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The LMU Theses and Dissertations collection is the official repository for graduate-level research produced at Loyola Marymount University. This open-access platform showcases the scholarly work of LMU students, including master's theses, doctoral dissertations, and capstone projects across a wide range of departments.

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Theses, Research Projects and Dissertations from 2016

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Instructional Experiences and Schooling Factors of Long-Term English Learners, Rafael Gaeta

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Educational Technology: Leadership and Implementation, Anthony James Galla

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The Impact of Catholic High School Education: Catholic High School Young Adult Alumnae Perception and Engagement in Social Justice Related Activities, Antony John Joseph Gaspar

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One Mission, Many Ministries, Amy S. Glenane

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Parents’ Perceptions of Partners in Print, a Family Literacy Program, Rebecca Jane Godbey

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Teaching Critical Media Literacy Through Videogame Creation in Scratch Programming, Elizabeth Anne Gregg

Fatigued, Isis Grills

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Expedite Tool, Anna Haney

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Revenue-Based Financial Modeling: A Sustainable Model for Medium-Size, Private, Mission-Based Schools of Education, Joseph Harbouk

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Service and Learning for Whom? Toward a Critical Decolonizing Bicultural Service Learning Pedagogy, Kortney Hernandez

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A Qualitative Study of Three Urban Catholic High Schools: Investigating Parent and Principal Expectations and Realizations of Parental Involvement and the Parent-School Relationship, Karen Elayne Holyk-Casey

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An Examination of School Harassment for Middle School Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Questioning Students, Kimberly Megan Indelicato

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A Lean Systems Engineering Approach to the Department of Defense Global Hawk Program, Bri Jarcho

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Expected and Unexpected Outcomes of a Service-Learning Program Rooted in Social Justice and Pragmatic Constructivism, Jeffrey M. Jenkins

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Restorative Justice As intrinsic to the Church’s Mission, Catholic Theology and Sacramental Ethics, Yesica A. Jiménez

Rupture, Dwayne Kemele

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“If at First You Do Not Succeed:” A Study of Teacher Resiliency in Sixteen Public Urban Elementary Schools, Jinny Youn Kim

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Catholic School Leaders’ Perceptions of Governance Models in Los Angeles Parochial Schools, Kristopher Leo Knowles

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Literacy Achievement in Nongraded Classrooms, Anita Therese Kreide

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Linking Resource Allocation to Student Achievement: A Study of Title 1 and Title 1 Stimulus Utilization, Kati Petersen Krumpe

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Financial Models in Catholic Education, Richard Kruska

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Yasuke: The Black Samurai, Aaron A. Lancaster

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Women Principals of Jewish Secular High Schools in Israel: Access and Progress, Dana Michelle Lebental

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21st Century College to Career Transition: A Case Study Exploration of a Former United States Intercollegiate Division I Student-Athlete Who Participated in a Revenue Generating Sport, Kadar Lewis

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Teacher Perceptions of School Discipline: A Critical Interrogation of a Merit and Demerit System, Evelyn Licea

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An Exploration of Existential Group Art Therapy for Substance Abuse Clients with a History of Trauma, Sung Liskin

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Impacts Of An Artist Residency Program Informed By Social Action Art Therapy, Jessica Bui Lo

Storage Unit, Erik Long IV

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Advocating for the Development of the Whole Child: How Public Urban Preschool Teachers Overcome the Pressure of More Academics in Their Classrooms, Grizel Lopez

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Sweet Spirit: The Pedagogical Relevance of the Black Church for African-American Males, Brandi Odom Lucas

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Resiliency of Latino High School Students: The Impact of External and Internal Factors, Diana Marie Lucero

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Exploration of the Process of an Altered Book Project With Women Cancer Survivors, Jillian E. Luz

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Preferential Options and Palimpsests: Transferring the Founders’ Catholic Charism from Vowed Religious Educators to Lay Educators, Patrick Paschal Lynch

Exonerated, Adam Maksoad

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Changing Food Consumption Behavior in Saudi Arabia, Rayan Malki

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Male Chinese Student Transitions to Life in an American Secondary Catholic Boarding School, Matthew R. Mallon

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The Triage Principal: An Autoethnographic Tale of Leadership in a Catholic Turnaround School, Corena Marasco

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The Absence of Aspiration in the Era of Accountability, Mary R. Martinez

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Rethinking Critical Consciousness: Latina Teachers, Latina Girls, and Alternative Educational Spaces, Salvador Martin

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Mari, Ryan B. Massey

Maric Ruz, Christine McAulife

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Children are the Messengers: A Case Study of Academic Success Through the Voices of High-Achieving Low-Income Elementary Students, Stephen Howard McCray

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) An Analysis of Policy Implementation, Outcomes, and Unintended Consequences, Carla M. McCullough

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African American Parental Engagement in a Public Middle School: Contributing Factors, Laura J. McGowan-Robinson

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“This is our life. We can’t drive home.” An Analysis of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as Perceived by Elementary Teachers, Students and Families in an Urban Charter School, Elaine Azalia McNeil-Girmai

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Make Time, Jonathan Paul Medici

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Effective Instruction in the Blended Learning Classroom, Stepan Mekhitarian

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Adolescent Mentors and the Latino Community, Arazeli L. Melendez

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Smart Home Project in Saudi Arabia: Reduce the Power Waste and Increase the Efficiency, Controllability and Sustainability, Abdulmajeed Mesefir

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The Avoidance of Race: White Teachers’ Racial Identities in Alternative Teacher Education Programs and Urban Under-Resourced Schools, Kelley Marie McCann Miller

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Closing the Gap: The Effects of Alternative Certification Programs on Intern Self-Efficacy, Marianne Mitchell

