Professor Reichard's Section

Donald (CHUI) Archuleta, “A Legal Guide For The First Time Author."  The capstone covers what main legal issues new writers deal with in publishing a book.  (E-Poster)

Cecilia Arias-Deniz, “Access to Justice: Legal Assistance for Low-Income People in California."  This capstone addresses the need for legal assistance for low-income people in California. (E-Poster)

Michelle Burke, “The Evolution of Gender Roles in Playboy Magazine.”  By analyzing the content, focusing on the text, of Playboy Magazine against the backdrop of changing popular culture trends, I have studied the way it has portrayed gender roles throughout its history. (E-Poster)

Erin Clare, “Women for Peace in a World at War." This capstone focuses on the historical and current efforts of women in advocating for peace and nonviolence across the globe. (E-Poster)

John Crenshaw, “Intentions Lost:  From Revolutionary Ideals to a Protestant Civil Religion."  A historical examination of how Protestant values have been unequally protected by the American legal and political systems and what this mean in today's world and what it would have meant to the founders of the United States. (E-Poster)

Crystal Escobar, “The Benefits of Videogames."  A different perspective of how video games provide benefits as opposed to focusing on the negative aspects. (E-Poster)

Lauren Goodwin, “A History of AIDS Policy and Prevention Methods for Women in South Africa."  My capstone discusses how United States and South African AIDS policy has negatively impacted low-income black women, while also exploring possible methods to prevent and manage HIV/AIDS.  (E-Poster)

Elias Gonzales, “Chicano Youth and Gang Involvement in Watsonville."  My project explains the influential factors that are key in understanding young Chicanos in Watsonville. (E-Poster)

Francesca Gutierrez, “Voices and Creditability:  Female Rape Victims."  This capstone will help readers understand why women's creditability is often questioned when she is raped. (E-Poster)

Jessica Hannibal and Summer Snell, “Same-Sex Marriage: Right or Wrong?  Past, Present, and Future.”  This capstone analyzes the history, legal rights, and morality of same-sex marriage and homosexuality. (E-Poster)

Jennifer Holda, “Interracial Marriage: A Historical Examination of Societal Resistance."  My goals for research were to understand the methods of past and present discrimination and to understand the struggles of interracial couples. My research supports that legal change does not dictate social change. (E-Poster)

Michael Hoppe, “Protecting the Future of Our Future.”  My capstone calls for amending current legislation to better combat child prostitution overseas. (E-Poster)

Elizabeth T.  Hung, “Understanding and Analyzing the Effects of Advertising on Women’s Self-Perception.”  In this capstone project I wanted to bring awareness to the impact of advertising on the way women perceive themselves.  I concentrate on the messages that advertising sends to women of all ages and the impact it is having. (E-Poster)

Khalia Ii, "Taking a Closer Look at the Glimmer of Hope: Does Restorative Justice Heal Relationships?"  My capstone is on the topic of restorative justice and exploring the question of its effectiveness in healing relationships. (E-Poster)

Alisa Lai, “The Intersection and Conflicts of Affordable Residential Housing and Environmental Housing Laws in California.” My capstone is about environmental friendly residential housing such as green sustainable residential housing and finding a balance between housing developers and environmentalists to make residential environmental friendly housing economically affordable to current and potential homeowners.  (E-Poster)

Mary Medland, “Child Abuse and Child Protective Services in San Benito County.”  This study explores historical and contemporary aspects of child abuse, particularly in Central Coast California counties, and makes recommendations for improvements in San Benito. (E-Poster)

Jessica Heather Mittleman, “Selling the American Dream: Media Mediated Socialization.” A study of how advertisements and media shape personal and collective social identity.  Explores ways in which parents and teachers can effectively incorporate media literacy into children's education. (E-Poster)

Veronica Negron, "The Military and Same-Sex Marriage."   Exploring the legal, historical, and social implication of same sex marriage when one or both persons are military personnel. (E-Poster)

