CSULB Geography Graduate Theses

• Contested Urban Space: Competing Discourses of Urban Development and Environmental Conservation in Playa Vista, CA, Jason Page (Chair: Dr. Jocoy; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Thien)
• “It’s Like Fighting the Enemy”: Caring for Rural Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Elizabeth Weaver (Chair: Dr. Thien; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Mills)
• The Political Ecology of Tourism in the Ecuardorean Amazon, Austin Beahm (Chair: Dr. Laris; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Del Casino)
• Native Plant Restoration Following the Eradication of Invasive Tamarisk in the Tijuana Estuary, California, Samantha L. Antcliffe (Chair: Dr. Laris; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Jeff Crooks [Research Coördinator, Tijuana Estuary])
• The European Capital of Culture: The Politics of Becoming Europe, Sarah Goggin (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Thien and Jocoy)

• Railroad Abandonment: A Catalyst for Urban Renewal in the San Fernando Valley, California, Douglas Fetters (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Sidorov and Laris)
• Maps in Childrens Literature: Their Uses, Forms, and Functions, Deborah G. Hann (Chair: Dr. Rodrigue; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Wechsler), Outstanding Graduate Thesis of the College of Liberal Arts for 2007-08
• Using Remote Sensing, GIS, and Landscape Ecology in Wildland Management, Susan E. Timm (Chair: Dr. Lee; Readers: Drs. Laris and Wechsler), Outstanding Graduate Thesis of the College of Liberal Arts for 2008-09
• Externalizing E-Motions of the Japanese-American Internment Experience,, Simon Wright (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Sidorov, Thien, Toji)

• The Geography of Surfing Space at Huntington Beach, California, Greg S. Bartleson (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Laris and Del Casino)
• Evolution of the Goode’s World Atlas, Richer M. Boudreau (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Drs. Lee and Tyner)
• The Politics of Pasting: A Spatial Inquiry into the Practice(s) of Wheatpasting, Power, and Representation, Ryan Goode (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Thien and Johnson [Communication Studies])
• Performing the City: The Intersection of Music, Space, Authenticity, and Racialized Identity in Leimert Park Village, Nazanin Naraghi (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Jocoy and Schrank (History))
• Methods for Measuring Mojave Desertscrub Phenology using MODIS Satellite Imagery and Meteorological Data, Janet Troeger (Chair: Dr. Lee; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Laris)
• The Nature of Tree Preservation in Atascadero: 1913-2006, Lisa Wilkinson (Chair: Dr. Laris; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Sidorov)

• Assessing Moisture Content Change in Chaparral Using Spectral Mixture Analysis, Kenneth R. Baloun (Chair: Dr. Rodrigue; Readers: Drs. Wechsler and Lee)
• Assessment of Wildfire Frequency and Coastal Sage Scrub Vegetation Dynamics in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, Scott W. Eckardt (Chair: Dr. Laris; Readers: Drs. Lee and Rodrigue), Outstanding Graduate Thesis of the College of Liberal Arts for 2006-07
• Creating Health in a Native American Sweat Lodge: The Production of an Alternative Healing Space, Julienne Gard (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Jocoy and Sumner), winner of the Jacques May Prize for most outstanding thesis in medical geography, Medical Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
• Baseline Native Habitat Restoration Assessment at Pelican Point Crystal Cove State Park, California, Kathleen A. Moriarty (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Drs. Laris and Behl [Geological Sciences])
• Water Perceptions and Practices among Whites and Latinos in Whittier, California, Wanjiru M. Njuguna (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Laris)

• Development of a Groundwater Monitoring Reporting and Analysis System, Gregory Bishop (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Dr. Lee and Mr. Ludwig)
• The Impact of Policy Upon Refugee Spatialities: Resettlement Policies and the Hmong of Southeast Asia, Bridget Cooney (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Jocoy and Gossette)
• Health Care Accessibility for Homeless Women in Long Beach, California, Maribelle Enriquez (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Fisher [Psychology] and Jocoy)
• Analysis of Industrial Ecology, Cradle-to-Cradle Principles, and an Alternative Packaging Delivery System, Seri Michelle McClendon (Chair: Dr. Rodrigue; Readers: Drs. Jocoy and Laris)
• The Persistence of the Mexican Land Tenure System in Los Angeles and Orange County, Michael McDaniel (Chair: Dr. Gossette; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Wechsler), Outstanding Graduate Thesis of the College of Liberal Arts for 2005-06
• The Growth and Development of Tourism in Bocas Del Toro, Panama: A Geographical Perspective, Michael Moody (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Sidorov)
• GIS in High Schools: A Case for Teaching Geography Through Technology, Lisa Pitts (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Garver [Geography and Anthropology at CSU Pomona])
• Cambodian Settlement Patterns in Long Beach, California, Jorge Quintero (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Sidorov)
• Exotic Plant Species Pattern in Selected Areas of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Colette Simonds (Chair: Dr. Laris; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Lee)
• Human Factors in the Adoption of GIS in Sports Marketing, Maureen K. Smith (Chair: Dr. Jocoy; Readers: Dr. Gossette and Mr. Woods)

