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Master's Projects and Capstones

Master's Projects/Capstones from 2020 2020

RACE, ETHNICITY, OR KAPWA: (RE)CONCEPTUALIZING FILIPINONESS IN A SETTLER SOCIETY, Julienne (Eugenie) Mamuyac

Restructuring the Transfer Workflow of Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patients to Optimize Length of Stay: A Clinical Improvement Project in a Microsystem, Christina Mangyao

The Importance of Nutrition Education as a Recovery Component for Individuals with Severe Mental Illnesses, Emily Martinez

A Preoperative Hand Hygiene Campaign: " No One Left BeHand.", Keri McCoy

A Systems Approach to Increase the ICU Nursing Workforce During a Pandemic, Jennifer Mendenhall

Improving Reliability in Specimen Handling: An Evidence-Based Improvement Project in Dermatology Practice, Dianne Elaine Mina

A Comprehensive Look at the Benefits of Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Native American Indigenous Communities for Fire Management Practices in Northern California, Christopher Mishima

Improving Frequency of Hand Hygiene Education from Providers to Patients, Nancy Moran, Vanessa Hernandez, and Christopher Sutton

Preceptor Education and Structured Onboarding Process, Charles Morato

Reducing the Incidence of Anaphylaxis Events in School Settings, Sabina L. Muresan

Shared Space Across Sectors: Using Space As A Platform For Shared Value And Social Impact, Shana Murray

An Innovative Contest: A Team Approach to Improving Patient Satisfaction Scores for Medication Side Effects, Jennifer Natsch-Jensen

A Comparison of Fuel Reduction Methods for Wildfire Risk Management and Climate Change Resiliency in Mixed Conifer Forests in the Sierra Nevada, Heather Navle

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention in Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Golda Nebre

Promoting Community Engagement Through Basic User Tutorial of EPA Geospatial Screening Tools, Jonas Nguyen

Emerging Infections: The World is not safe until Countries invest in Public Health Infrastructure. A Closer Look at Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Public Health Infrastructure during COVID-19 Pandemic., Liziana Nyakubaya

Self-directed Learning Practices in ESL: How Beginning Adult Latinx English Language Learners Can Increase Learning Outcomes, Jessica Parisi

Improving Quality of Care Through Discharge Planning, Maria Pasillas

Competent and Confident: Empowering English Language Learners Through Pronunciation Instruction, Faith Pellas

Plant-Powered: A Digital Plant-Based Nutrition Intervention for Low-Income Patients with Type II Diabetes, Ellen Pelos

Taiwan's Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, An Pei Peng

Motivate Beginning Level Adult ESL Learners in Online Teaching, Mengjia Peng

Driving Disruption: Assessing Uber's Corporate Identity in the Battle over Driver Classification, Benjamin Peterson

The COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of its Inequitable Impacts Towards the Black Population with Recommendations to Dismantling Institutional Racism, Elena Peterson

Exploring Reproductive Oppression Among Undocumented Immigrants in Texas, Darci Phillips

Do Museums Walk the Walk? A Sociological Approach to Museum Inreach, Kaylee Ilene Wildflower Pinola

Using Graphic Novels to Teach English and American Culture in Japanese Middle Schools, Jenna Pollack

From Team Huddle to Team Cuddle: Rekindling Caring, Self-Compassion, and Joy in Work!, Amerizza Quemada

Implementing Simulation in ICU New Graduate Nursing Orientation: Introducing Two Practice Innovations, Aiza Quinday MSN

Creation of a COVID-19 Community Testing Team for Home Health and Hospice, Lilah Raja

When Two Health Emergencies Collide: Planning for the Crisis Health Needs of Opioid Abusers and the Psychological Consequences of COVID-19, Amanda Rehn

From Anxiety to Motivation: Creating Anxiety-free Classrooms Using Culturally Responsive Teaching, Jing Rong

Amplification of Legal Advocacy: Public Health Approaches to Releasing Immigrant Detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, San Diego, California, United States, Kaylin Rosal

Standardizing the Bedside Shift Report: Improving Nurse-to-Nurse Communication, Deepi Sahota

