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Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF SELF-EFFICACY AND STUDENT SCIENCE IDENTITY IN BLACK AND LATINO SCIENCE STUDENTS, Yolette Wright

TEPOTINIB REVERSES ABCB1- AND ABCG2-MEDIATED MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE IN CANCER, Zhuoxun Wu

REPURPOSING AN ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA, Anjali Yadav

PBK/TOPK INHIBITOR OTS964 RESISTANCE IS MEDIATED BY ABCG2- AND ABCB1-DEPENDENT TRANSPORT FUNCTION IN CANCER, Yuqi Yang

THE PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL BUILDING AND SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS’ CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINE ACTIONS, Equasia Yard-Jean

EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL CLIMATE, Anika Z. Yasin

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

AN EXPLORATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY-BASED TUTORING PROGRAMS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Jennifer Melissa Aguilera

PERCEPTIONS OF UNTENURED TEACHERS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTRICT INDUCTION PROGRAMS, Sam Ahmed

UNDERSTANDING ANGER AT THE SELF, Tasnova Ahmed

THE ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2 IN THE TOXICITY OF PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS) AND PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) IN VITRO AND IN VIVO IN WILD-TYPE AND NRF2 DEFICIENT C57BL/6 MICE, Saif A. Alharthy

THE SEMANTIC AND ACOUSTIC VOICE FEATURES DIFFERENTIATING NEUTRAL AND TRAUMATIC NARRATIVES, Yosef Shimon Amrami

HOW BLACK STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SCHOOL IN A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY TO EXAMINE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF SELF-EFFICACY, SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS, AND PERCEIVED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, Kristen R. Andriaccio

THE CONTRIBUTION OF SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-COMPASSION, AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE/SELF-CONDEMNATION IN PREDICTING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND WELL-BEING, Persefoni N. Andronikos

THE OQ-45: THE STRUCTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS DURING PSYCHOTHERAPY, Lindsay Arader

THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ON ADOLESCENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN NIGERIA, Atinuke Ayeni

Queerstory of Recovery: Literacy and Survival in A.A., Danielle Bacibianco

DO WE EVEN BELONG IN EDUCATION? HOW MALE TEACHERS OF COLOR FIND THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH THEIR TEACHER OF COLOR PROGRAM, Jason Craig Baez

EFFECT OF INHIBITION OF GLYCOGEN CATABOLISM IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELLS, Shrikant Barot

EXPLORING HOW FACULTY MOTIVATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES INFLUENCE DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES IN A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN ITALY: A CASE STUDY, Paolo Bartolini

MENTAL ILLNESS AND FEMININITY IN LATE NINETEENTH-EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE, Bianca Cristina Basone

THE IMPACT OF GRAPHING CALCULATORS ON THE MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT OF BLACK FEMALES, Tonya Bates

MECHANISM OF DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT (DDC)- MEDIATED REPRESSION OF HISTONE MRNAS AND ROLE OF ACETYL-COA IN HISTONE TRANSCRIPTION, Madhura Bhagwat

IS SPECIAL EDUCATION A LIFE SENTENCE? EXAMINING DISPROPORTIONALITY IN THE DECLASSIFICATION RATES OF STUDENTS OF COLOR IN AN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, Rasheed Bility

EFFECTS OF SCRIPTED AND TEACHER GENERATED LITERACY PROGRAM ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Lindsay Blaszcyk

THE PERCEPTIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ON THEIR LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS TO COMPLETE COLLEGE COURSES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS DRAWING UPON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY, John Blicharz

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT TO SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE FOR CHILDREN TRANSITIONING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND, Jacqueline W. Boswell

Tenured Teacher Motivation for Self-Directed Professional Development in Literacy, Jennifer Lynn Brady

A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO INITIATING A CRITICAL GLOBAL LITERACY CURRICULUM IN THE RURAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM, Amy Brown

SELF-EMULSIFIED NANOEMULSION AS PERMEATION ENHANCER AND ITS APPLICATION FOR INTRANASAL DELIVERY OF INSULIN, Kanyaphat Bunchongprasert

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF QUINAZOLINAMINE DERIVATIVES AS BCRP AND P-GP INHIBITORS WITH IMPROVED METABOLIC STABILITY, Chao-Yun Cai

IMPACT OF A MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTION ON STUDENTS IN GRADES 3–5, Cornelius P. Campbell

THEORY AND PRACTICE: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS USED IN DEAF EDUCATION, Mary Cantino

A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISCIPLINARY LITERACY WITH MULTIMODAL DESIGN IN SOCIAL STUDIES, John J. Castaldo

