Defended Dissertations
Listed below, in reverse chronological order, are defended dissertations since the founding of the doctoral program.
Academic Year 2024-2025
Title: EXPLORING THE SUPERINTENDENT’S INFLUENCE ON RETAINING TEACHERS OF COLOR IN SUBURBAN K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: December 22, 2023
Final Defense: December 16, 2024
Dr. Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky
Title: COLLEGE CHOICE AMONG YOUTH ROWERS FROM ROWING PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON LOW-SES COMMUNITIES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Susan Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Samantha White
Proposal Defense: December 18, 2023
Final Defense: December 13, 2024
Dr. Bancha Srikacha
Title: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF FACULTY ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER COVID-19
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Gerald Ardito
Proposal Defense: December 15, 2022
Final Defense: December 12, 2024
Dr. Jacqueline Dionne Green
Title: CASE STUDY OF MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION FIDELITY OF ELEMENTARY TIER-TWO READING
INTERVENTIONS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Kallie Kemp
Committee Member: Dr. Matthew Tucker
Proposal Defense: April 10, 2024
Final Defense: December 9, 2024
Dr. Sheldon Sucre
Title: EXPLORING THE MULTIFACETED EXPERIENCES OF BLACK FULL-TIME FACULTY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
TEACHER EDUCATION
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Rhonda Clements
Committee Member: Dr. Kevin McGinnis
Proposal Defense: May 21, 2024
Final Defense: December 2, 2024
Dr. James Vincent Downey
Title: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. John P. Shekitka
Committee Member: Dr. Richard Hyland
Proposal Defense: November 16, 2023
Final Defense: November 22, 2024
Dr. Lloyd Cutkelvin Jr.
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY DESCRIBING THE TRANSITION FROM FACULTY TO DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Shelly Wepner
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor
Proposal Defense: March 14, 2024
Final Defense: September 10, 2024
Dr. Eudes S. Budhai
Title: A DESCRIPTIVE MULTIPLE CASE STUDY EXAMINING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS AS A RESULT
OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: FROM THEVOICES OF SUPERINTENDENTS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Miriam Ebsworth
Proposal Defense: November 10, 2023
Final Defense: August 13, 2024
Dr. Mayda Gonzalez-Bosch
Title: AN INTERPRETIVE INQUIRY STUDY TO UNDERSTAND FACULTY PREPAREDNESS TO TEACH COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Mathew Tucker
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor
Proposal Defense: November 13, 2023
Final Defense: August 1, 2024
Dr. Adrian Novio
Title: ANALYZING THROUGHPUT RATE: ENHANCING DEVELOPMENTAL MATH STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PROGRESS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nora C.R. Broege
Committee Member: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor
Proposal Defense: March 11, 2024
Final Defense: July 31, 2024
Dr. Joseph Falco
Title: AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS’ SENSE OF BELONGING: AN
ASSETS APPROACH
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor
Committee Member: Dr. Jonathan T. Pryor
Proposal Defense: October 12, 2023
Final Defense: June 5, 2024
Dr. Marie Kropp
Title: COMMUNITY COLLETE TRANSFER ADVISORS' USE OF SELF: A QUALITATIVE STUDY THAT CONSIDERS
CONCEPTS OF SELF AND CRITICAL REFLECTION
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Clark-Taylor
Committee Member: Dr. Michael J. Sparrow
Proposal Defense: October 16, 2023
Final Defense: June 5, 2024
Dr. Nicholas Giarrusso
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP (EDD) DOCTORAL DEGREE COMPLETION AND NON-COMPLETION
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Shelley B. Wepner
Proposal Defense: March 8, 2023
Final Defense: May 6, 2024
Academic Year 2023-2024
Dr. Julianne B. Ross-Kleinmann
Title: ELEMENTARY TEACHER AND TECHNOLOGY LEADER TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
REGARDING NYS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DIGITAL FLUENCY LEARNING STANDARDS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Elizabeth Keren-Kolb
Proposal Defense: May 27, 2022
Final Defense: April 19, 2024
Dr. Stephanie Gumbs-Bennett
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BLACK WOMEN SUPERINTENDENTS’ USE OF CRITICAL SPIRITUALITY AS
LEADERS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. John Shekitka
Committee Member: Dr. Chinasa Elue
Proposal Defense: May 27, 2022
Final Defense: April 18, 2024
Dr. Jessica Maracallo
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SECONDARY TEACHERS’ THINKING ABOUT HISPANIC STUDENTS IN THEIR
IMPLEMENTATION OF EQUITY-FOCUSED PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Laura Bigaouette
Proposal Defense: March 7, 2023
Final Defense: April 18, 2024
Dr. Barbara D. Freeman
Title: AN EXPLANATORY CASE STUDY OF COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE IN AN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DURING
THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Monica George-Fields
Proposal Defense: February 28, 2023
Final Defense: April 15, 2024
Dr. Jennifer M. Miller
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERS IMPLEMENT AND SUSTAIN GUIDED
PATHWAYS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Nicole Joseph
Committee Member: Dr. Christine Harrington
Proposal Defense: September 13, 2023
Final Defense: April 15, 2024
Dr. Devon Anderson Winters
Title: DEVELOPING CAREER SELF-EFFICACY: HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI PERCEPTIONS OF THE IOWA BPA EXPERIENCE
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Corrine Alfeld
Proposal Defense: May 22, 2023
Final Defense: April 15, 2024
Dr. Krista Joy Quinn
Title: YOU MATTER: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF HOW WRITING FACULTY SIGNAL TO STUDENTS THEY MATTER
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Sara K. Henry
Committee Member: Dr. Christine Harrington
Proposal Defense: September 18, 2023
Final Defense: April 12, 2024
Dr. Jessica Fudge
Title: CULTIVATING THE CONDITIONS FOR TEACHER LEARNING: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEADERS’ APPROACHES
