 15, 2025, to allow your committee members time to electronically register their approvals before the Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:59am deadline. Please see the Adobe Sign Form Instructions for assistance.
All committee members and the program graduate coordinator must have registered their signatures on the Adobe Sign Form before submitting your thesis here. Click HERE or use the Submit Thesis button on the right-side menu, then select the "CLICK HERE TO LOG-IN WITH myHUMBOLDT" button. The Fall 2025 submission deadline to submit a Microsoft Word file of your thesis for the official format review is Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:59am.
Deadlines, formatting, and accessibility requirements are strictly enforced. Please send us a draft to cfr@humboldt.edu for a courtesy review. The deadline for submission for a courtesy review is Monday, December 1, 2025.
This Canvas workshop is required. This thirty minute workshop will save you hours of work later. For your reference, here is a streamlined checklist we use to evaluate your thesis.
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Theses/Projects from 2025
Lineation to liberation: the transformative power of poetic rhetoric, Amber Rae Alvarez
A comparative analysis of perineuronal nets in trout and zebrafish models, Adnan Alyan
Common raven habitat selection along the Northern California coast, Alon Averbuj
From the ashes: lessons in community recovery from 2020 wildfires in Northern California and Southern Oregon, Catriona Grace Barr
Jaguar (Panthera onca) population status and conservation needs in Panama revealed using spatial density and occupancy models., Rebeca E. Becdach
Testosterone reactivity and parental care motivation in men as a function of parental status, Nathan Boone
Wait... homework can be fun?! A pilot homework system study, Caroline Brock
The menstrual cycle, dual-hormone hypothesis, and competition: implications for athletic performance, Camille Burns
Fleeing structural stigma: Psychological outcomes for transgender and gender-diverse internally displaced persons, Max E. Cartagena
An evaluation of fuel model accuracy and multi-scale mitigation strategies in the wildland-urban interface of southern Humboldt County, Julia I. Cavalli
Community assembly across environmental gradients: contrasting patterns of funtional convergence and divergence in California coastal grasslands, Ernesto Chavez- Velasco
Post-prohibition changes in cannabis genetics, Caleb Y. Chen
Physiological conditions of barn owl (Tyto furcata) nestlings as indicators of habitat quality within the wine-growing region of Napa Valley, Christian Cortez
The impact of plant-based diets on erythrocyte function, oxidative stress, and vascular inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Walter G. Craig
Resource guide to evidence based practices for children with autism spectrum disorder, Guadalupe Cruz
North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) prey selection of wintering waterbirds in a wetland complex, Gina Yael Culver
Grade-band instructional framework using art integration as a social emotional learning tool to increase accessibility and equity for all learners, Greta Dodson Turney
An economic and production analysis of seaweed farms in California and the Pacific Northwest, Brian Donovan
The effects of chronic absenteeism on average daily attendance funding in Humboldt County elementary schools, Corabelle A. Esmailian
The masa that holds us: Indigenous epistemologies and the food we share, Necahual Gamboa
An assessment of the California logging workforce, Kendra Jean Gerstenberg
Sex work and COVID-19: An intersectional discussion of U.S.-based sex worker experiences during the pandemic, Sabrina M. Grandia
Loss of LGL1 increases expression of c-Jun and DCX in the SVZ and RMS of the mouse brain, Madison Leigh Gutierrez
From spark to wildfire: predicting wildfire origins and the efficacy of “fire safe” cigarettes in California grasslands, Trevor Blackwell Haltermann
Can dyslexia diagnosis induce a stereotype threat effect? A literature review and research proposal, David H. Harris
Examining the effects of a teaching Theory of Mind curriculum for children with autism spectrum disorder, Kayla Marie Hart
Effects of experimental structural retention position and aggregation on avian communities in managed forests of the Pacific Northwest, U.S., Aidan M. Healey
The impact of guided goal setting on mood and exercise performance in college-age active individuals, Payton R. Heaney
Groundwater pumping impacts on stream depletion in Humboldt County, Ca: integrating analytical models and field data, Andy Hans Heise
Uncertainty reduction as an underlying motive for optimal distinctiveness, Chad Hinojosa
"We'll never get this opportunity again": Lived experiences of platform-based gig workers, Catey Hoehn
Who are we restoring Maunalua for? Place name resurgence and environmental restoration in Maunalua, O‘ahu, Cassidy J. Hollenbeck
Factors influencing elk road crossing behavior, Brielle Christine Jaglowski
Effects of teacher reinforcements on student outcomes in adapted physical education: a systematic review, Juliana Jamison-Espinoza
Use of public information for prospecting and nest site selection by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana), Fatime Wadad Jomaa
An analysis of UV disinfection of municipal wastewater following natural treatment systems, Jonathan Andrew Kirchubel
Examining the impact of a health course on lifelong learner attitudes toward psychedelic and entheogenic substances, Dustin B. Larrazolo
Elementary teachers' attitudes and perceptions of physical education, Jennifer Lemon
Roosting habits of male silver-haired bats in the Willard Creek Drainage of Northeastern California, Alexander Christopher Lewis
Hope transforms: an analysis of the novel Indiana, Jemimah "Miah" Dawn Lodes
