Senior Theses

Lena Amanti, Anthropology/PPA, 1998
HIV/AIDS Education: Learning As We Go

Sophia Artis, Anthropology/PPA, 2020
Protect our Children: Deconstructing the American Youth Vaping Epidemic

Jessica Berman, Anthropology/PPA, 1998
Creating Viable Unions: Organizing Domestic Workers and Day Laborers in Los Angeles

Nathan Brody, Anthropology/PPA, 2006
NAGPRA: The Success, Failure, and Future of Repatriation Legislation in the United States

Chloe Bullard, Anthropology/PPA, 1997
Sex Education Policy: Are We Teaching Teens What They Need to Know?

Beth Elliot, Anthropology/PPA, 1984
The Uses of Anthropology in Public Policy

Elana Henderson, Anthropology/PPA, 1988
An Analysis of Koreatown

Mary Jueden, Anthropology/PPA, 1988
The CITES Treaty: Regulating International Trade to Protect Endangered Species

Jared Kalow, Anthropology/PPA, 2015
Statehood Seen Bopp: Implementation as Performing Statehood in the Case of Flood Resilience in Pikine, Senegal

Lea Kayali, Anthropology/PPA, 2019
Paranoia and Prejudice: Community spying and the state of social control in American Muslim Communities

Daniel Larsen, Anthropology/PPA, 1998
Human Resource Management: A Viable Solution to Personnel Problems in Maquiladoras?

Tina Lee, Anthropology/PPA, 1992
Creating a Safer Sex Culture: An Ethnographic Study of Two AIDS Education Campaigns

Jennifer Lehr, Anthropology/PPA, 2017
Do Mother and Father Know Best? California’s Policies on Parental Consent for Sex Education
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Claudia Strauss (PZ)

Andrea S. Levinger, Anthropology/PPA, 1994
Ethnicity, Identity and the Multicultural Agenda: A Jewish Student View

Elizabeth C. Longstreth, Anthropology/PPA, 1994
Living Conditions of California Women on Death Row: A Case Study of One Woman's Experiences

Megan McClure, Anthropology/PPA, 1985
Cultural Perspectives in Child Maltreatment

Nathaly Moreno, Anthropology/PPA, 2012. 
Servants to the Community: Volunteer Lawyers in the Inland Empire.

Layne Mosler, Anthropology/PPA, 1996
The World Bank and the Participation Action Plan: Possibilities and Recommendations for Participation in World Bank Operations

*Morna Oruch, Anthropology/PPA, 1981
Depo-Provera: Issues and Models in the FDA Approval Process

Claire Perkins, Anthropology/PPA, 2010
The Need for Needles: A Policy Proposal to Establish a Syringe Exchange Site in SPA 3 of LA County

Torrey Shelton, Anthropology/PPA, 2002
Education and Training Services for Welfare Recipients: A Policy Analysis of Los Angeles County's General Relief Opportunities for Work (GROW) Program

Susan Shu-Hua Hsieh, Anthropology/PPA, 2004
Evaluating Cervical Cancer Screening Programs for Chinese American Women: The Effects of Health Beliefs and Attitudes on Pap Test Use

William Smith, Anthropology/PPA, 1995
Excluding Homosexuals: The Boy Scouts of America v. Social Change

Soleil E. Teubner, Anthropology/PPA, 2000
Invoking Their Oath: Creating New Standards for Classical Researchers in a Multicultural Context

Meg Vall, Anthropology/PPA, 1987
Work and Pregnancy: A Critical Analysis of American Women's Support of Maternity Leave Policies

Maria Jose Vides Orellana, Anthropology/PPA, 2018 
Doe Through the Gates: Assessing and Improving Undocumented Student Support at Pomona College.

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Iyanuoluwa Adeniji, Biology/PPA, 2019 
Coordinated Care: Connecting the Public Mental Health Care System through Electronic Medical Records.

William James Almquist, Biology/PPA, 1998
Mediating the Urban-Wildlands Interface: Promoting A Leopoldian Land Ethic in the Angeles National Forest

Victoria Lee Anders, Biology/PPA, 2018
No Mandate Without Acceptance: Lessons and Recommendations for HPV Vaccination Legislation in California.

Catherine Banobi, Biology/PPA, 2017
Sustaining the Future: The UJANA Project for Youth HIV Prevention in Tanzania
Readers: Richard Worthington and Len Seligman

Jessica Cai, Biology/PPA, 2020 
Integration and Sustainability of School Garden at Hillside High School: Understanding the Effects of Experiential Learning on Students Wellbeing

Maggie Canby, Biology/PPA, (Scripps), 2009
The Return of the Plagues: The Science and Politics of Immunization and the Affect of Personal Belief Exemptions on Preventing the Plagues in the Twenty-First Century

*Charles Cange, Biology/PPA, 2002
Caution, CNG Fuel: Assessing Environmental Equity in the Face of Trends Toward Alternative Fuels

Susan Caplow, Biology/PPA, 2003
Conservation Strategies for Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens

Lauren Cassou, Biology/PPA, Fall 2023
Disaggregating Health Insurance Category and Access to Care: Results from the California Health Interview Survey 2001-2021

Sardius Chen, Biology/PPA, 2010
Driving and Buying Innovation: Research Prioritization at a Liberal Arts College in the New Context of University-State-Industry Partnerships

Connie Lew Cheng, Biology/PPA, 1997
The Expanded AFP Program: Analysis of a Prenatal Screening Program for Birth Defects as a Public Health Policy

Anita Chiang, Biology/PPA, 2015
Ethical and Policy Considerations for Implementing Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Kathleen Chiang, Biology/PPA, 1999
Lessons Learned in Habitat Conservation Planning: The Stephens' Kangaroo Rat Plan

*Elizabeth Y. Chien, Biology/PPA, 1994 (missing 12/03/02)
An Assessment of the Organizational Climate for Collaborative Watershed Management in the Santa Ana River Basin: A Case Study of the Santa Ana River Watershed Planning and Advisory Committee

Aparna Chintapalli, Biology/PPA, 2019 
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth is: Reforming Organized Dentistry to Address Persistent Oral Health Disparities in the U.S.

Samuel Cook, PPA/Biology, 2009
The California Budget Crisis and How It Affected Plans for Health Care Reform

Arielle Cooley, Biology/PPA, 2001
Making Connections: a Cross-discipline Analysis of a Proposed Wildlife Corridor between the Puente Hills and the Whittier Narrows

Kendrick Cua, Biology/PPA, 2025
Between Breath and Story: How Peer Facilitators Reclaim Identity and Build Community

Andrew Cvitanovich, Biology/PPA, 2002
Local Action on Global Warming: How Los Angeles, Portland, and Cities Around the World are Cutting Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

Josephine de Anda, PPA/Biology, 2023
The Challenge of Developing Long Acting, Reversible Male Contraceptives

Nathaniel DeFelice, Biology/PPA, 2004
A Call to Fundamentally Change Diabetes Prevention Programs to Address the Social Production of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Implications are Positive for Latinos and the General Public

Angela Dickey, Biology/PPA, 1992
An Evaluation of the Environmental Education Program at Bernard Field Station

Tyler Dillavou, Biology/PPA, 2001
Pomona College: A Vision for Sustainability

Lucia Driessen, Biology/PPA, Fall 2023
Heatwaves, Housing, Health, and Climate Change Policy in Washington, DC

Nicole Dumas, Biology/PPA, 2003
The Importance of Community-Based Prevention for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Focus on Low-Income, Immigrant Latinas in Los Angeles Country

Wesley M. Dunn, Biology/PPA, 1998
The Problem of Research Agenda Boundaries: Can Policies Control Human Cloning?

Sam Edwards, Biology/PPA, 1991
Biodegradation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils Under South Central Alaska Conditions

Elizabeth Hilton Fisher, Biology/PPA, 1998
Depo-Provera and the F.D.A. Drug Lag: Social and Biological Perspectives

Nathalie Folkerts, Biology/PPA, 2016
Communities Mitigating Risk through Urban Gardening: Using Geospatial Analysis to Maximize the Impact of AB551
Readers: Jonathan Wright and Ann Quinley

Kristina Folta, Biology/PPA 2019 
Ethical Inclusion of Minorities in Biomedical Research: A Case Study of the “All of US” Research Program.

Mark Frankel, Biology/PPA, 1984
The National Environmental Policy Art: Implementation in the Forest Service, and Examination of the Curtis Tungsten Access Application as a Case Study

Kate Freund, Biology/PPA, 2003
Cowbird Mitigation for the Least Bell's Vireo in Southern California

Perla Estrella Grimaldo-Ramirez, Biology/PPA, 2020
Applying a Community Health Worker Model to Solve Diabetes Health Disparities in Underserved Communities

Susannah Gibbs, Biology/PPA, 2011
Buying Time: An NGO/Government Partnership to Increase Access to HIV Treatment in Rural Areas of Tanzania

Erika Graves, Biology/PPA, 2007
Should HPV Vaccination Be Mandatory for School Entry?: A Policy Analysis and Recommendation

Carolyn Hays, Biology/PPA (CMC), 2016
The Calfresh User Experience: An Investigation of the Intersection of Calfresh Policy and Applicant Experience.
Readers: Richard Worthington

Helen Hailu, Biology/PPA, 2023
From Paper to Practice: Investigating California's Implicit Bias Training Mandate for Perinatal Healthcare Providers

Kate Immergluck, Biology/PPA, 2022
Decriminalizing Sex Work and Desanctifying Sex: Complicating the Sex Worker Narrative to Legitimize Erotic Labor and Effectively Prioritize Sex Workers' Human Rights

Yena Jang, PPA/Biology, 2024
The Road to Oral Health Equity: The Role of Mobile Dental Clinics in Improving Dental Accessibility in Rural Areas of Trinity County

Nathan Kadish, Biology/PPA, 2002
Insuring the Uninsured: The Impact of State Child Health Insurance Programs' Guidelines on Enrollment

Gahram Kang, Biology/PPA, 1996
Peers and Addiction: Key Components for an Effective Tobacco Education Program

Nancy Anna Karreman, Biology/PPA, 2018
Sex Education in Crisis: A Case for Better Program Evaluation.

