Recent Ph.D. Dissertations
2018
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
Kyle Caler
Dissertation Title: Person-Centered Planning on the Front-line: Exploring Practice Frameworks of Direct Support Staff in Community Programs for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitieS
Dissertation Chair: Allison Zippay
James Fedor
Dissertation Title: "A Victim is a Victim": Barriers to Culturally Competent Service Delivery to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender Crime Victims.
Dissertatin Chair: Michael LaSalao
Lydia Maria Franco
Dissertation Title: Testing the Reciprocal Relationship between Attitudinal and Behavioral Components of Engagement among Caregivers in a Multiple Family Group Intervention for Children with Behavioral ProblemS
Dissertation Chair: N. Andrew Peterson
Sarah Gold
Dissertation Title: Housing Assistance and Educational Attainment: A Longitudinal Study
Dissertation Chair: Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Laura Johnson
Dissertation Title: Increasing Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Longitudinal Evaluation of a Financial Knowledge Curriculum
Dissertation Chair: Judy L. Postmus
Beth Sapiro
Dissertation Title: Closed off and opening up: The relational experiences of transition-age youth living with mental health difficulties
Dissertation Chair: Cassandra Simmel
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
Nadine Murshid
Dissertation Title: Examining Linkages Among Microfinance Participation, Domestic Violence, and Help-Seeking Social Networks in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Study
Dissertation Chair: Allison Zippay
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