Smith School for Social Work provides students with a focus on clinical social work, integrating comprehensive educational theories, skills and practices of clinical work. This collection includes full-text access to theses and dissertations, as follows:
- Smith College School for Social Work Theses, 2007-present Available to anyone both on and off-campus (some with a 5 year restriction limiting access to the Smith community), anyone via interlibrary loan
- Smith College School for Social Work Dissertations, 2009-present Available to the Smith community including off-campus access with a current Smith login, anyone on campus, and anyone via interlibrary loan
2012
Experiences of discrimination among Arab Americans and Muslim Americans post-9/11 attacks, Lenna Jawdat, Masters Thesis
The inter-relationship of trauma, depression, anxiety, and male juvenile delinquency, Jennifer W. Jencks, Dissertation
Coparenting among Mexican-American and non-Latino white couples, Amy B. Kallenberg, Masters Thesis
Social workers' changing perceptions of disability through working with clients with disabilities, Juliette F. Kennedy, Masters Thesis
The influence of interracial/interethnic relationships with Black, Latino, and Native American men on race/ethnic identity of a group of Asian American women, Malyna Kettavong, Masters Thesis
Interdisciplinary collaboration in school social work : building relationships for ecological change, Alex J. Kim, Masters Thesis
Embodied connections : engaging the body in group psychotherapy, Alissa W. Kimmell, Masters Thesis
Public safety, psychological security : an exploratory study of how California parole agents experience their work, Elizabeth Kita, Dissertation
The role of blogging across stages of change in recovery from anorexia nervosa, Sarah A. Kupper, Masters Thesis
Never forgetting : bereavement associated with September 11th, Rose Ellen Latino, Dissertation
Black students' classroom silence in predominantly White institutions of higher education, Mahajoy A. Laufer, Masters Thesis
Comparing individual and couples/family therapy : practitioners' perspectives, Rebecca H. Lawrence, Masters Thesis
The voice of the voiceless : client perspective of therapist self-disclosure, Pamela H. Lefever, Masters Thesis
Depression among Latina pregnant women :the impact of acculturation, coping styles, and social support, Joanne León, Dissertation
Survey of California hospice social workers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experiences regarding death with dignity or physician assisted suicide and other means of hastened death, John F. Linder, Dissertation
Guilt and pathological gambling among college students, Geoffrey Walker Locke, Dissertation
The who, how and why of Facebook use : the relationship between level of use and the big five personality traits, Larua K. Mackie, Masters Thesis
OEF/OIF veterans with and without PTSD : levels of relationship distress, social support, combat experience, and deployment, Jeanne-marie E. Mailloux, Masters Thesis
Reintegration and readjustment experience, identity, and social support for women veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom : a qualitative study, Mariann Mankowski, Dissertation
Life in college : an exploratory study examining undergraduate students' experiences with indirect aggression, Mary M. McLaughlin, Masters Thesis
Parallel experiences : associations between providing attachment based treatment to children in foster care and clinical social workers' sense of self-efficacy, Sarah Elizabeth Miller, Dissertation
The essence of beauty : examining the impact of idealized beauty standards on college-age African America women, Tiffany M. Paschal, Masters Thesis
Evaluating effects of training on assessing and managing suicide risk with social work graduate students, Susan D. Pasco, Dissertation
Juvenile sexual offenders : the influence of modeling, verbal instruction, and relationship structures on sexual offenders, Leanne M. Peterson, Masters Thesis
Adult attachment styles relative to childhood exposure to domestic violence : gender differences, Khadija A. Poitras-Rhea, Masters Thesis
Prosocial shifts in worldview : promises and challenges of growth and transformation, Colin A. Polnitsky, Masters Thesis
Multicultural competency, training, and outreach and setting : a quantitative study with college counselors, Eline Potoski, Masters Thesis
The impact of multiple deployments on military spouses, Renee D. Rountree, Masters Thesis
A cross-cultural comparison of Mexican Americans and non-Latino White Americans : does culture influence family cohesion and father involvement?, Claudia V. Ruiz Esparza Escobedo, Masters Thesis
"There's no escaping the body" : clinicians' views on the relevance of the body and the use of body-based interventions in work with mother-child dyads exposed to domestic violence, Danielle E. Sachs, Masters Thesis
Hip-hop as healer : Black males' experience of hip-hop culture, Tawnee Sae-Saue, Masters Thesis
Nature's ritalin : the effects of green spaces on symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Roger A. Sideman, Masters Thesis
Pathology, bias and queer diagnosis : a crip queer consciousness, Tones Smith, Masters Thesis
The double bind of triple jeopardy : exploring the impact of multiple minority stress on LGBTQ-identified Asian women in America, Anastasia Y. Taketomo, Masters Thesis
Coping with post-combat injury : responses from a media presentation with military and civilian families, Megan E. Theriot and Megan E. Theriot Keen, Dissertation
