Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Federal Drug Sentencing: An Evaluation of the Consistency, Proportionality, and Fairness within Cases, Lindsay Barron ( 2011)
The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Economic Level at Selected High Schools in Western Pennsylvania and Their Impact on the Degree and Success of Parental Inovlvement Strategies, Harry Bauman (Fall 2011)
An Evaluation of the Dangerous Choices I program for female high school students, Aida Bazarkulova (Spring 2011)
Graduate Recital, Trumpet, Robert Beasley (Spring 2011)
The Changing Nature of Punishment: From Theology to Reform Ideology and Gallows to Penitentiaries, New England, 1674-1837, Daniel Belczak (Spring 2011)
Does a Keyword Mnemonics Intervention Have an Effect on the Components of the Working Memory System?, Jessica L. Blasik (Summer 2011)
Logic, Thought, and the Unconditioned: An Essay on Kant and Hegel, Clayton G. Bohnet (Fall 2011)
Purification and Characterization of Blue and Green Chromoprotein Pigments from the Integument of Male Darters in the Genus Etheostoma, Katelyn Boone ( 2011)
Graduate Recital, Piano, Minkyung Theresa Cho (Spring 2011)
The Application of Melatonin and Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Development of a Bioactive Calcium Aluminate Bone Regenerative Scaffold, William Clafshenkel (Fall 2011)
Graduate Recital, Voice, Patrick Clinage (Spring 2011)
A Phenomenology of Occupation-Based Hand Therapy, Donna Colaianni (Summer 2011)
Organizational Communication Through An Historic Lens: Social Responsibility, Diversity, and Inclusion, Linda Coleman (Spring 2011)
Interrelationships Among Elements of Formal Mentoring and the Dimensions of Organizational Socialization, John Connelly (Fall 2011)
Karen Horney's Three Character Styles [Neurotic Styles] as Responses to Early Maternal Deprivation and Unmanageable Rage: Three Illustrative Case Studies, Diana Cuello (Summer 2011)
A Lesbian Parented Family's Acceptance and Experiences in Family, Social, and Educational Systems: A Qualitative Case Study, Sarah Dalton ( 2011)
Therapist and Client Experience of Collaborative Assessment: A Qualitative Study, John Danna (Spring 2011)
The Lived Experience of K-12 Educators Who Practice Within An Acute Care Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, William Davies (Summer 2011)
Linking Developmental Working Memory and Early Academic Skills, Janice Decker (Spring 2011)
The Relationships Among Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN), Processing Speed and Reading Fluency in Clinic Referred Children, John DeMann (Fall 2011)
A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in Commerical Banks: Case Studies from the United States and the United Kingdom, Emily DeMasi (Spring 2011)
A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in Commerical Banks: Case Studies from the United States and the United Kingdom, Emily DeMasi (Summer 2011)
The Perceived Usefulness of a Summary of Performance by Postsecondary Disability Service Providers, Rebecca de Vries (Fall 2011)
Molecular Analyses of Changes Induced in the Microbial Populations of Murine Colon After As(III) Exposure, Rishu Dheer (Summer 2011)
Assessing physical therapy outcomes for women with urinary incontinence, Jodi Dusi (Spring 2011)
Alumni Financial Donations, Life Cycle and Student Activities, Tim Ebersole (Spring 2011)
Development and Bioavailability/Bioequivalence of a Fixed-Dose Combination Antiretroviral Reconstitutable Suspension Intended for Pediatrics, Fredrick Esseku (Summer 2011)
Traces of Otherness in St. Thomas Aquinas' Theology of Grace, Michael Luiz Fagge (Spring 2011)
Application of Speciated Isotopes Dilution Mass Spectronmetry to the Assessment of Human Health and Toxic Exposure, Timothy Fahrenholz (Fall 2011)
Inter-Grade and Inter-Batch Variability of Pharmaceutical-Grade Sodium Alginate, Shao Fu (Fall 2011)
The Impact of Full Time Versus Adjunct/Part Time Faculty Status on Course Assessments by Hospitality Management Students, Daryl Georger (Summer 2011)
The Pursuit of Divinity: Religious Faith and Fear in Late Victorian Women's Poetry, Sharon Lee George (Spring 2011)
The Liturgical Theology of Aidan Kavanagh, OSB: Synthesis and Critique, Michelle Gilgannon (Fall 2011)
An Examination Of Reading And Mathematic Achievement Among Second Grade Students Who Have Received Instruction From Either Teachers Who Have Been Trained In Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Methods Or Teachers Who Have Not Been Trained, Jane Virginia Hale (Summer 2011)
