Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Inner Song Phenomenological Description of a Musical Object of Phantasy, Ellen Moysan (Summer 2022)
PRELIMINARY ANALYSES OF POPULATION STRUCTURE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA POPULATION OF URSUS AMERICANUS AND GENETIC ESTIMATES OF PROBABILITY OF IDENTITY, James Neugebauer (Summer 2022)
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER: EXPLORING CLINICAL SUPERVISORS’ EXPERIENCES WHO RECEIVE EXCLUSIVELY ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION FROM NON-LICENSED/NON-CLINICALLY TRAINED SUPERIORS, Monica Pattillo (Summer 2022)
Investigating host defenses of North American salamanders against the recently emerged chytrid pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, Kenzie Pereira (Summer 2022)
Theory of Aqueous Solvation: Uninterrupted, Cyclic Hydrogen-Bonding Essential for Accurate Keto-Enol Energies and Grotthuss Tautomerism of Acetone, Mark Recznik (Summer 2022)
Emergency Care for Youth Who Experience Suicidality and Identify as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+): An Interpretive Phenomenology, Theresa Schultz (Summer 2022)
“I Hear You”: Exploring the Lived Experience of Counselors’ Empathic Response to Clients when Conducting Telephonic Counseling during COVID-19, Michael Sickels (Summer 2022)
Cultural Care Needs of Spanish Speaking Parents with Limited English Proficiency Whose Children Are Hospitalized: An Ethnonursing Study, Jennifer Stephen (Summer 2022)
Promoting Trauma-Informed Competencies In Public School Teachers and Staff, Stephanie Stern (Summer 2022)
Rendering Documentary Portraiture: An Interrogation of Archival Discourse Through a Critical Exploration of Nineteenth Century Stage Actress Charlotte Cushman’s Material Memory, Skyler Sunday (Summer 2022)
Ethical Oversight of Roles & Relationships in Treatment & Research in Advanced Disease States, Alexa Vercelli (Summer 2022)
ASSESSING THE RISK OF LAND SUBSIDENCE IN THE LOWER LIMPOPO RIVER BASIN, MOZAMBIQUE WITH REMOTE SENSING, Gabriella Zuccolotto (Summer 2022)
SOCIAL JUSTICE INFORMED SCHOOL COUNSELING: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR PROMOTING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EQUITY AMONG DUAL-ENROLLED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, Sylvester Hanner (Summer 2022)
Labeling Melanoma Cells With Black Microspheres For Improved Sensitivity In Detection Via Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry, Tori Kocsis (Summer 2022)
TRANSFORMATION FROM ORALITY TO LITERACY: STUDYING THE EFFECT OF ORALITY IN AL-JAHIZ’S AL-BAYAN WA AL-TABYEEN., Faiz Alasmari (Summer 2022)
Examining Overrepresentation in Special Education amongst African Americans Diagnosed with Emotional Disturbance in the State of Pennsylvania, Krisa Franzetta (Summer 2022)
Sex-specific Effects of Chaperone and Glial Defenses on Experimental Lewy Body Disease, Tarun Bhatia (Spring 2022)
Development of Anti-Inflammatory Theranostic Nanocolloids Using Quality by Design Approaches, Michele Herneisey (Spring 2022)
A BIOAFFINITY SELF-ASSEMBLING GEL FOR LOCALIZED DELIVERY OF IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, Ngoc Pham (Spring 2022)
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF FUSED PYRIMIDINES AS MULTI-TARGETED POTENTIAL ANTICANCER AGENTS, Nian Tong (Spring 2022)
Evaluation and Application of CRISPR-Cas12a-based Systems for Amphibian Detection from Dietary and Environmental DNA, Macie Chess (Spring 2022)
Cultural Beliefs About Healthy and Unhealthy Weight in Children 2 to 11 Years of Age Among Parents of Mexican Heritage, Nathalie Confiac (Spring 2022)
EXPLORATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Kim Dickert-Wallace (Spring 2022)
Long-term Health Outcomes For Adult Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault, Jodie Flynn (Spring 2022)
A REVIEW OF CURRENT METHODS IN AVIAN DIETARY ANALYSIS AND THEIR INTEGRATED APPLICATION TO CHARACTERIZE THE TROPHIC NICHE OF LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (PARKESIA MOTACILLA)., Brandon Hoenig (Spring 2022)
Steps Toward The Total Synthesis of The Chrysosporazine Family, Katie Kaczynski (Spring 2022)
A Program Evaluation of Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of Technology Integration at the K-6 Level in the Seneca Valley School District and the Impact of COVID-19, Bria Koch (Spring 2022)
Hidden Amongst People: Experiences fo Black White Biracial Individuals with Microaggressions, Horizontal Hostilities, and Identity Denial in Educational Settings, Deborah Luckett (Spring 2022)
On Your Marks, Handset, Go: An Illustrative Case Study of a Professional Development Initiative about Mobile Learning, Nichole A. Scarlett (Spring 2022)
How and Why School Counselors Use Twitter: A Phenomenological Study, Danielle R. Schultz (Spring 2022)
Exploring Moral Permissibility of Nurse Participation in Limited Resuscitation, Felicia Stokes (Spring 2022)