Is sexual violence a public concern or a private affair? : an exploration of community members' perceptions in a rural New England village, Mary S. Thompson, Masters Thesis
Therapeutic physical intervention and direct care behavioral health providers : a project based upon an investigation of direct care behavioral health providers' experiences of therapeutic interventions, Rebecca H. Voit, Masters Thesis
Partnering into parenthood : exploring the relationship between coparenting and couple satisfaction in triadic family systems, Elizabeth H. Welton, Masters Thesis
Interpreting trauma : exploring the experience of compassion fatigue among professional medical interpreters : a project based on responses from the voluntary participation of professional medical interpreters at several major urban health care facilities, Jennifer W. White, Masters Thesis
Ecopsychology and race : an exploratory study, Luke B. Woodward, Masters Thesis
An untapped body of knowledge : the use of body language in clinical social work, Alexandria D. Wright, Masters Thesis
2011
A channel of peace : the role of clinicians' spirituality in their clinical process, Tiffany Rene Adams, Masters Thesis
Interdisciplinary collaboration in a psychiatric treatment setting : a project based upon an investigation at Bradley Hospital, Riverside, Rhode Island, Timothy John Albro, Masters Thesis
Measuring the cultural competence of hospice social workers using the multicultural counseling self-efficacy scale-racial diversity form, revised version for use in hospice settings, Jessica Moore Begans, Masters Thesis
Sexual attraction to clients : are master of social work students trained to manage such feelings?, Jennifer Davis Begun, Masters Thesis
Encompassing Acholi values : culturally ethical reintegration ideology for formerly abducted youth of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda, Neil James Bilotta, Masters Thesis
Health worker experiences with environmental pollution : health in urban targeted community : a study of pollution and clinicians' experiences and attitudes towards it in urban low-income communities and communities of color, Leslie B. Bosworth, Masters Thesis
Queering the NCAA : how athletic administrators at National Collegiate Athletic Association institutions include transgender athletes, Lisa Margaret Brookens, Masters Thesis
"A certain dream" : the political potential for therapy by activist clinical social workers, Anna Rachel Cable, Masters Thesis
"Not my priority" : perspectives from LGBTQ individuals who do not identify marriage equality as their primary political concern, Elizabeth Anne Chandler, Masters Thesis
Transgender perspectives on accessible primary healthcare : a mixed method study, Ann Marie Coakley, Masters Thesis
Social workers' perspectives on managed care : an exploratory study, Julia Fraley Coles, Masters Thesis
Cognitively informed therapeutic relationships between dogs and humans : a project based upon an independent investigation, Dawn Marie Colinan, Masters Thesis
The integration of psychoeducation about healing environments and placemaking and the effect on mental health for clients, Christienne D. Constabile, Masters Thesis
Patriarchy and the trap of masculinity : a post-colonial analysis of violence against sexual minorities in Uganda, Sarah Elspeth Coughtry, Masters Thesis
The integration of ego psychological and cognitive behavioral interventions for first episode psychosis : strengthening the self and treating the symptoms, Megan Mary Czaja, Masters Thesis
In their own words : a comparative study of the attachment experiences of special needs adoptive families, Colette Lynn Duciaume-Wright, Masters Thesis
Juvenile justice through a gender variant lens : an exploratory study of the experience of providers working with gender variant youth in California juvenile justice facilities, Laura Elaine Dutton, Masters Thesis
Transition home : an exploratory study of the transition from military to civilian life among veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jillian Madgel Early, Masters Thesis
"Because she's my mom" : an exploratory study of adult lesbian women's understanding and management of relationships with mothers who reject their sexuality, Ana Elisa Echevarria, Masters Thesis
Giving up on giving up : stories of people who were previously suicidal : a project based upon an independent investigation, Tricia Ann Fitzgerald, Masters Thesis
Cinematic sessions : the ethics of therapy in Hollywood film, Meredith Kendra Flouton-Barnes, Masters Thesis
Parents' perceptions of the impact of teachers' attitudes and behaviors on the social-emotional functioning of children with ADHD/ADD, Margaret Elizabeth Gaskell, Masters Thesis
Neurobiological research that confirms Freud's trauma theory and its implications for treatment with children diagnosed with reactive attachment disorders, Carla Gerber-Weintraub, Masters Thesis
The psychological and emotional experiences of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women, Kimberly Erin Gillette, Masters Thesis
The Hilltown Elder Network : a study in service to elders : a project based upon an investigation at the Hilltown Community Development Center, Chesterfield, MA., Deborah Grande, Masters Thesis
What triple jeopardy? : clinical implications for working with African American queer women : a project based upon an independent investigation, Tharyn Giovanni Grant, Masters Thesis
The effects of alternative treatments such as yoga and meditation as adjunctive therapy on adolescent alcohol abusers with a history of trauma, Ann Marie Hegarty, Masters Thesis
