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.
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Theses/Projects from 2025
Lineation to liberation: the transformative power of poetic rhetoric, Amber Rae Alvarez
Common raven habitat selection along the Northern California coast, Alon Averbuj
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
Testosterone reactivity and parental care motivation in men as a function of parental status, Nathan Boone
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
Community assembly across environmental gradients: contrasting patterns of funtional convergence and divergence in California coastal grasslands, Ernesto Chavez- Velasco
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
From spark to wildfire: predicting wildfire origins and the efficacy of “fire safe” cigarettes in California grasslands, Trevor Blackwell Haltermann
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
Effects of teacher reinforcements on student outcomes in adapted physical education: a systematic review, Juliana Jamison-Espinoza
An analysis of UV disinfection of municipal wastewater following natural treatment systems, Jonathan Andrew Kirchubel
Roosting habits of male silver-haired bats in the Willard Creek Drainage of Northeastern California, Alexander Christopher Lewis
Hope transforms: an analysis of the novel Indiana, Jemimah "Miah" Dawn Lodes
The experience of child language brokering in Latin/Hispanic students: understanding how CLB shapes attitudes towards higher education, Noemi Maldonado
Multi-grade classroom professional development and curated resources, Angie Marshall
Two Ways of Knowing: World Views, and Their Impact on Mankind's Ability to Understand, Michael Alan Martella
True crime podcasts as a scene of feminist reckoning: a comparative analysis of My Favorite Murder and Sistas Who Kill, Rachel C.C. Matteri
The effects of a yoga intervention on flexibility and stress of high school students, Paige Mccollum
Benthic community structure changes in Northern California following a marine heatwave, Franklin D. Moitoza
Effects of teacher reinforcements on student outcomes in adapted physical education: a meta-analysis, Yaxeny Moreno
"Gen Z Climate Being": podcast series on youth, climate emotions, and affective climate justice, Rachel Wynne Moszkowicz
Can we help coast redwood adapt to climate change? A provenance study on genetic variation and climate transfer distance, Aidan J. Murphy
Snag failure and fuel recovery following stand-replacing fire in the Klamath Mountains, Joseph R. Nicholas
Investigating fish communities as part of the food web in artificial tidal wetland ponds of Humboldt Bay, CA, Lily M. Olmo
Breaking barriers: the first-generation experience in pursuit of the American dream, Milagros Ortega
Representation in higher education: a closer look into Cal Poly Humboldt’s HSI designation through the Courageous Cuentos retrospective, Audriana Peñaloza
Using behavior skills training to teach independent living skills, Jeanavy Marie Perez
Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon, Cameron Piper
“We weren't just reading about adventures; we were living them”: immersion, transgressive play, and Dungeons & Dragons, Nicolas Poulter
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
Evaluating the effects of memory aids on conversational behaviors in older adults with cognitive decline and their caregivers, Sarah B. Romero Pavon
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
Impacts of autistic traits on student evaluations of professors, Matias Solorzano
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
Goal setting in sleep and nutrition to improve perceived performance in active college students, Cameron F. Timmons
All red inside: embodied metaphor in Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Ian Vargas
Patterns of kinship and sociality in North American river otters, Whitney E. Vickers
First-year college transition: The role of psychosocial resources in student motivation, Hayley Weatherill
Just keep swimming: outmigration survival of Upper Klamath Basin juvenile Chinook salmon, James M. Whelan
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
Exploring the placebo effect on the cortisol stress response, Povheng Yam
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