Theses/Dissertations from 2025
HOSPITAL ORGANIZATIONS’ OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AMONG NURSES: DEVELOPMENT OF A NORMATIVE ETHICAL ARGUMENT, Michael Jordan (Spring 2025)
Kenneth Burke's Epideictic Rhetoric of Science, Andri Kosasih (Spring 2025)
St. Edith Stein's Phenomenology of Authentic Womanhood, Nancy Benton Caroline Parish (Spring 2025)
ANALYZING DECOLONIAL SUBJECTIVITIES IN REGGAETON AND LATIN-TRAP MUSIC IN PUERTO RICO: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYISIS, Andres I. Rivera Amador (Summer 2025)
Alterations And Improvements Of The Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry Method, Nicholas J. Taylor (Spring 2025)
The Ethical Imperative of the Renewal of Virtue within the Moral Community of Catholic Healthcare, Amanda Altobell (Spring 2025)
On the Deconstruction of Nothingness in Digital Communication, Matthew S. Lindia (Spring 2025)
A THEORY-BASED INTERVENTION TO MITIGATE WEIGHT BIAS AMONG NURSES: A PILOT STUDY, Gregory S. Marler (Spring 2025)
TACKLING SOCIAL STIGMA: AN ETHICAL OBLIGATION IN HEALTHCARE INTERVENTION TO INVOLUNTARY CHILDLESSNESS, Persis Naumann (Spring 2025)
USE OF MINDFULNESS TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS COMPETENCIES OF MASTER’S LEVEL COUNSELING STUDENTS., LUISA NAYHOUSE (Spring 2025)
A STUDY OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROVISION TO KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IN A RURAL SCHOOL THROUGH THE LENS OF WHOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Shirley Spiegel (Spring 2025)
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
“BUT THE TRAUMA DID NOT FADE AWAY” CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, AND RURALITY, cynthia H. mcniss (Winter 2024)
APPLICATION OF PEER-MEDIATED INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION (PMII) TO ENHANCE SOCIAL INTERACTION SKILLS IN EARLY ELEMENTARY-LEVEL SAUDI STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) IN AN INCLUSION SETTING, Inam Alghamdi (Fall 2024)
EFFECTS OF A REPEATED READING INTERVENTION ON IMPROVING ARABIC READING COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY IN FEMALE FIFTH GRADERS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA, Jawaher Aljuwayhir (Fall 2024)
SAUDI AND AMERICAN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND ANXIETY IN ONLINE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN THE UNITED STATES, Nawal Alqarni (Fall 2024)
FACTORS AFFECTING INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SAUDI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, Mohammed Alyahya (Fall 2024)
TEACHING VIDEO GAME AS A LEISURE SKILL TO ARAB AMERICAN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER USING VIDEO MODELING IN A SCHOOL SETTING, lubna alzayyat (Fall 2024)
UNDERSTANDING WIDOWHOOD CULTURAL PRACTICES, VALUES, AND BELIEFS, OF NIGERIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: AN ETHNONURSING STUDY, Prisca Anuforo (Fall 2024)
Investigating anomalous experiences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, Pavan Brar (Fall 2024)
Challenges to Reproductive Justice: An Ethical Analysis of Reproductive Technologies and Disparities, Courtney Brenner (Fall 2024)
The Ethics of Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Comprehensive Analysis of Policies, Practice, and Ethical Oversight, Mariah Chobany (Winter 2024)
METHOD DEVELOPMENT OF [3 + 2] CYCLOADDITIONS USING TERTIARY AMINE N-OXIDES AND EFFORTS TOWARDS THE FIRST TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CHRYSOSPORAZINE D, Alexander Cocolas (Winter 2024)
Development of Methods for Predicting Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Responses of New Infrared Nonlinear Optical (IR-NLO) Materials, Katherine Colbaugh (Fall 2024)
The Ethical Contributions of Nudges to Healthcare, Ian Doherty (Winter 2024)
From Policymaking to Legislation, The Need for a Secular Turn in Bioethics Discourse to Uphold, as a Function of the Greater Good, Policy for Legislation of Medically Aided Dying in the United States of America, Scott Dyer (Winter 2024)
Philosophical Hermeneutic Approaches to Communication Studies, David Errera (Fall 2024)
