Commencement 2011 March 12, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana MARCH COMMENCEMENT 2011
Welcome
To our distinguished Capella University graduates, degree candidates, and guests:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to New Orleans for Capella University’s Winter 2011 commencement ceremony. We are here to recognize the significant accomplishments of our graduates. Your academic achievements, as well as your determination and commitment, have brought you to this point. As you walk across the stage, you are earning more than the titles bestowed by your degrees and certificates. The knowledge you have gained during your time at Capella University also grants you new responsibilities—to your family, your community, and yourself. You have the knowledge and the ability to make your corner of the world a better place.
Today, you join more than 22,000 Capella graduates who have gone before you. Many more will follow. As you move forward with your life and career, the support of Capella University remains with you. I encourage you to stay close to Capella through our Alumni Association, and let us know about your achievements.
To the loved ones of Capella graduates: You deserve special recognition. We know and appreciate the unique challenges that our learners face in balancing commitments, and the sacrifices it requires of those around them. Because of your support and encouragement, their success is possible. On behalf of Capella’s learners, staff, and faculty, I extend my sincere appreciation.
Graduates, I urge you to savor this moment; it is one you will long remember. All of us who are here today are proud of your accomplishments and honored to share this day with you.
Warmest regards,
Deborah Bushway, PhD Interim President Capella University MARCH COMMENCEMENT 2011
Commencement Speaker—Bertice Berry, PhD
Bertice Berry is an award-winning lecturer, educator, sociologist, author, and member of Capella University’s board of directors. She began her career teaching sociology and statistics at Kent State University. Her popularity as a lecturer inspired her to pursue a career as an entertainer, lecturer, and comedian, earning her such awards as national Comedian of the Year and Campus Lecturer of the Year. She went on to produce and host her own nationally-syndicated talk show and hosted “USA Live” on the USA Network. A strong advocate of community involvement, Berry is Bertice Berry, PhD an active volunteer and literacy activist. Berry credits her own education to a generous benefactor who assisted in her education at Jacksonville University in Florida, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. She earned her PhD in Sociology at Kent State University.
Grand Marshal—Jerome Halverson, PhD
Jerome (Jerry) Halverson is the founding Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies of Capella University. He has served as the Acting Dean of Capella’s School of Business and Technology and Vice President for Academic Quality. He is now a senior core faculty member in the School of Education. Dr. Halverson earned a bachelor’s degree in Education and Theology; a master’s degree in Education from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota; a master’s degree in Moral Theology from St. Louis University; and a PhD in Higher Education Leadership and Adult Education from Michigan State University. Before joining Capella, he was the Dean of New College at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Director in Michigan State University’s Regional Centers, and the Assistant Superintendent of the American School in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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Commencement Ceremony 10:00 am Doctoral and Certificate
Bagpipes...... Robert Grubb and Marta Vincent
Processional...... Pomp and Circumstance Dr. Jazz and the New Orleans Sounds
Color Guard...... New Orleans Fire Department
The National Anthem ...... BriAnna Dewar, Vocalist
Welcome...... Deborah Bushway, PhD Interim President, Capella University
Commencement Address ...... Bertice Berry, PhD Board of Directors, Capella University
Presentation of Candidates for Degrees ...... School of Business and Technology School of Education School of Public Service Leadership Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Conferral of Degrees ...... Deborah Bushway, PhD Interim President, Capella University
Welcome to Alumni Association...... Marcia Ballinger, PhD, SPHR Board Chair and graduate, Capella University
Recessional ...... When the Saints Go Marching In Dr. Jazz and the New Orleans Sounds
Grand Marshal—Jerome Halverson, PhD Senior Core Faculty, School of Education, Capella University
Reader—Bruce Francis, PhD Distinguished Senior Faculty, School of Education, Capella University
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Commencement Ceremony 2:00 pm Undergraduate, Master’s, Specialist, and Certificate
Bagpipes...... Robert Grubb and Marta Vincent
Processional...... Pomp and Circumstance Dr. Jazz and the New Orleans Sounds
Color Guard...... New Orleans Fire Department
The National Anthem ...... BriAnna Dewar, Vocalist
Welcome...... Deborah Bushway, PhD Interim President, Capella University
Commencement Address ...... Bertice Berry, PhD Board of Directors, Capella University
Presentation of Candidates for Degrees ...... School of Undergraduate Studies School of Business and Technology School of Education School of Public Service Leadership Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Conferral of Degrees ...... Deborah Bushway, PhD Interim President, Capella University
Welcome to Alumni Association...... Marcia Ballinger, PhD, SPHR Board Chair and graduate, Capella University
Recessional...... When the Saints Go Marching In Dr. Jazz and the New Orleans Sounds
Grand Marshal—Jerome Halverson, PhD Senior Core Faculty, School of Education, Capella University
Reader—Bruce Francis, PhD Distinguished Senior Faculty, School of Education, Capella University
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Capella University
Administration Board of Directors
Interim University President Marcia S. Ballinger, PhD; Board Chair Deborah Bushway, PhD Bertice Berry, PhD Robert Fox, JD Chancellor Willie Garrett, EdD Michael J. Offerman, EdD Kevin Gilligan Deborah Bushway, PhD Capella University Founder Elena Kays, PhD Stephen G. Shank, JD Kimberly F. Stephan, JD; Board Secretary
CEO, Capella Education Company J. Kevin Gilligan
Acting Dean School of Business and Technology William Reed, PhD
Dean School of Education Barbara Butts Williams, PhD
Dean Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences David Chapman, PsyD
Dean School of Public Service Leadership Charles Tiffin, PhD
Dean School of Undergraduate Studies Feranda Williamson, EdD
6 SCHOOL OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Bachelor of Science in Business
Melinda Abrahamson Roy Denton Cunningham William F. Holsker Kathryn Agerbeck Andrew Curran III Calee Hoover Ashley Alms Stewart Teresita De La Grana Mary Horman Shana L. Anderson Lorrie Decker Darren S. Humes Penney Carroccio Anderson Vera L. DelaCruz Natalie Dawn Irwin Julie Andreoni Jill C. Demanski Christa E. Jackson LaToya Tierra Arrington Gerald F. Dennehey Janet Marie Jackson Cheryl Austin Darnell Dezurn Nancy G. Jendro Jill Ball Frank M. Donald Robert W. Jones Marilyn A. Banks Frank Douglas Cassandra L. Jones Rebekka E. Bartels Kemp Dowdy Laura Justice Erin Bartolazzi Stephanie D. Edwards-Spruill Navdeep Kapur Robert Bean Karla Jean Eickhoff Julie Kaufman Jennifer Beimer Houser Lyndie R. Fallen Dave M. Kaufman Nichole E. Benson Ryan E. Fincher John Thomas Kelly Shalee N. Bergeson Kristin M. Fisher Nicole Marie Kennedy Brad A. Bernkrant Beverly Foster Barbara Kerswell Raman S. Bola Robert B. Francoeur Holly M. Kramer Preston P. Bonneville Yvonne B. Gamblin Damodar Krishnamurthy Gentry M. Bowie Sharon L. Gammell Joel J. Lacina Sherrie U. Broome Lindsey N. Garrett Jessica Lawler Shanna Marie Bruce Jamie M. Gerber Terry M. Ledbetter Elizabeth A. Bryant Lorie Goodson Theresa Lestrange Debra A. Buckley Peter B. Groza Katheryn Lewis Cynthia A. Bushinski Joyce A. Hammond Deborah Lewis Lisa Carrawell Lindsey Harnish LaHoma Lewis-Pittman Justin T. Carter LaDawn Harris Amanda J. Leyh Thomas W. Castelein Jill HarrisDillon Jennifer Loretto Jenel L. Cills LaKisha Harvey Teri L. Lotta Sarah E. Cole Marguerite T. Harvieux Zaheir Majeed Jeremy D. Cook Sheila Ann Hawkins Tammy L. Majette Julie Cox Beverly A. High Kimberly A. Majewski Marianne Crane Stanley C. Hinds Charlotte A. Manning Paul Crea Sharon K. Hokanson Samantha Marie Marsyla
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Bachelor of Science in Business continued
Lysandra Martin Dee A. Picon Krista L. Swenson Rhonda Martin Anne F. Pitts Anthony Taitague Angela Rose Martirano-Hookham Ryan C. Pitts Amanda R. Thomas Richard L. Maxwell Luke Porter Michael G. Thompson Jacob Mayne Katheryn Powers Liza M. Towle Kathleen McCooe Lisa C. Prachar Chelsea D. Traver Renee Mckirchy Paul Pruitt Michael Travis Melissa D. Meaders Primila Rajakulasingham Candace R. Turbeville Jackie Melonas Kristen Reeder Joy K. Turner Magdalena Mendez Monica K. Richards Jennifer Utley Deborah J. Mercer Stacy C. Ridge Jessica M. Valdes Debbie R. Merritt Danette L. Roberts Tammy J. Van Horn Peggy W. Meyers Daniel Roberts Chester L. VanBlaricum Sue E. Miller Marjorie E. Roberts Jessica Vo David D. Mobley Keith R. Rodarmel Heather M. Wall Lois A. Morse Enrique Jacob Romero Travis Walton Jeremy Muench Evelyn F. Ryberg Michael Warren Marquita Murphy Louis Sabo Phyllis L. Warren Toby Navarre Henry Samuels Garry D. Wheelock Kendra Gayle Nichols Jennifer M. Sandness Deborah C. Wierschke Jorge A. Ordinola Jeffrey Sassone Chrissi Wiersma Bobby E. Orr Soliman S. Sayedi Pat H. Wildenburg Christopher L. Ouellette Judith Schiffeler Holly Wills Patricia Ann Owen Cheryl L. Schoeneck Michele D. Wright Darrin M. Pachman Keri L. Sharp Mary E. Yamada Jimmy E. Padilla Benjamin J. Silver Degaul Yang Eileen M. Page Tammy Skipper Gregory Joseph Page April D. Skonieczny Rachal J. Parson David Skurda Fabian Perez Patricia Smith Hilda Perry Susan Spolansky Michael Phillips Kathleen Spencer Starko Kendra M. Phillips Holly Stewart Dawn M. Piasecki Alice Strickland
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Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Aisha Aladdin Omonseoyenmwen Giwa-Osagie Michael A. Murphy William J. Ayers Matthew V. Haesle Jon J. O’Hagan Rachelle Sue Barron James Hamidou Richard Parker Brett M. Bates Aleta J. Hammond Dan Pelletier Harry R. Beagle, Jr. Christopher S. Harris Shem D. Peters Heather A. Beatty Jue J. Her-Neish Mark Peterson Steven David Bertram Matthew Herold Rick Pons Rachel L. Bierstedt David Hoover Steven K. Pool Jason Bird Colleen Marie Horan Mark G. Pouncey Kimberly Black Adam Horrocks David Powell Hugh Bowie George M. Hurley Simon Pulido Richard Bretz Randy Ip Yvette Reed Michael Chandler Elizabeth Moscatiello Johnston Brian C. Remenick White Jade Chin Craig Alan Kellogg Alexander A. Rivera Lawrence O. Churchill Benjamin F. King III Jay R. Rodriguez Christina Clemens David Matthew Kohler Julian Romero Kerri L. Clement Daniel Lahaie Andrew T. Rozema Sereta J. Collington Karen E. Larson Elliot Sandle Kelli D. Conrad John K. Leahy Mandy Sands Joshua A. Coughlan Thomas LeBaron Thomas W. Schankweiler Carl A. Crawley Sharon A. LeFevre Tony D. Scott Sarah C. Davis Gregory S. Lindstrand Rickey Sewell Norman Davis John R. Ludenia II Dennis Shroka Ralph E. DiGiacomo III Sally Mancini Ricky Smart Marc Djulus Robert C. Marlett Jason C. Smith Daniel D. Dupont -Jarrett Michele L. Matthews Virgel D. Smith Jason Freislinger Jack McCalla Sridhar Somasundharam Sara L. Frey Richard McCormick Lawrence D. Stephan Christopher A. Fuller Esther D. Mckinney Richard F. Stuntebeck Sean Funk Monica L. Mills Glenn Michael Swaffield Katherine Garrett Riaz S. Missaghi Robin R. Taylor Jacqueline Gendrich Jeremy Moore Barbara N. Taylor Nicholas Reg Giacomini John Moreau Charles Andrew Thompson, Jr. John Doc Gillman Jo Ann Morrison Amador P. Torrez
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Bachelor of Science in Information Technology continued
Christopher M. Tremblay Rodney Visser Leonard M. Wilson Michael Tuosto Jeffrey L. Wayand Kathleen Wren James Tyson Keith Weber Richard A. Zurbrick David Unruh Thomas Wende Luigi Vattelana Damian M. Wilbur
Bachelor of Science in Public Safety
Sonia A. Pattillo Xiomara A. Torres Milton Young Jenayalynn Combs Riojas
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Business
Danielle Brokenburr Thomas Masters Crystal M. Webb Lewis Chelsea Garland Tonia Jean Newton Daniel Richard Weiss Patricia Hatcher Camille T. Pierre Carol Wynter Patricia L. Jackson Nicole Stewart Seawright
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Technology
Jeremy M. Fisher Angela R. Johnson Walton Hastings Smith
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Master of Business Administration
Brian Abolins Andre D. Cotton Shameka O. Hamilton Nicole B. Adema Cynthia Creviston Timothy Hanke Eric Michael Aebi Ed Cristy Melody S. Hansen Kenneth Allen Kimberly Noel Crosslin Karen Harp Toyin K. Alowonle Leslie Carl Davis Jessica Harper David S. Altshuler Kristy L. Davis Emily Rae Hartman Paula K. Andrews Jeremy Davis Tracy L. Hedden Jessica Angelo-Julien Michael Warren Davis Henry J. Helo Nambata T. Angula Anne Marie DeBoard Jacquese McClain Hill Cheryl Lynn Applegate Donna Dettmer Denise Hill Martine Auguste Michael E. Dolley Angela D. Hoernemann Dom Azzarito Angelique M. Douty William Anthony Hooker Christa A. Bahr Haeg Micha Lyndli Elliott Courtney A. Howarth Kelsey L. Bell Gregory Ellis Laura L. Howell Dorothy A. Benford Michael G. Emmert Shannon Huddy Stephanie Berger Shannon A. England Justin Humenik Susan Kim Blocker Rosa Mercedes Esra Kristen R. Isbell Nakesla Blount Jerry B. Fain Dawn-Ann Iwamoto-Skelton Kalina Blutcher Jeffrey Fetterman Kevin Edward Jackson Kimberly A. Bogdan Bridgette S. Finckler Kimberly Jackson Debra J. Boutiette Jacqueline S. Fisher Teresa K. Jean-Baptiste Kenton Jay Bowers Thomas Michael Fisher Beulah John Felicia Bowman Christina M. Fitzgerald Natalya I. Johnson Kristie Brice Kelly Forbis Kendall C. Jones Shannon B. Brown Katherine Foreman Kiesha Jones Alice Marie Burt LaDonna Nicole Fusilier Taneshia Jones Shawna D. Camp Michael R. Gardner Kevin R. Jordan Joseph Campagna Justin Gilbert Jill Kaspszak Andrea Cardenas Melody Gillespie Paul E. Kaspszak Vergil Chames Jamie A. Godofsky Melanie Keasler Timothy Kwang Hee Chang Jeanmaire Graham John G. Kimani Nick Coletti Gretel Graham Ivonne Knight Marcus Cooper Amy J. Haight Ka Kwok Russell L. Cooper Devin Hakala Amy A. Lammayot
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Master of Business Administration continued
Bethanie Langner Victoria G. Newman Alyson Rowe Magnus LeBlanc Miriam Althea Nicholas Robert J. Rowland Hung T. Lee Emily A. Nicholls Andrew Rybacki December M. Lee Camille Nickelson Carlos Sacoto Cory J. LeFebvre Nicholas Russell Niemi Shawn M. Samii Vicki A. Lipinski Carol OConnor Julie M. Scheele Katherine Toy Lipsey Pedro Otero Bryan G. Schmidt Breanne Liscinsky Christina Overstreet Jeanne Schneider Michelle Loncar Serge Pantaler Stephen Wayne Sedlacek Tim Loudon Evan G. Patrick Alicia Shank Sallie Lowrance Nicole M. Pauley Stephanie Patricia Shea Theresa Malone Michael J. Pawloski Anne Skenzich Elly Mathenge Luis Pena David Smiley Ian McCallum Norman Anthony Pennant Lisa Smith Arlita J. McCoy Alison M. Perry DesSetta Smith Adriane McGlathery Joshua T. Peterson Mystique A. Smith-Bentley Anna Lisa McQueen Kauthar Peterson Diana M. Sotomayor Julie McReynolds Ashley Piatek Heidi Stawski Renee Meisenbach Christopher J. Pierce Heather K. Stevens Sylvia B. Mendoza Michael W. Pitts Monica A. Steward Jeannine Miller Elizabeth A. Polek David A. Strabbing Tina Miller Melvin Prasad Robert Summers Versiera Marier Miller Michael Vincent Proctor Gina L. Sundeen Zachary Millis Marc A. Rapp Ingrid Anna Suprock Melisa Adonia Mills Reggie L. Ray Samuel Swatzell Tina L. Miner Thomas Reifel Preeti Tanakanti Shelia Mitchell Terri L. Reithemeyer Tywanda Dynel Tate Sharon L. Mooney Janine Rhodes Ioapo Tauai Samantha N. Morrall Marie Ann Rickmyer Marcus Taylor Rebecca H. Mott Michelle Rigterink Jonathan Taylor Tanya C. Mourato Marjorie E. Roberts Steven K. Thomas Shatima Leteya Murphy Olga Robinson Michelle D. Thomas Erick B. Murray Selena Rodgers Angela N. Thompson Shanel Nelson Almira Roldan Myra Tolentino Fan
