Theses/Dissertations from 2021
An Investigation of the Assumptions and Practices of Enrollment Management Professionals and Their Impact on Enrollment Decisions of African American/Black Students at a Private, Predominantly White Institution of Higher Education, Chase Loper (Summer 2021)
The role of MEK1/2 and MEK5 in melatonin-mediated actions on osteoblasts and osteoclasts differentiation, bone formation, bone microarchitecture, and bone biomechanics, Fahima Akter Munmun (Summer 2021)
The Development and Optimization of a Two-Dimensional LC-QqQ-MS-Method for the Combined Analysis of Synthetic Cannabinoids and Designer Cathinones in Urine, Holly Penefsky (Summer 2021)
Trauma Informed Care in Alternative Education Settings, Cydney V. Quinn (Summer 2021)
School Choice Considerations of Black Parents of Students with Dis/abilities, Jaleah Robinson (Summer 2021)
A Qualitative Case Study of the Influence of Student Presence in Teacher Professional Development, Katharine Roche (Summer 2021)
Different Strokes: A Critical Race Discourse Analysis of the Experiences of Four Black Women Rowing for a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), Carol Schoenecker (Summer 2021)
Towards a "Universal Chemical Biology Toolbox" for Tackling Human Diseases, Christopher Swank (Summer 2021)
Technological Change and the Practice of Healthcare Communication: Implications for Patient-Centered Care, From a Communication Ethics Perspective, Emmalee Torisk (Summer 2021)
Developing a Teacher Professional Development Activity with Social Learning Theory to Address Educators’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills in Working with LGBTQIA+ Youth, Jacob Wadsworth (Summer 2021)
Inviting Friendship: A New Approach to Nonprofit Communication, Stacia Glenn Wetherington (Summer 2021)
Development Of A Combined Feedforward-Feedback Quality Control System For Extended-Release Granules Using A Quality By Design Approach, Yuxiang Zhao (Summer 2021)
Investigation of Ongoing Unconventional Gas Extraction and Underground Gas Storage in Pennsylvania: Regulations and Water Quality, Cassandra Ziegler (Summer 2021)
Is Being Respectable Enough?: A Critical Investigation of Code-Switching and the Lived Experiences of Black Leaders Who Work at Nonprofits in Bridgertown, Ramona Crawford (Summer 2021)
Targeting the MEK5, MEK1/2, and/or PI3K Pathways to Reverse Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Enhance Chemotherapeutic Sensitivity in Breast And Brain Cancers, Akshita Bhatt (Spring 2021)
Clinical Pharmacy services and medication utilization in Hospice Care, Aishwarya Kulkarni (Summer 2021)
Clash of Titans: An Ethical Framework Towards Limitations In Religious Accommodation Within Healthcare, Yoelit Lipinsky (Spring 2021)
Machine Learning Applied to Colloidal Properties of Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsions for Imaging in ARDS/ALI, Marco Hosfeld (Spring 2021)
Empowering Mothers: A Conceptual Model for Promoting Perinatal Mental Wellness Among Women in the United States, Kayla Acklin (Spring 2021)
The Ethical Justification of Extracorporeal Interval Support for Organ Retrieval (EISOR) within the Context of Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (DCDD), Jude Anyaeche (Spring 2021)
You Are Not Welcome Here: Sloterdijk’s Posthumanism and the Rhetoric of Hostile Urban Architecture and Design, Brandon William Aungst (Spring 2021)
Cultivating Eliot's Historical Sense: Eliotic Time and The Waste Land's Response to Alienation, Thomas Ball (Spring 2021)
Computational and Experimental Studies of Functionalized Phenolic Tertiary Phosphine Oxides as Organocatalysts for the Redox-Neutral Mitsunobu Reaction, Sadie Brown (Spring 2021)
Feminine Discursive Authority through Symbolism, Allegory and Exemplum: A Study of Christine de Pizan, a Rhetor of the Late Middle Ages, Kathleen Burk (Spring 2021)
Detecting a Heterogenous Sample of Pigmented Melanoma Cell Lines Using Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry, Margaret Cappellano (Spring 2021)
An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Psychotherapists' Experiences of Vulnerability, Kay Yu Yuan Chai (Spring 2021)
The Effects of Asian Immigrant Parent Implemented Training on Mand Acquisition of Children with Autism, Xiaohan Chen (Spring 2021)
Rural Elementary Teacher Beliefs Regarding the Effectiveness of Their Homework Practices during the Pandemic, Daniel Clara (Spring 2021)
Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Doctoral Students' Self-efficacy for the Doctoral Capstone Experience: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Ann B. Cook (Spring 2021)
Civil Religion and the Second Amendment, Shivaun Corry (Spring 2021)
In-Service Teachers' Ability to Integrate Instructional Technology into Lessons Based on SAMR Level Outcomes and Their Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, and Self-Efficacy, Jordan L. Cotten (Spring 2021)
The Phenomenology of Conversion, Paul DiGeorgio (Spring 2021)