TO CONTEXUAL FACTORS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINMENT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Nicole Nover
Proposal Defense: August 2, 2023
Final Defense: April 9, 2024
Dr. Sheri Delena Warren
Title: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INTERSECTIONALITY AND IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF 1.5
AND SECOND-GENERATION IMMIGRANT BLACK WEST AFRICAN MUSLIM FEMALES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Samantha White
Committee Member: Dr. Angela Adamu
Proposal Defense: January 3, 2023
Final Defense: March 22, 2024
Dr. Juliet L. Gevargis-Mizimakoski
Title: HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS TIER 1
PREPARATION AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Brooks
Proposal Defense: April 25, 2023
Final Defense: March 18, 2024
Dr. Jennifer M. Walsh
Title: A GENERIC QUALITATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE
PILLAR IN AN ELEMENTARY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Dulce Barker
Proposal Defense: May 18, 2023
Final Defense: March 18, 2024
Dr. Esther Yoon
Title: DONT MAKE WAVES: UNDERSTANDING ASIAN CULTURAL VALUES’ INFLUENCE ON THE DECISION TO
SEEK SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nora C.R. Broege
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Hillary Knepper
Proposal Defense: January 5, 2023
Final Defense: January 12, 2024
Dr. David Francis Jacob
Title: OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL ISOMORPHISM: TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCE DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELEMENTARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM AFTER PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Gerald Ardito
Committee Member: Dr. Gregory Brown
Proposal Defense: November 18, 2022
Final Defense: December 19, 2023
Dr. Glenetta C. Phillips
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK MALE STUDENTS’ RESILIENCE FOLLOWING PARTICIPATION IN A PRISON-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAM
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Wan Yiping
Committee Member: Dr. Doris Wright-Carroll
Proposal Defense: February 1, 2023
Final Defense: December 15, 2023
Dr. Robin Ruth Pitts
Title: COACHING EFFECTIVENESS OF FIRST-YEAR PRINCIPALS IN LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS: AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY WITH AN ASSET-BASED APPROACH
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. James C. Brown
Proposal Defense: March 13, 2023
Final Defense: December 14, 2023
Dr. Raymond Ankrum
Title: BLACK MALE PRINCIPALS’ ENGAGING BLACK PARENTS IN URBAN CHARTER SCHOOLS: AN INTERVIEW STUDY
Dissertation Co-Chair: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Dissertation Co-Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Charlene Reid
Proposal Defense: September 26, 2022
Final Defense: December 12, 2023
Dr. Peter Gerard Vecchio
Title: SHIPPING OUT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CADET AT-SEA EXPERIENCES AND STUDENTS’ CAREER DECISIONS AT U.S. MARITIME ACADEMIES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Richard Hyland
Proposal Defense: June 24, 2022
Final Defense: December 1, 2023
Dr. Madeline Sanchez-Diamond
Title: LEADING THROUGH CRISIS: THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Fitzgerald
Proposal Defense: November 21, 2022
Final Defense: August 23, 2023
Dr. Raymond Loverso
Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ SCIENCE TEACHING SELF-EFFICACY AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Proposal Defense: January 4, 2023
Final Defense: August 16, 2023
Dr. Stephen Celio
Title: THE IMPACT OF DUAL-ENROLLMENT TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW PROGRAMS ON PARTICIPANTS’ INTENTIONS TO ENTER THE TEACHING PROFESSION
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nora C.R. Broege
Committee Member: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Karen Curtis
Proposal Defense: May 25, 2022
Final Defense: August 9, 2023
Dr. Christina A. Piazza
Title: MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS OF LEARNING STYLES: INFLUENCES ALONG THE WAY AND POTENTIAL IMPACT ON INSTRUCTION
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell and Dr. Barbara Allen-Lyall
Committee Member: Dr. Gerald Ardito
Proposal Defense: April 6, 2022
Final Defense: July 31, 2023
Dr. Victoria Lettieri Theofield
Title: AN EXAMINATION OF NYC EARLY-CAREER ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES, SELF-EFFICACY, AND INTENT TO REMAIN IN THEIR HIGH-NEED WORKPLACE: AN INTERPRETIVE INQUIRY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Mary Coakley-Fields
Proposal Defense: June 30, 2022
Final Defense: July 28, 2023
Dr. Sally Nicole Cavada
Title: BELONGING THROUGH A CULTURE OF DIGNITY: A CASE STUDY AT A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEW YORK STATE HIGH SCHOOL
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi and Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Katie Cunningham
Proposal Defense: February 3, 2023
Final Defense: July 26, 2023
Dr. Lauralyn Stewart
Title: UNPLUGGED: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL MONITORING OF SCREEN TIME AND IRRITABILITY, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nora C.R. Broege
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Julie Higgins
Proposal Defense: February 21, 2023
Final Defense: July 19, 2023
Academic Year 2022-2023
Dr. Susan Joy Chester
Title: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE: TEACHER SENSEMAKING OF NEW YORK STATE’S CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE-SUSTAINING EDUCATION FRAMEWORK
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Jennifer Olson
Proposal Defense: September 1, 2022
Final Defense: April 18, 2023
Dr. Teresa Ann Quackenbush
Title: NOVICE EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INTEGRATING PLAY-BASED EXPERIENCES IN GRADES K-2 UNDER A STANDARDIZED CURRICULUM
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Proposal Defense: March 14, 2022
Final Defense: April 13, 2023
Dr. Hope Bauer Weinberg
Title: DISRUPTING MAINSTREAM THINKING: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Jonathan Pryor
Proposal Defense: August 4, 2022
Final Defense: April 11, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Susan Geskie
Title: UNDERSTANDING THE CAREER DECISION-MAKING OF EARLY INTERVENTION TEACHERS THROUGH THE USE OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY
Dissertation Co-chairs: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi and Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Leah Manning
Proposal Defense: August 23, 2021
Final Defense: April 11, 2023
Dr. Sau Fong Au
Title: AN INTERSECTIONAL QUALITATIVE INQUIRY: EXPERIENCE AND IDENTITY OF UNCOVERED MUSLIM WOMEN
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan
Committee Member: Dr. John Shekitka
Proposal Defense: October 18, 2021
Final Defense: April 11, 2023
Dr. Patricia Y. Poole-Parrilla
Title: NOVICE TEACHERS’ REFLECTIONS ON THEIR PREPARATION FOR AND PRACTICE WITH BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gomez
Committee Member: Dr. Joan Walker
Proposal Defense: August 31, 2021
Final Defense: April 10, 2023
Dr. Kendall Herleen Murray
Title: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BLACK FEMALES’ EXPERIENCES IN A SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Nikki Josephs
Proposal Defense: August 16, 2021
Final Defense: April 10, 2023
Dr. Julia J. Huang
Title: FOOD ALLERGIES AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH LIFE THREATENING FOOD ALLERGIES
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Katherine Cunningham
Proposal Defense: August 23, 2021
Final Defense: March 31, 2023
Dr. Katherine Madeline Barpoulis
Title: ELEMENTARY MATH TEACHER COLLABORATION PRACTICES: RELATIONSHIP TO SELF-EFFICACY AND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: May 26, 2022
Final Defense: March 13, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Doran Laden
Title: DEVELOPING GLOBAL CITIZENS: A CASE STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF AUTHENTIC LEARNING ON GLOBAL COMPETENCE
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Brooks
Proposal Defense: June 28, 2022
Final Defense: March 2, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Coggio
Title: KINDEGARTEN TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF BARRIERS TO PLAY-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND SELF-EFFICACY IN THE KINDEGARTEN CLASSROOM
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Gregory Brown
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Proposal Defense: May 16, 2022
Final Defense: December 16, 2022
Dr. Karen Scarth
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY LEADERSHIP AND THEIR ROLE IN SUPPORTING EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Frank Zamperlin
Proposal Defense: March 11, 2022
Final Defense: December 13, 2022
Dr. Lisa Roloson
Title: DISCIPLINE REFORM: MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND PERCEPTIONS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES AND STUDENT DISCIPLINE
Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Robert Monson and Dr. Nora Broege
Committee Member: Dr. Allan Alson
Proposal Defense: December 16, 2021
Final Defense: December 7, 2022
Dr. Julie Kotler Snider
Title: CHRONICLING THE STORIES OF BLACK TEACHERS WHO ARE “THE ONLY ONE” IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A CRITICAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan
Proposal Defense: February 2, 2022
Final Defense: December 5, 2022
Dr. Cristina Shams
Title: STUDENT'S PERCEPTIONS OF INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK RELATING TO SELF-REGULATION IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Gerald Ardito
Proposal Defense: April 8, 2022
Final Defense: November 21, 2022
Dr. James Higgins
Title: TEACHER PREPARATION FOR LOW-INCIDENCE, HIGH-NEED SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS – A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Proposal Defense: May 27, 2021
Final Defense: November 7, 2022
Dr. Brenda L. Knight
Title: INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW POLICY AT ONE FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
Committee Chair: Dr. Peter F. Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Andrea Borregard
Proposal Defense: August 18, 2021
Final Defense: September 1, 2022
Dr. Tameka Jackson
Title: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY STUDY ABOUT THE PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORTS OF URBAN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Committee Chair: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: March 10, 2022
Final Defense: July 28, 2022
Dr. Robyn Andrea Schlesinger
Title: ETHICS IN THE CURRICULUM OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE: A MIXED METHODS CASE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Alison Carson
Committee Member: Dr. Paul Kucharski
Proposal Defense: February 26, 2019
Final Defense: July 21, 2022
Dr. Sagrario Rudecindo-O’Neill
Title: A CRITICAL QUALITATIVE STUDY OF WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S PERCEPTION OF RACE AND LEADERSHIP IN AN ERA OF CRT BACKLASH
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Shawn Joseph
Proposal Defense: January 6, 2022
Final Defense: July 18, 2022
Dr. Kristen Sautner
Title: AT-RISK: STUDENT STRESS AND WELLNESS AT A HIGH-ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. John Falino
Proposal Defense: August 19, 2021
Final Defense: June 30, 2022
Dr. Robert Schliessman
Title: A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH STUDY EXAMINING THE ROLE OF THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHER IN ADVISORY PROGRAMS AND THE PERCEIVED IMPACT ON TEACHER AND STUDENT AGENCY AND CAPABILITY
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Katherine Cunningham
Committee Member: Dr. Janice Sandbank
Proposal Defense: October 15, 2021
Final Defense: June 29, 2022
Dr. Gwendolyn Davey Roraback
Title: ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTION OF STRESS AND RESILIENCE DURING COVID-19
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Frank Zamperlin
Proposal Defense: December 22, 2021
Final Defense: June 22, 2022
Dr. Donald Paul Marra
Title: MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF HOW ONLINE LEARNING AFFECTED THE COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Fitzgerald
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: December 22, 2021
Final Defense: May 18, 2022
Academic Year 2021-2022
Dr. Anthony Jennings
Title: A PSYCHOMETRIC EXAMINATION OF SELF-EFFICACY, COLLEGE READINESS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND STANDARDIZED ADMISSIONS TESTING: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Julie Higgins
Proposal Defense: July 26, 2021
Final Defense: April 18, 2022
Dr. Ronald T. Clamser, Jr.