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Andrea Tolman Richard P. White Christine Workman Amy Catherine Turner Jennifer S. Whitty Lori Wortylko Christopher David Underwood Rebecca Kay Wilcox Jeffrey W. Wright Andra Vaughn Dan Williams Janina Wright Michadia Veira Katrina Williams William G. Wyrick, Jr. Elizabeth C. Wakefield Tiffany Laina Williams Susan Lynn Young Angela Wallace Carla M. Wolf Derrick Young Maureen Watson Robert Joseph Wood Dawn Zenefski Jason Weakly Stacy Michelle Wood Tobin Shane Zimmerer
Master of Science in Human Resource Management
Gustavo Acosta Karen N. Foreman Pamela Rivers-Smith Rithka Ayres Nicole Harbin Sarah Lynn Spinks Pamela J. Barnett Brittany Hilbig Pat Squire Anthony H. Beaster Maryann Kolniak Mikkeala Kwan Terrell Sheila D. Bew Sherry Massey Michaelle E. Theall James Brown Mildred Y. Miranda Arlisa R. Washington Brooke Collins Paul B. Opdahl Traci Taylor Welch Wanda McCoy Ellis Lisa Pittman William Fairley Regina A. Posey
Master of Science in Organizational Development
Kimberly Ann Dolejsi
13 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Master of Science in Organization and Management
Brianne M. Bangma Sarah R. Gowdy Lada S. Nowacki Kelli Bond Patricia Jackson Jennifer L. Pierce-Durot Jennifer A. Bourns Christine Andrea Kilmer Leslie L. Plett Ruby R. Brady Crystal M. Lauver Tracy A. Rey Siomara Z. Brommer Patricia L. Lehti Angella R. Schroller Kyle J. Davis Margaret H. Letizio Shannon Snyder Tina M. Durborow George W. Lytle David Taylor Teresa Flowers Saidu Mamman Neician Shanae Thaxton Julie A. Gianneschi Stuart Menn Deborah White Anna M. GilmoreHall Paul N. Molloy Tami Wilson Carol E. Gniady Teresa L. Morrison
Master of Science in Information Techology
Sanaz Ahmadi Aline Brendlinger Ahmed K. Elmatbagi Ibrahim Ahmed Samuel E. Brown Christopher S. Engle Andrew Stephen Alberry Carlotta Brown Gene W. Firman Vincent J. Allen Richard A. Burr Jeremy M. Fisher Jason E. Amy Leo V. Carlson Alberto Garcia Shawn Michael Angelle William T. Carter Tyler Gatewood Bobby R. Arell Diana Ramos Santiago Carter Abraham Gilbert Charmaine LaWan Askew William A. Cathcart Sheryl Glass Abu B. Baba John J. Cerone Robert B. Gledhill Lee M. Baca Dennis J. Clark JoEllen Green Sean Benjamin James L. Coleman Mary S. Grzybowski Flora M. Benton Charissa D. Corder Patrick D. Hale Mark N. Bernard Travis T. Crabtree Dana B. Harris Mark A. Bishop Jessica G. Degaine Dustin Herrington Terri Machelle Blazek Randolph Gregory Dominguez Todd G. Hesselink Cynthia R. Blount William Vladimir Dominguez Beverly Hilton Jennifer L. Boros John R. Dunn Adam T. Hobbs Ehsan Bozorgi Stephen Dutton Brian S. Holzhauer
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Master of Science in Information Techology continued
Derrick G. Jackson Jonathan S. Nicholson Donald Spaid Elie Jean-Louis, Jr. Scott Niebuhr Gary Starling Deborah Johnson Kevin L. Overman Marya A. Stinchcomb Jeffrey R. Jones Monica Paly Gary A. Teaman Eric Jordan Murali M. Pathivada Amos C. Terrell Gregory Karpe Cynthia D. Peeples Rodney E. Thompson Ryan Killebrew Amyann Perez Bridget A. Thomson Takami Kobayashi James Phipps Jonathan R. Tobias Neil Krukar Shari L. Pietrantonio Stephen R. Tomasko Steven LaCrosse Brian L. Ratliff Damaris Torres Alan Leberknight James E. Renguette Garth E. Tuck Gary Lee Melissa Rich Melvyn Turner Holly Lewis Jeffrey Wayne Robinson Suzie Valada Tracy-Ann Little Matthew Rogers PrasannaKumar Florian H. Litzinger Joseph T. Rose VudukunteChandrappa Dierdra Sharay Maddox Eduardo Ruiz-Santos Leonard Wade Calvin Madlock Larry Saccoia Scott D. Wagner Gerald F. Manahan, Jr. Barrie A. Sargent Aaliya N. Walker Kenneth A. Martin Richard Scafuto Richard Harold Walker Richard Maschak David A. Scharton Chad Walton Cicely R. Mason Brad Scott Craig Welsh Mark L. McKinley Linda Scott Jautau Kelton White Kathy J. Mehlmann Caryn Seippel Michael Williams Tabber Nelson Mintz Henry Sharpless Michael Wilson Katharina Moreira Matthew D. Shaw Jeff S. Yearwood Cynthia B. Mosby Catherine Sherwin Jayblama Young Arwen Mullikin Christopher Sisson Francisco Zangerolame Saroj Kumar Nanda Kevin J. Smith Gregory Zimmerman Terica T. Neal-Washington Donathan L. Souders Randall Zimmerman
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Doctor of Philosophy in Organization and Management
Kimberly S. Adelman Darryl J. Bowen Burnell G. Carden, Jr. Employee Voice and Impact of Knowledge Sharing Upon A Case Study Examining Upward Communication: A Planning for Software Development Training Expatriates for Overseas Phenomenological Collective Case Programs Assignments: Does a One-Size-Fits- Study of Leadership Behaviors in MENTOR: RICHARD YELLEN All Training Program Really Fit Performance Excellence Award Everyone? Winning Health Organizations Redd Branner MENTOR: ADOLFO GORRIARAN MENTOR: JOHN WHITLOCK United States Air Force Reenlistment: Factors Affecting a First-Term Fred W. Carroll Darlene Allen-Nichols Airman’s Decision to Reenlist Heuristic Inquiry: The Experience of Factors That Affect the Advancement During a Period of War Individuals Age 50 and Over of Life of African American Women to CEO- MENTOR: KATHERINE DEW after Sudden Involuntary Separation Level Positions in Banking within from Long-Term Employment the Chicago Metro Central District Donna J. Broussard MENTOR: MARTIN LEAHY MENTOR: MARTIN LEES The Leadership Practices of African American Women Working in the Sandra K. Carter Kimberly Alyn-Karels Defense International Contracting Transformational Physician The Relationship between Perceived Industry in a Deployed Status: A Leaders: The Relationship Between Leadership Style and Firefighter Quantitative Study Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment MENTOR: THOMAS DRIVER Transformative Learning MENTOR: GREGORY MCLAUGHLIN MENTOR: CYD STRICKLAND Brenda A. Bullock Charles A. Bachman An Examination of the Relationship Melinda E. Chen Private and Public Sector Enterprise Between Burnout and Employee The Effects of an Internet2 Resource Planning System Post- Engagement of Information Implementation at the Food and Implementation Practices: A Technology Professionals at a Drug Administration: A Case Study Comparative Mixed Method Hospitality Company MENTOR: HENRY GARSOMBKE Investigation MENTOR: VALERIE COXON MENTOR: JOSE NIEVES Patricia Cherry Aubrey Butts Perceived Leadership Behaviors Anita L. Beckwith Managers` Communication Styles Gained After Involvement in a Youth Transcendental Leadership in and Employees` Job Satisfaction: A Theatre Company Action: An Exploration of How Self- Quantitative Study MENTOR: FRANCIS DECARO Identified Transcendental Leaders MENTOR: FRANCIS DECARO Build a Culture of Workplace Judy L. Croxford Spirituality Ronna H. Campbell MENTOR: MARC MUCHNICK Determinants of Ethical Decision Strategic Planning and Making: A Study of Accountants in Organization Performance in a a Multinational Firm Ofori Boateng Volatile Economic Environment MENTOR: NANCY BORKOWSKI Promoting Socio-Economic MENTOR: CLIFFORD BUTLER Development: How Mobile Telephony Gladys Culbreath is an Agent for Creating High- Guy A. Canku Paying Jobs in Ghana From the Flexible Work Arrangements: An Service Providers’ Perspective Appraising the Use of Information Evaluation of Job Satisfaction and MENTOR: RICHARD YELLEN Technology in Tribal Governments Work-Life Balance MENTOR: ALAN CHMURA MENTOR: FRANCIS DECARO
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Shawntuan Lee Ann DeBerry Kevin Wallace Evers Steven M. Gaa Using Transformational Leadership Business-IT Alignment: A Current- An Exploratory Analysis of the to Change Organizational Culture State Evaluation of Strategic Relationships between Leadership, in a Government Agency Alignment Within the Hospital Safety Climate, and Organizational MENTOR: RONALD BENSON Organization Citizenship Behavior within High- MENTOR: ALVIN LATHAN Containment Biosafety Laboratories Crystal A. Dickerson MENTOR: SHELLEY ROBBINS Women in the Senior Executive Wall Ruben Exantus Service of the United States Federal Pastoral Burnout and Leadership Diane Gutiw Government: An Exploratory Styles: A Mixed-Methods Study of Infusion of Medical Expert Systems Quantitative Investigation Southern Baptist Pastors in Central in Emergency Medical Services MENTOR: BARBARA BAILEY Florida MENTOR: GREGORY MCLAUGHLIN MENTOR: LILBURN HOEHN Francis L. DiFonzo Russell B. Heigl Is Management Education Better Sylvester I. Ezeabasili Dimensions of the Learning Learned In Teams? A Study of The Interplay of Leadership and Job Organization Strategy: A Mixed Teamwork within the Business Satisfaction in the Organizational Methodology Case Study of the Education Curriculum Management of People with Mental Differences Between Traditional MENTOR: CYD STRICKLAND Retardation Organizations and Virtual MENTOR: THOMAS DRIVER Organizations Juan C. Donis MENTOR: MARY WHITMAN The Effect of the Puerto Rican Charles A. Fail Governmental Ethics Law on the The Phenomenology of the Shenila M. Hill Perception of Corruption Among Entrepreneur at the Nexus of Co-Creating Alignment Between Municipality of Hatillo Employees Individual and Opportunity: A Women, Organizations, and Society MENTOR: JAMES KROLIK Study of Entrepreneurial Decision- to Support Women’s Career Success: Making An Exploratory Case Study of Tracie L. Douglas MENTOR: KATHLEEN HENRY Transformational Change MENTOR: MARILYN HARRIS Perceptions of Expatriate Minority Employees in Relation to Diversity Russell E. Fail Initiatives: A Qualitative Study Utilizing Child Psychologists in Vaughan Houger MENTOR: JANICE SPANGENBURG Marketing Products to Children: Generational Differences and the A Phenomenological Study of Impact to Employee Engagement: A Grady Johnson Eakin the Ethical Perceptions of Child Program Design Psychologists MARILYN HARRIS The Effects of Staffing and MENTOR: KATHLEEN HENRY Organizational Constructs in Lead Systems Integrators of Complex John D. Hulsey Defense Programs Mark C. Friske Are E-Businesses Trustworthy? MENTOR: JUDITH FORBES Employed Disabled Veteran Issues MENTOR: PERRY HAAN of Workplace Discrimination: Wagih R. Elgohary A Qualitative Exploratory Investigation Online Technology and MENTOR: ADOLFO GORRIARAN Organization Challenges: An Examination of Netflix and Customer Satisfaction MENTOR: RAJ SINGH
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Doctor of Philosophy in Organization and Management continued
Christopher D. Huseman Kalu A. Kalu Robert K. Livingston Market Orientation And The National Culture and Leadership: An Investigation of Markor Scale: A Quantitative Study Followers’ Preference of Transformational Leadership in a Measuring the Degree of Market Transformational or Transactional Virtual Learning Environment Orientation of Illinois Banks $500 Leadership in a Power Distance MENTOR: MARTIN LEES Million in Assets and Less Culture MENTOR: GEORGE KALIDONIS MENTOR: LILBURN HOEHN Willie J. Lockett, Jr. Student Perceptions About the Billie J. Hutson II Richard A. Kamischke Effectiveness and Quality of Online Outsourcing: A Study of the Brainstorming Lessons from Working Musical Instrument Instruction Propensity to Insource Services in in Ambiguous Environments MENTOR: STEVEN BROWN Healthcare Organizations MENTOR: JOHN HANNON MENTOR: JOSEPH LEVESQUE James Mahoney Mary J. Karayakaylar Changes to the White-Collar Career- JeDarius L. Isaac If You Build It, Will They Come? Track Employment System in Japan Health Care as a Complex Business: Marketing the Human Genome Resulting from Increased Female An Evaluation of Ethical Decision- MENTOR: MARY EVANS KASALA Participation Rates Making by Health Care Executives MENTOR: RAJ SINGH MENTOR: KATHLEEN HARGISS Abdussalam A. Khan Virtual Mentoring: A Quantitative Alston J. Mason David F. Iwane Study to Measure the Effectiveness of Inside the Black Box: Investigating Cause-Related Marketing as a Virtual Mentoring Versus Face-To- Agility as a Dynamic Capability for Solution for Companies With Face Mentoring Sustaining a Competitive Advantage Negative Reputations: An MENTOR: CALVIN LATHAN within Consulting Firms Exploratory Investigation MENTOR: MARTIN LEES MENTOR: RAJ SINGH Betsy Kimberling Nurses’ Awareness and Ability to Elizabeth A. McBride Gerilyn E. Johnson-Drake Attend to the Functional Needs of Emotional Intelligence and Mentoring Relationships among Hospitalized Elderly Patients Cognitive Moral Development in African American Women in the MENTOR: VALERIE COXON Undergraduate Business Students Senior Executive Service MENTOR: ZHENHU JIN MENTOR: CALVIN LATHAN Tam T. Lam A Study of Job Stress on Job Michelle D. McGriff Elyse R. Jurman Satisfaction Among Virtual Workers The Myth of Sisterhood and Garbage in Garbage out: Improving in Information Technology: An Management Effectiveness: An the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Empirical Study Investigation of Intra-Gender CRM Systems from the Perspective of MENTOR: JELENA VUCETIC Diversity and Group Conflict CRM Users MENTOR: CLIFFORD BUTLER MENTOR: MARY EVANS KASALA John M. Lisicki, Jr. An Examination of the Relationship William A. Minnick Between Emotional Intelligence and Behaviors and Competencies of Work-Related Outcomes Leaders/Owners of Small Businesses: MENTOR: SAMUEL NATALE The Independent Sales Agency MENTOR: JANET SALMONS
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Charles W. Minnis Jonas N. Ohrberg Joseph D. Pierre Data Communications within Emotional Intelligence and Turnover Information Security Analysis: A the Emergency Services: A Mixed Intent: An Investigation into the Study to Analyze the Extent to Which Methods Study of Attempts to Effects of Emotions on Correctional Information Security Systems Can Improve Data Communications Staff’s Intent to Stay or Quit Be Utilized to Prevent Intoxicated Systems Interoperability and MENTOR: ROBERT HOCKIN Individuals From Driving Information Sharing Issues MENTOR: SAMUEL NATALE MENTOR: EDWARD GOLDBERG Kevin D. O’Malley Knowledge Management and John Rains, Jr. Michael Herodotus Missios Information Technology in Customer Job Satisfaction Among U.S. An Exploratory Study of the Support: A Quantitative Assessment Department of the Army Civilians: Leadership Style and Practice of of the U.S. Navy’s Distance Support An Analysis Based on the Minnesota Greek Orthodox Priests in the United Program Satisfaction Questionnaire States MENTOR: JOHN KLOCINSKI MENTOR: KATHERINE DEW MENTOR: SHELLEY ROBBINS Desmond Osborne Daniel J. Ramos Margareta S. Moczynski The Relationship of Goal- How Consumer Confidence Predicts A Study of Media Richness Theory, Directedness, Generalized Trust, and Economic Recovery and the Impact of Message Valence the Manager’s Decision-Making Style MENTOR: CALVIN LATHAN on Media Choice of Managers of MENTOR: KEITH GRANT the Commander, Fleet & Industrial Adrienne A. Reynolds Supply Centers, U.S. Navy Kazuhiko Ota MENTOR: CALVIN LATHAN The Academic Expatriate in the Creating New Technologies in United Arab Emirates: A New Lens the Semiconductor Industry: An Through Which to View Expatriate Michael S. Myers Investigation of the Search and Sociocultural Adjustment Implications of Budget Allocations Diffusion of Knowledge MENTOR: MARY WHITMAN on the Advancement of MENTOR: JOHN HANNON Telecommunications within the Peter M. Roberts Passenger Rail Industry Mysoon A. Otoum MENTOR: SHARON GAGNON White Noise Effects of U.S. Crude A Study of Job Satisfaction Oil Spot Prices on Stock Prices of a Among Information Technology Publicly Traded Company: A Case Marylin B. Newell Professionals in the Emirate of Dubai Study Cross-Correlation Analysis College Presidents or Business CEOs: in the United Arab Emirates: An Based on Green Energy Management The Role of the College President in Exploratory Investigation Theory Colleges Owned by Publicly Traded MENTOR: KATHLEEN HARGISS MENTOR: ALAN CHMURA Corporations MENTOR: ADOLFO GORRIARAN Pedro J. Pardo Bonnie L. Rogers-Backus Job Satisfaction, Organization The Influence Tactic Preferred by Jaime E. Ocampo Commitment, Occupational Teaching Faculty: An Exploratory Personal Motivation of Physicians: Commitment, Turnover Intent and Case Study A Study Focused on Motivation by Leadership Style of Tissue Bank MENTOR: KEITH GRANT Job Enrichment and Job Satisfaction Employees of Public Sector Physicians in MENTOR: SAMUEL NATALE Ecuador MENTOR: SUZANNE RICHINS