ADAPTATION AND TRANSLATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER RATING SCALES FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN: EVALUATING ADHERENCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL TEST COMMISSION GUIDELINES, Tamanna Chhabra

ASSOCIATIONS AMONG SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARACTERISTICS AND SOCIAL REACTIONS TO DISCLOSURE IN A SAMPLE OF UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN, Danielle Suzanne Citera

STRUCTURE BASED OPTIMIZATION OF BENZIMIDAZOLE 4-CARBOXAMIDE SCAFFOLD LED TO PICOMOLAR POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITORS, Griffin J. Coate

AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION AS A MODERATOR OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISCRIMINATION TO DEPRESSION, Jeavonna M. Coble

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF ABOUT THE USE OF DATA TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION IN A CATHOLIC DIOCESE, IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Michael B. Connell

PROACTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR COLLEGIATE SUCCESS: USING RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND PSYCHOLOGY, Jenna Cook

GIRLS SOLO QUIEREN UNA COSA, TAMBIÉN: TRENZANDO ANALYSIS OF DOMINICANAS’ SEXUAL RESISTANCE, Raquel Christina Corona

The Impact of Mentoring on New Teacher Self-Efficacy, John Thomas Craig

THE COURSE OF AXIS I AND AXIS II DISORDERS IN CLINICAL HIGH RISK (CHR) ADOLESCENTS, Christy DaBreo-Otero

PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ENABLING AND HINDERING BEHAVIORS, RULES, AND STRUCTURES IN NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Matthew W. Darby

The Perceptions of Scaffolding on Literacy Instruction for Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth DeFantis

EVOLUTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND BIOCHEMICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS (TLRS) AND THEIR ROLE IN CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS RESISTANCE, Joseph De Leon

YOUTH SOCCER COACHING METHODOLOGIES’ IMPACT ON ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME AND RETENTION, John Diffley

A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IXL MATH ONLINE SOFTWARE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN AN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, Shawn M. Donnelly,

“I HAVE GONE BEYOND MY SPHERE”: NETWORK ANALYSIS AND RHETORICAL FEMINISM IN WOMEN’S WRITING 1650-1750, Donna P. Downing

EXPLORING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN READING ACADEMIC TEXTS IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPOSITION CLASSROOM, Adele J. Doyle

MAKING A DIFFERENCE BY BEING DIFFERENT: AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT SUCCESS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, Elizabeth Dragone

EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF BENEFITS AND BARRIERS OF THE INCLUSION OF CODING IN K-8 CURRICULUM: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Jennifer Lynn Dralle-Moreano,

Development of a Measure of Knowledge: School-Based Professionals Knowledge of Traumatic Brain Injury, Courtney Duhning

STUDENT VOICE: FROM TOKEN PARTICIPATION TO ENGAGED PARTNERSHIP, Lisa A. Dunn

PATIENT ENGAGEMENT:THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO INDIVIDUALS USING THE PATIENT PORTAL, Diane Patricia Fabian

PERCEIVED RISK AND EXTENDED WARRANTY, Jose M. Fana

OPHELIA, THE MONSTER: REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE MADNESS IN THE WESTERN HORROR FILM, Alexandra Fitzpatrick

DIY FEMINISMS IN THE THIRD SPACE: FEMALE RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES PERFORMED IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL ALTERNATIVE MEDIA, Cristen M. Fitzpatrick

USING THE NEW YORK STATE ALGEBRA 1 REGENTS RESULTS FOR INTRODUCTORY MATH COURSE PLACEMENT AT A SUBURBAN NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, David Follick

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NON-XANTHONE STRUCTURAL ANALOGS OF α-MANGOSTIN, Maryam Foroozmehr

DEVELOPMENT OF NANOLIPOSOMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRAF V600E MUTATED PARENT AND VEMURAFENIB-RESISTANT MELANOMA, Yige Fu

NURTURING CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN SOCIAL SCIENCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Michele Gaglione

CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF A LIBRARY SYSTEM IN A MAJORITY-BLACK, SUBURBAN DISTRICT, Sarah M. Garifo

THE IMPACT OF A BRIEF GRATITUDE JOURNALING INTERVENTION ON THIRD GRADE STUDENTS ATTENDING AN ORTHODOX JEWISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NEW YORK, Tamar Gassner

CAN A REFORM TRANSFORM THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN THE SUBURBS OF LONG ISLAND?, Mariana Gil

Understanding college student emotional functioning during COVID-19, Dominique Marie Giroux

THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ON L2 WRITING DEVELOPMENT: THE SHIFTS IN WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK DURING COVID-19, Jordan Gonzalez

KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING AND SERVING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES, Christine M. Goodwin

THE ROLES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DEPRESSION IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS, Alexander J. Gordon

Institutional Labels: A Language-Based Approach to Decreasing Stigma Associated with Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Hospitalization, Jaime Taylor Grabow

EXAMINING THE BENEFITS OF A FACULTY-RUN READING AND WRITING LAB AT A SMALL, PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE MIDWEST, Dolores Greenawalt

Short-Term Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Predisposes the Lung to Inflammation, Elastic Fiber Injury, and Pulmonary Emphysema, George Gu

REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE AND ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE IN THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN, LYDIA MARIA CHILD, AND CATHARINE MARIA SEDGWICK, Faten Hafez

EXAMINING THE LEARNING COMMUNITIES OF TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN AN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, Matel Hanna Hassan, Ed.D.

At the Crossroads of Studenthood and Motherhood, Erin Hayden-Baldauf

TEACHER PERCEPTIONS & PRACTICE OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION BEFORE AND AFTER PICRAT MATRIX PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION, Donald H. Heberer Jr.

Preparing Preservice Teachers to Facilitate Courageous Conversations: A Case Study of Social Studies Teacher Educators' Perceptions and Practices, Ariel N. Henry

A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH WITHIN MEDICAL RESEARCH, Ryan Christopher Hogan

RNA SPLICING IN NEURON PHYSIOLOGY AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, MD Faruk Hossain

PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, Nayeon Naomi Hwang

EFFECT OF A SWIM-BASED PARENT TRAINING PROGRAM ON A PARENT’S USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES WITH HER CHILD WITH AUTISM, Melissa Lauren Jeffay

THE EFFECT OF PARENTING STYLES ON DEPRESSION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Manpreet Kaur

DOUBLE-COATED BIODEGRADABLE POLY (BUTYL CYANOACRYLATE) NANOPARTICULATE DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR BRAIN TARGETING OF DOXORUBICIN VIA ORAL ADMINISTRATION, Neeraj Kaushal

Korean American Female Educators' Self Concept and Perception Toward School Leadership, Jennifer HJ Kim

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR ANXIETY IN YOUTH WITH AUTISM: PAVING THE WAY TO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, Michelle M. Kirkland

Perceived Discrimination and Food Consumption, Jessica Korins

THE INFLUENCE OF COLLEGE-READINESS TESTING ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ AND EDUCATORS’ ATTITUDES ON EDUCATION, Bradley Krauz

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND COVID-19: AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SUCCEED IN A PANDEMIC, Ashley Kuehn

MicroRNA Regulation and Cellular Proteostasis in Parkinson's Disease, Alberim Kurtishi

A QUANTITATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND MEMBERSHIP IN AN INCLUSION CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL USING NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAM SCORES, Michelle Kwon-Pineda

A CASE STUDY of ADMINISTRATOR, TEACHER, AND PARENT PERCEPTIONS AND USAGE OF INFINITE CAMPUS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, Michael Kenneth Larson

EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE ON AUGMENTING WORK EXPERIENCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, Liza A. Laurino-Siegel

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy for DeafBlind Individuals with Progressive Vision Loss, Chelsey Laurito

STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE USEFULNESS OF A LITERACY-BASED SOCIAL SKILL STRATEGY, Pattiann LaVeglia

Changes In Youth Executive Function During Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Associations with PTSD Symptom Severity, Amy Hyoeun Lee

THE SOCIAL ROLE OF GENDER: HOW GENDER ROLES AND GENDER STRESS IMPACT DATING VIOLENCE ATTITUDES AND OUTCOMES, Jin Lee

SELECTIVE TOXICITY OF MX106-4C, A SURVIVIN INHIBITOR, TO ABCB1 POSITIVE MULTIDRUG RESISTANT COLON CANCER, Zining Lei

Assembly and Function of the Polycystin Receptor-Ion Channel Complexes and the Otop1 Proton Channel, Bin Li

THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMY IN CHANGING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC 8th GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TEST SCORES, Dominique Limprevil-Divers

THE IMPACT SYSTEMS DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES HAVE ON TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND ADAPTATION AT THE K-12 SCHOOL LEVEL DURING A TIME OF CHANGE, Gustavo Marcelo Loor

FRAMING A PANDEMIC: EVALUATING NIGERIAN PRINT MEDIA REPORTAGE OF CHINA BEFORE AND FOLLOWING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, Ernest Chukwunyere Makata