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Becoming Unionized in a Charter School: How Charter School Teachers Navigate the Culture of Choice, Elizabeth Montaño

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Latino and Latina Urban Elementary Principals’ Entry into Educational Administration, José Montaño

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The Biliteracy Achievement of Latino English Learners in Two-Way Immersion Elementary Programs, Olga Grimalt Moraga

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Implementing Calendar Reform in a Suburban Catholic Elementary School: A Case Study, Catherine Cichocki Muzzy

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An Information System for Health Care Quality Measures, Matthew Mycroft

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Exploring Latinidad: Latina Voice and Cultural Awareness in a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Candy Navarro

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Towards a Community College Pin@y Praxis: Creating an Inclusive Cultural Space, Atheneus C. Ocampo

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A Case Study Examining the Implementation and Assessment of the Profile of the Graduate at Graduation in a Jesuit Secondary School, Daniel Joseph O'Connell

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Literacy and Ideology: A Qualitative Research Study of a Language Arts Class of Language Minority Students Using the Scripted Curriculum High Point, Elizabeth Osorio-Arzate

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Goliath, Nicholas C. Pangilinan

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Funds of Knowledge that Support Teacher-Student Relationships: A Narrative Study of Effective Teachers, James Allan Pasto

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From Inclusion for Some to Inclusion for All: A Case Study of the Inclusion Program at One Catholic Elementary School, Emily Marie Paz

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Organizational Assimilation through Heritage Language Programming: Reconciling Justice and Bilingualism, Ricardo José Pedroarias

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The Role of the Art Therapist: A Multi-Faceted Approach, Lauren E. Peña

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A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Obama Administration’s Education Speeches, Adriane Kayoko Peralta

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Latinas’ Access to Advanced Placement Courses: A Case Study of a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jennifer Maria Pérez Aguilar

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Disability and Power: A Charter School Case Study Investigating Grade-Level Retention of Students with Learning Disabilities, Esther Lorraine Perez

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Transformational Leadership: A Qualitative Study of Rural Elementary Schools in Fresno County, Xavier Piña

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College Knowledge: How Immigrant Latino Parents Access Information, Ana F. Ponce

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The Voices of Educators: An Interview Study of the Implementation Process of the English/Language Arts Common Core State Standards Initiative, Efren Ponce

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Changing Mindsets: A Case Study of a Community of Practice between Charter and Traditional Public School Leaders in the School Leaders Network, Manuel Nicolas Ponce Jr.

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Investigating Collaborative Inquiry: A Case Study of a Professional Learning Community at Lennox Charter High School, Alyce H. Prentice

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The Catholic School Principal and Inclusive Leadership: A Quantitative Study, Jayne M. Quinn

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A Place to Belong: Critical Queer Pedagogy for Social Justice in Catholic Education, Roydavid Villanueva Quinto

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Relational Aggression, Middle School Girls, and the Development of Critical Consciousness, Casey Quirarte

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Factors Impacting Persistence for African-American and Latino Community College Students, Amy Radovčić

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Afrocentric Pedagogy as a Transformative Educational Practice, Miranda L. Ra'oof

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Defining Defiance: African-American Middle School Students’ Perspective on the Impact of Teachers’ Disciplinary Referrals, Patricia Ray

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A Close Look at a STEM-Themed Magnet and its Experiential Program on the Occupational Identities, Career Maturity, and Access Provided to Low Socioeconomic Minority Students, Urlette Reyes

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Building Spiritual Capital: The Effects of Kundalini Yoga on Adolescent Stress, Emotional Affect, and Resilience, Meliné Sarkissian

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An Analysis of Fifth-Grade Teachers’ Mathematical Inputs on Eighth-Grade Students’ Mathematical Outputs, Neeraj Raj Satyal

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Silencing the Critics: A Conceptual Framework in Teacher Preparation for Social Justice, Allison P. Schildts

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Youth, Social Networking, and Resistance: A Case Study on a Multidimensional Approach to Resistance, David Scozzaro

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Guerrilla, Jake TMT Sheets

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A Systems Engineering Approach Towards Millennial Investment Strategies, Ethan L. Smith

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Architecting an Online Social Resource for Amateur Filmmakers using a Hybrid Systems Engineering and Agile Approach, Thomas J. Smith II

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Teacher Alienation: Reconceptualizing the Educational Work Environment, Jesse Robert Soza

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Dreams Deferred: A Critical Narrative Analysis of African American Males in Pursuit of Higher Education, Martinique Starnes

Jail Bait, Jonathan Talbert

Monty and the Runaway Furance, Joe Taranto

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Sacred Spaces: A Narrative Analysis of the Influences of Language and Literacy Experiences on the Self-Hood and Identity of High-Achieving African American Female College Freshmen, Michelle Flowers Taylor

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Perceptions Regarding the Use and Experience of Information and Communication Technology from Female Students in a Catholic Middle School, Julio Cuauhtemoc Tellez

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Media Literacy and the Common Good: A Link to Catholic Social Teaching, Maria Rosalia Tenorio de Azevedo

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Vertical Take Off and Landing Robotic Mission on Mars, Kurian Thomas

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Tie-Dyed Realities in a Monochromatic World: Deconstructing the Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Black-White Multiracial University Students, Claire Anne Touchstone

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Heijunka Automation, Michael Trelinski

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Counter Narrating the Media’s Master Narrative: A Case Study of Victory High School, Beth Trinchero

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Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion: Extracting Principles of Education from Teaching a High School Multicultural Literature Class, Carlos Roberto Valverde

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The Significance of National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation in Elevating Quality of Early Childhood Education: Administrators’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Beliefs about Accreditation and its Process, Kristine Vardanyan