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Theses from 2018 2018

Testimonies of Identity and Intimate Partner Violence, Jamie Berrien

The Best Interests of the Child or the State? The Rights of the Child in Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal, Lizzie Bird

Don’t worry be Happy: Analysis of Happiness as an Economic measurement, Kofi Boadu

It Could Never Last: Why British sovereignty and its influence since 1945 resulted in Brexit, Jeffrey Brandt

Education in Post-Conflict Colombia, Juliana Cabrera Pena

On the Front Lines: Service Providers Respond to the Haitian Refugee Crisis, Karina Castro

Improving Communication: Huddling for Change, Harnoor Chahal

Forced Will: Exploring the Connections Between Oil Extraction and Violence Against Women on a Great Northern Plains Reservation, Marie Chase

Educational Prevention Program of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) at a Metropolitan Pediatric, Daniel Chavez

Educational Prevention Program of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) at a Metropolitan Pediatric, Daniel Chavez

On Education and Family: Testimonios of Latina Immigrant Daughters, Monica Chavez

Patriarchal Norms, Bargaining, and Gendered Attitudes on Intimate Partner Violence, Anna Eckenrode

Lived Experiences of Queer Female Youth in High School, Ruth Etcheverria

From Davao City to Daly City: Examining Translanguaging and Transnationalism in the 1.5-Generation Filipin(a/o) Americans of Daly City, Rita Ewing

Cuisjleños in Santa Ana: Exploring Identity and Blackness Among Costeño Afro-Mexican Migrants in California, Michell Figueroa

Social Capital and Resilience in Times of Disaster: A Case of Leyte Province in the Philippines, Karmela Beatriz Galura

Seeing Red: Analyzing IUCN Red List Data of South and Southeast Asian Amphibians, Alexandra Gonzalez

The Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey via Education, Aysenur Hacioglu

Catalog of Voluntary Carbon Offsets in Commercial Aviation: Understanding Roles of Corporations and States, Shannon Hahn

Educational Prevention Program of Surgical Site Infections at a Metropolitan Pediatric Hospital, Myra Hasan

A Qualitative Case Study on the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (732) and The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Victoria Hernandez

Detection and Melting of Surface-Bound DNA using a Purely Electrochemical Approach, Denny Ho

Inside the Virtual Ambazonia: Separatism, Hate Speech , Disinformation and Diaspora in the Cameroonian Anglophone Crisis, Sombaye Eyango Jules Roger

Afterschool Educators' Teaching Practices Through Tinkering: Nurturing Student Collaboration, Engagement, and Development of Self-Confidence, Lianna Kali

Public Policy and Millennium Development Challenges: Case Study of Africa, Pathkonn Kombate

An Exploratory Study of Acculturation Experiences of Graduate Student Immigrants at the University of San Francisco, Courtney Lamar

Impact of Innovative Menstrual Technology and Awareness on Female Empowerment Outcomes in Rural Nepal, Anjali Limbu

Immigrant Identities: U.S. Intervention and the American Dream in Central America, Madeline Linn

Part 1: Synthesis of 3,7 dimethyl-7-methoxyoctane-2-ol (Osyrol) from Citronellol utilizing the Wacker Process Part 2: Developing a methodology for C(sp3)-H Arylation on the β Position of a Carboxylic Acid using a Removable Directing Group, Stephen Lo

The Impact of Cleft Lip and Palate Repair Surgery on Cognitive and Academic Outcomes for Teens in India, R Jeremiah Maller

Female Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar, O Mandalay

The Causal Impact of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery on Psychological Wellbeing, Sam Manning

Electropolymerization of Polyaniline in the Presence of Ferricyanide: Electrochemical, Spectroscopic and Gravimetric Studies, Lucas Marinelli

Cultural Imperialism, TV and Children Spectatorship in Contemporary Ghana., Aba Micah

Colombia's Veneer of Aid: Hidden Motives, Voiceless Victims, and the US Trafficking in Persons Report, Michael Middleton