Eleanor Joyce Patterson, “Mischief, Morals & Politics: An Overview of Ethics and their place in U.S. Political History."  My capstone is about the importance of ethics in the political arena through a close look at the legacy of ethical figures in our political system. (E-Poster)

Judith Perez and Christina Meraz, “High School Counselors in a Changing World: Addressing the Needs of Low-Income and Disadvantage Students." Our capstone project examines the kind of education and experience high school counselors need in order to work effectively with students from low-income and disadvantage communities. We propose diverse approaches and recommendations based on students’ suggestions. (E-Poster)

Alison Sahli, “How Does Stuttering Give Rise to Social, Psychological and Legal Issues?”  My capstone is about educating society about what a person who stutters goes through in everyday life, including how the media portrays people who stutter. My capstone also informs readers how to interact well with a child or an adult who stutters. (E-Poster)

Brenton Sanders, "Are We Ready?  The State of Disaster Preparedness in the United States." This capstone is about the state of disaster preparedness in the United States in a post Hurricane Katrina world. (E-Poster)

Veronica Sena, “Critical Literacy in English Classrooms: Breaking Systems of Inequality Through Academic Success and Self-Empowerment.”  Because of inequalities in English curriculum and learning assessments (such as standardized testing) students are cheated out of a proper education.  By implementing critical literacy with a rigorous curriculum, students can gain academic success and self-empowerment. (E-Poster)

Evelyn Vargas, "A Mexican View of Changing Diplomatic Relations With The United Sates During The Mexican Revolution." The research will focus on the Mexican view of the Mexican Revolution and the social and political involvement of the United States. (E-Poster)

Professor Payne Adler's Section:

Sabrina Anderson,  “Battling the Sword of Silence: Native American Struggles with Linguicide and the Quest for Language Reestablishment.”  Native American tribal elders are implementing effective efforts to not only preserve their languages, but reestablish them amongst their own communities. (E-Poster)

Octavio Becerra,  "There Is No Better Place to Kill a Woman Than in Ciudad Juarez: Social Economic Poverty and the Pursuit of Justice.” Scores of young women who work in the U.S.-owned machiladora assembly plants have been murdered in this tough Mexican-border city, and employers have done little about it.  (E-Poster)

William Brown, “Searching for Love and Attention: The Effect of Family Conditions on African American Male Juvenile Delinquency.” Negative family conditions are one of the main factors that contribute to African American male juvenile delinquency. (E-Poster)

Ashley Cook, "Standards Rise and Schools Lag Behind: A Look at Standardized Testing in Orange County High School Classrooms." A look at standardized testing in high school English classrooms and the recent changes due to new standards set by the federal government. (E-Poster)

Shawna Gannon,  “Molten Identity: Passing for White in Biracial America.” A personal exploration of identity and whiteness through the context of the social phenomenon of passing. (E-Poster)

Tonya Daye Hardesty, “Rainbow Child: A Memoir of My Struggle for Identity within the Contemporary Redefinition of a Family." A memoir of my struggle for identity as a heterosexual woman being raised by a lesbian mother in the context of negotiating the two cultures of heterosexuality and homosexuality. (E-Poster)

Ana Jacinto, “Adelante Mujer: Mexican/Chicana Women in Search of Equality.” Research about forces within the Mexican culture such as patriarchy, sexism, and machismo, that have helped shape and contribute to gender inequalities in the lives of Mexican/Chicana women. (E-Poster)

Kristen Ana LaFollette, “From Fists to Words: A Revolutionized Awareness Based on Peace.”  A chronicle of my personal process of transformation through a commitment to the power of peace, utilizing poetry and a dramatic monologue to demonstrate that change is possible. (E-Poster)

Brandon Le, “Practices and Policies for a More Academically Motivated High School Student.” Deals with the problem of academic motivation amongst high school students and highlights debilitations within the current framework, while offering some solutions. (E-Poster)

