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.
Please use the thesis templates to download a pre-formatted Word file for your thesis. You can download the latest Microsoft Word software for free here. For more formatting information (along with other info), please visit the Graduate Studies formatting page. If you have questions or would like to request an online consultation, please contact us at cfr@humboldt.edu.
Theses/Projects from 2007
Conspecific attraction in the breeding distribution of the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus), Zachary J. Nelson
Landscape characteristics surrounding White-tailed Kite nest sites in southwestern California, Chris A. Niemela
The response of Cooper's Hawks to experimental Ponderosa pine forest restoration treatments in an Adaptive Management Area, Michael A. Palladini
A model to assess the use of nest exclosures for local population recovery of the western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus), Christopher Scott Panza
Inheritance, obligation, and responsibility in a commons dilemma, Michael K. Porter
Dual or dueling economies? An analysis of the intersection of the cash and subsistence economies from the social sustainablity perspective, Christy Prescott
Extended freshwater rearing of juvenile Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Northern California streams, Benjamin O. Ransom
Bioacoustic techniques to monitor great gray owls (Strix nebulosa) in the Sierra Nevada, Cameron B. Rognan
Assessment and redesign of teaching "Theories & methods of alternative dispute resolution" online, Gisela Rutishauser-Chappelle
A professional development workshop for teachers responsible for administering the FITNESSGRAM, Janice M. Schmidt
Women and self-efficacy : a comparison of lesbian, heterosexual, androgynous, and feminine typed women, Elisa Setmire
Evidence of leach field seepage determined by microbial and water quality analysis, Elisa Soltren
Using the Hough transform to detect fish in Freshwater Creek, Stephanie Souza
Intercollegiate athletes' perceptions of athletic training, Courtnie A. Steeves
Measuring teacher leadership, John William Triska
The effects of suspended sediment on aquatic community structure and detritus processing, John H. Welsh
A comparison of high spatial resolution images for fine scale vegetation mapping, Christine West
Temporal breeding patterns and mating strategy of the Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii), Clara A. Wheeler
Disaster prepardness in the United States, Belinda White
Incorporation of wastewater harvested algae into three-phase compression ignition emulsion fuels, Patrick E. Wiley
Age-related movements and distribution of western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) broods, Carol A. Wilson
Occupancy models of focal bird species in central Sierra Nevada foothill woodlands, California, Eric M. Wood
Socially undesirable gender-linked personality traits and their relation to alcohol abuse in a college population, Carolyn Yawn
Theses/Projects from 2006
An evaluation of the use of mating marks as an indicator of mating success in male Dungeness crabs, Justin C. Ainsworth
Learning Disability Assessment and Student Retention Rate at Humboldt State University, Elizabeth K. Archibald
Perceived parental relationships following disclosure of sexual orientation by lesbian, gay, and bisexual offspring, Erica L. Baltezore
From ontogeny to phylogeny : the olfactory system of Ascaphus truei, Noëlle A. Benzekri
Your Voice- Your Choice Coalition Transportation Committee Project, Dorothea Lynne Bott
Children in Colonial America, Lori J. Breyer
Social sustainability of rural community well-being and designing a planning process that will minimize the negative impacts of "Big Box" retailers, Margaret R. Campbell
Organic agriculture in Humboldt County, from social movement to economic development : interviews with organic dairy and row crop farmers, Allyson L. Carroll
Experimental assessment of a gateway invader : how yellow bush lupine (Lupinus arboreus) facilitates the loss of native dune vegetation, Jane Ashdown Cipra
Company towns in America, 1880 to 1930, Julie D. Clark
Subpopulation structure of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Middle Fork Eel River as determined by microsatellite DNA polymorphisms, Anthony III Clemento
John Adams and American foreign policy : the struggle to maintain neutrality, 1797-1800, Janna K. Cox
The Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants of Pennsylvania's steel mills (1880-1920), Mercedes Sowko Crispin
San Francisco Hetch-Hetchy Valley connection, Leslie T. Davies
Causes and effects of open enrollment in a rural northern California school district, Sarah C. Drisko
Telling the story : changing perceptions of the Lewis and Clark journals, Deborah Malony Dukes
Benthic index of biological integrity (B-IBI) for the South Fork Trinity River watershed, Julia L. R. Everta
Methods and modeling equations to quantify the litter layer of coniferous forests in California national forests, Carol Marie Ewell
Roost use by wintering dunlin at Humboldt Bay, California : relationship to predation danger and human activity, Nancy W. Fox-Fernandez
Exposure to anaplasma phagocytophilum and ticks in gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in northern Humboldt County, California, Mourad Wisam Gabriel
Optimal groundwater management with GIS applications for the Blue Lake Aquifer of Humboldt County, California, Jeffrey K. Galef
Margaret Sanger : feminist heroine, public nuisance, or social engineer?, Clover F. Gross
