At Minnesota State University, Mankato, every graduate student completes a capstone for their program. Most programs include a thesis/dissertation or alternative plan paper (APP) option, but many programs provide other capstone opportunities.
Beginning in 2009, graduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato could elect to have their alternative plan paper, thesis, dissertation or other capstone project made available online through a digital collection platform provided by Library Services. In 2014, these electronic submissions or ETDs were transferred into the Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects collection in Cornerstone, the University's new institutional repository.
The development of this collection is ongoing as graduate students continue to elect to provide digital copies of their graduate theses, dissertations or other capstone projects to Cornerstone. If you are a former Minnesota State University, Mankato graduate student and wish to include your work in Cornerstone, please contact us .
Documents From 2017
Gender Differences in Social Media Use and Cyberbullying in Belize, Grace Mariko Kasahara
A Survey Of Rewards For Teens: Extension, Replication, and 25-year Follow-up, Hunter King
Student’s Oral Health Knowledge, Oral Health Practices, and Their Susceptibility to Oral Health Diseases at a Midwestern University, Mouhamed Koubaytari
The Effects of Fiber Orientation and Volume Fraction of Fiber on Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured Composite Material, Suresh Chandra Kuchipudi
Selection Portfolio: Applying Modern Portfolio Theory to Personnel Selection, Eric Leingang
Study of Stability and Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticles in Propylene Glycol, Sumit Mahajan
The Hogan Development Survey: Personality in Selecting and Training Aviation Pilots, Jenna McChesney
Cold-Climate Adaptation in the Five-Lined Skink: A Common-Environment Experiment, Madeline Michels-Boyce
Avian and Pandemic Influenza Knowledge and Risk Perception in Southern Minnesota, Holly Munch
The Influence of Historical Processes of Haiti and Japan on the Effects of the Earthquakes, Shoko Nakamura
A Stylistic Analysis Using Multivariate Statistics of Oneota Pottery from the Upper Mississippi, Blue Earth, and St. Croix River Valleys, Michelle Neumann
Evaluating a Measure of Student Effectiveness in an Undergraduate Psychology Program, Colin Omori
Lean Implementation Through Process Automation, OluSola Onadipe Jr.
Pedagogy, Partnership, and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities through Service-Learning, Matthew Aaron Pajunen
Multilingual Writers’ Perceptions and Use of L1 in a U.S. Composition Class: A Case Study of Nepalese Students, Shyam Bahadur Pandey
Preconception Health Knowledge among Undergraduate Women, Ashley Mae Paulsen
Steroidogenesis in the Green Anole Lizard Brain and Gonad, Christine Peek
Rhetoric of Typography: Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Typefaces for Technical and Visual Communication, Michael Peterson
Evaluation of a Mindfulness Intervention for Children with Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Stephanie Jo Pirsig
Thermal Analysis of 3D Printed 420 Stainless Steel, Adithya Pothuri
Participant Self-Assessment of Development Center Performance, Ryan Powley
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Current Mind-Body Practices and Perceptions of Undergraduate Students, Julia Ann Marie Putz
What Traits are Learned?: Determining the Levels of Argumentativeness and Verbal Aggressiveness in Competitive Parliamentary Debate, Lisa Leigh Roth
“Let’s be clear”: Exploring the Role of Transparency Within the Organization, Maxwell Salazar
Screen Time and Sleep Condition among Selected College Students, Angela Lynn Sargent
Measures of Alienation from Work Process in Academic Libraries in the Information Age, Zorian M. Sasyk
Technical Direction of Frankenstein 1930, Isaac Sawle