Examining the effects of songbird nest boxes and habitat on avian and arthropod communities in a vineyard ecosystem, Eleanor MacDonald
The experience of child language brokering in Latin/Hispanic students: understanding how CLB shapes attitudes towards higher education, Noemi Maldonado
Elementary teachers' knowledge towards teaching physical education, Hannah Lee Mandy
Multi-grade classroom professional development and curated resources, Angie Marshall
Two Ways of Knowing: World Views, and Their Impact on Mankind's Ability to Understand, Michael Alan Martella
Bat species diversity in the Klamath Basin prior to dam removals, Ryan Page Matilton
True crime podcasts as a scene of feminist reckoning: a comparative analysis of My Favorite Murder and Sistas Who Kill, Rachel C.C. Matteri
The effects of a yoga intervention on flexibility and stress of high school students, Paige Mccollum
The effects of anxiety on rock climbing performance in a competition setting, Jackson W. Miller
Benthic community structure changes in Northern California following a marine heatwave, Franklin D. Moitoza
Factors associated with the biomass of Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, at fixed fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Galapagos Islands, Sarah Payton Moreau
Effects of teacher reinforcements on student outcomes in adapted physical education: a meta-analysis, Yaxeny Moreno
"Gen Z Climate Being": podcast series on youth, climate emotions, and affective climate justice, Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz
Can we help coast redwood adapt to climate change? A provenance study on genetic variation and climate transfer distance, Aidan J. Murphy
Geographic disparity and the comparison of projectile points in central California, Robert Clark Newcomb
Snag failure and fuel recovery following stand-replacing fire in the Klamath Mountains, Joseph R. Nicholas
Large language models and identity: a reflexive approach, Nicholas Austin Nielsen
Investigating fish communities as part of the food web in artificial tidal wetland ponds of Humboldt Bay, CA, Lily M. Olmo
Breaking barriers: the first-generation experience in pursuit of the American dream, Milagros Ortega
Variation in the timing and duration of rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) larval period in the center of their geographic range (Humboldt County, California), Emmery R. Parker
Representation in higher education: a closer look into Cal Poly Humboldt’s HSI designation through the Courageous Cuentos retrospective, Audriana Peñaloza
Student housing insecurity and its impacts on academic enthusiasm: A multi-method analysis of Cal Poly Humboldt, Aaron Gabriel Perez
Using behavior skills training to teach independent living skills, Jeanavy Marie Perez
Power & danger: A glimpse into K-12 sexual and reproductive health education via Instagram, Sade Perez
Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon, Cameron Piper
“We weren't just reading about adventures; we were living them”: immersion, transgressive play, and Dungeons & Dragons, Nicolas Poulter
A porpoise-driven approach: Using agent-based models to predict population consequences of offshore wind noises on Gulf of Maine harbor porpoises, Ben Greenberg Pridonoff
Comparison of the division and fairness of household labor between the 1980s and early 2000s, Madeline Rose Provins
Comparative olfactory anatomy of wild and hatchery-raised rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Nicole Rahman-Garnier
Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to investigate diversity and seasonal variation of fishes in Humboldt Bay, California, Johnathon M. Richardson
Campesino world-building: stories of migration, memory, and care in the tension of the colonial frame, Chelsea Ríos Gómez
Acceptance and commitment training for reducing aggressive behaviors for children diagnosed with externalizing disorders, Isabelle C. Rodriguez
Place-based learning practices: a diptych case study of human and more-than-human relationality at the tribal and western academic institutional interface, Karley M. Rojas-Vienneau
Social emotional learning: through a culturally relevant and spiritual lens, Albert Roman
Evaluating the effects of memory aids on conversational behaviors in older adults with cognitive decline and their caregivers, Sarah B. Romero Pavon
Afghan students are more than just English learners, Farilla Saboor
Exploring the influence of ethnic studies on Latinx students in rural Northern California, Georgina C. Salvarrey
The social critic: challenging cultural norms through the adaptation and interpretation of Euripides' Medea, Samantha M. Sanchez
Housing Cal Poly Humboldt students, Andrea Santamaria
“Thanks for the [land] acknowledgement, now what?”: Settler histories and decolonial futures at Cal Poly Humboldt’s Schatz Tree Farm, Sangeeta Sarkar
Kelp guardians can save the world: A Food Sovereignty Lab report of the Ghvtlh-k’vsh Shu'-srnelh-'i~ (Kelp Guardians) California Sea Grant, Delaney A. Schroeder-Echavarria
Cultivation of winged kelp (Alaria marginata) in Humboldt Bay, Evan C. Simpson
Impacts of autistic traits on student evaluations of professors, Matias Solorzano
An exploratory attempt to incorporate social criteria into spent nuclear fuel site screening and relocation, Julie M. Sorfleet
A review of contact dependent interactions among encrusting bryozoans, Sheena Emily Stephens-Norton
Curriculum addressing recidivism: A case study of Project Rebound’s Youth Empowerment Program, Julie Stewart
Modeling forest stewardship in Goukdi’n: An assessment of carbon, wildlife habitat, and fire resilience in a university forest, Benjamin Stock
Environmental and spatial drivers of quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) growth in the northeast Pacific Ocean from California to Alaska, Claire E. Stuart
Exploring coastal spaces of tribal sovereignty and self-determination in ancestral waters proposed for offshore wind development, Alyssa Suarez