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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Grave Exclamations: An Analysis of Tombstones and Their Use as Narrative of Self, Lacey Jae Ritter

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To Share or Not to Share: The Impact of Disclosing Sexuality on Instructor Communication Apprehension, Instructional Effectiveness, and Student Relationships, Justin Rudnick

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Intercultural Competence: A Journey To Understanding And Assessing, Conducted By The Intercultural Development Inventory, Nicole Ryks

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The Family Experience of Participating in an ICU Support Group: A Pilot Study, Rebecca Marie Scharpe

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Perceptions of Risk Associated with Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among University Women attending Minnesota State University, Mankato, Jessica Maria Seide

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The Health Impacts of Nursing Shift Work, Amanda Maria Cason Shandor

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Deviant Desires: Gender Resistance in Romantic Friendships Between Women during the Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth Centuries in Britain, Sophie Jade Slater

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I Had an Abortion: Midwest Women, Stigma and Disclosure, Katie Stack

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Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure Education Topics at a Regional Midwestern Hospital, Catherine Joy Standfuss

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The Effect of Exercise on Endothelin and Endothelin Receptor Levels in SHR and WKY Male and Female Rats, Lacey Stiller

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College Age Female Smokers and the Efficacy of Smoking Cessation on College Campuses, Gretchen Suzanne Strobel

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La mentira como una estrategia de cortesía verbal: estudio pragmalinguístico de la telenovela La Saga, Maria Carolina Torres

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A Feminist Content Analysis of Seventeen Magazine, Brittany Marie Trimble

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Mental Illness and Stigmatization, Struther Louise Van Horn

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Forensics and the Basic Communication Course: A New Path to Satisfying Learning Outcomes, Benjamin Walker

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"I Now Pronounce You...Uhh": A Qualitative Autoethnographic Exploration of Women's and Men's Marital Surname-Choice Experiences, Julie Louceil Germain Walker

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"Not Our Population to Serve": An Examination of Resources for Women with Physical Disabilities Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Kristen Lea Walters

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Influences of Adjacent Land-Use on Avian Community Structure in Sub-Boreal Peatlands of the Midwest, Lucas J. Wandrie

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The Relationship Between Disordered Eating Behaviors and Exercise Addiction Among Selected University Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato, Haley Wasko

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Access and Barriers to Diabetic Self Care Education and Support Groups in a Rural Southern Minnesota Community, Elizabeth Waters

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The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Deception in Cheating on Unproctored Internet Testing, Christopher Adam Wedge

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Refugee and Immigrant Services: An Investigation of Social Service Organization's Mission and Intercultural Interactions, Bethany J. Wenell

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Negotiating the Ideological Boundaries of "The Four Freedoms": An Analysis of African American Rhetoric from World War II, Jansen Blake Werner

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Electronic Portfolios as Job Search Tools: Perspectives from Students, Career Counselors, and Human Resource Professionals, Emily Werschay

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Deconstructing "Chappelle's Show": Race, Masculinity,and Comedy As Resistance, Lyndsey Lynn Wetterberg

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The Effectiveness Of An Incentivized Program To Increase Daily Fruit And Vegetable Dietary Intake By Low Income, Middle-Aged Women, Rebecca White

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Gender Differences in Cigarette Smoking: the Relationship between Social Perceptions of Cigarette Smokers and Smoking Prevalence, Juhee Woo

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Effect of Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning on Non-Majors Biology Students' Understanding of Biological Classification, Breann Marie Wozniak

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Assessing Transfer Student Performance, Hyderhusain Shakir Abadin

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Evaluation of a Health Newsletter Intended for SagePlus Participants, Karen Lynn Anderson

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Evaluation of the SagePlus Steps Program to Promote Physical Activity and Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Low-Income Women, Callie Anne Avis

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Determining a Patient Recovery from a Total Knee Replacement Using Fuzzy Logic and Active Databases, Robert Azarbod

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Nonmetric Trait Correlation: A Look at Environmental and Biological Influences on Third Trochanter Formation Among Pre-Contact Upper Midwest Populations, Sarah Jean Binkley