TOWARD EFFECTIVE INTERFAITH RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND INDIGENOUS AFRICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITION IN THE OBOLO CONTEXT IN NIGERIA – A DECOLONIAL THEOLOGICAL APPROACH, Jerome Etenduk (Fall 2024)
INTERACTIONS OF THE SARS-COV-2 VIRAL GENOME 3’-UNTRANSLATED REGION WITH VIRAL AND HOST RNAS, Caleb Frye and Mihaela Rita Mihailescu (Fall 2024)
HOW DO EXPERT FORENSIC EVALUATORS DO IT? A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXPLORING FORENSIC EVALUATORS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES CONDUCTING PSYCHOSEXUAL EVALUATIONS OF SEX OFFENDERS WITH SUSPECTED AUTISM, Jessica K. Gazzola (Winter 2024)
Excessive before it begins: A critical analysis of racialized encounters between police and African American men, Lucas Goodwin (Winter 2024)
EVALUATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS’ STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS POST-PANDEMIC STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, Dawn Gordon (Fall 2024)
Neuropunk: A Discursive Ethnographic Study of the Do-It-Yourself Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Community, Erick Guzman (Fall 2024)
ENHANCING NANOPARTICLE VACCINE LYMPH NODE OCCUPANCY: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS, Paul Hartmeier (Winter 2024)
ADVANCING CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING: THE ROLE OF PROCESS ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY IN PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, Samuel R. Henson (Fall 2024)
RNA STRUCTURAL-DYNAMICAL HIERARCHY: SARS-COV, SARS-COV-2, AND DELTA/OMICRON VARIANT S2M MONOMERS, KISSING COMPLEXES, AND EXTENDED DUPLEXES, Adam Kensinger (Fall 2024)
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTI-TARGETING PYRROLOPYRIMIDINE ANTIFOLATES AS POTENTIAL SINGLE AGENT CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC ENTITIES, Tejashree Magdum (Winter 2024)
Hidden Markov Model for Identifying Local Variants in Human Genomes using Simulated Data, Scott McCallum (Fall 2024)
Perceptions of Communication and Collaboration Between Special Education and Career and Technical Education Teachers, Alexander Novickoff (Fall 2024)
THE ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS TO AVOID CLINICAL ERROR VIA SAFETY, Augustus Nweze and Augustus Ifeanyi Nweze Fr (Fall 2024)
Ethical Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Ferdinand Okafor (Fall 2024)
MUSLIM SPIRITUALITY AS A FOUNDATION IN BIOETHICS FOR PATIENT ENCOUNTERS IN HEALTH CARE, Sara Rahman (Winter 2024)
“REPEAT A LITTLE:” TIME AND FREEDOM IN DELEUZE’S DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION, Mine Sak (Fall 2024)
IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT: FORMAL COMPLEXITY AND EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN HUMOR, Noel Stanger (Fall 2024)
WOUNDED AND HEALING: LICENSED COUNSELORS’ EXPERIENCE WITH PERSONAL SUICIDE LOSS AND THE IMPACT ON CLINICAL PRACTICE, SUPERVISION, AND SELF-DISCLOSURE, Shannon Strohl (Winter 2024)
Gatekeeper, Keep Thyself: How Impairment Impacts the Integration of Counselor Wellness Competencies, Curtis Lee Taylor (Winter 2024)
Intrinsic Gas-Phase Behavior of Uranium Species: A Comprehensive Reactivity Study of [O=U≡CH]+ and [UH]+, Justin Terhorst (Fall 2024)
How Scientists Can Investigate Perception: Phenomenological Foundations for Qualitative Research, Kimberly Tucker (Fall 2024)
Efficient Development of Density-Insensitive Near-Infrared Methods for In-Line Drug Content Monitoring in Continuous Powder Streams, Natasha L. Velez-Silva (Winter 2024)
COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS’ EXPERIENCES OF ONLINE ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, Jianan Zhou (Fall 2024)
The Ethics of Vulnerability in Health Care, Hannah Dieterle (Fall 2024)
UNDERSTANDING THE SUPERVISION OF COUNSELORS IN A GRIEF PROCESS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A CLIENT’S DEATH BY SUICIDE., Sean Abaray (Summer 2024)
Macromolecular crowding effects on enzymes that display non-hyperbolic kinetics, Kelsey A. Aldrich (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)
STEROID SULFATASE IN RODENT TISSUES AND A CELL LINE: CHARACTERIZATION, REGULATION AND INHIBITION, Barathi Balasubramonian (Summer 2024)
Lateral Others in the Trauma Narrative: The Place of the Sibling in Accounts of Abuse and Neglect, Michelle Browne (Summer 2024)
