2009 - present
Smith College dissertations are primarily from the School for Social Work. Other graduate programs may be represented. Each student is required to archive his or her dissertation to Smith ScholarWorks for access and preservation.
- On Campus Access: limited to the Smith College community and researchers on campus
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Dissertations from 2024
Interrogating Whiteness: An In-depth Study of Race and Psychoanalysis in Cross-Racial Dyads, Stephen Friedman
Dissertations from 2023
Dissertations from 2022
Intersectional Experiences of Women of Color Who Had a Baby in the NICU, Mari-Anna Yuko Bergeron Doherty
Understanding Attachment Injury Communications of Traumatized Veterans, John Bucholtz
Developing Cultural Humility: A Qualitative Study on Mental Health Clinicians, Kimberly Calhoun
Perceptions of Clinical Supervision Held by Early-Career Social Workers During Times of Extreme Stress: A Thematic Analysis, Jennifer Khaw
Canine Assisted Therapy and its Role in the Development of Therapeutic Alliance in Working with Early Attachment Trauma: an Intersubjective Lens, Renee Lindquist
Balancing Multiple Identities: Exploring How Multiracial Therapists Navigate Racial Dynamics within Clinical Practice, Sarah Yang Mumma
The Jewish Secularization and Religious Growth Paradox: Why are Secular Jewish Women Adopting Orthodox Judaism?, Sarh L. Ossey
Resiliency of Insecure Attachment Styles: Toward a New Model, Melissa D. Weise
Dissertations from 2021
Affect-laden lessons in relationality : a study of forced termination in the internship setting, Catherine Balletto
Whiteness and the Columbine High School Attack: A Psychoanalytic Case Portrait, Carter Carter
"About the brokenness, and the darkness, and the light" : an exploratory study on the effects of the correctional environment on correctional mental health professionals, Stephanie A. Gangemi
The deinstitutionalization of minds : what does deinstitutionalization mean for Bulgarian social workers, Dimitar Andreev Germanov
Too close to home : intergenerational trauma and a caregiver's ability to provide support to their child during trauma treatment, Heather Gregory
Am I there yet? : emerging adulthood for women in an American Orthodox Jewish context, Shira Kessler
Experiences of transgender and non-binary people of color in psychotherapy, Silvia L. Sandoval
Attachment and Behavioral Problems Among Bereaved Children: Secondary Quantitative Analysis from the NCTSN Core Data Set, Mary H. Wise-Kriplani
Dissertations from 2020
An exploratory study of primary caregivers' knowledge of the risks and effects of adolescents' exposure to intimate partner violence, Jean Clarke-Mitchell
A story of identity construction : the example of social work and the North Carolina eugenics program, Dominica Francesca Lizzi
The problem and the solution : the potency of relationships in addressing rural opioid use, Alison Smith Mitchell
Efficacy and feasibility of a tele-mental health intervention to support caregivers caring for a child dependent on mechanical ventilation at home (DMVH), Yudy F. Muneton-Castano
Teaching advocacy to second year Master of Social Work students in clinical field placements, Michael J. Rogers
Dissertations from 2019
BSW faculty perceptions of their gatekeeping role, Lynn Raine
College counseling center clinicians who work with suicidal clients : an examination of negative countertransference and training, supervision, anxiety, and attitudes, Vasiliki Hallas Torres
Factors associated with LGBTQ adolescents' seeking mental health services in school settings, Nichole C. Wofford
Dissertations from 2018
Behavioral neuroscience applied : a practice intervention with college students using orienting and interoception for stress management and self-regulation, Elizabeth Steck Anable
They will never understand : the challenge of returning to civilian life, Dane Christopher Frost
The influence of protective factors on substance use severity when depression and trauma symptoms are reported by rural female opioid abusers, Judith Avery Josiah-Martin
Stuck, suffering, and struggling to launch : building typologies of psychopathology from a clinical sample of millennial emerging adults : an exploratory study, Marki L. McMillan
Factors influencing transgender Latina immigrants' decision to immigrate to the United States : a qualitative study, Olivia Mora-Lett
Being Asian and American : bi-cultural subjectivity of therapists in clinical social work practice, Rosie Yap
Dissertations from 2017
The experience of resident assistants encountering nonsuicidal self-injury use by a resident : a mixed methods investigation, Katherine M. McCarthy
Evaluating attachment dimensions of Internet gaming disorder and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement, Christine Tronnier
The intersection of professional boundaries and trauma in psychotherapy with adolescents : a preliminary study, John Christopher Waisman
An exploration of ethnic and cultural identity for biracial and multiracial individuals adopted transracially, Stephen T. Wilson
Dissertations from 2016
Same but different : the clinical implications of Orthodox Jewish therapists' countertransference with Orthodox Jewish patients, Joshua E. Altman
Helping online and "in real life" : prosocial moral reasoning among bystanders of cyberbullying and bullying in emerging adulthood, David S. Byers
The relationship between adolescent sibling bereavement and guilt, anger, and shame, Lauren E. Como