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Tammy J. Sagastizado Jerome T. Solomon Mary Kay Whitaker A Phenomenological Study of Open Source Software in Medium Dimensions of Organizational Oklahoma’s Widening Opportunities Size Organizations: Key Factors for Culture During a Merger: A in the Workplace Program Adoption Quantitative Perspective From Non- MENTOR: STEPHANIE FRASER-BEEKMAN MENTOR: WERNER GOTTWALD Managerial Employees MENTOR: MARTIN LEES Dennis M. Sage James H. Stephenson All the Net’s a Stage: Internet Ethics and Morality in Software Shauna T. White Privacy Attitudes of Generation Y Development: A Developer’s Nonprofit Youth Organizational MENTOR: CHERYL BANN Perspective Leadership: An Examination of MENTOR: THOMAS RICHARDS Servant and Transformational Paul Shank Leadership from Within MENTOR: CALVIN LATHAN A Descriptive Study of Values- Darlette P. Stowers Based Organizational Culture in a Perceived Organizational Support Healthcare Organization and Organizational Commitment in Victoria A. Williams MENTOR: MARTIN LEES the United States Army Reserve Effective Group Communication MENTOR: MARY WHITMAN Techniques for Eliciting IT Dean F. Sheetz Requirements MENTOR: JOHN HANNON Networks of Learning: Using Social Scott B. Swiggard Network Analysis as a Tool for the Generations and Employee Study of a Community of Practice Commitment: An Exploration of the Cassandra Williams MENTOR: RICHARD FLOR Impact of Changes in Technology, Building Stronger Teams in the Life Home and Family Structure, and Insurance Industry: A Qualitative Wilma J. Slenders-Didkowsky Employer-Employee Relationships Study of the Use of Personality MARC MUCHNICK Assessments in the Selection and Chief Executive Officers and Their Hiring Process Trusted Advisor Relationships: A RUBYE BRAYE Qualitative Study From the CEO’s Kenneth N. Thompson Perspective Servant-Leadership: An Effective Summer J. Wilson MENTOR: KATHLEEN HARGISS Model for Project Management MENTOR: WERNER GOTTWALD Does a Military Spouse’s Employment David Slotwinski Status Affect the Retention of the Deon T. Wansel Active-Duty Spouse? A Study of Determining the Statistical Military Spouse Employment Significance of Environmental Thinking Outside of the Book: The MENTOR: RUBYE BRAYE Uncertainty on the Relationship Adoption of Search Engine Web Sites among Performance, Entrepreneurial MENTOR: JOSE NIEVES Orientation, and Strategy for Craig Winstead Washington State Manufacturing Kymm M. Watson Preparing to Move Recording Artists Firms from Independent to Mainstream: A MENTOR: GEORGE KALIDONIS Successful Organizational Change Collective Case Study of the Critical Strategies in High School Education: Success Factors from the Perspective A Qualitative Study of the Early Curtis B. Smith, Jr. of the Professional Artist Manager College High School Model MENTOR: RUBYE BRAYE The Effects of Current Leadership MENTOR: APRIL WALL Models in a Post-Sadaam Iraq MENTOR: SAMUEL NATALE
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Jan D. Wyatt Is There a Negative Impact on Team Job Satisfaction When Management Takes Adverse Action Toward an Individual Employee? MENTOR: SAMUEL NATALE
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology
Michael F. Burke David M. DeProspero Dennis Hackney IT Effectiveness and Flexibility Computing Challenges Facing The Department of Defense Versus Strategic Alignment: Physically Challenged Children: A Information Security Process: A Assessing the Correlative Effects in Usability Analysis of Multitouch Study of Change Acceptance and Higher Education Technology in the Classroom Past-Performance-Based Outsourcing MENTOR: LAWRENCE NESS Environment within the Rome City MENTOR: RICHARD LIVINGOOD School District Shankar Babu Chebrolu MENTOR: VALERIE COXON Peter Newman Assessing the Relationships among Evaluating the Effect of Information Cloud Adoption, Strategic Alignment Roger J. Finnegan Technology in Small Businesses and Information Technology Information Food Webs: A MENTOR: EDWARD GOLDBERG Effectiveness Quantitative Inquiry Using a MENTOR: LAWRENCE NESS Biological Food Web Methodology MENTOR: ALAN CHMURA
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Master of Science in Education
Shirley Abeel Valerie Bush David Devenport Sharon Adams Smith Jon Butchko Norma Diaz Susan Alexander Keith Byers Tonia Dirksen Desiree Alexander Sherita M. Byrd Iliana Dodge Rothamel Alexandre-Jackson Terrence R. Byron Amy Strickler Doner Janine D. Allen Judith Byssainthe Catherine E. Donges Laverne Alston Audrey Cabbell Kaley Douglas Rachale Amerson Alisa M. Cambro April A. Dowdy Margaret Jordan Anderson TinaMarie Campbell Marc Drautz Ramonda Anderson Melisa Card Elisha J. Dryer Paul M. Angileri Todrick Carmouche Sandra Jeanne Duggleby Jennifer Badger Michael O. Carson Arthur J. Durbin Keva Bagwell Carolyn Carter Sheldon Eakins Deborah D. Bailey Renetta Carter Kimberly S. Eastwood Jason Robert Bailey Sharon Carter David W. Edwards, Sr. Crystal R. Barr Constance Charles Oana Elias Erin K. Bearfield Kiana Chauvin Michael Elkins Leslie M. Behm Kristi Chew Joanne Marcy Elston Tatiana Behrmann Kristie L. Clark Pamela Erickson Christie Bell Caitlyn Ann Clark Dorily Esquilin Tracy O. Bennett Mark Colantonio Stacy Evans Beverly L. Benton Linda D. Thompson Coleman Patty Fasbender Brenda D. Best Victoria Collins William C. Fasciano Anne Dominique Bevevino Jessica Conroy Karen Fields Tomeka Blue Monica Cooke Tawanna Y. Fields-Mphande Nancy Bogaenko Timothy Craig Sheila Fitzgerald Susan Braund William H. Creswell Charlesetta Floyd Kirk S. Brockman Joseph Cummings Diana Margaret Focht Caralee K. Bromme Natasha Daniels-Leach Ariyll A. Forester Michelle Lea Brooks Gabriela Davalos-O’Neill Valerie Frost-Lewis Rosa Brown Delbrina Davidson Natasha Galbraith Kirk Brunker Rebecca Anne Davis Dennis B. Gamble Christine Burkette Laura B. Dawley Alphonso Garrett, Jr. Krystyn Busby Vincent A. De Muro, Jr. Jennifer Gerry
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Rebecca C. Geselbracht Toya L. Huckleby-Rodriguez James R. Lee Patrick Gilbert Keely I. Hultz Nile Leland Legania Jelena Gober Traves Hyman Ashley Lemons Nancy L. Godbey Varcenia Ingram Mary Sue Greden Lessard Rebecca Goldenbaum Cynthia Jackson April P. Lewis Delilah C. Goode Lyndsay James Sonia Lindsay Denise Goring Darion Lamon James Valarie Denice Little Terry E. Govoreau Jennie Jamieson Antoine D. Livingston Armelia A. Green Rebekah Janiak Darrus Long John Stammer Griffith Melissa R. Jay Magdalene G. Lopez Lyn Gutierrez Carol R. Johnson Elisenda Lopez Sarah Hackenberg Apryl J. Johnson Anika L. Lunan Margery C. Halstead Lashay M. Johnson Dara Lynn Tammie Hansen Mindy M. Johnson Ericka Mabion James Lee Harger Marcus A. Johnston Rhonda Mack Ola Harper Ted A. Jones Courtnee Mack Kelsey J. Harris Bridget Jones Wintrill Maiden Amber M. Harris-Stokes Angilla Jones Chontell D. Manns Jennifer M. Heinen Melissa Jo Jordan Michael S. Marhefka Danielle V. Heller Tiffany June Jamie Marinello LeRoy L. Henderson Mio Kataoka Claudia Marshall Mia Henderson Marcy L. Keeling Erica M. Martz Al Henneberger TiJuana Ulmer Kelley Jane Masse Kristin M. Heron Matthew W. Key Michael P. Masters Catrina Herrington-Barrett Mohamad Abdelaziz Khalil Thomas Masters Brenda E. HicksRussell Margaret K. Kilmer Amy M. May Debra F. Hill Anne M. Kinealy Takira Murphy Mayberry Stephanie R. Holland Leigh A. Kitchens Leslie G. Maynard Sidna A. Holloway Jenny LaBree Debra A. McCottrell De-Shandria P. Holmes Elaine Langdon Gwendolyn D. McGowens Emily J. Hooks Cheryl C. Laplante Ron Mckie Melinda Horner Timothy Lapole Susan McLelland Jerilyn Hosfield Terri D. Lasby Stephen Michael McPherson Mary B. Howard Andrea L. Leavy Marilyn Louise Medley
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Lekshmi M. Mendez Jeremy Porter Tyneisha Siders Hattie T. Mercer-Gilley Charles Anthony Prince Luka Ikeananihepomaika’i Siliga Shannon Miles Sharise N. Proctor Pule Kari Miller Kristine Pursell Roshaundrea Simmons Sylvia Miller Christine Quam Michelle Sletvold Valerie Mitchell Oscar Rafael-Tirado Eric Smart Erin Mitchell Falinda Randolph Stephanie Smith Pamela J. Mitchell-McPheters KrisShannon Leevett Rasbury Frederick Theodore Smith Luke Moffitt Jimmy Ray Kelvin Smith Shenita Lynnette Monroe Rebecca Reed Ana Snyder Christina A. Montenegro Desmond Reid Jannet Solis Amber Jonte Murphy Catherine A. Revell Lloyd Albert Sparks, Jr. Donna P. Naroz James F. Ridley Buffie Spencer Sandra L. Nelson Darilyn Roberts Terri B. Stevens MaryDiane D. Newham Burnett L. Robinson Katie Stinger Shavone Newsom Julie S. Rogers Rebecca Stromberg Tonya Newsome Freida Michelle Rollen Jennielle Strother Julia L. Oaks Heather G. Rollings Cyndia Sweet Lauren O’Hagan Annette D. Romeo Joanne R. Swenson Mojisola Lydia Oluwole Sonja Roque Randy Scott Tannehill, Jr. Michelle Ninette Opel Mary Rudolph LaShelle T. Taylor Lauren Ortega Jerry Santiago Karla N. Thomas Virginia Otteson Diane Sargent Jereka Renee Thomas-Hockaday Marcella Owens Kytia Katronia Saucer Jennifer L. Toth Darrien O. Page Pamela A. Scallan Gregory J. Tully DiAnna B. Palmer Matt Schoeneman Lindsay Turnbull Barbie Pardee Amy M. Seegmiller Teresa M. Uranga Pauline Christie Paterson Jessica A. Seiber Faiza Vassanji Justin Geza Petrovay Kimberly Ann Seward Myrna Velez Douglas V. Petrovitch Pierre Thizier Seya Judith Kaye Venable Kelley M. Phipps Jabriel A. Shakoor Karen C. Vertigan Kila D. Pickett Kimberly A. Sherwin Robert W. Walker Joye Poncy Douglas Scott Shipley Lucie Walsh Melissa Porter Karla Short Shaquita Weatherbee
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Jeremy Weller Martinique L. Williams Natalie M. Yeomans Nadia Latondra Wells Gina Rene Williams-Eubanks Jane Arlene York Kathleen M. Welz Fe’Lisa G. Wilson Connie M. Young Patrice West Kevin J. Wilson Ola B. Young LaKeta Weston Vanessa Lundy Wilson JoAnne Zawacki Christen B. Widdop Betty Winstead Amanda Beth Zemkoski Nicole Wilborn Shari Charmaine Wishard Deborah Zeringue Angela R. Williams Regina Wong Barbara B. Zingg Victor R. Williams Torris Woolfolk Marilyn Williams Tanya M. Wright
Post-Masters Certificate in Education
Annette Michelle Acton Kamilah Gray Felicia D. McCarty Steven A. Akinnfest Tiffany Chandrel Greer Candace McCutcheon Roselyn Mary Branch-Leavell Shane J. Horihan Thien-Nga Gina Nguyen Tressie Brown Catherine R. Hurd Carline L. Nord Jefferson Brown Francisse Jean-Francois Paul Allen Philp Yvonne Cannon Willis B. Jefferson Derk Riechers Tamara K. Capps Patricia Jefferson Sabrina Ruiz Skye Carmel Choma Tanya V. Jones Baseemah A. Shaheed Charles Coleman, Jr. Richard B. Kalman Victoria Shelton LaRhonda Renee Courtney Charles Kemp Franklin Sims Victoria A. Cramer Lisa Kooren Mandi Smith Carmen D. Daniels Renae L. Kuhl Reshowrn B. Thomas Francis L. DiFonzo Barbara Lynn Lauridsen Tami Toma Timothy William Dodd Latausha Lay Sean Timothy Warren Jenny Ellen Dutton Gayle A. Mackay JuneAnn M. Wills John R. Engbeck Regina P. Marsters Kimiko N. Wilson Jacinda Ferguson Cameron McArthur Robert Steven Woodsmall Wendy Francis Leslie J. McBride Kwanza Yates
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Education Specialist
Earline D. Barkley Jennifer Breaux Foster Kay F. Price Jacqueline J. Beazley Belinda J. Grier Lindsey Saa Sean Bishton Craig Johnson Charlotte M. Sanford Vanessa Bradley Peter Lee Aida M. Stewart Suzette Carr Mary Liddell Bonita Chase Wallace Danielle Chiaro Kimm C. Mack Michelle L. Watson Jason R. Cook Betty J. Martin-Mouton Chintina T. Willis
Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Eleanor R. Abel Glover Jennifer Lynn Albert Catherine N. Anstrom The Application of Data to Improve Deconstructing Demographics: The University Faculty Members’ the South Carolina Family and Significance of Personality and Perception of Group Work: How Consumer Sciences Program of Study Spirituality in First-Generation Knowledge and Experiences Guide MENTOR: DEBORAH GILBERT Female Higher Education Student Practice Affairs Personnel MENTOR: ELIZABETH BRUCH Samir M. Abou-Nassif MENTOR: JEROME HALVERSON Self-Reported Factors That Influence Nancy A. Aronson Choice of College-Bound Students in Anthea E. Amos A Study of the Effects of Appreciative Lebanon Perceptions of the Persistent: Inquiry on Teachers’ Classroom MENTOR: CAROL BERG O’TOOLE Academic Experiences of First Practice Generation Community College MENTOR: LISA REASON Roberta J. Agar-Jacobsen Students MENTOR: CAROL BERG O’TOOLE A Study of the Learning Styles Deborah S. Ash of Middle and High School Deaf Participatory Design for and Nondeaf Students in Public Christine G. Anderson Intervention: Enhancing Education The Impact of Scripted Reading on Engagement and Motivation of At- MENTOR: LISA AAROE 5th and 6th Grade Student Fluency, Risk Students Comprehension and Vocabulary MENTOR: ROD SIMS Barbara Agnello Development MENTOR: CASEY REASON Coping with Autism: The Parental Sharon L. Audet Journey of Adjustment The Relationship between the Timing Cheryl J. Anderton MENTOR: KATHERINE GREEN of the Admissions and Financial The Essence and Structure of Aid Application on Satisfactory Meaningful Learning and Academic Progress and Retention at the Highly Effective Teaching a Large Urban Community College Instructional Design Model MENTOR: JAMES COOK MENTOR: DENNIS MILLS
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Karen Baldeschwieler Glynn E. Breuer Barbara A. Caldwell Ignore the Rankings: A Study of the New Capabilities for Older Aircraft: Ninth Grade Student Attendance: Relationship Between Commercial A Study of Pilot Integration of Teacher Perceptional Study College Rankings and Lifetime Retro-Fit Digital Avionics to Analog- MENTOR: MICHAEL JAZZAR Economic Value Instrumented Flight Decks MENTOR: CAROL BERG O’TOOLE MENTOR: KEITH JOHANSEN Tamara K. Capps Veteran Students: What Motivates Millicent Black Janice M. Brown Persistence From Matriculation To Non-Profit Versus For-Profit The Hands-On Equations System Goal Completion? Prekindergarten Programs: Which and its Effect on Students’ Academic MENTOR: BARBARA KEENER Parents Hit the Academic Jackpot? Performances and Retention Levels MENTOR: LAURA TRUJILLO-JENKS MENTOR: ALMA RODRIGUEZ Cynthia A. Carter Higher Education Administration Nancie A. Blahm Elaine T. Brown in Texas Public Universities: Adults Who Have Learning Response to Intervention: Are Schools A Comparative Study of the Disabilities: Transition from GED to Prepared to Implement? Personalities and Attitudes of Postsecondary Activities MENTOR: CATHERINE PULKINEN White Administrators at Minority- MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Serving Institutions and Minority Amy S. Browne Hogan Administrators at Predominantly Cheryl A. Boncuore White Institutions Preservice Teacher Preparedness: MENTOR: LISA REASON Connecting Technology With Deficiencies and Strengths Pedagogy: An Online Workshop for MENTOR: CAROLE HRUSKOCY Campus Faculty Development Pierette Charles MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Martha K. Buckner Factors Influencing Middle School Teachers When Referring English Leadership Practices of Female Kimberly Bouchard Language Learners to Special Principals Education Homeschooling and Reading MENTOR: JEFFREY RONNEBERG MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Difficulties: Parents Learning How to Teach Their Child Who Struggles Patricia M. Burke with Reading Jason J. Chevalier MENTOR: GORDON GRAHAM Cultural Competency of Associate- Planning for Excellence: A Case Degree Nursing Faculty Study of the Execution of Strategic Thor I. Boucher MENTOR: JULIA BRONNER Planning Practices on a California Community College Campus Increasing Support for Novice Sara C. Burton MENTOR: KATHRYN CAMPBELL Teachers Working in Urban, Low- Income Schools Childhood Needs and Children’s Angela D. Coleman MENTOR: RONALD DOUGALL Literature: A Content Analysis of Award-Winning Books Teachers’ Perceptions of Principals’ Tawanda M. Braswell MENTOR: KATHERINE EMMONS Leadership Practices in Public Elementary Schools Persistence Factors of First- Stephen Wayne Burton Rizzo MENTOR: LISA CONNER Generation Learners MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Enrolled but Underprepared: A Phenomenological Study of Community College Developmental Students MENTOR: PAMELA HANFELT