Jennie N. Kim, Biology/PPA, 1996
Equity in Biomedical Research: How the Inclusion of Women in Clinical Trials Will Improve Public Health

Tara Krishna, Biology/PPA, 2014
Frames of Nature: People, Politics, and Water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta

Lori E. Lacy, Biology/PPA, 1994
The Implementation of Assembly Bill 2766: A Tale of Compromise, Confusion, Coordination and Evolution

Jameson Lam, Biology/PPA, 2008
The National Hepatitis B Act: Addressing the Health Disparity of Hepatitis B in Asian Americans

Lamar Lee, Biology/PPA, 2005
Non-Fiction: The Past, Present, and Future of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Adam Levitan, Biology/PPA, 2002
Is 301(h) Right for Orange County? An Evaluation of the Orange County Sanitation District's Clean Water Act Section 301(h) Permit

Audrey Mayer, Biology/PPA, 1994
The Natural Communities Conservation Plan: A Problematic Solution to Species Conservation

Rebecca Magnan, Biology/PPA, 2023
Overcoming Silence: Tackling Barriers to Pelvic Pain Diagnosis the Curriculum Reform

Michael Mello, Biology/PPA, 2004
Organ Failure: Balancing Primary with Tertiary Medical Care

Amanda E. Moore, Biology/PPA, 1996
Mandatory HIV Screening of People Arrested for Prostitution and Criminalization of “Knowing Transmission”: An Analysis of Ethics and Efficacy in Disease Control in Colorado

Gina Mooty, Biology/PPA, 2003
Air Quality Management: Does the Public Have a Voice?

Jeffrey Ryan Mora, Biology/PPA, 2004
The Effectiveness of Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) in Preventing Multi-drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

Lilian Muldoon, Biology/PPA, 2007
Developing Policy Recommendations to Increase the Rate of Emergency Contraception Pill Distribution at the East Valley Community Health Clinics

Liwam Nerayo, Biology/PPA, 2020
Examining the Social Legacies of Genetic Technologies: Analyzing Ancestry DNA Testing as Identity-Formation in the Late 20th/ Early 21st Century

Cade Novara, Biology/PPA, 2023
The Case of Human Monkeypox: An Immunological and Sociopolitical Analysis of Factors taht Contributed to Its Spread and Impact

Shari Ann T. Oshiro, Biology/PPA, 1996
Should We Lay Ourselves Genetically Bare? Policy Proposals Regulating Access to Genetic Information

Lisa Parrillo, Biology/PPA, 2006
Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Scientific, Ethical and Political Analysis

Jodie Pham, Biology/PPA, 2008
Deceptive Probabilities: Genetic Testing for Breast Cance Genes BRCA1/2 and Broader Policy Implications

Annie Price, Biology/PPA, 2020
Power Moves: PG&E Power Shut Offs and Alternative Fire Prevention Policy in California’s Urban-Wildlife Interfaces

Nadia Rahimtoola, Biology/PPA, 1994
Assuring Quality of Interpersonal Health Care: A Case Study of Intervalley Health Plan

Grace Reckers, Biology/PPA (Scripps College), 2018
(In)Secure Communities Assessing the Impacts of Secure Communities on Immigrant Participation in Los Angeles Health Clinics.

Sophie Roe, Biology/PPA, 2019
Reality-Based Health Care: Investigating the Breadth, Extent, and Collective Impact of Street Medicine in the US,

Delmy Ruiz, Biology/PPA, 2023
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring in the Medically Underserved Community of Los South Angeles

Jung Sun Ryu, Biology/PPA, 1996
Community Benefit Policy in Private Non-Profit Hospitals

Lauren Schoen, Biology/PPA, 2020 
Don’t Mess with Access: Exploring the Use of Telemedicine to Increase Access to Contraception in Texas

Kahaan Shah, Biology/PPA, 2023
Menstrual Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Exploring Linkages to Improve Health Outcomes for Menstruators

Lauren Shaw, Biology/PPA, 2006
Are Organics Enough? The Caloric and Political Potential for an Entirely Organic Agriculture System

Leya Solomon, Biology/PPA, 2019
HIV Prevention: The Current State of PrEP Accessibility and an Examination of AB2640 – A Policy Aiming to Increase PrEP Usage

Benjamin Spector, Biology/PPA, 2006
Influenza: A Study of Pandemic Preparedness

Cole Story, Biology/PPA, 2015
Reducing Barriers in the HIV Continuum of Care: The Potential of Patient Navigation Services for HIV-Positive Clients in Los Angeles County

May Tang, Biology/PPA, 1997
Norplant: Contraceptive Research and Development

Tejal Thakker, Biology/PPA, 2000
The California Expanded Alpha-fetoprotein Program: Successful Implementation = Effective Regulation

Jason Woo, Biology/PPA, 2004
Transgenic Salmon: Ecological risks and policy failures

Larissa Yocum, Biology/PPA, 1999
Transgenic Salmon: The Link Between Research and Development and the Biological, Social and Economic Costs and Benefits

Jaime Zadra, Biology/PPA, 1998
An Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Medical Services for Inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail System

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Kara Isabelle Bank, Chemistry/PPA, 2016
Unmanned Aerial Firefighters: A Study of the Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the Airspace above a Wildfire.

Nora Becker, Chemistry/PPA, 2007
HIV/AIDS, Minority Women, and the Potential of Microbicides

Elena Brandford, Chemistry/PPA, 2010
An Evaluation of Decentralized Waterwaste Treatment Infrastructure in California

Sarah Buchman, PPA/Chemistry, 2009
The Qualitative and Quantitative Implications of an Inadequate Diagnostic Test for Lyme Disease Patients

John "Jack" Jurecic Buyske, Chemistry, 2018
Miracle Drug: Using Naloxone to Reverse Overdoses and Fight the Opioid Crisis

Elaine Choi, Chemistry/PPA, 2012
Contemporary Alternative Medicine: A Wholistic View

Emily Coffin, Chemistry/PPA, 2019
Searching for Cures: Exploring the Use of Health Informatics and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in Addressing the Opioid Crisis

Cailly Howell, Chemistry/PPA, 2012
Are School and Childcare Vaccination Mandates Sufficient to Address Rising Incidence of Pertussis in California? A Policy Analysis of California's Pertussis Mandates.

Mackenzie Grieman, PPA/Chemistry, 2009
Out of Evolutionary Control: An Analysis of the Approval Process for Genetically Engineered Crops.

Kevin Hsieh, Chemistry/PPA, 1996
Computer-Mediated Communication in High School Science Classes: Benefits for Constructivist Learning

*David J. Kim, Chemistry/PPA, 1998 
Electric Vehicles: Are They a Viable Alternative Fuel Vehicle to Save Our Air? And What is Being Done to Promote Them?

Debbie Lin, Chemistry/PPA, 1998
Myth or Reality? Consumer Perception of Viral Safety: Organizational Market Strategy for Anti-Hemophilic Factor VIII Drugs

Jamie Lu Ludke, Chemistry/PPA, 1998
Mitigation of Nitrate Pollution in the Chino Basin

Shanda McCune, Chemistry/PPA, 2011
Money is Power and Mining is Money: Policy on the Trade of Minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Impacts on Mining on the Local Region

Annie Niehaus, Chemistry/PPA, 2014
Genetic testing for risk of inherited breast and ovarian cancers: Payment issues following the 2013 Myraid Supreme Court Case

Cliff Numark, Chemistry/PPA, 1991
The Technology Advancement Program at AQMD

Elyse Jee Soo Park, Chemistry/PPA, 2000
Indoor Air Pollution: Who Should Take Responsibility

Manu Prabandham, PPA/Chemistry, 2024
Reducing Short-Chain PFAS Levels in California Water Supplies

Kirsten Sasaki, Chemistry/PPA, 2003
The Drug Approval Process: a Comparative Analysis and Ziagen Case Study of the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

David Schumacher, Chemistry/PPA, 1994
Socially Transforming Education and Its Implications for Science Education

*Dan Tzuang, Chemistry/PPA, 1998
Southern California Air Quality Management District: Implementing Environmental Justice

Joshua Yang, Chemistry/PPA, 2023
The Byproduct of Destigmatizing Marijuana: Addressing the Unregulated Distribution and Sale of Delta-8THC

Stephanie Yu, double major in Chemistry/PPA and Computer Science, 2022 
Embracing Clinical Trial Data Transparency and Sharing: An Examination of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Pathway and the EUA Approval of COVID-19 Vaccines

Jess Weidman, Chemistry/PPA, 1995
Public Policy in the Brave New World: Ethical Considerations Regarding Gene Therapy

Arthur Wendel, Chemistry/PPA, 1998
The Adoption Potential of Automotive Fuel Cells: A Technological and Social Evaluation

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Karen Caceres Alpuche, Economics/PPA, 2019 
The Legalization of Street Vending in Los Angeles: Exploring the Impact on Vendors and Their Livelihoods,

Rebecca Auerbach, Economics/PPA, 2025
Toward Birth Equity: Leveraging Doula Care in State Medicaid Programs

Charles Balter, Economics/PPA, 2010
Toward a Pathway for Deliberation: Reassessing the Call for Institutionalization

Simone Bogedal, PPA/Economics, 2024
Commutes and Spatial Mismatch

Charet Rashwan Bolton, Economics/PPA, 2018
Financing the Choice of Care: Institutional versus Home - and Community - Based Memory Care in Los Angeles

David Cherwin, Economics/PPA, 1986
Analysis of the Community College System and the Impact of the Enrollment Fee

Ann Collins, Economics/PPA, 1986
Child Abuse in the United States and Sweden: A Comparative Policy Study

Wayne Combs, Economics/PPA, 1989
Local Government Negotiation to Support Growth

Shelagh Cooley, Economics/PPA, 2005
Is India the Next Africa? An Evaluation of the Implementation of the National AIDS Control Organization in India from 1992-2003

Miguel Delgado-Garcia, Economics/PPA, 2020 
Community Engagement & Efficiency: Theory and Practice in the Transformative Climate Communities Program,

Wendy DeWeese, Economics/PPA, 1987
The Impact of the Latin American Dept Crisis: Should We Adopt the Bradley Plan?