DNR No POLST Project, Reanda Scherson

Taming Test Anxiety about Multiple-Choice Questions in Academic-Track ESL Students: A Test-Taking Skills Workshop Series, Lori Selke

Nurse Interrupted: Educating Nurses to Reduce Work Interruptions in the Intensive Care Unit, Lelayitu Shiferaw

Nurse Leader Rounding: A Stellar Strategy to Improve the Patient Experience of Care in the Emergency Department, Polina Shishkina

Policy Changes Impact in Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon, Iara Silva Jaques

Keeping Patients Vertical in the Intensive Care Unit, Melanie Smith

In-Basket Teamwork: Divide the Work and Multiply the Success The Registered Nurse Role in Ambulatory Clinic EHR In-Basket Management, James Smoot

Examining the Intersection of Environmental Justice, Chronic Disease, and Pandemics; How a Mobile Health App Could Improve Health Outcomes and Inform Policy, Jessica Snow

Decreasing the Fall Rate on a Medical Surgical Unit with an Enhanced Fall Algorithm in the Electronic Medical Record, Natali Sokolovski

COASTAL GREECE: AN OPEN MUSEUM FOR SNORKELING AND SWIMMING WITH GOGGLES, ZINA SOTIROPOULOU

Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of the Mona Coqui (Eleutherodactylus monensis) in Puerto Rico, Jennifer Stabile

Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries Through a Standardized Prevention Bundle, Austin Lee Stoker

Patient Engagement: A Key Concept to Surgical Site Infection Reduction in Colorectal Patients, Vanessa Strieff

A Mentorship Program’s Impact on Retention and Confidence Levels of New Nurses, Shekhar Subramanian

Improving Frequency of Hand Hygiene Education from Providers to Patients, Christopher Sutton, Nancy Moran, and Vanessa Hernandez

Con Confianza: Using Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to Inform Community-Academic Partnership Practices and Build Trust in Hispanic Communities, Sharon Tafolla

Needs Assessment: A Food Pharmacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Genesis Talavera

Challenges of Electrifying Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles in California and How These Challenges Can Be Overcome, Tracy Tilley

Are Major Gift Donors the Answer? Assessment of the Views of Development Professionals on Major Gift Donor Support to a Nonprofit Organization’s General Operating Funds, Sam Tongo

Pain Management Education Quality Improvement Project, Adriana Torres

Health Ambassadors: A Model for Engaging Community Leaders to Promote Better Health, Sandra Torres

A Training Program for Therapeutic Living Counselors Supervising Self-Medication Among Commercially-Sexually Exploited Children in a Residential Home Setting, Irene Tsimba Zenga

The World’s Greatest Hero: An Examination of Superhero Tropes in My Hero Academia, Jerry Waller

Cross-cultural Adaptation of Mandarin-Speaking Undergraduate Students in the United States, Enhao Wang

Perinatal Substance Use Screenings in Marin County: a brief overview of screening protocols and identifying gaps in care, Breanna Wiliams

Energy Intensity Variation Among California Urban Water Supplies, Madeline Willett

Conquering ESL Students' English Listening Barriers, Dan Wu

Chinese New Year: The Importance of Tradition and Impact of Governmental Regulation, Chen Xue

Creating a Culture of Teamwork and Communication, Ikjae Yang

Using Contextualized Materials to Teach English Grammar, Jingyi Yang

Using Contextualized Materials to Teach English Grammar, Jingyi Yang

Enhancing Accessibility, Diversity, and Literacy of Heritage Language Maintenance in Our Community: A Proposal for Public Libraries with a Focus on the Korean Community, Sooyoung Yang

Clean Alternatives For Household Coal - Case Study: Izmir, Turkey, Yagiz Yar

Promoting 21st-Century Learning: Online Collaboration through Design Thinking Framework for Today's ESL Students, HANDE YILDIZ

Poetic Walking Across Mobile Boundaries: Contemporary Southeast Asian Narratives in the Work of Trinh T. Minh-Ha and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Weiying Yu

Placing Notes in the Virtual “Western Wall”: Online Memorial Culture in Chinese Social Media, Xiaoyu Zhang