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Emily Coleman Mark Costa Jody Davenport Money Matters: A Study on the Students’ Perceptions of Instructional A Mixed Method Evaluation of an Relationship Between Financial Aid Methods Used in Postsecondary Undergraduate Physical Education Programs and Policies on Student Career and Technical Education and Exercise Science Program as It Persistence in Higher Education MENTOR: PATRICIA MARIN Relates to Professional Preparedness MENTOR: BARBARA KEENER MENTOR: MARSHA COVINGTON Margaret E. Costa Jerry D. Collins Professional Development in Patricia L. Davis Teacher and Student Perceived Language Arts: Triggering the Navigating Uncharted Waters--The Reasons for Dropping Out of High Levers for Teacher Learning and Effect of Mentoring on the Success School in an Urban Alabama City Student Achievement and Retention of First-Generation Between 2004-2008 MENTOR: KATHLEEN MONDELL College Students at Two Texas MENTOR: CHARISSE REDDITT Community Colleges: A Case Study Kim Cozean MENTOR: CORINNE DICKEY Robin K. Conde Enhancing Performance in High The Attraction of the Arts: A Study School Algebra: Using Guided Janis W. Davis of Students’ Retention in Arts Homework as an Instruction Strategy Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions Education Following Enrollment in MENTOR: ROD SIMS of an Underlying Framework of an Elementary Arts Magnet School Character Education MENTOR: PHILIP CORKILL Letitia Jordan Crosby MENTOR: PATRICIA MARIN The Relationship Between Ninth- Tammy R. Condon Grade Academies and Academic Dianne D. DeLong Educating Transformational Performance as Students Transition Nursing Education Leaders’ Leaders for the Urban Context: A From Middle School to High School Perceived Leadership Practices Study of Formal, Non-Formal, and MENTOR: MICHAEL JAZZAR MENTOR: CHARLES KOZOLL Informal Educational Experiences in the Effective Training of Urban Arleen M. Crutcher Stacy L. Dembitsky Ministers MENTOR: PHYLLIS MISITE Learning in Female-Dominated Creating Capable Graduate Nurses: Nursing Schools: Is There a Gender A Study of Congruence of Objectives Advantage? and Assessments of Critical Tanika W. Cornelius MENTOR: JULIA BRONNER Thinking in a Southeastern State The Level of Understanding and MENTOR: HARRY WALLING Knowledge Special Educators Have Ena M. Daley Who Work with Students with Ronnie Dean Dickens Asperger’s Syndrome Are They Ready? An Investigation of MENTOR: MICHAEL JAZZAR the Reading Readiness Deficiencies of Five-Year Trends in Alternative Kindergarten Students High School Students’ Reading and MENTOR: AMY KUO-NEWHOUSE Mathematics Scores and Dropout Yvonne Dolores Jones Corppetts Rates Lifelong Learning: An Examination Vivian S. Daniel MENTOR: CAROL PASANEN of Attitudes and Practices of The Impact of a Freshman Academy Black Adults’ Informal Learning Ronald Dolciato Experiences on Science Performance of First- MENTOR: CARMEN MYERS Time Ninth-Grade Students at One A Mixed Method Evaluation of an Georgia High School Undergraduate Physical Education MENTOR: PATRICIA GUILLORY and Exercise Science Program as it Relates to Professional Preparedness MENTOR: CHRISTOPHER RASMUSSEN
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Beverly Donovan Ahkela Edwards-Goodings Maria Lourdes Fernandez Examining the Profession: Policy School Choice: A Comparative Exploring Undergraduate Critical Standards and Practice Analysis of Theme and Non-Theme Thinking Dispositions and Use MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Schools of Critical Thinking within the MENTOR: CAROLYN ROGERS Fieldwork Requirement of A James F. Doran, Jr. Religious and Pastoral Studies Katrina E. English Program Breaking the Silence: A MENTOR: KATHERINE GREEN Phenomenological Study of the Where it begins: Parental Strategies Effects of Asynchronous Voice that Impact the Kindergarten Conferencing on the Formation of Readiness of African American Beverly E. Fields Identity, Community and Presence in Students What is the Impact of Faculty Online Learning MENTOR: LISA CONNER Development Workshops in MENTOR: ROD SIMS Multicultural Education for Tasha R. Etheridge Teachers? MENTOR: CHARISSE REDDITT Audra L. Duvall Assertive Discipline and its Impact An Examination of Facilitated on Disruptive Behavior Robert M. Fischer Mentoring on School Performance MENTOR: MELISSA MCINTYRE Within an Urban Middle School A Comparative Analysis of Jesuit MENTOR: MICHAEL JAZZAR Debra Legree Evans Secondary School Curriculum and Constructivist Methodology Teachers’ Perception of School-Based MENTOR: JOHN FRANCIS La Tonya R. Dyett Professional Development A Narrative Inquiry to Determine the MENTOR: AMY KUO-NEWHOUSE Impact of Learning Communities on Shauna L. Fitzjarrell Attitude Change of Developmental Daniel Farcas A Descriptive Study of the Problem- College Students Solving Styles of Traditional Patrol MENTOR: ELAINE GUERRAZZI The Image of E-Learning: and Neighborhood Police Officers Perceptions About a Chilean MENTOR: CARMEN MYERS University and the E-Learning James M. Dyett System in the Context of Chile Clara V. Ford Determining Physical Therapy MENTOR: JEROME HALVERSON Students’ Perceptions About Faculty- License to Thrive: The Impact of Led Supplemental Instruction at a Patricia M. Fazioli Quotas on Student Retention in Selected Community College International Education—The Case MENTOR: ELAINE GUERRAZZI ICT Literacies: An Investigation of of the University of Espirito Santo the Digital Divide in Middle and (UFES), Brazil High School Classrooms Dionne Celeste Hurst Edison MENTOR: CAROLINE BASSETT MENTOR: ELIZABETH BRUCH Teacher Perceptions of Inclusion of Michelle T. Foreman Students with Exceptionalities in Nefitiri T. Fellows General Education Classrooms: A Resiliency in American Library School District Case Study The Experiences of Non Cued Association Award Winning Juvenile MENTOR: PAMELA HANFELT Speech Users Before and After Fiction: A Correlational Content Cued Speech Instruction and Analysis Their Understanding of Decoding MENTOR: ADAIR WHITE-JOHNSON Kemberly V. Edwards Phonetically Spelled English Words Self Perceptions of a High School MENTOR: ELIZABETH BRUCH Female Adolescent With Asperger Syndrome MENTOR: CALLIE WELSTEAD
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Darcy L. Foster Jeremiah A. Gilbert Jennifer K. Gray High School Students’ Perceptions Balancing the Equation: The Effect An Exploration of Technology of Innovative Instructional Options of Alternate Course Formats on Implementation and Soldier at a California Charter School: A Retention and Performance of Adult Academic Achievement at a Military Multiple Case Study Elementary Algebra Learners Installation MENTOR: LADONNA FLOOD MENTOR: GERALD GIRAUD MENTOR: AMY KUO-NEWHOUSE
Barbara Hanson Foyil DeAnna Owens Gish Merita Greene Multiple Intelligences and the Why it is the Way it is: A case Relevance and Effect of Culture on Adult Learner: An Investigation of Study of How NCLB impacts the the Academic Achievement of African Differences between Disabled and Leadership Style of School Principals American Students Non-Disabled Students MENTOR: DOUGLAS DEWITT MENTOR: CHERYL BULLOCK MENTOR: HARRY WALLING Miriam Gitau Victoria L. Greer Abby L. Freeman Is Alternative Placement the Are Middle School Principals Being Prepared to Lead: The Solution? Leadership Reform and Effective Enough to Improve the Management Preparation of Transition for Students With Academic Growth of Students With Academic Leaders From a Private Disabilities Disabilities: A Study of Effectiveness Career College MENTOR: J. STEPHEN O’BRIEN of Middle School Principals MENTOR: CAROL BERG O’TOOLE MENTOR: RICHARD HUMPHREYS Andrea Vaughn Givens Jason D. Fruth General Education Teachers’ Sandra I. Hackemann Include Me, Too! Comparing Experiences on Implementing the Keeping ‘Em Down on the Farm: Educational Performance in Inclusion Model Retention Best Practices for Hybrid/ Inclusive Versus Segregated MENTOR: CAROL PASANEN Blended Courses at the Community Environments College Level MENTOR: JANET NEWTON Peyton R. Glore MENTOR: ANNE AUTEN Identifying Motivational Strategies Denise Gadson to Engage Undergraduate Learning Richard A. Hall, Jr. A Study of Factors That Impact in Web-Based Instruction A Quantitative Study of Differences Recruitment and Retention in a MENTOR: VERNON CZELUSNIAK in Leadership Frames of Community Selected Rural School District in College Presidents of the Baby Boomer South Carolina Sharon Denise Gonzalez and Generation X Generations MENTOR: PETTI VANREKOM MENTOR: CHRISTOPHER RASMUSSEN Perspectives of International Students Returning to Persist in a Peter Gehbauer GED Preparation Course: A Case Suzanne L. Harris Dynamically Annotated Study Separate but Equal? A Study of Instructional Designs: Effects MENTOR: GAIL HUGHES Freshman Orientation Programs and on Underprepared Mathematics Retention Learners Lisa Gotschall MENTOR: CHARLES KOZOLL MENTOR: SUZANNE DUNN Creating Healthy Work Environments to Welcome the New Generation of Registered Nurses: What the Millennials Tell Us MENTOR: CHARLES KOZOLL
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Tracey N. Hayes Linda M. Hines Sally A. Ingles A Study of Racial Academic The Impact of Alignment Coaching A Study of the Group Assessment Stereotypes and Self-Efficacy in on Christian Teachers’ Worthy Procedure for the Selection of Teacher High-Achieving African American Performance Education Candidates at a Small, Adolescent Males MENTOR: KEITH JOHANSEN Private University in the Midwest MENTOR: ADAIR WHITE-JOHNSON MENTOR: KATHERINE GREEN Janine Hinton Alicia G. Hayes Artificial Experience: Situation Sonia A. Jean-Baptiste The Army Spouse: Perceptions Awareness Training in Nursing Education and Student of Educational Needs During MENTOR: JULIA BRONNER Achievement: A Qualitative Study Deployment and Nondeployment on Culture Cycles. Gretchen A. Hoff MENTOR: JASON WARD MENTOR: MARSHA COVINGTON Effective Techniques of Developmental Advising With Adult Lisa Marie Johnson Dwight W. Heaster At-Risk Students in a Community Inherent Contradictions: Wikis, Preparedness of International College Setting Activity Systems, Classroom Students from the British Bologna MENTOR: HARRY WALLING Community, and Instructional Process Degree for the Completion Designs for Online Learning of a Master of Science Degree in the Jean M. Holdener MENTOR: ROD SIMS United States MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Instructional Design: Seminary Faculty Teaching Experience and Christopher A. Johnson Spiritual Formation in an Online Attitudes and Perceptions of General Jonita A. Henry Environment Education Requirements at Career Identifying the Needs of New Faculty MENTOR: DENNIS MILLS Focused Post-Secondary Institutions in Higher Education MENTOR: DOUGLAS MCCOY MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS LuAnne Holder Incorporating Learning Community Sheryl L. Johnson Tavita S. Herriott Into an Instructional Design Model Analysis of the Relationship Between The Impact of Inclusion and MENTOR: MOLLY LANE Latino and African American Male Pullout on Middle School Students’ High Schools Graduation Rates and Standardized Test Scores Beverly R. Holyfield Principal Leadership Style MENTOR: ADAIR WHITE-JOHNSON MENTOR: J. STEPHEN O’BRIEN Teachers’ Perceptions of the Instructional Leadership Role of the Sharonda Y. Hickman Principal in Implementing Effective Susan P. Johnstal Test Anxiety: Analyzing Levels Instructional Leadership Practices Transfer of Learning in Leadership Among Participants Preparing for to Prepare Students for the Georgia Development: Lived Experiences of the National Board Respiratory Care High School Graduation Test HPI Practitioners (NBRC) Examination MENTOR: J. STEPHEN O’BRIEN MENTOR: KEITH JOHANSEN MENTOR: HARRY WALLING Stacy M. Hyde Gregory L. Jones Maryruth W. Hicks A Study of Supervisor Factors and Parent Perspective on the Home- Multiple Pathways To Learning: An Their Relationship to Transfer of Based Interim Alternative Examination of Universal Design Learning in a Sales Training Course Educational Setting: A and Online Strategic Learning in MENTOR: MOLLY LANE Phenomenological Study Higher Education MENTOR: SHIRLAN MOSLEY-JENKINS MENTOR: KIM RYNEARSON
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Fiesta T. Kagler Julie Knutson Patricia A. Lightner Factors Influencing the Recruitment Observing Faculty Culture: Expelled Middle School Students: A and Retention of Special Education Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions Study of the Effects of a Short-Term, Teachers: An Evaluation of Teacher toward Program Changes Due to After-School Reading Intervention Retention in an East Metro Atlanta Accreditation Program School District MENTOR: CHERYL BULLOCK MENTOR: AMY GASKINS MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Jennifer L. Koslo Kevin Lohenry Linda M. Kaiser Designing Instruction to Match Career Paths to Program Directorship Generational Differences in Learning Style Preferences in the in Physician Assistant Education Preference for Interactivity Online Environment: The Effect on MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY MENTOR: ROD SIMS Learner Performance MENTOR: CARLA LANE Jackie Louise Long-Goding Tzipora Katz Will Enhancing Academic Advisor Adult Online Learning: A Study Paul F. Krasley Knowledge About Online Learning of Attitude, Motivation, and A Study of Security Awareness Increase Retention in Distance Engagement Information Delivery within the Education? MENTOR: CALLIE WELSTEAD Defense Intelligence Community MENTOR: PHYLLIS MISITE MENTOR: LOIS BARTELME Donna Kay Patricia E. Luopa Organizational Structure and the Judy Kreye Heading Toward the Finish Line Instructional Design Process Nursing Students’ Perceptions of the Effects of Plato® Online Courses on MENTOR: SONJA IRLBECK Educational Environment in Moshi, Credit Recovery Tanzania: The Basis for Reform MENTOR: JOHN FRANCIS Melissa A. Keesy MENTOR: KATHERINE GREEN Word Problems: The Effects of Yvette Elyria Mack Learner Generated Drawings on Brenda J. Kulhanek Women in the C-Suite: A Study of Problem Solving Enablers, Barriers, and the Influence How Succession Planning May Best MENTOR: DEBORAH GILBERT of Organizational Environmental Be Utilized for Career Advancement Factors on Computerized Clinical of Medical College Executives Janolyn J. King Documentation Training Developed MENTOR: KEITH JOHANSEN and Delivered by Nursing Adequate Yearly Progress in Informaticists Brent R. MacWilliams Elementary, Title I Schools: A Study MENTOR: KAREN MINCHELLA on Administrator Leadership Styles Through the Eyes of the Clinical Preceptor: A Grounded Theory MENTOR: RANDALL SAMPSON Lerah L. Lee MENTOR: MARY DERESHIWSKY Joy C. Klotz The Role of Middle Management: Understanding the Associate Amelia Louise Maness-Gilliland An Examination of the Relationship Superintendent Leadership in a Between Self-Directed Learning High Poverty School District Influence of Learning Styles on Readiness and Academic MENTOR: LEE MONROE Cognitive Presence in an Online Achievement in First Semester College Learning Environment Students John-Paul S. Liang MENTOR: LYNN RISKEDAL MENTOR: CARMEN MYERS Relationship of Personality Traits to Student Retention MENTOR: CYNTHIA HOWELL
