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 2014
Different Times in Different Places, Wesley Oates Taylor
[implied depth]*, Hope Thier
An Outreach Program Case Study: Assessing and Imparting Social Capital, Autumn Lynn Thompson
The Initial Response and Behavioral Patterns Exhibited by an Officer to a Weapon being drawn in a Traffic Stop Simulation, Samantha Josephine Tupy
Rwandan University EFL Teachers' Awareness and Attitudes Toward CLT and their Classroom Practices, Gaudence Uwamahoro
Moved to Move: Socially Contextualizing Women's Exercise Motivations, Dusti Rae Werner
Recognition of and Attitudes Toward, Intimate Partner Violence Among Sampled University Students, Samantha Maureen Wobschall
Is Peer Health Education Healthy: Examining the Susceptibility of Peer Educators to Emotional Contagion, Lucas Joseph Youngvorst
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Selection System Prediction Of Safety: A Step Toward Zero Accidents In South African Mining, Rachel Aguilera-Vanderheyden
The Relationship between Musical Ability and the Perception and Production of L2 Prosodic Features, Jun Akiyoshi
Las jarchas y las moaxajas en la España musulmana, Aziz Oulad Amar
The Efficacy of the Girls on the Run Program to Improve Self-Worth, Body Image, and Behavioral and Emotional Functioning: A Longitudinal Study, Morgan Marie Ames
Examining Generational Differences across Organizational Factors that Relate to Turnover, Kimberly Asuncion
Creating a User Satisfaction Index from a Parsimonious Survey Instrument, Brian Barthel
An Investigation of Online Unproctored Testing and Cheating Motivations Using Equity Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior, Valerie Nicole Brophy
Would Violent Offenders Benefit from Participation in Drug Court?, Arica Marlene Burke
Race, Gender, and Leadership Promotion: The Moderating Effect of Social Dominance Orientation, Chelsea Chatham
How Modern Family and Parenthood Represent Equal Parenting: A Feminist Discourse, Samantha B. Coffin
Disentangling Individual, Organization, and Learning Process Factors that Drive Employee Participation, Diana Colangelo
Everyday Arrangements, Rachel Janette Compart
Health Promotion in the Workplace: Exploring Perspectives of Barriers and Incentives to Employee Participation, Amanda Conlon
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And Alcohol Use Among Students at Minnesota State University - Mankato, Ganisher Davlyatov
How To Improve Theatre Arts Education In Chinese Higher Educational Institutes, Ji Ding
Peer Evaluation as an Effective Tool to Improve Twelfth-Grade Students' Writing, Jenna R. Ebersviller
The Empire Writes Back: Environmental Racism & Indigenous Projects, Gary Egger
Standardized Care of the Late Preterm Infant in Upper Midwest Hospitals, MIchelle Susanne Foy
Modeling Parking Demand : A Systems Approach To Parking Policy Analysis On Campus, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Playing Games: Governmental Influence and Individual Assertion in Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" Series, Benjamin Jon Geistfeld
Ruminate, Violet L. Goode
The Emotionally Supportive Sister-Soldier: How the United States Military Values Normative Femininity and Devalues Nonconformist Servicewomen, Kristal Marie Gray
The Lighting Design for A Chorus Line, Jordan William Green
The Impact of Telephonic Health Coaching on Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Cholesterol Levels, Jill Marie Hansen
Parietal Dwellings, Krista Heinitz
This is not where you are, Wesley James Hill
System Modeling and Optimization in Phase-Modulated Optical Fiber Communication Systems, Craig Huang
English for Science and Technology in the German Technical Industry - A Needs Analysis, Kristin Hueneburg
Communication of Emotion in Music, Jesse Paul Huhnerkoch
Parenting, Peregrination, and Politics: A Study of Family Policy and Immigration in West European Welfare States, Jeremy Lee Jackson
Students' Perceptions of the Usefulness of Glossing Sheets in Revision Process, Erin Johnson
African Postcolonial Leadership: The Contribution of African Student Leaders in the United States, Eric Karikari
Claiming the Feminist Label: A Cross-Generational Exploration of Self-Identified Feminists, Kaitlyn Kenealy
Precious Commodities, Colin John Klimesh
Experiments and Undulations, Jackleen Kramer
Creating the Role of Nicia in The Mandrake, Robert T. Krueger
The Use of Video Self-Modeling to Treat Public Speaking Anxiety, Alicia Kruger
Will lil_spoiled_brat42@mail.com get the Job Done? An Analysis of Employees' Email Usernames, Turnover, and Job Performance, Jessica Marie Lillegaard
Technical Direction for Abe Burrows' Cactus Flower, Lawrence A. Lopez
Making Sense Of Motorcycle Brotherhood: Women, Branding, And Construction Of Self, Kimberly Michelle Maas