Justice, Human Dignity and the Capabilities Approach: A Moral Assessment on Ghana’s Health Care Delivery System, Paul Eliud Esibu (Spring 2021)
Quantification of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Various Matrices Using Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction and Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, Weier Hao (Spring 2021)
The Feasibility of a Music Listening Intervention on the Incidence, Severity, and Duration of Delirium in the Older Acute Care Patient: A Feasibility Trial, Mary Kovaleski (Spring 2021)
The Assumptionist Movement as Precursor to Vatican II: A Case Study on the Dogmatic Definition of the Assumption of Mary and the Teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Eric Lafferty (Spring 2021)
Air Pollution in the Steel City: Assessing the Influence of COVID-19 on Air Pollution in Allegheny County, Carissa L. Lange (Spring 2021)
The Rhetoric of Parody and Persona: The Rhetorical Construction of Donald Trump Through Parody in the 2016 Election, James Lyle (Spring 2021)
Consecrate the World to God: Maximus the Confessor on the “Secular” and Vatican II’s Theology of the Laity., Anthony Marco (Spring 2021)
Professional Ethics for College Health Services, Dessa Mrvos (Spring 2021)
Scripture Living in the Church: The Ecumenical Relevance of Yves Congar's Ecclesiological Approach to Sola Scriptura, Paul Mueller (Spring 2021)
Circle of Circles: Rethinking Idealism through Hegel's Epistemology, Sila Ozkara (Spring 2021)
Rhetoric and Philosophy of Communication in Jorge Luis Borges' Metaphysical Obsession with Time, Aurora M. Pinto (Spring 2021)
A Theoretical Framework for Effective Education in Rural High-Poverty Schools, Harley Ramsey (Spring 2021)
Recommended Reading: Book List Books and Middlebrow Tastemaking, Cheryl Read (Spring 2021)
Diagnosis of Melanoma Disease State From Patient Blood Samples Using Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry, Jacob Salvatore (Spring 2021)
Examining the Development of TPACK and the Use of SQD Strategies in Teacher Education Programs, Triantafyllia Sarri (Spring 2021)
Characterizing the Dormancy and Repair of a Circumneutral Passive Remediation System Receiving Iron and Sulfate-Rich AMD, Garrett Struble (Spring 2021)
School Counseling in an Oppressed Society: Examining the Relationships Between Social Justice Advocacy Competence, Empowerment, and Social Justice Self-Efficacy, Michelle Tanner (Spring 2021)
Animated by the Spirit: An Ecclesiology for Assessing Charism-Centered Mission in Higher Education, Michelle Nicole Blohm (Spring 2021)
Meeting Myself as a Scholarly Practitioner: A Self-Study Exploring the Process of Integrating Instructional Technology into Introductory Theater Courses, Ramona Broomer (Spring 2021)
Communication as Change: Marshall McLuhan and a Transformation Model of Communication, Lane Grafton (Spring 2021)
Technology and Pleasure: A Qualitative Study on Using Mobile Applications for Online and Offline Sexual Purposes, Gabriella Locke (Spring 2021)
An Ethical Foundation for Genetic Therapy and Gene Editing (CRISPR), Nikolija Lukich (Spring 2021)
Natural Law and Latinx Social Ethics: A Narrative Approach, Mathew D. Scruggs (Spring 2021)
Subepidermal Moisture Measures and Their Relationship to Early Identification of Pressure Injuries in both Dark and Light Skin Tones in the Acute Care Setting, Cecilia Zamarripa (Spring 2021)
RNA G-Quadruplex Structures: Functions in Noncoding RNAs and Disease, Emily Benner (Spring 2021)
Using a Network of Single Site-Specific Cysteine Mutations Coupled with Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry (CX-MS) to Refine the Structure and Dynamics of the Human Alpha 1 Glycine Receptor (GlyR), Kayce Tomcho (Spring 2021)
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Mechanical Strength Assessment of Pharmaceutical Compacts with Refractive Index Measurements from Terahertz Time of Flight Spectroscopy, Shikhar Mohan (Fall 2020)
Antiparasitic Peptide from the Ocean: Discovery, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Study, Kh Tanvir Ahmed (Fall 2020)
Investigating Teachers’ Perspectives of Gifted Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Aladsani (Fall 2020)
Stakeholders' Perceptions of Inherent Barriers to the Potential Implementation of Ultrasound in the Prehospital Setting between the Saudi Red Crescent Authority and the National Guard Hospital, Maher Alsulami (Fall 2020)
The Rhetoric of Jimmy Carter: Renewing America’s Confidence in Civic Leadership through Speech and Political Education, Christopher Bondi (Fall 2020)
Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain in an Outpatient Pain Specialist Clinic, Gauri Desai (Fall 2020)
Functionalized Materials from Atom Transfer Radical Processes, Sean Fischer (Fall 2020)
Subjects of Economy: Social Documentary Poetics and Contemporary Poetry of Work, Michelle B. Gaffey (Fall 2020)
