Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Counselor Education Unplugged? An Exploration of Current Attitudes Surrounding the Use of Online Learning as a Modality in Graduate Counselor Education, Eric James Perry (Spring 2017)
Core Values of a Benedictine Education, Sr. M. Christine Lauzon Pinto, O.S.B. (Summer 2017)
An Exploration of the Relationships Among Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory-Aligned Cognitive Abilities and Math Fluency, Katherine D. Piselli (Fall 2017)
Phylogeny, Psychology, and the Vicissitudes of Human Development: The Anxiety of Atavism, Frank Pittenger (Fall 2017)
Revamping the United States Organ Donation System: An Ethical Justification for Compensated Live Organ Donation, Jordan Potter (Spring 2017)
An Examination of Factors Affecting Hemoglobin A1c Levels and Self-Care Behaviors among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the Primary Care Setting, Courtney Daron Proie (Spring 2017)
Getting to the heart of the matter: Understanding relational satisfaction in modern-day couples, Heather Putney (Fall 2017)
Social Metacognition in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments: A Comparison in an Online and Face-To-Face Information Literacy Course, Marcia Elizabeth Rapchak (Summer 2017)
Nitric Oxide Release From Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) Nanoparticles and Titanium Alloy, Nina A. Reger (Summer 2017)
A Phenomenological Investigation of Sport and Fandom Through Hans-Georg Gadamer and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Alexander Regina (Fall 2017)
Nociceptive Processing in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala, Katelyn Sadler (Spring 2017)
Perceptions of Care During the Prenatal Period: An Ethnonursing Study of African American Childbearing Women in the Military Health System, Thecly Hines Scott (Spring 2017)
Molecular Analysis of the Mating System of a Population of Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare) in Bates Fork, Greene Co., PA, Ashley Seitz (Fall 2017)
Target Based Design and Synthesis of Fused Pyrimidines in the Potential Treatment of Cancer and Opportunistic Infection, Khushbu Shah (Fall 2017)
Workplace Bullying in Certified Rehabilitation Counselors and Levels of Depression as Measured with the BDI®-II AND WPVB, Mary R. Shuma Rudberg (Summer 2017)
Counselor Supervisors' Perceptions of the Importance of Social Justice Competence in Novice Counselors, Elisabeth Bradley Simpson (Summer 2017)
Rationalizing the Band Gap Tunability of Semiconductors via Electronic Structure Calculations, Matthew N. Srnec (Summer 2017)
The Role of Sibling Configuration in Identity and Career Development, Alyssa Sullinger (Fall 2017)
How Can the Use of Human Enhancement (HE) Technologies in the Military Be Ethically Assessed?, Philip Andrew Taraska (Spring 2017)
"What a Poor, Passive Machine": The Psychosomatic Heroine from Richardson to Austen, Sara Elizabeth Tavela (Spring 2017)
An Organizational Ethics Framework to Balance Individual Privacy and Population Interests Regarding Genetic Technologies, Christine Trani (Fall 2017)
Fault Lines, Robert D. Traugh (Spring 2017)
DNA metabarcoding reveals provisioning of pollution-sensitive aquatic insects, resource partitioning, and dietary shifts among breeding Neotropical migratory songbirds in a riparian habitat, Brian K. Trevelline (Fall 2017)
Truth Telling Beyond Borders: An African Perspective, John Twinomujuni (Spring 2017)
Burden of Illness and Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis, Pratyusha Vadagam (Fall 2017)
The Salvation of the Cosmos: Benedict XVI's Eschatology and its Relevance for the Current Ecological Crisis, Jeremiah Vallery (Fall 2017)
Exploring the Concept of Self-Creativity Through the Validation of a New Survey Measure, Alexandra Danae Varela (Fall 2017)
Development of Binary Composite Solid Microparticles for Improved Intranasal Absorption of Low Permeation Drug Molecules, Dipy Madhukar Vasa (Spring 2017)
Perceptions of Disability, Identity, Agency, Goal Attainment, and Young Adult Disability Programs, Rachel Elizabeth Kallem Whitman (Spring 2017)
Race, Retreat, and Refuge: Black Voices, American Nature Writing, and Ecocritical Exile, Bryon Patrick Williams (Spring 2017)
Techno-Salvation: Developing a Christian Hermeneutic of Enhancement Technology, Richard Landrum Wilson (Spring 2017)
The Utility of a Theoretical Framework of a Culture of Leadership, James E. Wortman (Spring 2017)
The Experiences of Registered Nurses Injured by Interpersonal Violence while on Duty in an Emergency Department, Salena Wright-Brown (Spring 2017)