Pain, Human Redemption, and Medicine: James Hinton's Theological Appropriation of Pain, Steven Hansen (Fall 2011)
The Domestic Church and the Post-Nuclear Family: A Theological Analysis and Critique, Corey Harris (Spring 2011)
Graduate Recital, Voice, Kimberly D. Hasara (Spring 2011)
Cultural Expressions, Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Mexican American Women During the Postpartum Period: An Ethnonursing Study, Valera Hascup (Spring 2011)
What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches? Toward a Contemporary Ecumenical Pneumatology, Eric Hendry (Spring 2011)
Graduate Recital, Flute, Deidre Huckabay (Spring 2011)
Three States of the Mind's Eye, Lindsay Huddleston (Spring 2011)
The Lived Experience of Mental Health Workers in a Residential Treatment Facility who Work with Multiply Traumatized Children and Self-Identify as Experiencing Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Satisfaction, Debra Hyatt-Burkhart (Spring 2011)
Adult Students' Perception of the Congruence of Hybrid Courses with Their Adult Learning Needs and Their Satisfaction, Rubina Iqbal (Fall 2011)
Providing Culturally Appropriate Services to Immigrant Children and Families Involved with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Turan Jafarova (Spring 2011)
Design and Synthesis of Novel Benzimidazoles and Aminothiazoles as Small Molecule Inhibitors of CDK5/p25, Prashi Jain (Fall 2011)
p,p' DDE Regulated Gene Expression and Possible Mechanisms of Action in Breast Tumor, Nakpangi Johnson ( 2011)
"This Is Me Right Here": August Wilson and Pittsburgh's Hill District, Betina Jones ( 2011)
Kierkegaard's Ethics of Repetition: A Re-examining of the Ethical in the 1843 Authorship, Grant Julin (Summer 2011)
Graduate Recital, Trumpet, Oskar Karst (Spring 2011)
The Development and Construction of the Social and Clinical Assessment for Linking Eating Disturbances with Treatments (SCALED-->TX): A Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation, Jamie M. King (Spring 2011)
Hezbollah Operations in the Tri-Border Area of South America, Nicholas Kleck (Spring 2011)
We - For The Other: Solidarity as an Enactment of Ethical-Empathetic Subjectivity (An Analysis of the Philosophical Projects of Emmanuel Levinas and Edith Stein, and the Concept of Solidarity), Karen M. Kolano (Fall 2011)
Daily Nocturnal Melatonin Supplementation in Perimenopausal Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study Examining the Effects of Melatonin on Bone Health and Quality of Life, Mary Kotlarczyk (Fall 2011)
Development of Topical Ophthalmic In Situ Gel-Forming Estradiol Delivery System Intended for the Prevention of Age-Related Cataracts, Udaya Kanth Kotreka (Summer 2011)
By Any Means Necessary: The Quandary the CIA Now Faces In Light of Employing Enhanced Interrogation Methods to Combat the War on Terror, Joshua Laufer (Spring 2011)
Structural Determinants for Inhibitor Recognition by the Dopamine Transporter, Yi Liu ( 2011)
Mediation and Middlemen Undone: The Demise of the Colonial Go-Between in Revolutionary New York, Jenna Lusk (Spring 2011)
The Contribution of Foundational New Testament Theological Themes to the Meaning of Basic Bioethics Principles, R. Dennis Macaleer (Fall 2011)
Graduate Recital, Bass Trombone, Jack Madden (Spring 2011)
Cyanate Formation Following 2-Chloroacrylonitrile Exposure and the Role of Cytochrome P-450, Paul Malichky (Spring 2011)
Worktime in the United States Steel Industry, 1870-1939, Jared Mansfield (Summer 2011)
The Narrative Subject and Place, Keith Martel (Fall 2011)
Measuring Prosocial Behavior Through the Implementation of a Violence Prevention Intervention, Erin Lindsey Martin ( 2011)
Determination of Trivalent and Hexavalent Chromium with Mass Balance in Dietary Supplements Using Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, Naudia Martone (Fall 2011)
Teachers' Knowledge and Misconceptions of Postconcussion Symptoms, Erika Leigh Beckman McCoy (Spring 2011)
Finding voice: An introduction to philosophy and psychotherapeutic practice, Ryan Mest (Spring 2011)
Influences on the Reentry and Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders: A Case Study of First Step Recovery Homes, Luke Christopher Moos (Summer 2011)
Examining Sleep Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Susan Moschos (Summer 2011)
Salvation of the Damned Within the 'Periphyseon', Jonathan Mounts (Spring 2011)
