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Sponsored Dissertations: Psychology Department  top

Sarah Bench (2000): "The Therapeutic Impact of Therapist Enthusiasm and Scientific Credibility on the Relaxation Response;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Kim Gilbert (2002): "Academic Dishonesty Perceptions of Fifth-Grade Students and Teachers: Multidimensional Scaling"

Keith Golin (2001): "Role of Gambling, Risk-Taking, and Cognitive Biases in Computer Trading;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Aviele Kaufman Koffler (2005): "Perceptions of Beliefs in Rational Emotive Theory Among College Students: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Eva Levine (2003): "Model Adherence and Attitudes Towards Prescription Privileges Among Clinical Psychologists"

Nicole Levine (2003): "A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty Among Learning and Grade Oriented Students;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Dawn Middleton (2005): "Severity and Age of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders on Parental Attitudes Regarding Educational Placement;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Alyson Miller (2001): "A Survey of Physicians' and Psychologists' Attitudes Toward an Individual's Right-To-Die;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Dana Lieber Moriarty (2002): "Effects of Empirical, Logical, and Functional Disputational Strategies in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy on the Treatment of Depressive Disorders"

Wendy Penzel (2000): "Perceptions, Attitudes, and Rates of Cheating in Doctoral Psychology and Law Students"

Anthony Pinto (2002): "Effect of Treatment Recommendation Format on Parental Satisfaction and Compliance;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Rebecca Lieberman Silva (2003): "Self- vs. Other-Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty Among Fifth-Graders: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis"

Sarah Southwick (2002): "Internet Use, Academic Performance, and Social Involvement in Middle School Age Children"

Sponsored Dissertations: Counseling, Research, Special Education, & Rehabilitation Department  top

Lenore Abend (1984): "Self Concept, Assertiveness and Job Satisfaction in the Nursing Profession"

Dianne Berkell (1982): "Generalization of Visual Discrimination in Developmentally Disabled Children"

Patricia Flynn Brown (1985): "Effect of Readability and Teaching Strategy on Knowledge of Patients' Rights and Health Locus of Control"

Cecilia Campoverde (1982): "A Comparative Study of the Abstract Language Performance of Native and Bilingual English and Spanish Speaking Children"

Anne Christian (1985): "Attrition of Professional Nurses as Related to Social-Psychological Needs and Perceptions of Bureaucracy"

LaVerne Corbett (1990): "The Effect of Bilingualism on Humor and Creativity"

George Davis (1994): "Efforts to Validate a Scale for Predicting the Risk of Falling with Geropsychiatric Patients"

Ann DeBernard (1993): "The Relationship Between Monolingual Teachers' Perceptions of Pupils' English Proficiency and the Complexity, Relatedness, and Success of Instructional Dialogue"

Rita Esposito (1994): "Attitudes of Case Managers Toward the Employability of Persons with Severe Disabilities"

Barry Friedman (1983): "Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Scale for the Assessment of the Need for Power"

Adrienne Garvar (Educational Administration, 1985): "Principals', Special Educators', and Regular Teachers' Perceptions of Disabilities and Attitudes Toward Mainstreaming: A Multidimensional Scaling Approach"

Gary Goldenback (1985): "Teaching Career Aspirations of Monolingual and Bilingual Paraprofessionals in the New York City School System"

Madelyn Isaacs (1985): "Specialty Choice and Psychosocial Attitudes"

Laurie Johnson (1985): "A Multidimensional Perspective on Vocational Aspirations Assessment"

Marian Kant (1983): "The Social Competence, Self-Esteem and Attributions of Cerebral Palsied Adults"

Lisa Lieberman (1983): "The Effects of Stimulus Elaboration on the Perceptions of Disabilities: A Multidimensional Scaling Approach"

Faith Ripps (1985): "The Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Mathematics, Mathematics Performance and Mathematics Course-Taking at the Community College Level"

Susan Rooney (1991): "Social Episode Cognition and Perceived Self-Efficacy"