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Should You Hire fluffybunny61@yahoo.com?: An Analysis of Job Applicants' Email Addresses and their Scores on Pre-Employment Assessments, Evan Blackhurst

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Defining Success: Examining What it Means to be Good in Forensics, David J. Brennan

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Evaluating Changes in Families with Members on Military Deployment, Jill Brink

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Floristic and Environmental Characteristics of Sub-boreal Peatlands of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, Kevin Douglas Clement

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A Multi-Method Approach to Risk Assessment among Women with Sexual Abuse Histories, Susan Elizabeth Drevo

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Assessing Students' Risk Factors for Type II Diabetes at a Midwest Public University, Nicole DeCourcy Ferrian

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A Duality Theory for the Algebraic Invariants of Substitution Tiling Spaces, Jeffrey Myers Ford

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An Evaluation of Writing Samples by English Learners in Special Education, Brett Patrick Frayseth

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La búsqueda de identidad y toma de conciencia de los cuatro personajes principales en las obras Demasiados héroes y La multitud errante de Laura Restrepo, Mauricio Garcia Vargas

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The Illusion of Transparency and Public Speaking: A Study of Social Anxiety, Chelsea Gloth

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Determining Exurbia: Is It Really Its Own Entity or Merely An Extension of Americas Growing Suburbia, Thomas A. Green

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Utilization And Maintaining The Spirit Of Motivational Interviewing In SagePlus Lifestyle Interventions, Joan Y. Grotewold

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The Dirty Work Of Law Enforcement: Emotion, Secondary Traumatic Stress, And Burnout In Federal Officers Exposed To Disturbing Media, Amanda Harms

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Somali Dialects in the United States: How Intelligible is Af-Maay to Speakers of Af-Maxaa?, Deqa Hassan

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Evaluation of Health Newsletter Effectiveness on Dietary Habits in Low-Income Middle-Aged Women, Nichole Jennifer Hassebroek

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Documenting the Oral Narratives of Transient Punks, Thomas Ross Heffernan

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Gender Perceptions in Rheumatic Disease: A Secondary Analysis, Jean Heise

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The Effects of Invasion by Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) on Avian Communities and Nesting Success in Minnesota Wetlands, Emily J. Hutchins

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TeamSTEPPS Communication and in Situ Simulation Training to Improve Individual and Team Performance During Handoff of the Immediate Post-Operative Cardiovascular Surgical Patient, Stacy Lynn Jepsen

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Utilizing Music in Speech and Language Therapy for Preschool Children and Children with Autism: A Systematic Review, Joelle Kay Johanson

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Hegans: An Examination of the Emerging Male Vegan, Justine Ann Johnson

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Comparison of a Ranking and Rating Format of the 5Plus5: A Personality Measure, Kristy Lynn Jungemann

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Assessing the Effectiveness of the Community School Model in Closing the Achievement Gap for Low Income Students of Color: A Case Study, Suzanne Pauline Kelly

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Social Disorganization and Sex Offenders in Minneapolis, MN: A Socio-Spatial Analysis, Joseph Koncur

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Fractured Identity - The Jagged Path of Diaspora in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's The Mistress of Spices, Lisa Lamor

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The Effects of Amount of Contact, Relationship Quality, and Types of Activities on Child Social and Emotional Functioning in a Youth Mentoring Program, Dorothy Maria Lipski

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Class Discovery and Prediction of Tumor with Microarray Data, Bo Liu

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A Functional Analysis of Elderspeak Use by Certified Nursing Assistants in Caregiving Situations, Nathaniel Joseph Lombardi

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Dying Today: Perspectives of the Modern Hospice Worker, Nicholas Jay Mac Murray

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An Evaluation of Factors Leading to Mentor Satisfaction, Shannon Marie Martin

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Social Media Communications in Local Community Education Organizations: Researching and Implementing Social Media Communications for Rochester Community Education, Anna Marie Matetic

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Empathic Development of Counselor Trainees for Difficult Clients through Film and Narrative, Kristin Elisabeth Matson

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An Investigation on HIV Related Stigma to Improve HIV Prevention Efforts in North Dakota, Krissie Lynn Mayer-Guerard