Gwendolyn Donaker, Economics/PPA, 2001
Sustainable Electrification: A Comparison of Green Power Policies

Nicholas Dreves, Economics/PPA, 2005
Japan and the Kyoto Protocol

Monique Miner Eliason, Economics/PPA, 1989
The Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis in the City of Laverne

Michael Eulau, Economics/PPA, 1985
The Policy and Economic Implications of DRGs

Elizabeth Giwa, Economics/PPA, 2025
State-Sanctioned Sterilization, Suffering, and Surveillance: The Intersection of Proximity, Race, and Reproductive Rights in California Prisons

Corey Goelz, Economics/PPA, 2017
What is Welfare, Anyway? An Analysis of How Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Has Been Implemented Across States
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Eleanor Brown

Tania Gray, Economics/PPA, 2019
State and Local Affordable Housing Policy in California: Barriers to Increasing Supply for Low-Income Households in a Malfunctioning Fair- Share System.

Sophia Guimaraes, PPA/Economics, 2024
Unveiling the Impact: Chinese Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction in Latin America

Jennifer Han, PPA/Economics, 2009
Taming the Beast How: Pomona's Charter Schools Tackle Charter School Accountability

Peter M. Harding, Economics/PPA, 1997
Why the Electric Utility Industry Should Embrace “When/Where Flexibility”

Ally Huang, Economics/PPA, 2025
Cut from the Same Cloth? A Comparative Policy Analysis of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Textiles in France and California

Philippa Kittredge Haven, Economics/PPA, 2017
Minimum Wage & the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Day Labor Center
Readers: Fernando Lozano and Nancy Neiman-Auerbach (SC)

Meryl Haydock, Economics/PPA, 2001
Fighting Poverty with Equity: A New Methodology for Microenterprise Assistance Program

Michael Henry, Economics/PPA, 2005.
Living Wages: Good Policy or Misguided Intentions?

Samuel Hernandez, Jr., Economics/PPA, 2022
The Dependent Care Expansion of The Affordable Care Act and the Labor Supply and College Enrollment Decisions of Young Adults

Jim Hirschfield, Economics/Ecology, 1992
Evaluating Natural Resource Damage Assessments

*Robert Hockett, Economics/PPA, 1985
Controlling Mobile Source Emissions in the South Coast Air Basin

Madeline Honningford, Economics/PPA, 2017
Generation ADHD: A New Perspective on the American Opioid Epidemic
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Mita Banerjee (PZ)

Rebecca Howland, Economics/PPA, 2014
Will this Patch Hold? How will the Affordable Care Act Affect the Finances of Public Hospitals in Los Angeles County?

Jessica Isaacs, Economics (Scripps)/PPA, 2006
Energy Efficiency in American Public Policy: The Effectiveness of Tax Credits as a Form of Consumer Inducement

Lech Kaiel, PPA/Economics, 2009
The Braking Point: Congestion Necessitates Urban Transportation Policy Reform.

Samuel Kina, Economics/PPA, 2002
Are the Benefits of the Benefits in Jeopardy? Design Issues, Economic Consequences, and the Ultimate Benefit of Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Tom Krebs, Economics/PPA, 2004
Career and Technical Education In Pomona Unified School District

Shy Lavasani, Economics/PPA, 2020 
Getting Students to School

Michelle Lee, Economics/PPA , 2025
Engineering Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Infrastructure: A Quantitative Assessment of Risk Allocation Decisions

Jonathan Yedhm Lee, Economics/PPA , 2018
The Alcohol Policies at Pomona College from the Users’ Perspective

Ron Lerner, Economics/PPA, 1988
The Lavi Jet Fighter Project

Neil Lloyd, Economics/PPA, 1988
The Smog Check Program in Southern California's South Coast Air Basin: A Case Study in Economics and Public Policy

Andrea Mac, PPA/Economics, 2024
Mapping Equity: A Geospacial and Racial Analysis of Vote Center Distribution in Los Angeles County

Pamela Maddux, Economics/PPA, 1996
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone

Yosi Mayoral, Economics/PPA, 2023
The Labor Market Effects of COVID-19: A Regional Analysis of California Immigrants

David McDevitt, Economics/PPA, 2007
An Evaluation of Sentencing Practices in the California State Legal System

Lisa Merrill, Economics/PPA, 2005
When Noble Intentions Go Awry: A Study of California's Categorical Revenue Distribution in Los Angeles County

Tara Milles, Economics/PPA, 2014
When Invisible Wounds of War Lead Them Astray: An Analysis of War and the Legal System as Barriers to Justice in Veterans Treatment Courts

Jazmin Morales Rodriguez, Economics/PPA, 2025
"America's" labor force: Rethinking a Pathway to Legalization for Undocumented Immigrants

Sarah Munson, Economics/PPA, 1995
Improving the Public Policy Process and Cost Benefit Analysis

Bret Myers, Economics/PPA, 1985
The Extent and Nature of Influence of the Private Sector in the Environmental Policy Process: A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry

Rosie Newman, Economics/PPA, 2011
Impact Investing: A Case of the Grassroots Business Fund

Patrick Pelegri-O’Day, Economics/PPA, 2015
The Promise of Sustainable Communities: Are transit-oriented developments realizing their potential?

Pablo Andres Ordonez Bravo, Economics/PPA, 2018
Profits, Objectives, and the Case of College Board: Towards a New Understanding of Firm Motivation

Stephanie Pham, Economics/PPA, 2010
Comparative Analysis of Watermaster Allocation Methods

Bryan Phan, Economics/PPA, 2015
Payday Loan Impact, Policy and Financial Alternatives: Are Payday Loans the best short-term loan option for high-risk borrowers or cam financial institutions and legislators do better?

Madeline Rawding, Economics/PPA, 2017
Preserving Residential Hotels and Single Room Occupancy Units in Los Angeles

Elizabeth Redman, Economics/PPA, 2004
Motivations for Corporate Social Responsibility and the Implications for Public Policy in the U.S.

Peter Reeb, Economics/PPA, 1983
The San Diego to Los Angeles Bullet Train: A Shot in the Dark?

Karen Reed, Economics/PPA, 1982
Land-Use Planning on the North Slope of Alaska

Lusanna Ro, Economics/PPA, 1994
Market Failures in the Health Care Industry

Amanda Robman, Economics/PPA, 2023
Informational Inconsistencies in ESG Rating and the SEC's Management of Information Provided to Investors

Camille Sanchez, Economics/PPA, 2019
Integrating Financial Capacity into Summer Youth Employment Programs: Models from Other Cities, a Model for Los Angeles

Claire Senft, Economics/PPA, 2025
Social Capital and Educational Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eric Richard Schellinger, Economics/PPA, 1988
Regulation XV: A Ridesharing Policy for Los Angeles

Hammad Sheik, Economics/PPA, 2010
Natural Disasters: A Comprehensive Framework for Mitigation

Dan Silberstein, Economics/PPA, 2000
Panacea or Placebo: Could the Staples Center Revitalize Downtown LA

David Robert Steffen, Economics/PPA, 2018
Restricted Welfare: How State TANF Program Policies Affect People’s Lives.

Ryan Tacher, Economics/PPA, 2005
Government Welfare's Crowd-out of Charity: Examining the Public Policy Implications

Emily Tamanaha, PPA/Economics, 2009
Business-Oriented Economic Development in Pomona, CA: Functional in Theory and Practice?

Maria Touya, Economics/PPA, 1985
Should Claremont Privatize Curbside Recycling?

Albert Tsoi, Economics/PPA, 2003
What Can we Do About Kids Having Sex?

Ngoc Kim Tran, Economics/PPA, 2020
Alternative Education and Family Literacy: A Survey on Institutionally Based and Community Based Adult Learning in Los Angeles County

Eric W. Wild, Economics/PPA, 1987
Divesting From South Africa: A Model

Kristen L. Willard, Economics/PPA, 1987
Economics Analysis in Policy Making: The Relationship Between the Federal Budget Deficit and Trade Flows

Terri Wilsie, Economics/PPA, 1986
PURPA - SECTION 210: The Dawn of a New Era

Jake Winkler, PPA/Economics, 2024
Digital Asset Regulation in the United States

Kari Wohlschlegel, Economics/PPA, 2008
Discretionary Sentencing and Recidivism Rates: An Examination of the Relationship Between Release Decisions and Recidivism Rates

Craig Wrench, Economics/PPA, 1983
Shhh, Softer Please -- Conducting the Flow of Energy: Two Perspectives on California Public Utility Commission Energy Leadership

Susan Yoon, Economics/PPA, 2003
Design Issues Within the Healthy Start Initiative: The Demonstration Project at Claremont Healthy Start

Shana Yu, Economics/PPA, 2006
A Theoretical Analysis of Sabanes-Oxley

Morgan Yucel, Economics/PPA, 2016
The Behavioral Economics of Cash Transfer Design, Harnessing Humanity’s Heuristics to Achieve Poverty Reduction Goals through Cash Transfer Programs

Gina Yum, Economics/PPA, 2025
Is Recycling Real? Tracing the Destinations and Environmental Fallout of US Plastic Waste Following China's Operation National Sword Policy

Emily Zheng, Economics/PPA, 2019 
Can Uber and Lyft Save Public Transit?