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Hyacinth C. Martin Stephanie L. Mitchell Herbert A. Nembhard The Use of Teaching Strategies That Assimilation and Acculturation: Closing the Achievement Gap: A Complement Learning Styles in The Effects of Family, Religion, and Study of Single-Gender Education in Freshman Nursing Students Culture on the Public Education of the Public Sector MENTOR: ELAINE GUERRAZZI Somali Females in Rural Southwest MENTOR: HEATHER MCDANIEL Minnesota Brandon R. Martin MENTOR: CHRISTINE JAX Nathalie Neree Factors Influencing the Self-Efficacy Alternative Programs: Assuring of African American High School Stacey L. Mitchell King Graduation for High School Students Enrolled in PLTW Pre- The Effects of Vocabulary Instruction Students with Emotional and Engineering Courses on Reading Improvement in a Behavioral Disabilities MENTOR: JASON WARD Middle School Health Education MENTOR: CHARISSE REDDITT Classroom Juma A. Massinga-Sanders MENTOR: PATRICIA MARIN Gary W. Newberry II Professional Development for E-Learning Styles: A Study of Generalist Teachers to Meet Lynn S. Moore Algebra Achievement for the Middle the Demands of 21st-Century Study of Effective Approaches for School E-Learner Instruction: A Qualitative Study of Teaching Adults MENTOR: CARLA LANE High School Alternative Education MENTOR: CHERYL BULLOCK MENTOR: BEHROOZ SABET Madison K. Nichols Ruben Mota Parents’ Perceptions of Private Elizabeth C. McMahon A Descriptive Analysis of the Impact Christian Schools and Why Parents Learner-Centered Instruction at a of Leadership Styles on Teacher Job Pay When Public Education Is Free Small Community College: Faculty Satisfaction MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Perceptions MENTOR: FORREST RAY MENTOR: CAROLE HRUSKOCY Brian O’Connor Alisia M. Moutry Effect of Lesson Study on Teachers’ Duane Allan Melsom Reaching to the Next Level: A Study Mathematical Understanding The Learner-Centered Instructional of Response to Intervention MENTOR: LISA CONNER Design Model: A Modified Delphi MENTOR: J. STEPHEN O’BRIEN Study June V. Odom-Harris MENTOR: NORMAN SHEPHERD Michele L. Mulhall Hispanic Student Success: Quantitative Measurement of Characteristics of Successful Mexican Kimberly E. Meyer Critical Thinking Skills in Novice American Students The Rivalry Between Simulation and Experienced Physical Therapists MENTOR: CAROL PASANEN and Problem-Based Learning: A MENTOR: MARY DERESHIWSKY Study of Learning Transfer in Nnamdi A. Ogbonna Physician Assistant Students Kelly S. Murtaugh MENTOR: JAMES COOK Achievement Gap in Mathematics Most Likely to Succeed: Among Black and White Students in Characteristics of Success at a South Carolina Wanda L. Miles Suburban Technical College MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON Correlational Study of Leadership MENTOR: RONALD WHITE Style and Teacher Job Satisfaction in Two Head Start Programs MENTOR: PATRICIA MARIN
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Katherine T. Ogletree Glynna Yawn Pate Christopher Piehota The Perspectives of Teachers The Texas Professional Development A Phenomenological Study of and Parents Regarding Parent and Appraisal System: Links to Mandated Culture Change and Involvement in an Elementary Student Achievement the Lived Experiences of Federal School MENTOR: KATHLEEN MONDELL Government Mid-Level Law MENTOR: BARRY PERSKY Enforcement Managers Delrose P. Patterson MENTOR: CHARLOTTE REDDEN Donna M. Okrasinski The Impact of Teacher Qualification New Teachers’ Sense of Instructional Standards on Teacher Quality Ellen L. Porter Levert Self-Efficacy: A Case Study of MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON Attaining and Sustaining School Competency-Based Student Teaching Success: Examining Winning Blue MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON Thomas C. Pensabene Ribbon Elementary and Middle Schools in Georgia Effectiveness of Strategies to Enhance MENTOR: CAROLYN ROGERS Daniel H. Oldham Interaction in Courses Employing Entering the Minds of Students: A Different Blend Categories Ardith H. Renteria Study of Assessment MENTOR: ROD SIMS MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Do Math Achievement Scores for Ramon Perez 10th Graders in Hawaii’s Charter Casey Orr Schools Have a Relationship to Factors of Significant Impact on Student Perceptions of School California Community College Proficiency Levels of Adult ESL Quality? Administrators’ Perceptions of Part- Learners Within Post-Secondary MENTOR: MICHAEL JAZZAR Time Faculty Shared Governance Education in Puerto Rico Participation MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS James D. Rethaber MENTOR: CAROL BERG O’TOOLE Susan R. Perry Exploring the Ergonomic Cheryl L. Ortiz Competencies and Proficiencies of The Perceptions of New Teachers Human Performance Improvement The Literacy Abyss: A Study of Toward Teacher Induction Programs Professionals: A Mixed Methods English Language Learners with in Richmond County Exploratory Study Learning Disabilities in Reading MENTOR: BARRY PERSKY MENTOR: MICHAEL MCGIVERN MENTOR: ANN ROWLAND Mary T. Peter Sarita A. Rhonemus Genene C. Pagliaro A School-Based Inquiry Team Institutional Effectiveness: A Study Virtual Learning Communities: Model: Its Effects on the Academic of Differing Perceptions Among How Do They Transform Learning Achievement of SETSS Students in Faculty, Staff, and Administrators at for Educators and Teaching in the Middle School a Small, Rural, 4-Year Public College Classroom? MENTOR: RANDALL SAMPSON MENTOR: JAMES COOK MENTOR: LADONNA FLOOD Denise M. Pheils Nichole F. Rich Christine Coleman Parker Remodeling: Building on the A Study of Yoga Therapy to Increase An Investigation of Differentiated Strengths of Existing Course Attention in Preschool Children Instruction: Closing the Achievement Development Models to Present a MENTOR: LISA REASON Gap for Elementary English Student-Centered Model for Online Language Learners Learning for Community Colleges MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON MENTOR: ADAIR WHITE-JOHNSON
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Christine Rice Ricketts Angelise M. Rouse Rachelle Sallee End of Course Grades and Teacher’s Perception: A Study Closing the Teaching Gap: Standardized Test Scores: Are Grades of Ethnic, Gender and Cultural Professional Development Programs Predictive of Student Achievement? Factors That Contribute to the Over- That Work MENTOR: MELISSA MCINTYRE Representation of African American MENTOR: CHERYL BULLOCK Boys in Behavioral Dysfunctional Michelle E. Ritger (BD) Special Education Programs Sharolyn C. Sayers MENTOR: KATHLEEN MONDELL Impact of Teacher Supports and Computer Simulation and Gaming Workplace Settings on Retaining in Technical-College Curriculum: Teachers in New Jersey School Karen E. Russo Online Student Perceptions Districts An Instructional Design Model for MENTOR: JASON WARD MENTOR: DARLENE VAN TIEM iStudents MENTOR: CARLA LANE Heather A. Schlessman Deborah Rivers Survivors of a Silent Epidemic: Competency Management: A Content Jodi E. Rust The Learning Experience of Analysis of Business Print Media for Working Smarter Not Harder: Using College Students with a History of Adult Education and Organizations a Pedagogical-Based Model in the Traumatic Brain Injury MENTOR: KAREN MINCHELLA Rapid Development of Quality MENTOR: HOWARD JACOBS Hybrid Courses Ronald S. Rizzo MENTOR: KIM RYNEARSON Roger W. Schultz Ready or Not?: A Portrait of Exploring Leadership within the Professional Development of Anthony B. Rutledge the Modern Organization: Michigan Charter School Principals A Study Comparing the Academic Understanding the Dynamics of and its Affect on Student Academic Achievement of African American Effective Leadership of a Virtual, Performance Male Students Enrolled in Two Multigenerational Workforce MENTOR: CHARLES KOZOLL Types of Nontraditional High MENTOR: THOMAS BOURQUE Schools Donna E. Robinson MENTOR: RANDALL SAMPSON Lisa C. Schulz How Personality Traits and Job Telecommuting and Learning Style Satisfaction Influence Service Edris V. Ryan Preference: An Examination of Quality in Housing Agencies Special Educators Speak: An Learning Transfer in the Workplace MENTOR: KEVIN FREER Examination of the Perspectives and MENTOR: MICHAEL MCGIVERN Experiences of Special Educators Jean M. Rock about Inclusion Practices at the Ursula Y. Scott Middle School Level The Relationship of Group Cohesion MENTOR: CAROLE BURNWORTH The Classroom Experience as the on Motivation and Performance for Missing Link in Formal Student Adjunct Faculty Members Development at the Community Candace Sagers MENTOR: PHYLLIS CLAYTON College Standardized Testing: How MENTOR: JOHN NIES Lesele H. Rose Principals Perceive and Respond to Accountability The Experiences of Undergraduate MENTOR: DOUGLAS DEWITT Nursing Students with Bots in Second Life® MENTOR: ELIZABETH BRUCH
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Yvonne J. Singley Kristine Hatfield Strickland Teresa A. Thomas Community College and Business Preparing Future Leaders: A Study Concept Mapping: An Intervention Partnering: A Study of Factors That of Leadership Skills Among Chief Conducted to Improve Clinical Skills Strengthen and Weaken Strategic Enrollment Managers at Small, for Radiologic Technology Students Alliances Private, Religiously Affiliated MENTOR: FORREST RAY MENTOR: HERBERT MERRILL Institutions MENTOR: DEBRA MORGAN Eddie D. Thomas Debbie L. Smarr An Analysis of Barriers to Online Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Tonya K. Sturgess Learning as Perceived by Registered Oklahoma Higher Education: A Does Discipline Only Skim The Nurses Case Study of Kate Galt Zaneis, the Surface? The Relationship Between MENTOR: SONJA IRLBECK First Woman President of a Public Teachers’ Races and Student Four-Year College or University in the Discipline in Elementary and Redonya H. Thomas United States Secondary Schools MENTOR: THOMAS BOURQUE MENTOR: J. STEPHEN O’BRIEN A Qualitative Study: Elementary Teachers’ Experiences Educating English Language Learners in the Carol T. Smith Theresa D. Styles Mainstream Classroom High Stake Test: Comparative Factors Influencing the Successful MENTOR: JASON WARD Study Examining the Impact on Completion of the General Education Achievement Gap That Causes Development (GED) Peparation Carlos Todd Minority Students Continued Failure Program as Perceived by the Students MENTOR: LISA CONNER MENTOR: ELAINE GUERRAZZI Formative Evaluation of an Impact Assessment Model for Conflict Management Interventions Cheryl Spencer Anita K. Swartzwelder MENTOR: CHARLOTTE REDDEN The Impact of Simulation on the Examining the Effect of Texting Acquisition of Critical Thinking and Blogging on Nursing Students’ Franklin C. Torres Skills in Nursing Students Enrolled Perception of Learning in an Associate Degree Program MENTOR: GENE SCARAMELLA An Examination of Literacy MENTOR: JULIA BRONNER Experiences in First-Generation Deaf Latino College Students Doris P. Theune MENTOR: DIONNE FELIX Kathleen Starling Women Being Coached to Advance The Misconceptions of Abuse by Their Careers to Positions of Power Yuen Mei Tsang School Personnel: A Public School and Influence: A Narrative Inquiry Perspective MENTOR: MARSHA COVINGTON Learner-Content Interactions and MENTOR: JEROLD HORGEN Learning Effectiveness: A Study of Student Perceptions Ruth W. Thinguri MENTOR: ROD SIMS Loshawndo T. Stewart Is High School Graduation an A Phenomenological Investigation of Illusion? A Study to Determine Jean M. Tuquero Student Achievement: Perceptions of the Academic and Graduation Academic Success as Told by Single Progression between Students with A Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis of African American and Hispanic Disabilities and their Non-Disabled Support Services for Adult Learners Mothers Peers in Georgia Public High Schools in Distance Learning Programs MENTOR: KATHERINE GREEN MENTOR: PATRICIA GUILLORY MENTOR: ELIZABETH BRUCH
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Bert Vandiver Eli J. Weissman Sarah Williams The Impact of School Facilities on the A Study of the Academic and Life The Implementation of a Focused Learning Environment Factors that Contribute to Attrition School Renewal Plan to Increase MENTOR: BARRY PERSKY of Male Adult At-Risk Students Student Achievement in a Low Attending Forprofit Degree-Granting Performing Rural School District Natasha W. Veale Institutions MENTOR: DEBORAH GILBERT MENTOR: HARRY WALLING A Study of the Experiences of Alternatively Certified Special Andrea R. Wilson Education Teachers Related to the Gina Johnson Wells Teachers’ Perceptions of the Alternate Requirements of the No Child Left Perceptions of Change: In- Assessment in the State of Tennessee Behind Act of 2001 Service Teachers’ Reflections MENTOR: PHILIP CORKILL MENTOR: CATHERINE PULKINEN on Multicultural Education, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and TeLeta Wilson Kyle Von Schnase Transformative Learning MENTOR: PHYLLIS CLAYTON Great Expectations: The Lived How Rural School Superintendents Experiences of High-Achieving in Illinois Impact Student Matriculants with the Phenomenon Achievement Cecilia R. Welsh of Faculty Expectations as Self- MENTOR: SUSAN SLATER A Learning Paradox: Students Who Fulfilling Prophecy Are Gifted and Learning Disabled MENTOR: TERONDA MCNEIL Sounya S. Walker MENTOR: DEBORAH GILBERT At-Risk Students’ Perceptions of Linda J. Wlodyga the Upward Bound Program on Maxine G. White-Stephens The Use of the Academic Electronic Academic and Social Preparation for The Impact of Parental Involvement Medical Record (EMR) to Develop Postsecondary Institutions on the Literacy Success of Students Critical Thinking Skills in an MENTOR: BARBARA KEENER MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Associate Degree Nursing Mobility Program Christopher A. Walsh Jana L. Whittington MENTOR: CAROLINE BASSETT The Next Generation of Teachers: A Serious Games: How Instructional Phenomenological Study of Brain- Design and Game Experts Design Jamela JacQueline Worrell Based Professional Development for Multimodal Learning Environments Funding No Child Left Behind: The the New Middle School Teacher MENTOR: VERNON CZELUSNIAK Relationship Between Funding and MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON Making Adequate Yearly Progress Jennifer Wilcox MENTOR: MARY RICE-CRENSHAW Beverly Kinsey Watts Special or Not So Special: Special Relationships of Mathematics Education Background Cathy Worthington Anxiety, Mathematics Self-Efficacy, MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Handwriting Proficiency: A Critical and Mathematics Performance of Foundation for Middle-School Adult Basic Education Students Kesha D. Williams Success MENTOR: GERALD GIRAUD MENTOR: JACKSON BEAZLEY Virtual Alternative: Best Practices in Online Secondary Courserooms Ramona F. Yehle MENTOR: ADRIENNE GIBSON Creating Contextual Learning Experiences Via Virtual Simulation MENTOR: JAMES MCDERMOTT
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Deborah J. Zawacki The Self-Actualized Music Teacher: A Reexamination of Maslow’s Motivation Theory MENTOR: MARY DERESHIWSKY
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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Human Services
Deborah D. Bailey Katherine L. Hudson Edward Emanuel Smith Larue Baker Cynthia T. Jeffers Jennifer R. Snider Tammy Ben-Eliezer-Baxter Valorie J. King Beth E. Valek Melissa Caffey Alona Peaches Koehler Sharon L. Van Rider Carletha Gates Deaquanita R. Lancelin Cosia Williams Wilcher Tyknetra Gunnison Nitara Ornice Martin Angela R. Guthrie Deanne Kay Rys
Master of Science in Public Health
Heather C. Benavides Crystal Jimenez Jeremiah Nichols Danita Chanel Crear Robert D. Little Lisa A. Patterson Cynthia Everett Khan Michelle M. Mittler Tara Michele Peterson Temesgen Fufa La Shawn Mobley Barbara Jean Sanders Dezeria A. Honeywell Tariq Mohamed