• Martial Arts and the Geography of Sport in Southern California, Christopher Michael Quinn (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Sidorov)
• GIS Applications for Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Planning: A Case Study in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon, Daniel Hofer (Chair: Dr. Rodrigue; Readers: Drs. Wechsler and Orange County Fire Authority Battalion Chief Michael S. Rohde)
• Assessment of Vegetation Dynamics in Cienega de Santa Clara, Mexico, Using Landsat Satellite Imagery and Ancillary Data (1973-2003), Rebekah R. Boulton (Chair: Dr. Lee; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Wechsler)

• Geographic Information Systems/Science (GIS) Education at California Community Colleges, Susanne T. Byrne-Dronkers (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Tyner)
• Development and Change in Oil Company Road Maps Produced by General Drafting Company, 1925-1980, Angela Ng Cangelosi (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Curtis)
• Music Geography across the Borderline: Musical Iconography, Mythic Themes, and North American Perceptions of a Borderland Landscape, Edward F. Huefe (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Gossette)
• The Contested Meanings of Cesar Chavez Park, Long Beach, California, Keith R. Miller (Chair: Dr. Del Casino; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Young)
  New Urbanism …Comparing Its Achievements, Ronjack Menguita (Chair: Dr. Rodrigue; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Karabenick)
• Satellites, Census, and the Quality of Life, Valerie Müller (Chair: Dr. Gossette; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Lee)
• The Effect of Spatial, Spectral, and Radiometric Resolutions on the Accuracy of Landcover Classifications, Erin R. Stockenberg (Chair: Dr. Lee; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Wechsler)

• Relationships between Deforestation, Precipitation and Runoff in Northern Thailand, Naovaratana Subthanavin (Chair: Dr. Wechsler; Readers: Drs. Del Casino and Azary)

• Tourism Development on a Greek Island: A Geographic Study of Thera (Santorini) and the Resort Cycle Concept, Michelle R. Walsh (Chair: Dr. Splansky; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Karabenick)
• Land Use Changes and Nitrogen Wash-Off from Pervious Land in the San Diego Creek Sub-Watershed of Newport Bay, California, Larry M. Harlan (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Cowan [Civil Engineering])
• Mapping Disrupted Surfaces in the Mojave Desert Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Fort Irwin National Training Center, California, Patrick Johnson (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Lee [Earth Sciences at CSU Dominguez Hills])
• The Structure and Spatial Morphology of the Ethnic Commercial Enclaves of Little Saigon and Koreatown in Orange County, California: A Comparative Study, Robert D. Michaels (Chair: Dr. Splansky; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Outwater)
• The Response of Teachers on the Emphasis of Geography Skills and Concepts in their Teaching: A Selected Study of Sixth Grade Teachers in Southern California, Deborah S. Morris-Williamson (Chair: Dr. Wheeler; Readers: Drs. Rodrigue and Golez [Teacher Education])
• Temporal Tactile Mapping and the Visually Handicapped: A Study Revisited, K.C. Offenberg (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Peterson (Disabled Student Services))
• The Ornamentally Landscaped Median Strip: A Significant Feature of the Urban Streetscape, Gabriel Sanfelice  (Chair: Dr. Splansky; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Karabenick)
• Potential For Greenbelt Improvements Along Flood Control Channels in Long Beach, California, Scott Timboe (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Dr. Outwater and Mr. Dan Walsh (Geography/GIS at Saddleback College))