Title: GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES NAVIGATING THE CULTURE OF GENDER BIAS AND STEREOTYPES IN THE PROFESSION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS
Committee Chair: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: February 9, 2021
Final Defense: April 18, 2022
Dr. Breana Abbott Bayraktar
Title: FINDING THEIR WAY: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Committee Chair: Dr. Peter Troiano
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Jodi Fisler
Proposal Defense: April 5, 2021
Final Defense: April 15, 2022
Dr. Heather C. Hendershot
Title: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAST FORWARD IN DEVELOPING PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS IN KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AT RISK FOR READING DIFFICULTIES
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Selena Fischer
Proposal Defense: May 20, 2021
Final Defense: April 13, 2022
Dr. Michael Thomas Kealy
Title: ANALYSIS OF PRACTICE: TEACHER EFFICACY IN ONE-TO-ONE LEARNING WITH CHROMEBOOKS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Jennifer Harriton-Wilson
Proposal Defense: November 24, 2020
Final Defense: April 12, 2022
Dr. Kyle P. Grogan
Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARENT-TO-SCHOOL SOCIAL CAPITAL BETWEEN NYC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND COMPARABLE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gomez
Committee Member: Dr. JoAnne Ferrara
Proposal Defense: April 21, 2021
Final Defense: April 5, 2022
Dr. Jessica B. Maricevic
Title: THERAPY DOGS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO STUDENTS’ SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Brandon Beck
Proposal Defense: February 3, 2021
Final Defense: March 16, 2022
Dr. Ryan Fisk
Title: FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF FLIPPED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES IN K-12 SCHOOLS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. John Falino
Proposal Defense: April 17, 2020
Final Defense: February 28, 2022
Dr. Stacy Ann Fertile
Title: TEACHER PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS IN MATH AND THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Proposal Defense: February 19, 2020
Final Defense: February 24, 2022
Dr. Alex Levine
Title: SOCIAL MEDIA AND EARLY ADOLESCENCE: MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ DEVELOPMENTALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES THAT GUIDE STUDENT USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Mathew Swerdloff
Proposal Defense: April 30, 2021
Final Defense: February 11, 2022
Dr. Joi J. Sampson
Title: OUR VOICES HEARD: A CRITICAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF BLACK PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTIONS
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Cindy Porter
Committee Member: Dr. Doris Wright Carroll
Proposal Defense: August 10, 2020
Final Defense: January 21, 2022
Dr. Jennifer L. Wesolowski
Title: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT EXPERIENCES IN LATINX MULTILINGUAL LEARNER PARENTS’ ACQUISITION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Dulce Barker
Proposal Defense: February 8, 2021
Final Defense: December 14, 2021
Dr. Donna M. Rogalski
Title: MIDDLE LEVEL STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCES LEADING ADAPTIVE SITUATIONS AT THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Melinda Karp
Proposal Defense: March 5, 2021
Final Defense: December 13, 2021
Dr. Jamal Doggett
Title: EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS IN AN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: A MIXED METHODS CASE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Tina Wilson
Proposal Defense: December 16, 2020
Final Defense: November 11, 2021
Dr. Michelle Rios-Burke
Title: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR SELF-EFFICACY AND PREPAREDNESS IN TEACHING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Courtney Kelly
Proposal Defense: August 6, 2018
Final Defense: August 26, 2021
Dr. Ian Wolf
Title: BORDER ECLIPSE: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS of COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT CONDUCT PROFESSIONALS’ ROLES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Rubén Barato
Proposal Defense: October 16, 2020
Final Defense: July 28, 2021
Dr. Matthew Baumoel
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES WITH DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Monique Reilly
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Schmidlein
Proposal Defense: January 3, 2019
Final Defense: July 21, 2021
Dr. Katie Kelley
Title: THE COST OF AN EDUCATION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH FUNDING A BACHELOR’S DEGREE AT 4-YEAR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Sebastian Persico
Proposal Defense: November 23, 2020
Final Defense: July 2, 2021
Academic Year: 2020-2021
Dr. Nicole Mangiere Nover
Title: A POLICY DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF TIME: THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF TEACHERS AS MANAGED MANAGERS
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Aaron Tolbert
Proposal Defense: September 17, 2020
Final Defense: April 30, 2021
Dr. Julia DiSalvo Drake
Title: FEMALE SUPERINTENDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF UNCONSCIOUS GENDER BIAS IN THE SUPERINTENDENCY: AN EXPLORATORY QUANTATIIVE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Marjorie Castro
Proposal Defense: August 21, 2020
Final Defense: April 23, 2021
Dr. Alexandra Claire Pfleging
Title: CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SECONDARY TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED RESILIENCE, TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND SELF-EFFICACY
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Katherine Cunningham
Proposal Defense: December 22, 2020
Final Defense: April 23, 2021
Dr. Abdullah Yousef Al Atiqi
Title: AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT (PBIS) CLASSROOM SYSTEMS AND TEACHER BURNOUT
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Andrew Ecker
Committee Member: Dr. Antonia Giannakakos
Proposal Defense: August 1, 2019
Final Defense: April 21, 2021
Dr. Melissa E. Pittman
Title: FRAMING INEQUITY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY UNDERSTANDING HOW SUPERINTENDENTS FRAME EQUITY EFFORTS FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN NEW YORK STATE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Raymond Sanchez
Proposal Defense: September 23, 2020
Final Defense: April 13, 2021
Dr. Dorinda Sawyer
Title: ANALYZING THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT OF BLACK MALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS VIA THE MEDIATING INFLUENCE OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Greg S. Brown
Proposal Defense: October 16, 2019
Final Defense: March 24, 2021
Dr. Garfield Charles
Title: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING AT MERRYWEATHER HIGH SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: November 14, 2019
Final Defense: March 4, 2021