New homes, different places : demographic transitions in the Worcester County MA foster care system : a project based upon an investigation at Y.O.U., Inc. foster care program in Worcester MA, Anne Wassell Hopkinson, Masters Thesis
A new praxis : exploring class-based microaggressions and the application of relational-cultural theory and liberation psychology in social work practice and research, Lynn Hutton and Lynn Elizabeth Hutton, Masters Thesis
What are the athletic stressors and clinical implications experienced by first year Division III student-athletes : an exploratory study, Jennifer A. Johnson and Jennifer Anne Johnson, Masters Thesis
Procrastination in relation to self-efficacy in graduate students writing a doctoral dissertation, ZoeН_ Alberta Kahn, Masters Thesis
Boundary ambiguity and borderline personality traits : implications for adolescent girls in foster care, Maureen Ann Kaplan, Masters Thesis
From bullies to brotherhood : an exploratory qualitative study of Aspergian adolescents' perspectives on friendship, Michelle Charney Kaye, Masters Thesis
Discerning what can be learned from seasoned sentence mitigation practioners' experiences of the accused and their family members as historians, specifically in the context of socio-cultural factors, in the development of life history presentation in capital defense proceedings, Lisa Michele Kelly, Masters Thesis
The use of art in the therapeutic setting by graduate level clinicians, Alison Ruth Kemple, Masters Thesis
The invisible home front : impact, coping, and needs assessment of family and friends of unmarried U.S. military service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, Sarah Elizabeth Keyes, Masters Thesis
Aid from without, healing from within : an examination of the use of target population cultural knowledge of mental health and healing in refugee camp mental health programs, Madeline Erin Kilpatrick, Masters Thesis
Exploring affirmative action through different theoretical practices, Nina Marian King, Masters Thesis
Narratives of resilience : stories of survival among Rwandan women who endured the 1994 genocide, Leah Krieger, Masters Thesis
Recovery and the role of the certified peer specialist : an historical analysis of an evolving concept and paradigm, Patricia Susan Kruglak, Masters Thesis
Using marriage to protect White supremacy and heterosexual privilege : a historical analysis of marriage law in the United States, Katharine Franks Kyros, Masters Thesis
The door(s) of no return : how the legacy of slavery impacts birth outcomes for African American women, Jennifer Baxendale Lally, Masters Thesis
Postpartum depression support group of MotherWoman, Inc. : cognitive-behavioral methods embedded in feminist theory : a project based upon an investigation at MotherWoman, Inc., Amherst, Massachusetts, Leslie Ann Lauf, Masters Thesis
Young mothers and the infant feeding decision : participation in a postpartum breastfeeding support group, Rebecca Logue-Conroy, Masters Thesis
The experience of fathers upon the receipt of the news that their newborn babies had been given a diagnosis of Down syndrome : an exploratory study, Desiree Danielle Lowit, Masters Thesis
"It feels like the first time" : the use and implications of a chronological approach for treatment of multiple traumas with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, Michelle M. Marchese, Masters Thesis
Figuring out the birds and the bees : parents' experiences navigating issues of sex and sexuality with their teenage and young adult children with intellectual disabilities, Jessica Welson Markowitz, Masters Thesis
White anti-racism in the context of parenting, Sarah Amanda Matlock, Masters Thesis
The impact of race and psychosocial factors on help-seeking behaviors among young adults in the prodrome to psychosis : a project based upon an investigation at the Center for Intervention Development and Applied Research, Boston, Massachusetts, Paula Daniela Mazzotta, Masters Thesis
The shrink with ink : narratives from female clinical social workers with visible tattoos, Caitlin Marie McInerney, Masters Thesis
Moving from the couch to the mat : clinicians and the practice of yoga, their practice and recommendations of yoga as an adjunct to therapy, Sarah Maria McNulty, Masters Thesis
There is (not) a black president : a psychodynamic exploration of doubts about Obama's citizenship in a post-racial America, Luke David Mechem, Masters Thesis
Examining the relationship between human sexuality training and therapist comfort with addressing sexuality with clients, Cari Lee Merritt, Masters Thesis
The impact of the gender binary on gender nonconforming females' lives and psyches over time : an exploratory study, Samantha Mayne Miller, Masters Thesis
No medications necessary : a quantitative study examining the relationship between self esteem and sports participation of high school girls, Tara Kay Monzo, Masters Thesis
Environmental racism : exploring suffering and healing through collective resistance, Brooke Allison Moore, Masters Thesis
Leaving the drug addict role and creating a recovering identity-variations by gender : a qualitative study, Georgiana Mora, Masters Thesis
No purer joy : the developmental, social and motivational aspects of elite college squash, Matthew Aaron Munich, Masters Thesis
An exploration of the potential interplay between mood disorder and the artistic process, Daphne Nayar and Daphne Kaur Nayar, Masters Thesis