• Web Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Digital Mapping Toy or “Real” GIS?, Scott Ferris (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Debysingh)
• Tracking the Traces of Division: A Survey of the Remnants of the Berlin Wall as a Relict Boundary on the Urban Landscape, Tom Frazier (Chair: Dr. Peters; Readers: Drs. Biro and Karabenick)
• The Effects of the Tidal Cycle on Coliform Bacteria Concentration in the San Gabriel River Estuary, California, Emiko Kobayashi (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Carlberg [Biology])
• Emerging Geographic Themes in the Landscapes of Tony Hillerman, Willa Mann (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Peters and Wheeler)
• Using GIS Modeling to Determine Nitrate Loading Runoff in the Temescal Wash Watershed, Southern California, Tomas Stokosa (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Outwater)

• An Historical Geographical Study of San Clemente Island, Virginia Andrew (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Outwater)
• An Examination of Day Labor Hiring Sites in Los Angeles, California, Jeremy Braxton-Brown (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Peters)
• The Role of Multi-Unit Housing in Ethnic Change in Long Beach, California, David Holder (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Outwater and Gossette)
• Suburbanization and Wilderness Parks: An Orange County, California Case Study, R. Kurt Rhodenbaugh (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Debysingh)
• Evaluation of Vegetation and Stream Restoration by the Kumeyaay Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation San Diego County, California, Stephanie Uribe (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Curtis and Sanchez [American Indian Studies])
• Opening China’s Door: A Case Study of Foreign Direct Investment on Qingdao’s Economy 1985-1995, Guang-Yu Wang (Chair: Dr. Azary; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Karabenick)

• California State University Students’ Perceptions of Tijuana, Mexico, Andrew C. Mack (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Outwater)
• The Perception of Hazards among Surfers in Southern California, Aimée Rebecca Mindes (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Karabenick)
• Neighborhood Differentiation in a Suburban Environment and Its Effect on Violent Crime: A Case Study, John Thomas Newton, Jr. (Chair: Dr. Peters; Readers: Drs. Outwater and Gossette)
• Commercial Strips as Tourism Destinations, Jessica Ann Paul (Chair: Dr. Splansky; Readers: Drs. Outwater and Karabenick)
• Land Use Runoff Flooding in Murrieta and Temecula, Susan Smith (Chair: Dr. Wheeler; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Karabenick)
• A Study of the Land Use Activities of Commercial Spines in Selected United States Mexico Border Cities, Gregory D. Stephenson (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Outwater and Debysingh)

• Vietnamese Settlement Patterns in Orange County’s Little Saigon, Stephen R. DeWilde (Chair: Dr. Curtis; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Tyner)

• Commuting Patterns in a Mountain Community: Idyllwild, California, Suzanne Dallman (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Splansky)
• Cartographic Design for Multimedia Maps, Kim Scott Hatch (Chair: Dr. Gossette; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Wheeler)
• A Study to Analyze, Identify, and Evaluate an Industrial Location Site for a Materials Recovery Facility for the City of Lomita, California, Allison Lynn Sherman (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Wheeler)

• The Los Angeles River: Proposed Water Supply Enhancement, Kevin Jon Bissel (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Steiner and Tyner)
• The Locational Characteristics of Card Club Casinos in Los Angeles County: Their Use as an Economic Development Tool and the Importance of Asia Games, Bruce Alan Grouse (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Tyner)
• The Santa Fe Oil Field Area: A Thermal Study of Land Use, Theron Guy Hutton (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Karabenick)
• Water Use and Land Use in a Community Setting: Leisure World Laguna Hills, California, Daniel J. Knapp (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Peters and Wheeler)
  Communication Methods between Cartographers and Map Printers, Edward E. McLaughlin (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Kunst [Art])

• The Effects of Jobs/Housing Balancing on Commuting Patters in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Scott Thomas Munroe (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Splansky and Karabenick)
• The 1992 Los Angeles Riot: A Geographic Perspective on South Los Angeles, Michael Thomas Ridland (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Karabenick)

• A Geographic Information System for Brush Fire Hazard Mapping and Analysis, James A. Woods (Chair: Dr. Gossette; Readers: Drs. Tyner and Wheeler)
  The 1992 Los Angeles Riot: A Geographic Perspective on South Los Angeles, Michael Thomas Ridland (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Karabenick)

• An Historical Geographical Study of North Island, Jeffery Charles Brown (Chair: Dr. ???; Readers: Drs. ??? and ???

