Master's Projects/Capstones from 2022
EVIDENCE-BASED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROSPECTUS IMPROVING MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING SCHEDULING THROUGH COVID-19 VACCINE CLINICS UTILIZING AN ONLINE POPULATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM—A TEAM APPROACH, Katya E. Villanueva
Quality Oversight for External, Contracted Behavioral Health Providers, Janice Vroman
ESP in Nursing: Building Communicative Competence for Internationally-Educated Nurses, Sami Vuong
The Rise of American Food in China, Shiyan Wang
The Need to Belong: Interweaving State History in Adult ESL to Support Culturally Responsive Teaching, Sandra Watkins
Storytelling for Reproductive Justice: Finding Latinx Immigrant Voices in Intersectional Coalitions, Megan V. Wilensky
Implementing a Health Services Google Classroom in a High School Setting, Christina M. Wilkinson
Implementation of AIDET, Commit to Sit, and Culturally-Competent Care in Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Melanie T. Wine
Zest for English: Teaching ESL Content-Based Instruction through the Culinary Arts, Melinda Joan Wright
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China: A Unit Plan for Educators, Yun Xie
Nonprofit Hospitals: Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Community Health Needs Assessment through Community Benefit, Stephanie Yang
Consumerism, Economic Growth, and Climate Change in China, Shijie Yin
Implementation of Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Reduce CLABSI Rates, Jianjun Yu
Remembering the bracero program: Decolonizing community spaces & expanding migrant representation in children’s literature, Ariadna Santoyo Zarate
COLONIZATION AND POST-COLONIAL INFLUENCE: THE COMPLEX ROLE OF JAPAN IN TAIWAN’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, yawen Zhang
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2021
Early Specialty Palliative Care for High Mortality Cancers, Dulce E. Alcantara
BUDGETARY OBSTACLES TO POLICE REFORM: THE CASE OF SAN FRANCISCO, Hayden Anderson
Mindful Women’s Leadership: Empowering women leaders through mindfulness practice to make confident, ethical decisions in our mission-driven organizations, Patricia C. Andrews
Improving Vaccination Uptake in the Latinx Community Through Standardized Outreach, Vanessa M. Arteaga
Standardizing Safety Checks to Decrease Risk for Self-Harm and Violence Among Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department, Nicolas Avdienko
2050 Integrated Resource Plan for Public Services Company of Colorado, rehana aziz and Josh Litwin
Establishing Quiet Hours in Long-term Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Heather Battaglia
Teaching the English Language through American Holidays: Halloween and Thanksgiving, Naranchimeg Bat-Yondon
Communication for Evidence Based Process Improvement, erin benefiel
Reducing Maternal Falls on a Postpartum Unit through Staff Education, Kathleen Benjamin
The feasibility of industrial wastewater reuse onsite in the Tri-City area, Shayla Bergeron
Motivated2Move: ICU Liberation and Early Progressive Mobility in Ventilated Patients, Leslie S. Bigler
Testing a New Workflow to Integrate the Voice-of-the-Customer in Readmission Analysis for Skilled Nursing Facility Readmissions from Home, Stephanie Edurese Bilbao
Standardizing and Documenting Decision-to-Incision Intervals for Unscheduled Cesarean-Section Deliveries, Molly Bloom
California's Master Plan for Aging, Health Reimagined: A Case for Seniors to Age-In-Place, Remonia A. Bowie
The Art and Science of Listening Carefully, Amy F. Brown
The Use of ISBARED/ISHAPED and Elimination of Reviewing Patients’ Chart before Handoff to Decrease Incremental Overtime, Sheila Bucao
Preventing Maternal Falls, Blair Burkhart
Placing God: Defining “Post-Christianity” for Contemporary Japanese Christians, Leryan Anthony Burrey
Discharge from Hospital to Home: Implementation and Use of the AHRQ IDEAL CHF Discharge Planning and AHA CHF Discharge Checklist, Eric Jason Byrd
Biodiversity Monitoring and Volunteer Motivations: A Case Study on the Imagined Communities of Citizen Scientists in Meinung, Taiwan, Serena May Calcagno
Decreasing Patient Fall Rates in the Microsystem, Kevin Dwayne Sanchez Camaya
Carbon biogeochemical cycling in the Sierra Nevada: How to maintain the Sierra Nevada as net carbon sink over the long-term, Eric Canteenwala
Community-based Organizations and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: GIANT's Role in Increasing Vaccine Confidence, Megan Cassady
Implementing Patient Satisfaction Phone Calls to Improve CAHPS Communication Scores in a Hospice Setting, Claudia C. Castillo
Decreasing Maternal Breastfeeding Dissatisfaction During the Night Shift Related to Lactation Support, Robyn Caston
Improving Patient Knowledge on Medication Communication, Deborah Cha
THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANDATE OF HEAVEN: CONFUCIAN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND ENVIRONMENTALISM IN CHINESE POLICIES, WanChu ChangLiao
The Pokémon Franchise: Cross-Media Approaches, Marketing Strategies, and Consumer Appeal, Chihyen Chao
A Decolonial Middle School Social Studies Curriculum: 19th Century U.S. Westward Colonization, Leah Chatterji
Assessing Hawaiian Climate Resilience Plans on Flood Management, Maggie Chen