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Salman Akhtar, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2014
California's Energy-Water Nexus: Examining Implementation Opportunities to Achieve Policy Goals at the Nexus

Ben Baraga, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2024
A Closer Look at RECLAIM: Applying Advocacy Coalitions and Policy Entrepreneurs to Local Environmental Policy Change

Elle Chen, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2017
White Privilege in Environmental Policy Hazardous Waste Training & Operations in Southeast Los Angeles

Katie Cline, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2025
Banking on Change: Navigating Sovereignty, Climate Finance, and Equity in South Africa's Low-Carbon Transition

Alicia Carmona Conejo, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2024
From Ground to Growth: Evaluating the Impact of California's Groundwater Management on Ventura County's Agricultural Sector

Thomas Samuel Erb, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2018
California Cap and Trade: A Case Study in Environmental Pluralism and Adjacent Organizations

Hannah Hughes, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2025
From Feedlot to Floor Vote: How Animal Agribusiness Wields Power to Capture the American State

Sophia Janssen, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2019
Island Invasion: The Silent Crisis in Hawaii

Liga Krievan, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2015
An Investigation on Minnesota’s Methyl-Mercury As An Economic By-Product Pollutant

Nicole Larson, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2019
Pedal To The Metal: Accelerating the Transition to Electric Vehicles

Claudia Alejandra Leon, (Pitzer College), Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2018 
An Analysis of and Proposal for Low Income Energy Efficiency Programs: How to Deliver Energy Efficiency to the Households That Need It Most

Virginia Paschal, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2022
Modeling the Energy Consumption of the United States Cannabis Cultivation Industry

Julia Schwartz, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2025
Global Analysis of Biodiversity Co-Benefits and Data Deficiencies Across Natural Climate Solutions Pathways

Meagan Tokunaga, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2015
Implementing (Environmental) Justice: Equity and Performance in California’s S.B. 535

Olivia Voorhis, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2016
Local Institutions as a Return to Form, Assessing the Effect of Centralized Resource Management on Community Forests in Indian and Nepal.

Jessie Welcomer, Environmental Analysis/PPA, 2014
Green Curriculum in the Golden State: Examining the Implementation of the Education and Environmental Initiative in California Public Schools

Ruth Metcalfe, Geology/PPA 2025
The Salton Sea: The State's Responsibility for Agricultural Pollution and the Inadequately Addressed Public Health Crisis in the Imperial Valley

Anna Motschenbacher, Geology/PPA 2003
When Global Issues Become Local: Reframing Climate Change Throughout Inuit Observations

Brett Close, Physics/PPA, 2007
Solar Energy Research and Development in California

Jacqueline Cochran, Physics/PPA, 1995
Confronting Mr. Pluto: Japan's First Breeder Reactor Program

Maya Nitschke-Alonso, Physics/PPA, 2023
Foot Off the Gas: Phasing Out Fossil Gas in Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality at Pomona College

Daniel Rosenholtz, Physics/PPA, 2005
Innovating Green: A Case Study in and Evaluation of the Road to Sustainable Building

Brett D. Williams, Physics/PPA, 1994
An Investigation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District 1987 Clean Fuels Proposal and California Senate Bills 2297, 1928 and 316

Samson Zhang, Physics/PPA, 2025
The underclass of the green energy transition: Paiute and Shoshone resistance to and engagement with the Thacker Pass lithium mine project

Vicky-Marie Addo-Ashong, Politics/PPA, 2020 
In a Big Man’s Shade: Evaluating Patronage Politics in Kenya’s Health Sector Post Devolution

Abigail Gonzalez Avila, Politics/PPA, 2022
Undocumented Students in Higher Education: A Study on Pomona College’s Undocumented Student Resources with Stories by Current Students

Lauren Akitake, Politics/PPA, 2003
Welfare Reform and Entitlement in the United States and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis

Juliette Aldarondo, Politics/PPA, 1998
The Role of Technology in Education

Jorge “Nico” Anwandter, PPA/Politics, 2009
Redesigning Legal Services in the Digital Age

Sarah Axeen, Politics/PPA, 2007
A Successful Reform? The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Modernization, and Improvement Act

Harmela Beyene, Politics/PPA, 2019
Doing More for Those Who Need More: Supporting Black Women at Predominantly White Institutions.

Marc Birtel, Politics/PPA, 1995
Changing the Rules of the Game: The Problem of Congressional Reform

Deshika Botejue, Politics/PPA, 1994
A Case Study of the Implementation of Gang Prevention Programs Operated by the Pomona Police Department

Pamela Burga, Politics/PPA, 2004
A Review of Latinos In California Charter Schools

Jon Burkart, Politics/PPA, 2024
Minimum Operable Segments, Minimum Operable Institutions: Transit Consultants in Los Angeles County's Delivery of Metro Rail Minimum Operable Segment 1 (MOS -1)

Miranda Camargo, Politics/PPA, 2023
An Abolitionist Evaluation of Prison-Education: Pitzer College's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

Shayok Chakraborty, Politics/PPA, 2019 
Towards an Inclusive Claremont: The Affordable Housing Problem in Claremont, California.

David Chen, Politics/PPA, 2001
The Academy and the Hive: Information Technology Design at Pomona and Claremont-McKenna Colleges

Philip Hofai Cheng, Politics/PPA, 1994
Monterey Park: A Dual Economy

Thomas Conkling, Politics/PPA, 2014
The Potential Effects of the Home-Based Plan on Boston Public Schools

Mayra Cotten, Politics/ PPA, 1995
Liberty v. Security in a Technological World: California Gang Data Basing

Adam Cox, Politics/PPA, 2014
Sochi 2014: Exploring the Impact of the LGBT Controversy on the Olympics and the IOC

Megan Cribbs, Politics/PPA, 2006
Integrated Education: The Role of Schools in Reducing Children's Sectarian Prejudices in Northern Ireland

Rebecca Dale, Politics/PPA, History, 2009
Fueling Underdevelopment: A Global Perspective on U.S. Biofuels

Saahil Desai, Politics/PPA, 2016
The Ivory Tower on Sale: Consumerism and Convergence at Pomona College

Neyissa Desir, Politics/PPA, 2019
Asylum Seeking: The Haitian Experience

Kenisha Dilliard, Politics/PPA, 2005
Theory Paradox: Issue networks in the Policymaking Process of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Cyrus Dioun, Politics/PPA, 2005
The Oslo Accords and Intra-State Conflict Resolution

Sarah Dupree, (Scripps College), Politics/PPA, 2018
Set Up to Fail? Redesigning Legal Self Help Centers in an Adversarial Justice System

Morgan Dyson, Politics/PPA, 2019
Leave No Person Behind? How the Department of Defense is Failing Our Most Vulnerable Veterans

Amanda Edwards, Politics/PPA, 1996
Collaborative Efforts: Implementation of Family Reunification Policy

Claudia Esparza, Politics/PPA, 1996
Latinos and Redistricting: The Quest for Equal Representation

Grace Fan, Politics/PPA, 2023
Revisiting Three Strikes: An Analysis of Recidivism Propensity, Policy Impact, and the Larger California Criminal Landscape

Amanda Fein, Politics/PPA, 2004
Guys in Pickups and Soccer Moms: Gender in the 2004 Presidential Elections

Benjamin Feldman, Politics/PPA, 2005
Methodological Differentiation in the Contemporary Study of Elections

Jasmine Ferguson, Politics/PPA, 2015
Chicago Public School Actions Contributing Factors and Policy Concerns

Devin Fernandes, Politics/PPA, 2002
The Prospects of a New Guest Worker Program for Undocumented Immigrants: Lessons from the Agricultural and High-Tech Industries

Caroline Flynn, Politics/PPA, 2009
The Road to Equity? Candidate Selection Strategies for Political Parties in the U.K.

Anthony Forte, Politics/PPA, 2004
The Problems of Assessing Student Achievement With Standardized Testing

Cristina Francisco, Politics/PPA, 2002
Justice for Terrorists? A Look at Military Tribunals and American Jurisprudence

Deborah Frempong, Politics/PPA, 2015
The Effect of Religious Culture on Sexual Health Decisions: A Study of Ethiopian Descent in the United States

Zachary Freiman, Politics/PPA and Music, 2020 
Examining the Impact of Race and Ethnicity in the 2020 Democratic Primary in New York’s 17^th District

Samuel Gaines, Politics/PPA, 2003
Towards a Better High School Exit Exam

Sarah Gamble, Politics/PPA, 2017
An Antidote to Amnesia: A California Policymaker’s Guide to School Choice

Ella Gardner, Politics/PPA, 2024
Ana Analysis of Policy: The Progression of Law Enforcement Responses to Domestic Violence

Emily Glass, Politics/PPA, 2015
Increasing African-American Participation in Major League Baseball: An Analysis and Reconfiguration of the Reviving Baseball in Inn Cities (RBI) Program

Sabrina Gleitz, Politics/PPA, 2024
Policymakers Out to Lunch: Examining the Accuracy of the Standardization of National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Data in California and Georgia

Zuleika Godinez, Politics/PPA, 2009
Voices of Resistance: The Day Labor Movement in Southern California

Becca Gourley, Politics/PPA, 2006
Ballots Stop Bombs? American Efforts at Democratization in Egypt

Ashley T. Grimes, Politics/PPA, 2000
World War MP3: The High Stakes Battle for Control over the Online Music Industry

Ethan Grossman, Politics/PPA, 2014
Constructing Racialized "Failures" and "Superpredators": Examining the Intersections of Neoliberal Education and School Criminalization Policies in LAUSD

