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.
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Theses/Projects from 2025
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
The menstrual cycle, dual-hormone hypothesis, and competition: implications for athletic performance, Camille Burns
An evaluation of fuel model accuracy and multi-scale mitigation strategies in the wildland-urban interface of southern Humboldt County, Julia I. Cavalli
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 masa that holds us: Indigenous epistemologies and the food we share, Necahual Gamboa
An assessment of the California logging workforce, Kendra Jean Gerstenberg
Can dyslexia diagnosis induce a stereotype threat effect? A literature review and research proposal, David H. Harris
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
“We are the future of this community”: exploring belonging and rural healthcare practice intent in a high school medical sciences club, Sydney Ann Lyons
Multi-grade classroom professional development and curated resources, Angie Marshall
Benthic community structure changes in Northern California following a marine heatwave, Franklin D. Moitoza
"Gen Z Climate Being": podcast series on youth, climate emotions, and affective climate justice, Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz
Snag failure and fuel recovery following stand-replacing fire in the Klamath Mountains, Joseph R. Nicholas
Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon, Cameron Piper
Comparison of the division and fairness of household labor between the 1980s and early 2000s, Madeline Rose Provins
Campesino world-building: stories of migration, memory, and care in the tension of the colonial frame, Chelsea Ríos Gómez
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
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
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
Exploring coastal spaces of tribal sovereignty and self-determination in ancestral waters proposed for offshore wind development, Alyssa Suarez
Twice-exceptionalism and the complexity of supporting students who are both gifted and disabled, River Johnathon Taylor
All red inside: embodied metaphor in Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Ian Vargas
First-year college transition: The role of psychosocial resources in student motivation, Hayley Weatherill
The molecular and serological detection of Rickettsia species phylotype G022 and Rickettsia tillamookensis in the blood of domestic dogs in Northern California, Nicholas Woronchuk
Investigating the role of motivation in open-label placebo responses, Joshua Worthington
Patterns of tree damage and fuels around powerlines in Northern California, Zoe J. Ziegler
Theses/Projects from 2024
Countering dominant narratives in community: The many voices in spoken word poetry, Natalie Raquel Acuña
Assessing relocation habitats and assisted migration of the Lassics lupine, an endangered California serpentine-endemic, Caitlyn M. Allchin
A case of incipient budding speciation in the California Floristic Province, infraspecific divergence in Abronia Villosa, Eli J. Allen
Mouralherwaqh: Coastal wetland road crossing Da’luk, Filip Amborski
Evolution of regulations impacting landowner decision making: A comparison of private forest policies in California and Oregon, Claire E. Anderson
Studying redtail and silver surfperch in sandy beach surf zones with MPAs in Humboldt County, California, USA, Noah G. Angell
Evaluating the utility of tracers to characterize environmental DNA transport and inform detection of fishes in small streams, Gavin B. Bandy
The impact of a structured exercise program on the pre-established exercise goals for individuals with disabilities, Emily C. Batini
Performance activism versus collective action, Grace Belt
Assessing sustainability: Knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes before and after college, Seth Blair Comella Bradley
Using environmental DNA methods for estimating juvenile Chinook salmon abundance, Jacqueline Marie Bridegum
Examining the drivers of nocturnal behavior of pikas at lower elevations in Lassen National Forest, California, Evan Burnett
Effects of habitat selection and individual quality on the reproductive success of barn owls (Tyto furcata), Jaime E. Carlino
Post-fire persistance of Sequoia semperviens in a secondary forest: Examining drivers of basal resprouting response, Jackson T. Carrasco
Two-dimensional hydrodynamic model comparison for fish habitat assessment in rivers, Tyler Caseltine
Characterizing new plant fossils with woody growth from the Battery Point Formation of Quebec (Canada), Emma T. Casselman
The effect of interval time on time to exhaustion during high intensity interval training running in recreational male runners, Abraham Castrejon
How influential is petro-pedagogy on federal educational guidelines?, Cherrie Amor Chavez
Drought's lingering shadow: Monitoring the recovery of sagebrush steppe plant communities after four years of experimental drought, Francisco Jesus Chavez
Fueling identities: A study of ethnic and athletic identities on dietary choices, Tally Chavez
Common raven resource selection, diet, and behavior around a threatened shorebird, Janelle Chojnacki
Fire severity mediates marten and fisher occurrence: Impacts of the Dixie Fire on a carnivore community, Christopher James Collier
Environmental implications of modern food production: An analysis for the conscious consumer, Jessica T. Coming
Breaking barriers: a resource guide for transitioning foster youth, Tylor Davis
Bird predation on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Humboldt Bay, Colton J. Dixon
Building detailed and accurate whole-plant concepts: A morphometrics-informed reconstruction of a zosterophyll from the lower Devonian of Wyoming, Samar R. El-Abdallah
Assessing community perspectives to inform kelp forest restoration and management: The case of Mendocino Coast, California, Jocelyn Enevoldsen
Temperature driven variability in bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) early life stages: a comparative study of California populations, Marzia Fattori
Longevity of prescribed fire effectiveness in mixed-evergreen forests of the Klamath Mountains, Kaily M. Fineran
The "upside-down" river: Trends in total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and microcystin concentration in the Klamath Basin, 2010-2021, Kayla M. Fitzpatrick
Exploring colorism in children’s literature: Sulwe and Black is Brown is Tan, Jasmine April Fortunato
Agitprop: A deep dive into leftist affinity spaces, Brittany M. Fuher
Comparative morphology and ultrastructure of olfactory epithelia in plethodontid salamanders: Effect of life history variation, Emily Gremling
Black to the kitchen: A genealogical cookbook, Dillon Avery Harp
Bridging cultural disconnects: implementing social and emotional learning through the use of action research and community responsive pedagogy through the art-making process, Rajeev Colleen Haymond
Incorporating equity into sea-level rise planning: Perspectives from practitioners across California, Nayré Herrera
"Kindness eases change / love quiets fear": Mapping change and movement in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, Elizabeth Hershey
Experience of early educators currently enrolled in the North Coast Teacher Induction Program: A case study, Melissa Hodgson
Transitional course for incoming transfer students at Cal Poly Humboldt, Marissa Carla Holguin
Evaluating the Trojan Y Chromosome Strategy for the removal of invasive Sacramento Pikeminnow from the Eel River, CA, Alexander W. Juan
Interactions between New Zealand mud snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) and toxic cyanoabacteria (anabaena) in Baduwa’t (Mad River), Humboldt County, California, Cecilia F. Kennelly
Petrologic and geochemical constraints on the pre-eruptive storage conditions of magmas erupted during the ~12.5 ka flare up of Medicine Lake Volcano, CA, Regina M. Khoury
Accelerations and EMG differences between isocaloric high-incline walking and level grade jogging, Taj Krieger
The persistent voice of the colonizer: troubling a mascot’s settler-colonial past, Linda J. Kuckuk
Comparative analysis of ac coupled and dc coupled microgrids: analyzing electrical performances and economics, Sanjeev Kumar