Theses/Dissertations from 2022
CONSTRUCTIVIST GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TEACHING KINDERGARTENERS HOW TO READ DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Mary Carney Hagan
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS, VIEWS, AND PRACTICES OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE DURING READING INSTRUCTION, Michelle Cerbone
STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF THE PROPYL LINKER OF CJOC42 FOR ENHANCED GANKYRIN BINDING AND ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY, Tejashri Chavan
JOHN STEINBECK, HERMAN MELVILLE, AND ANN PETRY: CHILD LABORERS ENACT HUMANITARIANISM, Linda Michelle Ciritovic
LEVERAGING PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO PROMOTE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN A MULTI-MODAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, Elizabeth Cole
MASCULINITY, IDENTITY, AND PERFORMANCE IN VIRGINIA WOOLF'S MRS. DALLOWAY AND THE WAVES, Shannon M. Connors
TUITION-FREE COLLEGE AND RETENTION: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK STATE EXCELSIOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, Maria P. Conzatti
THE STEREOTYPE THREAT EXPERIENCES OF MEN OF COLOR PERSISTING IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Robert E. Cortes
THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES IN MATHEMATICS, Ryan Thomas Cox
MATERNAL LITERACY PRACTICES AND BELIEFS IMPACT INFANT DEVELOPMENT, Deirdre Cruz
PLACEMENT INSTABILITY, PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND INTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS IN YOUTH IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, Michelle Cusumano
IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL PHOSPHORYLATION SITES IN SARS-CoV-2 NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, Josie Daldegan Rezende
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RACE DISPROPORTIONALITY WITHIN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSIFICATIONS, Debra J. Daly
SCHOOL COUNSELORS’ PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY FOR PROVIDING BULLYING INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION SERVICES, Ama-Dede Darkeh
EXPLORING INTERMEDIATE TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LITERATURE, Prisciliana K. Delgado
EVERYONE A MODE, EVERYONE A VOICE: CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF MULTIMODAL PRACTICES OVER TRADITIONAL WRITING, Marina DelVecchio
THE EFFECTS AND IMPACT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMING ON TEACHER PRACTICES AND EFFICACY, Lisa Depaola
THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-REGULATORY LEARNING SKILLS AND COLLABORATION IN 7TH - 12TH GRADE ONLINE CLASSES, Tonja Detwiler
ANATOMIC DYSTOPIA: GENDERED EMBODIMENT IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE, Alexa Dicken
GLOBAL MINDEDNESS OF SUPERINTENDENTS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, Lauren Kate Dimartino
EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP THEORY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS, Lowell Dimoff
UNWAVERING LOYALTY: GREEK WOMEN IN RESISTANCE AND EXILE, Helen Drivas
PHYSICAL FRAILTY AND WHITE MATTER ABNORMALITIES: THE ARIC STUDY, Emma L. Ducca
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS, Kerri Durante
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS’ RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Aubrey Faber
A SURVEY OF PRACTITIONER METHODS AND DECISION-MAKNG IN EVALUATION OF DIVERSE STUDENTS, Noelle Ferrara
FROM A DISTANCE: AN INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SIXTH TO TWELFTH GRADE STEM TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD TEACHING ENGLISH LEARNERS REMOTELY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Michelle Angela Figueiredo
EMOTION BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STOIC VIEW OF EMOTIONS AND A TEST OF SOME THEORIES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, Amanda M. Fisher
PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS’ USE OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AS A PREDICTOR OF QUALITY PRINCIPAL CANDIDATES: A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY APPROACH, Cynthia M. Fitzgerald
SECONDARY EDUCATORS’ EXPERIENCES WITH AND PERSPECTIVES ABOUT USING MULTICULTURAL AND POPULAR CULTURE TEXTS WITH CULTURALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM, Jessica Hernandez Fletcher
ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS CONCERNING AGE, GENDER, AND RACE, Robert W. Fournier
