Student Research and Publications from 2016
NASM Personal Training Certification, Carrie Anne Whitelam
One Mission, Many Ministries, Amy S. Glenane
Online Professional Development: Implications on Self-Efficacy Levels and Classroom Instruction for Teachers in a Catholic High School, Jose Carlo De Vera
Only 45 Minutes Away, Guadalupe Astorga Contreras
Opening the Gates of a GATE Program: A Mixed Methods Study of Recruitment Processes and Retention Practices in One Multicultural Middle School, Marie Lynette Aldapa
Oppression of Women in the Islamic World and Gender Inequality in Saudi Arabia, Meshail AlMofawez
Organizational Assimilation through Heritage Language Programming: Reconciling Justice and Bilingualism, Ricardo José Pedroarias
Organizing a Grassroots Math Literacy Campaign: The Launching of the Young People’s Project in Los Angeles, Michael Jacob Farber
Parents’ Perceptions of Partners in Print, a Family Literacy Program, Rebecca Jane Godbey
Perceptions of Appearance Toward the Self and Others, Allison Swenson
Perceptions Regarding the Use and Experience of Information and Communication Technology from Female Students in a Catholic Middle School, Julio Cuauhtemoc Tellez
Photosynthetic Characterization of Invasive Plant Diversity in Los Angeles County from 1830-2010, Lauren E. Pangburn, Erich Eberts, and Victor Carmona-Galindo
Physics First: Impact on SAT Math Scores, Craig Earl Bouma
Piano, Performance, Politics: The World of Piano Competitions in Increasingly Global Scales, Anna Thompson
Portraits by African-American Male University Students: A Retrospective Study, Lauren Fissori
Power and Gender: British Women’s Role in 19th Century Imperial India, Mary Densmore
Preferential Options and Palimpsests: Transferring the Founders’ Catholic Charism from Vowed Religious Educators to Lay Educators, Patrick Paschal Lynch
Preserving Avian Biodiversity in Ascot Hills Park Presentation, Sarah M. Shapiro
Prison Gender Relations through an Intersectional Lense, Alexandra S. Meek
Productive Virtual Reality, Chukwuemeka E. Azinge
Promoting Awareness and Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia, Latifa Alkuwaiz
Redemption from Darkness: A Study of Form and Function, Sacred and Secular, within the Genre of Apocalypse, Margaret R. Butterfield
Relational Aggression, Middle School Girls, and the Development of Critical Consciousness, Casey Quirarte
Reliable and Safe Power Solutions for Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Aldughaimi
Rental Payment Solution Using HomeHey, Abdullah Althinayyan
Research and Exhibition Presentation, Madelyn L. Starr
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