“That Those Hearing or Reading Might Strive to Imitate”: Donative Intent, Positive Triangular Mimetic Desire, and the Portrayal of the Mediator-Divine (non)Object Relationship in Richard Rolle, Julian of Norwich, and Richard Crashaw, Steven Geitgey (Fall 2020)
Effectiveness of an Interdependent Group Contingency with Randomization Using the iPad, Chelsea Gyke (Fall 2020)
Melatonin-Tamoxifen Drug Conjugates as Breast Cancer Drugs: Pharmacological Evaluation in Phenotypically Diverse Breast Cancer Models and Pharmacokinetic Assessment in Liver Microsome and Female Mouse Models, Mahmud Hasan (Fall 2020)
Accurate Quantitation of Hexavalent Chromium for Reference Standard Certification and Quality Control Testing using Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, James E. Henderson (Fall 2020)
RNA Structure and Function: Biological Relevance in Neurodegenerative and Infectious Disease Pathogenesis, Joshua Imperatore (Fall 2020)
Design and Synthesis of Pyrimidine Based Fused Heterocyclics in the Potential Treatment of Cancer and Opportunistic Infection, Farhana Islam (Fall 2020)
The Haven: A Clinical Ethnography of a Farm-Based Therapeutic Community, Monica Lawson (Fall 2020)
Impact of a NICU Bedside Reading Initiative on Self-Reported Maternal Stress and Mother-Infant Attachment, Lauren Lorenzi Quigley (Fall 2020)
The Ethical Accountability of Organizational Leadership to Communities of Stakeholders in Healthcare, Lisa Martinelli (Fall 2020)
An Investigation of Postsecondary Centers for Teaching Excellence Support for Universal Design for Learning, David McGeehan (Fall 2020)
Atom Transfer Radical Processes: From Catalyst Design to Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Application, Michael Novak (Fall 2020)
Examining the Intersectionality of Religious Faith, Spirituality, and Healthcare Communication, Felix Okeke (Spring 2020)
Fluoride Removal with Augmented Bentonite in Drinking Water and Community Perceptions in Arusha, Tanzania, Kara Okular (Fall 2020)
Trust in the Nurse and Perceived Quality Nursing Care by Adult Oncology Patients with Implantable Vascular Access Port Devices: A Mixed Methods Study, Lois Rajcan (Fall 2020)
Control of Corrosion on SS316L Using Surface Initiated Polymers, Alexander Rupprecht (Fall 2020)
The Lived Experiences of Males within a Committed Relationship Who Are the Primary Caregivers for a Partner Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia, Aniela Scanlon (Fall 2020)
The Ethical Challenge for HIPAA’s Privacy Rule in the Genomics Era of Data Analytics., reem shinawi (Fall 2020)
Railspace: A Geocritical Study of the Railroad through American Literature and Culture, Michael A. Smith (Fall 2020)
A Catholic Ethic For Smartphones In Tanzania, Faustine Tarimo (Fall 2020)
Identifying the Effects Naturally Forming Bacterial Communities Have on the Efficiency of Passive Remediation Systems Built to Treat Abandoned Coal Mine Drainage, Michelle M. Valkanas (Fall 2020)
Pharmacological Characterization of Novel Serotonin Transporter Inhibitors Identified Through Computational Structure-Based Virtual Screening, Michael Wasko (Fall 2020)
The Contribution of a Global Ethics Approach to Health and the Environment in the Niger Delta Region, Augustine Wayii (Fall 2020)
Epidemics, Politics and Public Health: Ludwig Rajchman, MD, The League of Nations Health Organization and the Creation of a Transnational Health Institution, paul J. weinbaum (Fall 2020)
Approaches to Curricular and Co-Curricular Community Engagement with College Students: Building Relationships, Shifting Power, and Developing a Social Justice Mindset, Luci-Jo DiMaggio (Fall 2020)
The Impact of a Digital Intervention on Perceived Stress, Resiliency, Social Support, and Intention to Leave Among Newly Licensed Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Lisa Concilio (Fall 2020)
Assessing the Effectiveness of Pull-Out Programs for Struggling Readers in Grades K-8, Gloria Agumagu (Summer 2020)
Using Functional Communication Training to Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Maryam N. Alakhzami (Summer 2020)
BACTERIA ANALYSIS BY USING A SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS, Yulder Daniel Angarita (Summer 2020)
Communication in the Ruins: Walker Percy and the Art of Symbolic Mediation, Justin Bonanno (Summer 2020)
A Phenomenological Investigation of African American Male Veterans’ Experience of Social Connection, Brian Coleman (Summer 2020)
Multiphysics Computational Model of Fluid Flow and Mass Transport in Aneurysm, Tanja Cupac (Summer 2020)
Impact of Person-Environment-Occupation Model Training on Teacher Transition Problem-Solving, Taylor Dreste (Summer 2020)
The Role of Boredom, Loneliness, and Technology Use as Predictors of Sexual Responsibility among Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Natalie Drozda (Summer 2020)
From Case Study as Symptom to Case Study as Sinthome: Engaging Lacan and Irigaray on "Thinking in Cases" as Psychoanalytic Pedagogy, Erica Freeman (Summer 2020)