Growth Begins from Within: How Internal Transparency Influences Organizational Learning, Wesley J. Cheung
Discharge Nurse Role Implementation: Improving Discharge Timeliness and Patient Outcomes, Diamond Faith Chu
Digital Equity is an Environmental Justice Issue, Courtney B. Cooper
Re-Centering Racial Justice in White-Dominated School Settings, Brian A. Davis
Reducing the Postpartum Readmission Rate with Standardized Discharge Teaching, Darlene Day-Herzog
Improving COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in the Latino Community Through Standardized Outreach, Bianca De La Piedra
Mobility Matters: Improving Average Maximum Mobility (AMM) Scores in a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Marlon Macalanda de Vera
Evidence Based Repositioning Strategies to Improve Pressure Injury Rates, Ivan E. Dorsey
The Resilience Vaccine, Sara Horton-Deutch T. Duffy
Community-Dwelling Older Adult Fall Prevention Improvement Project, Evan Edminster BSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN, CEN, NHDP-BC
Quiet Hours: A Quality Improvement Project, Doha Elsir
Reducing Hospital Readmission Rate in CHF Patients Through Early Individualized Patient Discharge Education, Anthony Ensah
Oakland’s Community Clinic COVID-19 Vaccination Improvement Project, Jesly Esparza
Addressing Uncertainties of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Schools, Alice Fan
Electric Vehicle Integration in San Francisco, Lisa Farmos
Do You See What I See? Do You See Me? Disability in China: The Perceptions of Wheelchair Users and Able Bodied Citizens, Michelle Fisher
Patient Coordinated Care Response Team, Joshua Fox
Targeting NSTEMI Readmissions: Education to Protect the Hearts of Our Patients, Gisha Gireesan
Standardizing Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Education, Marjorie Anne Gisslow
Improving First Case Starts for a Neurosurgery OR, Tara L. Goodall
Coyote Management in San Francisco, Matthew Greer
Social Determinants of Health as an Identifier for Readmission in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure, Maria Teresa B. Guadarrama
Channeling (Com)passion: Exploring the Strategic Potential of Internal Communications in Member-Serving Community Nonprofit Organizations, Charis Hanshaw
U.S. Cosmetic Policy Reform: A Growing Need to Protect Communities of Color from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals, Amna Haslam
eService-Learning During COVID-19: How Community-Engaged Learning Courses at the University of San Francisco Responded to the Pandemic, Erin I. Hassett
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Identification and Monitoring Protocols from Australia to California's Sustainability Groundwater Management Act, Marino J. Hernandez
CLABSI Prevention in the ICU-a New Approach, Shannon M. Hicks
Integrated Resource Plan - Duke Energy Progress, Govinda Hira and Maaz Haider
You're On Mute - How the Shift from In-person to Virtual Board Meetings Impacts Board Governance and Communication in Nonprofit Associations, Theresa Hurley
Queering beyond pronouns: The necessity of indigenizing learning communities, Gillian Imazumi-Hegarty
Reducing Postpartum Maternal Falls: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah L. Iroz
Post Cesarean Surgical Site Infection Reduction Through Vaginal Preparation, Jennifer M. Jaime
Optimizing Pediatric Experiences in MRI, Ryan Jann
Optimizing Pediatric Preoperative Experiences in the MRI, Ryan Jann
The Relationship Between Surgical Site Infections and Hand Hygiene Discharge Teaching, Eishlee Renel A. Jasa
Planting Seeds for Success: An Evaluation of Agricultural Reentry Programming for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, David J. Jefferson
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery: Effectiveness of Real Time Data Tracking Tools, Alatia S. Jentons
Implementing In-Situ Mini Mock Code Trainings for Medical-Surgical Nurses to Improve Nurse Readiness and Self-Confidence during a Code Blue, Allison Haley Jeong
Reducing Implicit Bias: Evaluating Cultural Humility and Mindfulness Practices in the Perinatal Microsystem, Charlene Johnson
DEAI In Nonprofits: Through the Lens of Museums and Gardens, Brittany Jones
The Impact of Nurse-Led Initiative Interventions on CAUTI, Dalveer Kaur
Strategies for Addressing Vaccination Disparities and Rates in the U.S Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults, Harpreet Kaur
Guiding Change: A Multidisciplinary Framework For Interventions Addressing Systemic Racism In Healthcare, Lavette D. King
Impact of Code Blue Readiness Trainings on Nurse Confidence, Alex Kirzinger
Safety Awareness and Communication Skills for the Construction Workforce: A Curriculum for Adult ESL Instructors, Allison Knaus
Maximizing Mobility in the ICU, Stephen Kupiec
Implementation of Behavioral Health Precautions Safety Checklist in the Emergency Setting, Benjamin Kusber
Managing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the San Francisco Bay, Wendy Kwong
Streamlining the Verification of Informed Consent Process in the Preoperative Area, Melodee LaFrance
Fire Affected Soil Stabilization and Remediation Practices, Andrea Lee
Improving Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Confidence in Initiating the Code Blue Process, Moung Sui A. Lee