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Master of Science in Human Services
Treninsha Alford Kelly Catherman Candace J. Dobson Tyus Allen Jessica W. Chardonnette Cathey L. Donaldson Trisha Lynn Ambrose Melissa Anne Chase Annette Douglas Maria Arteaga Anthony E. Chin Monica C. Doyle Ashley E. Asraf Adria Marie Ciampaglia Dube Elizabeth A. Dugas Alvina Avery Beatriz Cintron Jamieka Durisseau Peter Baako Cathy M. Clements Yolanda Lashelle Early Jennifer Rae Bailes-Fretz Ingrid Cleveland-Gallop Tonya R. Edison Kathryn Bainbridge Jaclyn M. Cogoli Franna H. Edmond Renee Ballentine Vontina Y. Collick Kimberly N. Edwards Kim S. Barbee-Tucker Jennifer E. Collins Laura Elliott Jeanette B. Bartnikowski Vernita M. Compton Amirhossein H. Emami Holly A. Biggs Phil C. Conilio Johnson O. Ezebuiro Tia Blount Grisel Contreras Islah E. Falah Kimberly Monique Bolyard Brandi L. Copeland Diana A. Falcon Traci A. Borgmeyer Danielle R. Crane-King Buford Fay Auria Bradley Michelle L. Crowe Janet Olivia Felton Anne Brantley Shannon Cunningham Charkil Ferguson Shamirah A. Briddle Amy E. Cunningham Genae Fleming Jaime Brown Charles E. Dailey Jill Christine Fremberg Lakisha C. Brown Jennifer D’Andrea Suzanne M. Frey Barbara E. Bryant Rebecca Daniel Dugger Shanetta D. Fulmore Artina Marie Bryant Latoya Dansby Peter J. Galante Melissa Knurek Bucklew Richard A. Davis Shareka MeOshase Galloway Jamie M. Bufano Jerald S. Davis Brian M. Gant LaTasha R. Burkhalter Torie L. Delaine Alejandra B. Garza Valerie Cadogan Erica Delp Ansley A. Gathers Jessica Ray Cady Tricha Sherwood Devoreaux Athena Glubrecht-Sartin Jennifer L. Calhoun Rebeca A. Diaz Stephanie Gordon Jaqwena M. Calvert Heather Joyce Ann Dinwiddie Pamela N. Gottenberg Susan Campion Jacqueline R. Dixon Eric J. Graves Rosa Cannon Melissa Dixon Gatha R. Green Natasha F. Carter Toni P. Doaty Shirley D. Greer Edwin A. Castillo Jennifer A. Dobberstein Melanie Faye Gresko
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Melissa Y. Guzman Jessica L. Jones Betzaida Melendez-Almanzar Sheneek L. Haggins Charelle Joseph Morgan Carol Metivier Rosesurvilla Hall-Austin Jennifer Thomas Juhasz Jonelle G. Miller Natasha N. Hamilton Rachel K. Kaufman Shajava S. Miller Jacqueline Hand JoAnne L. Kelty David R. Mills Monique D. Hanks Teri Kent Tonyia W. Moore Jessica Hanna DeAnna D. Kirk Velda J. Moore Yumeki L. Harden Amy Heywood Kneece Emerson H. Morais Denise K. Hardnock Reginald Knight Antoinetta S. Morris Carrie A. Harmann Alona Peaches Koehler Prince Elliott Moses Therese L. Hartwell Kathy I. Kyser Louis V. Moten Maulin C. Herring Amber Lynn Ladany Jessica Moultry Sandra Herring LaTosha Watts Lafferty Vonda L. Mullino Andrea Hewitt Angela K. Lahr Ashley N. Murchison Diedra Parson Heyward Brenda S. Lamar Jeanetta Murphy Monique C. Hicks Angela A. Langilotti Cassie J. Murray Allison Jamille Hightower Allen Little Tina Naylor Terri Hines Angel Lo Cristina Marie Newsom Sylvia Holley Cheryl LoCascio Regina Nixon Sharon D. Holly Aimee Marie Lowry Cyndi Noyes Blair Huff Gregory E. Ludvik Jessica L. Null Amy Hunn Catherine A. MacDonnell Katherine D. Ochoa Lisa A. Hunt Tyron T. Mallard Stephane Ogabido Louise Hurst Shawnelle Martin Vivian Chinyere Ogbu Duane A. Hurt Alicia Martinez Andrenia Maria Parker David P. Hyde Steven E. Masters Tami Pate Sophia IngramSingletary Chiyoko Matsuoka April R. Patterson LaTasha M. Jackson Yvonne D. May Diana J. Payne Audra Jackson Latreece Mayes-Santiago Shanita N. Peterson Toya Jackson Roy S. McAllister Kissie Y. Pettaway Rhonda A. Johns Lee Ann McCann Vickie L. Pewitte Georgiana Johnson Angela Denese McDonald Stephanie D. Phelps Cornella E. Johnson Amy McDonald Candace Pilarski Mary Johnson-Talley Lakeshia Mcmillian Pamela A. Pittman
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Kimberly Ann Prosa Kelly L. Simmons Rhonda Wise Travland Jaime Mariah Radich Talauna L. Sims Edna L. Tucker Norma N. Redding Shawn Sinclair Susan R. Turner Tiffany Rhodes Spencer T. Slade Sherry Swain Tyson Connie D. Richardson I’Dell Louisa Smith Beth E. Valek Daphne Rickett Barbara F. Smith Danielle N. Walk Stuart C. Rinehart Samuel S. Smith Fredine Walker Lakeisha D. Robinson Denneen M. Smith Darlene N. Walton Jilliann Mae Roe Judith A. Smithson Brenda Walton Dorothy Sanders-Thompson Tracie L. Sommerville Alison Taylor Warner Romonica N. Sanford Renee Sowders Edquina Washington Natasha A. Sansom Jerome K. Sparks L’Tanya White Tricia Saucier Laura Stanislaw Melissa M. White-Greene Ladavia May Savoie Sophia I. Stephens Delores Wilks Kim Schildt Maria LaShay Stephenson Jansie Williams Heather N. Schwab Ashley Jessica Stewart Tonya Wilson LaQuesha S. Scott Tommy Stewart Czarina T. Woods Dolores A. Sebetka Demetrius L. Straws Comesha Woods Patrice Seetram Amanda Kay Swaim Cheryl Workman Drue Seigerman Autumn Sykes Michelle R. Worth April Shakoor Stephanie J. Tasker Brenda G. Wright Sallie Shepherd Valerie L. Thompson Cleretha C. Young Sandra M. Sheppard Carly Thompson Elka Zwick
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Master of Science in Public Safety
Donna R. Anderson Shannon Marie Finck Victoria A. Redding Shirlence L. Archer Joseph H. Forbes Duane C. Reddy Michael Bailey Oliver Garcia Amy J. Rendall Andrew Banks Kellye J. George Rondalyn Shelby Tameka K. Beckles Danlette Tiny Harris-Jones Gerald Sison Tammy P. Berry Jacob N. Hiles Sheila Smith Barry Bouwsema Thomas Ignelzi Frank S. Vito Jerome Brothers Albberetta L. Jackson Robert Lee Walker, Jr. Samuel Buchanan Tyra L. Johnson David P. Walker Kewanna D. Bush Mark Thomas Kerrin Russell White Randy Collins Dave L. Kulee Lora B. White Katrice Crawford Tameka M. Loyd Emmett Benjamin Whitten David A. Cruickshank Andrew M. McDermott Donald Wilson Julie Ann-Riggs Denny Edward R. Miller Margaret M. Wright Elizabeth Deseignora Rosetta S. Morton Jennifer Zammetti Jacqueline Ehrlich Sean Murphy Andrea Ziegenhagen Martha E. Engstrom Kristine O’Neill Angela L. Fausone Chad Elliot Pore
Master of Public Administration
Samuel Garwon T’Onya M. Green
Master of Public Health
Tabithan M. Brown Carmen Marie Freund Michelle Fontenot Young Louvens Fils-Aime
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Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services
Alexander E. Aikhoje Lisa M. Cheatham Bernard N. Curry Social and Family Support The Relationship between Race/ Coping with Medication Non- and Bicultural Ethnic Identity Ethnicity and Inpatient Hospital Adherence in Adolescent Renal Development: First-And Second- Utilization and Outcomes for Heart Transplant Patients: Parents Speak Generation Nigerian- Americans in Failure among Older Adults: A Out New York City National Perspective MENTOR: LONNIE WEDERSKI MENTOR: AMY DONOVAN MENTOR: MARY ROCKEY Byron L. Daniels Jason M. Barrett Anita K. Cooper Evaluating Academic Achievement An Exploration of Employee Burnout A Study of Body Image Perceptions of African-American Male Students in the Ambulatory Care Setting Related to Appearance, Fitness, and in Relationship to African-American MENTOR: CANDIS BEST Health Orientation Among Black Male Teachers in Guilford County, Women North Carolina Public Schools Keith W. Battle MENTOR: JOYCE JOHNSON MENTOR: MARY ROCKEY Employers’ Perspectives on the Hiring of Ex-Offenders Elizabeth M. Cotter Lucy Doyle MENTOR: AMY DONOVAN Impact of Educational Strategies on How Safe is the HIPAA De- Preceptor Development Identification Safe Harbor Rule? Theresa M. Brodrick MENTOR: JEAN DUFFY MENTOR: SUZANNE BEAUMASTER Executive Women in Healthcare: Perceptions of The Executive Karen A. Coutrier Michael V. Duncan Coaching Process The Lived Experience of how Adult Homeless Parents Seeking MENTOR: YVONNE KOCHANOWSKI Nursing Students Blend Lifestyle Employment: A Phenomenological Obligations With Nursing School Study Eless D. Brown Expectations MENTOR: LEE ST. JOHN MENTOR: CHARLYN HILLIMAN PRAMS Evaluation 2001-2005 in Florida, Maryland, and North Stacey Renee Evans Carolina: Screening, Treatment, Nathaniel Crawford, Jr. Uncovering Risky Sexual Behaviors: and Referral to Services for Women Military Commanders’ Attitudes HIV-Postive Female Baby Boomers Exposed to Violence During Toward Religious Diversity: A Speak Out Pregnancy Qualitative Study MENTOR: FABIO D’ANGELO MENTOR: JOHN DARLAND MENTOR: RENA PALLOFF Vernon J. Fields Laurie Ann Brown Quindola M. Crowley A Causal-Comparative Analysis Assisted Living Facilities: A Understanding Adaptive Leadership of Participating in a Prison Based Qualitative Study of Staff of Nonprofit Executives and Effects Mock Job Fair Program and Its Effect Caregiving Training Needs in the on Organizational Adaptive on Recidivism Rates for Federal State of Maryland Capacity: A Qualitative Study of Prisoners MENTOR: JEAN DUFFY Nonprofit Leaders in the Pacific MENTOR: JACK MONELL Northwest Clarence E. Chan MENTOR: YVONNE KOCHANOWSKI Lisa L. First Identifying Successful Leadership African American Women and Styles of Georgia Chiefs of Police Obesity: The Lived Experience MENTOR: JOSEPH PASCARELLA MENTOR: STEPHANIE BROOKE
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Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services continued
Pamela W. Franklin Cary C. Grant Lorraine W. Jackson Relationship Between Strategic Predictors of Alternative School Black American and White Planning and Nonprofit Success: A Study of African American Dementia Caregivers: Organizational Performance American Male Students’ Perceptions Fathoming the Relationship between MENTOR: YVONNE KOCHANOWSKI of Alabama Alternative School Caregiving Stressors and Physical Culture Health Outcomes Samia Friesen MENTOR: JOYCE JOHNSON MENTOR: DALE PIETRZAK Relationship between Zones of Tolerance of Service Club Deborah A. Grubb Yolanda W. Johnson Membership’ and Zones of Tolerance Sexual Seduction of Children in Racial Disparity in Sentencing in Service Quality Cyberspace: A Content Analysis of Outcomes: A Study of Sentencing MENTOR: TERRY KARJALAINEN Internet Deviance and Pedophilic Decisions Under Arizona’s Criminality Presumpitve Sentencing Structure Sandra K. Fuller MENTOR: NICOLA DAVIS BIVENS MENTOR: ASHRAF ESMAIL Employment for the Developmentally Disabled Via One-Stop Centers DeMoncheri Harris Denalerie Janeen Johnson-Faniel MENTOR: BENJAMIN NOAH Health Disparities: A Focus on Race The Lived Career Development and Ethnicity in the Primary Care Experiences of African Katherine R. Gaulke Setting Among African American American Lesbian Managers: Women With HIV/AIDS A Phenomenological Study of Motivation Factors of Current And MENTOR: CHERRI LESTER Professional Advancement First-Time Online Donors MENTOR: MARY BEMKER PAGE MENTOR: NITA STIKA Meg Henschel Laura A. Keyser Valerie Geaither The Correlation Between Education and Color-Blind Racial Awareness Gender Inequality in Role Associations Between Volunteer in European American Mental Leadership in the Presbyterian Motives and Service Persistence Health Professionals Working With Church in America (PCA) with Race Among Adult Mentors African American Women Denomination: A Phenomenological in Cross-Racial Youth Mentoring MENTOR: STEPHANIE BROOKE Research Study Relationships MENTOR: JOAN COMEAU MENTOR: PAIGE KRABILL Allison K. Hopkins Leslie C. Lamb Sheila Glennon Kempf The Analysis of Self-Esteem, Body Image, and Sexual Knowledge A Phenomenological Examination Caring Leadership Attributes Of in Single Women 30-50 Years of into the Lived Experiences of RN CEOs and the Relationship to Age: The Study of their Sexual Maternal Dissatisfaction Patient Satisfaction and Quality Satisfaction MENTOR: DANA GONZALES MENTOR: TERRY KARJALAINEN MENTOR: BENJAMIN NOAH Teresa Lesky Eddie Gordon, Jr. Toni M. House The MS Youth Program Experience: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Release A Qualitative Study of the Impact Told by Youth and Parent(s) Method as a Correlate of Recidivism Oneida Language Learning Has on MENTOR: RUTH BUNDY Among Female Prisoners in the State the Preservation of Oneida Culture of Georgia MENTOR: RENA PALLOFF MENTOR: JACK MONELL
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Marie Jay Maningo-Salinas Susan Moreland Lakisha M. Simmons Relationship between Moral Distress, Nurses’ Experiences with Disruptive Adolescent Victims of Natural Perceived Organizational Support Physician Behavior Disasters: A Phenomenological Study and Intent to Turnover among MENTOR: RUTH BUNDY on the Effects of Lived Experiences Oncology Nurses and Behaviors Displayed after a MENTOR: AUTUMN KEEFER Diana A. Moser Crisis MENTOR: SUZANNE BEAUMASTER Evaluation Research of the Walter C. Marshall Effectiveness of a Child Sexual Abuse The Relation between Level of Prevention Program Utilizing the Lester J. Smith Spirituality and Grade Point Public Health Approach The Effect of Training in Internet Average among African American MENTOR: ASHRAF ESMAIL Use on Perceived Loneliness, Males and Non-African American Depression and Well-Being with the Males and African American Beulah L. NashTeachey African American Elderly Females MENTOR: CATHERINE WAUGH MENTOR: CHRIS KLADOPOULOS The Influence of Nurse Retention On the Provision of Quality Bedside Nursing Care Dwanna LaFaye Swan Ary Charles H. Mccoy MENTOR: WILLIAM ROSS Exploring Self-Perception and Body Graduate Medical Education After Image Appearance 80-Hour Limitation: Less Time to Mary Reicher Noble MENTOR: YVONNE KOCHANOWSKI Learn More, is it Happening? MENTOR: ELLEN HOPE KEARNS One-Stop Career Centers: An Assessment of Satisfaction from Josephine Thompson Customers Using Services of a The Lived Experiences of Inger J. McDaniel Disability Program Navigator Professional Nurses Working in a The Nursing Home Resident’s MENTOR: NANCY POMEROY Safe Patient Handling Environment: Quality of Life from the A Phenomenological Study Social Worker’s Perspective: A Frances M. Pomaville MENTOR: LEE ST. JOHN Phenomenological Study MENTOR: LEE ST. JOHN The Effects of Behavioral Speech Therapy Treatment on Speech Limor Tintweiss Production with Adults with The Relationship Between Relational Janeil A. Mihalow Cochlear Implants Aggression and Emotional Health Behaviors: A Study of New MENTOR: CHRIS KLADOPOULOS Intelligence Among Adolescents in Jersey College Students the Private Middle School Setting MENTOR: DAWN WILSON Brenna D. Shearer MENTOR: STEPHANIE BROOKE Industry-Funded Research: An Rebecca C. Montano Analysis of Health Care Professional Lester H. Wielstein Living With Alzheimer’s Disease: Attitudes The Sex Offender and His Daughter Caregivers and Their MENTOR: NEIL MATHUR Experience of Sexual Assault: A Contemporary Families Phenomenological Study MENTOR: AMY DONOVAN Cynthia Sheppy MENTOR: RENA PALLOFF Attachment, Religion, and Reporting Jack Moreland Behaviors of Black Women who are Jeffrey Alan Williams What Prevents Nurses From Entering Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Identifying Successful Policies and Faculty Positions Early in Their MENTOR: AMY DONOVAN Procedures for Retaining Resource Professional Career: A Qualitative Parents: A Case Study of Child Study Welfare Retention MENTOR: MARK MINELLI MENTOR: HERBERT BRYAN
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Doctor of Philosophy in Public Safety
Jeanine M. Henriques Amy J. Nemmetz Dino P. Sgambellone Perceptions of School Violence: School School Violence: Social Bond Theory Race and Gender in Illicit Drug Personnel Views of Violent Behavior and Physical Fights Transactions and Preparedness MENTOR: PEACE EZEOGBA-ODOEMENA MENTOR: PETE CONIS MENTOR: LANA M. RUSS-TRENT Laura G. Pettler Kathy Denise McKoy Crime Scene Behaviors of Crime The Impact of Stress on First Scene Stagers Responders: A Phenomenological MENTOR: JAMES MCCABE Study MENTOR: MARIAN MOSSER
HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Human Services
Rebecca C. Bacon Cindikaye Johnson Gloria Constance Mathiesen Allison F. Burton LaTosha Watts Lafferty Beverly L. Rhodes Angela S. Church-Bukus Daphne C. Luster Jennifer Schertz Tammy Hicks Gregory D. Martin Odetta Smiley
46 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Counseling
