Dissertations
Same but different : the clinical implications of Orthodox Jewish therapists' countertransference with Orthodox Jewish patients, Joshua E. Altman, Dissertation
Therapeutic alliance : do student-client alliances improve through MSW education? : a cross-sectional study, Anton Babushkin, Dissertation
Parents with children in psychotherapy : how do parents describe the parent-therapist alliance?, Elissa N. Baldwin, Dissertation
Minding the gate : reflections and recommendations of field liaisons on their gatekeeping roles, Laura Berenson, Dissertation
The impact of acculturation on first-generation Puerto Rican women's identity : an exploratory study, Ana Selma Berrios, Dissertation
In two worlds : the selfhood experiences of adolescents 14-20 in joint custody arrangements, Kerstin A. Blumhardt, Dissertation
Helping online and "in real life" : prosocial moral reasoning among bystanders of cyberbullying and bullying in emerging adulthood, David S. Byers, Dissertation
On being lesbian and being adopted : a mixed methods study of identity and coming out experiences, Theresa A. Cain, Dissertation
What are the merits of addressing psychological maltreatment? : exploring the perspectives of initial assessment workers and detectives, Kara Cavel, Dissertation
Adolescent male sexual abusers : perceptions of the nature and outcome of female perpetrated sexual abuse, Katya M. Cerar, Dissertation
Native American elders' perceptions of the boarding school experience on Native American parenting : an exploratory study, Josephine Anne Chase, Dissertation
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, Dissertation
A comparison of family environment and attachment relationships among families raising children with bipolar or unipolar disorder and families raising health children, Sally D. Comer, Dissertation
The relationship between adolescent sibling bereavement and guilt, anger, and shame, Lauren E. Como, Dissertation
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, Dissertation
Decision-making process : ǂb a mixed methods study of somatic awareness use by psychodynamic clinicians in the treatment of trauma-related disorders, Mary P. Curry, Dissertation
The use of spirituality by African Americans with end stage renal disease, Linda P. Darrell, Dissertation
Pathways to ending intimate partner violence in the lives of HIV-positive women : how stigma and attachment inform understanding and intervention, Kathryn B. Davis, Dissertation
School-based mental health clinicians : an exploration of supervision, professional development and training, and job satisfaction, Kristine Dennery, Dissertation
Living in the shadows : the psychological impact of parental deportation on Hispanic children, Jeanne Marie Dewey, Dissertation
Changes in the coming out process over time, Andrew L. Dunlap, Dissertation
Childhood exposure to domestic violence : a potential correlate for criminogenic factors and mental health factors in incarcerated sex offending male adolescents, LeAnn E. Egeto, Dissertation
Sharing peace of mind : how do levels of couples conflict change over time and what predicts change, Kenneth S. Epstein, Dissertation
Perspectives on needs of children within National Guard families from military-affiliated providers and civilian educators : implications for school social work, Kari L. Fletcher, Dissertation
Enhancing therapist empathic performance : an empirical investigation, Susan B. Gibbons, Dissertation
The impact of adventure-based psychotherapy on the general functioning of traumatized pre- and early adolescent children of color, Clifton T. Hicks, Dissertation
Examining social work students' interests and motivations for working in child welfare : implications for human caring, Steven Hoffler, Dissertation
The inter-relationship of trauma, depression, anxiety, and male juvenile delinquency, Jennifer W. Jencks, Dissertation
Surviving critical illness : new perspectives from mixed methods, Liz B. Johnston, Dissertation
The influence of interpersonal needs on suicide ideation among low income African American women who have experienced intimate partner violence, Kamilah Jones, Dissertation
How does the participation in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous for a 90-day period effect the participants' capacity for affect regulation and the quality of their interpersonal relationships?, Judith A. Jordan, Dissertation
Trauma-informed mindfulness based stress reduction : development of a model and an application with a sample of women who have survived interpersonal trauma, Amber R. Kelly, Dissertation