Marybeth Ryan-Merritt (1985): "The Relationship Between Selected Personality Attributes of Professional Nurses and Intraprofessional Networking"

Bette Schneiderman (1990): "College Students' Attitudes Toward Factors of Teacher Reform"

Barbara Shay (1994): "The Relationship Between Learning Styles and Achievement for High School Students in Vocational Education Programs"

Barbran Smith (1986): "The Effect of Spatial Ability, Field Independence, Course Background, Attitude, and Sex on Computer Programming Ability"

Karin Spencer (1994): "Student Perspectives on Course and Teacher Evaluations;" recipient of H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award, 1994

Michael Totoro (1989): "The Effects of State-Trait Anxiety, Computer Anxiety, and Computer Experience on Computer Programming Ability"

Stellye Weinstein (1983): "The Sexual Attitudes, Interests, and Activities of Senior Adults Residing in Age-Integrated and Age-Segregated Communities"

Dissertation Committee Member: Psychology Department  top

Stephanie Bushey (2007): "A Model of Student Retention in Learning Communities;" recipient of H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award, 2007

Daniel Carragher (1999): "Retrospective Antecedents and Current Consequences of Sexual Orientation Victimization in Non-Identified Gay Male Youth;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Robert Chang (2003): "Empirical Examination of Cultural Differences and Cultural Variables of Somatization Among Chinese Americans and Caucasian American College Students"

Margaret Gilbert (1998): "Effects of Exposure to Well-Elderly on Children's Negative Stereotypic Attitudes"

Dan Griffen (1985): "Deceptive Presentation of Self in Intimate Relationships"

Doreen Heisler (1993): "Evaluation of Boards of Directors by their Members and by Outside Observers"

Theresa Johnston (1992): "The Relationship of Contact and Social Distance to Attitudes Toward Disability"

Jeffrey Kassinove (1999): "Effect of the Near Miss and the Big Win on Persistence at a Slot Machine"

KaNei Lam (1999): "An Emic-Etic Approach to Validation of the Children's Depression Inventory for the Use with Hong Kong Children;" recipient of H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award, 1994

Larry Lutsky (1990): "An Empirical Comparison of the Robustness and Power of the Student's t Test, the Welch Test, and the Mann-Whitney u Test"

John Macri (2003): "The Effects of Information on Brief Exposure Treating Public Speaking Anxiety"

Pamela Matheson (1986): "Evaluation of a Total Communication Approach for Children With Down Syndrome"

Merry McVey (2000): "Exposure and Response Prevention Versus Rational Coping Training in the Treatment of Angry Men"

Deena Melika (2004): "The Role of Coercive Discipline, Monitoring and Activity Level in Explaining Aggression in Preschool Boys"

Mary Ryan (1993): "Provider and Consumer Perceptions of Unmet HIV-Related Service Needs: A Test of the Contact Hypothesis"

Susan Sabatino (2002): "Manipulating Coffee Expectancy Among College Students Via Visual Media"

Faith Unger (2001): "Speech Directed at Able-Bodied Adults, Disabled Adults, and Disabled Adults with Speech Impairments"

Martin Volker (2001): "Evaluation of WISC-III Short Forms for Screening High IQ Children;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Dissertation Committee Member: School of Education & Allied Human Services  top

Michael Boraczek (Reading, 1982): "The Effects of Human Teacher Intervention on the Drill and Practice Type of Programmed Instruction"

Ellen Carter (Reading, 1991): "The Effect of a Publication Process on Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Attitudes of Remedial Students"

David Church (Educational Administration, 1990): "The Relationship Between Principals' Ambiguity Tolerance and Measures of School Effectiveness"

William Clark (Educational Administration, 1992): "Teachers' Attitudes Toward Parent Involvement"

Kathleen Conway (Educational Administration, 1994): "Parent Involvement, Gender and Race/Ethnicity: The Relationship of Student Achievement and Self Concept"

