Dissertations from 2026
THE IMPACT OF A PLAY-BASED NATURE CAMP ON SELF-REGULATION IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, Margaret Berkemeyer
The Relationship between Acculturative Stress, Body Dissatisfaction, and Disordered Eating Behavior among Latina Women in the United States, Emily Lillian Johnson
Clinician Perspectives on Fistula Mental Health, Victoria K. Leonard
Dissertations from 2025
Navigating Insulin Access for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: Caregivers' Experiences and Challenges, Ella Anderson
Association Between Decisional Conflict and Quality of Life Among Parents with a Child Undergoing Hospital-based Treatment for a Recent Cancer Diagnosis, Augustine Provencio
Dissertations from 2024
EMERGENCE: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND DEFENDING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE, Diana Elizabeth Aroche
AN EXPLORATION OF ADULT CHILDREN’S ATTACHMENT TO THEIR PARENTS ACROSS TWO CULTURAL GROUPS: INDIANS IN INDIA AND INDIANS WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES, Vilasini Meenakshi Arun
Understanding Mental Health Provider's Experiences of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, and Vicarious Resilience from the provider perspective, Lauren Beheler-Romero
WOMEN STRENGTH: USING PHOTOVOICE TO EXPLORE FEMALE CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES, Yue Cai
Evaluating the Client Base and Housing Outcomes of a Community Based Organization Serving Unhoused Adults, Emi Caprio
Emergent Themes In Identity Development For Transracial Adoptees: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Andrew G. Cecil
Reading Comprehension: Effects of Think-Aloud with Worked-Examples for Secondary School Students Who are Reading Below Grade Level, Jessica Cervano
RESILIENT AF: UNDERSTANDING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN OF COLOR PSYCHOLOGISTS IN FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS, Carisse A. Cronquist
Exploring the Development of Intercultural Competence within EFL Teachers in Thailand, Chelsea Cullen-Tran
HELP SEEKING EXPERIENCES OF ASIAN AMERICAN PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Mellanie Kristelle Roxas De Guzman
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIND MAPS AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL-THINKING SKILLS AND DISPOSITIONS: A META-ANALYSIS, Carmen De Jesus
The Effects of Online Mind Mapping on the Cognitive Outcomes of Students and Their Perceptions in the Collaborative Prewriting Stage, Yen Thanh Hai Duong
Trauma-Informed Teaching With Adult English Language Learners: A Study In A Community-Based Organization, Elizabeth Eastman
Psychosocial and Spiritual Predictors of Mental Health Among Protestant Christian Latino Clergy, Ingrid M. Granados MS
The Impact of Compulsory Heterosexuality on the Sexual Identity Development of Plurisexual Cisgender Women, Elizabeth Holden
Creating whole inclusive worlds: The impact of social media usage on Black gender expansive millennials’ experiences of social support and identity development processes, Meredith J. Holmes
FOR THE LOVE OF BLACK CHILDREN: TOWARDS BLACK LIBERATORY EDUCATIONAL SUBVERSION, Tamra Gertrude Jenkins
The Transition from In Person Sessions to Telemental Health Sessions for College Counseling Center Counselors, Katherine L. Karimian
An Exploration of the Contributions of Parenting Styles and Peer Relationships on the Emotional Expression of Second-Generation Indian-Americans, Smitha M. Kashi
THE EXPERIENCE OF POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH FOR ATHEISTS, Savannah Miller
FROM CREAMY CRACK TO LOCS: THE OPPRESSION AND LIBERATION OF BLACK WOMEN EDUCATORS THROUGH BLACK HAIR IDENTITY, Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton
Themes in Help-seeking of Female Military Sexual Assault Survivors, Priscilla Phan
PARENT STRATEGIES FOR ANTIRACIST PARENTING IN FAMILIES OF MULTIRACIAL AND ASIAN DESCENT, Matlida Tavares
The Relationship Between Situated Reading Motivation and Perception of the Learning Environment for Adolescent Students, Travis VanderVelden