Understanding the mindfulness-attachment connection to the context of mindfulness-based stress reduction, Emily C. Gosterisli
The eating disorder mental health literacy of clinical social workers : an examination of assessment practices and knowledge, Chelsea R. MacCaughelty
Experiences of reunification between older Chinese immigrant youth and their biological parents, Carolyn Mak
Dissertations from 2015
Minding the gate : reflections and recommendations of field liaisons on their gatekeeping roles, Laura Berenson
On being lesbian and being adopted : a mixed methods study of identity and coming out experiences, Theresa A. Cain
Testing and explaining a social emotional learning program and the intersection of trauma in urban, low-income students : a mixed methods study, Johanna Creswell Báez
Living in the shadows : the psychological impact of parental deportation on Hispanic children, Jeanne Marie Dewey
Examining social work students' interests and motivations for working in child welfare : implications for human caring, Steven Hoffler
Co-parenting in a highly conflicted separation/divorce : learning about parents and their experiences of parenting coordination, legal, and mental health interventions, Kelly E. Mandarino
Latino veteran mental health service utilization : predictors and concomitant factors, James O.E. Pittman
Reclaiming power through the body : an exploratory examination of women's use of yoga to sustain recovery from an eating disorder, Heather C. Pizzanello
Dissertations from 2014
Therapeutic alliance : do student-client alliances improve through MSW education? : a cross-sectional study, Anton Babushkin
An examination of inner city African American adolescents help-seeking behaviors, ways of coping with stressful situations, and attitudes towards mental health services, Shawneladee C. Cole
The use of spirituality by African Americans with end stage renal disease, Linda P. Darrell
Social workers' views on reproductive choice, Jennifer Linnman
Parenting coordination : an intervention for high-conflict separating/divorcing families, Tracye A. Polson
Dissertations from 2013
In two worlds : the selfhood experiences of adolescents 14-20 in joint custody arrangements, Kerstin A. Blumhardt
Adolescent male sexual abusers : perceptions of the nature and outcome of female perpetrated sexual abuse, Katya M. Cerar
Pathways to ending intimate partner violence in the lives of HIV-positive women : how stigma and attachment inform understanding and intervention, Kathryn B. Davis
Sharing peace of mind : how do levels of couples conflict change over time and what predicts change, Kenneth S. Epstein
The impact of adventure-based psychotherapy on the general functioning of traumatized pre- and early adolescent children of color, Clifton T. Hicks
Surviving critical illness : new perspectives from mixed methods, Liz B. Johnston
Enactments between clinical practice teachers and their students : how do we understand and make pedagogic use of this phenomenon, Cara A. Segal
Clinician, agency and environment variables related to clinical social workers' involvement with evidence-based practice, Beverly M. Simmons
African American mothers living with HIV/AIDS : disclosure to an adolescent child, stigma, psychological distress and illness severity, Vickey O. Sultzman
Hooked again : the experience of projective identification in parents of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Jennifer L. Swantkowski
Dissertations from 2012
Parents with children in psychotherapy : how do parents describe the parent-therapist alliance?, Elissa N. Baldwin
Native American elders' perceptions of the boarding school experience on Native American parenting : an exploratory study, Josephine Anne Chase
School-based mental health clinicians : an exploration of supervision, professional development and training, and job satisfaction, Kristine Dennery
Changes in the coming out process over time, Andrew L. Dunlap
Perspectives on needs of children within National Guard families from military-affiliated providers and civilian educators : implications for school social work, Kari L. Fletcher
Enhancing therapist empathic performance : an empirical investigation, Susan B. Gibbons
The inter-relationship of trauma, depression, anxiety, and male juvenile delinquency, Jennifer W. Jencks
Public safety, psychological security : an exploratory study of how California parole agents experience their work, Elizabeth Kita
Never forgetting : bereavement associated with September 11th, Rose Ellen Latino
Depression among Latina pregnant women :the impact of acculturation, coping styles, and social support, Joanne León
Guilt and pathological gambling among college students, Geoffrey Walker Locke
Parallel experiences : associations between providing attachment based treatment to children in foster care and clinical social workers' sense of self-efficacy, Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Evaluating effects of training on assessing and managing suicide risk with social work graduate students, Susan D. Pasco
Coping with post-combat injury : responses from a media presentation with military and civilian families, Megan E. Theriot and Megan E. Theriot Keen
Dissertations from 2010
The impact of acculturation on first-generation Puerto Rican women's identity : an exploratory study, Ana Selma Berrios
Beyond the baby : women's narratives of childbirth, change and power, Dana Alban Schneider