Non State Sovereignty: A case of the European Union, Natalie Murphy

A Discourse Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion Terminology in the High-Tech Industry, Michelle Nader

“Unwanted in my own country”: Testimonies of identity and belonging-negotiations in a post-Trump America, Nadia Naghedi Baradaran Hajjar

Reexamining Overuse of Frequent Observation for New Admissions on Psychiatric Units to Increase Nurse/Patient Engagement, Samuel Novela

The Impact of Goal Settings and Self-Help Groups to Support Small Businesses: Experimental Evidence using Female Entrepreneurs in Abuja Nigeria., Nneoma Nwobilor

The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Educational Attainment: Cross-Country Evidence from Macro Data, Lois Onigbinde

The Impacts of Natural Disasters on Educational Attainment: Cross-Country Evidence from Macro Data, Lois Onigbinde

The Investigation of the Chlorine Initiated Oxidation of 2-Phenylethanol and Stability of Superalkali Lithium Substituted Silyls., Adam Otten

Boosting Demand for Biofortified Foods: The Case of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Bread in Tamale, Ghana, Tchassanty Ouro-Gbeleou

Finding and Making Home: Poems and Reflections of Undergraduate Children of Immigrants, Gladys Perez

Southeast Asian Higher Educational Attainment in the United States – A Narrative Study, Tseng-Fouw Gloria Pharn

Impact of Cooperative Membership on Members' Household Economies: The Case of Chiapas Coffee Farmers, Stephen Pitts

Dreams sin Fronteras: Exploring the Lives and Experiences of Five Returned Migrants in Mexico, Andrea Portillo

Charge Nurse Training Program, Kristina Portillo

From La Costa Chica to Pasadena: Transnational Racial Politics of Afro-Mexicans, Antonio Rodriguez-Santiago

Bi or Multilingualism and its Curriculum for Children with SLI, Jeongmin Ryou

“Se Van a Trabajar, Pero Se Quedan a Vivir”: A Qualitative Exploration into the Subjective Well-being of Mexican Women in a Migrant-Sending Community, Vanessa Saldivar

Individualizing Care for Pediatric Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Perioperative Services, Erin Scheller

Tall Tales of Danger and Security: How a Critical Human Security Approach can Address Major Contradictions Revealed Through a Critical Narrative Analysis of Dominant U.S. Security Strategies, Stephen Schneider

An Economic Valuation of Biodiversity: Measuring Willingness-to-Pay for Quinoa Conservation in Peru, Craig Scott

Looming Large: An analysis and evaluation on the growth of the Urban Informal Economy in Nigeria., Tamunotonye A. Sekibo III

What’s at Steak? The Political Discourse of Emissions Intensity and Implications of Animal Agriculture, Kalyn Simon

Political Revolutions and Women's Progress: Why the Egyptian Arab Spring Failed to Deliver on the Promises of Women's Rights, Anne Song

How Language Policies and Practices Affect Classrooms in Schools and Colleges, Gwendolyn F. Stanley

Do Climate Shocks Affect Smallholder Farmers’ Conservation Practices? Evidence from Peru, Heleene Tambet

Crosslinguistic Influence of Chinese EFL learners on English Acquisition, Weijia Tang

Sweden's Great Escape: Industrialization and The Changing Productivity Cost of Winter, Charlotte Taylor and Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Opportunities Beyond High School: An ELD Unit for Newcomer Students, Karen Toepp

Security Dilemma in U.S.-China Relations: A Non-traditional Security Studies Perspective, Jessica Tran

Catholic School Teachers' Attitudinal Beliefs About Linguistic Diversity, Katie Trautman

Effect of Quality Health Care and Support Network on Maternal and Children Outcome in Uganda, Chukwuemeka Ugwu

Medication Error Prevention: Improving Patient Health Outcome, Brigitta van Ewijk

Now Hiring: Exploring Deportee Transnational Identities and Socio-Economic Reintegration in Baja California, Mexico’s Call Center Industry, Brenda Vargas

Understanding Women´s Empowerment Through Indigenous Epistemologies: An Alternative Approach To Development?, Melissa Klara Vonimary Søvik

