Student Research and Publications from 2016
Research Methods, Leah C. Morris
Resiliency of Latino High School Students: The Impact of External and Internal Factors, Diana Marie Lucero
Restorative Justice As intrinsic to the Church’s Mission, Catholic Theology and Sacramental Ethics, Yesica A. Jiménez
Rethinking Critical Consciousness: Latina Teachers, Latina Girls, and Alternative Educational Spaces, Salvador Martin
Retributive Justice vs. Restorative Justice: A Need For Education Reform, Tabitha Theard Ms
Revenue-Based Financial Modeling: A Sustainable Model for Medium-Size, Private, Mission-Based Schools of Education, Joseph Harbouk
Rhetorical Circumference: Building Relationships and Conversations, Sarina Ramirez-Ortiz
Riqueza Mexicana: Mama's Kitchen, Jasmine Reyna
Ruined for Life, Facundo Gonzalez Icardi
Running the System: From the 661 to the 310, Alexis Hall
Rupture, Dwayne Kemele
Sacred Space of Great Britain: Environmental Poetics of Pregnancy, Joyce Fehlau
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
Sandcastle, Alison Cukierski
Schools of Education in a New Era of Accountability: A Case Study of an Annual Report Process Used to Advance a Professional Learning Community, Manuel A. Aceves
Screen to Stage: The Adaptation of Films to Stage Musicals, Michael Gillies Mahacek
Senior Thesis: P.S., Summer Salazar
Senior Voice Recital, Evelyn R. Fajardo
Service and Learning for Whom? Toward a Critical Decolonizing Bicultural Service Learning Pedagogy, Kortney Hernandez
Shanghai Jews: Interactions with a New Culture, Iris Astudillo and Julia Yi
Shopping with Shannon, Kay Hampton
Silencing the Critics: A Conceptual Framework in Teacher Preparation for Social Justice, Allison P. Schildts
Silicon Beach and the LMU Apartment Rental Market, Timothy Nguyen
Situated Learning and Latino Male Gang Members at Homeboy Industries, Mauricio Arocha
Situational Homosexuality in Zimbabwe, Kiitan N. Doherty
Smart Home Project in Saudi Arabia: Reduce the Power Waste and Increase the Efficiency, Controllability and Sustainability, Abdulmajeed Mesefir
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Shawn Jones
Star-Spangled Man with a Plan: The Narrative Evolution of Captain America, Jaime R. Maier
Stephanie Smile, Stephanie Monique Smith
Storage Unit, Erik Long IV
Stories of Persistence: Filipina/o American Undergraduate Students in a Private, Catholic, and Predominantly White University, Angelica M. Bailon
Stuck in the Middle, Loreto Lopez
Super Student, Juliet Camille Sivori
Survivor Scheibel Edition, Joseph Harold Cahn
Sustainability and Business Performance, Cedric L. Char
Sweet Spirit: The Pedagogical Relevance of the Black Church for African-American Males, Brandi Odom Lucas
Taken Over: The Story of the Locke High School Takeover Through a Qualitative Study of Student Voice, Joshua Michael Beardall
Teacher Alienation: Reconceptualizing the Educational Work Environment, Jesse Robert Soza
Teacher Perceptions of School Discipline: A Critical Interrogation of a Merit and Demerit System, Evelyn Licea
Teacher Professional Capital: The Relationship between Principal Practice and Teacher Job Satisfaction, Christine Annette Burke Adams
Teachers and Cheating: The Relationship Between the Classroom Environment and High School Student Cheating, Colby James Boysen
Teacher Understanding of Curricular and Pedagogical Decision-Making Processes at an Urban Charter School, Rodolfo Cuevas Jr.
Teaching Critical Media Literacy Through Videogame Creation in Scratch Programming, Elizabeth Anne Gregg
The Absence of Aspiration in the Era of Accountability, Mary R. Martinez
The Acoustical Divergence of the Cathedral, Daniel A. Ostrander
The Avoidance of Race: White Teachers’ Racial Identities in Alternative Teacher Education Programs and Urban Under-Resourced Schools, Kelley Marie McCann Miller
The Balanced Dancer: Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness, and Sports Certification, Julie Johnson
The Biliteracy Achievement of Latino English Learners in Two-Way Immersion Elementary Programs, Olga Grimalt Moraga
The Border Between Us, Cindy Dominguez
The Catholic School Principal and Inclusive Leadership: A Quantitative Study, Jayne M. Quinn
The Changing Perceptions of Love, Ashley M. Naliwajko
The Chinese Film Industry: Opportunity or Threat?, Brittany Beery
The Claire Chronicles, Claire T. Dobyns
The Deadly Literature Review, Jessica Lombardozzi
The Development of Notation in Mathematical Analysis, Alyssa Venezia
The Effectiveness of Music in Connecting Youths to Religion, Jared J. Lyons Mr.