Gender responsive treatment : what women say : a qualitative exploratory study of women's experience with an innovative treatment program, Cathy Kerr, Dissertation
Public safety, psychological security : an exploratory study of how California parole agents experience their work, Elizabeth Kita, Dissertation
Never forgetting : bereavement associated with September 11th, Rose Ellen Latino, Dissertation
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
Social workers' views on reproductive choice, Jennifer Linnman, Dissertation
Guilt and pathological gambling among college students, Geoffrey Walker Locke, Dissertation
The eating disorder mental health literacy of clinical social workers : an examination of assessment practices and knowledge, Chelsea R. MacCaughelty, Dissertation
Experiences of reunification between older Chinese immigrant youth and their biological parents, Carolyn Mak, Dissertation
Exploring the experiences of female clinicians treating adolescent females involved in social aggression : conceptualization and enactments through the lenses of trauma and relational theory, Shirley Malove, Dissertation
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, Dissertation
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
Understanding the impact of shame in designing a psychodynamically oriented therapy model to assist formerly incarcerated African American women, Laverne Marks, Dissertation
The experience of resident assistants encountering nonsuicidal self-injury use by a resident : a mixed methods investigation, Katherine M. McCarthy, Dissertation
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
Evaluating effects of training on assessing and managing suicide risk with social work graduate students, Susan D. Pasco, Dissertation
Latino veteran mental health service utilization : predictors and concomitant factors, James O.E. Pittman, Dissertation
Reclaiming power through the body : an exploratory examination of women's use of yoga to sustain recovery from an eating disorder, Heather C. Pizzanello, Dissertation
Parenting coordination : an intervention for high-conflict separating/divorcing families, Tracye A. Polson, Dissertation
Beyond the baby : women's narratives of childbirth, change and power, Dana Alban Schneider, Dissertation
Enactments between clinical practice teachers and their students : how do we understand and make pedagogic use of this phenomenon, Cara A. Segal, Dissertation
Clinician, agency and environment variables related to clinical social workers' involvement with evidence-based practice, Beverly M. Simmons, Dissertation
Father absence and the therapeutic relationship : an exploration of the relationship between non residential father involvement, parent perceptions and the therapeutic alliance for boys ages 10-14, David Strauss, Dissertation
A different kind of fantasy : group dynamics and psychological change in male batterers, Rosemary Sullivan, Dissertation
African American mothers living with HIV/AIDS : disclosure to an adolescent child, stigma, psychological distress and illness severity, Vickey O. Sultzman, Dissertation
Hooked again : the experience of projective identification in parents of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Jennifer L. Swantkowski, Dissertation
Coping with post-combat injury : responses from a media presentation with military and civilian families, Megan E. Theriot and Megan E. Theriot Keen, Dissertation
Evaluating attachment dimensions of Internet gaming disorder and outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement, Christine Tronnier, Dissertation
The intersection of professional boundaries and trauma in psychotherapy with adolescents : a preliminary study, John Christopher Waisman, Dissertation
An exploration of ethnic and cultural identity for biracial and multiracial individuals adopted transracially, Stephen T. Wilson, Dissertation
Parent-created help-seeking pathways : a narrative explanation of their development and role in facilitating treatment for adolescents with mental illness, Victoria R. Winbush, Dissertation
Honors Projects
From fall to leap : the journey of faith in the works of C.S. Lewis, Shalini Asirini Abayasekara, Honors Project
Hard to be soft : full frontal nudity in cinema : anxieties of alternative masculinities and the recuperation of patriarchy, Ana Abbasi, Honors Project
Designing a photovoltaic array for Smith College, Eleanor Midori Adachi, Honors Project