An Actor on the Line: Becoming Judy Turner in A Chorus Line, Morgan Mallory
Role of Health Behaviors in Sexual Quality of Life Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors, Keagan Lee McPherson
Empirical Evaluation of a Home Visiting Intervention Targeting Immigrant and Refugee Children, Jenna Marie Miller
Selected College Students' Perceptions, Knowledge and Awareness of Sexual Abuse of Children, Farhiya A. Muse
Change in Location and Amount of Affordable Housing in Dakota County, Minnesota from 2006 to 2010, Joel Nyhus
The Extent of Ethics Instruction in Technical and Professional Communication Graduate Programs, Kristopher R. O'Neil
Team Effectiveness and Project Management in a Student Team Environment, Rahul Girish Patel
The Puzzle of Paradoxical Insomnia, Kristina Peltz
The Ambiguity of Panem: Capitalism, Nationalism, and Sexuality in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Series, Megan Ann Peters
Play Selection Process of Minnesota Catholic High Schools, Amanda Pyfferoen
Towards New Urbanist Student Housing: A Comparative Pro Forma Analysis Of Private Mixed-Use Housing With University Owned Housing, Smita Rakshit
Mythology of Control, Allison Ann Roberts
A Director's Approach to I Love You Because, Adam Karal Sahli
A Costume Designer's Approach to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, Angela Kristie Sahli
Differences between Core and Animal Reminder Disgust Elicitation on a Core Disgust Avoidance Task--A Replication with Modifications, Matthew Schumann
Using Personality Traits to Select Customer-Oriented Security Guards, Tracy Marie Shega
Can't Get a Date, Date a Dog, Dana Marie Sikkila
Technical Direction of Chicago, Joseph Jerome Skala
Scene Design of A Chorus Line, Naoko Ishizuka Skala
Mobile Internet Testing: Applicant Reactions To Mobile Internet Testing, Sarah Smeltzer
The Chattanooga Campaign: Death of the Confederacy, Joshua Robert Smith
First-Generation College Students: Forensics Fulfilling a Family Support Function, Elizabeth Kate Stoltz
A Comparison of Smale Spaces and Laminations via Inverse Limits, Rebecca Elizabeth Targove
Urban Growth Patterns and Effectiveness of the Metropolitan Urban Service Areas in Woodbury, Minnesota, Danielle Thomas
Ethical Leadership: Need for Cross-Cultural Examinations, Shuo Tian
Confirmation of Allelopathic Chemicals from Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) Roots, Alexander Richard Tomes
Patterns of Spanish-English Code-Switching in Children's Literature in the US: The Use of Español in Books Para Niños, Megan Rae Vasatka
The Effects of Harvest Regime, Irrigation, and Salinity on Stem Lignocellulosic Concentrations in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), Adam Harvey Warnke
The Use of Applications on Mobile Devices in a Midwestern Population, Sherry Werkmeister
The Process of Directing Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia, Shelley Whitehead
Program Notes for a Master's Recital in Choral Conducting, Melissa Ann Williams
Development of a Pilot Selection System for a Midwestern University Aviation Program, Kathryn Wilson
In-Depth Analysis And Program Notes For A Selection Of Wind Band Music, Miles Wurster
The Educational Training of Storm Chasers and Storm Spotters in Relation to Geographical Dispersion Across the United States, Paul R. Zunkel
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Function of Desire in the Legends of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Kimberly Anne Aaron
Mothers' Health and Health Behaviors that Influence Childhod Obesity Maternal BMI and Infant Feeding Methods, Mohamed Abdullah Alammari
Assessment of Selected University Students' Knowledge of Blood Donation and the Relationship with Intent to Donate Blood, Jeffrey Allerson
Becoming "Black" in America: Exploring Racial Identity Development of African Immigrants, Godfried Agyeman Asante
An Empirical Study On Quality Management Practices, Organization Performance And Suppliers' Selection In Southern Minnesota Manufacturing Firms, Rachel Yetunde-Abiodun Awoku
Taiwanese Preferences and Cultural Factors Influencing Visuals in Taiwanese Health Pamphlets, Lucas Keola Baclayon
Introducing Fly Ash into LSI's Recipe, Andrew Mathias Beckrich
Study of International Students' Definations of, and Perceptions About, Domestic Violence Against Women, Sarbinaz Zamirovna Bekmuratova
Devaluing Sex to Cope with Anxiety: A Comparative Investigation of Sexual Delay Discounting with High and Low Socially Phobic Populations, Miranda N. Bretz
Aemilia Lanyer's Use of the Garden in Salve Deus Rex Judæorum, Anna Brovold
Teachers' Perspectives on Bullying: Understanding Educational Interventions, Ryan Dennis Buch
Identification of Factors that Promote the Growth of Dormant Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Thu Minh Cao