Examining Community-Based ESOL Teachers’ and Tutors’ Conceptualization of Culturally Responsive Teaching, Lynne S. Von Glahn
EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF CHINESE HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Min Chuan Jasmine Wang
Dissertations from 2023
STUDENTS AS CO-RESEARCHERS: USING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH TO ADDRESS COLLEGE FOOD INSECURITY, Rachel Brand
Power Dynamics of Sexual Assault on College Campuses, Jillian L. Chase
WE ARE STILL PLAYING: A META-ANALYSIS OF GAME-BASED LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, Thomas Conmy
MOVING BETWEEN ENTITLEMENT AND CO-CONSPIRACY: A STUDY OF HOW SUPPORT, SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY CAN ADVANCE ANTI-RACISM EFFORTS OF WHITE PARENTS, Karin Marianne Cotterman
WHITE WOMANHOOD: FINDING OPPOSITIONAL EPISTEMOLOGIES AND COMMUNITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITENESS AND WOMANHOOD, Hannah Joy Fischer
Understanding Filipino Wellness: Investigating the Effects of Colonial Mentality and Enculturation, Juliene Grace P. Fresnedi
A Qualitative Study of Ableism on the Postsecondary Campus, George Stuart Fuller
Parent-Child Conversations about Body Safety and Consent, Natasha Gerber
Experiences of Black American Millennials: A Qualitative Study of Internalized and Externalized Coping in the Face of Racial Trauma, Natalia Angelique Giles
The Mental Health of First-Generation College Students of Color, Devin Hallquist
Identity Formation and Role Expansion for Nurse Practitioner Residency Preceptors: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis, Angel Chen Kuo
Understanding the Lived Experiences of Ethnic-Racial Minority Former Foster Youth Who Identify as Queer, Cristian A. Lemus
Mental Health and Experiences of Pregnancy Among Black Women and Birthing People with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Madeleine E. Marcus
EARLY DIAGNOSIS METHODS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, Megan Denise McCarthy
The Association between Psychotic Symptoms and Romantic Relationship Quality among Young Adult Ethnic Minorites, Tashagaye T. McKenzie
A Case Study of a School-Supported Extracurricular Activity's Influence on STEM Identity and Interest for Females, Letta Meyer
African American Women Make Meaning of Historical Trauma, Deidre A. MILLER
THE GRINDR COMPLEX: THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPACT OF SEXUAL RACISM ON LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, Luisalfredo Plascencia
Working with Other Immigrants Brings the Parts That I Lost Back To Me: The Experiences of Latin American Immigrant Therapists Working with Latin American Immigrant Populations, Elizabeth P. Rivera
DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH HE/A/R/TOGRAPHY: CORAZONAR, SENTIPENSAR Y SENTISABER, Patricia Rojas-Zambrano
The Effects of Acculturation, Marianismo, and Religiosity on Pregnancy Related Anxiety in Latina Women, Jennifer M. Zanoli
Dissertations from 2022
A Collaborative Autoethnography: Your Passport to Immigrant Women of Color Leader's Stories of Identity Exploration and Leadership Barriers and Possibilities, Fraylanie Adan Aglipay
RECLAIMING OUR HUMANITY: REDEMPTION, REIMAGINING, AND RESTORYING OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES, Robert Mossi Alexander III
Fifty Years of Underrepresented Student Advocacy at One Jesuit Secondary School, Sonya Cotero Arriola
Voces of Little Michoacan: A Collective Narrative of Resistance and Preservation of Home, Ana Angel Avendaño
The Use of Simulation with the School of Nursing and Health Professions (SONHP) Prelicensure Students to Support Affirming Practice with Transgender Communities, Genevieve Charbonneau
The Association between Physical Pain, Depression, Anxiety, and Nervios among Latinx Agricultural Workers, Iveth Cuellar Celallos
Incorporating Andragogy and Cognitive Theory Of Multimedia Learning Into Self-Paced Training and Development Programs, Shanshan Gao