Perceptions of Students With and Without Limited Formal Schooling, Sarah Schmidt de Carranza
The Making of a Virtual Monster: Ideological Criticism on the ISIS Hate and Extremism, Md Shah Jahan
Graphical User Interface (GUI) Development for an Optical Communication Simulator, Sratsav Ram Shrestha
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Characteristics and How Social Support Plays a Role, Stephanie Smith-Kellen
Size Effect of Clay Filler Particles on Mechanical Properties of Pultruded Polymer Composites Under Shear Loading, Jaysimha Reddy Sonti Reddy
Comparing Brief Acceptance and Control-Based Interventions: Evaluating Public Speaking Performance in Socially-Anxious Individuals, Samuel Spencer
The Impact of Active Aerodynamics on Motorcycles Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations, Aditya Sripathi
Investigating the Effects of Performance Feedback and Choice as a Writing Fluency Intervention, Samantha Jean Steinman
Instructional Design: How Secondary Teachers Promote Student Comprehension of Informational Text, Patti Strukel
Addressing Cognitive Decline: Evaluating the Effects of a Cognitive Training Program for Individuals with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment, Katherine Ann Stypulkowski
Localization of FAM171B mRNA Expression In Mouse Brain Using In-Situ Hybridization, Ashani Kumudika Sudasinghe
Understanding Zoonotic Enteric Disease in Minnesota: A Spatio Temporal Analysis and Causal Theory Approach, Suchismita Swain
A Comparison of Physical Nursing Home Environment for Older Adults and Their Families, Phatt Thaitrong
Chroma Pneuma, Shayna Tietje
Expression of FAM171B Protein in Mouse Brain Tissue, Quan Tran
More than Skin Deep: An Analysis of Black Women's Experiences with Race, Skin Tone, and Cosmetics, Anne Yung Van
Process Parameter Optimization with Numerical modelling and Experimentation design of Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing, Sairam Vangapally
Multilingual Students' Perceptions of and Experiences with Instructor Feedback Methods in a U.S. First-Year Composition Class, Hong Thi Tuyet Vo
The Relationship Between Religiosity and Depression Among Sampled Kenyans In The Twin Cities Metro Area, Dorcas Waite
Painting the Persona, Reed Dean White
ADHD in Elementary School Students: Impact of Physical Activity on ADHD Symptoms, Jenny Wilcox
Reflected Academic Self-efficacy: How Teacher Behavior Influences Self-efficacy in the Classroom, John Martin Wildauer
Women’s Choice in College STEM Majors: Impact of Ability Tilt on Women Students’ Educational Choice, Audie Jane Willis
Documents From 2016
The Utilization of Morphological and Genetic Diagnostic Techniques for the Description of Trematode Species Collected from Waterbirds from Lake Winnibigoshish, Minnesota, USA, Tyler Joseph Achatz
Development and Evaluation of a Habitat Suitability Model for White-tailed Deer in an Agricultural Landscape, Eric Anstedt
Why Has Plan Implementation Been Ineffective in Ghana? A Case Study of Planning in Kwabre East District Assembly and Offinso Municipal Assembly, Gabriel Appiah
Body Memory, Juana Cecilia Arias
The Effect of an Email Intervention Tailored to Highly Ambitious Students on University Retention, Lauren Bahls
A Cross-sectional Study on Patients' Access to Healthcare in a Developing Nation, Pawan Bhandari
Cleaning up Minnesota's Archeological Record with MAID: The Minnesota Archeological Integrated Database, Andrew Allen Brown
Missing Voices: Journeys of Pre-Service Teacher Candidates and Graduates of Color in a Predominantly White Teacher Education Program, Robbie R. Burnett
A Dramaturgical Analysis of The Miracle Worker, Abby Butzer
North Minneapolis Residents' Knowledge and Awareness of Indoor Air Quality in Older Residences, Blisse Marie Cajacob
La actitud estoica como táctica de subversión y reconstrucción de la identidad femenina en tres novelas de Piedad Bonnett y Laura Restrepo, Deisy Esperanza Cañón
