Duquesne University Department of Psychology Dissertation Titles 1964-present Aanstoos, C. (1982). A phenomenological study of thinking as it is exemplified during chess playing. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 2726B 43. Directed by: Amedeo Giorgi, Ph.D. Reader: William Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Paul Richer, Ph.D. Adams, W. (1993). Experiencing the sacred in everyday life: An empirical phenomenological study. Unpublished. Directed by: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Reader: David Smith, CSSp., Ph.D. Reader: J. Scott Staples, Ph.D. Ahern, J. (2011). Encountering questions of religion in psychotherapy: A hermeneutical-phenomenological study of religious patients' experiences. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, Doc. 3486931, pp. 224. ISBN: 9781267054074. Directed by: Will Adams, Ph.D. Reader: Eva Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Marco Gemignani, Ph.D. Alapack, R. J. (1972). The phenomenology of the natural athlete. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 6098B 33. Directed by: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Reader: Constance Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Amedeo Giorgi, Ph.D. Alexander, E. K. (2002). Receiving hands-on energy-healing: An existential-phenomenological investigation. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 63/3, pp. 1553. Directed by: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Reader: Eva Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Arndt, K. (2013). A room of one's own, revisited: An existential-hermeneutic study of female solitude. Directed by: Eva M. Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Will Adams, Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Arrigo, B. (1998). A phenomenological investigation of changing limiting beliefs about the self in reimprinting. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 3045B 59. Directed by: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Reader: Eva-Maria Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Richard Knowles, Ph.D. Arroyo, J. (2018). Back in the closet: A queer-modified interpretive phenomenological analysis of gay men creating an identity through clothing. Directed by: Eva M. Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Lori Koelsch, Ph.D. Reader: Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Asarian, R. D. (1981). The psychology of courage: A human scientific investigation. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 2023B 42. Directed by: Edward Murray, CSSp., Ph.D. Reader: Amedeo Giorgi, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D. 1 Axelrad, J. (2018). The inheritance of this moment: An exploration of temporality, subjectivity, and liberation in non- dual contemplative practice and psychotherapy. Directed by: Will Adams, Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Reader: Alexander Kranjec, Ph.D. Bachino, M. (2009). Two tongues for a dream: A hermeneutic study. UMI Dissertations Publishing, Doc. AAT 3380044, pp. 436. ISBN: 9781109501193. Directed by: Roger Brooke, Ph.D., ABPP Reader: Eva Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Ronald Jalbert, Ph.D. Bajada, D. W. (1982). Confiding: An empirical phenomenological investigation. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 4134B 43. Directed by: William Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Richard Knowles, Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Barbaria, J. M. (1989). An empirical phenomenological investigation of the individual psychotherapeutic process. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 51/2608B. Directed by: Richard Knowles, Ph.D. Reader: Amedeo Giorgi, Ph.D. Reader: David Smith, CSSp., Ph.D. Barbetti, V. (2003). A Historical Phenomenology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 64/06 2905. Directed by: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Reader: Eva M. Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Daniel Burston, Ph.D. Bargdill, R. (1998). Being bored with one's life: An empirical phenomenological study. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 6482B 59. Directed by: Paul Richer, Ph.D. Reader: William F. Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Russell Walsh, Ph.D. Barnes, R. M. (1980). A study of the psychological structures of transcendental, yoga, and ignatian meditation as allied phenomena. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 4243B 41. Directed by: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D. Reader: Davis Smillie, Ph.D. Barrows, A. C. (1999). The imaginative activity of borderline personality. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 69/04 1840. Directed by: Constance Fischer, Ph.D. & Edward Murray, Ph.D., CSSp. Reader: Roger Brooke, Ph.D. Reader: Eva-Maria Simms, Ph.D. Becker, C. S. (1973). A phenomenological explication of friendship: As exemplified by most important college women friends. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 1739B34. Directed by: William F. Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. 2 Beira, M. (1999). Logos, Hermeneutics, and Psycho-analysis Philosophical foundations for a phenomenologically based human science research approach to a psychological phenomena. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 2330B 60. Directed by: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Reader: Bruce Fink, Ph.D. Reader: David Smith, Ph.D., CSSp. Beiter, J. (2007). Self-forgiveness: A narrative phenomenological study. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, Doc. AAT 3253097, pp. 184. Directed by: Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Reader: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Reader: Will W. Adams, Ph.D. Bekkeli, K. (2019). Towards collaboration: A comparative, longitudinal, conversation analysis of change in talk-in- interaction in psychotherapy Directed by: Alexander Kranjec, Ph.D. Reader: Jessie Goicoechea, Ph.D. Reader: Lori Koelsch, Ph.D. Bell, L. H. (1969). The first month of life: A critical look at the earliest ontic foundations of human existence. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 4357B 30. Directed by: David Smillie, Ph.D. Reader: Alice Wagstaff-Verosko, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D. Bennett, E. (2018). Mentor as scaffold: A mixed-methods exploration of feminist-informed mentoring in the undergraduate setting. Directed by: Lori Kolesch, Ph.D. Reader: Susan Goldberg, Ph.D. Reader: Melissa Kalarchian, Ph.D. Benswanger, E. G. (1975). An empirical-phenomenological study of inhabited space in early childhood. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 1899B 36. Directed by: Constance Fischer, Ph.D Reader: Frank Buckley, Ph.D Reader: Richard Knowles, Ph.D. Bernstein, L. (2009). Levinasian ethics and clinical psychology: The attitude of attending. un published. Directed by: Constance T. Fischer, Ph.D., ABPP Reader: Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Reader: Marie Baird, Ph.D. Beyer, J. (1999). Experiencing the self as being part of nature: A phenomenological-hermeneutical investigation into the discovery of the self in and as the flesh of the earth. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 1600B 60. Directed by: Eva-Maria Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Paul Richer, Ph.D. Reader: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Billotta, V. M. (1976). An existential phenomenological study of gay male permanent lover relationships. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 345B 38. Directed by: Edward Murray, CSSp., Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D Bizub, A. (1998). Transformation of world-relatedness: A phenomenological investigation of the individual who is blind and owns a guide dog. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 6060B 59. 3 Directed by: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Reader: Eva-Maria Simms, Ph.D. Reader: William F. Fischer, Ph.D. Blais, W. (2009). Hermeneutic exploration of the literature of technology: Prometheus bound, Frankenstein and Blattlestar Galactica. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, Doc. 3380046, pp. 183. ISBN: 9781109501223. Directed by: Michael Sipiora, Ph.D. Reader: Eva Simms, Ph.D. Reader: Stanton Marlan, Ph.D., ABPP Bodnar, R. (1999). Imaginary companions and imaginal experiencing: An empirical-phenomenological study of the imaginary companion phenomenon in children. Unpublished. Directed by: Martin Packer, Ph.D. Reader: Barbara Duarte Esgalhado, Ph.D. Reader: Anthony Barton, Ph.D. Boisen, L. (2014). Going Viral: A critical, post-structural exploration of feminist culture jamming as cultural therapeutic. Directed by: Suzanne Barnard, Ph.D. Reader: Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Reader: Laura Engel, Ph.D. Bonner, C. W. (1993). An existential-phenomenological investigation of identity confusion as exemplified by adolescent suicide attempts. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 4415 54. Directed by: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Reader: Richard Knowles, Ph.D. Reader: Eva-Maria Simms, Ph.D. Bortle, J. (2005). Games people play: A study of identity and relationships in an online role-playing game. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. AAT 3199507 B 66/11. Directed by: Russell Walsh, Ph.D. Reader: Bruce Fink, Ph.D. Reader: Leswin Laubscher, Ph.D. Bortle, S. (2007). Showing what we see: Psychoanalytic vision, transparency, and linguistic pragmatics. ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing, Doc. AAT 3265632, pp. 156. Directed by: Bruce Fink, Ph.D. Reader: Daniel Burston, Ph.D. Reader: Jessie Goicoechea, Ph.D. Brennan, J. F. (1971). Being-in-a-family: An exploratory phenomenological study. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 436B 33. Directed by: William F. Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Reader: Constance Fischer, Ph.D. Brice, C. W. (1987). What forever means: An empirical existential-phenomenological study. Dissertation Abstracts International, Doc. 234B 49. Directed by: William F. Fischer, Ph.D. Reader: Charles Maes, Ph.D. Reader: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Brooks, R. P. (1968). Sartre's existential psychoanalysis. American Doctoral Dissertations, Doc. X1968. Directed by: Rolf von Eckartsberg, Ph.D. Reader: Amedeo Giorgi, Ph.D. Reader: David Smillie, Ph.D. 4 Brown, T. (2008). How do we make that change? Analysis of transformative dialogue in a community initiative.