Eileen Crane (Educational Administration, 1992): "The Relationship Between Level of Education, Career Paths and Earnings in Educational Administration"

Vincent Filingeri (Educational Research, 1985): "Health Beliefs and Self Motivation as Predictors of Compliance in an Obesity Control Program"

Gregory Flynn (Educational Administration, 1998): "The Ninth Grade Classroom: A Study of the Interaction of Notecards, Cooperative Learning, and Gender on Achievement, Attribution & Self-Efficacy;" nominee for H. Alan Robinson Dissertation Award

Clara Goldberg (Educational Administration, 1991): acting committee chairperson fall 1990; "A Study of the Career Paths of Administrators in Central Office Positions in New York State Public School Districts"

Stuart Grossman (Educational Administration, 1998): "Parent Involvement: The Relationship Between Parent Beliefs and Parent Practices"

Warren Herbst (Educational Research, 1983): "A Study of the Relationships Among Job Satisfaction, Role Clarity, Communication Adequacy, and Task Attributes in a Causal Model"

Marie Holdsworth (Reading, 1987): "The Effect of Oral Language Development Upon Linguistic Awareness"

Elaine Hrach (Educational Research, 1983): "The Relationship of Rater Characteristics and Composition Marking Practices"

Zhen Huang (Reading, 1991): "A Meta-Analysis of Student Self-Questioning Strategies"

Yolanda Johnson (Educational Administration, 1998): "Labels, Stereotypes, and the Dialogue of Parent Involvement: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of the Adjectives Used by Social Scientists"

Adrienne Kaufman (Educational Research, 1983): "Sex Differences in Mathematics Reasoning in Mathematically Gifted and Average Fifth and Sixth Graders"

John Kohnken (Educational Administration, 1987): "Data Base Management Systems for Microprocessors: Potential Administrative Applications in Schools"

John Koster (Educational Research, 1987): "Effects of Handicap Labels, Sex, Mainstreaming Experience and Teacher Authoritarianism on Teacher Expectations"

Barbara Kraeger (Educational Administration, 1993): "The Relationship Between Individually Perceived Organizational Climate and Faculty Members' Organizational and Professional Commitment in Two Institutions of Higher Learning"

Laura Labenberg (Educational Administration, 1993): "Making the Grade: A Study of How Faculty Grade Differently"

Jill Lieberman (Educational Research, 1981): "Analytic Style of Social Interaction in Educational Leaders"

Dan McGroarty (Educational Administration, 1987): "The Relation of Career Preference and Gender to Attitudes Toward Change"

Nancy Murolo (Educational Administration, 1997): "Sexual Harassment and Manly Sports: Are They Related?"

Louis Perone (Educational Research, 1994): "The Persistence of First-Year College Students at the Two-Year College Level"

Holly Seirup Pincus (Educational Administration, 1995): "Academic Dishonesty: Faculty Perspectives"

Theresa Rooney (Reading, 1995): "Research Paper Writing Experiences: Going to the Source"

Andrea Rosen (Educational Administration, 1983): "The Effect of Teacher Absenteeism on the Academic Achievement of Elementary School Students"

Kathleen Schatzberg-Smith (Reading, 1988): "The Effect of Structured Dialogue Journal Writing on the Self-Reported Study Habits and Attitudes of Underprepared College Students"

Robert Schultz (Educational Administration, 1983): "Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Behavior Associated with School Outcomes"

Mark Stolzberg (Educational Research, 1986): "Reading Comprehension as a Function of Time and Ocular Functioning"

Roberta Trachtman (Educational Administration, 1985): "School-Business Collaborations: A Study of the Process and Product"

Kathleen Williams (Educational Administration, 1991): "The Effect of One-To-One Training or Small Group Instruction on the Improvement of Computer Attitudes in School Administrators"

Masters Thesis Advisement  top

Kathleen Cramer (Program Evaluation)

Susan Goldberg (Special Education)

Anna May Jagoda (Program Evaluation)

Tracy Rubinson (Program Evaluation)

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