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 2022
Stretchmarks On Parchment, Krystal Williams
Power Decoupling Control and Optimization for a Photovoltaic Inverter in D-Q Rotation Frame, Zhaoxia Yang
Women Dancers of Color Decolonizing Knowledge Production Through Performance, Mio Yoshizaki
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Standing Between the Past and the Future, How Defense Attorneys Use Stigma Management Techniques in Presenting Their Closing Arguments in Capital Sentencing Procedures: A Content Analysis, AbdulRahmane Abdul-Aziz
No Future for Academic Crips: An Autoethnographic Crippling of Academic Futurity, A. Adams
Identity Change Strategies: How People Exit Stigmatized Identities, Mercy N. Adams
The Relationship Between Organizations' Response to Customer Complaints, Customer Trust, and Loyalty, Abimbola Ajibola
Analyzing the Use of a Montessori-Based Activity & Its Effect on Engagement & Affect in Persons with Dementia: A Replication Study, Emilee J. Andersen
A Brief Zoom-Facilitated Mindful and Intuitive Eating Intervention to Decrease Disordered Eating, Jenna K. Anderson
A Survey of and Site Treatment Plan for the Belle Creek Mounds Archeological Site, 21GD0072, in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Alexander T. Anton
Political Satire and Its Effects: Resistance without Protest in Russia, Maria Ardanova
A Methodology for Detecting Credit Card Fraud, Kayode Ayorinde
Investigation of Fermentation Efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Through Telomere Integrity and Maltase Expression, Dana Bennett
Sexual Assault in the News, Sydney Blair
The Kiwanis Site: A Multi-Method Geophysical Approach to Investigating Mound Features, Luke Burds
Landscape of Glass, Andrew Cannedy
Reclaim, Harris Benjamin Deno
Women in Combat Boots: U.S. Servicewomen’s Collective Self-esteem and Adherence to Weight Regulations, Latavia Monét Ford
Caregiver Knowledge and Perceptions of Dementia-Specific Nutritional Approaches, Danielle Freitag
Socioeconomic and Other Dynamics in the Geographical Distribution of Success in the English F.A. Cup, Edward Genereux
Replicant, John Grabko
Peoples’ Experiences with Birth Doulas, Emily A. Gunderson
Creating the Role of Lady Macduff in Macbeth, Ashley D'Lyn Gunn
Classification of Chess Games: An Exploration of Classifiers for Anomaly Detection in Chess, Masudul Hoque
The Creation of the Role of Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility, Ty Hudson
Therapist Multicultural Orientation: Client Perceptions of Cultural Humility, Sexual Identity, and the Working Alliance, Todd L. Jennings
Mythology of Uncertainty, Connor Johanson
Directing Atreus: Re-Envisioning Classic Greek Theatre, Yaureybo Jordán Salivia
Defining Plant Ecological Specialists and Generalists: Building a Framework for Identification and Classification, Alex N. Kirsch
Everything Living Dies, Curtis Larson
Assessment of Perceived Levels of Stress and Coping Mechanism Use Among Elementary School Teachers, Lauren Larson
A Dozen To One: An Examination of Workers' Satisfaction in Menial Labor, Colin Larter
A Record of Wrongs, Kayla Lutes
Joint Religiosity Among Satanists as a Predicator of Sexual Satisfaction, Tayler M. Lyng
Among the Padded Footsteps, Michael Malmberg
Unveiling Race and Japanese Identity Through Kokusai Kekkon, Manami Matsuoka
Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a High-Speed, Low-Cost Atomic Force Microscope Housing and Distance Measurement System, Jonathan Menke
Creating the Role of Crissy in Hair, Yu Miao
“Whose Team Is It Anyway?”: Exploring the Impact of Coaching Changes on Forensics Team Culture, Brenton Lynn Mitchell
Comparing Various Robust Estimation Techniques in Regression Analysis, Tracy S. Morrison
Kangaroo Court, Ty Newcomb
Spatial Patterns of Crime in District 05, Quito-Ecuador, 2016-2020, Pablo Esteban Ochoa Veloz
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
