Theses/Dissertations from 2022
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
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF MECHLORETHAMINE ON THE DERMAL-EPIDERMAL JUNCTION, Trishaal Janardhanam Raghavendra Rao
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
EFFECT OF SHAME-PRONENESS, GUILT-PRONENESS AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS ON DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTIONAL REGULATION, Yekaterina Nikiforova
GRADUATE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN COMMON FACTORS, Manuel Jose Orellana
REGULATION OF INTERFERON- INDUCED INTERLEUKIN-8 AND PD-L1 EXPRESSION IN OVARIAN CANCER CELLS, Sveta Padmanabhan
DESIGN OF A SYNTHETIC TEMPERATURE-ACTIVATED EPIGENETIC BIOCONTAINMENT SYSTEM, Owen Rivers Page
MODELS FOR LIVING: CRITIQUES OF MIDCENTURY SUBURBAN DESIGN, WITH A VIEW FROM LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA, Christopher J. Palladino
MEASURING IRRATIONAL BELIEFS AMONG YOUTH: DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILDREN’S IRRATIONAL RESPONSE CHECKLIST, Alexa K. Pata
DEVELOPMENT OF FDM 3D-PRINTED AND INJECTION MOLDED TABLETS FOR POORLY WATER-SOLUBLE DRUGS WITH RAPID DRUG RELEASE AND REDUCED PROCESSING TEMPERATURE BY APPLYING A NOVEL ACID-BASE SUPERSOLUBILIZATION (ABS) PRINCIPLE, Nirali Girishchandra Patel
THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL LANGUAGE IN LITERACY AND THE IMPACT ON THIRD-GRADE STUDENT WRITING, Mary Allison Peck
CLIMBING THE BROKEN LADDER: A NARRATIVE EXPLORATION OF HOW RACIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY MINORITIZED STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE COLLEGE PATHWAY, Sugeni A. Pérez-Sadler
A CASE STUDY: DETERMINING FACTORS ON STUDENT PERSISTENCE IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPANISH PROGRAM, Kristin EA Peters
PERCEPTIONS OF SHARED GOVERNANCE: DO FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS SHARE THE SAME PERCEPTIONS?, Laurie Pezzullo
DOES EMPATHIC ANGER MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO ACT ON PRO-DEFENDING COGNITIONS?, Adir Pinchot
SPATIAL THINKING AND STRATEGY USE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE WITH EYETRACKING DATA, Joseph Pontorno
CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT IN TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS: CONSTRUCT AND PREDICTIVE VALIDITY, Nicole Piazza Porter
PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) AS IT RELATES TO ACCURACY OF SYMPTOM IDENTIFICATION, Jessica Prizer
WE COULD BE HEROES: THE MORAL OF THE POLICY STORY OF FLORIDA SB 1720, Sandra J. Pugh
A NARRATIVE STUDY EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED YOUTH AND THEIR MOTIVATION FOR RE-ENTERING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, Dominique Ramos
NO FAMILY LEFT BEHIND: NONTRADITIONAL METHODS OF COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR EQUITABLE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, Robin Ransom
THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXPECTANCIES SCALE: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION., Joanne Raptis
AGENCY AND SELF-EFFICACY IN COREQUISITE MATH COURSES, Silvia Reyes
POSTHUMAN QUEER ECOSEXUALITY: SHAKESPEARE AND EARTHLY CONSUMMATION, Lisa Robinson
THE PERCEPTION OF MATTERING FROM BLACK MALE ALUMNI OF HISTORICALLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS, Gretchen Rodney