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Theses/Projects from 2003
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
Relation of Thin and Release Timber Management Practices to Abundance of Woodrats, Chipmunks, Mice, and Ticks Within the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Deborah A. Whitaker
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
Vertical Hydraulic Gradients and the Cause of Foliar Variation in Tall Redwood Trees (Sequoia Sempervirens), Gregory M. Jennings
Effects of silvicultural edges on terrestrial amphibian abundance and microclimate in northwestern California, Nancy E. Karraker
Men Who Batter: An Examination of A Typology in Batterers 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
Distribution and Habitat Associations of Northern Spotted Owls in Marin County, California, Nola Chow
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
Teachers' views on including children with autism in general education settings, Jill H. Furuoka
Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) prey availability and feeding ecology in northern California, 1999-2000, Ryan S. Jenkinson
The Moral Panic About Raves: Newspaper Transmission and Legislation, Joel Mitchell
Implementation of a modified small stream juvenile salmonid survey design, Christopher D. Moyer
Designing A Parent-Teen Mediation Program for the Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville Area, Robyn Lee Schroeder
Black Women at the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class: How These Issues Affect our Lives and How We Deal With Them, Lael E. Washington
Theses/Projects from 2000
A Tender Fury: Zapatismo and the Predicament of the Rural Peasantry and Indigenous Peoples of Mexico, Alicia Rachelle Balassa
Public participation : citizen involvement in environmental management decision-making, a Northern California perspective, Timothy J. Chauvel
Survival and habitat use of mallard broods in the San Joaquin Valley, California, Michael P. Chouinard
Floristic affinities of the San Joaquin Roadless Area, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California, Helen M. Constantine-Shull
Winter shorebird communities of Humboldt Bay : species diversity, distributions, and habitat characteristics, Tamar Danufsky
Assessment of shipping costs and transportation issues of delivered bulk compost, Yvette DiCarlo
Water course vegetation on granitic and calcareous substrates in the Eastern Mojave Desert, California, Julie M. Evens
A radio telemetric study of the movement patterns of adult northern red-legged frogs (Rana aurora aurora) at Freshwater Lagoon, Humboldt County, California, Judy Ann Ganz Haggard
The conflict urbanist, Connor T. Hawkins
Empowerment Through Dancing?: Perceptions of Occupational Power and Control Among Female Exotic Dancers, Patricia A. Hernandez
Women and Rap: An Exploration of Meaning and Identity, Katherine J. Huffstutter
A Unifying Approach for Researching Disasters: Disrupted Social Logic and Triangulating Interdisciplinary Methods, Andrew J. Hund
Attitudes and beliefs regarding sleeptalking in the college population, Patricia A. Jones
Reproductive isolation in five hybridizing species of western gooseberries (Ribes: Grossulariaceae), Jennifer L. Kalt
Analysis of long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) distributions at three spatial scales, Ryan L. Mathis
The Internet as a Source of Informal Social Control: Social Support in Pedophile Online Culture, Teelynn T. Mauney
Human Agency and the Process of Social Change in the Religious Structure of a Traditional Society, Jonathan Mermis-Cava
Economic analysis of a conservation easement in the Jacoby Creek watershed, Erik J. Pearson
Successful Aging and Positive Deviance: A Sociological Investigation of Eccentrics, Missy A. Peterson
Sage grouse nesting habitat in northeastern California, Gail P. Popham
The diversity of litter-decomposing fungi in riparian Sitka spruce forests, Cheri J. Sanville
The Economic Re-Emergence of China Within the World System, Daniel Sarabia
Bumble bee pollen foraging on lupine (Lupinus: Fabaceae): within-whorl decisions, Birgit Semsrott
Globalization in rural Xi'an : the socio-economics of female rural return migration in China, Jessica Michelle Shadian
Strong woman or pretty girl? Exploring the female body politic, Estelle M. Smith
The Life Attitudes Schedule and the relationship between health-related actions and depression : a 90-day test-retest with college-aged females, Laura Alice Stock
The indigenous diaspora in academics and the impact of the Red Power Movement on inclusion of American Indian scholarship, Sara C. Sutler-Cohen
Theses/Projects from 1999
An Evaluation of the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program in Humboldt County's Juvenile Court, Ruben Alvarado
Coastal shrublands of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California, James B. Belsher
Use of grazed and non-grazed fields by wintering sandhill cranes and nesting dabbling ducks, Lesley Chantelle Carroll
Hmong minority in Eureka: a study of adjustment to life in the United States, Yu-Fong Grace Chai
Grassland songbird use of waterfowl nesting cover in southwestern Manitoba, Kristina Menges Chouinard
The Media's Influence on Women's Labor Force Participation: A Content Analysis of Magazines, Cassandra S. Crawford
HSU Student Campus Climate Survey fall semester 1995, Randi Marie Darnall Burke
Genetic founder effects and admixture in California's non-native red foxes, Benjamin Minault Fitzpatrick
Making Genes: A Pilot Study of the Social Construction of Biotechnology, Christopher B. Ganchoff
"I have given up my society world self" : self and other in the Julia Butterfly tapes, Geraldine Goldberg
Structure and dynamics of a coastal dune forest at Humboldt Bay, California, Shayne Green
Annie Smith Peck : Pan-Americanist, Caroline Louise Houle
Soil profile development models using geographic information system and satellite image analyses in Mendocino County, California, David W. Howell
Artificial neural network and Monte Carlo optimization for reservoir operation, Stephen James Klein
Toward A Sociological Understanding of Heroic Behavior: A Focus on Carnegie Heroes, Anna F. LoMascolo
Goal setting techniques of successful collegiate women's basketball coaches, Flo Luppani
Resource Development for the Social Support Network of Women with Breast Cancer, Karen R. Martinez
Effects of prey delivery on the fledging success of the northern goshawk, Robert H. McCoy
The Shadow Children, Patricia A. Menzies
Researcher/Practitioner Teams: A Potential Tool for Creating Democratic Dialogue in Participatory Evaluation, Regina Ann Misch
Dividing Community: Environmentalists, Police, and Pepper Spray, S. Giovanna Richman
Population counts, time budgets, and disturbance factors of black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) at Humboldt Bay, California, Peter E. Schmidt
An Assessment of the Project Challenge Pilot Program Evaluation, Judy Lynn Scripter
Plant establishment at three ponds created for gravel extraction along the lower Mad River, Humboldt County, California, Jana Slane Seeliger
Theses/Projects from 1998
Modeling the movement of sediment slugs in a channel, Annjanette M. Dodd
Diatom evidence for tsunami inundation from Lagoon Creek, a coastal freshwater pond, Del Norte County, California, Carolyn E. Garrison-Laney
Toward A Synthesis of Perspectives in the Sociology of Religion, Tony Randall Gragg
Batawat by the Sea: The Wiyot in McKinleyville, California, Dorothy Lavalle
The Media's Influence on Welfare Recipients' Self Perceptions, Candice L. Ludlow
The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques in Siting a Multiple Assistance Center in Eureka, California, Julie A. Orth
An Evaluation of the Project Challenge Pilot Program, Steven James Schaening
The Dilemmas of Conflict Resolution in Central and Eastern Europe, Lisa Marie Shochat
Practice order effect on bilateral transfer of the instep drive in soccer, Paul A. Stumpf