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT AT A PUBLIC SUBURBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Amanda L. Fox
NORM SAMPLE STRATIFICATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS: EXAMINATION OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EDUCATION AND INCOME, Gavriel Franco
ANGER AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN YOUNG ADULTS: THE ROLE OF IMPULSIVITY, Olga Gulyayeva Fuller
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESTRICTED AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS, ANXIETY, AND AGGRESSION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Ashley Gabriele
LEADERSHIP PRACTICES, SELF-EFFICACY, AND ROLE EXPECTATIONS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMIC LEADERS DURING CHANGE, Elizabeth Kristen Gandt Spagnola
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY AND EMOTION REGULATION: TOWARD DEVELOPING PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL SETTING, Ariella Gettenberg
SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATORS’ WRITING EXPECTATIONS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, Lauren Gibbons
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF EMPATHY IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON SCHOOL CULTURE AND CLIMATE: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Sari Goldberg McKeown
AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEAMING PRACTICES IN MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION FIDELITY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-WIDE READING MODELS, Stephney Anderson Gonzalez
HOW CAREGIVERS EXPERIENCE READING ALOUD TO CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, Heidi B. Grimshaw
THE IMPACT OF ACCELERATION IN SECONDARY MATH ON ALL STUDENTS, James Grover
CAMPY MUSICAL BLACK QUEER FORMS: FINDING UTOPIA IN LIL NAS X’S WORLD OF MONTERO, Jaymi Leah Grullon
BENJAMIN PERCY AND QUEER ECOMASCULINITIES: IDEAS OF THE SHORT STORY FROM HEMINGWAY TO THE PRESENT, Thomas Edward Hahn
A DEVELOPING ITALIAN TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM: DIALOGUES BETWEEN ITALIAN LEFTIST PARTIES AND AMERICAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1935-1955, Matthew Daniel Halikias
STRENGTHENING PHONOLOGICAL PROCESSING AND WORKING MEMORY TO SUPPORT EARLY READING ACQUISITION, Antoinette Halliday
SECURE THE BLACK, BROWN, AND GIFTED: EXAMINING TEACHER PERCEPTION OF GIFTEDNESS IN HIGH- AND LOW-POVERTY SCHOOLS, Laurie Diane Hamilton
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC COMPOSITION OF SCHOOLS WITH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, Linda L. Harris
WHAT FACTORS IMPACT BLACK ADOLESCENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LITERACY IN THE CLASSROOM?, Sheila R. Harris
FOOD INSECURITY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARENTS ATTENDING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Deborah C. Harte
THE SELF-EFFICACY OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING AMONG SECONDARY TEACHERS DURING EMERGENCY ONLINE LEARNING, Jo R. Hawke
A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF BLOCK SCHEDULING IN HIGH SCHOOL ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, William J. Hender
THE ART OF SCOUTING: HOW ANALYTICS IS USED IN MODERN DAY SCOUTING FOR MAJOR LEAGUE FRONT OFFICES, Mitchell Henshaw
DO SLEEP AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING PREDICT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE? INVESTIGATION OF A MODERATIONAL MODEL, Ayelet Hochman
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SKILLS IN PROTECTING AGAINST THE IMPACT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE ON YOUTH PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, Emily Christine Hockenberry
THE IMPACT OF BLENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHER EFFICACY AND PRACTICE, Sonia Hood
RHETORIC OF COLLABORATION: USING ETHICS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ACTIVISM THROUGH WRITING COMMUNITIES, Tina M. Iemma
THE CRAFT OF LANGUAGE: AN ANALYSIS OF ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN A METALINGUISTIC WRITING COURSE AND READING COMPREHENSION, Anna Incognito
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PROBLEM RECOGNITION AND HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS, Samuel T. Jackson
FACULTY’S PERSPECTIVE ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT FOR SYNCHRONIZED ONLINE GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES, Ambeeka Jewnandan