Jose Huerta-Gutierez, Politics/PPA, 2020
U.S. Asylum Policy and Services in Los Angeles: An Examination of Public Counsel’s Asylum Services

Eric Hagin, Politics/PPA, 1996
Creativity, Commitment, and Citizen Involvement: The Keys to Compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Emily Hayes, Politics/PPA, 2014
So Crazy It Just Might Work: Fixing the Ills of the United States' Mental Health Care System and Improving Access for Children

Marie Helmy, Politics/PPA, 2015
Does Access to Counsel Mean Access to Justice? An Exploration of the Civil Right to Counsel through Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act

Noah Helpern, Politics/PPA, 2003
Implementation of the Charter School Facilities Provisions of Proposition 39 by the Los Angeles Unified School District

Willa Hevly, Politics/PPA, 2017
Districting and Representation on Seattle City Council

Kelly Hewitt, (Scripps College),Politics/PPA, 2008
Narrowing the Achievement Gap? The Transition from Vocational to Career-Technical Education in California Public Schools

Rachel Holben, Politics/PPA, 2005
Exceeding Expectations: How Charter Schools Are Challenging Traditional Education through Higher Standards

*Lucas Holl, Politics/PPA, 2005
Implementing High Stakes Accountability in Pomona Unified School District

Jordan Hoogsteden, Politics/PPA, 2023
More Than Four Walls and a Roof: Exploring the Subnational Implementation of the Human Right to Adequate Housing through State Constitutions and Courts

Kacey Hopson, Politics/PPA, 2016
America’s First Climate Change Refugees: Examining the Process of Relocation Through the Case of Newtok Village.

Dylan Horowitz, Politics/PPA, 2014
If you Build It, Will They Come? The Taxpayer-Funded Marlins Park and the Implications for Democracy in South Florida

June Hsu, Politics/PPA, 2025
The Spin Cycle: The Role of Media Bias in the 2024 US Presidential Election

Derek Ishikawa, Politics/PPA, 2001
Parks, “Pork,” and Proposition 12: The Potential Perils of the Parochial Imperative

*Mavish Jafri, Politics/PPA, 1999
California Political Parties and the Immigrant Vote in Los Angeles

Ah Min (AJ) Joo, PPA/Politics, 2024
Chat GPT Didn't Write This: A Human Authored Exploration of the Intersection Between Artificial Intelligence and the Unites States Copyright Regime

Audrey Younsook Jang, Politics/PPA, 2019 
From Ecovillage to EcoCiv

David Janovsky, Politics/PPA, 2015
Building Public Accountability in to Regional Public Safety

Tracy Joe, Politics/PPA, 2002
Better Parents, Better Kids? The Impact of Parent Involvement Programs on School Readiness

Rabiya Kassam-Adams, Politics/PPA, 2004
Community-Based Self-Reliance in Practice

Chloe Kelllison, Politics/PPA, 2023
The Conservative Crusade Against Trans Care: An Analysis of the Organization, Rhetorical and Legal Strategies the Right has Adopted to Restrict Gender Affirming Care

Rachel Keyser, Politics/PPA, 2015
Return-to-Learn: A Team Approach to Post-Concussion Management for Student-Athletes at Pomona College

Henry Easton Koehler, (Pitzer College), Politics/PPA, 2018
Democratizing Density: Justifying Urban Forms

Sarah Laws, Politics/PPA, 2016
Radiating Effects of the Ballot Initiative: A Comparative Study of Criminal Justice Reform in California and Louisiana

Edward Lee, Politics/PPA, 1993
Rebuild Los Angeles and the Labor Community Strategies Center: Two Organizations Trying to Address Inner City Neglect

Judd Legum, Politics/PPA, 2000
Technology as if People Mattered: A Community-based Research Model for Pomona

Maggie Lemons, Politics/PPA, 2017
The Armchair Jury: Public Participation in Post-Conviction Processes

Julie Lerch, (Scripps College), Politics/PPA, 1993
The Evolution of Women's Political Opportunity in America

Madison Lewis, Politics/PPA, 2024
When Campaigns Meet Community: A Case Study of Electoral Organizing in One of America's Most Competitive Congressional Districts

Stephanie Lin, Politics/PPA, 2007
Crossing Lines: The Impact of Cross-Party Coalitions on U.S. Immigration Policy

Keena Lipsitz, Politics/PPA, 1994
Missing the Big Picture: A Study of Institutional Responses to Sexual Harassment

Alexandria Mackie, Politics/PPA, 2000
“Beyond Compliance”: A Study of Environmental Responsibility Among Businesses

Kenyamarie Mahone, Politics/PPA, 2023
Drawn Out: Municipal Lines as a Tool for Social and Political Power in Marin County, California

Olivia Marble, Politics/PPA, 2024
Comparing the Involvement of Parents by a District and its Charter Schools Through the Local Control Funding Formula and Local Accountability Plan

Hala Masri, Politics/PPA, 2007
Complex Connections: Funding and Government Immigration Policy's Relationship with Nonprofits' Advocacy Effects

Jared Mathis, Politics/PPA, 1994
California Water Wars

Rachel Matthews, (Scripps College), Politics/PPA, 2018
When Politics Rule Policy: The Role of Discursive Politics in Wisconsin’s Photo Identification Law

Chris McGuire, Politics/PPA, 2011
Neutralizing Nuclear Leaks: Efforts to Secure the World's Supply of Fissle Material

Meagan L. McIntyre, Politics/PPA, 2017
Disparities of (In)Justice: An Examination of the Asylum Adjudication System in the U.S

James Mikolowsky, Politics/PPA, 2010
Inclusive Innovation: E-Government and the Digital Divide

Shayna Lauren Mittler, Politics/PPA, 1997
Public Interest Litigation as a Policy Tool: The Case of the Gender Tax Repeal Act

Sonya Mohamed, Politics/PPA, 1996
The Federal Response to AIDS: Does Politics Matter?

Cherish Molezion, Politics/PPA, 2017
Social Cohesion as a Gateway: Examining France’s Efforts in Building Equitable Education Access for Marginalized Immigrants

*Howard Moon, Politics/PPA, 1996
Asian Americans Within the Political Discourse; An Examination of Media Framing Effects on the California Civil Rights Initiative

Katherine Moskop, Politics/PPA, 2006
Trading Spaces: Shifting Criminal Justice from State Retribution to Community Restoration

Chelsea Muir, Politics/PPA, 2011
An Evaluation of Prevention through Deterrence

*Matt Muller, Politics/PPA, 2003
Once Again Waiting: Implementation of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

Alana Murphy, Politics/PPA, 2015
Urban Refugee Relations: Evaluating UNHCR’s Principle of Community Orientation

Shakinar "Shark" Mutulili, Politics/PPA, 2025
Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Reimagining Sexuality Education in Contemporary Kenya and Its Potential To Address Issues Impacting Adolescent Girls and Young Women

David Nagai, Government/PPA, 1992
The Politics of Evaluation: Pomona U.S.D. Head Start

Hope Neighbor, Politics/PPA, 1996
The Implementation of English Language Development Policy: Venue for Voice, Venue for Change

Andrew Nourafshan, Politics/PPA, 2007
Meeting a Higher Standard: A Review of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Its Implications for National Renewable Energy Policy

Julie Nudel, Politics/PPA, 2007
Bankruptcy: Court-Imposed?

Femke Oldham, Politics/PPA, 2007
Water at Pomona College: An Investigation of Policies and Practices

Sara O'Neil, Politics/PPA, 2003
Grassroots Democracy: Community Associations and Neighborhood Councils in the City of Los Angeles

Michael O'Shea, Politics/PPA, 2011
Community Engagement in Urban Public Park Development: A Case Study of Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail

Sara Owens, (Scripps College), Politics/PPA, 2015
Ensuring Equity and Adequacy in California Public Education

Ryan James Palmer, Politics/PPA, 2018 
Funding Priorities: An Examination of California’s Public Safety Realignment Initiative in Three Counties

Neha Patel, Politics/PPA, 2019 
Moving Past Colorblindness: Restorative Justice in Los Angeles Unified School District

Scott Pease, Politics/PPA and French, 2020 
The Right to Survive: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Vehicle Habitation Ordinance in the City of San Diego

Jonathan Peterson, Politics/PPA, 2009
Education Reform and Judicial Intervention: A Retrospective on Serrano vs. Priest and the Prospects for Educational Equity and Adequacy in California School Finance

Nora Petty, Politics/PPA, 2007
Rwanda's Civil Society Involvement in HIV/AIDS Coordination Structures

Michelle Pham, Politics/PPA, 2009
Language Barriers in Access to Health Care: A Case Study of Los Angeles County's Linguistic Competence

Jackie Pomeroy, Politics/PPA, 2011
Public School Choice: A Case Study of the Portfolio Management Model in LAUSD

Laney Pope, Politics/PPA, 2022 
“Once a Felon, Always a Felon?” How Amending AB 2147 Allows Us to Reimagine Life After Prison for California’s Incarcerated Firefighters

Austin Prather, Politics/PPA, 2019 
The Waste of War: The Department of Defense’s Superfund Legacy

Taylor Reffe, Politics/PPA, 2016
Discretionary Success: the effects of differences in disciplinary policy and behavior on student success in Los Angeles charter and traditional public schools.

Amaryllis Rodriguez, Politics/PPA, 2011
A Continuum of Solutions: Wrap-around services, Promise Neighborhoods and Education as Anti-Poverty Policy

*Megan Rogers, Politics/PPA, Scripps, 2002
Supplementing the Education of At-Risk Students: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

Marian Rowan, Politics/PPA, 1996
The Application of the Voting Rights Act to Judicial Elections

Sydney Rupe, Politics/PPA, 2015
Educated Education: Evaluating and Improving Education in Los Angeles County Probation Camps

Eliot Sands, Politics/PPA, 2020
Tracking Derailed: Bridging the Rhetorical Gap between the Tracking and Ability-Grouping Literatures

Alexandra Satariano (Scripps College), Politics/PPA, 2012
To Care for Him Who Shall Have Borne the Battle: An Examination of the Veteran Treatment Court Model and the Barriers to Its Diffusion in the State of California.

