Recent Ph.D. Dissertations
2020
Evalyne Kerubo Orwenyo: Dissertation Title: Participation, Social Isolation, Biculturalism, and Empowerment: A Virtual Ethnography of Kenyan Diaspora Women Living in North America
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
2019
2018
2017
James Fedor: Dissertation Title: "A Victim is a Victim": Barriers to Culturally Competent Service Delivery to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Crime Victims
Dissertation Chair: Michael LaSala
Denalee O’Malley: Dissertation Title: Examining the Impact of Diabetic Status on Multiple Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors
Dissertation Chair: Patricia A. Findley
Samantha Winter: Dissertation Title: Identifying Factors Associated With Women’s Sanitation Practices in Informal Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Mathare Valley in Nairobi, Kenya
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
2016
Fiona Conway: Dissertation Title: Aggressive Behavior and Alcohol Use: Classification of College Athletes
Dissertation Chair: Darcy Clay Siebert
Gretchen L. Hoge: Dissertation Title: Understanding and Measuring Economic Self-Sufficiency in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence and Immigration: A Mixed-Method Study
Dissertation Chair: Judy L. Postmus
Alexis Jemal: Dissertation Title: Transformative Consciousness of African American Racial Oppression and White Racial Privilege: Conceptualization, Scale Development and Testing
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Shuang Lu: Dissertation Title: Well-Being of Migrant and Left-Behind Children in China
Dissertation Chair: Chien-Chung Huang
Sheila McMahon: Dissertation Title: Examining Relationships Among Student Empowerment, Sense of Community, and the Implicit Curriculum: A Multigroup Analysis of Race and Ethnicity
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Alexandra Redcay: Dissertation Title: The Impact of Attraction and Identity Fluidity on Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults: Exploring Gender as a Moderator
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Amanda Mathisen Stylianou: Dissertation Title: The Impact of Economic Abuse on Depressive Symptoms Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Dissertation Chair: Judy L. Postmus
2015
Louis Donnelly: Dissertation Title: Neighborhood Disadvantage and School Dropout: A Multilevel Analysis of Mediating Contexts
Dissertation Chair: Ayse Akincigil
Kerrie L. Ocasio: Dissertation Title: Understanding Individual Level Motivations for Repeat Service Use in a Family Support Program
Dissertation Chair: Beth Angell
Bonnie Fader Wilkenfeld: Dissertation Title: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover: Contextual Antecedents of Identity Complexity in Individuals with Development Disabilities
Dissertation Chair: Judith McCoyd
2014
Aleksandr M. Cheryomukhin: Dissertation Title: Development and Validation of the Azerbaijani Empowerment Scale: Support and New Implications for Theory
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Bradley Anton Forenza: Dissertation Title: Civic Engagement Among Youth Aging out of Foster Care: Processes and Outcomes of a Statewide Initiative
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Jamey D. Lister: Dissertation Title: The Relationship of Gambling Goals and Loss/Win Conditions to Chasing Behavior During Slot Machine Play
Dissertation Chair: Lia Nower
Kristen C. Niemczyk-Kistner: Dissertation Title: U.S. Physicians Treatment of Adolescent Tobacco Use
Dissertation Chair: Ayse Akincigil
Anasuya Ray: Dissertation Title: In the Shadows of Armed Conflict: Exploring Everyday Violence in Afghanistan
Dissertation Chair: Jeffrey Longhofer
2013
Heather F. Harcourt: Dissertation Title: Judging Failures in Moral Development: The Classification of Antisocial Behavior
Dissertation Chair: Kathleen Pottick
Kristen Gilmore Powell: Dissertation Title: Empowerment and Effectiveness: A Mixed Methods Study of Coalition Building Within a Statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Context
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Jessica Strong: Dissertation Title: Women at War: A Qualitative Study of Combat Experiences of Female Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
Dissertation Chair: Beth Angell
Corinne D. Warrener: Dissertation Title: Sense of Entitlement and Dating Abusive Behavior in College Dating Relationships
Dissertation Chair: Chien-Chung Huang
2012
Christine M. Allegra: Dissertation Title: The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics, Peer Delinquency, and Attitudes Approving of Violence During Adolescence on Male-to-Female Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Young Adulthood
Dissertation Chair: Antoinette Farmer
Mi Sung Kim: Dissertation Title: The Role of Maternal Verbal Sensitivity During Parent-Child Shared Book Reading in Socio-Emotional Functioning in the Preschool Years
Dissertation Chair: Judith C. Baer
Cory M. Morton: Dissertation Title: Alcohol Outlets and Child Maltreatment: The Moderating Effect of Access to Community Substance Abuse and Prevention Facilities
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Kathleen Giblin Ray: Dissertation Title: Protecting Newly Deployed Troops from PTSD: The Role of Preparedness
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Svetlana Shpiegel: Dissertation Title: Resilience Among Youth Emancipating from Foster Care: Cumulative Risk and Protection and Their Relationship with Positive Adaptation
Dissertation Chair: Kathleen Pottick
Jeoung Ah Yoo: Dissertation Title: The Effects of Domestic Violence on Behavior Problems of Preschool Children
Dissertation Chair: Chien-Chung Huang
Joelle Zabotka: Dissertation Title: “How Could I Have Done This?”: A Qualitative Study of Birth Mothers Who Have Children Diagnosed With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Dissertation Chair: Michael LaSala