Dr. Stephanie L. Rein
Title: CLOSING THE PARENTING GAP: THE UTILIZATION OF THE FORMULA BY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS CHARACTERISTICS
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Ronald Ferguson
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gómez
Proposal Defense: October 11, 2019
Final Defense: December 16, 2020
Dr. Laurence T. Spring
Title: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC ALTERNATIVES TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: August 16, 2019
Final Defense: October 13, 2020
Dr. Kaitlyn Marie Sassone
Title: TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS AND SELF-EFFICACY WHEN IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS GRADES 3-5: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: September 16, 2019
Final Defense: August 17,2020
Dr. Christine M. Arlt
Title: SUBURBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTION OF EQUITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON STUDENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: August 21, 2019
Final Defense: August 17, 2020
Dr. Bernadette Jones Kingsley
Title: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF TEACHER WELL-BEING ON EFFECTIVE PRACTICE: A PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES - STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Allison Carson
Proposal Defense: November 8, 2018
Final Defense: July 29, 2020
Dr. Jerrod Blair
Title: SUPPORTING LGBTQ YOUTH THROUGH POLICY: HOW SECONDARY EARLY CAREER TEACHERS MAKE SENSE OF NEW YORK STATE DASA TRAINING AND POLICY
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Fitzgerald
Proposal Defense: March 11, 2019
Final Defense: June 11, 2020
Dr. Samantha B. Ross
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXAMINING ACTIVATION OF COLLEGE STUDENT BYSTANDER INTERVENTION DECISIONS IN POTENTIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT SITUATIONS
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Holly West
Proposal Defense: October 7, 2019
Final Defense: June 5, 2020
Dr. Shana M. Eutsay
Title: THE PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT AFFAIRS PRACTITIONERS ON MEETING THE HOLISTIC AND DIVERSE NEEDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Cindy Porter
Committee Member: Dr. Daphne Galkin
Proposal Defense: April 4, 2019
Final Defense: May 22, 2020
Academic Year: 2019-2020
Dr. Margaret Podesta McDonald
Title: ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: November 14, 2019
Final Defense: April 17, 2020
Dr. Nicole Joseph
Title: "FEELIN' SOME KIND OF WAY": THE LIVED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MIDLEVEL BLACK WOMEN ADMINISTRATORS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGH THE LENS OF BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan
Committee Member: Dr. Gwendolyn Roundtree Evans
Proposal Defense: September 10, 2019
Final Defense: April 17, 2020
Dr. Janety Encarnación
Title: TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR PERCEPTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE’S COMPREHENSIVE ELL/MLL EDUCATION PLAN
(NYS CR-PART 154): A QUANTITATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gómez
Proposal Defense: May 23, 2019
Final Defense: April 17, 2020
Dr. Roy Martin
Title: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTION OF MINDFULNESS-BASED PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: May 29, 2019
Final Defense: April 1, 2020
Dr. Marco F. Pochintesta
Title: SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ENTRY: A STUDY OF SUPERINTENDENT EXPERIENCES IN ENTRY, PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Brooks
Proposal Defense: February 2, 2018
Final Defense: March 3, 2020
Dr. Sharlise Smith-Rodriguez
Title: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY OF COLLEGE-INTENDING STUDENTS’ AND ADMISSION TEAM PERCEPTIONS OF THE COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESS AT ONE FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE COLLEGE
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. JoAnne Ferrara
Committee Member: Dr. Judith W. Spain
Proposal Defense: August 17, 2018
Final Defense: January 29, 2020
Dr. Natasha Freeman-Mack
Title: EXAMINING THE FIDELITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Barbara Allen-Lyall
Committee Member: Dr. Debra Pitton
Proposal Defense: September 12, 2018
Final Defense: January 21, 2020
Dr. Martin Cox
Title: LEADING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TEAM MEETINGS TOWARD CLARITY AND COHERENCE: AN ANALYSIS OF PRACTICE OF THE 6 ELEMENT FUNNEL PROTOCOL
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. James Langlois
Proposal Defense: August 6, 2018
Final Defense: December 11, 2019
Dr. Adam F. VanDerStuyf
Title: Leadership and the Crafting of Coherence in an Era of Educational Accountability: An Analysis of Practice
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Brooks
Proposal Defense: February 28, 2018
Final Defense: November 19, 2019
Dr. Natalie L. Aleman
Title: Understanding the Experiences of First-Generation Doctoral Students: A Grounded Theory Study
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: August 15, 2018
Final Defense: November 15, 2019
Dr. Joan O'Keeffe-Foley
Title: Improving Professional Development: A Mixed Methods Study of Teacher Motivation through Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors
Committee Chair: Dr Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: November 14, 2018
Final Defense: September 16, 2019
Dr. Ivy Tilson Rentz
Title: Examining the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Student Outcomes in Occupational and Physical Therapy Academic Programs
Committee Co-Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Co-Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Nikki Josephs
Proposal Defense: August 8, 2018
Final Defense: August 28, 2019
Dr. Raymond D. González
Title: THE CONSTRUCTS DEFINING SCIENCE PROCLIVITY: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Ramón Mejia-Sanchez
Proposal Defense: November 2, 2018
Final Defense: July 24, 2019
Dr. Derek Schuelein
Title: ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS AS A PREREQUISITE TO STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN AP COURSES: A PATH ANALYSIS
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Carol Burris
Committee Member: Dr. Ellen McDonald
Proposal Defense: March 23, 2018
Final Defense: July 18, 2019
Dr. Kennybel Peña
Title: Chronicling the upward mobility experiences of Dominican Latinas in United States higher education senior leadership: A Narrative Study
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gómez
Committee Member: Dr. Ramona Hernández
Proposal Defense: May 3, 2018
Final Defense: June 27, 2019
Dr. Maher El Jamal
Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Richard Hyland
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: July 26, 2018
Final Defense: June 20, 2019
Dr. Phyllis Fein
Title: THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL NORMS ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Richard Hyland
Committee Member: Dr. Saul Yanofsky
Proposal Defense: December 11, 2017
Final Defense: June 20, 2019
