Sociology MA Successful Degree-Earning Culminations Fall 2012 - Spring 2019
Those chosing Option A write and defend a thesis. Any CSULA student may view the Sociology Thesis Prep site in Canvas at any time for information, guidance, downloadable forms and important links for Thesis. Those chosing Option B complete a three-part exams series on: (1) Sociology Theory; (2) Reserch Methods; and (3) An elective focus area of their choice. Any CSULA student may view the Sociology COMPS Prep site in Canvas at any time for information, guidance, required material, and downloadable forms for Comps. Those chosing Option C compile a professional portfolio that includes research, writing and prresentation accomplishments. Any CSULA student may view the Sociology PORTFOLIO Prep site in Canvas at any time for information, guidance, downloadable forms, required materials, and important links for their portfolio project. Download Table of Masters Projects .
AY Completed |
Student Name |
Culminating Projects: Option A Thesis; Option B Comprehensive Exams; Option C Project (portfolio). |
AY 2018-19 13 degrees |
Diondra Gallegos Carla Mateos Penelope Mendez Luis Mercado Robert Rodriguez |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP19 |
Haruka Akai |
PROJECT: Is Polyamory an Identity?: Question from a Queer Theoretical Perspective |
SP19 |
Johanna Machado |
PROJECT: Military-Connected Students at Cal State LA: Exploring the Experiences of Veterans, Dependents, National Guard, Reservists, and Active Duty |
SP19 |
Kourosh Safari |
PROJECT: Digital Nomads: Millennials Redefining Society in a Global Age |
SP19 |
Melanie Borstad |
THESIS: Effects of Technological Development upon Wage Inequality and Underemployment in the Service Sector |
SP19 |
Antoine Roberts |
THESIS: Types of Job Satisfaction: Does Union Membership Make a Difference? |
SP19 |
Shou Schweitz |
THESIS: Compassion toward the Homeless: Exploring Qualities of a Person That Are Linked to Compassionate Behavior toward the Homeless |
F18 |
Marie Choi |
THESIS: The Korean and Korean American Social Attitudes and Stigma of Epilepsy |
F18 |
Maria Betania Santos |
THESIS: Community-Based Healing as Resistance |
AY 2017-18 16 degrees |
Henia Alvallero Gabriela Flores Stephanie Garcia Stephanie Lopez Danielle Roman Alma Trejo Luo Wei |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP18 |
Summer Brantner |
PROJECT: How Can We Know Fundamentalism? Scriptural Literalism and Tolerance towards Religious Others |
SP18 |
Adiba Fannana |
PROJECT: The Ongoing Human Rights Violation in Myanmar: Is It Really not Ethnic Cleansing? |
SP18 |
Nicole Flores |
PROJECT: Female Offenders: How Stigma of Former Incarceration Affects Their Mental Health |
SP18 |
Ralph Pioquinto |
PROJECT: On the Criminalization of Online Fantasy Behavior: To Intent or Not Intent |
SP18 |
Yvette Servin |
PROJECT: No Refuge Found: Accounts of Migrant Abuse Along the Mexico-Guatemala Border, 2010-2015 |
SP18 |
Hugo Alex Aguas |
THESIS: Hugo Alex Aguas Incarceration Experience and Depression Among the Homeless in LA |
SP18 |
Briauna Dotson |
THESIS: How Do the Historical Legacies of Traumas in Systematic Anti-black Racism and Sexism Spaces Manifest in the Public University Learning Experience for African American Women? The Ways of the World for the Little Black Girl |
SP18 |
Johnny Zambrano |
THESIS: Tattoo Culture |
F17 |
Grzegorz Hryniszak |
PROJECT: Digital Dependency Interrupted: Profiles of Withdrawal for Self-Described Internet Addicts |
AY 2016-17 16 degrees |
Soonthorn Boonnoppornkul Cindy Flores Carmen Mendoza Cindy Roa |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP17 |
Brenda Davidge |
PROJECT: Self Perception of Gamers and the Social Stigma of Being a Gamer |
SP17 |
Arwen Jordan-Zimmerman |
PROJECT: Social Construction of Forensics in Popular Police Procedurals: Media and Misrepresentation |