"MY BODY GOES NUMB A LOT OF THE TIME": EXAMINING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCES USING YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND EMBODIED CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY, Gabriela Elizabeth Holmes
TOWARDS CHARISM IDENTITY: A CATHOLIC IDENTITY CASE STUDY THROUGH THE LENS OF LAUDATO SI’, Kristofer Ross Koller
Teaching Solidarity: Popular Education in Grassroots U.S. Social Movements, Tenaya Summers Lafore
The Effects of Curriculum-Integrated Explicit Learning Strategy Instruction on Reading Comprehension for English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners at the Community College, Sylvia Chaiyeon Lee
Genocide in East Turkestan: Exploring the Perspectives of Uyghurs in the Diaspora and their Resistance to Chinese State Violence, Lina Semyonovna Lenberg
EFFORTS TO CREATE A TRAUMA-INFORMED CLASSROOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING GROUP, Danyelle Marshall
Women in Senior Leadership Roles Career Mobility, Challenges, Success Stories and Need for Future Research, Giselle Flores Martin
Impact of COVID-19 on New Teacher Retention and Perceived Supports in a Northern California Public School District, Rebecka Maxkenzie
African American Female Identified Therapists' Experiences Working Culturally Similar and Dissimilar Populations, Kimiko J. May
EXPLORING LATINX PARENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION: DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY-BASED WORKSHOP TO EMPOWER LATINX PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, Gabriela Alejandra Perez
BLACK MOTHERING IN THE BAY AREA WHILE UNSEEN AND UNHEARD: NAVIGATING BLACK MOTHERING IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC & SOCIAL UNREST, Kassie Michelle Phillips
Feminist Catholic Organizational Identity: A Phenomenological Study of Charism in the Lay Educator of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community, Kathleen Barrera Quiazon
Effects of Teaching Argument to First-Year Community-College Students Using a Structural and Dialectical Approach, Sharon Radcliff
¿TÚ QUÉ SABES?: LATINA DOCTORAL WOMEN DISRUPTING AND RESISTING DOMINANT KNOWLEDGE, Sendy Ramos Madsen
HEARING IMPAIRED AND LEADERSHIP: STRUGGLES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING LOSS IN THE WORKPLACE, John Cleese Relihan
Cuentos Criollos: Colombian Internally Displaced Families as Knowledge Producers, Liliana Salazar de Deck
An Exploration of Higher Educational Experiences For Mixed Blood American Indian Males in the Santa Clara Valley, Edward Salcedo
APPLICATION OF THE EPISTEMOLOGIES OF THE SOUTH TO ADDRESS THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS: A NARRATIVE CASE STUDY OF BURKINA FASO AND THE LEADER YACOUBA SAWADOGO, Barwendé Médard Sané
The Collegiate Black Space: Black College Students’ Use of New Counter-Spaces for Support, Knowledge Production, and Organizing for Activism, Heather Streets
The Impact of #MeToo on Reasons for Sexual Assault Disclosure, Cheryl H. Tien
Developing Queer Faith: Exploring Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance and Identity Integration For LGBQ Catholics Individuals, Kendal M. Vaarwerk
Using Peer Review to Improve English as a Second Language College Students' Writing Scores, Mengjie Wei
Dissertations from 2021
The Effect of Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in Lexical Chunks on the Listening Comprehension of Adult Learners of Arabic, Bassam Al-Maqtari
Exploring Student Engagement for Diverse Student Populations: A Case Study Examining Institutional Logics of Student Affairs Middle Management Leaders, Frangelo Rominque Ayran
Employment Discrimination: An Efficacy Study of African American Inequities in the California Utility Sector, Victor Baker
Experiences of UC Santa Barbara female alumni exposed to a gender-based mass shooting, Erin G. Carpenter
The Role of Community Building in Second Language Acquisition in the Mainstream Classroom, Alejandro Clemente Fernandez
The Effectiveness of Using Multimedia for Teaching Phrasal Verbs in Community-College ESL Classes, Guohua Fu
Replanting a Wild Seed: Black Women School Leaders Subverting Ideological Lynching, Whitneé Louise Garrett-Walker
