Dissertations
Conceptualization and implementation of independent research through the dissertation process is the culmination of doctoral study.
Prior to the dissertation process, doctoral candidates should familiarize themselves with policies and procedures described in the Handbook for Ph.D. Students and Advisors and the Guidelines for Preparation of Theses and Dissertations.
The Office of Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education examines all College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services dissertations prior to filing with the University Libraries. We are fortunate to have many highly productive doctoral program areas which generate and produce a considerable number of dissertations. Doctoral candidates use guidelines from the Ph.D. Handbook in the completion of their dissertation.
The dissertation abstracts listed below are intended to give readers an awareness of the numerous issues covered as well as to provide a reference list about topics impacting professional education.
2020-2021 Academic Year Abstracts:
Fall 2020
Almuhajiri, Merfat, Ph.D.
Evaluation and Measurement
Co-Directors of Dissertation:
- Steven R. Brown, Ph.D.
- Jason Schenker, Ph.D.
Investigating the flipped classroom in undergraduate Educational Psychology
Arner, Tracy
Educational Psychology
Director of Dissertation:
- Bradley J. Morris, Ph.D.
Second Language Learners Undergoing Culture Shock: Perceptions of English Language Teaching Method
Bakhsh, Jameel J.,
Curriculum and Instruction
Co-Directors of Dissertation:
- William P. Bintz, Ph.D
- Stephen A. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Calapa, Amy K., Ph.D.
Higher Education Adminstration
Director of Dissertation:
- Mark Kretovics, Ph.D.
Giannamore, Kathleen A., Ph.D.
Educational Psychology
Co-Directors of Dissertation:
- Elena Novak, Ph.D.
- Jiahui Wang, Ph.D.
Haupt, Rachel L., Ph.D.
School Psychology
Director of Dissertation
- Richard J. Cowan, Ph.D.
Layman, Deborah L., Ph.D.
Educational Psychology
Director of Dissertation:
- Bradley Morris, Ph.D.
On the nature of academic rankings: The relationship between the academic rankings' quality of education and the curriculum in Ph.D. C&I programs in America
Pang, Xing Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction
Co-directors of Dissertation:
- Stephen Mitchell
- Karl W. Kosko Ph.D.
Roginski, Dawn R., Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Dissertation:
- Lori G. Wilfong, Ph.D.
Spring 2021
Alexander, Hilary J.P., Ph.D.
Counselor Education and Supervision
Director of Dissertation:
- Jane A. Cox, Ph.D.
Alhadabi, Amal M., Ph.D.
Evaluation and Measurement
Director of Dissertation:
- Jason Schenker, Ph.D.
Comparison of the leukocyte response to interval exercise versus continuous exercise
Arroyo, Eliott, Ph.D.
Exercise Physiology
Director of Dissertation:
- Adam R. Jajtner, Ph.D.
Kotsch, Janeen S.
Curriculum and Instruction
Co-Directors of Dissertation:
- Alicia R. Crowe, Ph.D.
- Jennifer Walton-Fisette, Ed.D.
Resilience as a predictor of non-medicinal use of prescription drugs among college students
Muster, Rachael L., Ph.D.
Counselor Education and Supervision
Co-Directors of Dissertation:
- Jane A. Cox, Ph.D.
- Lynne Guillot Miller, Ph.D.
Nigh, Jennifer L., Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Dissertation:
- Kristine E. Pytash, Ph.D.
Paskert, Meredith C., Ph.D.
Exercise Physiology
Director of Dissertation:
- J. Derek Kingsley, Ph.D.
Widmer, Franziska, Ph.D.
Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Dissertation:
- Jennifer Walton-Fisette, Ed.D.
Summer 2021
- Anna M. Schmidt, Ph.D.
- Mark Krumm, Ph.D.
- Jason McGlothlin, Ph.D.
- Marty Jencius, Ph.D.
- Andrw Wiley, Ph.D.
- Martha C. Merrill, Ph.D.
- Aryn C. Karpinski, Ph.D.
- Tara D. Hudson, Ph.D.
- Stephen B. Thomas, Ed.D.
- Monica Miller Marsh, Ph.D.
- Aryn C. Karpinski, Ph.D.
- Jacob Barkley, Ph.D.
- Tara D. Hudson, Ph.D.