Theses/Dissertations from 2023
AKAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND CATHOLICISM IN DIALOGUE: ENVISAGING A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE THEOLOGY OF MARRIAGE IN POSTMODERN GHANA, Daniel Adjei (Spring 2023)
Examining the Effectiveness of Using Video Modeling on Increasing Positive Social Interaction in Academic Settings in Students with Learning Disabilities in Saudi Arabia, Ayman Abdullah Alamri and Ayman Abdullah Alamri (Spring 2023)
THE SEMIOTIC USE OF EMOJIS IN MARKETING COMMUNICATION, Naif Albarzan (Spring 2023)
THE PERSUASIVE USE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA 2030 VISION, Talal Alqahtani (Spring 2023)
DETECTING NATIVE FRESHWATER MUSSELS IN PENNSYLVANIA WATERWAYS: COMPARISON & VALIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA METHODS, Meredith Bennett (Spring 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)
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)
RHETORICAL PRIVILEGE: ENTITLEMENT, CONTROL, AND THE DISRUPTION OF SHARED DISCOURSE, Marc Grandillo (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)
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)
Theses/Dissertations from 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)
Comparing the Effectiveness of Traditional Taped-Problems Intervention with a Remote Delivery Version for Increasing Math Fact Fluency, Cortney Chelecki (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Trends in Health Outcomes Before and After Long Term Care Federal Regulations Limited Antipsychotic Medication Use: A Secondary Data Analysis, Karen Robson (Summer 2022)
What Does It Mean To Be Coherent? Mathematics And Science Teachers Consider Coherency In Curriculum Decision Making, Mona Baniahmadi (Summer 2022)
Novel Signal Sequences and Fusion Partners for Paratransgenesis in Asaia, Christina Grogan (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)
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)
'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)
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)
“I Hear You”: Exploring the Lived Experience of Counselors’ Empathic Response to Clients when Conducting Telephonic Counseling during COVID-19, Michael Sickels (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)
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)
EXPLORATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Kim Dickert-Wallace (Spring 2022)
A Program Evaluation of Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of Technology Integration at the K-6 Level in the Seneca Valley School District and the Impact of COVID-19, Bria Koch (Spring 2022)
Hidden Amongst People: Experiences fo Black White Biracial Individuals with Microaggressions, Horizontal Hostilities, and Identity Denial in Educational Settings, Deborah Luckett (Spring 2022)
On Your Marks, Handset, Go: An Illustrative Case Study of a Professional Development Initiative about Mobile Learning, Nichole A. Scarlett (Spring 2022)
How and Why School Counselors Use Twitter: A Phenomenological Study, Danielle R. Schultz (Spring 2022)
Analysis of Water Quality and Fish Communities of Crooked Creek, Tributary to the Allegheny River in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Katherine Stupar (Spring 2022)
INVESTIGATING STUDENT SELF-BELIEFS AND LEARNING METRICS IN ONLINE COURSEWARE: A QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY, Rachel Van Campenhout (Spring 2022)
Perceived Levels of Teaching Self-Efficacy Among Advanced CES Doctoral Students Engaging in External Pedagogical Experiences, Erika Williams (Spring 2022)
Evaluating Threats to the Water Quality of Little Buffalo Creek and Sarver Run through Water Quality Analysis and Backpack Electrofishing Surveys, Riley Williams (Spring 2022)
Turbulent Transport of Dissolved Oxygen in Natural Channels, Alanna Bachtlin (Spring 2022)
Isocrates's Place in Postmodern Advertising, Christopher Barkley (Spring 2022)
