We are proud to provide access to the theses and projects of successful graduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt.
The Fall 2023 submission deadline is Monday, December 11, 2023. To submit your thesis or project for approval, use the Submit Thesis button on the left-side menu or click HERE. Committee members will only have until December 12 to register their approvals so please notify them that you will be submitting. Please SUBMIT EARLY to allow your committee members time to electronically register their approval.
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 November 27, 2023.
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 2023
Effects of exergaming on health and fitness outcomes for students with disabilities: a meta-analysis, Jason Abaya
The effects of physical education on social outcomes in children with disabilities: A meta-analysis, Alyette J. Afont
Positive and negative contact as predictors of attitudes toward law enforcement, Benjamin Jackson Anjewierden
College students' autonomy, self-regulation, and academic self-efficacy during COVID-19, Madelynne J. Avila
"Concealing the excess of her pleasure": A queer reading of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Josie Anne Blubaugh
Food waste storage gaseous emissions detection and quantification using infrared spectroscopy, Ryley A. Burton-Tauzer
Self-determination theory and exercise performance for individuals with autism., Martin Calderon
Effects of landscape configuration metrics on American barn owl nest box occupancy and hunting, Samantha D. Chavez
Absolute and relative reference values of college-aged men and women for the YMCA bench press test for muscular endurance, Skye H. Choi
Diversity and distribution of bryozoans of the northern to central rocky outer coast of California, Ismael Chowdhury
Macrolichen inventory of the Horse Mountain botanical area, Six Rivers National Forest, California, USA, Sarah Norvell Conway
Effects of atomoxetine on circadian rhythms and locomotor activity, Rhiannon Ryder Crimmins
The relationship between prejudice toward women and gay men and the role of self and identity threats, Jacob Steven Crocker
Is the area postrema resistant to the anesthetic effects of MS-222?, Austin T. Csiszar
Impact of self determination theory amongst individuals with autism spectrum disorder and physical activity: modifying a survey, Ruben Guillermo Diaz
Investigating tribal co-management of Caifornia’s public lands, Zachary Joseph Erickson
Use of foreign edna tracers to resolve site- and time-specific eDNA distributions in natural streams, Braden A. Herman
The relationship between gluteus maximus activation and running economy in recreational distance runners, Carlos Hernandez
Negative social media and its influence on athlete's performance, Bernd R. Huber
The effects of aquatic programs on students with disabilities fitness and skill-based outcomes; a meta-analysis, Delaney Hughes
Using multiscale ensemble habitat models to identify wildfire risk to habitat for an iconic forest species, Logan Baker Hysen
Habitat selection and habitat use of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) on trespass cannabis grows., Haley-Marie R. Jones
Monitoring bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana) remotely at high resolutions, Hannah E. Joss
Does cleft repair surgery restore normal visual and neural responses to infant faces?, Rachael Leanne Kee
Teaching dystopia in dystopian realities: trauma-informed pedagogy and the dystopian novel after COVID-19, Emily Rose Lavrador
Analyzing residential curbside collection for food waste in Humboldt County, Yvette Lindler
Knobcone pine response to shading from competing chaparral shrubs following stand-replacing wildfire, Sean T. Lindley
Nothing about us: three models of disability in three works of literary fiction, Mary Lipiec
A descriptive and visual analysis of the North Coast Fall Prevention Survey data, Mishell Lopez
Make a foreigner of yourself: an analysis of the dueling critical utopias of The Dispossessed and Trouble on Triton, Anthony Michael Lowe
Host-microbe interactions in non-native estuarine anemones: biogeography and temperature, Parker K. Lund
A picture worth a thousand words: factors influencing disability accommodations, Alicia E. Martin
Prototypicality threat and intergroup threat theory: support for BLM using militant or peaceful language, Jordan C. McDowell
Who farms the future? Producing the next generation of agriculturalists, Jordyn L. McMaster Neely
Techno-economic Analysis of a Utility-scale Solar Power Plant in Bhutan., Minjur
The benefits of physical education programs for students in special education programs with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Deborah A. Mok
Indigenous women in active drug abuse recovery: an analysis of Native and non-Native programs, Raquel J. Muñoz
Comparing Mexican spotted owl habitat suitability in two different habitat types using a multi-scale ensemble learning framework, Danial Nayeri
Olfactory organ morphology and ultrastructure of the larval Koh Tao Island caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis), Jaclyn M. Patmore
The effects of post-harvest residue on plantation forest soils and early growth of redwood and Douglas-fir seedlings in Humboldt County California, Robert W. Raibley
A black Prometheus among the gods: illuminating African American literary tradition in Sam Greenlee's The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Kenneth L. Rainey III