SP17 |
Aaron Ledesma |
PROJECT: Hispanic Women & Anal Sex: A Quantitative Study Testing Sexual Script Theory |
SP17 |
Crystal Moody |
PROJECT: Medically Assisted Suicide |
SP17 |
Amy Piliposian |
PROJECT: How Religious Beliefs Are Shaping Attitudes Towards Same-Sex Marriage |
SP17 |
Sasha Santhoff |
PROJECT: Interfacing Conflict: Digital Life Issues Triggering Advice Columns |
SP17 |
Lacey Sloan |
PROJECT: Backstage as Online Main-stage: Virtual Queer Community and Identity and Emotion Management |
SP17 |
Rodolfo Campos |
THESIS: Straight Outta The Factory: Sexuality, Masculinity, and the Homeboys |
SP17 |
Alen Sardarian |
THESIS: Responsibility and Capital Punishment |
F16 |
Leonard Rios |
PROJECT: Behind Bars: A Journey into the California Department of Corrections through the Eyes of Inmate T49722 |
F16 |
Aditi Sapra |
PROJECT: UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – University Level Contributions |
SU16 |
Nankia Brazier |
THESIS: Socio-Political Dimensions of Informal Sector Participation: Sense Making of the Experiences of African Americans in the United States and Africans in Ghana |
AY 2015-16 14 degrees |
Fabian Alvizo Manzur Arafat Alejandro Flores Isabel Gallegos Ruzan Karatyan Ismael Neri |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP16 |
Bianca Gomez |
THESIS: Attitudes toward Female Aggression: A Bi-Dimensional Approach of Attachment Style and Coping Mechanisms |
SP16 |
Eric Lopez |
THESIS: Examining Elements of Propaganda in the Social Construction of the War on Terror: A Content Analysis |
SP16 |
Edgar Peralta |
THESIS: Does Parental Alcoholism Impact an Adult Child’s Well-Being? |
SP16 |
Uriel Serrano |
THESIS: Minority-Serving Institutions: Campus Racial Climate and Black and Latino Men |
SP16 |
Anna Torres |
THESIS: Perceptions of Aging for Latinas: A Social Psychology Analysis |
W16 |
Nancy Baclini |
THESIS: Reactions to Dating Violence |
W16 |
Daniel Okamura |
THESIS: To Have But Not To Hold: Consumer Attitudes Towards Digital Music Piracy |
F15 |
Chang Hong Yu |
THESIS: The Invisible Impact of Informal Rules on the Performance of Data Warehouse |
AY 2014-15 11 degrees |
Nicole Bellasalma Yolanda Delgado Laura Gonzalez Jose Martinez Lars Svanljung |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP15 |
Berge Apardian |
THESIS: Activism, Community and the Individual: Social Networking and the Internet |
SP15 |
Adriana Avila |
THESIS: LGB vs. Heterosexual Adults: Differences in Relationships with Parents and Psychological Well-Being |
SP15 |
Erik Blanco |
THESIS: It's Better to Give than Receive, Or Is It? Effects of Social Support on the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents |
W15 |
Sagrario Gutierrez |
THESIS: Strawberry Fields: Fear, Anger and Hope in Collective Action Among Farmworkers |
W15 |
Kristen Howa |
THESIS: Lifting the White Sheet: A Sociological Perspective on Rural Women and a Feminist Approach to Health |
F14 |
Eunah Joung
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THESIS: "Give a Smile Away to Brighten Someone Else's Day!"--Exploring Social Integration Effects of Greetings Across Gender and Race |
AY 2013-14 3 degrees |
Liliana Gonzalez |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP14 |
Deborah Burns |
THESIS: Presentation of Gender in Tattoo Magazines |
F13 |
Nathan Martel |
THESIS: The Art World of the Sample-Based Hip Hop Producer: Postmodern Aesthetics and Identity |
AY 2012-13 5 degrees |
Evelyn Espinoza Spencer Goss Athena Last |
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS |
SP13 |
Marcus Marquardt |
THESIS: Is there a Medical Cure for Deviance?: A Sociological Perspective on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Bi-Polar Disorder. |
SP13 |
Michael Nitzani |
THESIS: There is “Crying” in Baseball: A Rational Choice Analysis of Major League Baseball Managerial Ejections. |