Dr. Jeremy Barker
Title: THE IMPACT OF TRAINING ON TEACHER AIDES’ PERCEPTIONS OF PREPAREDNESS, SELF-ACTUALIZATION, AND JOB SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY OF TWO SUBURBAN NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Committee Chair: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Proposal Defense: August 21, 2018
Final Defense: May 22, 2019
Dr. Ty Graves-Defrietas
Title: Just and Good Leadership: Socially Just Leaders and Their Influence on Academic Achievement
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. James Jones
Committee Member: Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Proposal Defense: November 7, 2016
Final Defense: May 8, 2019
Academic Year: 2018-2019
Dr. Adam Schoenbart
Title: PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP & BEHAVIORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Jeremy Luft
Proposal Defense: July 24, 2018
Final Defense: April 10, 2019
Dr. Laura Bigaouette
Title: LATINX STUDENT FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE SUCCESS: A CRITICAL, ASSET-FRAMED QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INFLUENCES ON COLLEGE PERSISTENCE
Committee Chair: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl
Proposal Defense: August 17, 2018
Final Defense: April 9, 2019
Dr. Nicole A. Bernini Schimpf
Title: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF PRINCIPAL SELF-EFFICACY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW YORK STATE APPR POLICY MANDATE
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Susan V. Iverson
Committee Member: Dr. Gregory Brown
Proposal Defense: July 26, 2018
Final Defense: April 8, 2019
Dr. Amy L. Watkins
Title: FACILITATING SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE USE OF ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Timothy Conway
Committee Member: Dr. Steven Moskowitz
Proposal Defense: June 4, 2018
Final Defense: April 5, 2019
Dr. Sandra D. Fairweather
Title: FACTORS THAT SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN TEMPORARY HOUSING
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. James Langlois
Proposal Defense: July 20, 2018
Final Defense: March 28, 2019
Dr. Tina S. Wilson
Title: THE IMPACT OF DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND CLIMATE IN A SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL: A MIXED METHODS CASE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: July 30, 2018
Final Defense: March 27, 2019
Dr. Patrick I. Sullivan
Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER ATTITUDES TOWARDS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A PATH ANALYSIS MODEL
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Janice Sandbank
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Proposal Defense: December 7, 2017
Final Defense: March 18, 2019
Dr. Alexandra Greenberg
Title: EXAMINING ACCOUNTABILITY AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES ON TESTING: A STUDY OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE OPT-OUT MOVEMENT IN SUBURBAN NEW YORK
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: August 1, 2018
Final Defense: March 7, 2019
Dr. Shannon O'Grady
Title: Educators’ Perceptions of the RULER Approach: A K-12 Case Study
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: September 11, 2018
Final Defense: February 27, 2019
Dr. Jenny Olson Lansky
Title: Middle-Level Leadership for Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study of Principal Self-Efficacy and Developmentally Responsive
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Commitee Member: Dr. Martin Fitzgerald
Proposal Defense: July 19, 2018
Final Defense: February 27, 2019
Dr. Dulce Barker
Title: EXPLORING PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AIMED AT PROMOTING SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN EMERGENT BILINGUALS: AN ANALYSIS OF PRACTICE
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gómez
Proposal Defense: July 30, 2018
Final Dissertation: February 27, 2019
Dr. Robert Zegarelli
Title: THE INFLUENCE OF CURRICULAR MODIFICATIONS ON TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND SELF-EFFICACY: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Frank Zamperlin
Proposal Defense: August 1, 2018
Final Defense: January 31, 2019
Dr. Jamaal A. Bowman
Title: COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: THE PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES THAT FOSTER BROAD-BASED COLLABORATION AMONG LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ECOSYSTEM
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Rosa Rivera-McCutchen
Proposal Defense: July 20, 2018
Final Defense: January 31, 2019
Dr. Sandra Kimlin Intrieri
Title: Influence of Later School Start Times on Adolescent Engagement, Well-Being, and Other Factors: A Study of Two High Schools
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: February 2, 2018
Final Defense: December 11, 2018
Dr. Jennifer Louise Simon
Title: A CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON THE WELL-BEING AND LEADERSHIP ABILITIES OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Micheline Malow
Proposal Defense: December 8, 2017
Final Defense: December 5, 2018
Dr. Brian Doherty
Title: THE ROLE OF CONTENT, PEDAGOGICAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN EXPLAINING MUSIC TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Toni Ann Carey
Proposal Defense: December 14, 2017
Final Defense: October 5, 2018
Dr. Raymond Sanchez
Title: STUDENTS' SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS AS RELATED TO RACE AND OTHER FACTORS: AN ANALYSIS OF PRACTICE OF LOWER HUDSON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Proposal Defense: February 2, 2018
Final Defense: August 30, 2018
Dr. Maksim Vasilevsky
Title: THE BENEFITS OF THERAPY, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND SERVICE (TESS) ANIMALS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Gregory Brown
Proposal Defense: December 7, 2017
Final Defense: August 29, 2018
Dr. Laura Crowley
Title: An Evaluation of the Professional Development for 1:1 Technology Integration as Related to Mid-to-Late Career Teachers
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense: March 28, 2017
Final Defense: June 12, 2018
Academic Year: 2017-2018
Dr. Cairenn Broderick
Title: NEW YORK STATE K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF THE UNION IN SCHOOLS TODAY
Committee Chair: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Proposal Defense: January 30, 2017
Final Defense: April 11, 2018
Dr. Felicia Gaon
Title: SELF-COMPASSION AS A BUFFER FROM BURNOUT OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS WORKING WITH STUDENTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Monique Reilly
Proposal Defense: December 12, 2016
Final Defense: March 27, 2018
Dr. Shelley Einbinder Fleischmann
Title: THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS ON CO-TEACHING PRACTICES IN ONE SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL: AN ANALYSIS OF PRACTICE
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Proposal Defense: October 30, 2014
Final Defense: March 5, 2018
Dr. Gail Eileen Duffy
