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Theses/Projects from 2006
Effects of bulk density and soil strength on the growth of blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus Buckl.), Allison A. Tokunaga
Creating affordable housing in Humboldt County, Deborah T. Waxman
Facilitation of Achillea millefolium increases at high levels of wind stress, Jennifer L. Westenberg
Relationships between eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat characteristics and juvenile Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) and other invertebrates in southern Humboldt Bay, California, USA, Kathleen Janice Williamson
The effect of overstory canopy density alterations on air temperature in a managed redwood forest, Elizabeth F. Wilson
Potential adaptive significance of vegetative regeneration in the monodominant tropical tree Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae), Lance P. Woolley
A policy analysis of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's hydroelectric relicensing process, Jay Wright
Theses/Projects from 2005
The impact of improvisational musics on the creative processes of classically and jazz trained student musicians, William Murray Allison
Concurrent revolutions : rock & roll and the civil rights movement, Cheryl LS Baer
Explorers or entrepreneurs : mountain men of the far west, Stephen A. Baer
World War comes to Humboldt County, Jack. Bareilles
A family's quest for a piece of paradise : the Benbow Hotel as a symbol of the first modern era, Michael. Benbow
The music of the colorblind : how integrated music was created in a region of political and social segregation, Damon. Brooks
Exploring and settling Humboldt Bay, Jamie L. Bush
Zapatismo and Autonomous Social Movements: Reading the Communiqes Politically, Jordan Camp
The Equip Model and the New Horizons Program, Yi-Lang Chao
Discovering Democracy: Grassroots Organizations and Strategies of Mobilation, Adrian Chevraux-FitzHugh
Indian Island massacre : an investigation of the events that precipitated the Wiyot murders, Joan Crandell
Social distance and loneliness as they relate to headphones used with portable audio technology, Robert Morrison Crane
An evaluation of Humboldt County's Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment Tool, Stephanie Lynne Daley
To inoculate or vaccinate : that has always been the question, Donald. Dean
Community involvement in watershed-based land use planning : sustaining the rural character of Fieldbrook, California, Jennifer L. Donovan
The legacies of the Watergate scandal, Dustin. Dutra
Corporations and resistance in the Redwood Empire : towards a corporate history of Humboldt County (1579-1906), Ryan Eric Emenaker
The American political party system : a historiography, David. Filippini
San Joaquin kit fox home range, habitat use, and movements in urban Bakersfield, Nancy Frost
Addressing the needs of diverse learners through differentiated instruction, Emily Gibson
Northern spotted owl nesting habitat on private timber lands in northwest California, Armand G. Gonzales
The Nation-State and the Transnational Capitalist Class in the Era of Global Accumulation, Jeffery Robert Gunn
Resistance on the plantation : the impossibility of owning the human spirit, Anne. Hartline
Incubation behavior of female western snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) on sandy beaches, Alexandra Hoffmann
Japanese American immigration and assimilation, Lynn Jones
A long term comparison of rocky intertidal communities in Redwood National and state parks, Cara L. McGary
The effect of expiratory muscle resistance training on collegiate rowers, Timothy W. Miller
Social Change in the Emperor System, Keiko Mori
Learning for Life: The Social and Academic Outcomes of a Waldorf Education, Adriane S. Mozzini
Navigating nineteenth century novels : linking historical and literary perspectives to explore the influence of dime novels in nineteenth century America, Helen C. Nelson
A study of the New Deal's impact on a small community : Eureka, California, 1937 - 1939, Craig Parker
Design and evaluation of a Web mapping service for the Klamath River Basin, Matthew T. Perry
Wipe out the plague spots : the expulsion of Chinese from Humboldt County, Ronald J. Perry
Water policy and prosperity in Humboldt County, Rebecca S. Price-Hall
Three factors affecting the invasion of Watersipora subtorquata in the marine fouling community of Humboldt Bay, California, Catherine M. Roscoe
The everchanging reputation of Jimmy Carter, Jennifer. Rosebrook
The artist as social critic : John Sloan and Thomas Hart Benton, Andrea. Tarantino
Effects of a wastewater outfall in a rocky intertidal community, Karen Warburton
Utilizing Principles of Transformative Mediation in the Development of the Redwood Regional Watershed Center, Paula Fitzgerald Yoon
Theses/Projects from 2004
Social Perception of Working Women in Benin: Gender Analysis, Hermine G. Amoussou
A statistical model of the area cleared by a landmine removal vehicle using real-time kinematic differential GPS and inertial sensing technologies, Paul Alan Burgess
Rural settlement patterns and growth management : a study of farmland loss in Humboldt County, California, Ellen S. Gibson
