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.
This is a collection of theses submitted by graduate students from various programs.
A thesis is an extensive original research paper resulting in a significant contribution to new knowledge.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Power of Perserverance: Creating the Roles of Hippodamia and Pythia in Atreus, Lindsey L. Oetken
Proposed Data Governance Framework for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), Rejoice Okoro
Resident Centered Behavioral Health: A Program Evaluation, Anna Olinger
Comparing the Acceptability of Treatment Rationales for Two Psychotherapies, Marin Gail Olson
Mediating the German Case System Through Concept-Based Instruction in an Online Learning Environment, Lea Pienkoss
Redefiniendo la Protesta Indígena en los Andes: Representaciones en (y a Través de) la Literatura y los Medios Audiovisuales, Adriana Milena Rojas Castro
Aquatic Macrophyte Communities in Five Sibley County (Minnesota) Lakes and the Factors that Affect their Distribution, Samuel A. Schmid
Aeolian Sand Stringers in the Upper Midwest, USA: Morphology, Stratigraphy, and Paleoenvironmental Significance, Kenzie L. Shandonay
Implementation of Model-Free Adaptive Power Flow Control for Dual-Active-Bridge-Based AC-DC Converters, Qinghang Shen
Xtreme-NoC: Extreme Gradient Boosting Based Latency Model for Network-on-Chip Architectures, Ilma Sheriff
Navigating Integration: A Grounded Theory of Practicing Clinicians' Experiences Integrating Neuroscience in their Mental Health Clinical Practice, Barbara K. Skodje-Mack
Effects of Voluntary Exercise on Pressure-Induced Natriuresis in Hypertensive Female and Male Rats, Keshari Sudasinghe
Comparison of Sexual Risk Behaviors Between Junior Male and Female Students at Pierz High School, Sandy Tautges
Because Wonder Will Always Get Us There: Directing Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky, James C. Van Oort
Assessing and Forecasting Chlorophyll Abundances in Minnesota Lake using Remote Sensing and Statistical Approaches, Ben Von Korff
Understanding Resident-to-Resident Conflicts in Long Term Care Settings from the Perspective of Administrative Staff, John F. Walker
Analysis of Three-phase Rectifier via Three Different Control Methods and Switch Power Loss Comparison, Yichao Wang
Too Illegit to Quit: The Impact of Illegitiate Tasks on Turnover Intentions and Well-Being, Jacob Wessels
Novaturient, Robert Tyler Willmore
The Relationship Between the Stigmatization of Mental Illness, Communication Apprehension and the Willingness to Communicate, Madeleine Louise Winkler
Younger Hmong People’s Willingness to Communicate About Depression, Wa Yang
Apeman Lake, Jesse Zucker
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Comments, Gifts and Kudos: Community and Gift Economy in Harry Potter Fanfiction, Deanna Almquist
Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Person Using Inertial and Geomagnetic Information, Jayanth Ammanabrolu
Understanding Communication Dynamics in Group Home Setting, Jacinta O. Anyanwu
“A Chilling Effect for Sexual Assault Survivors”: An Examination of Campus-Based Advocacy and the Proposals to Title IX Under the Trump Administration, Hunter J. Beckstrom
Directing Nocturne, Trevor Belt
Exploring Artificial Intelligence-Mediated Communication (AIMC) as a sub-field of Communication Studies. A Textual Examination, Md Nurul Karim Bhuiyan
The Impact of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act on Accessibility and Availability of Primary Health Care, Aaron Amaning Boaitey
An Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness and Values Training on Cyber Bullying Behavior in College Students, Emily M. Boduch
Disparities Within School Discipline: An Examination of Race, English Language Learner Status, & Suspension, Serena Boyce
Comparison of Minnesota Teachers’ Sex Education Instructional Practices with Professional Preparation and Development, Lisa Brichacek
Screens, School District Employees, and Sleep: Is There a Relationship?, Mary Kay L. Bruihler
Disabled Women in a Dictatorial regime: Sexual Assault and Disability in Zimbabwe, Paidamoyo Chikate
Performing the 2nd Witch’s Character in Macbeth, Martha Juliana Cubillos Caceres
The Difference in Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Between Men and Women in the 45-55-Year Age Group, Maren Christina Davis
Know Before You Play: Associations Between Race, Education, and HIV Susceptibility, Anfa Mohamed Diiriye
A Four-Port Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Renewable Energy System and Microgrid, Xia Du
The Effects of Cognitive Training on Behavioral Functioning in Persons with Dementia, Abigail J. Dye
Evaluation of the Activity of Zn-65 Isotope and Radiation Dose Delivered to Drosophila melanogaster, Wasiu Ajani Erinoso
"The Cruelest of Ills": Irregular Practitioners, the Royal College of Physicians, and the "French Pox," c. 1550-1630, Sarah Fischer
The Effects of Positive and Negative Humor at Work, Trevor Frey
The Effects of a Cognitive Training Program for Healthy Older Adults: A Program Evaluation Study, Jacklyn Gehling
Queer Memory in Translation: The Work of Pedro Lemebel, Jordan GeRue