An Interlanguage Pragmatic View: The Influence of Vietnamese Native Language and Culture on Their L2 Production and Comprehension, Tram Vo

Impacts of Globalization: Educational Reforms Shifts the Public into a Recurrent Devalued Socioeconomic Era for Minorities, Jacqulyn Washington

Triple Bottom Line as a Method to Increase Business Value and Foster Positive Social and Environmental Change, Jayleene West

Investigation on the Dissociative Photoionization Mechanism of Furfural, Investigation of the Absolute Photoionization Cross Sections of Three Potential Propargylic Fuels, and ab initio Analysis on Potential Superbases of Several Hyperlithiated Species: Li3F2O and Li3F2(OH)n (n = 1, 2, 3), Matthew Winfough

Theses from 2017 2017

Policing That Matters: Making Civilian Oversight Work, Sofia Aguilar

The Rise of the Maquiladoras and Crimes in Mexico, Christelle K. Bamona

Regulation of proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis in prostate cancer cells by DAX-1 (NR0B1)- an androgen-induced orphan nuclear receptor, Roxxana Valeria Beltran Valencia

Small Arms: An Applied Approach to Children in Armed Conflict Prevention Initiatives in Africa, Tristan Burger

Going with the flow: Using menstrual education as a tool for empowering post pubescent Nepali girls, GraceAnn L. Cadiz

Competitive Mothers: An Experimental Study of Female Competitiveness and Polygamy in Togo (West Africa), Aminata Cissokho

Gendered Impacts of Community-based Conservation Initiatives in Kimana/Tikondo Group Ranch outside of Amboseli National Park, Megan Clemens

The role of orphan nuclear receptor DAX-1 (NR0B1) in human breast cancer cells: expression, proliferation and metastasis, Erin Dishington

Agricultural Technology Adoption and Adaptation under Climate Change: Microevidence from Niger, BERENGER DJOUMESSI TIAGUE

With Language Brings Light: Narratives by Deaf Ethiopians and their Right to Sign Language, Jackie M. Eugster

The Investigation and Characterization of the Reaction of 2-Methylfuran and 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-Ol with O(3P) and the Photodissociation of Xylyl Bromide Isomers, Yasmin Fathi

Are We Out of the Woods Yet? How Democrats and Progressives Need to Rethink their Message Framework, Lauren E. Feuerborn

Ambiguity Aversion: Adoption, Uptake, and Trends, Adam Franklin

Higher Education as a Development Tool: An Impact Assessment in Dzaleka Malawi, Emily Golike

Political Intrusion on Firms: Effects of Elections on Bank Lending in India, Shivprasad Prabhakar Gunjal

Afro-Latinx Transnational Identities: Adults in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Area, Koby Heramil

Generating Prevalence Estimates of Sensitive Behaviors through List Randomization: Survey Experiment among Indian Males, Abha Indurkar

Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete: Experimental Evidence from Bosnia, Boris Jokic

Better Alternatives for Youth: Peace, Education and Human Rights, Abraham Jones

Aspirations as a Component of Life Satisfaction: A Look at Female Microfinance Borrowers in Oaxaca, Mexico, Joseph E. Kemler

Falling Up: Building Language Use and Cultural Awareness Through the Implementation of Humor in the ESL Classroom, Glen Kovar

Income Shocks and the Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence in Indonesia, Matthew N. Krupoff

La Madre Competitiva: An Experimental Study of Women's Competitiveness in Medellin, Colombia, Miranda I. Lambert

Life being an International Student in the United States: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Identity Transformation, Lai Yan Vivyan Lam

Dadaab’s Hidden Ties: How Colonial Legacies and Informal Economies Contribute to Protracted Refugee Situations, Katherine Landberg

The Chinese Cultural Influence on Filipino Cuisine, Brandon Chase Lantrip

C(sp2)–H Functionalizations Employing 2-Aminophenyl-1H-pyrazole as a New Removable Directing Group, WAN-CHEN LEE