Tajma Cameron
May 6, 2022
"WE ARE STEM: Black Girls’ Perceptions of Engaging in an Informal Culturally Sustaining STEM Enrichment Program and its Influence on the Development of Their STEM Identity"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Vanessa Aird, EdD
April 1, 2022
"Dance as Therapy in Grenada: The Intersection of Gender, Education, and Crisis"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy Kelly
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Ellana Black
April 1, 2022
"Neuromyth Awareness and Brain-Based Knowledge Among Academic Advisors and Academic Support Personnel"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Caleb Mezzy, EdD
March 4, 2022
"A delphi study: Developing a career transition model for professional baseball players"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Cameron Kiosoglous
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Dara Bright
March 4, 2022
"Seeds to STEM Project: Supporting Nutrition and Health Choices for Minoritized Children in Urban Settings"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Toni May
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David C. Sledge, EdD
February 4, 2022
"Collaboration, Dialogue, and Creativity as Instructional Strategies for Accredited Architectural Education Programs: A Mixed Methods Exploratory Investigation"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Fredricka Reisman
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Sinead Meehan
February 4, 2022
"Engineering Professional Development for the Elementary Educator: A Review of the Literature"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Christopher Wright
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Melissa Schmitz, EdD
January 7, 2022
"Exploring Entrepreneurial Students’ Perceptions of Online Mindful Creativity Training: A Mixed Methods Case Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Larry Keiser
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Turea Hutson
January 7, 2022
"Ubuntu – I am Because We are: A Grounded Theory Study of Community Belonging"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy
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Ilana Shipe, EdD
December 3, 2021
"School community perceptions of an equity team in a suburban school: A case study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristine Lewis Grant
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Neisha Young
December 3, 2021
"Creating Mirrors: Expanding Frameworks to Explore Immigrant Students’ Agentive Authoring of Identity"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Christopher Wright
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Melissa Kaufman, EdD
November 5, 2021
"Effects of Adaptive Leadership on Faculty Engagement in Online Learning in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Karena Escalante
November 5, 2021
"Where’s the Reciprocity? Advocating for Marshallese COFA Migrants in Hawaii"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy
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Brian Williams, EdD
October 1, 2021
"A mixed methods study: Understanding risk factors for plagiarism among MBA students at a Northeastern U.S. research university"
Supervising Professor: Dr. José Luis Chávez
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Katie Mathew
May 7, 2021
"The Influence of Feedback on Creativity and Beliefs About Creativity"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jennifer Katz-buonincontro
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Sasha Ortiz, EdD
May 7, 2021
"How High-Achieving First-Generation STEM Students Persevere and Succeed in College: A Mixed Methods Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Yiyun "Kate" Fan
April 2, 2021
"Education Networks on Twitter in COVID-19"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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Van Truong, EdD
April 2, 2021
"Bridging the Gap Between Urban Adolescent Females of Color and STEM: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Kathlyn Elliot
March 5, 2021
"Preventing Violent Extremism through Education"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy Kelly
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David Mattson
February 5, 2021
"Media Analysis of News Articles during COVID-19: Renewal, Continuity and Cultural Dimensions of Creative Action"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jennifer Katz Buonincontro
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Kelly DiPietro-Edwards
February 5, 2021
"A Phenomenological Exploration of High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Collaboration and Implementation of Practice in the Context of College and Career Readiness Framework"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Sheila Vaidya
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Kimberly Sterin
January 15, 2021
“How can we make it equitable?”:
The Critical Role of School-level Business Administrators in Managing School Resources
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy
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Maria Toglia
January 15, 2021
"Examining the Impact of one Professional Development Program in Structured Literacy on Teacher Knowledge: A Quasi-experimental Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Lori Severino
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Katrina Struloeff
December 4, 2020
"Leadership without Boundaries:
Exploring Career Pathways of Women* in Higher Education Administration"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Kenneth Jones, EdD
December 4, 2020
"How Higher Education Forgot about Non-Traditional Aged Black Men:
Narratives from Non-Traditional Aged Black Men During the College Application Process"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Jeffrey Archibald
November 6, 2020
"A Multisite Case Study of the Alignment of Institutional Change Strategies And Culture for Guided Pathways Reform Implementation in California Community Colleges"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Deanna Hill
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Janel Dia
November 6, 2020
"Building Bridges Between Multilingual Families and Urban Schools; A qualitative case study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Vera Lee and Dr. Kristine Lewis Grant
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Christopher Fornaro
October 2, 2020
"STEAMing ahead with teamwork: Transferring administrative support to a
virtual setting due to COVID-19"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Alonzo Flowers
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Christine Galib, EdD
October 2, 2020
"A Phenomenological Study: Exploring High School Students’ Experiences
Earning an Entrepreneurship Diploma in an Entrepreneurship Education Secondary
School Program"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Gregory Wurth, EdD
May 1, 2020
"Leader/Follower Relationship of Academic Administrators at a Southern
Comprehensive University Undergoing Consolidation: A Mixed-Methods