The Effects of Cation Compounds on Amyloid Proteins in Type-II Diabetes, Shannon M. Pilcher and David Moffet
The Happiness Project, Colton Kugler
The Highway to Hell in the City of Angels: The Automobile and its Role in Influencing the Transportation Infrastructure of Post-World War II Los Angeles, William Ronald Rehbock
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
The Influence of Ancient Stories, Jesse M. Rubin
The Influence of Historical Photographic Processes on Social Networking, Dylan Loo
The Misconception of Jihad in America, Amanda Kretsch
The New Ecology of Biliteracy in California: An Exploratory Study of the Early Implementation of the State Seal of Biliteracy, Tanya Margarita DeLeon
The New World, New Orleans, and Now: An Exploration of Cultural Groups in New Orleans from the 18th to 21st Century, Brooke Duplantier
The Nude, Audrey M. Colanero
The Old Sorrow, Emmett J. Schlenz
The Prisoners in the Cave and Us, Daniel A. Siciliano
The Reel Problem with Digital: The Pixar Process of Preserving their Films from Today to Infinity and Beyond, Nicholas T. Sy
There is Beauty in Struggle, Brenda Quintanilla
The Role of Food Culture in a National Epidemic, Olivia Round
The Role of the Art Therapist: A Multi-Faceted Approach, Lauren E. Peña
The Sociological Eye 2016, Loyola Marymount University, Sociology Department
The Triage Principal: An Autoethnographic Tale of Leadership in a Catholic Turnaround School, Corena Marasco
“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
Tie-Dyed Realities in a Monochromatic World: Deconstructing the Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Black-White Multiracial University Students, Claire Anne Touchstone
Too Lit to Quit, Isabella M. Asali
To Teach as Jesus Would: Inclusive Education in one Catholic Elementary School, Michelle Powell Wechsler
Tourist to My Own Culture, Guadalupe Astorga Contreras
Toward a Pedagogy of Compassion: Extracting Principles of Education from Teaching a High School Multicultural Literature Class, Carlos Roberto Valverde
Towards a Community College Pin@y Praxis: Creating an Inclusive Cultural Space, Atheneus C. Ocampo
Transformational Leadership: A Qualitative Study of Rural Elementary Schools in Fresno County, Xavier Piña
Transformation of Saudi Arabia Economic System, Osama Asiri
Turnaround Strategies at an Underperforming Urban Elementary School: An Examination of Stakeholder Perspectives, Angela Watkins Bass
Twisted Little Braids: Rage and Resistance, Alexia F. Pineda
Unburying the Mirror: An Autoethnography of a Latino Teacher Who Left the Classroom, Arturo Rafael Acevedo-Febles
Union Ave., Daniela Ramirez
Utilizing 3D printing technology and the plasmodial slime mold Physarum polycephalum to approximate efficient transit networks of Los Angeles, Sophia H. Deen and Dr. Demian A. Willette
Vertical Take Off and Landing Robotic Mission on Mars, Kurian Thomas
Visions: Chaos in Naango, Katarina J. Klask, Hunter Gibson, Taylor Roseberry, Summer Shigetani, Mattie Coccia, Alena Siu, Caitlin Mihm, Gaston Dondero, and Sophie Rudell
Visual Mutations: A Rhythm and Texture Embodied Dance Experiment Through A Multi-Media and Interactive Experience, Danielle King
Voices to Truth America! Exploring Hapa-ish, Jonathan Ishii
Wanting Out, Melissa Sandoval
Welcome to COM 204!, Nicole E. Neal
“We’re Different because We’re Scholars”: A Case Study of a College Access Program in South Los Angeles, Lizette Zarate
We Remain Artists: A Photographic/Ethnographic Installation, Sydney Kramer
What Keeps Me Going, Marco Ramirez
What the Lit?!, Liat Lieberman