Analysis of Water Quality and Fish Communities of Crooked Creek, Tributary to the Allegheny River in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Katherine Stupar (Spring 2022)
INVESTIGATING STUDENT SELF-BELIEFS AND LEARNING METRICS IN ONLINE COURSEWARE: A QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY, Rachel Van Campenhout (Spring 2022)
Perceived Levels of Teaching Self-Efficacy Among Advanced CES Doctoral Students Engaging in External Pedagogical Experiences, Erika Williams (Spring 2022)
Evaluating Threats to the Water Quality of Little Buffalo Creek and Sarver Run through Water Quality Analysis and Backpack Electrofishing Surveys, Riley Williams (Spring 2022)
BIOMATERIALS: FROM SCAFFOLD DESIGN TO IMPLANT OPTIMIZATION, Jennifer Marie Armen (Spring 2022)
Turbulent Transport of Dissolved Oxygen in Natural Channels, Alanna Bachtlin (Spring 2022)
Isocrates's Place in Postmodern Advertising, Christopher Barkley (Spring 2022)
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Young Georgian Adults, Kimberley Crawford (Spring 2022)
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN-ASSISTED CORNEAL CROSS-LINKING (CXL) ON PORCINE CORNEAS, Julianni Dar (Spring 2022)
A Bioethics Critique of the Healthcare System in Nigeria: Personal Dignity and Human Solidarity, Cyprian Duru (Spring 2022)
Reporting on Athletes and Mental Health: An Evolution in Language and Lexicon from 1970 to 2019, Vivian Ferris (Spring 2022)
Exploring the Phenomena of Faculty who Utilize Contemplative Pedagogy in the Helping Professions, Christina Frasher (Spring 2022)
Richard Sennett Calling in Communication Ethics, Lin Gu (Spring 2022)
NARRATIVE AUTHORITY: A NARRATIVE-BASED MULTICULTURAL ETHICS TO OVERCOME WESTERN BIASES IN THE CURRENT MODELS OF CARE, Fahmida Hossain (Spring 2022)
Adam Smith and Corporate Communication: Convergence, Embodiment, and Enhancement, Lazarus Langbiir (Spring 2022)
Cultural Trauma Fiction: Political Violence, Rampage Violence, and Structural Violence in Contemporary American Literature, Courtney Mullis (Spring 2022)
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SECOND VICTIM CRNAs, Michael Neft (Spring 2022)
The Contribution of Ethical Governance of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Healthcare, Tina Nguyen (Spring 2022)
ROOTED IN THE EARTH: AN IGBO SACRAMENTAL NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, A MODEL FOR IGBO CHRISTIAN ECOLOGICAL ETHICS, Kenneth Oguzie (Spring 2022)
Gauging the Utility of a Learning Target Theory of Action to Address Perceived Obstacles to Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brian J. Pohland (Spring 2022)
Stanley Hauerwas' Approach to Christian Marital and Sex Ethics: A Review and Speculative Expansion, Jeffrey A. Schooley (Spring 2022)
A SYSTEMS APPROACH IN CLINICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE, Dina Siniora (Spring 2022)
A LIFE LIVED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: WHEN MOTHER’S LOVE IS KEPT IN THE DARK EXPLORING MATERNAL COMMUNICATION AND ATTACHMENT ORGANIZATION IN FAMILIES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, Myrsini Stefanidou Marini (Spring 2022)
A Microfluidic Assay for Single Cell Bacterial Adhesion Studies Under Shear Stress, Amanda Trusiak (Spring 2022)
The Reception of Isaiah's Suffering Servant in Thomas Aquinas' Theology of the Cross, Daniel Waldow (Spring 2022)
A Critical Study of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in a Local Housing Program, Michael J. Warren (Spring 2022)
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Immobilization of Ticagrelor on Implant Materials and Corrosion and Biofouling Inhibition by Novel Layered Polymer Thin Films for Marine Application, Tell Lovelace (Fall 2021)
Building A New Model of Church-State Collaboration on Environmental Care in Ghana Based on Catholic Social Teaching and African Theological Traditions, Emmanuel Abbey-Quaye (Fall 2021)
THE CONTRIBUTION OF BIOETHICS TO HOME HEALTHCARE (HHC) IN SAUDI ARABIA, saeed alghamdi (Fall 2021)
CGRP-DRIVEN LATERALIZATION OF PAIN MODULATION BY THE CENTRAL AMYGDALA, Heather Allen (Fall 2021)
Hip Muscle Function in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Lindsay Carroll (Fall 2021)
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SELF-CONCEALMENT AMONG LGBQ+ COUNSELORS IN THE WORKPLACE, Richard Charette II (Fall 2021)
Philosophical Anthropology and Biblical Interpretation in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Shawn Conoboy (Fall 2021)
DOES SPEECH-TO-TEXT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PAIRED WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IMPROVE THE WRITTEN EXPRESSION OF STUDENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES?, Kayla Cuifolo (Fall 2021)
Piloting a Theoretical Framework for Understanding Teacher Resilience in Hard-to-Staff Schools, Traci Durant (Fall 2021)
Loneliness, Interpersonal Goals, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Well-being in Older Adults, Francesca C. Ezeokonkwo (Fall 2021)