Investigation"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joy Phillips
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Alysha Meloche
May 1, 2020
"Know Your Artist: Factoring Artist Identity into Aesthetic Responses to
Art"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen-Handy
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Monique Woodward
April 10, 2020
"Facilitating Creative Processes while Learning to Code
and Design Virtual Reality Environments"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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William Green, EdD
April 10, 2020
"A Phenomenological Study: Exploring Chinese Junior High School
Students’ Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Using Game-based
Technology to Learn English in an English as Foreign Language Classroom in
Shanghai, China (EFL-C)"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Brian McCommons
March 6, 2020
"Uyghur refugees in higher education in the U.S.: Trauma and adaptation
challenges"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Rebecca Clothey
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Anthony Batts
March 6, 2020
"A mixed methods study: Exploring non-academic factors that impact
literacy development for minority students enrolled in advanced placement
courses in an urban high school"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Ague Mae Manongsong
February 7, 2020
"Mentoring Approaches of Minoritized Women: Insights from Administrative
Leaders in Higher Education"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Rajashi Ghosh
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Karen Britt, EdD
February 7, 2020
"Teaching Business Writing at the Community College: Improving Writing
Skills"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Mark Petrovich
January 10, 2020
"Learning by Making: Investigating Students' Identity Exploration Using
Environmental Science and Art"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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Jackie Murphy
January 10, 2020
"Exploring the Effects of an Open Access Mindfulness Course on Online
Graduate Student Persistence, Stress, and Mind Wandering: A Mixed Methods
Explanatory Sequential Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Amanda Reinsburrow
December 6, 2019
"Doing Math: A Case Study of 5th Grade Students Development in Math and
Literacy Through Their use of Centers"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Valerie Klein
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Christopher Holland, EdD
December 6, 2019
"Educators' Dualistic Perceptions of Leadership Styles during PreK-12
Independent School Accreditation Review Processes"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy Kelly
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Mikhail Miller
November 1, 2019
"Using Technology and Collaboration with STEM Professionals to Enhance
Students’ Self-Efficacy and Interest in STEM"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Christopher Wright
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Brian Delaney
October 4, 2019
"Will the Real Non-Traditional Students Please Stand Up: An Integrative
Literature Review"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Renaldo Scott, EdD
October 4, 2019
"Impact Of Please ASK on ESL Student Comprehension Of The English Article
System Before Proper Nouns: A Phenomenological Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joy Phillips
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Ague Mae Manongsong
May 10, 2019
"Mentoring and Intersectionality: Exploring Lived Experiences of
Successful Minority Women Education Leaders"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Rajashi Ghosh
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Carlene Reid
May 10, 2019
"Child Care Center Directors' Perceptions of their Efforts to Create
Inclusive Environments in a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS):
A Phenomenological Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Constance Lyttle
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Mark Petrovich
May 3, 2019
"Tracking STEM Interest Development Through a Play-Based Informal
Learning Experience"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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Lydia Svetkovich
May 3, 2019
"The Impact of Response to Intervention/Multi-Tiered System of Supports
for Literacy on Student Outcomes in a Pennsylvania Elementary School: A
Quasi-Experimental Cohort Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Lori Severino<
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Angel Royal
April 12, 2019
"Evaluating the Impact of Economic Disadvantage on Specific Disability
Identification in Elementary School Students: A Grounded Theory
Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Janet Sloand
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Rasheda Likely
April 12, 2019
"#MediaMatters: Examining the Nature of Science in Children's Animated
Movies"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Christopher Wright
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Shadi Dini
March 1, 2019
"Pragmatic Competence of Bilinguals: An Interface of Education,
Computational, and Neuro Linguistics"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Charlotte Brickhouse
March 1, 2019
"The Voices of Leaders: A Qualitative Examination of Urban Principals'
Perspectives Regarding the Reintegrating of Students with Emotional
Disturbance Back in the School Community"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Constance Lyttle
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Brian Delaney
February 1, 2019
"How Journalism and Mass Communication Schools Prepare and Support
Instructors to Teach Online: A Multiple Case Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Amanda Reinsburrow
December 7, 2018
"Understanding Current Math Teacher Perceptions of Literacy and its Role
in their Classrooms"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Valerie Klein
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Nicolette DiPietro, EdD
December 7, 2018
"A Phenomenological Study: Exploring College Students' Experiences and
Perceptions About Adjuncts' Teaching Styles"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Alysha Meloche
November 2, 2018
"Picture After Picture: A Mixed Methods Study on Instructional Practices
in Art History"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jen Katz Buonincontro
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Stephen Flemming
November 2, 2018
"Exploring African American Men's Characterizations of their K-12
Teaching and Learning Experiences in a Large Urban School
District"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Hamideh Talafian
October 5, 2018
"Increasing STEM Career Awareness and Identity Exploration in a Space
Summer Camp"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Jessica Quinter
May 4, 2018
"A Case Study: Exploring Mindfulness Practices in Pennsylvania Elementary
