This collection includes EWU master's theses. The bulk of the collection is from 2011 through the present. However, some theses for previous years are being digitized when the Library acquires a copy that can be disbound and scanned. If you are the author of a thesis identified as "EWU-only" and you would like your thesis to be available to the public, please contact the Library to request an access change.
To locate pre-2011 print theses in the Library's collection, search the Library's catalog.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Bilingualism of Arab children in the U.S.: a survey of parents and teachers, Omnia Alofii
"If you're not talkin' mess, then you should be ok": collegiate student-athletes' strategies and practices on social networking sites, Marc C. Anderson
Neighborhood of gray houses, Derek Annis
Cynicism and narcissism: masking the good life?, Joshua B. Bell
The martyrdom of Anne Askew: a case study in the suppression of feminine spirituality in late Henrician England, Tanya Gereldine Blakeley
Comparing energy expenditures between a circuit weight training protocol and a steady state aerobic activity, Breann M. Booher
An apology for the lies I tell about my character, Jess L. Bryant
The imprisoned Richard Simmons and other stories of growing up, Danielle Buynak
Documenting dreams: undocumented students in Washington State, M. Elena Calderon Sandoval
The relationship between invasive annual grasses and biological soil crust across Eastern Washington, Jarrett B. Cellini
Jay Fox: the life and times of an American radical, David J. Collins
Investigating the relationship between personality traits and athletic performance among elite hockey players, Brittney H. Conway
Animal girl: section one, Elizabeth Kaye Cook
College-level ELLs in two English composition courses: the transition from ESL to the mainstream, Andrew J. Copley
Exploring the conceptual overlap of the cognitive and affective theories of suicide, Leo D. DeBroeck
Increasing multimedia literacy in composition for multilingual writers: a case study of art analysis, Sony Nicole De Paula
Aggressive and depressed: long-term outcomes of childhood maltreatment, Elizabeth Dotson
Prague sings the blues, Gerard H. Duncan
At the sink a knife is a tool and other poems, Elizabeth Dunham
Pre-1900s Chinese placer mining in northeastern Washington State: an archaeological investigation, Lindsey M. Evenson
Cognitive bias modification-attention: training at home with multiple sessions, Priscilla Fauth
Things I (say and don't) mean, Caitlyn Lee Finger
Effects of a 10-week mental skills training intervention infused into a pre-existing English composition course, Courtney A. Flynn
Running back home and other poems, Vladislav Frederick
The warrior goddess who rules the Ugaritic pantheon: the mythological traditions of 'Anat during the late Bronze Age, Tina M. George
Reviewing critical pedagogy's criticisms and providing a pragmatic heuristic, Dominick S. Giguere
Be loved from the other side: Amy Denver's influence in Toni Morrison's Beloved, Aubra D. Godwin
A molecular characterization of the fungal endophytes within the needles of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Amy E. Gray
Teacher perceptions of music technology programs and of the use of technology to support music courses in public schools, Charles L. Green
Multilingual writers' unintentional plagiarism: action research in college composition, Jacqueline D. Gullon
Elk summer-autumn habitat selection in the Clearwater Basin of north-central Idaho, Calla R. Hetzner Hagle
Games for vocabulary enrichment: teaching multilingual writers at the college level, Jennifer Hawkins
Turtle hell: three stories, Elin Hawkinson
Near real-time early cancer detection using a graphics processing unit, Jason Helms
Relativity, Jeffrey Horner
Research that matters: transforming community based education through feminist pedagogy and public scholarship, Amber J. Johnson
Sexual risk taking among young LGBT individuals: examining the interplay between shame memories and fears of compassion, Elijah N. Johnson
Mission-driven communication for the non-profit organization: a case study of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, Lindsey Pilar Klemmer
Analysis of algorithms to create profitable trades in the stock market, Nicholas P. Klinger
Millions of names for empty space, Andrew Koch
Proof they were there, Holly Lavecchia
We tell ourselves stories, Erin Sky Leigh
Online learning and the effects on functional health: a pilot study, Jessica Mangis
Exploring methodologies in feminist rhetoric and education: using Kirsch and Royster's terms of engagement in the college classroom, Elizabeth M. Matresse