Master's Projects/Capstones from 2019 2019

Redefining Trauma: Utilizing Restorative Justice to Repair Care Systems, Emebet Aklilu

A Closer Look at TOEFL Speaking Assessment Test: A Guide to Teaching TOEFL iBT Speaking, Glen Ryan Alejandro

Changing Minds: Measuring the Impact of a Student-Led Club to Reduce Mental Health Stigma Among Teenagers, Jennifer Anolin

Implementing a Fall Prevention Program: A Quality Improvement Project to Promote Patient Mobility on the Medical-Surgical Unit, Alba Araiza

Implementing a Fall Prevention Program: A Quality Improvement Project to Promote Patient Mobility on the Medical-Surgical Unit, Alba Araiza

Standardization of Postoperative Care Guidelines for Pediatric Cleft Palate Patients, Julie Barragan, Macy Andrada, Mercedes Greenberg, Tatiana Grib, Samantha Gerber, and Amanda Dailor

Nurturing Community and Student Voice through Communicative Language Teaching and Storytelling, Dana Behr

"I don't want it public": Voluntary HIV testing in a public setting, Josephine Mlumun Borogo

Nurse-Driven Protocol to Reduce Urinary Catheter Infections: A Quality Improvement Project, Sara Burrington

Understanding the Dynamics of Public Space: Zoning, Urban Design, and Use Value. A Case Study of Downtown San Francisco, Joaquin Cabello Silva

Enriching Human Capital: How to Empower ESL/FL Learners Through P2P Design to Instruction, Christopher Carey

Welcoming Deaf or Hard of Hearing English Language Learners: A Guidebook for English Educators, Sarah Chang

Navigating Chinese Culture and Politics: The Destinies of Companies in China, vicki chen

Implementing the Fast Track Improvement Bundle: A Total Joint Replacement Quality Improvement Project, Kathleen Cho, Grace Ryu, Laura Palmer, Crystal Eng, and Shannon Danneman

Standardization of Postoperative Care Guidelines for Pediatric Cleft Palate Patients, Amanda Dailor, Macy Therese G. Andrada, Julie C. Barragan, Samantha T. Gerber, Mercedes S. Greenberg, and Tatyana Grib

A Formal HCAHPS Teaching Program Targeting Communication Improves HCAHPS Scores, Bobbie Davis

Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention: A Quality Improvement Project, Sukhjit Dhillon

Improving Continuity of Care Among Sepsis Patients Through the Utilization of EPIC Systems Interface, Jonathan Diep

Preparing Healthcare Staff for Cardiac Arrest Codes in the Outpatient Clinical Setting: Code Drill Training Improves Patient Outcomes, Rowan Edwards, RN

Getting to Zero: Creating an Infrastructure to Support Fall Prevention in a Medical–Surgical Unit, Krys Elgarico

Wellness for One, Healthy Community for All: Improving a Multidimensional University Wellness Programlth, Shea Gaier

Plastic Packaging and the Associated Environmental Challenges. A case for a California Plastic Packaging Framework, Zahra Ghayour-Kelly

The Narrowing Road to Asylum: How Limitation and Exclusion Have Shaped the 1951 Convention Refugee in the Modern Age, Nancy Giesel

Art-Based Health Education for Homeless and Marginally Housed Women in San Francisco, Trineca R-N Godfrey

Assessment of Trauma-Informed Care in Sonoma County through ACES Connection, Rosco Gordon

Standardization of Postoperative Care Guidelines for Pediatric Cleft Palate Patients, Tatyana Grib, Macy Therese G. Andrada, Julie C. Barragan, Amanda K. Dailor, Samantha T. Gerber, and Mercedes S. Greenberg

The Battle of the Powers: Newly Obtained Benefits from the Revitilised Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Scott Halsted

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and its Relevance in the Adult English as a Second Language Classroom, Helena Henkin

Multimedia Training for Novice EFL Teachers in East Asia, Franklin Hewins

Enhancing Discharge Communication for Timely Patient Discharge: A Quality Improvement Project, Maricel Hiponia