Elite schools, exclusive spaces : symbolic violence in the residential system of an elite women's college, Dominique Meali'i Adams-Romena, Honors Project
Novel method of analysis for DPOAE magnitude and phase, Modupe Florence Adegoke, Honors Project
Defying gender : men, women, and Christ in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve deus rex judaeorum, Veronica Lynn Adler, Honors Project
Generation of a functional network around a single kinase highlights its involvement in unsuspected biological processes, Akosua Gyanea Adu-Gyamfi, Honors Project
Third space and identity formation in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions and Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, Aqdas Aftab, Honors Project
The chaos axis : redefining worlds and the self in Dishonored, Meredith Bronwyn Agran, Honors Project
Exploring the origin, diversity, and phylogeny of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Youngjoo Ahn, Honors Project
From Qawm to ethnicity : politics of representation in contemporary Afghanistan, Shaharzad Akbar, Honors Project
Modeling traffic congestion in the Accra metropolitan area, Margaret-Avis Naa Akofio-Sowah, Honors Project
The Diels-Alder reaction : synthesis of a cationic dienophile, Stephanie Vivian Aldrin, Honors Project
Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating postoptic commissure (POC) formation in the Zebrafish forebrain, Kristin Alligood, Honors Project
Efficient estimation of partially observed clustered data using multiple imputation, Kathryn Margaret Aloisio, Honors Project
Implications for Middle Easterners and North Africans in the United States within the 2020 census, Najwa Faris Alsheikh, Honors Project
Power reflectance measurements on infant ears with normal hearing and transient hearing loss, Elizabeth Ann Amadei, Honors Project
Living rocks, ancestral forests and the secular state : nationalisms, colonialisms, spiritualities and silences at the National Museum of the American Indian and the Musée du quai Branly, Alessandra Amin, Honors Project
The evolution and ecology of functional traits along a soil fertility gradient, Grace Harper Anderson, Honors Project
Reelin in autism spectrum disorders : an investigation of reelin-disabled signaling in zebrafish neurogenesis and disease, Katrina G. Anderson, Honors Project
Microbes in the dark : molecular analyses of marine communities below the photic zone, Jessica Nicole Andrade, Honors Project
The role of gender, sexual trauma and psychopathology in predicting sexual boundary violation risk among psychotherapists, Elena Alexandra Andreopoulos, Honors Project
Synthesis and characterization of PEG-PVDMA hydrogels and core-crosslinked mPeg-block-PVDMA micelles for cancer therapy, Quinn Michael Anex-Ries, Honors Project
The role of the dopaminergic system in fatigue, Bushra Anis, Honors Project
The effects of action video game playing on low-and high-level cognitive tasks, Elizabeth Ankudowich, Honors Project
Seeing read : a one-woman show, Susanna I. Apgar, Honors Project
"Brave new world" : envisioning sites of queer futurity and resistance in The tempest, Marianna Eleftheria Apostolakis, Honors Project
Looking for a lost city : the creation of Holocaust lieux de mémoire, Laura Christina Arellano-Weddleton, Honors Project
DNA-catalyst conjugates (DCats) for site-selective chemical transformations in complex milieus, Ana Emilia Arguello, Honors Project
Effects of mineral weathering and acid mine drainage on Pco2 in Davis Mine Brook and Maxwell Brook Watersheds, Rowe, Ma., Casey L. Armanetti, Honors Project
Who shot first? : depictions of children in westerns of the 50s to today, Deborah Amandine Asseraf, Honors Project
Distress associated with non-acquisition in hoarding disorder, Elizabeth Barlow Atkins, Honors Project
"Whither should I fly?" : The limitations of man, magic, language and the universe in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Emily Helen Atkinson, Honors Project
Six-nippled sheep and other eugenic oddities : exploring voices of the American eugenics movement in the Northeast from 1883 to the mid-1920s, Ceilidh Robin Auger-Day, Honors Project
Novel small regulatory RNA molecules in B. malayi : a route to discovering new potential drug targets for human lymphatic filariasis, Zinmar Aung, Honors Project
The effects of an estrogen receptor antagonist on the murine myoblast proteome, Annabel Gulliver Austin, Honors Project
Characterization of the promoter of the Brugia malayi thioredoxin-peroxidase-2 protein gene, Adeola Phebean Awodele, Honors Project