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PPA Thesis / Culminating Project Bank
Feel free to peruse our bank of theses and projects. Our alumni have generously made these documents available to us electronically for the convenience of our webpage visitors. Please visit our Youtube page, managed by our GASPPA board, to view presentations!
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Note: See the Sacramento State University Library or Scholarworks for copies of all Sacramento State theses and projects. They are available at these locations within a year of submission.
2026
| Author | Degree | Thesis/Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aguilar Tinajero, Sebastian | MPPA | Plugging in Charging Infrastructure for Multi-Family Housing in California © 2026 Sebastian Aguilar Tinajero |
| Cisneros, Sabrina | MPPA | The Hidden Burden: How Administrative Barriers in Reentry Programs Impact Incarcerated Individuals © 2026 Sabrina Cisneros |
| Curincita, Xitlali | MPPA | Beyond Mission Statements: How Are Sacramento State’s Cultural Academic Resource Centers (CARC) Addressing Historically Structured Inequities and Contributing to California’s Public Higher Education Systems? © 2026 Xitlali Curincita |
| Cobb, Zion | MPPA | Erasure of Black and Brown Communities within American Housing Policy: A Study on Homelessness, Policy Alternatives, and What it Will Take to Heal BIPOC Communities © 2026 Zion Cobb |
| Cottrell, Alexa | MPPA | A Rationalist Policy Analysis of the Youth Mental Health Crisis: Addressing the Mental Health of California’s Student Athletes © 2026 Alexa Cottrell |
| Cuellar, Malluli | MPPA | Choosing the Unconventional: A Graduate Portfolio on California Cannabis Policy Analyzing the Transition from Contraband to Regulated Commodity © 2026 Malluli Cuellar |
| Grady, Chase | MPPA | The Problem of Plastic Pollution: Comparing Three Policy Alternatives © 2026 Chase Grady |
| Handley, Noella | MPPA | All the World’s a Stage: The Role of Performance in Policy Storytelling © 2026 Noella Handley |
| Jones, Matthew | MPPA | Sacramento Rising: Building a Durable Community Land Trust Through a Four-Pillar Framework Drawn from International, National, and California Best Practices © 2026 Matthew Jones |
| Kaur, Jaskirat | MPPA | Building the Community Back into Community College: How Physical Infrastructure Attributes to Student Outcomes © 2026 Jaskirat Kaur |
| Malhotra, Krishan | MPPA | When Federal Funding Withdraws: State Capacity and the Future of Broadband Funding © 2026 Krishan Malhotra |
| Matlock, Jessica | MPPA | Homelessness in Sacramento: Exploring Collaborative Governance Dynamics in Sacramento's Regional Plans for Homelessness © 2026 Jessica Matlock |
| McRho, Taylor | MPPA | Federal Privacy Failures and the AI Production of Image-Based Sexual Abuse © 2026 Taylor McRho |
| Murphy, Trent | MPPA | The Impact of Prior Authorization and Administrative Burden on Access to Care in California © 2026 Trent Murphy |
| Nash, Timothy | MPPA | The Influence of Telework on Organizational Processes and Employee Satisfaction at the California Department of Education © 2026 Timothy Nash |
| Perez, Zitlalhi | MPPA | Caught in the Middle: Frontline Workers and the Implementation Gap in California Homelessness Polic © 2026 Zitlahli Perez |
| Robbie, Madison | MPPA | Evaluating the Impact of Managed Care Transitions on Reproductive Health Services in California © 2026 Madison Robbie |
| Siegel, Michael | MPPA | Evaluating the Impact of Universal Vote-by-Mail on Voter Turnout in California © 2026 Michael Siegel |
| Smith-Fajardo, Megan | MPPA | Contestation and Co-Construction of Audit Frames: The Case of the California State Auditor and California Department of Education © 2026 Megan Smith-Fajardo |
| Solano Rosales, Yesenia | MPPA | Closing the Gap: Improving Mental Health Access for Immigrant Children and Families in California K–8 Schools © 2026 Yesenia Solano Rosales |
| Swanson, Shannon | MPPA | California’s Unspent Potential: The Story of Funding Education and What It Means for Our Students © 2026 Shannon Swanson |
| Vanderkar, Noah | MPPA | Nobody Is in Charge: Interagency Coordination Failure in California’s Homelessness Governance © 2026 Noah Vanderkar |
| Zamora, Jazmine | MPPA | Closing the Completion Gap: Financial Aid Policy Reforms to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for Students of Color in California Community Colleges © 2026 Jazmine Zamora |
| Zoma, Natalie | MPPA | State-Regional Policy Alignment in California © 2026 Natalie Zoma |