Theses/Dissertations from 2016
An Imaginative Theory of Doctrinal Development: An Attempt to Open Western Traditions to Contextual Faith, Caesar Montevecchio (Fall 2016)
Attitudes of Pre-service Teachers Toward Computational Thinking in Education, Bekir Mugayitoglu (Fall 2016)
Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of Organizational Power and Its Relationship to Perception of Physician-Perpetrated Verbal Abuse, Stress, and Coping, Michael Neiswonger (Fall 2016)
A Decade (2005-2015) of Unconventional Shale Gas Development in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and its Environmental Impact, Colleen Nolan (Fall 2016)
Impact of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on the Pathology of Experimental Parkinson’s Disease in Vivo, Negin Nouraei (Fall 2016)
Beyond skill: The role of mindset and grit in reducing counselor burnout, Bethany Novotny (Summer 2016)
"A Multitude of Little Luminosities": Dissociative Multiplicity as an Image of and Invitation to Psyche, through a Case of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Camille O'Connor (Fall 2016)
Rebuilding the Catholic Brand in America: An Isocratean Perspective, Dominic Mamimilian Ofori (Spring 2016)
Interpersonal APProach to Dementia: An iPad-Based Program for Caregiver Education and Decreasing Problem Behaviors in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments, Anna Olexsovich (Fall 2016)
Utilization of Fluorescent Chemosensors to Quantify Pb2+ in Aqueous Media, Aria Parangi (Fall 2016)
The Importance of Differentiating Between Traits of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Callous and Unemotional Traits, Kristen Parys (Summer 2016)
IMC: Its Rhetorical and Philosophical Foundation and Impact, Allison Raemore Peiritsch ( 2016)
Adopting the UNESCO Ethics Model to Critique Disease Mongering, Barbara Postol (Spring 2016)
Transforming Traditional Practices Of Teacher Preparation To Meet Changing Needs Of Digital Learners: A First Step Intervention By Assessing And Addressing Needs Of Pre-Service Teachers In A Dual Learning Environment, Susan Poyo (Spring 2016)
Student Engagement and Its Relationship to Mobile Device Ownership and the Role of Technology in Student Learning, Robin R. Pynos (Summer 2016)
Vico's Narrative Art: From the Forests to the Academies, Ariana Ragusa (Fall 2016)
Happily Ever After? Ambiguous Closure in Modernist Children's Literature, Marcie Panutsos Rovan (Spring 2016)
An Investigation of the Impact of the Formative Learning Cycle on Student Self-Regulation to Confidently Produce Quality Homework, Jessica Sapsara (Spring 2016)
A Study on Conscience: The Content and Function, Nalan Sarac (Summer 2016)
Schools as Systems of Care Supporting Mental Wellness in Schools: Teacher Perceptions and Roles, Tracy Lynn Scanlon Limegrover (Fall 2016)
The Hometown Band Director: An Autoethnographic Study on the Needs of Rural High School Instrumental Music Educators, Jonathan George Schaller (Summer 2016)
The relationship between healthcare services and financial burden among families of children with autism spectrum disorders: A US perspective, Darshini Dhanraj Shah (Fall 2016)
PEP Talks: Partnerships for Educational Planning Talks, Audra Sitterly (Fall 2016)
Unlikely Partners: Collaboration Between Colonizationists and Radical Abolitionists in Washington County, Pennsylvania, during the 1830s, Joseph Andrew Smydo (Spring 2016)
Instructional School Gardens: Opportunities for and Barriers to Scaling, Patricia Sprague (Summer 2016)
Memory, Phantasia, and the Perception of Time: A Commentary on Aristotle’s De Memoria Et Reminiscentia, Evan Strevell (Fall 2016)
Novel TRAF6-Protein Interactions and the Molecular Mechanisms by Which They Regulate TRAF6 Dependent Signaling, An-Jey Andrew Su (Summer 2016)
The Megaphone of the Soul: Resistance of Fraudulent Technological Idolization by Recognizing the Power of Human Choice in Media Ecology, Richard L. Talbert (Spring 2016)
Techno-Racism: Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology and Critical Philosophies of Race, James Michael Taylor (Fall 2016)
Variation in the amphibian hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications, Jessica Thomas (Summer 2016)
Protein-Protein Interactions of Human Mitochondrial Amidoxime-Reducing Component in Mammalian Cells, John Thomas (Fall 2016)
Surface and Ground Water Quality Within the Cross Creek Watershed, May 2015-2016, Tyler Umstead (Summer 2016)
Towards Structural Determination of Human α1-Glycine Receptor Allostery, Rathna Jyothi Veeramachaneni (Spring 2016)
Towards Structural Determination of Human α1-Glycine Receptor Allostery, Rathna Jyothi Veeramachaneni (Spring 2016)