Alfonso Lopez Jr., “Upholding Academic Pluralism: Viewing Fraternities and Sororities as investors in CSUMB’s Academic Culture.” In order to create a Greek Life Program at CSUMB that compliments the Vision and benefits all students regardless of culture, the University must first view fraternities and sororities as investors in a pluralistic academic culture, and not continue to stereotype them. (E-Poster)

Christina Morley, "Standing Outside the Fire: Can We Talk About ‘No Child Left Behind?’"  ‘No Child Left Behind’ is leaving aspired education in the dust by applying a ‘one size fits all’ education reform model. (E-Poster)

Enjolina Moss,  "Not Such An Empty Barrel: Integrating Multicultural Literature and the Canon to Develop Critical Literacy and  Meet the State Standards. Demonstrates what the canon and multicultural literature can teach us about social attitudes. (E-Poster)

Nicholas Mount, “Re-Writing American History: The Counter Narrative of General Custer.” An analysis of the changing perspective and heroism of General Custer. (E-Poster)

Stephanie A. Najera,  “Espanol y Ingles: The Effects of Bilingual Education in Monterey County School Districts.” An analysis of the ways that bilingual education is helpful and harmful to the students of Monterey. (E-Poster)

Amy Lynn Price, "Compassion In The Classroom: Implementing a Lesson That Promotes Equitable Participation." Explores the ways in which implementing a compassion-based lesson plan promotes an equitable level of participation among students, despite the inequalities that are associated with gender, economic class, ethnicity, and level of academic performance. (E-Poster)

Vanessa Ramirez, "In the name of Equity and Justice Can California’s Schools Reform?" The current educational system in California is failing to meet the needs of its students of color, low-income, and English language learners due to poorly resourced schools and overcrowding. (E-Poster)

Ericka Sanchez,  “Proposition 36: Rehabilitation Not Incarceration, A Shift from Punishment to Restoration.” An Analysis of Proposition 36, an antidote to the damage done to Latinos and Blacks by the ‘War on Drugs.’ (E-Poster)

Victor Anthony Torres Jr., “The ‘Us vs. Them’ Syndrome: An Analysis of the Racialization, Criminalization, and Marginalization of the Chicano Community.” Explores how US policies have racialized criminalized and marginalized the Chicano community and perpetuated Chicano gangs and violence. (E-Poster)

Luis Flavio Vicuna, “The New ‘New Journalism:’ A Technological Response to the Archaic Mainstream Media.” An analysis of the shortcomings of the corporate media and the public's opportunity for a voice through the Internet. (E-Poster)

Thomas P. White, “Defying the Dragon: Stories of Three Generations of Japanese American Struggle Against Racism on the Monterey Peninsula.”  Three short stories about Japanese Americans Facing Racism at the Turn of the 20th Century, on December 7, 1941, and on September 11, 2001. (E-Poster)

Professor Wang's Section:

Ashleen Marie Aimes, “Sex and Society: Entertainment’s Role in the Degradation of Women.” An exploration of how the portrayal of sex in the media affects women in society today. (E-Poster)

Darryl Anderson, “Elevating to a Higher Level: Was the Move to Division II a Good One?” An in-depth  discussion of whether CSUMB’s move to Division II Athletic Association a sound decision. (E-Poster)

Andrea Bernott, “Stories Untold-An Interdisciplinary Examination of National Amnesia and its Reversal in America.” An interdisciplinary examination of literature and film and its effect on the reversal of national amnesia. (E-Poster)

Melanie Boyd, “Career Development for Graduating Students: Moving from College into Your Career.”  The project consists of a career development course for graduating students that focuses on transitioning from college into a career. (E-Poster)

Daniel Burr, “Surfing Through the Media.”  The rise of surf culture in the mainstream media has caused coastal economic and population changes, while business, real estate markets, and major corporations are seeing record sales profits. (E-Poster)