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN-ASSISTED CORNEAL CROSS-LINKING (CXL) ON PORCINE CORNEAS, Julianni Dar (Spring 2022)
A Bioethics Critique of the Healthcare System in Nigeria: Personal Dignity and Human Solidarity, Cyprian Duru (Spring 2022)
Reporting on Athletes and Mental Health: An Evolution in Language and Lexicon from 1970 to 2019, Vivian Ferris (Spring 2022)
Richard Sennett Calling in Communication Ethics, Lin Gu (Spring 2022)
NARRATIVE AUTHORITY: A NARRATIVE-BASED MULTICULTURAL ETHICS TO OVERCOME WESTERN BIASES IN THE CURRENT MODELS OF CARE, Fahmida Hossain (Spring 2022)
ROOTED IN THE EARTH: AN IGBO SACRAMENTAL NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, A MODEL FOR IGBO CHRISTIAN ECOLOGICAL ETHICS, Kenneth Oguzie (Spring 2022)
Gauging the Utility of a Learning Target Theory of Action to Address Perceived Obstacles to Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brian J. Pohland (Spring 2022)
Stanley Hauerwas' Approach to Christian Marital and Sex Ethics: A Review and Speculative Expansion, Jeffrey A. Schooley (Spring 2022)
A LIFE LIVED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: WHEN MOTHER’S LOVE IS KEPT IN THE DARK EXPLORING MATERNAL COMMUNICATION AND ATTACHMENT ORGANIZATION IN FAMILIES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, Myrsini Stefanidou Marini (Spring 2022)
A Microfluidic Assay for Single Cell Bacterial Adhesion Studies Under Shear Stress, Amanda Trusiak (Spring 2022)
The Reception of Isaiah's Suffering Servant in Thomas Aquinas' Theology of the Cross, Daniel Waldow (Spring 2022)
A Critical Study of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in a Local Housing Program, Michael J. Warren (Spring 2022)
Sex and the Superman: Gender and the Superhero Monomyth, Christopher Maverick (Fall 2022)
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Immobilization of Ticagrelor on Implant Materials and Corrosion and Biofouling Inhibition by Novel Layered Polymer Thin Films for Marine Application, Tell Lovelace (Fall 2021)
Building A New Model of Church-State Collaboration on Environmental Care in Ghana Based on Catholic Social Teaching and African Theological Traditions, Emmanuel Abbey-Quaye (Fall 2021)
THE CONTRIBUTION OF BIOETHICS TO HOME HEALTHCARE (HHC) IN SAUDI ARABIA, saeed alghamdi (Fall 2021)
CGRP-DRIVEN LATERALIZATION OF PAIN MODULATION BY THE CENTRAL AMYGDALA, Heather Allen (Fall 2021)
Hip Muscle Function in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Lindsay Carroll (Fall 2021)
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SELF-CONCEALMENT AMONG LGBQ+ COUNSELORS IN THE WORKPLACE, Richard Charette II (Fall 2021)
Philosophical Anthropology and Biblical Interpretation in John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Shawn Conoboy (Fall 2021)
DOES SPEECH-TO-TEXT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PAIRED WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS IMPROVE THE WRITTEN EXPRESSION OF STUDENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES?, Kayla Cuifolo (Fall 2021)
Piloting a Theoretical Framework for Understanding Teacher Resilience in Hard-to-Staff Schools, Traci Durant (Fall 2021)
Loneliness, Interpersonal Goals, Life Satisfaction, and Subjective Well-being in Older Adults, Francesca C. Ezeokonkwo (Fall 2021)
Relational and Social Aggression: A Scoping Literature Review, Angela Fidazzo (Fall 2021)
Investigating Relationships between Diabetes Distress, Diabetes Self-Care Behaviors, Intention to Use and Actual Use of a Personal Health Record within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes, Khaliah Fisher-Grace (Fall 2021)
A Public Health Ethics Approach to Substance Use Disorder, Adele Flaherty (Fall 2021)
Understanding snow leopard (Panthera uncia) population structure, diet, and human-wildlife dimensions using noninvasive genetic approaches, Charlotte Hacker (Fall 2021)
COUNSELORS DUMBFOUNDED: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING ETHICS, Ivan Irizarry (Fall 2021)