Disabling Psychology: A Crip Analysis of Deaf and Blind Psychotherapists in Practice, Kathryn Irene Wagner (Summer 2016)
A Qualitative Analysis of the Native Advertising Model with Reference to the Conventions of Journalism, Aaron Warnick (Spring 2016)
Differences in Peer Bullying Victimization by Race and Gender: The Impact of Proficiency, Enjoyment, and Confidence in Math and Science, Daniel S. Wells (Summer 2016)
The Lived Experience of Black Nurse Faculty in Predominately White Schools of Nursing, Lisa Whitfield-Harris (Summer 2016)
My Social Toolbox: Building a Foundation for Increased Social Participation Among Children With Disabilities, Brooke Willis (Fall 2016)
Multifaceted Traumatization: Direct and Vicarious Exposure of EMS Personnel Who Responded To a Suicide Where Loved Ones of the Deceased Were Present, Mallory Rae Wines (Spring 2016)
A Dynamic System: Restraints, Violence, Compassion Satisfaction, and Supervision, Thomas Michael Workman (Summer 2016)
Developing Your Community Toolbox: An Online, Face-to-Face, and Hands on Training Program, Erin Wynne (Fall 2016)
Social Dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Caregivers in Oaxaca, Mexico, Jonathan Yahalom (Summer 2016)
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Development of a Modified Calcium-Based Composite Ceramic Bone Graft Material, Gavin Buckholtz (Summer 2015)
Ground Reaction Forces Are Predicted With Functional and Clinical Tests in a Healthy Collegiate Population, Paul Cacolice (Summer 2015)
Characterization and Regulation of Steroid Sulfatase in the Human MG-63 Pre-osteoblastic Cell Line, Natasha Dias (Summer 2015)
Low Health Literacy Interventions and Resources Used At Community Health Centers Using Decision Support from the Care Model, Cynthia Schaefer (Summer 2015)
Crystal Structure, Electronic Structure, and Physicochemical Characterization of I2-II-IV-VI4 and I4-II-IV2-VI7 Diamond-Like Semiconductors Prepared by High-Temperature Solid-State Synthesis, Charles Sinagra (Summer 2015)
Bringing Frames into Focus: Reading Middle English Literature, Jeffery Stoyanoff (Summer 2015)
Development of a Kinetic Model to Investigate the Effect of Compositional Variation and a Processing Condition on the Solid-State Degradation of Gabapentin, Akshata Nevrekar (Spring 2015)
Role of Mechanical Stress, Excipients and Coprocessing On Tablet Mechanical Properties, Rahul Roopwani (Spring 2015)
Macrophage COX-2 As a Target For Imaging And Therapy of Inflammatory Diseases Using Theranostic Nanoemulsions, Sravan Kumar Patel (Spring 2015)
Efficiently Learning Monotone Decision Trees with ID3, Pamela Thompson (Spring 2015)
An Enhanced Model for Parental Decision Making for Pediatric Care, Jillian Walsh (Spring 2015)
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pilin Glycosylation: The Role of the Pilin Glycan in Pilus Solubility, Function, and Assembly Blank, Tara Allison (Spring 2015)
Comparison of a Video Game Based Learning Environment and a Traditional Learning Environment, Jessica Barron ( 2015)
A Comparative Analysis of Two Low-Acuity Flow Processes in the Emergency Department, Aaron Bellow (Spring 2015)
Covenant Consent: A Revised Consent Model For Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, James Benedict (Spring 2015)
Poverty and the Challenge of Quality Primary and Secondary School Education Access in Mara-Tanzania, Agnes Bhoke-Africanus (Fall 2015)
Promoting an Equitable Eating-Out Food Environment through the Application of a Food Justice Frame: A Case Study, AJ Bisesi (Fall 2015)
Novel Solid-Phase Extraction Techniques for Biological and Environmental Analysis Using Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, Andrew Boggess (Spring 2015)
Going Viral: A Critical, Post-Structural Exploration of Feminist Culture Jamming As Cultural Therapeutic, Leah Boisen (Fall 2015)
Secretion of Malaria Transmission-Blocking Proteins from Paratransgenic Bacteria, Nicholas Bongio (Spring 2015)
Synthesis, Structure Elucidation and Physicochemical Characterization of Li2-Ii-Iv-S4 Diamond-Like Semiconductors: Study of Nonlinear Optical Properties, Magnetism, and Lithium Ion Conductivity, Jacilynn Brant (Spring 2015)
Influences of Preschool on Social-Emotional Development for Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Sierra Brown ( 2015)
Examining the Use of Mindfulness Meditation to Enhance Attention Regulation Efficiency in Nursing Students, Kathleen Burger (Spring 2015)
My Blood of the (New) Covenant: An Assessment of René Girard's Soteriology in Light of the Covenantal Milieu of the Last Supper Sayings, Benjamin Burkholder (Spring 2015)