• The Geography of Controlled Airspace in the Los Angeles Basin: Effects of General Aviation, Michael Aaron Carson (Chair: Dr. Tyner; Readers: Drs. Gossette and Steiner)

• The Geographical Impact of Australian Immigration Policy on the Composition, Distribution, and Settlement of Chinese in Australia, Martha C. Adams [Miller] (Chair: Dr. Debysingh; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Peters)
• A Landscape Typologoy for Natural Scenery, Susan F. Hanson (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Tyner)
• Development Regulation and Its Effects on Coastal Access, Donald W. Schmitz, Jr. (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Tyner)

• Locational Decision-Making in Manufacturing: A Three City Study, Scott Patrick Moshier (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Wheeler)

• The Diffusion of Micro Irrigation Systems in California’s Commercial Avocado Production Area, Robert Lee Franklin (Chair: Dr. Splansky; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Tyner)

• The Geography of Residential Solid Waste Generation in Long Beach, California, Roger Terry Reid (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Kimura and Tyner)

• Hawaii’s State Land Use Regulations and Urban Development Patterns on Oahu, John Carroll Mauk (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Peters and Steiner)

• The Literature of California Geography as Reflected in a Decade of Geography Journal Articles, Sandra J. Lamprecht (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Debysingh and Tyner)

• Subsistence Land Use in South-Western Alaska and the Impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Anthony Wayne Burns (Chair: Dr. Wheeler; Readers: Drs. Scantling and Tyner)
• An Analysis of Flood Plain Use in Orange County, California, Gary Robert Jones (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Anderson and Peters)
• The Impact of Environmental Consideration on Industrial Location Theory, James Edward Martois (Chair: Dr. Peters; Readers: Drs. Erickson and Debysingh)

• The Determination of Cyclic Processes within the Population Shifts of the United States through the Use of Shift-and-Share Analysis, William N. Bichel (Chair: Dr. Peters; Readers: Drs. Debysingh and Outwater)
• Style Elements in Architecture: Tools for Geographic Analysis, John J. Fulford (Chair: Dr. Scantling; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Karabenick)

• The Okinawa Sugar Industry: Some Effects of Government Activity on Industrial Location and Economic Development, Charles L. Clark (Chair: Dr. Anderson; Readers: Drs. Peters and Kimura)

• Environmental Hazards and Urban Development: A Historical, Spatial, and System View of the City of Long Beach, Kalervo Raymond Halme (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Peters)
• A Correlation and Regression Analysis of Particulate Pollution and Minimum Temperatures in the Los Angeles Area, 1958-1972, James Albert Henry (Chair: Dr. Kimura; Readers: Drs. Steiner and Peters)
• Some Impacts of Containerization on California Port Geography, Sonia Hubner Seeman (Chair: Dr. Anderson; Readers: Drs. Kimura and Peters)

• Water Supply, Use, and Management in the Santa Margarita Watershed, California, Kristen Louise Duncan (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Anderson and Scantling)
  The Economic Health of the North Central Region, Stanley Dean Fuhr (Chair: Dr. Anderson; Readers: Drs. Peters and Scantling)
• Family Poverty in Long Beach, California, in 1970, Bruce Saint Gean (Chair: Dr. Outwater; Readers: Drs. Steiner and Anderson)

• A Comparison of Economic Healthy and Industrial Diversity: A Case Study of Thirty-three Places, Dennis Theophilus Davis (Chair: Dr. Anderson; Readers: Drs. Wheeler and Outwater)
• Reuse of the Pacific Electric Right of Way: A Study in Abandonment, Conversion, and New Uses in Selected Areas, Richard Albert Reed (Chair: Dr. Karabenick; Readers: Drs. Anderson and Scantling)

• The Changing Location of the California Almond Industry, Robert Henry Aron (Chair: Dr. Anderson; Readers: Drs. Steiner and Scantling)

• The Suburban Barriadas of Lima: Squatter Settlements as a Type of Peripheral Urban Growth in Peru, Lyndon Starr Williams (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Anderson and Dykema [Wheeler])

• Distribution of Bioclimatic Comfort Regions in the United States, Werner H. Terjung (Chair: Dr. Steiner; Readers: Drs. Anderson and Erickson)

• Occupance in the San Jacinto Mountains, California, W. Jane Westenberger (Chair: James Wilson; Reader: Tony Kannelly)