Monique Anderson Danlette Tiny Harris-Jones Nefertiti M. Robertson Bonnie Anderson Tina L. Hazlewood Kimberly Robinson Rebecca C. Bacon Demetria High Kimberly Robinson Tracy Doreen Baker Erica Johnson Jacquinne Sanders Lori Bollen Alicia Kearse Denise J. Schaefer Cynthia Brightwell Susan Knight Isaac Schechter Stephanie A. Campbell Amber Lynn Ladany Angellee D. Scullion Esther Caro Gayle Lang Marissa Cathryn Seder Joseph H. Chapman Viorica T. Lazin Tarmen Siaway Michelle Lynn Comstock Rozelle Byrd Magee Charity Y. Smith Luella Cook Stacy L. Mar Rhonda H. Thompson Amy E. Cunningham Marisa R. Mayville Taheera Tucker-Saahir Mamie D. Danzey Rachella Moresi Tynicia Walton Tonya R. Edison Tanise Michelle Moss Curtis R. Wells Chad P. Ernest Bruce Platzek Terry A. Wold Tanner Grimsley Shanell N. Potts Kristina A. Zidzik Linda Hairston Lindsey L. Rhett
Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy
Cynthia L. Anderson Jennifer L. Kelly Domonique Rice Tamarra J. Aristilde-Calixt April M. Piercy Mavis Hayley Ring Sherita L. Jenkins Lindsey L. Rhett Nichole Tillman Sharla A. Keenan
47 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
Shalonda L. Allison Elaine C. Grant Aundra McMullen Simone E. Baptiste Doralissa R. Griffin Denise A. Merrill Krystal Barbano Nora J. Hairston Uberto L. Mondolfi Kathryn J. Bartsch Bryan J. Hall Maryam Z. Muhammad Susan E. Begley Arlene K. Hammond Jennifer Lynn Nolan-Stevenson Aldric D. Browne Adelle C. Harris Constance M. Parker Della Deneen Bunch Deborah Houvener Catherine M. Perusse Rebekah R. Burgette Khalif A. Ibere Dennis F. Phillips Christine M. Casson Ashley M. Inks Jorge J. Puente Stephanie C. Cole Elizabeth Jane Johnson Monique L. Rourk Amanda J. Crabtree Donna K. Kelly Debbie J. Scharbor Jessica A. Crouch Clifton H. Kelly Annette P. Soldini Marianne K. Daniels Sara B. Kingsbury-Dolan Jaxson L. Stark Ronald Dingle Krystal Kogut Dawn M. Streeter Gail Doxie Tammy A. Komisarek Kristina N. Taylor Clemmons Laura R. Flynn Robin J. Landwehr Marlena Danielle Thomas Tammy M. Fontana Monik Janine Lopez-Calleja Brooke A. Utley Emma L. Getic Gregory D. Martin Chanita M. Williams Michelle A. Glenetski Gina Marie Maurizi Kurt B. Williams
Master of Science in School Counseling
Dustin C. Bayer Shawn K. Gatling Cory M. Standridge Tasha S. Burnett Nidia Lorenzana Erin Marie Stremel Tracey P. Cole Domenica F. Nooney Kiera Rene Terrell
48 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Master of Science in Counseling Studies
John Alves Dale Grenon Michaela Linsay Otway Stephanie L. Anderson Rodney L. Hampton Maria Candace Perryman Michelle A. Armstrong Hunt Sonya A. Harvey Katherine N. Price-McCaskell Kaneisha Bailey Kimberly M. Hawkins Diana L. Racer Myles T. Bassford Marcella E. Hendricks Jessica A. Ranslow Lori Bollen Wilma J. Hill James Retarides Crystal M. Bonneville Shelia L. Holt Barbara E. Rhodes Christopher Boyd Joetricia O. Humbles Cathita L. Richardson Damon Boyd Shawnda L. Jackson Patrick L. Riddick Heather R. Bycer Latoya R. Jackson Heather Roberts Tandrya Campbell Tashaunda N. Jackson Erica N. Rollosson Kimberly A. Carlo Ronda Johnson Melissa Russell Angela S. Church-Bukus Erica Johnson Tehseen Safdar Sandra L. Coleman Gayle Lang Isaac Schechter Dawnika Louishea Cope Loviette Leathers Paul Siegfried Mya Speller Cullins Cedric Machan Little Eddie L. Smith Dominique Dahl Benjamin Llanos Bonita M. Smith Tracy Dasilva-Jones Nancy Lleras Verna Soles Jeannette Elderkin Jetendra M. Lloyd Angela Staples Michael H. Ellis Ivy Marks Minette Trent Wilson Otieno Elvis Cara R. Martin Rebecca A. Trust Nicole Coston Enoch Teresa M. Mitchell Jonathon Andrew Wade Melissa J. Eugley Claire Frances Moyer Monique Wakefield Richard Fisher Daniele Yvette Murray LaCandiace Armetrice Walker Jennifer Francis Crystal Y. Myers Mona M. Walton Tori JoAnn Furman Breanna Nagler Tynicia Walton Wanda Y. Gardner Carla M. Napolitano Audie Thomas Wilson Yolanda Gonzalez Charlotte A. Neely Michele Wolff Laura Goodwin Wright Robyn Bernice Newberry
49 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Master of Science in Human Services
Elham Nader Abuali Katie C. Cunard Jamie W. Haskell Myrna Ackerman LaTonia D. Curtiss Nancy M. Hatch Jennifer L. Adkins Gregory A. Deininger LaQuita S. Hatcher Karen J. Allen Adreanna Lucille Del Barrio Erin Hawkins Karen Allmon Ricardo DeLuna Nelson Howard Heise Maebelle Alston Venita Harris Devose LaTrenda Hill Kari L. Anderson Laurie L. DiMartini Fetisha Hilliard-Land Bonnie Anderson Valrie Monique DuBose Laticia Hines Maria Andrade Samantha A. Edu Jessica M. Holloway Rebecca C. Bacon Lewis Elias Legran Holly Jayeneca A. Bailey Marian Elie Gloria Holmes Anthony Balon Gail L. Eynon Bridgitte M. Horne Cherie L. Beardsley Kathryn A. Ford John Mitchell Hosey Tulea M. Benjamin Cross Amy N. Frano Brenda Humphreys Charity E. Bennett Tammy M. Freytag Stacey A. Huntley Judith A. Black Devonne Gaddy Charles R. Ingram, Jr. Ashley Deneen Blocker Gladys M. Gardin Candace R. Jackson Michael O. Bolarinwa Keith A. Garland Sadilya R. Jeter Darlene T. Braden Nicole Gee Angela Elaine Johnson Terry J. Brundage Ellen M. Gibson Scott E. Johnston Thamecia Danae Bullard April N. Givens Shirrie D. Jones Latoya Deenay Carn Melissa S. Glover Joanna Joseph Carrie Chandler-Miller Gladys L. Glover Sarah Katz Mount Christine E. Chapman Jason R. Gooden Christopher P. Kees Charlene S. Childs Stephanie Sabina Greathouse Jennifer H. Keovongsa Roseann Cinalli Lisa R. Guy Linnard E. King Laura J. Clark Alphonso E. Hairston Neice Lynn King Theresa K. Collins Delisa Hall Kristin Joy Kirby Luella Cook Donald Hamilton Alexandra S. Klein Lyle Cooper Alisha D. Hammett Katherine L. Knoll Erin Cooper Takesha R. Hammond Lettice M. Laguerre Samantha S. Cowper Hubert L. Hanks Angela Lampkin Rebecca Crane Melora D. Hardwick Kara Lange Candace L. Cruz-White Latoya Harry Rose R. Lapomarel
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Amanda Lee Odette Padron Camecia D. Springfield Deborah Leonard Delores Peacock Sharon Diana Stewart Angela Ruth Levings Tresha Perry David Stuart Michelle Loadholt David F. Peterson Patrick Sullivan Melanie Via Logan Star D. Pierce David A. Swearingen Lila M. Love Carolyn S. Pinachio Chastity R. Teti Amanda D. Lowe Angeline A. Piskorski Michelle R. Theesfeld Daphne C. Luster Bruce Platzek Kerri L. Thelen Mari B. Lutes Shanell Polk Tara Thompson Stacy L. Mar Susan G. Quillen Felicia Thrasher Shevel E. Mavins Rachael A. Roberts Angel Torres Alisha R. May-Lyte Nakisha D. Rodriguez Taheera Tucker-Saahir Ryan McArthur Kelly M. Rogers Angela Turner Lisa T. Mccleod Holly S. Rohrer Thomas J. Valek Angela S. Meade Heather N. Ross Melissa Sue Vega Jane Merklin Cheryl N. Rossiter Louise Velez Antoinette Mixon Sherry D. Rowe Michael R. Wagers Reva Monroe Hutto Abbey B. Russell Shawnae L. Walker Samirah H. Muhammad Kevin Seabrook Sandra W. Ward Mary Neason Raina J. Seay Bryan Weber John Newsome Cassandra Sellers Milla Joy Wetzbarger Ngozichukwuka MaryEugenia Kendra Michelle Silver Karen S. Williams Ngwadom Andrea Natasha Sime Ruby Williams Sandra M. Northcutt Jessica A. Singrey Latacha Williams Rochelle Jean Olson Avis Smith Jolene M. Wilson Judith L. Ortiz LaTonya Smith Jerome L. Woods Candace Overland Kalena Y. Smith-Fulwiley Wendy P. Young Shirlene Ruth Owens Jessica Ann Soler Leah Owlett Shervon D. Sonnebeyatta
51 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Master of Science in Psychology
Angela Adkins Jason L. Canady Brad Flinn Yehudith Adler Julie J. Carlson Sarah J. Francis Nina Agressott Rachel L. Carpenter Barry D. Gabrielson Deda E. Allen Gregory T. Carson Marcia K. Gage Laura Tiffany Allen Jessica A. Cestero Nathan D. Gailey Ashley Allsbrook Sheila A. Chafin Michelle J. Gallimore Gayle S. Alston Nancy E. Charbel Dion T. Garcia James J. Anderson Monica A. Chernoff Rachael Garcia Mary Ann Andrews Michelle Christopher Stacy L. Garnick Kayode O. Atoloye Anthony I. Chukwunta Erin L. Gilbert Patricia A. Baker-Brown Mary B. Coates Babette S. Gilworth Jennifer Lee Banks Diana M. Collins Brenda D. Girven Mary E. Barbara Karen T. Collins Tency N. Godwin Shital A. Barrow Kimberly D. Conant Nadia R. Gomez Russell A. Bauer Brandon Cooke Joyce L. Grace Laketia A. Beasley JoAnn Coulombe Shelley Greenwood Karren Danielle Bennett Cole Cruz Brent A. Greer Deirdre K. Bentley Raquel H. Daldalian Tammy L. Griner Felicia Marie Bentley Lorenzo Davis Bethany Jacobs Gripp Jim Beyer Jen DeCarli Damon R. Hall Brenda M. Blockus Scott DeGroot Christine J. Hansen Jody A. Bogues Barnaby Denison Daniel Hardee Meagan M. Bowser Pamela M. Dennis Nathaniel Y. Harris Tuwanna M. Bradley Demetria M. Dove Christina L. Harrison Deron Brinkley Denise Drew Toni R. Hatfield Birgitta Brown Christine M. Drum Katrin Hechler-Massel Donald Burgess Kimberly Michelle Dunbar Jessica L. Heitzinger Lindsey Burnette Kim D. Dunn Ashley L. Helms Allison F. Burton Elizabeth Ann Engelmeyer Tamera Herron Teslyn L. Butler Jevelo V. Evans Herbert M. Hess Bridgett L. Butts Mayerline E. Fanas Jill Hibbard Megan Patricia Byron-Palenchuk Sandra J. Finley Elizabeth A. Hodge Amanda R. Campbell Frank W. Flack Kristen Hollborn Eric R. Campion Christopher Fleming Chemene Renee Hooker
52 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Kristen R. Houston Rebecca M. Luellen Coreen Alexis O’Keefe Christina L. Howard Mark A. Lyerly Vikki A. Olson Jennifer Hudson Jacqueline Malan Chrispin Q B. Oneko Denis Hulett Tiffany Manning Clariece Orr Lavita Jackson Jacqueline S. Martin Martha Patricia Ortega Jolene A. Jackson Stacey G. Mason Jervon D. Ottley Rugiatu Jalloh Jessica L. Mattingley Phillip Owens Courtney E. Johnson Sherry Mccoury Andrew D. Owens Travett R. Johnson Alexis J. McCoy Pamela A. Panzani Rebecca L. Johnson Kathleen C. McDonald Karla M. Paquin Shaine T. Jones Julie M. McMillin Shannon D. Parham Terrance Lee Just Susan L. Mcpherson Ricki D. Passig Kimberly L. Kapp Kelly Mead Chontelai Patterson Thomas Karbowski Lisa M. Melone Tiffany Patterson Rhonda Keith Joseph C. Metzka Alessandra Pedergnana Janelle D. Kelley Joy L. Miller Haley Perzee Jamey Kennedy John T. Miller II Shelly M. Phelps LaToya Kenner Maquila Mills Earl F. Phillips Emily C. Kent Henry Milton Brie Pileggi Tamu King-Lewis Karla C. Mitchell Shernette N. Pink Melissa M. Kirk Cierra Mitchell Damon A. Powell Samantha Klockow Kimberly Morgan Nicole M. Price Nicole Krueger Paula D. Morrison Nicky D. Pryor Valerie L. Lacy Ebony L. Muhammad Jennifer Reynolds Katie L. Lapratt Katrina M. Mumaw Kandy Richardson Claritza Laracuente Opal Murphy Stacy Fran Riley Susan C. Laue Cathy Murray Kimberly M. Roberts Melania X. Layton William Neal Ingrid M. Robinson Peggy E. Lee Heather A. Nemeth Kizzy Rodney Beth L. Lehman Andelicia M. Neville Mazie Rojas Ayanna Lewis Nikisha Angelique Nolan Amy Rowland Christine Little David Norris Jennifer Y. Ryan Shirley Losiewicz Nixalia Nunez Angel Y. Saddler Jessica Lott Gloria Oddo Kaci Sales
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Master of Science in Psychology continued
Rhodessia Sampson Christie E. Steffen Daniel D. Troumbly Guillermo Sanchez Paula V. Stephenson Marketta Turner Paige P. Satchwell Thomas T. Stinnett Tamirra S. Tyler Kimberly N. Scarboro Erica Ruth Stone Christine Love van Weezendonk Daniel Thomas Schmidt Donna Lynn Stout George B. Van Wie Alison J. Seltzer Vincent Strang III Kit A. Vela Jennifer Shoup Christine E. Stuberud Nisveta Velic Robin Shreckengost Karen E. Sustakoski Lily I. Violin Cynthia L. Sicilia Chris William Syphers Stephanie Walters Menachem Sigler Praxidia Taruwinga Gretchen V. Warkentien Kathy Sigmon James Taylor Qutina J. Watson Cecilia A. Silva Tamara Taylor Anat Weiss Tracy Simon Christine N. Tehrani Tina L. Wheeler Vivian F. Skelley Sheila M. Temple Jacob A. Widdekind Sarah Jane Slovik Alan Thain Julie Wininger Catherine Diane Smallwood Kimberly M. Thomas Gail Wint Jennifer W. Smith Lucille Thomas Caitlyn Wojcik Ava Smith RianMonique B. Thompson Andrew J. Wong Treva L. Smith Treffery Ryan Worden Erin Solomon Sandra Venita Toney Mary Zackius-Shittu Michele Solomon Moran Luisa Torres Brianna Zylka Lori A. Spreitzer Theresa M. Trombly
Post-Masters Certificate in Psychology
Veronica N. Knapper Tania Morales Allison L. Truax Kelly R. Lasota
54 HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services
Glynis F. Crittenden Denise J. Jones Beatrice Wallace Beliefs About the Ethics of Dual Mothers, Autism and Attachment: Studying the Effects of the Passport Relationship Dilemmas in Rural An Exploration of Parenting, Program on Self-Esteem with Settings: An Investigation of Perceived Attachment and Maternal Students Who Have Learning Counselors’ Perspectives Knowledge Disabilities MENTOR: BENJAMIN NOAH MENTOR: JULIA MOORE MENTOR: DEBORAH HICKEY
Carmela Y. Drake Shana L. Nicholson Lizzie L. West Phenomenological Study into the Exploring the Lived Experience An Examination of the Referral Lived Experiences of Youth in the of Long-Term Paramedics: A Patterns of African American Pastors Hip Hop Culture Phenomenological Study to Mental Health Professionals MENTOR: ANGELA BANKS-JOHNSON MENTOR: LANA RUSS-TRENT AMENTOR: NDRE JUDICE
Deborah Z. Hauck Ofra Schaham James David White Teacher’s Characteristics: A Correlational Study of the ADHD and Forgiveness: An Understanding the Decision to Refer Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Examination of the Effectiveness for Special Education Placement Need-To-Belong, and Ballroom of Forgiveness Interventions on MENTOR: LORIANN STRETCH Dancing the Reduction of Anger Present in MENTOR: ANNE CABANILLA College Students Diagnosed with Paschal C. Igwe ADHD MENTOR: JOCELYN SHERMAN Factors That can Impact Minority Patricia Ann Walford, Sr. Client Decisions to Seek Mental Cognitive Functioning and Health Counseling Substance Abuse Recovery MENTOR: CHRISTOPHER LUCIES MENTOR: BENJAMIN NOAH
Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Studies
Shenice Supreme Bostic Todd F. Moran Parental Factors that Influence the Impact of Therapist Demographics Career Development of College-Bound on the Diagnosis of Borderline African American High School Personality Disorder Seniors MENTOR: DEBRA WHITE MENTOR: JULIA MOORE
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Doctor of Psychology
Richard L. Decker, Jr. Coreathea R. McCall Paul D. Wade Motivations and Values of Doctoral Intensive In-Home Treatment for at Relationship between Pessimistic Psychologists in Minnesota as They Risk Youths: An Archival Study Attributions and Self-Actualization Relate to the Choice of Rural Practice MENTOR: DAVID SARNOFF in College Students as Measured by MENTOR: REBECCA LOEHRER the SASQ and the SISA Abigail R. McNeely MENTOR: REBECCA LOEHRER Lorra S. Fuller Differences among Community The Impact of Peer Support College Students on Dimensions Dana M. Williams Programs on the Process of Recovery of Wellness as Measured by the School Counselors’ Multicultural From Mental Illness: A Comparative 5F-WEL-A Counseling Competence: An Analysis MENTOR: REBECCA LOEHRER Exploratory Study MENTOR: APRIL HARRIS-BRITT MENTOR: ANGELA ADAMS Karen A. Ray Gene D. Gross Meta-Analysis of Quality of Life MCMI III Desirability, Thought in Those Diagnosed with Multiple Disorder, and Dependent Scores Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease of Hispanic American Sexual Following Depression Treatment Offenders; Implications for MENTOR: MARILYN MARKS-FREY Interpretation MENTOR: MARILYN MARKS-FREY
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
Melody J. Aguayo Norma Bullock Armstrong Keisha Bennett-Smith A Case Study Approach of the Team Member Perspectives on Factors that influence career choice Attitudes of African-American Individualism-Collectivism: among Native American and Parents Who Have Inracially Generational Differences and Their African American high school Adopted Toward Caucasian- Perceived Impact on Teams students American Parents Who Have MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST MENTOR: HILDA GLAZER Transracially Adopted African- American Children Brooke A. Bauman Mary Ellen Beshaler MENTOR: WILLIAM CAMERON Stress Levels in Male Sexual Dissertation Title: Fathers And Offenders and Its Relationship to Daughters: Using A Multivariate Michael C. Amico Probation Type: A Study to Identify Analysis Through Multiple The Association between Father- Actuarial Risk Factors Regression To Help Predict Child Relationship, Locus of MENTOR: ALEXANDER HENDERSON A Daughter’s Self-Esteem As Control, and Sensation-Seeking Experienced By College-Age Women MENTOR: ALEXANDER HENDERSON In Rural Nebraska MENTOR: RICHARD KLEIN