The potential effect of timber harvest on understory plants: a 420 year chronosequence study in a temperate coniferous forest, Maureen Gertrude Jones
Globalization, Biodiversity, and Resistance in Mexico: Deconstructing Plan Puebla-Panama, Michael Stanton Levy
Mountain lion habitat use relative to human activities in and around Redwood National and State Parks of northwest California, Cara Wolff Meinke
Prostitution as Legitimate Work: an Analysis of Sex Work in America, Nicholas J. Osborne
Fish and invertebrate ecology of Tillas and Islas Sloughs, Smith River estuary, Del Norte County, California, Debra J. Parthree
Late Holocene coseismic subsidence and coincident tsunamis, Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone, Hookton Slough, Wigi (Humboldt Bay), California, Jason Robert Patton
Late Holocene relative sea-level changes, Arcata Bay, California : evaluation of freshwater syncline movement using coseismically buried soil horizons, Chad James Pritchard
A Sociological Theory of Depression: An Integrated Approach to Optimism and Pessimism, Toward Effective Resolution of a Societal Problem, Jenny R. Shayani
A mark-recapture study of the wandering salamander, Aneides vagrans, in a redwood rain forest canopy, James C. Spickler
Theses/Projects from 2003
Scour, fill, and salmon spawning in a California coastal stream, Paul E. Bigelow
Effects of an applied behavior analysis training program on self-efficacy and perceived stress of parents and care providers for children with autism, Deborah K. Ewen
A comparison of growth rates of wild rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the upper Sacramento River before and after the Cantara Spill of 1991, Stanley C. Glowacki
Evaluation of a geographic information system model of shallow landsliding in Redwood Creek, California, Van C. Hare
RV Tourism in Humboldt County, California: An Exploratory Case Study, Richard M. Jennings
When the Abused Fight Back: Analysis of Victim Precipitated Trigger Response, Jodi Kateiva
The environment at risk : ecological crisis and environmental education in our nation's public schools, Morgan P. King
Working Butch: Lesbian Gender Nonconformity in the Workplace, Jacelyn G. Macedo
Rose Creek Hardscape Naturalization Project, Christopher E. Oesch
From awareness to action : a case study on applied environmental values, Nadia K. Raza
Quantitative study of benthic fauna in a Humboldt Bay salt marsh, Silven Read
Wildfire risk planning and mitigation in northwestern California, Hugh S. Scanlon
Volume tables and taper equations for small diameter conifers, Sally Joann Schultz
A Rationalization of Bureaucratic Infrastructure: Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in California, Bethaney Ann Weber
Documentation of prehistoric vegetation for a small coastal prairie in the north coast range, Humboldt County, California, using opal phytolith analysis and repeat photography, Karen L. Youngblood
Residence of juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, in the Smith River Estuary, California, David Zajanc
Theses/Projects from 2002
Training Mediators to be Reflective Practitioners, Christina Gerene Begley
Five Cases of African Revolution- A Comparative Historical Study of Successful Anti-Colonial Revolutions, Fergus John October Breck
Iranian Americans : a comparative study of Iranian cultural retention among three generations of Iranian Americans, Farnad J. Darnell
A Feminist/Interactionist Approach to Disability, Michael E. Grossman
A Teacher's Guide to Genocide in California History, Thomas William Hunnicutt
Effects of silvicultural edges on terrestrial amphibian abundance and microclimate in northwestern California, Nancy E. Karraker
Men Who Batters: An Examination of a Typology in Batters Completing Treatment, Karla A. Lusby
Distribution of spring staging black brant Branta bernicla nigricans in relation to feeding opportunities on south Humboldt Bay,California, Jeffrey E. Moore
Contact and attitudes toward community inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities, Carrie E. Moses
Assessing the role of seed banks and fire in the restoration of coastal prairie, Jason Lee Nuckols
Age and growth of largemouth bass at freshwater lagoon, Humboldt County, California, Stephen Will Pagliughi
Marine inundation of a late Miocene forest: stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the Saint George Formation, Crescent City, California, Dane T. Robinson
Youth rites of passage through environmental education in Humboldt County, Jason A. Sidell
Song discrimination of neighbors and strangers by male territorial northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina), Stephanie L. Waldo
Theses/Projects from 2001
Surf Like a Girl: Women, Identity, and Representation in Surf Culture, Elizabeth Anne Bennett
Identification of two uncharacterized proteins that physically interact with the Caenorhabditis elegans SPE-26 protein, Darrell W. Burlison
Personal Assistance for People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study, Laura Estetter
The floral and faunal recovery of a restored coastal wetland : Kunz Marsh, South Slough, Coos Bay, OR, Gisela B. Fritz