Effects of pH, eelgrass, and settlement substrate on the growth of juvenile magallana (crassostrea) gigas, a commercially important oyster species, Johnny S. Roche
Uncertainty, parenting attitudes, risk perceptions, and covid-19 vaccination intentions, Zoë Royer
The relationship between gluteus maximus activation and running kinematics in recreational distance runners, Ricardo Sanchez
Hydrologic outcomes for ecological meadow restoration in the northern Sierra Nevada, Emma Sevier
Problematizing progress: building a postcapitalist present, Cole G. Shepard
The effect of brain breaks on student academic performance and behaviors in the k-12 school setting; a meta-analysis, Jesse Singh
Technical and economic feasibility of a microgrid for a fire station in Humboldt County, California., Nishaant Kumar Sinha
Establishing a market capacity and economic baseline for forest biomass utilization in the southern Cascade and northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, California, Clarke Stevenson
Insights into the conservation of the rare perennial herb, Astragalus applegatei, Sean Stewart
Long-line culture of red seaweed in the Pacific Northwest, Erika R. Thalman
"Think of the children!": understanding parental and community opposition to critical race theory, Daniela S. Tierra
Seasonal growth, movement, and survival of juvenile Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) utilizing restored rearing habitat, Monica S. Tonty
Schumaker Acres equine assisted learning curriculum: building social emotional learning skills for autistic individuals, Sara M. Trent
Increasing the duration of treadmill walking to reach moderate intensity levels for 2 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Nicholas Velazquez
Changes and relationships of soil aluminum, organic matter, and hydrogen ion concentration with rye cover crop, Arron Wilder
Identification with all of humanity, uncertainty, and beliefs toward animals, Andrea Michelle Wilson
Effect of in situ experimental heating of artificial Mytilus californianus beds on associated invertebrate communities in Northern California, Claire C. Windecker
Inferring exposure to harmful pseudo-nitzschia blooms from ocean-to-estuary gradients in domoic acid concentrations in Humboldt Bay bivalves, Natasha Hope Ficzycz Winnacott
Muele las palabras con canela: how queer Xicanx writing practices reclaim indigeneity, Karen Zurita
Theses/Projects from 2022
Normative values of college-aged men and women for the 1.5-mile run test on a treadmill for cardiorespiratory fitness, Eli Baginski
Geomorphic evaluation of the Goose Lake fault and fluvial terraces at the Yager Creek–Van Duzen River confluence, northern coastal California, Samuel E. Bold
Johnson v. M'intosh: Christianity, genocide, and the dispossession of indigenous peoples, Cynthia J. Boshell
Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp. in domestic cattle and wild Roosevelt elk: fecal pathogens at the wildlife-domestic interface, Emily A. Buck
Comedians are leaders: Comedians' use of humor makes us feel like we matter, Matthew Burt
Carnivore and ungulate responses to cattle in a grazed forest ecosystem, Rebecca Carniello
Settler colonialism and white environmentalism in the 'Uba, Aleena Church
Uncertainty, populist deprivation rhetoric, and extremism, Crane Conso
Late Quaternary glacier fluctuations at Picayune Lake, Northern California, Aidan Patrick Cowan
Modulation of polyamines to elucidate function within osteogenesis of mesenchymal stromal cells, Amin S. Cressman
A theater of the absurd: economic sanctions in the emerging age of multipolarity, Travis Cunha
The Slater fire was the product of settler colonialism, William Joseph Curtis
Foraging behavior of honeybees exposed to mosquito insecticides, Samantha Marie Diel
From the edge of a rib: pro-ana edgeworking narratives, Casey Dobbins
Does having siblings affect caretaking responses to infants?, Kaitlin Rose Duskin
Estimating the ecosystem service of Aleutian cackling goose droppings on pastures, Brian G. Fagundes
Assessing soil disturbance from tethered logging on steep slopes in Northern California, Karolyn Marie Fagundes
Geographic and seasonal variation of flying squirrel vocalizations in California, Travis A. Farwell
Hormonal medications and partner odor preferences, Jeffrey Lee Frederick
Evidence-based practices in adapted physical education for students with autism: a meta-analysis, Patrick K. Fromherz
Sediment production from forest roads in areas affected by the August Complex fire in Northern California, Zachary J. Gigone
Protecting public trust resources in America's private forests: case studies in the diversity of U.S. state-level forestry policies, Brita Ann Goldstein
Envisioning a grassroots framework for community-based mental health crisis intervention, Xandra C. Gradine
Environmental effects on constructed wetland microbial diversity and function in the context of wastewater management, Sandrine Grandmont-Lemire
Teaching conversation skills using BST and video modeling via telehealth, Margaret F. Groves-Bradley
Do Steller’s jays respond to human providers?, Jessica E. Guenther
Evaluating the use of barn owl nest boxes for rodent pest control in winegrape vineyards in Napa Valley, Ashley N. Hansen
Activity patterns of the Del Norte salamander (Plethodon elongatus): monitoring plethodontid behavior using PIT tag surveys, Sabrina Horrack
Counter-mapping the material world of the bone clocks: A critical analysis through digital cartography, Anne Howard
Surveying levels of staff burnout among applied behavior analysis practitioners, Marissa Howell