Mariah Scales, Politics/PPA, 2015
Social Workers and Public Advocates: Facilitating and Maintaining Familial Bonds in the Wake of Incarceration

Ian Sam Schiffer, Politics/PPA, 2017
Lived Legal Expertise: Mobilizing the Political Agency of Incarcerated Youth
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Tessa Hicks Peterson (PZ)

Sheree Schwartz, Politics/PPA, 2002
Evaluating the Helms Amendment and the Mexico City Policy: The Effect of U.S. Foreign Aid on International Reproductive Rights

Victoria Shabo, Politics/American Studies, 1994
Promise and Disillusion: The Politics of Welfare Reform in American Culture

Vaish Siddapureddy, Politics/PPA 2022
Athletic Recruiting and Diversity: A Study on the Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Program and how Institutional and Recruiting Practices Affect the Racial Diversity of the Student- Athlete Population

Adeline Salomon, Politics/PPA, 2012
A Future for Haiti's Orphaned Children: An Educational Model for Port-au-Prince Orphanages.

Anna Schwab, Politics/PPA, 2016
An Analysis of California’s Apostrophe Laws.

James Solomon, Politics/PPA, 2006
Consistent and Persistent: How Can Policymakers Increase Contraceptive Use to Decrease the Number of Abortions?

Ellen H. Smith, Politics/PPA, 2005
Mixed Messages in Two Languages: The Connection between Goals and Implementation of Bilingual Education Policy in Southern California Elementary Schools

Elizabeth J. Sparks, Politics/PPA, 1993
Women Running for Office: The Differences and Advantages in Their Campaigns

Edward Takashima, Politics/PPA, 2002
What Works? An Estimation of an Education Production Function for High School Students in the Greater Los Angeles Area

Brandolyn Thomas, Politics/PPA, 2024
The Pursuit of Purple Lover: The Path to Legal Aid in Eastern Tennessee

William S. Tuttle, Politics/PPA, 1994
Energy Sustainability: What it Will Take to Get There and Why it has Taken So Long

Elizabeth Truus Newland, Politics/PPA, 2018
Kids and the Court: How Legal Professionals Determine the Best Interest of a Child in the California Dependency Court System.

Andrew Tyler, Politics/PPA, 2004
Two Bushs in Iraq: Lessons for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

Koko Umoren, Politics/PPA, 2008
The European Union Final Report: The Aftermath of the 2007 Nigerian Election

Alexandra Wakeman, Politics/PPA, 2006
Unintended Consequences of School Reform: Exploring the Goals and Outcomes of, and Justifications for, Public Single Sex Education

George Adam Ward, Politics/PPA, 2019 
Olympic Ambitions The Los Angeles 2018 Games as a Model for the Future of the Olympic Games

Marisa Weisburger, Politics/PPA, 2014
Performing O and P: How artist Visa Policy and Cultural Diplomacy Can Improve America's Image Abroad

Cadence Williams, Politics/PPA, 1996
Breaking the Contract: Changes in Federal Funding for the Third Sector

Carolyn Wu, Politics/PPA, 2000
Smaller Classes, Growing Gap: The California Class Size Reduction Act: A Work in Progress

Olivia Jane Zalesin, Politics/PPA, 2017
Going Above and Beyond for California’s Foster Youth: SB 1023 Implementation and Recommendations for Improvement and Expansion

Sophie Zagerman, Politics/PPA, 2018
Developing Medical-Legal Practice: Resource Use and Exploratory Design in Local Medical-Legal Partnerships.

Felix Zhang, Politics/PPA and German, 2012
Understanding and Promoting the Best Practices to Increase Minority Student Success in STEM Majors.

Andrew Zhao, Politics/PPA 2022
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Psychiatric Assessment Care Team (PACT) in Claremont, CA

Lauren Ziment, PPA/Politics, 2024
Democratic Engagement in Charter Schools: An Investigation of Los Angeles Charter Schools Community Engagement in the Annual Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Lorinda Andrews, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Computers in Elementary Education: A Case Study

Kelsey Atkinson, Psychology/PPA, 2014
Bridging the Justice Gap: Exploring Approaches for Improving Indigent Access to Civil Counsel in Cases Involving Basic Human Need

Gabriel Audant, Psychology/PPA, 2006
How Can Learning Be Improved in the California Public School System?

Einav Aviram, Psychology/PPA, 1993
Voluntary Inter-group Contact: The Case of Multi-Ethnic Coalitions

Laura Bailey, Psychology/PPA, 1981
Testing and Assessment of Mexican-American Students

Brenda Benitez, Psychology/PPA, 2016
Improving Protections for Battered Immigrant Women in the United States: An Assessment of Accessibility.
Readers: Richard Worthington and Eric Hurley

Sara Bernstein, Psychology/PPA, 2003
Head Start Underenrollment: Changing Family Needs and Static Program Offerings

Mary Jane Breinholt, Psychology/PPA, 1986
Diapers and Dollars – A Critical Analysis of Motivation Behind Corporate Support of Child Care

Kim Bui, Psychology/PPA, 2000
Sibling Loss Through Separation: Effects of Unresolved Grief on Self-concept Among Foster Kids

*David Burke, Psychology/PPA, 1991
Clearing Up the Air on Clearing Up the Air: Business Attitudes on the South Coast Air Quality Management District

Claire Eldredge Burns, Psychology/PPA, 2017
Reiterative Devolution and the Accountability Question: A Case Study Involving ‘Peer Provided’ Mental Healthcare in Los Angeles County
Readers: Richard Lewis and Hung Cam Thai

Christie Canales, Psychology/PPA, 2007
The Attitudes and Perceptions of Continuation High School Students and How It Relates to a Student's Desire and Outcomes: Does Stigma Affect the Outcomes for Continuation Students?

Anne Chaney, Psychology/PPA, 1992
Does the Abused Become the Abuser? An Investigation of the Intergenerational Transmission Hypothesis

Jackie Chen-His Chang, Psychology/PPA, 2018
Outdoor Themed Education Changes the Association Between Teacher Engagement and Student Motivation: Case Study f wo Elementary Schools in Claremont Unified School District.

Elyse Cooper-Smith, Psychology/PPA, 2007
Put Me in Coach? How Sex-Separated and Co-Educational Physical Education Classes Affect Performance Motivation in Adolescent Girls

Melina Cuesta, Psychology/PPA, 2016
The Effects of Yik Yak on the Racial Campus Climate

Julianna Portillo-Del Valle, PPA/Psychology, 2024
Shut Windows, Shattered Mirrors, Locked Sliding Glass Doors

Vy Thuy Doan, Psychology/PPA, 2018
Healing and Hurting in Diaspora: Mental Health Perceptions Amongst Second-Generation Vietnamese Americans.

James Doernberg, Psychology/PPA, 2016
Inequality, Technical Automation, and the Case for Universal Basic Income and Happiness.
Readers: Sharon Goto and John Clithero

Hannah Doruelo, Psychology/PPA, 2016
Mapping U.S. Racial Borders: A Psychological and Legal History of Citizenship
Readers: Eric Hurley and David Menefee-Libey

Renee A. Faulkner, Psychology/PPA, 2004
Young Children's Conceptions of Race and the Implications for Multicultural Education

Barbara Feder, Psychology/PPA, 1987
The Link Between Families and the Workplace: Determinants of Work-Family Role Conflict in Single Parents

Michael Franco, Psychology/PPA, 1982
Community Mental Health Services: A Case Study in Effectiveness and Quality of Care

Laemencia Garcia, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Barriers to Care: Prerequisites to Infant Mortality and Morbidity

Patricia Garcia, Psychology/PPA, 1993
An Analysis of the Upward Bound Program: An Examination of Attribution Styles, Locus of Control, and Degree of Biculturalism in Upward Bound vs. Non-Upward Bound Students

Beth J. Gerber, Psychology/PPA, 1987
The Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Closed-Head Injury Children

Kristin Grant, Psychology/PPA, 1986
The Effect of Inservice Education on Nurse's Tendencies to Make Organ Donor Referrals

Erin Haley, Psychology/PPA, 2006
Group Emotional Intelligence in School District Art Teams

Elyza Halpern, Psychology/PPA, 2017
Statutory Ambiguity and Interorganizational Collaboration: A Case Study of the Implementation of California State Assembly Bill 114 at Claremont High School and Adjacent Organizations.
Readers: Sharon Goto and Rachel Van Sickle-Ward (PZ)

Jesse Hayward, Psychology/PPA, 1988
California's Need for Both Public School Assessment Policy Reform and a Novel Reform Process to Facilitate the Implementation of Multiple Format Comprehensive Tests

Kelly Ho, Psychology/PPA, 2022
Perceptions and Barriers to 211LA Hotline Utilization Among Asian and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County.