Graduate Recital, Collaborative Piano, Catherine Muldowney (Spring 2011)
The Factors that Influence the Attitudes of Teachers and Administrators Affliliated with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Regarding the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities, Shannon McQuone Mulholland (Summer 2011)
Wallace Stegner's Wolf Willow and 1960s Critical Essays: Renarrativizing Western American Literature for the West and for America, Ruth Newberry (Fall 2011)
Attachment and Anxiety in Aggressive Children and Adolescents, Erinn Obeldobel (Summer 2011)
Graduate Recital, Trumpet, Carlos Ortiz IV ( 2011)
The Resident Assistant as Paraprofessional Counselor and Crisis Interventionist: A Study of Lived Experience, Eric W. Owens (Spring 2011)
Optimization of Calcium Aluminate for use as a Bone Scaffold Material Through Physical and Chemical Surface Modification, Rachelle Nicole Palchesko (Spring 2011)
A Descriptive Case Study of 21st Century Skills in Schools: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Adaptive Change and Innovation for Educational Leaders and the Schools They Lead, Sharon Perry ( 2011)
Private Reader, Public Redactor: Narrative Strategies of the Nineteenth-Century Female Revisionist, Amy Criniti Phillips (Spring 2011)
Graduate Recital, Trombone, Aaron Pisula (Spring 2011)
A Comparison of the Online Sexual Behavior Scores of Persons with a Sexual Addiction, in Comparison to Persons Wondering If They Have a Sexual Addiction as Measured by the Online Sexual Addiction Questionnaire (OSA-Q), Adam Buzzinotti Purcell (Summer 2011)
The Effects of Fluency-Based Instruction on Skill Acquisition in Children Diagnosed with Landau Kleffner Syndrome, Melissa Kuban Ramirez (Fall 2011)
German Idealism, Analytic Philosophy, and Realism, Patrick J. Reider (Fall 2011)
Synthesis of Functionalized Organic Molecules Using Copper Catalyzed Cyclopropanation, Atom Transfer Radical Reactions and Sequential Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition, Carolynne Lacar Ricardo (Fall 2011)
Gay identity formation: An (auto)ethnographic look at gay volleyball, G. Keilan Rickard (Fall 2011)
The Experience of Being Thrown Back in Encounters for Adults who were Physically Abused as Children by a Parent or Caregiver: An Empirical-Phenomenological Investigation, Jean Risko (Fall 2011)
Parent-Child Interaction in the Formation of Emotional and Social Competence: The Impact of Individual Differences and Cultural Variability, Kristin Rispoli (Summer 2011)
Tehillim, Glenn Rudolph (Spring 2011)
Women and the Suburbs in Late 20th and Early 21st Century American Film and Fiction, Beth Buhot (Mary) Runquist (Fall 2011)
Non-Being and Memory: A Critique of Pure Difference in Derrida and Deleuze, Frank Scalambrino (Summer 2011)
Graduate Recital, Voice, Jessica Scheer (Spring 2011)
Enhancing Publicity and Promotion: Applying Gerard Hauser's Theory of Reticulate Public Spheres to Encourage Discourse for Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC), Stephanie Selker (Summer 2011)
Essential RNA-RNA Interactions within the Hepatitis C Virus Genome as Potential Targets for Peptide Nucleic Acid Based Therapeutic Strategy, Sumangala Shetty (Spring 2011)
Doctoral Students' Experience with Using the Reflecting Team Model of Supervision Online, Jodi Sindlinger (Summer 2011)
Homosexuality and the Formation of Conscience: An Examination of Traditional Catholic Anthropological, Theological, and Ethical Evaluations in Light of Contemporary Moral Markers, John Slovikovski (Spring 2011)
The Impact a Technology Leader and Their Leadership Style Makes in K-12 Classroom Teacher's Implementation of Technology, Molly S. Smith ( 2011)
Nitrate metabolism in the Epsilonproteobacteria: Campylobacter jejuni and Sulfurospirillum barnesii, Courtney Sparacino-Watkins (Summer 2011)
Direct Incremental Costs in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma in United States - An Analysis of 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data, Bhavini Srivastava (Spring 2011)
Neurosis or Perversion? A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Diagnostic and Clinical Approach to the Treatment of Paraphilia at a Forensic Outpatient Setting: A Case Study and Exegetical Method, Stephanie Swales (Summer 2011)
Assessing Common Variance in Psychopathy Measures, Rochelle Taormina (Spring 2011)
Rhetoric of Reconciliation: Implications from Bonhoeffer's [Work] for a Communicative Praxis of Reconciliation Grounded in Christian Narrative, Charles E. Thomas ( 2011)