Title: Elementary School Technology and College and Career Readiness: An Analysis of Practice
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Steven Moskowitz
Committee Member: Dr. John Falino
Proposal Defense: June 29, 2017
Final Defense: March 5, 2018
Dr. Renée C. Leekin
Title: INFLUENCES OF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING THE SUPPORT OF LGBTQ STUDENTS
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Lynn Allen
Proposal Defense: April 20, 2017
Final Defense: February 28, 2018
Dr. Mary Foster
Title: Translanguaging in Dual Language Early Childhood Classrooms: An Analysis of Understanding and Implementation of Translanguaging as Pedagogical Practice
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gómez
Committee Member: Dr. Ronald Hattar
Proposal Defense: December 12, 2016
Final Defense: November 30, 2017
Dr. Dolores Roberts
Title: An Analysis of Practice of One New York Suburban High School's Implementation of Response to Intervention
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Nikki Josephs
Proposal Defense: March 9, 2016
Final Defense: November 20, 2017
Dr. Andrew Patrick
Title: Educator Evaluation and Bilingual Education Policy: A Three Article Dissertation
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Betty Rosa
Committee Member: Dr. Cheryl Champ
Proposal Defense: April 15, 2016
Final Defense: November 3, 2017
Dr. Danielle Da Giau
Title: Teachers Talking Social Studies: Analyzing Their Discourse Practices and Sociocultural Constructions of Historical Conflict
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Chair: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Chair: Dr. Monique Reilly
Proposal Defense: May 23, 2017
Final Defense: November 2, 2017
Dr. Letitia Payne
Title: EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION IMPLEMENTATION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTINGS WITHIN THE HUDSON VALLEY AND LONG ISLAND REGIONS OF NEW YORK
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Katie Cunningham
Committee Member: Dr. Mikki Shaw
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: September 27, 2017
Dr. Jonathan Woods
Title: A Study of the Effectiveness of Response to Intervention (RTI): An Analysis of Practices in Georgia High Schools
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Nikki Josephs
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Proposal Defense: November 7, 2016
Final Defense: August 2, 2017
Dr. Stefanie Maffei
Title: MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF TEXT COMPLEXITY AND CLOSE READING EXPECTATIONS WITHIN COMMON CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Courtney Kelly
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: July 14, 2017
Academic Year: 2016-2017
Dr. Rey Serrano
Title: Surrounding New Mathematics Reform: Implications for Teacher Self-efficacy
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee member: Dr. Ellen McDonnell
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 17, 2017
Dr. Lisamarie Spindler
Title: BLOCK SCHEDULING IN AN ERA OF COMMON CORE CURRICULUM: A CASE STUDY OF ADMINISTRATORS’ AND TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Phyllis Amori
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 4, 2017
Dr. Kevin Roberts
Title: An Analysis of New York State Hudson Valley Local Wellness Plans
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Monique Reilly
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 3, 2017
Dr. Gina Pin
Title: Job satisfaction among resilient and mindful Teachers and Administrators: A second-order factor analysis using Structural equation modeling (SEM)
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. C. Freiberg
Defense Proposal:
Final defense: April 6, 2017
Dr. Lisa Coppola
Title: Roads Less Traveled: Challenges Facing Career-Changers in Alternative Teacher Preparation Pathways
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Lenora Boehlert
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 31, 2017
Dr. Ide Seide
Title: FOLLOWING-LEADING EXPERIENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS: A STUDY OF NEW YORK PK-12 LEADERS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Timothy Conway
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 29, 2017
Dr. Jeremy Luft
Title: A study of the potential relationship between home technology use and student achievement
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Stephen Moskowitz
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 13, 2017
Dr. Leah Pollack Raftis
Title: Principal Readiness for Students with Autism in the Public School Setting: A Study of Self-Efficacy and Leadership Practices
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 13, 2017
Dr. Brandon T. Beck
Title: A Multiple Case Study of the Influence of Professional Development on Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals
Committee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Diane Gomez
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 7, 2017
Dr. Jennifer Harriton-Wilson
Title: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Energy Sources Team Self-Assessment Survey
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Patty Slobogin
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: February 15, 2017
Dr. Martin M. Fitzgerald
Title: INTENTION AND IMPACT: IMPLEMENTING NEW YORK STATE’S DASA POLICY IN HIGH PERFORMING MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Thomas Higgins
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: December 13, 2016
Dr. Amy L. Michaud-Wells
Title: BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STAKEHOLDERS: A MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF PERFORMANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Michael Cosimano
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: December 13, 2016
Dr. Candie Marie Lorenz
Title: THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON STUDENT RETENTION: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Daphne Galkin
Committee Member: Dr. Richard Hyland
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: December 12, 2016
Dr. Andrew J. Ecker
Title: Initial Principal Readiness to Interconnect Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and School Mental Health: A Sequential Multivariate Exploratory Analysis
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Emily Hersh
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: December 2, 2016
Dr. Maria Helen Thompson
Title: A Study of the Relationship between Principal Leadership Style and Collective Efficacy in Equity-Oriented High Schools
Committee Co-Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Co-Chair: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: September 28, 2016
Dr. Ramon Mejia Sanchez
Title: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL OF THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF TEACHER AND STUDENT ACADEMIC OPTIMISM ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: February 9, 2016
Final Defense: September 14, 2016
Dr. Toni Ann Carey
