Theses/Dissertations from 2024
UNDERSTANDING THE SUPERVISION OF COUNSELORS IN A GRIEF PROCESS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A CLIENT’S DEATH BY SUICIDE., Sean Abaray (Summer 2024)
The Educational Experiences of Children and Adolescents with an RYR1-Related Disease, Jeremy Armann (Summer 2024)
EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PARENT IMPLEMENTED FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING THROUGH THE USE OF ZOOM IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AT HOME SETTING IN KSA, Abdulrhman Ashgar (Summer 2024)
Lateral Others in the Trauma Narrative: The Place of the Sibling in Accounts of Abuse and Neglect, Michelle Browne (Summer 2024)
SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS TEACHING, CRITICAL THINKING DISPOSITIONS, AND SUPERVISION OF TEACHING AMONG CES DOCTORAL STUDENTS, Brenda Everett (Summer 2024)
DESIGNING AN EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS CURRICULUM TO TEACH MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS WHILE FOSTERING A GROWTH MINDSET: A SELF-STUDY, Lauren Harter (Summer 2024)
Form and Matter in Kant's Theoretical Philosophy, Aaron Higgins-Brake (Summer 2024)
A Radical Ethnography of Asian American Mental Health, Sofia Huang (Summer 2024)
Place and Placelessness: An Ecocritical Approach towards the Mountain Imagery in Country Music, Siyuan Ma (Summer 2024)
Making and Breaking Bonds: Studying Intrinsic Chemistry in the Gas-Phase, Luke Metzler (Summer 2024)
Effect of a Systematic Mindfulness Intervention on Student Internalizing, Externalizing, and Adaptive Behaviors, Akshita Nayyar (Summer 2024)
Made in the Divine Image: The Interface of Boki Concepts and Pontifical Biblical Commission's Reading of Genesis 1-2, Luther Raymond (Summer 2024)
Rhetorical Tapestries of Water Injustice: The Framing of (In)Access And (In)Justice in The Struggle for Water Security in The United States, Carla R. Richards (Summer 2024)
The Impact of Kangaroo Care (KC) on Parent Stress, Infant Neurobehavioral Regulation, and Parent-Infant Attachment in Very and Extremely Preterm Infants, Justine Vecchiarelli (Summer 2024)
AN EXPLORATION OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION TEACHERS USING AN INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Ashley Irene Zehner (Summer 2024)
The Aquatic Microbial Environment Shapes the Gut Microbiota, Brain, and Behavior of Larval Amphibians, Kyle Emerson (Summer 2024)
THE TRANSFORMATION OF ARAB NARRATIVE FROM ORAL TO VIRTUAL REALITY: A MEDIA ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, Eman Alaslani (Spring 2024)
UNDERSTANDING THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS: USING DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNICATION ETHICS TO OVERCOME SOCIETAL POLARIZATION IN POST-TRUTH AMERICA, Jessica Neu (Spring 2024)
ASSESSING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN IN THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING SPACES, Andrew Graf (Spring 2024)
BUT I’M A GOOD PERSON: THE RESISTANCE OF WHITE EMOTIONALITY EXHIBITED BY OFFENDERS OF RACIALIZED INCIDENTS, WHEN ADDRESSED BY STUDENT CONDUCT PRACTITIONERS, Anne Mullarkey Sawa (Spring 2024)
Omani Camels From a Cultural and Genomics Perspective, AL MUATASIM AL ZADJALI (Spring 2024)
On The Cultivation Of Relational Leadership Mindsets Among Graduate Supervisees In The Mental Health Professions: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis, Cristina Bucur (Spring 2024)
EJAGHAM MYSTICISM IN THE FUNERAL PRACTICES OF THE MGBE (EKPE) AND MONINKIM INSTITUTIONS: INSIGHTS FOR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THEOLOGICAL EPISTEMOLOGY., Besem Etchi (Spring 2024)
Circumcision—Deal With It! A clinical ethnography of Intactivism at American intersections, Benjamin M. Gaddes (Spring 2024)
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL READING OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, Charles Gilmer (Spring 2024)
For The Good of Association: The Call-and-Response Communication Ethics of the Early NAACP, Rodney Adam Lyde (Spring 2024)
EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN EVAPORATIVE LOSSES FROM LAKE POWELL RESERVOIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN, Maria Mlinarcik (Spring 2024)
Inclusion Of the Virtual Other: How Closeness On Social Media Moderates The Relationship Between Perceptions Of Close Friends’ Alcohol-Related Posting And Drinking, Angela Tanygin (Spring 2024)
ASSESSING HOW THE HUMANE HEALTH COALITION CONNECTS VETERINARY SERVICES WITH HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY AND HOUSING INSECURITY, Katie Willis (Spring 2024)
The Ethical Connection Between Patient Care and Patient Safety, Caitlin Walsh (Spring 2024)
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Understanding the Psychological Significance of Astrology in Millennial Women's Lives, Rachel June Floyd (Fall 2023)
Functional Cynicism, Michelle Fried (Fall 2023)
A demonstration of enactivist personality assessment using the five-factor model, Garri Hovhannisyan (Fall 2023)
THE IMPACT OF SITTING AND CRAWLING ON THE ACQUISITION OF OBJECT PERMANENCE IN INFANTS WITH MOTOR DELAYS AND INFANTS WITH TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT, Karl Jancart (Fall 2023)
INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF SUBLETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF FRACKING BIOCIDES AND ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE ON AMPHIPOD BEHAVIOR, Kelly Lenhart (Fall 2023)
CHANGING THE FACE OF READING INSTRUCTION: DO CULTURALLY RELEVANT PASSAGES INCREASE THE EFFECTS OF THE REPEATED READING INTERVENTION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BLACK GIRLS WITH READING DIFFICULTIES (BGRDs)?, Olajumoke Edith Oshokoya (Fall 2023)
Using a Three-Dimensional Theoretical Orientation Matching Model to Predict Therapeutic Outcomes, Daniel Rhodes (Fall 2023)
Inclusive Education for All: Identifying Teacher Beliefs About Working with Students with Disabilities, Chelsea Sharek (Fall 2023)
Negative Psychology of Anti-Semitism: Fear of the Uncategorizable, Benjamin Strosberg (Fall 2023)
UNDERSTANDING UNACCEPTABLE GRADUATION OUTCOMES FOR HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES STUDENTS, Erica Willis (Fall 2023)
INVESTIGATING SAUDI ARABIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS’ LEVEL OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE COMPONENTS OF THE TPACK MODEL, Nouf Alghamdi (Fall 2023)
The Impact of the Social Story Intervention on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Saudi Arabia, Marwan Alkhudhayri (Summer 2023)
THE IMPACT OF REPEATED READING INTERVENTION ON ORAL READING FLUENCY FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) IN SAUDI ARABIA, Ahmed Al Naji (Summer 2023)
EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING POINT-OF-VIEW VIDEO MODELING ON MATHEMATICS IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA, Tirad Alsaluli (Summer 2023)
THE EFFECT OF USING STORY-MAPPING TO ENHANCE READING COMPREHENSION OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SAUDI, Omar Alshikhi (Summer 2023)
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A MINORITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: A CASE STUDY EVALUATION ON AFRICAN AMERICAN/BLACK MALES CAREER TRAJECTORY AT A PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTION, Marla Bradford (Summer 2023)
EXAMINING THE USEFULNESS OF INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION (IPE) FOR LEGAL, SOCIAL WORK, & SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT TRAINING TO SUPPORT JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH, Mary Comis (Summer 2023)
ISOLATION AND TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF SIGMA-2 LIGANDS FROM MARINE CYANOBACTERIA, Andrea Hough (Summer 2023)
IMPROVING SCHOOL CULTURE: TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL CULTURE IN A TITLE I SCHOOL AND THEIR BELIEFS ABOUT IMPROVEMENT, Gina Kim (Summer 2023)
Hoping as a Transformational Imperative in Puerto Rico: A phenomenological and grounded theory study within colonized space, José Luiggi-Hernández (Summer 2023)