Maggie Daniel Caldwell, “Habitat of Identities: Oral Histories of the Watsonville Wetlands."  The project uses interpretative oral history strategies to analyze three personal recollections of the Watsonville Wetlands to discover how the intersection of nature and culture points to a personal meaning of land. (E-Poster)

Justin Cox, “From the Dusk of the Disc to the Dawn of the Download: Technology and the Music Industry: the Future.” Technological advancements in the music industry have caused a great shift in the ways songs are distributed and sold; an extreme makeover has begun to drastically revamp and improve the whole industry. (E-Poster)

Benjamin Demarest, “What We are Told, What They are Told: A Comparative Study of Domestic and Foreign Media Coverage." A comparative study of American, French, German, and British media coverage. (E-Poster)

Jeff De Roza, “The Media’s Influence on the New Popularity of Texas Hold’em."  This project analyzes television’s influence and links this influence to the new popularity of Texas Hold’em in college communities. (E-Poster)

Kellie Louise Dewey, “J.R.R. Tolkien: the Man Behind the Myth."  An in-depth analysis of JRR Tolkien’s life, his influences, and his works. (E-Poster)

Tyler Fann, “Media’s Influence on Eating Disorder.” The project takes a look at the effects that media has on the ways people live their lives, but mostly, on their influences on eating disorder. (E-Poster)

Katie Hernandez, "Silent Screams: The Use of Contemporary Film to Address the Epidemic of Adolescent Self-Injury."  The project examines four films that portray self-injury. (E-Poster)

Sarah Catherine Huston, "For One, For All.” Socialized medicine should be integrated into the United States healthcare system. (E-Poster)

Barbara Claire Johns, “Fiduciary Responsibility: Necessity or Luxury? The Early Financial Planning Imperative for Women." This project is to inspire women to begin their financial planning for life at an early age. (E-Poster)

Rachel Kane, “Degree of Change: Higher Education Awards More Than a Diploma." The college degree is a journey of grand choices, great responsibilities, and the sometimes difficult realization of personal goals and commitments to one’s environment. (E-Poster)

Cody Lee, “Learning disabilities and Its Effects on Students and Adults."  An in-depth study of learning disabilities and their effects on the community and the individual. (E-Poster)

Mary Jo Mann, “The Means that Justifies the Ends: An Apologia of Restorative Justice."  Victim-offender mediation emphasizes the consequences of crime and focuses on the personal involvements in the justice process of the offender, the victim, families, and the community, resulting in a more restorative approach to crime. (E-Poster)

Nancy Martinsen, “The Truth about the Quiet Epidemic that’s Killing Today’s Youth."  Campus suicide is a growing epidemic that is being sensationalized by today’s media and ignored by universities. (E-Poster)

Cristian Materazzi, "Historical Evidence: Authenticating the Portrayal of Minorities in War Movies." This project explores the (in)accurate portrayal of minorities in war films. (E-Poster)

Veronica Newsome, “Black Media Representation: How Does the Influence of Television Media Affect Black Identity and the Prevention of Marginalization in America?” An exploration of the truth behind Black media representation and the impact that television media has on Black identity. (E-Poster)

Erin Nokes, “College Life Through Students’ Eyes."  An essay and a professional article exploring the advantages and disadvantages of college life through the eyes of students attending CSUMB. (E-Poster)

Irina Reissler, “The Media Violence and Its Impact on Teenagers and Society."  Media messages teach teenagers to accept violence as a norm of society and thereby increase the level of their aggressiveness. (E-Poster)

Kiel Stromgren, “Cognitive Science: the Way We Use Our Words."  An exploration of different variations of cognitive science and linguistics. (E-Poster)

Elliott Paul Walker, “Violence in the Mass Media and its Effects on Young People."  The paper covers violence on television, in the movies, in music, and in video games and how it affects youth today. (E-Poster)

Maura Walker, “Magazine Girl: Feminism and Women’s Magazines." The project examines how feminism is portrayed through women’s magazines and the effects they have on women, teens, and children. (E-Poster)