DELIVERY OF MITOCHONDRIA-CONTAINING ENGINEERED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES TO THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE THERAPY, Kandarp Dave (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)
UPTAKE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES INTO BRAIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR NEURON-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, Jhanvi Rajan Jhaveri (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)
The Ethical Duty of Care for Suicide Ideation, Tah Ngijoi Yogo (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)
Being and Sacrifice: An Essay on Hegelian Logic, Mitch Thiessen (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)
INJECTABLE FORMULATIONS FOR LOCALIZED DELIVERY OF IMMUNOMODULATORS, Ketki Velankar (Summer 2024)
NARRATIVE FORMS OF VIOLENCE: FASCISM, NAZISM, AND THE HOLOCAUST IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITISH FICTION, David Young (Summer 2024)
RNA Secondary Structures: Structure-Function Studies in Viral and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Caylee Cunningham (Summer 2024)
Environmental Factors (Rurality, Distribution of Prescribers, and Altitude) of People Who Died by Suicide in Montana, 2013- 2022, Anne N. Brown (Summer 2024)
STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES: BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES BY COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, Kendy Guarinoni (Summer 2024)
Manipulation of Cellular Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) During Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection, Jessica Packard and Jill A. Dembowski (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)
EXAMINING ENROLLMENT & ENGAGEMENT IN A HOSPITAL-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTION STUDY AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER, Leigh Frederick (Summer 2024)
The Aquatic Microbial Environment Shapes the Gut Microbiota, Brain, and Behavior of Larval Amphibians, Kyle Emerson (Summer 2024)
THE EFFECT OF NOVEL MICROTUBULE MODULATORS ON EXPERIMENTAL LEWY BODY DISEASE, Anuj S. Jamenis (Spring 2024)
The Multipurpose DNA Repair/Redox Protein APE1 in Rodent and Human Lewy Body Disease, Kristin Marie Miner (Spring 2024)
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, Saloni Patel (Spring 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)
A GIFT NOT GIVEN: AN EXAMINATION OF DISPROPORTIONALITY FOR BLACK STUDENTS AND GIFTED EDUCATION THROUGH THE LENS OF REPRESENTATION AND IMPROVEMENT, Casey Weiss (Spring 2024)
Barriers, Facilitators, and Competencies in Advocating for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities with Health Disparities, Carol Adams (Spring 2024)
ASSESSING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN IN THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING SPACES, Andrew Graf (Spring 2024)
ARE CLINICIANS PRIMED FOR BURNOUT?: A MULTIDISCPLINARY APPROACH TO EXPLORING COUNSELOR WELLNESS, Anastasha Homa-Earl (Fall 2024)
School Nurses and Administrators Perceptions of School Preparedness: A Focused Ethnography, Deborah Horton (Spring 2024)
Impact of an Electronic Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Catch-up Module for Women with Criminal-Legal System Involvement, Shawana Moore (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)
Surface Water Quality Assessment of Mingo Creek County Park: The Impacts of Extractive Industries, Mikayla J. Bayto (Spring 2024)
Development of a Rapid Bacterial Quantification Method Based on Droplet Microfluidics, Shawn Bliss (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)
The Ecclesiology of Catalino G. Arévalo: Inculturation, Mission, and Liberation in the Philippine Context, Zachary Ryan Dehm (Spring 2024)
The Contribution of Pope Francis’ Integral Ecology to Global Ethics, Salvatore Enzo Del Brocco (Spring 2024)
Perinatal Ethics: the Role of Ethics Consultation Around Parental Dilemmas Before and After Birth, Giulia Adele Dinicola (Spring 2024)
The Distinctive Contribution of the Catholic Tradition on Emerging Ethical Issues Around Embryos., Michael Donkor (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)