Proposing a Measure of Ethicality for Humans and AI, Alejandro Jorge Napolitano Jawerbaum (Summer 2023)
COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF SMALL VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES AND NATURAL GAS FACILITY AT AN URBAN UNIVERSITY, Mary Kate Ranii (Summer 2023)
ANALYZING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA WITH BACTERIOPHAGE TAGS USING PHOTOACOUSTIC FLOW CYTOMETRY, Jennifer C. Schinke (Summer 2023)
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCULTURATIVE STRESS AND DEPRESSION AMONG SAUDI INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE USA, Alaa Shawly (Summer 2023)
EQUITY OF ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION: AN EXAMINATION OF RACIAL MINORITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STUDENT ENROLLMENT TRENDS, Jason Stack (Summer 2023)
INDIRECT AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION: INVESTIGATING INSTRUMENT PSYCHOMETRICS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING, Taylor Steeves (Summer 2023)
CONCEPTIONS OF RURALITY: EXAMINING BELIEFS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TEACHER EFFICACY IN A SMALL APPALACHIAN SCHOOL, Lori Wickham (Summer 2023)
ASSESSING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS’ PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS ENTERING A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, Emily Wuenschell (Summer 2023)
AKAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND CATHOLICISM IN DIALOGUE: ENVISAGING A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE THEOLOGY OF MARRIAGE IN POSTMODERN GHANA, Daniel Adjei (Spring 2023)
Examining the Effectiveness of Using Video Modeling on Increasing Positive Social Interaction in Academic Settings in Students with Learning Disabilities in Saudi Arabia, Ayman Abdullah Alamri and Ayman Abdullah Alamri (Spring 2023)
THE SEMIOTIC USE OF EMOJIS IN MARKETING COMMUNICATION, Naif Albarzan (Spring 2023)
THE PERSUASIVE USE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA 2030 VISION, Talal Alqahtani (Spring 2023)
DETECTING NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN PENNSYLVANIA WATERWAYS: COMPARISON & VALIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA METHODS, Meredith Bennett (Spring 2023)
EVALUATION PLANNING AND SPECIAL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS: DIFFERENCES BY CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION AND IMPAIRMENT SEVERITY, Maria Tina Benno (Spring 2023)
A Qualitative Study of Leadership Tools and Traits that Foster Effective Relationships in Rural School Communities, Julie Boyer (Spring 2023)
Restorative Playscape Design: A Phenomenological Approach to Designing Playscapes, Jennifer Bradley (Spring 2023)
REDUCING BARRIERS TO REPORTING CAMPUS SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION: EXPLORATION OF GENDER MICROAGGRESSIONS, CAMPUS CLIMATE, INSTITUTIONAL BETRAYAL AND INSTITUTIONAL COURAGE, Rebecca Ellsworth (Spring 2023)
PUBLIC GOOD AND COMMON GROUND: WRITING DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT INTO COMMUNITY-CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS, Deanna Fracul (Spring 2023)
RHETORICAL PRIVILEGE: ENTITLEMENT, CONTROL, AND THE DISRUPTION OF SHARED DISCOURSE, Marc Grandillo (Spring 2023)
Contestant Theology: Toward a Play Theology of Religions, Greg Jones (Spring 2023)
EMBODIED FATNESS IN BOYS: A CRITICAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Sean Leadem (Spring 2023)
Assessing the Appropriateness of Free-Roaming Cat Management Strategies Based on Resident Perspectives in a Small Pennsylvania Municipality, Brianna Marks (Spring 2023)
DO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS MAKE FOR AN INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN? A NETWORK ANALYSIS OF TRADE FLOWS, Noah Martens (Spring 2023)
Neil Postman's Loving Resistance Fighter: A Philosophy of Communication in the Age of Technopoly, Ryan McCullough (Spring 2023)
The Change In Representation Of Women In Perfume Advertisements With Respect To Power, Rasika More (Spring 2023)