Improving Metacognitive Awareness and Authentic Teaching Practices through Scaffolding Goal Setting and Reflective Practices with ECD Majors at the Community College Level, Melanie Renee Yeschenko (Summer 2017)
Primate proteomic composition of seminal plasma and prostate-specific transglutaminase activity in relation to sexual selection., Amanda M.C. Zielen (Fall 2017)
An Investigation of Geriatric Microaggressions, Relations with Depression in Later Life, and the Moderating Effect of Coping, Lisa Zimmerman (Summer 2017)
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Effect of Melatonin Upon Post-Acute Withdrawal Among Males in a Residential Treatment Program (M-Paws): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial, Corry D. Bondi (Fall 2016)
Conflict and Reconciliation: Representations of Christianity in Contemporary Native American Literature by Women, Rachel Luckenbill (Summer 2016)
Heidegger and Deleuze: The Groundwork of Evental Ontology, James Scott Bahoh (Spring 2016)
Understanding Human Sexuality in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: An Analysis of the Historical Development of Doctrine in the Catholic Tradition, John Segun Odeyemi (Spring 2016)
Reading the Vietnam War and Encountering Other Others: Race and Ethnicity in American Novels of the Vietnam War, Erin Marie Rentschler (Spring 2016)
Justice Denied: Low Submission Rates of Sexual Assault Kits and The Predicting Variables, Julie Valentine (Spring 2016)
Kant With Foucault: On The Dangers Of The Theoretical Reification Of The Subject To Freedom And The Need For A Practical Psychology, Matthew Gordon Valentine (Spring 2016)
The Development of a New Model for Assessing African-American Spirituality in Palliative Care, John C. Welch (Spring 2016)
Thinking without Concepts: The Aesthetic Role of Logical Functions in Kant's Third Critique, Stephanie Adair (Spring 2016)
Christian Supersessionism and the Dilemma of Dialogue in Jos Nigeria: Exploring Panikkar’s Dialogical Dialogue as a Paradigm for Interreligious Dialogue, Martin Ahiaba (Fall 2016)
An Examination of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Integration of Technology into Instructional Activities Using a Cognitive Demand Perspective and Levels of Technology Implementation, Ahmet Oguz Akcay (Spring 2016)
International Students in Supervision: Multicultural Discussions as a Moderator between Supervision Related Constructs: Acculturation, Counselor Self-Efficacy, Supervisory Working Alliance, and Role Ambiguity, Mehmet Nurullah Akkurt (Spring 2016)
How Can a Focus on the Ethical Notions of Dignity and Respect for Autonomy Help to Improve Healthcare for Elderly People in Islamic Countries?, Abeer Alamri (Summer 2016)
How Can a Focus on the Ethical Notions of Dignity and Respect for Autonomy Help to Improve Healthcare for Elderly People in Islamic Countries?, Abeer Alamri (Spring 2016)
The Ethical Justification of Extending Holistic Care to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Kaneen Bree Allen ( 2016)
Creation in the Image of God: Human Uniqueness From the Akan Religious Anthropology to the Renewal of Christian Anthropology, Eric Baffoe Antwi (Spring 2016)
Transnational Public Relations in Postcolonial Spaces: Making Space for other Discourses in the Afghan Public Sphere, Arshia Anwer (Summer 2016)
Marriage in the 21st Century: From a State of Confusion to a State of Being, Gemma Margaret Anne Barriteau (Summer 2016)
Accounting for Correlation in the Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials with Multiple Layers of Clustering, Adam Baumgardner (Spring 2016)
The Social Obligation to Reduce Stigma in Order to Increase Utilization of Mental Health Services, Melissa Sue Berdell (Spring 2016)
Improving Patient Safety as a Function of Organizational Ethics in the Delivery of Healthcare in Saudi Arabia, Rasha M. Bokhari (Spring 2016)
Decolonizing Revelation: A Spatial Reading of the Blues, Rufus Burnett Jr. ( 2016)
The Moderating Role of Body Appreciation on the Feminine Ideology and Aggression, Julie Buzgon (Summer 2016)
Cymatic Revelations, Thomas B. Carraher (Spring 2016)
Perception and Language: Using the Rorschach with People with Aphasia, V. Terri Collin Dilmore (Summer 2016)
René Girard, Sacrifice, and the Eucharist, Michael Joseph Darcy (Fall 2016)
Anglican-Roman Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue: A Case for a Rahnerian Logic of Symbol, Eric S. Dart (Spring 2016)
Development of a Microfluidic Platform for Trace Lipid Analysis, Andrew Paul Davic (Spring 2016)
The Neuroethical Case Against Cognitive Memory Manipulation, Peter Angelo DePergola II (Summer 2016)
