Theses/Dissertations from 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)
ICU nurses’ adherence to the CDC’s central line bundle: A qualitative study, Cherie Burke and Cherie Burke (Spring 2023)
Situation Awareness and Cognitive Load in Nursing Students Managing a Computer-Based Virtual Reality Simulated Deteriorating Patient, Tracy Chesney (Spring 2023)
EVALUATING SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE NEUROIMMUNE RESPONSE FOLLOWING NEUROINFLAMMATION AND RELIEF DUE TO NANOTHERANOSTIC TREATMENT, Brooke Deal (Spring 2023)
The Integration of Catholic Mission and Ethics in Contributing to a Good Death, Noah Dimas (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)
Exploring the Effects of Psychosocial Factors and Relationships to Postpartum Depression Symptoms Among Iranian Immigrant Women Living in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study, Monica Gola (Spring 2023)
RHETORICAL PRIVILEGE: ENTITLEMENT, CONTROL, AND THE DISRUPTION OF SHARED DISCOURSE, Marc Grandillo (Spring 2023)
The Ethics of Governance of Data Analytics in Healthcare, Andrew Harrington (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)
The Ethical Contribution of Cultural Diversity as a Social Determinant of Health, Pooja Patel (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)
THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE MEANING OF THE LIFE OF IGBO DIASPORA, Judith I. Udechukwu (Summer 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)
INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION AS A DISCOURSE: A PROBLEM WITH INTEGRATION, Rana Ramadan (Fall 2022)
FEEL MY STORY: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LATINX COUNSELORS-IN-TRAINING EXPERIENCES WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, Felishatee Rodriguez (Fall 2022)
TABLETOP ROLE-PLAYING GAMES AS AUTISM PSYCHOTHERAPY: A VIDEO-CUED MULTIVOCAL CLINICAL ETHNOGRAPHY, Adina Rubin-Budick (Fall 2022)
Situating Heirloom Presence Within the Family Narrative: That Is/Was Then, This Is/Was Now, Rachel Savorelli (Fall 2022)
COVENANT-APOCALYPTIC SOTERIOLOGY: N. T. WRIGHT’S APOCALYPTIC JESUS IN CONVERSATION WITH THE LIBERATIONIST CRITIQUE OF ATONEMENT, Joseph Smith (Fall 2022)
QUANTUM COMPUTATIONS AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS: FROM THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE TO NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES, Angel Tamez (Fall 2022)
Implications of Individuals with Music Learning Experience Using a Segmented Multimedia Lesson in a Non-Music Discipline, Cheryl Farren Tkacs (Fall 2022)
Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Violent Crime in The City of Pittsburgh, Brittany Urban (Fall 2022)
A QUALITATIVE STUDY INTO MODERN PSYCHOANALYTIC JOINING AND MIRRORING THROUGH PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC EXCHANGES, Tricia Shihui Wang (Fall 2022)
ASSESSMENTS OF WATER CHEMISTRY AND FISH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE BUFFALO CREEK WATERSHED, TRIBUTARY TO THE ALLEGHENY RIVER IN ARMSTRONG AND BUTLER COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, Kathleen Wilson (Fall 2022)
Thirdspace Leadership: Depicting FBCOAI Leaders’ Transitional Identities and Expe- riences of Breaking “FBCOAI Bamboo Ceiling” in Chinese Immersion Programs, Shengnan Yue (Fall 2022)
Sex and the Superman: Gender and the Superhero Monomyth, Christopher Maverick (Fall 2022)
Trends in Health Outcomes Before and After Long Term Care Federal Regulations Limited Antipsychotic Medication Use: A Secondary Data Analysis, Karen Robson (Summer 2022)
RESPECTING THE ETHICAL TENSION BETWEEN SURVEILLANCE AND PRIVACY IN PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT, Kamal Althobaiti (Summer 2022)
What Does It Mean To Be Coherent? Mathematics And Science Teachers Consider Coherency In Curriculum Decision Making, Mona Baniahmadi (Summer 2022)
Is Trauma Informed Care Practiced in Public STD Clinics in New York State, Antonia Brewer (Summer 2022)
Mathematical Models Yield Insights into CNNs: Applications in Natural Image Restoration and Population Genetics, Ryan Cecil (Summer 2022)
Neural Stem Cells: Age-Dependent Outcomes During Viral Infections In The Central Nervous System, Manisha N. Chandwani (Summer 2022)
Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterization of Noncentrosymmetric Quaternary Sulfides with Potential Nonlinear Optical Applications, Andrew J. Craig (Summer 2022)
QUALITY BY DESIGN BASED OPTIMIZATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY NANOEMULGELS FOR LOCAL TREATMENT OF BURN WOUNDS, Leah Dickey (Summer 2022)
Novel Signal Sequences and Fusion Partners for Paratransgenesis in Asaia, Christina Grogan (Summer 2022)
Exploring Cultural Values, Beliefs, and Perceptions of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Acceptance in African American Men, Rashida Henderson (Summer 2022)
Weathering the Storm: Navigating Urban Ecologies of Communication in Times of Crisis, Austin Hestdalen (Summer 2022)
Without Permanence: Mapping Multi-Genre, Cross-Disciplinary Frameworks for Trans* Studies, Jesse Jack (Summer 2022)
The Effects of Digital Game-Based Instruction on Knowledge Acquisition and Retention of Genetics Content, Brinley Kantorski (Summer 2022)
Identification and Characterization of Genetic Elements that Regulate a C-di-GMP Mediated Multicellular Trait in Pseudomonas Fluorescens, Collin Kessler (Summer 2022)
Determinants of Reproductive Freedom Among Israeli Women ages 18-50: A mixed methods study, Abby Kra-Friedman (Summer 2022)
The Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Performance Feedback Intervention Through Zoom Communications, Inc., Kristen Mahony (Summer 2022)
Social Entrepreneurial Skills and Practices of Occupational Therapists Engaging in Emerging Community Practice Roles: A Working Theory of Practice Improvement, Retta M. Martin (Summer 2022)
The Purple Heart and Suicidal Behaviors in Post-9/11 U.S. Army Combat Veterans with a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Mixed Methods Study, Jayna Moceri-Brooks (Summer 2022)
'Bleeding-in-the-World': A Qualitative Study of Self-Cutting and Blood, Sadie Mohler (Summer 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)