Habitat differentiation and resource use among different age classes of post metamorphic Rana boylii on Red Bank Creek, Tehama County, California, Miranda Haggarty
Sex role attitudes in career choice : a replication of a 1978 study, Stephanie R. Haley
Female war correspondents in Vietnam : a turning point for women in American journalism, Natalia J. Haller
A case study of shallow landslide occurrence and magnitude-frequency due to rainfall events after earthquakes in northwestern California, Cheryl A. Hayhurst
Fish, forests, fire and freedom : infringements of Karuk religious freedom through federal natural resource management, Robert Croy Holmlund
The effect of two-minute television demonstrations on food purchasing and preparation practices, Joyce M. Houston
Exploring the Progressive Movement through the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson, Virginia Ruth Howard Mullan
Diet, nutrition, and reproductive success of Roosevelt elk in managed forests of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Nicole R. Hutchins
Effects of the artistic design of interpretive signage on attracting power, holding time and memory recall, Kari Anne Jensen
The evolution of the American family, Joelle D. Jordan
An individual-based model for analyzing the evolution of traditional foraging strategies, Andrew Robert Kanarek
A mathematical model for the onset of water flooding in the cathode of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Daniel Kanewske
Measuring and modeling the gravitropic response of oat shoots (Avena sativa), Ari Kornfeld
The structure and dynamics of arthropod communities in an old-field ecosystem, Kristin E. Lane
A sediment budget for McDonald Creek Watershed, Northwestern, California, Kristine M. Leep
Transforming experiences : a reflective topical autobiography of facilitating student nurse development through international immersion programmes, Mary Anne Levine
Lovato learning: a guide for interactive, differential instruction in a high school remedial math class, Susan Lovato
A market study and financial feasibility analysis of permanent supportive housing for mentally ill homeless individuals residing in Humboldt County, California, Elizabeth R. Matsumoto
Parent Needs Assessment : a tool to support the transition into special education for children with autism and their families, Korin J. Matter
Beliefs, attitudes and behaviors about bear resistant food canister use among wilderness users in Yosemite National Park, Kathryn E. McCurdy
Phytoremediation of lead-contaminated soil using Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail), Steven McDonald
Peace Corps : motivational factors to enhance volunteer recruitment and retention, Megan McDrew
Spawning time, fecundity, habitat utilization, and parasites of Eucyclogobius newberryi in Humboldt County, Big Lagoon, CA, Katie R. McGourty
Some effects of growing season soil moisture and microclimate on redwood seedlings in a forest edge and gap environment, Justin Mercer
Evaluation of low-altitude vertical aerial videography as a method for identifying and estimating abundance of residual trees, Linda M. Miller
American childhood through the years : Colonial Era, 18th century through early 19th century, and Progressive Era, Barbara E. Moore
Apparent survival and population growth of Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in Humboldt County, California, Stephen M. Mullin
Benjamin Franklin's greatest invention : himself, Debra Alto Newby
A one-dimensional model of dense snow avalanches using mass and momentum balances, Richard Michael Oremus
Natural history and habitat selection by Osmia lanei, a solitary bee, Courtney Otto
Hydraulic simulations for regional fish modeling, Mark A.|Butcher Parrish
Advocacy as humanitarian politics : toward a broader conception of humanitarian action, James Phelan
Khrushchev, Castro,and Kennedy : motivation, intention, and the creation of a crisis, Robin R. Pickering
The response of bark-gleaning birds and their prey to thinning and prescribed fire in eastside pine forests in northern California, Christopher James Rall
Treatments for hinge ligament disease in juvenile Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas), Kimberly Suzanne Rich
Prevalence of pathogenic enteric bacteria in wild birds associated with agriculture in Humboldt County, California, Krysta H. Rogers
The relationship between contact and implicit and explicit attitudes toward homeless people, Carl A. Shoemaker
Avian nest survival in post-logging coastal buffer strips on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, David M. Sperry
A reality trip on the freaks : a historiography of the counterculture of the 1960s, Robert O. Standish
A great desolation : yellow fever, smallpox and influenza in American history, Stephanie S. Steffano-Davis
The importance of place-based fisheries to the Karuk Tribe of California : a socioeconomic study, Amy M. Stercho
Movements and habitat use of female Roosevelt elk in relation to human disturbance on the Hoko and Dickey Game Management Units, Washington, Jason Tevis Storlie
Use of rocky intertidal areas by juvenile Sebastes in northern California, Rebecca S. Studebaker
Into the melting pot : the assimilation of Irish potato famine emigrants in the United States, Sinon J. Talty
Experimental effects of ammonium on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) shoot density in Humboldt Bay, California, Ginger Tennant
Effective occupational therapy intervention for handwriting/fine motor difficulties, Jo Tennyson
Girls participation in math and science : a program evaluation of Expanding Your Horizons, Leah E. Thompson