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Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology continued
Dawnita Blackmon-Mosely Camille Cisneroz Jeremy L. Dettmer The Relationship Among A Qualitative Study on the Distributions in Utilizing Leisure Environmental Factors, Social- Perceptions of Mexican Americans Skills and Positive Experiences as Emotional Development, and Regarding the Conditions of Teen a Component of Treatment Progress Academic Readiness in Head Start Pregnancy in Men who are Civilly Committed Children. MENTOR: CHANDRA MEHROTRA Sexual Offenders MENTOR: DONNA ECKSTEIN MENTOR: NANCY PIOTROWSKI Alfreda D. Clark Ruth Boehmer The College-Educated African Wendie L. Discher The Experience of a Female Being American Perception of Predicting Success and Self- Raised in an Isolated Polygamous Asynchronous Distance Education Management in Telephonic Wellness Community in British Columbia: A MENTOR: JOHN MALPASS Coaching for Depressed Patients Heuristic Study MENTOR: RICHARD VAN HAVEREN MENTOR: KIM KOSTERE Cynthia D. Cole A Qualitative Study Designed to Deborah L. Dixon Deborah M. Bowman Understand the Relationship between The Experience of Active Membership The Effect of Value Differences in Positive Organizational Behavior in Addictions Victorious: A Workplace Motivation: A Study and Life Concerns Multifocus Addiction Twelve-Step Comparing Worker Value Priorities MENTOR: ANTONIO SANTONASTASI Self-Help Group across Generations and Gender MENTOR: KIM KOSTERE MENTOR: DEBORAH VOGELE WELCH Rebecca L. Cole The Relationship between the Bankston J. Dozier Taylor S. Brown Lunar Cycle and the Admission of Work Environment And Job-Related An Exploration of Relationships Adolescents to Psychiatric Facilities Burnout: How Organizational Between Supervisor Perfectionistic MENTOR: NANCY PIOTROWSKI Support Mediates the Effects Self-Evaluation and their Discomfort MENTOR: DONNA DIMATTEO with Performance Management Casey S. Dalton Tasks Holly A. Duckworth MENTOR: ANTONIO SANTONASTASI The Perceived Influence of an Economic Recession on Positive Social Responsibility: A Outlook of Leaders and Non-Leaders Phenomenology of Perceived- Leslie Budd as Measured by the Occupational Successful Private Sector Leadership The Lived Experience of Being Personality Questionnaire Experience Raised in Quaker Silent Meeting: A MENTOR: PHYLISS COOKE MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST Heuristic Inquiry MENTOR: WILLIAM PERCY Arlene Davis Adrain F. Dudley An Examination of the Relationship A Quantitative Study of the Joel Lance Carr between Advisor/Advisee Personality Relationship between Perceived Using Personality Data in Similarity with Student Satisfaction Racial Discrimination and Racial- Higher Education: A Preliminary and Grade Point Average in a Ethnic Identity Development of Black Examination of Personality Community College Setting Men Differences Based on Professional MENTOR: STEPHEN LIFRAK MENTOR: MALCOLM GRAY Orientation and Skill Level MENTOR: NANCY LONGO
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Tracy L. Dutko Sharon R. Grimes Concesa B. Ibanez-Rafuse The Lived Experience of Mothers Perceptions and Intentions of College Hiring Smiling Faces: The Raising a Child Diagnosed with Students Concerning Their Alcohol Moderating Role of Emotional Bipolar Disorder. Consumption: An Experimental Intelligence when Performing MENTOR: RICHARD VAN HAVEREN Study on the Potential Efficacy of Emotional Labor the Alcohol 101 Plus CD-ROM MENTOR: LINDA REED Kathleen M. Ellis Educational Intervention Program MENTOR: FRANCES BENTON Does Contingency Management Patrice K. Jenkins Affect Intrinsic Motivation to A Case Study of Collective Thriving Remain Substance-Free?: A Closer Gayle Hall at Work Look at Low-Cost Procedures The Experience of Providing Therapy MENTOR: DEBORAH VOGELE WELCH MENTOR: NANCY PIOTROWSKI Services To Victims of Domestic Violence: A Case Study Myriam E. Jensen MENTOR: KIM KOSTERE Christiana Marie Ellis-Morris A Comparison of School The Lived Experience of Psychologists’ and School Counselors’ Lesbians Who Come Out in Tuesday S. Hambric Ability to Identify Cognitive Abilities an Organizational Setting: A Community College Students¿ Underlying Basic Academic Tasks Phenomenological Study Perceived Effects of the Home MENTOR: VICTORIA GAMBER MENTOR: DAWN STARRETT Environment on Academic Success: A Theory Unveiled Patrick J. Kinane MENTOR: CATHERINE JAMES Christopher J. Ewing A Quantitative Investigation into Does Causality Orientation Moderate Perceived Social Status and Impact the Relationship Between Assignment Thomas E. Heintzelman on Retention Phenomenon within Choice and Academic Achievement A Study Investigating the the Aviation Maintenance Profession in Air Force Officers Performing the Relationship Between Patent among Student and Regular Nuclear Mission? Foramen Ovale and Depression Members MENTOR: JAMES STACKS MENTOR: SHARLENE ADAMS MENTOR: BRUCE GILLIES
Cynthia K. Fossan Carla W. Homburg Mario D. Kirk Experience of Psychologists Who The Lived Experience of Self-Trust in Investigating Relationships Review the Work of Peers: A Women during Mid-Life, Aged 40- Between Spiritual Well-Being, Stress Qualitative Study 60: A Phenomenological Heuristic Coping Skills, and Quality of Life MENTOR: LOUIS KAVAR Study Among African Americans, Native MENTOR: VICTORIA GAMBER Americans and Latinos Ruth E. Gonzalez MENTOR: ANGELO PIMPINELLI The Lived Experience of Dominican Harry Hunter, Jr. Young Adult Language Brokers Who Best Practices for Workplace Joy LaValley Interpret for Their Latino Family: A Employee Depression Screening The Lived Experience of the Green Phenomenological Study MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST House Resident MENTOR: JACQUELYN ST GERMAINE MENTOR: KRISTA KREBS Kristy M. Huntley An Ex Post Facto Study Exploring the Impact of Parental Level of Education and Parental Support on First-Year College Adjustment MENTOR: CATHERINE MCCARTNEY
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Richard L. Lawrence Nicole P. McKinney Jerry J. Muth The Plight of Mental Health Job Satisfaction in Behavioral Participation in Sports as a Source and Comorbid Substance Abuse Healthcare: The Child and of Meaning in Successful Aging Treatment in the Criminal Justice Adolescent Mental Health MENTOR: WILLIAM PERCY System: A Grounded Theory Study Clinician’s Perspective MENTOR: THOMAS VAIL MENTOR: ANTONIO SANTONASTASI Jeffrey A. Nelson Perceptions of Training for Those Warren E. Leggett, Jr. Cassandra J. Means Protecting Utility Assets: Are The Impact of the Reentry and The Effectiveness of Training Current Security Training Programs Sanction Center on Recidivism Formats Preferred by School Sufficient. MENTOR: JOSEPH DAMIANI Personnel MENTOR: FATHIAH INSERTO MENTOR: CARLOS CONTRERAS Susan H. LoCascio Pearline R. Nelson Faculty Perceptions of Institutional Christina L. Migliara The Effects of Maternal Parenting Effectiveness The Experience of Aftercare for Style and Maternal Involvement on MENTOR: SANDRA HARRIS Women Diagnosed with Breast the Academic Achievement of African Cancer and are in Remission for at American Students Attending Title Joseph K. MacFadden Least Six Months: A Qualitative I Schools Inquiry MENTOR: ADRIENNE LESLIE-TOOGOOD Measuring the Effectiveness of MENTOR: BARRY TRUNK Survey Feedback in Improving Safety Culture and Accidents in a U.S. Austin U. Obika Army Sample Paula L. Miller-Gorman The Lived Experiences of Mothers MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST The Relationship Between High of Children With Pediatric Bipolar School Math Coursework, Grades, Disorder Cynthia Magnuson and Demographic Variables on 10th MENTOR: SHARLENE ADAMS Grade Math FCAT Scores Predictors of Reading Disability in MENTOR: NANCY LONGO Third through Fifth Grade Students Cheryl Valenceia Pope MENTOR: ARTHUR BERTRAND The Impact of Ethnicity/Race Janice M. Minnella on Substance Abuse Treatment Michelle Lynne March Achievement Goals, Self-Efficacy, Admissions: Factors that Influence Metacognition, and Learning African American, Latino Epistemological Beliefs and Strategies as Predictors of American, and European American Approaches to Learning: Influence Asynchronous Learners’ Academic Populations On Academic Performance in Higher Success MENTOR: CHARLENE TERLIZZI Education MENTOR: HILDA GLAZER MENTOR: CATHERINE MCCARTNEY Tara A. Quinn-Schuldt Gilbert Morales Kathleen Mayfield The Process of Developing Teacher- Examining Southern New Homeless Student Attachment Project Managers’ Experience and Mexico Adolescent Drug Use and Relationships: A Grounded Theory Description of Decision Uncertainty Interconnected Socioeconomic and Study Associated with the Agile Software Cultural Factors in Comparison MENTOR: VICTORIA GAMBER Development Methodology: A With National Statistics Phenomenological Study MENTOR: THOMAS VAIL MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST
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Wanda M. Ravenell Julia L. Summers Gary M. Wagman A Comparative Analysis of An Analysis of the Correlations An Analysis of Efficacy Regarding Occupational Violence in Two between Financial Compensation, the Integrated Use of the Hwa- Industries Burnout, and Demographic Factors Chim Acupuncture Method and MENTOR: LISA CREE for Mental Health Clinicians Expectancy in the Treatment of MENTOR: WILLIAM CAMERON Depression in Women Latrice H. Rideout MENTOR: BARRY TRUNK Employee Commitment: An Martine S. Sylvain Examination of the Relationships The Language of Success: A Case Nancy A. Walker Among Organizational Study of the Academic Achievement Mothers’ Description of Raising Two Commitment, Occupational of ESL Students Who Thrive in Spite Children with an Autism Spectrum Commitment, And Organizational of Language Barriers Disorder: A Case Study Citizenship Behavior in Human MENTOR: HILDA GLAZER MENTOR: SHARLENE ADAMS Resource Professionals MENTOR: STEPHEN LIFRAK Denese M. Thomas Linda Wechter Ashkin Mental Health Practitioners¿ The College Freshman’s Lived Sergio Rodriguez Knowledge of Suicidal Risk Factors Experience of Boredom: A The Relationship Between in an Elderly Population Phenomenological Study Motivation and Organizational MENTOR: VICTORIA GAMBER MENTOR: MARY ENRIGHT Citizenship Behavior Among Customer Support Staff Catherine Elaine Dee Thorlakson Doris K. Williams MENTOR: SARA JARVIS The Experiences that Enhance and The Lived Experience of Cultural Inhibit Learning for Post-Secondary Competency and Diversity Training John A. Rowe Students Diagnosed with ADHD: A Among Healthcare Professionals Does a Mastery Learning Qualitative Study MENTOR: SARA JARVIS Environment Promote Students’ MENTOR: CATHERINE MCCARTNEY Intrinsic Motivation for Learning? Rhoda S. Wolle MENTOR: ADRIENNE LESLIE-TOOGOOD Althea W. Truman College Professors’ Description of The Lived Experience of Leadership the Lived Experience of Working Iraj Sabzevary For Female Pastors in Religious With First Year Learners: A The Role of Self-Esteem and Self- Organizations Phenomenological Study Adequacy as Mediators between MENTOR: WAYLAND SECREST MENTOR: MARY ENRIGHT Perceived Parenting and a Student’s Preferred Seat Location via L J Van Belkum Structural Equation Modeling MENTOR: JESSICA EMICK Death Anxiety and Reenlistment Intentions in Airmen with and Without Combat Zone Experience Robert Stewart MENTOR: NANCY BOSTAIN Identification of Potential Reoccurring DUI-Related Conviction Recidivists Following Successful Completion of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment in the State of Florida: A Comparison of Two Statistical Models MENTOR: BARRY TRUNK
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The Capella University Mace
Origin and Use
The Grand Marshal who leads the Capella University commencement procession carries a mace. Capella University’s mace made its debut at the second Capella University commencement ceremony in 2000. The head of the mace is a copper representation of the globe, topped by the Capella University emblem and motto. Around the equator of the globe are the words “founded in 1993.” The globe is supported by a carved wooden shaft. It is nearly three feet in length and weighs four pounds.
In medieval times, the mace was a fighting weapon effective at penetrating armor in battle. Composed of a shaft adorned with a heavy head studded with blades, the mace came to be associated with the protection of the kings of England and France and was carried by the king’s sergeant at arms and other royal bodyguards. As long-range weapons were developed, such as the long bow and the musket, the mace became a ceremonial object.
In the 13th century, the mace was featured in processions of city mayors and other dignitaries. During the same time, academic institutions began to adopt the mace as a symbol of order and authority in the pageantry of ceremonial occasions. Today, the British House of Commons and the U.S. House of Representatives have official maces as do most universities and colleges in the United States and abroad.
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Academic Regalia
Origin and Use
The academic costume worn today originated in the Middle Ages, when gowns and hoods kept scholars and clerics warm. The distinctive gown served to set the student apart from other citizens, giving birth to the expression “town and gown.” Until after the Civil War, students at most American universities wore caps and gowns daily. They varied in design until they were standardized by the American Intercollegiate Commission in 1894. At that time it was decided that all robes should be black. Bachelor’s gowns were to be made of worsted material with pointed sleeves; master’s gowns of silk with long, closed sleeves; and doctor’s gowns of silk with longer sleeves and faced with black velvet from neck to back. Doctoral gowns also carry three velvet bands around each sleeve above the elbow. Hoods are made of the same materials as the gowns, the length varying with the degree. The lining of the hood identifies the highest degree-granting university by its colors. Capella University’s regalia colors are purple and gold in recognition of the university’s beginnings and early traditions.
The border of the hood indicates the academic disciplines in which the degree is earned:
Royal Blue...... Doctoral Drab...... Business Lemon Yellow...... Technology Light Blue...... Education Peacock Blue...... Public Service Leadership Apricot ...... Nursing Salmon Pink...... Health White...... Counseling Gold...... Psychology
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About Capella University
Capella University offers undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in the fields of business, counseling, education, human services, information technology, nursing, psychology, public administration, public health, public safety, and social work, with more than 135 specialized areas of study. Capella University was founded in 1993 and today serves more than 38,000 learners in all 50 states and 59 other countries.
Capella University is named for the twin star Capella, which is actually a pair of stars orbiting a common center. The name represents our philosophy of learning as a dynamic and collegial partnership between the institution and the learner.
Our Mission
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Leah Lukins Capella University Learner HAROLD ABEL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
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