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Dissertations from 2024

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Instructional Rounds and Teacher Social/Emotional Wellbeing : Investigating the Regenerative Potential of Peer Observation, Lisa Castelluber

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Exploring the Needs of College Students Experiencing Housing Instability, Sandy D. Dawoud

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Towards a Pedagogy of Human Connection : Understanding Teachers’ Experiences of Connection During a Pandemic, Michael Diamond

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Answering the Call Through an Inquiry Circle : English Educators Embark on a Journey to Become Antiracist, Lisa V. Kenny

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Transcultural Experiences of Becoming a Teacher Educator : Using Self-Study to Understand the Identity Development of a Sojourner Doctoral Student in the U.S., Kate Meza Fernandez

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Assessment of Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resource Availability in the Passaic River Basin, New Jersey, Felix Oteng Mensah

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Values Integration and the Professional Counselor, Rebecca Randall

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Exploring Teachers’ Lived Literacies : Disrupting Hegemonic Conceptions of Literacy in Schools, Katie F. Whitley

Dissertations from 2023

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Undocumented Young Adults Navigating Liminal Space to Carve Their Futures in The U.S., Ismat Abbas

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Understanding Multilingual/Multicultural Immigrant High Schoolers’ Multilayered Identities and Imagined Futures, Mehtap Akay

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Carrying the Weight : The Racialized Labor of Multicultural Center Directors of Color in Higher Education, Sherlene Iris Ayala

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Faculty’s Experiences Teaching English Language Learners in Higher Education, Chedia A. Ayari

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A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of At-risk College Students Who Become Honors Students, Billie June Bailey

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Understanding the Induction Experience of Licensed Mental Health Counselors Working in New York City School Based Mental Health Clinics, Raymond Allen Blanchard III

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Assessment of Phytoplankton Assemblages and Harmful Algal Blooms in New Jersey, Yaritza Acosta Caraballo

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Healing That Leads to Action : Restorative Justice, School Leadership, and Institutional Change, Jose B. Celis

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Destruction of PFOA on Ion-exchange Resin with Advanced Reduction Processes to Regenerate Resins for Addressing PFOA Pollution in Drinking Water, Junkui Cui

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Conversational Dynamics Between Caregivers and Children : The Role of Elaboration and Autonomy Support on Children’s Memory Reports, Whitney L. Dartnell

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The Addiction Treatment Experience of Legally Mandated Opioid Users, Kaitlin E. Deitz

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Exploring LGBTQ Latino/a/x Stories of Chosen Families, Carlos A. Flores

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The Influence of Community Trauma and the Behaviors of Gang Members, Leshelle Franklin

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An Analysis of the Sophistication–Maturity of Justice and Non-Justice Involved Youth and Young Adults, Lauren Grove

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Daughters of Depression : A Critical-Hermeneutic Phenomenological Examination of Adult Black Women’s Experiences with Strong Black Woman’s Role When Mothered by Women with Perceived Depression, Christin D. Haynes

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Contextualizing the Guilty Plea Experiences of Individuals Charged with Sex Crimes, Conor Hogan

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Gendered Leadership and Patriarchy : A Healing Feminist Autoethnography, Necole Jadick

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Using Path Modeling to Investigate the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Post-Traumatic Growth through Meaning-Making, Resilience, and PTSD Symptoms, Sowmya Kshtriya

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The Fate of Fraxinus spp. in New Jersey : A Physioeconomic Evaluation of the Forest System and Infrastructure Implications, Erik W. Lyttek

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Women Baby Boomers’ Experiences of Personal Growth Through Later-Life Divorce After a Long-Term Marriage, Lisa Silva McHale

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Seasonal Variations in Nutrient and Total Suspended Solids Sources and Fluxes in Rivers of Northern New Jersey and Newark Bay, USA, Jing Nie

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An Examination of Faith and Faith-Based Practices on Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Afro-Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, Shanta K. Pamphile

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Parental Influences on Korean Youth Academic-and Career-Related Motivation During the Transition to Tertiary Educational Settings : A Situated Expectancy-Value Theory Approach, Jeanie Park

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An Ecofeminist Investigation of How Research Experiences for Science Teachers Influence Their Conceptualization of the Nature of Science and Their Construction of Storied Science Identities, Suzanne Poole Patzelt

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A Survey of Knowledge and Beliefs on Child Maltreatment, Brooke R. Stettler

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The Impact of Acculturative Stress on Internalizing Problems Among Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S. : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Petty Tineo