School Settings"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Tamara Galoyan
May 4, 2018
"Uncovering Pedagogical Beliefs and Practices in Higher Education Through
a Lens of Mind, Brain, and Education Science"
Supervising Professors: Dr. Kristen Betts and Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Alia Ammar
April 6, 2018
"Evaluation of a Summer Literacy Camp for Struggling Readers"
Supervising Professors: Dr. Lori Severino and Dr. Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo
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Hope Fuss
April 6, 2018
"Principals' Perceptions of Changing the Age=Grade Traditional Model of
Schooling"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Amanda Barany
March 2, 2018
"Exploring Identities and Patterns of Participation in Virtual
Environments"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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Rebecca March
March 2, 2018
"A Qualitative Case Study: Exploring Parents' Support Needs When an
Adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder is Preparing to Transition to
Adult Services"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Lindsay Mitchell
February 2, 2018
"Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Education and its Impact on the
Development of Early Language and Literacy Skills: An Exploration of on
Head Start Program's Parent Involvement Model"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Vera Lee
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Hamideh Talafian
February 2, 2018
"Teachers' Views Toward Integrating Visual Technological Simulations in
Teaching Science: A Case Study in Urban Planning"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Traci Dennis
January 12, 2018
"A Second Chance: A Phenomenological Study of African American Student
Perceptions of Urban Secondary Alternative Schools"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen
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Leona Donaldson
January 12, 2018
"Comparing Engineering Labs for Organizational Analysis from Global
Perspective"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Barbara May
December 1, 2017
"Mixed Methods Design: Examining Secondary Teachers' Perceptions about
the Efficacy of First Year Implementation of the Collins Writing Program
on Students' Academic Performance on State Mandated Tests"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Joyce Pittman
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Magdalene Moy
December 1, 2017
"Exploring Portals and Participation in Europa Universalis' Affinity
Spaces"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Brian Smith
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Jennifer Gaudioso
November 3, 2017
"Perceptions of School Principals on Participation in Professional
Learning Communities as Job-Embedded Learning"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo
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Katelyn Alderfer
November 3 2017
"Teacher Activism and Social Media"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy Kelly and Dr. Brian Smith
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William Ryan
October 6, 2017
"University-Community Partnerships as Learning Organizations: A Case
Study"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristine Lewis Grant and Dr. Jamie Callahan
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Rasheda Likely
October 6, 2017
"Developing a 4D Curricular Unit for Middle School Students: Combining
Next Generation Science Standards with Career Awareness"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Nancy Songer
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Nicole Hall
May 5, 2017
"Supporting Nurses to Speak Up for Patient Safety"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Valerie Klein
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Elaine Perignat
May 5, 2017
"Examining Pedagogical Beliefs About Teaching for Creativity: Converting
STEM to STEAM Classrooms"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jennifer Katz Bounincontro
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Carol Stanford
April 7 2017
"Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment for Nurses"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kathy Geller
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Tamara Galoyan
April 7, 2017
"Transdisciplinary Approach to Transfer of Learning"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts, Dr. Penny Hammrich
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Linda Gaines, EdD
March 3, 2017
"Web-Based Technology Integration and Student Engagement in a Fully
Online Graduate Program"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Mollie Gambone
March 3, 2017
"An Expansive Learning Model to Explore Teachers' Collaboration for
Student Success"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristy Kelly
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Tara Parr, EdD
February 3, 2017
"A Brain-Targeted Teaching Framework: Modeling the Intended Change in
Professional Development"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Kristen Betts
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Anthony Matranga
February 3, 2017
"Mathematics Teachers Professional Development: A Virtual Boundary
Encounter"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jason Silverman
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Shawnna Thomas-El
January 6, 2017
"Unveiling Perceptions Held by Community Residents of an Academic
Institution in Their Midst"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ayana Allen
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Kristine MacDonald
January 6, 2017
"Factors Positively Influencing Persistence and Program Completion for
Nontraditional Students Enrolled at a For-Profit Postsecondary
Institution"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jennifer Adams
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Jessica Cellitti
December 2, 2016
"Teachers’ Perspectives on Failure: Impact on Classroom
Interactions"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Jason Silverman
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Melinda Johnson
December 2, 2016
"The Influence of Workplace Spirituality on Work Stress in University
Employees"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Ken Mawritz
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Amanda Barany
November 4, 2016
"Negotiating Identities through Peripheral Participation"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Aroutis Foster
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Shannon O’Neill
November 4, 2016
"Preparing Special Education Teachers in Low-Incidence Populations
– The Teachers’ Perspectives"
Supervising Professor: Dr. William Lynch
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Jonan Donaldson
October 7, 2016
"Conceptualizations of Learning and the Every Student Succeeds
Act"
Supervising Professor: Dr. Brian Smith
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