Use of an integrated multimodal communication treatment with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury, Sarah K. Diehl (Summer 2016)
The Necessity for Communicative Engagement Capability in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Elizabeth Ann DuWaldt (Fall 2016)
Self Care Among Filipino Immigrants in the United States Who Have Hypertension, Emerson E. Ea (Summer 2016)
The Role of Rhetoric: Ong’s Ramus Research as a Hermeneutic Opening for Mediated Communication, Melinda Farrington (Fall 2016)
Casey's Hope: A Communication Ethics Response to Baseball's Fall and its Future, Matthew David Fazio (Spring 2016)
Cyberbullying, Suicidal Behavior, and Emotional Intelligence: A Portentous Combination, Eric J. Fenclau (Summer 2016)
The Underrepresentation of Marginalizied Parents in Family-School-Community Networks: A Matter of Social Justice in Urban Public School Systems, Stacie Lynnette Fitzpatrick (Spring 2016)
Eudaimonia: Utilizing Aristotle's Good Life to Inform Organizational Communication to Reimagine Human Resources Management, Matthew Anthony Fuss (Fall 2016)
Unemployed Younger Baby Boom Women's Career Decision-Making Experiences: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Karen T. Ganska (Spring 2016)
A Genetic Programming Approach to Solving Optimization Problems on Agent-Based Models, Anthony Garuccio (Spring 2016)
Leaps of faith: Trainees' experiences of not knowing in psychotherapy, Rachel Francine Gottlieb (Fall 2016)
Justifying War in Ukraine: An Analysis of Speeches, Excerpts and Interviews by Vladimir Putin, Irene Goudimiak (Spring 2016)
Common Techniques in Graceful Tree Labeling with a New Computational Approach, Michael Guyer (Spring 2016)
Early Greek Philosophy and the Discovery of Nature, Justin Habash (Fall 2016)
The Natural Embroidery of Thomas Southerne's Oroonoko, Sarah Rose Hancock (Spring 2016)
Characterization of Streptomyces coelicolor ParH in development-associated chromosome segregation, Metis Hasipek (Spring 2016)
The Return of Participatory Scriptural Hermeneutics in Evangelicalism: An Augustinian Philosophy of Communication, Joshua David Hill (Fall 2016)
Social Functioning Characteristics of a Young Adult with a History of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Nicole Anne Hill (Summer 2016)
22: A Series Of Original Programmatic Compositions, Jason T. Hoffmann (Spring 2016)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Marshall McLuhan and Communication Ethics: The Taming of Americanitis, Julie A. Cramer Hunsberger (Fall 2016)
The Ethical Analysis of the Connection between Hope and Fertility Preservation, Leah Jeunette (Fall 2016)
Microflora of the equine gut and its ramifications on the development of laminitis; A comparison of fecal and cecal diversity and Illumina and Roche 454 sequencers, Matthew John Jevit (Summer 2016)
Inequity within Chinese Higher Education with the Focus on Henan Province, Zhe Ji (Spring 2016)
Making Sense of Sensory Processing: A Pilot Program for Parents and Teachers Educating the Use of Sensory Intervention in Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Kelsey Kinnare (Fall 2016)
Sexual Desire(s) and the Desire for Intimacy: An Autoethnographic Exploration, Nikolaos D. Kiskiras (Summer 2016)
Mary Parker Follett: Toward Organizational Communication Ethics in a Flattening and Fearful World, Stephen Kriss (Spring 2016)
Group External Memory Aid Treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alyssa Lanzi (Summer 2016)
A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Impact of an Innovative Approach to Educating New to Practice Nurses, Evelyn Lengetti (Fall 2016)
Every Parent's Worst Nightmare: Surveillance of Criteria-based, Rampage School Shooters, 1995-2015, Paul Lomax (Fall 2016)
Development of Reading Comprehension Skills Among Students With Intellectual Disabilities Using Technologically-Based Reading Programs, Ella Macklin (Fall 2016)
Exploring Variables of Post-Operative Depression, Mary Malitas (Fall 2016)
Lifting the veil of invisiblity: an interpretative phenomenological study of student perception as related to resiliency, Jennifer Mann (Spring 2016)
Analysis of the Water Quality of the Kiskiminetas River System and Its Impacts on the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, Emily Catherine Mashuda (Summer 2016)
An Investigation of How Accountability Systems Influence the Design and Development of Student Centered Learning Environments, Peter James Mathis (Spring 2016)
Parent and Teacher Perceptions of Employment Readiness of Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Lindsay Ann McGuirk (Fall 2016)