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Minnesota River Basin Flood Mapping and Impact Assessment, Willy J. Mekeel

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The Life of Spanish Noblewomen in the Secular World and Their One Alternative: The Role of the Convent in María de Zayas' Desengaños amorosos, Maria Middleton

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A Study of Turkish and English Refusal Speech Acts with a Secondary Examination for Bi-Directional Language Transferrals, Morgan Jerome Moody

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Addicted Youth: The Understanding Of Smoking-Related Health Risks In Female College Students, Rebekah Agnes Ann Morris

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University E-newsletters: The Implementation of Best Practices, Paula Helen Naumann

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Cultural Intelligence and Collective Efficacy in Virtual Team Effectiveness, Pei See Ng

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Colorful Dialogue: Talking Towards Civic Engagement, Kate Olson

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Esther Tusquets' El mismo mar de todos los veranos and "Carta a la madre": The Healing Transformation of the Mother-Daughter Relationship, Julie Marie Petersen

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Capturing The Unseen Experience Of Asian International Students In The United States, Martel Pipkins

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The Role of Medical Training Background in Patient Satisfaction, Mariam Zia Qureshi

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Relationship Type Determines the Target of Threat in Perceived Relational Devaluation: Organizational Self vs. Interpersonal Relationships, Peter Sanacore

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Barriers to Using Motivational Interviewing for Lifestyle Counseling, Heidi June Sannes

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Evaluation of Health Newsletters as a Motivational Tool to Promote Exercise, JoLene Schlegel

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An Application of a High-P Low-P Procedure to Improve Recall Memory in Elderly Patients with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment, Dawn Amber Seefeldt

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A Web Based Fuzzy Data Mining Using Combs Inference Method And Decision Predictor, Shajia Akhter Sharmin

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Application of the TDMA Technique Toward the Size and Charge Distribution Measurement of Graphite, Gold, Palladium, and Silver Aerosols, Matthew Paul Simones

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Adolescent Substance Use: Perceptions Of Parents And Teenagers, Anthony Stadtherr

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Use of Social Marketing Promotional Strategies to Create Awareness of Worksite Health Promotion Programs: A Survey of Program Coordinators, Anna Catherine Stahl

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A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Distractors Identified Through Stimulus Preference Assessment Versus Caregiver Opinion, Jonathan Steele

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Rhetorical Analysis of Public Policy Rhetoric: Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2004 and 2010, Julie Ann Stella

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Homemaker to Seductress: A Content Analysis of Gender Stereotypes in Online Embedded Advertisements, Danica L. Stith

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Rapid Response Team Utilization of Modified Early Warning Scores to Improve Patient Outcomes, Nikki L. Stoffel-Lowis

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A Cross Cultural Study of Disability in the United States and Brazil, Emily Kirsten Stortz

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Empathy of Nurses and Family Needs in the Intensive Care Unit, Jolene Marie Tietz

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Development of an Assessment Center as a Selection Method for I/O Graduate Applicants, Ting Tseng

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Kindred and A Canticle for Leibowitz as Palimpsestic Novels, Sue Vander Hook

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Motivational Interviewing Training And Provider Proficiency, Jeremy Jay Waldo

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Investigation into the Potential Use of Windbreaks to Improve Solar Collector Performance, Michael Watts

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Analysis of the Genetic Structure of Bithynia tentaculata Snail Populations in Wisconsin and Minnesota, Sarah J. Whalen

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Hiking, Haiku, or Happy Hour After Hours: The Effects of Need Satisfaction and Proactive Personality on the Recovery-Strain Relationship, Paige Woodruff

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Exploring the Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Knowledge-based Virtual Communities, Luman Yong

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Characterization of Biofilms Formed by Mycobacterium aviumn subspecies paratuberculosis in Psychologically Relevant Conditions, Richard Brunner

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Democratic or Gendered Domain: Communication and Learning Styles in the Online Classroom, Jennifer Ann Bruns

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Bioinformatic and Sequence Analysis of Four Resuscitation Promoting Factor (Rpf) Gene Homologues in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Mpt), and Expression of the Putative Mpt rpfB in Escherichia coli., David Dale Hedlund