HIP-HOP IS LITERACY: ENHANCING ENGLISH SKILLS USING HIP-HOP AS A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MULTILITERACY, Kai C. Jones
SMALL MOLECULE GANKYRIN INHIBITION AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR BREAST AND LUNG CANCER, Dipti Kanabar
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND CORE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS, Luke H. Keating
CRISIS, IDENTITY AND URBAN CONTINUITY IN SEVENTH CENTURY BYZANTIUM: A HAGIOGRAPHIC REASSESSMENT, Daniel Joseph Kelly
POLITICS AND ITS ROLE ON ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, Jessica Kemler
THE ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMATE) BACKBONE OF MANCOZEB ALTERS GLUTATHIONE STATUS AND DIVALENT ESSENTIAL METAL HOMEOSTASIS IN RAT, Benjamin Kistinger
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ PERCEIVED TECHNOLOGY SELF-EFFICACY AND THE PERCEIVED ABILITY TO LEAD TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA, Jonathan S. Krawchuk
RE-INVENTING MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA THERAPEUTICS, Nishant S. Kulkarni
A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR EXPERIENCES IN UNDERGRADUATE ONLINE COURSES, Glenda Lander Lugo
THE HYDE EFFECT: A COMMENTARY ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH ANXIETIES AND THE LITERATURE BORNE FROM THEM, Jacqueline Lepore
MEDIA EXPOSURE AND EFFECTS ON SOCIAL COGNITIONS, Adenique Lisse
SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY ON SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS’ EXPERIENCES ON BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR LITERACY, Jared E. Littman
HOW ARTS INTEGRATION AFFECTS COLLEGE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS’ CULTURAL COMPETENCE: A GROUNDED THEORY RESEARCH, Chang-Han Liu
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS SENSEMAKING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Lauren Lombardi
THE IMPACT OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE, AUTONOMY, AND COMPETENCE ON 7TH-12TH GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEXT SELECTION, Julianna V. Lux
THE PREVALENCE OF WRITING IN ELEMENTARY TEACHER PREPARATION COURSES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Chelsea Mabie
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHEMAS OF REJECTION AND ETHNIC IDENTITY WITH FOOD CONSUMPTION, Shelagh Mahbubani
WRITING TEACHERS’ PREPARATION, PERCEPTIONS AND SUPPORT: QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY, Rori Martello
THE POLITICS OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN FORM: TOWARDS A THEORY OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN DIFFERENCE IN 'ANOTHER WAY', Vickie Annette Eunice Masseus
CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE): BRIDGING THE SOFT SKILLS GAP WITH HIGH QUALITY CTE, Alison Matthews
PROVIDING WINDOWS AND MIRRORS: CAN RUBRIC USE ASSIST IN MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE SELECTION, Kaitlin Q. McCann
AN EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO RACIAL DISPARITIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IDENTIFICATION IN NEW YORK STATE, Teresa Ann McGrath
EXPLORING HOW SCRIPTS, DRAMA, ART, AND SENSORY STIMULATION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO AUTISTIC STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AND ENJOYMENT OF FICTION TEXT, Kathleen Melville
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTING A POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS FRAMEWORK ON THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLINE REFERRALS RELATED TO BUS BEHAVIOR, Yvette Mercado-Tilley
THE STATISTICAL IMPACT OF FACULTY MENTORING PROGRAMS ON NINTH GRADE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Kevin Miller
PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL BUDGETING AND COMMUNITY TYPE AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, Jack R. Mitchell
THE COGNITIVE CONTENT SPECIFICITY HYPOTHESIS IN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, Krystell Adriana Montalvo
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY EXPLORING TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LENS OF ADULT LEARNING THEORY, Mary-Ellen Montauredes-Kakalos
THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE INTERACTIONS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS ON SECONDARY STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS AND READING MATURITY, Kristen M.F. Morgan
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, Karissa Natera
TRUST BETWEEN LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM, Tram (Sr. Agnes) Nguyen