The Surabhi Theatre–An Oasis of Telugu Theatre, Pradeep Aswini Gurrala
Observation, Beth Ann Hamilton
An Assessment of Knowledge, Behavior, and Consumption Patterns Surrounding Sugar- Sweetened Beverages Among Young Adults, Anne Harguth
Heat Kernel Voting with Geometric Invariants, Alexander Harr
There is Somebody There: Directing 'Cloud 9', Seth M. Honerman
Wild Connections, Sarah Huttner
“In My Feelings”: Millennial African Americans’ Perception, Understanding, and Experience of Healthy Romantic Relationships, Chelsea-Alexis Jackson
Assessing Competitive Oral Interpretation Speakers: What We Expect Students to Learn, Kelsey Johnson
A Mathematical Model for Malaria with Age-Heterogeneous Biting Rate, Sho Kawakami
Sex Trafficking: A Systematic Review of Operational Definitions, Firdavs Khaydarov
The Effects of Exercise on Pressure Natriuresis, Janet Komolafe
Creating the World of Newsies: The Musical, Benjamin Kramer
A Photometric Study of the South Polar Terrain of Enceladus, Bereket Daniel Mamo
Geomorphology and Chronology of Sand Stringer Deposition Beyond the Ice Margin: Southeastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, USA, Richard J. Mataitis
The Impact of United States of America College Education on the Japanese Students’ Keigo Toward Their Senpai, Manami Matsuoka
Virtual Impedance Based Decentralized Control for a Microgrid System, Ramkrishna Mishan
The Victimization of the African Girl Child: Primary Schools as Unsafe Spaces for Girls in Cameroon, Sandra Bume Nambangi
A Four-Port DC-DC Converter for a Hybrid Wind/Solar Energy System, Jiahong Ning
Relationship Between Economy, Education, Population, Healthcare and Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, Bernard Odelola
Family Language Policy and Heritage Language Development of Children in Transnational Immigrant Families: A Case of Two Nepali Families in the US, Laxmi Prasad Ojha
Fault Detection and Classification of a Single Phase Inverter Using Artificial Neural Networks, Ayomikun Samuel Orukotan
Expectation Versus Reality: Star Trek, Nyota Uhura, and the Female Role, Cecelia Otto-Griffiths
Sexual Consent in Middle School Sex Health Education: An Analysis of Health Education Standards in Minnesota, Ashley Parent
Vegetation Surveys in Southern Minnesota Prairies: Management, Invasive Species and Future Directions, Ainsley Peterson
Development of Machine Learning Tutorials for R, John Pintar
My Mother Gave Me a Man's Name, Connor Poff
Perceptions, Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Behaviors of Mouthguard Use Among Collegiate Athletes, Heather Prosser
Intracellular Localization of the Novel PolyQ Protein FAM171B, Dulanjani Rajaguru
Medical Utilization in the Context of Culture: Analyzing the Concepts, Benefits and Drawbacks of Sri Lankan Biomedical and Ayurvedic Healthcare, Miriah Rajaguru
World Englishes Approaches to the Teaching of Writing: A Survey of Afghan University English Teachers, Abdul Khaliq Sahibzada
Voices of First-Generation Students: An Examination of First-Generation Stories on Collegiate Websites, Jillian Schemenauer
The Monster at the End of This: A Feminist Media Analysis of Coverage of Representative Ilhan Omar, Emma L. Schlei
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Vaccine Knowledge and Attitudes among University Students, McKenzie Schmitz
Barriers to Utilizing Resources for the Dementia Caregiver, Rebecca L. M. Shanafelt
An Investigation into the Perceptions of Elderspeak and How It Effects Mood Among an Assisted Living Population, Paige T. Shoutz
Theory of Principal Components for Applications in Exploratory Crime Analysis and Clustering, Daniel Silva
Overcoming Tools of Oppression: Plain Language and Human-Centered Design for Social Justice, Michela Sims
Assessing Preferences for Montessori-Based Activities in Persons with Memory Impairment, Katelyn Danielle Smith
Automatic Distinction Between Twitter Bots and Humans, Jeremiah Stubbs
Diverse Teams, Team Effectiveness, and the Moderating Effect of Organizational Support, Hannah Tilstra
Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Case Studies of Programs that Integrate K-12 Curricula with Adventure Sports and Outdoor Learning, Jonathan Trzepkowski
Characterization of Deiodinase Expression in the Hypothyroid Developing Cochlea, Maria A. Uscategui Calderon
Intercultural Communication Apprehension: A Multidimensional Perspective of Communication Between International and Domestic Students, Christina van Essen
Dark Tourism in the Midwest, Rachel Walden
The Biological Manifestation of Health, Culture, and Disease in Turn of the Twentieth Century San Francisco, Trisha Walker
Control of a Grid-Tied Single-Phase Inverter for Renewable Energy Integration, Dianzhi Yu
Prey and Predators, Roberta Zamma Gallarati
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Assessment of Perceived Levels of Stress and Coping Mechanisms Among University Students, Nancy Adomako-Saahene
The Effect of Dorsal Rhizotomy on Renal Sodium Excretion Following Dorsal Spinal Stimulation, Tanko Tijani Ahmed
The Concept of Substrate Integrated Circularly Polarized Horn Antennas, Venkata Naga Kalyan Ram Akunuru
Developing a Testing Instrument to Evaluate the Performance Of 3D-Printed Body-Powered Prosthetic Hands, Araz Al-dawoodi