House of God: MA Thesis, Michael James Cimino
IT Centralization and the Innovation Value Chain in Higher Education: A Study for Promoting Key Innovations Through Innovation Management and Organizational Design, Edmund Udaya Clark
911,What's My Emergency? Emotional Labor, Work-Related Rumination, and Strain Outcomes in Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Jessica Lee Deselms
Study of Role of Meniscus and Viscous Forces During Liquid-Mediated Contacts Separation, Prabin Dhital
Impact of Stigma on Attitudes towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help for Depression, Anna Marie Dierks
Parent Participation in Child Therapeutic Settings, Robert Doss
The Impact of Pornography on the Genital Body Image and Sexual Self-Efficacy of Female College Students, Monica Elizondo
Fruit and Vegetable Availability, Nutrition Education and Access Amongst Food Pantries in California, Maine, Mississippi and South Dakota, Sarah L. Fowler
An Analysis of Reinforcers Maintaining Caregiving Behaviors of Long-Term Care Facility Staff, Sandra Garcia
Impression Management Strategies of College Professors with Disabilities, Chelsie Gaspar
Can You Hack It? Validating Predictors for IT Boot Camps, Courtney Gear
"Get Tough on Juvenile Criminals": An Assessment of Punitiveness and Punitive Attitudes, Richard Charles Gehrke
An Analysis of Western Medicine Mistrust Among Selected African Immigrant Women in Minnesota, Wanjiru Julie Gicheru
Cognitive Complexity, Mindfulness, and Reflection in Mental Health Professionals, Dharshini Goonetilleke
Jasmine Greenwaldt: Continuum, Jasmine Elise Greenwaldt
Land Cover Mapping and Change Analysis at the Tensleep Preserve in Wyoming, Tyler Richard Grupa
Intervention E-mails and Retention: How E-mails Tailored to Personality Impact an Undergraduate Student's Decision to Return to School or Not, John Kelly Heffernon
The Concept of Substrate Integrated E-plane Waveguide and Circuits, Danyang Huang
An Investigation into Native and Non Native English Speaking Instructors' Assessment of University ESL Student's Oral Presentation, Rubaiyat Jabeen
A Measure Theoretic Approach to Problems of Number Theory with Applications to the Proof of the Prime Number Theorem, Russell Lee Jahn
A 2X2 Polarization Switchable Patch Antenna Array For Polarization Modulation, Pengfei Ji
Mental Health of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Heterosexual, and Questioning Youth in Rural, Micropolitian, and Metropolitan Regions in Minnesota: Assessing Internalizing and Externalizing Self-report Behaviors, Jessica Louann Jorgenson
Spirituality in Higher Education: A Narrative Analysis of Its Use for Decision-Making, Jeffrey Francis Judge
Minnesota Collaborative Agreement: Potential for Dental Hygienists to Increase Direct Access for Underserved Populations, Rachel Jane Kashani-Legler
A Wavelet Transform Module for a Speech Recognition Virtual Machine, Euisung Kim
Representing Autistic Masculinity: Hegemonic Gender Performances in Contemporary Autism Films, James Samuel Kizer
The Relationship between College Students' Use of Facebook and their Feelings of Alienation from their Institution, Oleksandr Komarenko
Effects of Hydrology on the Growth and Recruitment of Stream Fish in the Eastern Broadleaf Province of Minnesota, Eric J. Krumm
Strategies of Student Activism: A Qualitative Study Examining Racial and Social Justice Organizing on a Midwest College Campus, Rebecca J. Lambert
Zooplanktonic Community Dynamics of the Minnesota River with an Ichthyoplankton Gear Comparison, Nathaniel Lederman
Human Papillomavirus and Human Herpesvirus-8: Knowledge, Perception of Risk and Barriers to Screening and Treatment among Selected Students at Africa University, Zimbabwe, Rujeko Olga Machinga
Physical Challenges in Forensics: An Autoethnography Advocating for Accommodations on Behalf of Speakers with Physical Challenges in Competitive Speech Environments, Elise McCauley Row