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The Association of Mindfulness, Passive Social Media Use, Social Comparisons, FoMO and Depression in College Students, Cody Weeks

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The Relationship Between Poverty and Behavior Problems : Examining the Role of Family and Parental Factors from an Ecological Systems Perspective, Alaina Marie Wodzinski

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“It Was Like Double Damage” : An Exploration of Clergy-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse, Institutional Response, and Posttraumatic Growth, Krystal Lynne Woolston

Dissertations from 2022

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An Exploratory Study of Conversational Discourse Produced by Persons with Aphasia Using Speech Function Analysis, Christa M. Akers

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A Critical Exploration of Ideology and Agency in Intensive Motherhood Literature, Maya Autret

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Using a Novel Experimental Paradigm to Investigate Whether Individuals with Trauma Exposure are at an Increased Risk of Pleading Guilty Falsely, Jennifer M. Bartlett

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Community-Based Programs as Spaces for Critical Consciousness, Not Containment : Exploring the Perspectives of Black Youth, Carrie Bergeson

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Mediation of Intergenerational Trauma Transmission by Family Variables in Children of Rwandan Survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, Jessica L. Bonumwezi

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Good Science Teaching in an Urban Middle School Context : An Examination of the Relationship Between Science Teachers and Their Students, William J. Brown

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Analyzing the Reported Professional Learning of Ninth-Grade Teachers Participating in an Interdisciplinary Team, Glynnis J. Childress

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Investigating the Collaboration of Teachers of Students with Disabilities and Teaching Assistants in the Classroom, Sa-Qwona S. Clark

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Teacher Activism for Emergent Bilingual Learners : A Qualitative Study, Cyrene A. Crooms

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The Relationship Between Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Academic Self- Efficacy in Black College Students : Is a Supportive Mentor Protective?, DeVanté J. Cunningham

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Multiple Risk Factors for Schizotypy in a Non-Clinical Population : Exploring the Continuum of Psychosis Two Years Later, Jill Del Pozzo

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Adolescent Cognition as a Dynamic System : Examining Complex Cognition, Concepts and Context, Rachael R. Doubledee

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Telecommuting Antecedents and Outcomes Within a Turbulent Global Context : The Incremental Explanatory Utility of Technostress and Role Strain, Renata Garcia Prieto Palacios Roji

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The Lived Experiences of Traditionally Aged College Women in Abusive Relationships, Kelly Gentry

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Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning about Dynamic Angles, Erell Germia

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Finding the Means : The Bilingual Disparity in Semantic Context Use for Processing, Iyad Ghanim

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Preservice Teacher Action Research : Making Meaning and Generating Knowledge Through Inquiry, Rachel Ginsberg

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Lift Every Voice : Black High School Students’ Lived Experiences with Racism and Discrimination Through a Critical Race Theory Lens, Lucinda Harris

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Arsenic : Risk, Exposure, Policy and Management, Nadia Binte Jamil

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Using Teacher Noticing and Video-Mediated Professional Learning to Develop Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching the Derivative, Alfred M. Limbere

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“How Am I a Maker Making a Makerspace?” : A Focus on Teachers in Practice Self-Authoring as Makers in Constrained K-8 Spaces, Bridget Looney

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Impact of Family Expectations on the Marital Practices of Haitian-American Couples, Kencia Mele

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The Effect of Climate Change, Human Activity, and Water Management Interventions on Environmental and Socio-Economic Outcomes in the Mekong Delta Region, Huynh Truong Gia Nguyen

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How Exposure to Poverty Related Issues in the Classroom Affects Students’ Attitudes and Interactions with Their Social Environment, Rocco Placenti

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Learning in a Community : An Investigation of Mentor Inquiry into Formative Assessment Practices, Erin Riley-Lepo

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The Stressors Black Pastors Experience : A Counseling Perspective, Robert C. Rogers

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A Grounded Theory of White Counselors’ Antiracist Counseling Identity Development, Renee M. Shand-Lubbers

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Factors Related to Formal and Online Help-seeking Behaviors Among Latinx College Students, Tanya Singh

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Exploring Vowel Space Metrics and Quality of Life Measures in Adolescents with Typical Speech, Residual Speech Sound Disorder, and Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Michelle Turner Swartz

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Languaging School into Being : A Discourse Analysis of Online ELA Classes Within the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Jason Christopher Toncic

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For the Culture : Using Ethnographic Interviews to Describe the Attempts and Strategies Used by Black, First-Generation, Female, College Students to Combine Family, Community, and College Life, Fatimah Turner

