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 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prudence and Persistence: Personality in Student Retention, Logan J. Michels
Lithic, Megan Nelle Moriarty
Early Detection of Mountain Pine Beetle Damage in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Black Hills Using Hyperspectral and WorldView-2 Data, Kyle Edward Mullen
Efficient Modeling and Simulation of Wavelength Division Multiplexing Dual Polarization QPSK Optical Fiber Transmission, Siva Kumar Raju Nadimpalli
Examination of the Antecedents, Reactions, and Outcomes to a Major Technology-driven Organizational Change, Ngoc Dinh Nguyen
Differential Gene Expression of Minnesota (MN) Hygienic Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Performing Hygienic Behavior, Eric Northrup
Slum or Sustainable Development? A Case Study of Sodom and Gomorrah in Accra, Ghana, Benjamin Effah Oppong
Effects of Computer Program Visualization Tools on Student Populations, Meghan Jayne Peterson
Actitud de los ciudadanos andaluces en cuanto al empleo del dialecto andaluz en los medios de comunicación audiovisuales, Victoriano Pimentel Rivas
Examining Early Childhood Gender Socialization Through Children’s Picture Books, Kendra Leigh Pospisil
Use of Bridging Strategy between the Ensemble Kalman Filter and Particle Filter for the Measurements with Various Quasi-Gaussian Noise, Sumathi Prabhakaran Jeyakumari
Training Coping Techniques to Reduce Statistics Anxiety, Brittany Prothe
Impact of the 2015 Earthquake on Women in Nepal, Christina Rajbhandari
Process Improvement by Lean Thinking in Trucking Industry, Abhiram Reddy Ramasahayam
A Floristic Study of the Oak Leaf Lake Unit of the Swan Lake Wildlife Management Area in Nicollet County, Minnesota, Heidi Rauenhorst
How Multilinguals Perceive Linguistic Interference, Amanda Ruskin
Perceptions of Female Sexual Pathology: The Role of Racial Biases in Clinical Decision Making, Jerusha Sanjeevi
Assessing the Effect of Personality Characteristics of Minnesota Golfers on the Brand Equity of Golf Drivers, Eric Schinella
Closed for Business, Tyler Schrandt
Directing Time Stands Still, Michael Bradley Sheeks
Concerning the Interaction of Forms, Luke Splinter
Finding Parenthood- Parental Identity through Assisted Reproductive Methods and the Implications for Efficacy Based and Worth Based Self-Esteem, Ashley Rae Steckler
ArtScience, Dustin Swiers
El espacio como constructor de identidad en los cuentos de Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Anna Vanessa Torres Mallma
Are They Listening?: Revisiting Male Privilege and Defensive Learning in a Feminist Classroom, Cameron A. Tyrrell
Bullying in Senior Living Facilities: A Qualitative Study, Felicia Jo VandeNest
Speaking through the Silence: Narratives, Interaction, and the Social Construction of Sexual Selves, David Wayne Wahl
The Sound Design of Antigone, Luke Jacob Walchuk
Every(day) Identities in Forensics: Performing Identities Within the Constraints of Intercollegiate Forensics, Julie Louceil Germain Walker
Mood and Engagement Contagion in a Call Center Environment, Sarah Welsch
Sexing While a Survivor: Black Queer Desire, Je-Shawna C. Wholley
Queer Stories of Coming Out in the 21st Century, Bradley Wolfe
Why Do Some Employees Readjust to Their Home Organizations Better Than Others? Job Demands-Resources Model of Repatriation Adjustment, Yukiko Yamasaki
La Identidad Ecuatoriana a Través del Humor de Miguel Antonio Chávez, Luis Enrique Yanez
Creating the Role of Frederick Barrett in Titanic: The Musical, Adam Val Yankowy
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Relationship Between Opportunity for Physical Activity and Classroom Behavior in School Aged Children., Kortney Lee Aeikens
Sound Design for Our Town, Anna Warda Alex
Depintrix, Samantha Mae Allen
Air Flow and Rain Water Penetration Analysis on Generator Enclosures Using CFD Simulations, Sasanka Andawatta Kankanamge
Relationship between Nurses' Job Satisfaction and Quality of Healthcare They Deliver, Samuel Aron
Treating Public Speaking Anxiety: A Comparison of Exposure and Video Self-Modeling, Emily Marie Bartholomay
Proud to be Autistic: Metaphorical Construction and Salience of Cultural and Personal Identity in #StopCombatingMe, Jessica Benham
The Expression of Organizational Dissent Among Sub-Saharan African Student Migrants in the United States, Délwendé Bouda
Abortion is Communism: A Genealogy of "Abortion Culture", Heather Nicole Bradford
A Migration Analysis of Demographic Transitions in the Upper-Midwest from 2006-2010, Andrew Brick
Sit, Stand, Speak: Examining the Perceptions of the Basic Public Speaking Student on Normative Forensic Practices and their Effect on Competitor Credibility in Oratory, Katie Marie Brunner
Employees' Interests and Preferences Regarding Worksite Exercise Programs, Amber Butcher
Imagen y percepción de la inmigración ecuatoriana en España, Jesús Calzas Millán
Directing A Piece of My Heart, Matthew L. Caron
Representing Us All? Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Orange Is the New Black, Michael Robert Chavez
Fitting Flow: An Analysis of the Role of Flow Within a Model of Occupational Stress, Jeffrey Alan Dahlke
Polygonal Provocateur, Abigail Daleki
Persona Obscura: A Collection of Essays on Identity and Perception, Heidi A. Fuhr
"A Compromise to Help the Community": Rural Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Experiences, Rebecca R. Gonnering
Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program Aimed at Facilitating Refugee and Immigrant Children's Acclimation and Development, Laurie Lynn Grad
Created Equal? Comparing Disturbing Media Outcomes Across Occupations, Christine Nicole Gundermann
"I looked here; I looked there; Nowhere could I see my love." The Problem of "Presence" in The Black Riders and Other Lines, Nat Gustafson-Sundell
A Combination of Therapeutic Techniques: Severe Broca's Aphasia, Kimberly Ann Homan
Hood's Theory of Aging, Drew Michael Hood
Is the Truth In the Comments? Anti-feminism and Anti-immigration in Norwegian Online Newspaper Comment Threads, Iselin Maria Ihrstad
Efficacy of a Cognitive Training Program for Individuals with Moderate Cognitive Impairment: Evaluating Cognition, Erica Catherine Johnson
Perceptions of Failure in Education: Changing the Fear of Failure Through Gamification, Kathie Anne Kallevig
Behavioral Implications of a Cognitive Training Program for Individuals with Moderate Cognitive Impariment, Joseph L.D. Kennedy