GOEMAI/ANKWEI RELIGIOSITY: UNDERSTANDING INDIGENOUS DIVINITY IN RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY, Edward Muge (Spring 2023)
Phronesis and Philosophical Hermeneutics in Rhetoric and Philosophy of Communication Praxis: A Pastoral Implication, NICHODEMUS OKAFOR (Spring 2023)
TEACHING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AS A SOFT SKILL FOR EMPLOYMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES USING VIDEO MODELLING IN A VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, Cliff Oliech (Spring 2023)
3D SCANNING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SKIN LESIONS, Amir Rastegar (Spring 2023)
THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF MAKER EDUCATION SUPERVISORS IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (9-12), Jesse Robinson (Spring 2023)
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEIVED COMPETENCE REGARDING CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS, Braelyn Tracy (Spring 2023)
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Health and Health Care Needs and Experiences of Mexican Heritage Individuals in a Nonmetro Location: An Ethnonursing Study, Karla Adu (Fall 2022)
THE IMPACT OF ANTECEDENT PHYSICAL EXERCISES ON INCREASING ON-TASK BEHAVIORS AND DECREASING RESTRICTED AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WITH HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN SAUDI ARABIA, Shadi Albadawi (Fall 2022)
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF AN EARLY MAND TRAINING INTERVENTION ON MAND ACQUISITION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD), Maram Alnahari (Fall 2022)
Hydrologic modeling with remote sensing for the estimation of groundwater resources within the Sand River Catchment, South Africa, Sophia Bakar (Fall 2022)
Redefining Safety: A Reproductive Justice Ethics of Care Approach to Maternal Health, Elizabeth Balskus (Fall 2022)
SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL K-12 TEACHERS' USE OF MULTIMEDIA PRINCIPLES IN ELECTRONIC SLIDE DESIGN, Lisa Beaulieu (Fall 2022)
The Ethical Imperative of Inclusion in Healthcare Innovation: Scaling and Sustaining Digital Health Equity, Lukas E. Chandler (Fall 2022)
Comparing the Effectiveness of Traditional Taped-Problems Intervention with a Remote Delivery Version for Increasing Math Fact Fluency, Cortney Chelecki (Fall 2022)
SPECIATED ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY IN COMBINATION WITH THOR’S HAMMER METASPIKE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LOW-LEVEL BIOMARKERS FOR HUMAN HEALTH EVALUATION, Ashley Ebert (Fall 2022)
Culture Care Values and Beliefs of Puerto Rican Adults Related to Suicide: An Ethnonursing Study, Griselle Estrada (Fall 2022)
Empowering Lung Cancer Survivors in Post-Treatment Survivorship Care Using Participatory Action Research, Kelly Filchner (Fall 2022)
FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION DEFICITS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Zachary Friedman (Fall 2022)
Technological Content Knowledge and Technological Pedagogical Knowledge in Secondary Science Teachers: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Stefanie Graban (Fall 2022)
REVELATIONS IN THE BLOOD: DETERMINATION OF BIOMARKERS AND ANALYTES, Jeremiah Jamrom (Fall 2022)
AN ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVEMENT CHALLENGES & LESSONS LEARNED FROM FEEDING STUDENTS OF A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Jamar King (Fall 2022)
ADAPTIVE MICROLEARNING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE RURAL AREAS OF CHINA, Jingwei Liu (Fall 2022)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URBAN GREEN SPACE PERCEPTION AND USE WITHIN THE ADOLESCENT POPULATION: A FOCUSED ETHNOGRAPHY, Rachel Lyons (Fall 2022)
Perspective of Nyerere on Self-Reliance: A Transformational Rhetorical for Liberating African Identity In Tanzanian Context, Ayub Mwampela (Fall 2022)
Digital Historians: Engaging Students in Historical Thinking Through an Interactive Website, Casey O'Donnell-Chavis (Fall 2022)