Relational and Social Aggression: A Scoping Literature Review, Angela Fidazzo (Fall 2021)
Investigating Relationships between Diabetes Distress, Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors, Intention to Use and Actual Use of a Personal Health Record within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes, Khaliah Fisher-Grace (Fall 2021)
A Public Health Ethics Approach to Substance Use Disorder, Adele Flaherty (Fall 2021)
Understanding snow leopard (Panthera uncia) population structure, diet, and human-wildlife dimensions using noninvasive genetic approaches, Charlotte Hacker (Fall 2021)
COUNSELORS DUMBFOUNDED: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING ETHICS, Ivan Irizarry (Fall 2021)
HEAVENLY CLOTHING LITURGICALLY WORN: THE CLOTHING METAPHOR IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION AS EXEGETICALLY PERFORMED IN THE BYZANTINE LITURGICAL RITE, Elias Issa (Fall 2021)
CULTURALLY THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION: FORMULATIONS, INTERVENTIONS, AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE, Jayme J. Jenkins (Fall 2021)
Forced Together, Growing Apart: An Exploration of Heterosexual African American Males' Disengagement in Romantic Relationships with African American Females, Kenya Johns (Fall 2021)
Examining the Interaction of Adverse Childhood Events, Dental Issues, Asthma and Autism, Cathy Koetting (Fall 2021)
Connecting Human Dignity, Non-Violence, and Environment for Healthcare Ethics in Nigeria, John Mark Ogu (Fall 2021)
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF FUSED PYRIMIDINES AS SINGLE AGENTS WITH COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY POTENTIAL, AS TUBULIN POLYMERIZATION AND ONE-CARBON METABOLISM INHIBITORS FOR CANCER, Tasdique Quadery (Fall 2021)
The Effect of School-Based Mindfulness Intervention on Student Attention and Executive Function: A Meta-Analysis, Sarah E. Rea (Fall 2021)
DETECTING VIRAL PARTICLES IN VITRO USING PHOTOACOUSTIC FLOW CYTOMETRY, Anie-Pier Samson (Fall 2021)
Analysis of Spore Shape Determination in Streptomyces, Ning Sun (Fall 2021)
REAL-TIME MONITORING OF CELL DEATH PROGRESS USING CAPACITANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Suyang Wu (Fall 2021)
The role of embodied metaphor in the relationship between vestibular dysfunction, anxiety and the self, Kaitlyn Abrams (Fall 2021)
Exploring and understanding the culture of young adults who vape: A focused Ethnography, Beth Tremblay (Summer 2021)
The Effects of a Treatment Package of Video Self-Modeling and Phrase Drill Intervention on Improving the Reading Fluency in Students with ASD, Maha Alghamdi (Summer 2021)
Examining the Effectiveness of an Intervention Package That Combines Behavior Contract and Token Economy in Decreasing Out-Of-Seat Behaviors in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Saudi Arabia, Manal Alsheef (Summer 2021)
Impacts of Oil and Gas Wastes on Landfill Leachate, Sewage Treatment Plants, and the Environment, Lauren Badertscher (Summer 2021)
Administrative Supervision and Counselor Burnout, Emily Belsito (Summer 2021)
Identification of Fluoxetine-SERT Interactions and APO-SERT Studies via Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry, Elizabeth Castellano (Summer 2021)
Between Physicalism and the New Dualism: The Moral Relevance of the Human Body for Catholic Ethics, David J. Demboski (Summer 2021)
Excremental Ecofeminism: Unearthing Waste’s Feminine and Narrative Agency in Early Modern Literature, Courtney Druzak (Summer 2021)
Increasing Spiritual Leadership: An Analysis of the “And Then Some” Components of an Effective Mentoring Program for Lay Principals in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Thomas Fleming, Jr. (Summer 2021)
A Phenomenology of Challenging Psychedelic Experiences: From Relational Trauma to Relational Healing, leland guthrie (Summer 2021)
Interdependence with Our Most Forgetful Elders: Alzheimer's in the Anthropocene, Christine Heller (Summer 2021)
Making Space and Place for African American Women at Predominately White Institutions, Nubia Hewitt (Summer 2021)
Psychometric Synthesis of the Drug Abuse Screening Test 20-Item Version (DAST-20), Erin Johnson (Summer 2021)
Patient Portal Use, Health Information Technology Self-Efficacy, Electronic Health Literacy, and Self-Management among Patients with Heart Failure: A Cross Sectional Study, Pamel Kallmerten (Summer 2021)
Development of a Microfluidic Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assay for Real-Timeviscosity Measurements of Blood, Shay Kent (Summer 2021)
The Cultural Worldview of Women Trafficked For Sex in the U.S: An Ethnonursing Study Exploring Health and Well-Being Beliefs, Values and Practices from an Emic Perspective, Christine Lepianka (Summer 2021)
The Construction of Identity through Tattoos: A Semiotic and Performative Exploration of Trauma, Erin Lionberger (Summer 2021)