Janet Marie Hollis, Psychology/PPA, 1988
Minor's Competency to Consent Abortion and Judicial Activism: A Study of California's Parental Consent for Abortion Law

Heidi Jensen, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Comparative Implementation of Adoption Policies: San Bernardino and Orange Counties

Erica Lai, Psychology/PPA, 2005
Homeless Youths' Perceptions of the Law: Informing Existing Legal Clinics

Casey Lamb, Psychology/PPA, 2007
The Early Education Influences Study: An Investigation of the Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Participation in Traditional, Waldorf, and Montessori Preschool Programs, and a Discussion of the Implications for Universal Preschool Programs

Scott Landsbaum, Psychology/PPA, 1986
Better Babies for your Bucks: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Prenatal and Postnatal Care

Susan Lillard, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Implementation of the California Model for Community Mental Health Programs: A Critical Case Study of L.A. County

Eliza Longnecker, Psychology/PPA, 2014
Accountability for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Traditional Batterer Intervention and Community Accountability Programs

Anne Manalili, Psychology/PPA, 1994
Can One Person Make a Difference? An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Guardians Ad Litem

Jeremy Marks, Psychology/PPA, 2014
Same Year, Different Class: The Effects of Real and Perceived Socioeconomic Inequity in the Undergraduate Context

Sallie Aijalen Marx, Psychology/PPA, 2018
Breaking the Advocacy Bubble: A Comparative Study of Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis as Political Instruments

Anita Mathias, Psychology/PPA, 2019 
Giving “The Talk”: Sexual Health Education Needs and Classroom Strategies in the words of California Students of Color

Wanda McIntosh, Psychology/PPA, 1982
Adolescent Pregnancy

Dana Mishne, Psychology/PPA, 1985
The Insanity Defense: A Critical Evaluation of Two Suggested Reforms

Bridgett Mitchell, Psychology/PPA, 1991
How the Environment and Parental Behavior Effects the School Achievement of the Homeless Child

Lauren Mitchell, Psychology/PPA, 2007
Predicting the Future: Using Ethnic Identification and Career Education to Predict the Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Outcomes Expectations of Continuation High School Students

Jill Moore, Psychology/PPA, 1987
The Implementation of AB 3632/882 in Los Angeles County: Coordination or Chaos?

*Sharon M. Oshiro, Psychology/PPA, 1983 
Model Minority Asian Americans: Fact or Fiction?

Sara Palmer, Psychology/PPA, 2003
Efficacy and Beyond: Evaluating Federal Spending on Abstinence-Only Education

Hayley Pienton, Psychology/PPA, 2017
Unseen Barriers to Mental Health Services: The Effects of Pluralistic Ignorance on Police Perceptions of Willingness to Seek Treatment and Adherence to Police Subculture
Readers: Richard Worthington and Shlomi Sher

Antony Reyes, Psychology/PPA, 2000
Using Applied Psychology Research to Influence Criminal Justice Policy: A Case Study of the Office of Research and Planning at the Westminster Police Department

Kathryn M. Riccio, Psychology/PPA, 1985
City-Cable Company Relations: An Evaluation of Public Policy Concerns

Jessica Richter, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Public Access to Cable Communications: An Examination of Two California Cities

*Andrea L. Romberger, Psychology/PPA, 1988
Parental Influences on the Education of Homeless Children

Natalie Sacks, Psychology/PPA, 2011
The Impact of Social Competence on Academic Achievement and Implications for Federal Policy

Kelly Schwartz, Psychology/PPA, 2010
Minor's Counsel Training and Understanding of Child Custody Evaluations

David Sherer, Psychology/PPA, 2008
Do Small Learning Communities Help Teachers? An Investigation of Teacher Self-Efficacy and Professional Community at a Los Angeles High School

Amy Tirre, Psychology/PPA, 1989
Self-Efficacy Expectancy, Outcome Expectancy, and Outcome Value: Their Application to Political Efficacy and Political Participation

Kafi Toliver, Psychology/PPA, 1993
Parental Attitudes and the Voucher System: Using Psychology to Strengthen Public Policy

Katherine Walker, Psychology/PPA, 2007
Effects of Legal Proceedings on Stress and Locus of Control: A Study at the Pomona Self-Help Legal Clinic, a Branch of the Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles

Adam Jay Wasserman, Psychology/PPA, 1994
Victim Impact Statements: Tools of Justice or Discrimination?

Elizabeth Widmar, Psychology/PPA, 2003
Village Academy High School At Indian Hill: A Pathway to Urban Education Reform in the Pomona Unified School District

Joe Witte, Psychology/PPA, 2011
Bias Attribution, the False Consensus Effect, and Deliberation: A Political Psychology Perspective on American Democracy

Dierdre Zane, Psychology/PPA, 1985
Nutrient Levels for the Elderly

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Matthew Anderson, STS/PPA, 2006
Ensuring Equal Access to Justice in a New Age: An Analysis of the California Courts Online Self-Help Center

*Lorelei Brown, STS/PPA, 1993
The Public in Technological Decision-Making: A Case of Water Reclamation

Courtney Chavez, STS/PPA, 2002
Assessing the Community Prisoner Mother Program: The Significance of the Mother-Child Bond

Isabella Deatherage, Science, Technology, Society/PPA, 2020
The Rise of the Personal-Data Surveillance Economy: How the Federal Policymakers Can and Should Augment Obsolete Frameworks to Better Protect Consumers in the United States

William Theodore Deheeger, STS/PPA, 2017
(Un)Obtainable: Right to Try Policies, Investigational Drugs, and the Pursuit of Hope
Readers: Richard Worthington and Anna Wenzel (Keck)

Katherine Duberg, Science, Technology, and Society/PPA, 2010
Beginnings of a Youth-Led Environmental Justice Movement

Logan Galansky, STS/PPA, 2014
Reclaiming the Diagnosis The Effects of Demographic Characteristics on Patient Group Agency and Treatment Paradigms in the Political and Medical Spheres

Janet Lee Grayson, STS, Scripps, 1999
Organic Agriculture: The Environment, Regulatory and Economic Aspects of a Growing Industry

Crystal Huang, Science, Technology, and Society/PPA, 2020 
A New Regulatory Framework for a CRISPR Future

Andor Kesselman, STS/PPA, CMC, 2014
Open Source and Electronic Voting: A New Strategy Toward Technical Procurement for Voting Systems

Sabrina Ling, STS/PPA, 2001
Idle Hands – Biotechnology's Tools?

Jessie Michelle Levin, Science, Technology, Society/PPA, 2018 
Breathing is Not a Choice: An Evaluation of Air Quality Messaging Programs in Schools

Christopher Marin, STS/PPA, 1999
Silicon Genesis

Ryan Olson, STS/PPA, 1995
Broadcast Interactivity: The Commercial Conquest of Digital Information Technology

*Marc Robert, STS, 1994
Composting as a Waste Disposal Alternative: An Economic Sociological Political and Technological Evaluation

Claire Rojstaczer, STS/PPA, 2004
Overlapping Expertise: Technological Advice to Congress in the Post-OTA era

Alaina Woo, STS/PPA, 2017
Hidden Fences: Constructed Barriers in Computer Science Participation at The Claremont Colleges
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Richard Worthington

Troy Yoshino, STS/PPA, 1995
Government By The People: The Importance of Interest in the Policy Making Process

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Guadalupe Arias, Sociology/PPA, 1993
Crime and Recidivism: Exploring the Life Experiences of Wards in the California Youth Authority

*Kara Balemian, Sociology/PPA, 1990
Cultural Capital and Student Willingness to Stay in School: A Case Study of San Antonio Continuation High School

Mariah Barber, Sociology/PPA, 2015
California’s Extended Foster Care Program: Successful Transitions to Adulthood

Phoebe Scout Dixon Bass, Sociology/PPA, 1997 (December)
Reforming Caseworker Training: The Effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on the Training of Eligibility Workers in San Bernardino County

Kendra Bischoff, Sociology/PPA, 2002
The Effects of Homeownership on Societal and Individual Well-Being; A Critical Assessment of Current U.S. Policy

Susan Blank, Sociology/PPA, 1990
AIDS Related Sexual Behavior Among College Students: A Case Study of Pomona College Students

John Bonacorsi, Sociology/PPA & Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, 2012
(Re)constructing Deportation Policy and (Re)imagining Law Advocacy Groups' Responses to the Implementation of Secure Communities in Southern California.

Ryann Brazil, Sociology/PPA, 2025
Safer for Who?: A Critical Examination of Punitive Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

*Deann Brodke, Sociology/PPA, 1987
Gender Stereotypes in Disney Animation: Do the Newer Films Reflect Current Societal Values?

Heather Callahan, Sociology/PPA, 2004
What it takes to stay in School: Truancy Intervention Theory and Practice

Jessica Case, Sociology/PPA, 2005
Volunteerism and Accountability: A Case Study of Shoes That Fit

Lizette Ceja, Sociology/PPA, 2011
“Éramos lideres, no nomas de nuestra casa, Éramos líderes de la comunidad": Women organizing for a better community in the city of Mariposa

Sami Cleland, Sociology/PPA, 2014
Learning from Silver Lake, Los Angeles: New Trends in Gentrification

Amanda Coba, Sociology/PPA, 2015
A Few Good Jobs: Firefighting as Worthy, Stable, Work in an Hourglass Economy

*Eva Contreras, Sociology/PPA, 1997
Investigating the Investigators: An Analysis of How Child Social Workers Determine Dispositions of Cases of Child Abuse/ Neglect

Christian Curtis, Sociology/PPA, 1996
City of Ontario's GIS Division: A Model for Municipal GIS

Leslie Danielson, Sociology/PPA, 1986
The Status Offender

Verity Decker, Sociology/PPA, 2004
The Road that Brought Me Here: Paths to Homelessness for Families in Pomona College

Lynne Glaspey, Sociology/PPA, 1989
Every Thirty Seconds . . . An Analysis of the Effects of Parental Consent Laws and Abortion Ratios

Jose Luis Gomez, Sociology/PPA, 2016
From Prop. 187 to AB 60: Contextualizing California Policies on Immigration from 1990 to 2015

Adriana Erica Gonzalez, Sociology/PPA, 2018
Quick to Punish: Racializing Violence, Discipline, and Power in Waukegan Public Schools

Matthew H. Green, Sociology/PPA, 1997
Analyzing Conflict: A Case Study of Groundwater Government in Chino Basin

Adrienne Gutierrez, Sociology/PPA, 1992
A Cultural Look at Sexual Harassment

Mia Hahn, Sociology/PPA, 2016
A Foucauldian Analysis of the Daily 5.
Readers: David Menefee-Libey and Kathleen Yep (PZ)

Melissa Hanna, PPA/Sociology, 2009
Intersections of Culture and Society on Urban Skateboarding Communities

Carolyn Sue Hausman, Sociology/PPA, 1984
Implications of DRG-Based Prospective Reimbursement: A Focus on Medical Staff-Administration Roles and Relationships in the Private Non-Profit Hospital

Charles Herman, Sociology/PPA, 2014
The Clarification of Proposition 209: Gauging the Impact on Native Americans at the University of California

Lindsay Justine Hill, Sociology/PPA, 2004
Unit Member Transfers: Teacher Transfer Policy Goals vs. Outcomes

Carla Hinojosa, Sociology/PPA, 2005
Public Education in California: Are Standards Everything?