Title: FACILITATING RESPONSIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS: THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MULTI-SENSORY TRAINING OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND SELF-EFFICACY TO TEACH READING
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: July 5, 2016
Dr. Brendan Byrne
Title: Instructional Leadership in Private Independent Schools: A Study of the Leadership Behaviors of Principals and Division Heads
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Marjorie Castro
Committee Member: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: June 7, 2016
Academic Year: 2015-2016
Dr. Angela Adamu
Title: Social Cognition and the Acculturation of International Students in U.S Higher Education Institutions: Examining the Cognitive Rationales of Integrative Acculturation
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Hillary Knepper
Committee Member: President & Dr. Jon Strauss
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 20, 2016
Dr. Nicole Murphy
Title: POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Perceptions of Program Directors and Instructors Regarding Transition, Programs, and
Outcomes
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Ronald Hattar
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 7, 2016
Dr. Matthew Lawrence
Title: Preserving Our Greatest Resources: A Quantitative Study to Better Understand the Role that Worksite Wellness Programs May Have in Mediating the Symptoms of Teacher Burnout
Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Phillips
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Robert Schmidlein
Proposal Defense: September 16, 2015
Final Defense: March 30, 2016
Dr. Holly Bernitt-Saks
Title: An Examination of the Influence of Social Factors on Concussion Reporting Rates and Academic Attitude: Employing Structural Equation Modeling
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Monique Reilly
Committee Member: Dr. Anthony Santucci
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 18, 2016
Dr. Paul M. Fanuele
Title: ADDRESSING NEW CHALLENGES: A FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: February 29, 2016
Dr. Gregory S. Brown
Title: LEADERSHIP SKILL REQUIREMENTS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS OF K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW YORK STATE: A REPLICATION AND GENERALIZATION OF THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS STRATAPLEX
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Brady Fister
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: February 23, 2016
Dr. Rosemarie Sandground
Title: INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS REGARDING COLLEGIATE TRANSITION FOR STUDENT VETERANS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Mikki Shaw
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: January 28, 2016
Dr. John Falino
Title: An Evaluation of A High School One-to-One Chromebook Program That Aims to Support Differentiation and 21st Century Learning
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Proposal Defense: January 28, 2015
Final defense: January 26, 2016
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Dr. Stephanie Pierson Ugol
Title: DEVELOPING LITERACY IN YOUNG ADOLESCENTS: TEACHER BELIEFS AND STRUCTURES THAT SHAPE LEARNING
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Martin Brooks
Committee Member: Dr. Courtney Kelly
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 2, 2015
Dr. Daphne Galkin
Title: BEYOND ACCOMMODATIONS: DISABILITY SERVICE PROFESSIONALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AS CAMPUS CHANGE AGENTS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. Joann Mulqueen
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: March 23, 2015
Dr. Ellen McDonnell
Title: Acceleration for all: An analysis of the effects of completing five years of mathematics curriculum in four years on academic performance
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Ronald Hattar
Dissertation Proposal:
Final defense: February 27, 2015
Dr. Kenneth Cotrone
Title: THE HEART OF THE MATTER: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND ANXIETY AND THE HIGH PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOL CULTURE
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Victoria Fantozzi
Committee Member: Dr. Walter Moran
Dissertation Proposal:
Final defense: February 13, 2015
Academic Year: 2013-2014
Dr. Joseph Phillips
Title: The Effects of School Practice Variables on the English Language Arts Achievement of Fourth Grade Hispanics in Suburban Metropolitan New York Schools
Committee Chair: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Zoila Tazi
Proposal Defense:
Final defense: April 7, 2014
Dr. Cheryl Champ
Title: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: The Impact of Institutional Culture on Initial Implementation of New York’s Annual Professional Performance Review
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Betty Rosa
Dissertation Proposal:
Final defense: March 24, 2014
Dr. Timothy Conway
Title: PERCEPTIONS OF VIRTUAL LEARNING POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT FOSTER INCREASED HIGH SCHOOL COURSE COMPLETION RATES AND ACHIEVE COMMON CORE GOALS
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Thomas Higgins
Proposal Defense: April 15, 2013
Final defense: December 2, 2013
Dr. James Anthony Filippelli
Title: Develop An Exemplary Fine Arts Program: A Multiple Case-Study Of Three Private Institutions Of Higher Education
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Rhonda Clements
Committee Member: Dr. Thomas Nowak
Proposal Defense: June 21, 2012
Final defense: November 18, 2013
Dr. Ron Hattar
Title: The Superintendency in New York State: Factors Influencing Tenure and Longevity
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Stephen Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Proposal Defense: July 31, 2012
Final defense: June 28, 2013
Academic Year: 2012-2013
Dr. Monique S. Reilly
Title: The Influence of SES, Ethnicity/Race, and Physical Activity Levels on Student Achievement: A Path Analysis
Committee Chair: Dr. Steve Caldas
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Committee Member: Dr. JoAnne Ferrara
Proposal Defense: February 29, 2012
Final defense: April 8, 2013
Dr. Emily C. Hersh
Title: Change And Challenge: The Influence Of Technology Integration In Teacher Preparation Programs
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Mikki Shaw
Committee Member: Dr. Vance Austin
Proposal Defense: October 10, 2012
Final defense: March 28, 2013
Dr. Stephen Moskowitz
Title: Transitioning to Online Teaching: An Inquiry into Qualities, Skills, and Support Structures of Online Instructors
Committee Chair: Dr. Yiping Wan
Committee Member: Dr. Ross Collin
Committee Member: Dr. Thomas Higgins
Proposal Defense: October 5, 2012
Final defense: March 19, 2013
Dr. Margaret M. Ruller
Title: Empowering Teacher Literacy Leaders: Examining the impact and identities of five teacher literacy leaders within a balanced literacy initiative
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Monson
Committee Member: Dr. Joanne Marien
Committee Member: Dr. Kristin Rainville
Proposal Defense: March 28, 2012
Final defense: March 12, 2013