The warrior kings and their giants: a comparative study of Beowulf and King David, Fred McFarland
Advantages of discipline based, self-awareness advising: how to guide, inform, and connect with students to motivate and promote student success, Sabrina Meyer-Quiroz
Anger maintenance and the impact of shame, attachment, and experiential avoidance, Ahva R. Mozafari
Does an oral health education program increase oral health literacy and access to dental care in a refugee population?, Romana Muller
Determining the relationship between waist circumference, BIA, and ultrasound, Austin Nelson
Artifacts of family, Zachary Ostraff
The relationship between servant leader coach behaviors and achievement goals in collegiate tennis players: the mediating effect of motivational climate, Leah Broker-Newell Parton
Everything ever: stories, Anthony Payne
Dynamically parallel CAMSHIFT: GPU accelerated object tracking in digital video, Matthew J. Perry
Comparative examination of Lake Spokane groundwater for nutrient discharge by residential development influence, Wyatt Plastino
Critical reflection and the savior role in service learning, Bradley W. Plummer
Invertebrate drift in the upper Columbia River with implications for young-of-the-year white sturgeon, Ryan W. Reihart
Oral manifestations of menopause: an interprofessional intervention for dental hygiene and physician assistant students, Windy L. Rothmund
Saltine box full of dreams: one Mexican immigrant woman's journey to academic success, Adriana C. Sanchez
Upper extremity strength and power field tests as predictors of pole vault performance in female collegiate athletes, Carmen Schluter
And other poems, Michael Schmidt
Using convolutional neural networks for fine grained image classification of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Richard K. Sipes
Hunting stories, Dave Storment
Character extraction from ancient Chinese stele using discrete cosine transform, Toshiaki Ueno
No closure, J.P. Vallieres
Three for a girl, Danielle K. Weeks
Student perceptions and attitudes regarding the diversity of music in their high school band classroom, Nathan Westlund
The relationship of intelligence and psychopathic traits to premeditated and impulsive aggression, Elizabeth Witt
Identifying risk factors for metabolic syndrome in Division I FCS football players, Julie Woolf
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Exploring the perception of nationalism in the United States and Saudi Arabia, Reem Mohammed Alhethail
ECS: Educational Communication System, Nasmah Alnaimi
The geo-secure system: a secure system for data access based on geographical data, Fawaz J. Alruwaili
I'm not all that: a look at the imposter phenomenon in intimate relationships, Chante Alvarado
Heartbeat location assistance for electrocardiograms, Sarah Bass
Single mothers getting by: cultural and structural violence in public policy, Amara E. Bates
Acute effects of dynamic stretching on flexibility and agonist-antagonist muscle activity, Lance T. Beisley
An integrative approach to English composition, ESL, English for specific/special purposes (ESP), and technical communication, Brandy R. Bippes
Home and the future, Daniella C. Burke
Control, Kyle E. Capogna
Timber, Megan R. Charles
Effects of a nutritional intervention on dietary intake in female collegiate athletes, Megan Chavez
Gender-bias and its influence on the accuracy of eyewitness identification of perpetrators, Elizabeth K. Conkey
Initial response of riparian vegetation to dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, Erin Susan Cubley
The color field, Melissa Dziedzic
Effects of upper body HIIT training on recreationally trained wheelchair athletes, Tayler Elizondo
Indirect association rule mining for crime data analysis, Riley Englin
Elk (Cervus elaphus) response to anthropogenic disturbance: hunting, land use, and climate change, Katherine S. Farrell
The women of the past who paved the path for our future, Desalyn Swank Graybeal
If I had everything, Casey Guerin
Teaching the biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder: fostering a media literacy approach for multilingual writers, Kelly G. Hansen
Implementing a modified intercultural competency curriculum in an integrated English 101 classroom, Kathryn C. Hedberg
Somewhere in between, Anastasia R. Hilton
"Don't wake me, my desk is far too comfortable": an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher's first year of teaching in Japan, Delaney Holland
How do grateful people cope?: exploring the mechanism of positive reappraisal, Debra Elise Hutchison
Caught up, Chelsea Johnson
ESL ABE, VESL, and bell hooks' Democratic education: a case study of four experienced ESL instructors, Michael E. Johnson