From Their Own Voices: The Lived Experiences of African Americans Exposed to Jim Crow, Janelle R. Carter (Fall 2015)
Genomes of Three Arsenic Metabolizing Bacteria, Xue Chen ( 2015)
Computational Characterization of Carboxyphosphate, Traci M. Clymer (Fall 2015)
Health Literacy, Health Disparities and Sources of Health Information in US Older Adults, Carolyn Cutilli (Spring 2015)
Understanding the Solid State, Solubility and Dissolution Behavior of Cefuroxime Axetil Diastereomers in Interactive Mixture Formulations, Namita Dalal (Fall 2015)
LGB Sexual Orientation and Perceived Parental Acceptance, Sarah Dalton ( 2015)
Using Co-Curricular Programs to Build College Student Self-Efficacy: A Pathway to Second-Year Student Persistence, Benjamin R. Davis ( 2015)
Communicating through Cork: Marcel Proust's Performative Call to Philosophy of Communication, David DeIuliis (Fall 2015)
Design and synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-b]indoles and furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as single agents with combination chemotherapy potential or as inhibitors of tubulin or thymidylate synthase, Ravi Kumar Vyas Devambatla (Spring 2015)
Reintroducing Invention to Innovation: Investigating the White Space in Marketing Innovation, Mandy E. Dlugos (Fall 2015)
Online Knowledge Sharing: Investigating the Community of Inquiry Framework and Its Effect on Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Online Learning Environments, Anne Doring (Fall 2015)
The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of a School-Based Motivational Interviewing Intervention for Adolescent Females, Vanessa Durand (Summer 2015)
The Effects of Stressors and Stress Hormones on Behavior, Physiology, and Disease Susceptibility in Terrestrial Salamanders, Christopher Fonner (Summer 2015)
Techniques for Estimating the Variance of Specific Estimators within Complex Surveys, Laura Marie Galiardi (Fall 2015)
Organizational Ethics for Sponsorship and Governance in Catholic Healthcare, Alex Garvey (Spring 2015)
Severely Stressed Astrocytes Adapt to Injury and Still Protect Neighboring Neurons, Amanda Marie Gleixner (Fall 2015)
The Relationships of Word Processing in Academic Work and Student Achievement Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Amos Glenn (Spring 2015)
Non-Traditional Therapeutic Interventions for At-Risk Youth & Students with Complex Support Needs: Equine Therapy, Erin J. Grimm (Fall 2015)
Emotion Regulation and Adherence to Display Rules after Experiencing Childhood Trauma, Courtney Hagan (Fall 2015)
Trauma at the Limit: Bearing Witness to the Impossible of Survivor Testimony, Travis J. Hall ( 2015)
Development of Extraction Method for Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water and Dietary Supplement Using Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction and Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, Weier Hao (Spring 2015)
An Interactional Analysis of Adult Cognitive Assessment, William Hasek (Summer 2015)
Deus in se et Deus pro nobis: The Transfiguration in the Theology of Gregory Palamas and Its Importance for Catholic Theology, Cory Hayes (Spring 2015)
Interaction Effects of Parenting Styles and Child Temperament: Motor, Cognitive, and Language Development in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol, Jenna Hennessey (Spring 2015)
Evolution of Prostate Specific Gene Expression Associated With Post Copulatory Sexual Selection, Scott Hergenrother (Spring 2015)
"A Stranger to the World": Women, Bisexuality, and Performance in Eighteenth-Century England, Jade Higa (Fall 2015)
A New Ethical Model for The Analysis of Care for Refugee Women Who Experience Female Genital Cutting, Sharon R. Higginbothan (Fall 2015)
Teachers' Perceptions of an Online Social Network as an Instructional Platform: The Impact of an Edmodo-Based Professional Development Workshop, Ashley Hodge ( 2015)
Exploring autism prediction through logistic regression analysis with corrections for rare events data, Jennifer Hunter (Spring 2015)
Modeling the Binding of Inhibitors/Drugs to the Human Serotonin Transporter, Kalyan Immadisetty (Spring 2015)
Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening and Cancer Genetic Services Use among Young African American Female Breast Cancer Survivors: A Secondary Data Analysis, Tarsha Jones (Spring 2015)
Multi-Component Characterization of Strain Rate Sensitivity in Pharmaceutical Materials, Jeffrey Michael Katz (Fall 2015)
Relationship of Uncertainty, Perceived Threat, Stress, Positive Appraisal, and Daily Spiritual Experiences in Women with Breast Cancer: A Transitions Perspective, Sharon Kern (Summer 2015)