*Jonder Ho, Sociology/PPA, 2005
Meeting the Needs of Students in Alternative Education: A Case Study of Phoenix Academy

Chad Horsford, Sociology/PPA, 2011
Engage This: Christianity and Community Organizing in Pomona, CA

Laura Jensen, Sociology/PPA, 1988
Policy Issues in the Integration of Severely Handicapped Adults

Christina Lee, Sociology/PPA, 2008
Unpacking Individualistic Perspectives on Poverty: Asian American Perceptions of Poverty in Rowland Heights

Douglas Allen Lewis, Sociology/PPA, 2017
Democratizing Planning: The Siting and Development of Claremont’s Affordable Housing Complexes
Readers: Richard Worthington and Azmat Junisbai (PZ)

Karen Lin, Sociology/PPA, 1993
"Lively and Timely" Programming: A Case Study Of Life and Times

Ana Blanca Morales, Sociology/PPA, 2025
Rewriting the Narrative of Opportunity: How Educational Nonprofits Use Creative Interventions to Disrupt Structural Barriers and Expand Access for Marginalized Youth

Heidi Ochoa, Sociology/PPA, 1985
A Gender-Based Plea for Justice and Equity: The Socioeconomic Benefits of Child Support Enforcement

Suzanne Olivas, Sociology/PPA, 1987
The Corporate Fitness Program: A Normative Model

Mary Padden, Sociology/PPA, 2011
The AVID Program and Teacher Collaboration: How AVID Fosters a Caring Environment and the Factors that Limit It

Larissa Velazquez Pazaran, Sociology/PPA 2022
The Privileged Underprivileged: Exploring the Limitations of College Access Programs

Rebecca Platt, Sociology/PPA, 1988
Proposition 8: Success or Failure?

Christopher Ramos, Sociology/PPA, 2008
The Latino/a Home Owning Class: Navigating Wealth, Securing Property and Utilizing Social Capital

Veronica Rebal, Sociology/PPA, 2006
The Role of Public and Private Providers in Services to the Homeless: A Claremont, CA Case Study

Alice Richards, Sociology/PPA, 2025
The State of Censored Classrooms: Stakeholder Perspectives on New Hampshire's "Banned Concepts" Law

James Riker, Sociology/PPA, 1981
Solar Energy's Potential for the Future: Policy Design and Implementation at the Local Government Level

Jennifer Rojas, PPA/Sociology, 2009
Segregating Communities: Private Institutions in Our Public System.

Karla Ruiz, Sociology/PPA, 2008
Acquiring Americanidad: Examining Young Latino Adults in U.S. Consumer Culture and their Presence in Policy

Lauren Corinne Rodriguez, Sociology/PPA, 2022
“What Is… Gender Inequity and Performance in Mass Media?” The Sociopolitical Implications of Marginalization on Jeopardy!

Hilary Sager, Sociology/PPA, 2014
What Happens to a Dream Deferred: An Evaluation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Lanna Sanchez, Sociology/PPA, 2019
The Stability Paradox of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Backlogs: Unstable Policy Implementation for a Stability –Aimed Visa.

Teofanny Octavia Saragi, Sociology/PPA, 2018
Visions for Liberation: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Beyond Bars

Ryley Aran Share, Sociology/PPA, 2004
Youth Voice, Youth Action: Advocating for Comprehensive Sex Education

*Perris Straughter, Sociology/PPA, 2005
Do the attributes of programs servicing young Men-who-have-sex-with-Men really contribute to successful HIV prevention?

Kyra Sweeney, Sociology/PPA, 2016
Mental Health Services for Students with Disabilities: Implications of Policy Changes in California.

Julia Unruhe, Sociology/PPA, 2006
The Unexpected Effects of Organizing in Pitzer's Dining Hall

Katie Valentine, Sociology/PPA, 2015
Institutional Provision and Student Persistence in Remediation: A Examination of Westerns New Mexico University

Gloria Hilda Villa, Sociology/PPA, 1988
Affirmative Action Programs: Are They Helping Women Mover Into Higher Positions?

Hannah Williams, PPA/Sociology, 2024
The Blindspot of School Safety Policies: SRO's as Proponents of the School to Prison Pipeline

Simone Elease Willis, Sociology/PPA 2022
Expanding the Wor(l)d: An Investigation in to Multiliteracies in Michigan’s ELA Curriculum Standards

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library

Melissa Bottrell, Bioethics/PPA, 1992
Becoming Citizens: An Examination of the Patient Self Determination Act and its Implementation

Natalya Braxton, Neuroscience/PPA, 2023
Evaluating the Implementation of Trauma Informed Schooling in Practices in Claremont Unified School District

Mariana Olga Cisneros, Chicano/a/ &Latino/a/PPA, 2018
“IN LAK’ECH. Tu eres mi otro yo. You are my other me”: Supporting Trans Youth of Color in Education

Bill Cross, Environmental Studies/PPA, 1981
Wild Horses and Burros on Public Lands: A Case Study in Resource Management

Ellelan Degife, Global Health/PPA, 2018
Getting PrEPared: Barriers to Access of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Los Angeles County.

Sara Ellis, Environmental Studies/PPA, 1981
Management Issues in the Sea Otter/ Shellfish Fisheries Conflict in California

Catherine Giles, Special Major (American Studies), 2001
Discipline and Democracy: The Conflict Between Zero Tolerance Exclusion Policies and Universal Education

Rose Imani Green, Economic Development through Non-Profit Organizations/PPA, 2012
Nonprofit Management: A Guide to and Individualized, Holistic Approach to Efficiency and Effectiveness in Small 501(c)(3) Organizations.

*Amy Hoffman, Art History/PPA, 1999
Landscapes of Learning

Kayleen Holloway, American Studies/PPA, 1984
The Technology Education Act: American Society Reflected in Public Policy

*Alison Hough, Americans Institutions/PPA, 1977
National Health Insurance

Brandon Karagozian, PPA/Gender and Women's Studies, 2024
(Un)Deserving Youth: Oppression and Modern Foster Care

Jessica Ladd, Human Sexuality/PPA, 2008
Condoms and Corrections: Condom Distribution Policy in California Correctional Facilities

Galen Wan Mind Leung, Health Studies/PPA, 1982
Criteria For Decision Making: Detrimental Health Effects of Air Pollutants

Abigail Loiselle, Neuroscience/PPA, 2023
In the Name of the Game: Utilizing Neuroscience to Inform Eating Disorder Policy in College Athletes

Kelly McHugh, Public Health/PPA, 2019 
Building the Plane While Flying It: Implementation and Backwards Mapping in the MAMA’s Visits Perinatal Program of LA County

Lorayne Meltzer, American Studies/PPA, 1981
Discussions of Policy to Preserve Agricultural Land From Urbanization

Tara Miller, Development/PPA, 2014
"When Invisible Wounds of War Lead Them Astray:" An Analysis of War and the Legal System as Barriers to Justice in Veterans Treatment Courts

Anna Motschenbacher, Geology/PPA, 2003
When Global Issues Become Local: Reframing Climate Change Throughout Inuit Observations

Krista Perreira, Health Public Policy, 1991
Uncompensated Health Care and Reimbursement Patterns: A Case Study of One Voluntary Hospital in Southern California

Kameelah Rasheed, Africa/African Diaspora/PPA, 2006
IKEA, Home Depot, Four Seasons, Oh My? East Palo Alto and Exclusionary Displacement

Laila Ruffin, Gender and Women's Studies/PPA, 2022
That Which Follows the Doctrine: Parsing the Afterlife of Partus Sequitur Ventrem in California’s Contemporary Maternal Health Public Policy Response

Zyad Sibai, Race and Religion/PPA, 2025
The Responsibility of Religio-Racializing Surveillance: Community-Based Counterterrorism within the Prison-Terror Industrial Complex

Natalie Sokol-Snyder, Gender and Women's Studies/PPA, 2023
Everybody has a Body: Towards a Radical Health Curriculum for Pre-Service Teachers and Kindergarteners in California

*Mitchell Stoltz, Computer Science/PPA, 1999
The Open-Source Revolution: Transforming the Software Industry with Help from the Government

Paul Sullivan, International Relations, 1992
Integration Trade and Environment in US-Latin American Policy Making

Sharlene Tom, American Studies/PPA, 1981
Crime on American Mass Transit Systems

Jamil Toubassi, PPE, 1991
Unemployment Insurance: The Work Distinctive Effect and Suggested Policy Manifestations

Karen Van de Velde, Contemporary Agriculture Planning/PPA, 1983
Public Policy and the Structure of American Agriculture

Cuc Vu, Art History/PPA, 1992
Public Policy and Ideological Keywords

Michelle Wilson, Religious Studies/PPA, 2003
Transforming Urban Neighborhoods: Religious Engagement in Social Problem Solving

Karen Wright, American Studies/PPA, 1983
The Forest Service: Overgrown with Tradition? Has the Tradition of the Past Stifled the Work of Today?

*denotes theses currently missing from the PPA library