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Impact of Adding Natural and Simulated Root Exudates on the Functioning of Contaminated Soil, Bhagyashree P. Vaidya

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Rape Myth Acceptance and Acknowledgment: Predictors of Disclosing Sexual Assault and Service-Seeking Among College Students, Zerbrina Valdespino-Hayden

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Reconsidering Professional Development nnd Its Impact on Teacher Learning : An Examination of Teacher Motivation in a Self-Directed Model of Teacher Professional Development, Douglas M. Walker

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Black First-Generation Professionals : Leaders that You Never Heard of Before, An Exploratory Study of Lived Experiences, Duane A. Williams

Dissertations from 2021

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Latino/a Adults with Down Syndrome Make Sense of Family While Growing Up in a Bilingual Home, Linda M. Baron Cortes

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Assessing the Association of Acculturation, Racial Discrimination, Social Support, and Breastfeeding Intention with Postpartum Depression: Findings from the 2012-2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Among Latinas, Diana L. Cabezas

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Understanding the Core Practices of the Student Teaching Practicum Within the Student Teacher/Cooperating Teacher Relationship: Constructing A Framework for the Student Teaching Practicum Using an Ethic of Care, Candice Chiavola

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The Influence of Student Disciplinary Participation in Post-Secondary Education on Career Decision Self-Efficacy, Jerry S. Collins

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New Teacher Induction : Locating New Teacher Needs to Co-Construct Induction Programs, Thomas M. D’Elia

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Mining Social Media and Structured Data in Urban Environmental Management to Develop Smart Cities, Xu Du

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College Transition : Voices of First-Generation Minority STEM Students, Grazia Gangitano

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Leaders of the New School: Exploring the Origins of Leadership Qualities in First Generation Black Male College Students, Rahjaun J. Gordon

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Effect of Abiotic Factors on Enzyme Activity in Brownfield Soils, Diane Hagmann

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Community-Scale Beach Nourishment and Groin Construction Decisions Along Human-Modified Coasts : The Interplay Between Socioeconomics, Coordination, Tourism, and Shoreline Change, Arye Max Janoff

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A Geo-Economic Framework for Dune Construction and Long-Term Coastal Resiliency in New Jersey, Jesse Charles Kolodin

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Secondary Teachers’ Noticing of Students’ Mathematical Thinking as They Participate in a Professional Development Program Centered on Task-Based Student Interviews, Gurkan Kose

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Teaching the New Majority : Addressing Race and Racism through Culturally Responsive Teaching, Graziela Lobato-Creekmur

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Queering Feminist Facilitation : A Culture Circle Discusses Gender & Sexuality, Kelly E. Lormand

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Sibling Relationship Quality and Its Link to Flourishing Among Emerging Adults, Shannon P. Lummer-Aikey

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Race Matters : When Middle/High School Teachers Engage in Participatory Activist Research on the Power of Stories to Disrupt Racism, Janice M. Marsili

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Fostering Mathematical Creativity Among Middle School Mathematics Teachers, Ceire H. Monahan

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Transitioning Secondary Mathematics Pedagogy Towards Reform-Oriented Practice Through Coteaching, Jessica Tybursky Nuzzi

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Exploring Trauma, Loss, and Posttraumatic Growth in Poles Who Survived the Second World War and Their Descendants, Alexandra Rush

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Sustainability of Hard Apple Cider : An Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment, Meghann N. Smith

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Culturally Responsive Instructional Coaching : Accessing Student Voice during a Co-Generated Lesson Plan, Jacqueline Stone

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The Cases They Carry : A Narrative Analysis of Crisis Counselors Working in Behavioral Health Emergency Settings, Rachel E. Sugerman

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Professional Capital Across the Careers of Four Veteran Teachers, Stephanie Brown Tarnowski

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Exploring Educators’ Decisions During the Era of New Professionalism : Teachers and Administrators Dialoguing Together in a Performance-Based Pay School District, Nicholas V. Vancheri

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Understanding Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) and Green Infrastructure Interaction in New Jersey : An Economic Analysis, Taylor J. Wieczerak

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Navigating Inquiry Group Professional Learning for In-Service Teachers With Mainstreamed English Language Learners : A Practitioner Action Research Study, Jennifer Wnuk

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Sensemaking for Equity and Agency : STEM Teacher Learning Through a Community of Practice Model, Karen Anne Woodruff

Dissertations from 2020

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Antisemitism Today and Its Relationship to Jewish Identity and Religious Denomination, Michaela Ambrosius