CSUN Graduate Theses

Understanding the Transition from Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers During the Mesolithic: Dental Characteristics of the Middle Mesolithic Humans from the Ilsenhöhle at Ranis in Thuringia, Germany
Author: Parker, Tyler
Date: 2024-06-11

Teamwork and overwork: exploring managerial science in the neoliberal NASA sector of the aerospace industry
Author: Tucker, Kendall 
Date: 2024-06-04

Reimagining Suburban Landscapes: Exploring Cultural and Environmental Dynamics of American Front Lawns in Response to Climate Change and Resource Scarcity in Ventura County
Author: Mathews, Melissa
Date: 2024-01-03

Women and Transnational Migration: Syrian Experiences in Southern California
Author: Alhalabi, Hanadi
Date: 2023-09-27

Hopepunk as a Process: Hope in Times of Crisis
Author: Crilly, Donna Passara
Date: 2023-08-21

A Coming-of-Age Story: An Auto-Ethnographic Analysis of Becoming and Belonging as an International Adoptee in Southern California
Author: Johnson, Vikram
Date: 2021-06-09

A Study of NewGround – A Muslim Jewish Partnership for Change: An Ethnographic Analysis of Interfaith Dialogue at a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Author: Molina, Serena
Date: 2021-06-23   

Examining Team Culture and Communication at NASA's JPL
Author: Thompsett, Neil
Date: 2021-06-03

Contributing to the discussion: the health of enslaved Africans through the lens of bioarchaeology
Author: Isable, Kendra
Date: 2021-08-30

Paleocoastal Mobility Patterns: Implications of a Lithic Analysis of CA-SRI-997/H, Northern Channel Islands, California
Author: Kulaga, Nicole
Date: 2021-01-26

Neandertal Dental Tissue Proportions: Characteristics of the Late Neandertals from the Troisième Caverne of Goyet (Belgium)
Author: Steindal, Vivian
Date: 2021-01-07

Petrography, Production, and Provenance of Ceramics from La Blanca, Guatemala
Author: John A. Lawrence
Date: May 2018

Digital Natives’ Visual Narratives: Selfies as Curated Performances of Personal Identity
Author: Josette Pellicano
Date: May 2017

Ethnodoxy in the Diaspora: Armenian-American Religious and Ethnic Identity Construction in Los Angeles
Author: Madlen A. Avetyan
Date: May 2017

Moral Agency and Free Will: Speculative Fiction Fandom and the Discourse of Empathy
Author: Julie Strom
Date: December 2016

Becoming Visible: Oral Histories of Filipino Americans in California
Author: Sophia Wiley
Date: August 2016

Figurines, Households, and Social Identities at La Blanca During the Middle Preclassic Period (900-600 B.C.E.)
Author: Karleen Claire Ronsairo
Date: May 2016

Human-Shark Interactions: Exploring Individual Attitudes Towards Sharks
Author: Katherine Palmer
Date: May 2015

Tangible Communitas: A Folkloric Investigation of the Los Angeles Wisdom Tree
Author: Nikki Cox
Date: May 2015

QI Equals MC-Squared: A New Age Case Study on Contested Models of Science, Spirituality and the Acquisition of Scientific Knowledge
Author: Garrett Sadler
Date: December 2014

Can The Odds of Hominin Fossil Site Discoveries Be Improved Through The Use of GIS?
Author: Stephanie Lapeyre-Montrose
Date: May 2014

Behavioral Effects of Collaring on Female Black-Handed Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá
Author: Meghan J. Strong
Date: December 2013

Imagining Tradition and Modernity: Ugandan Pentecostals in Los Angeles
Author: Kevin Timothy Zemlicka
Date: December 2013 

Production and Exchange of Hellenistic Moldmade Bowls at Tel Dor
Author: Sandra Diane Mermelstein
Date: December 2013

“Monday Night Irish:” Engendering Irish Identity at the Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles
Author: April Mejia
Date: May 2013

Chasing Paper: The Effects of Commodification on the Arts and Artists of Hip-Hop Culture 
Author: Connie Jones-Steward
Date: December 2012

Landscapes of Complexity: An Analysis of Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Municipio of Ocos, Guatemala
Author: Gary Ellsworth Boyd
Date: May 2011