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2021 PsyD Graduates & Dissertation Titles

Congratulations to our 2021 PsyD graduates! Dissertations will soon be available on ProQuest for students, faculty, and staff.

Quaneece Calhoun

The Black Woman’s Experience of Sexual Revictimization

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Josephine Cervantes

 Interfaith Relationships: Religiosity Level, Well-Being, Personality Traits, and Relationship Satisfaction Among Muslims and Christians

Nick Capaul

Nicholas Capaul

The Experience of Being a Funeral Director: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study

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Brooke Colman

Through the Lens of the Parents: Navigating the Intersectionalities of Multiracial Adoptive Families

Adam Duberstein

Adam Duberstein

 A Transcendental Phenomenological Study of the Impact of Psychologists’ Perceptions of a Client’s Political Views on the Therapeutic Interaction

Juanita Houston

Resilience, Coping, and Intersectionality as Experienced by Black, Single Mothers Obtaining Doctoral Degrees

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Kelly Frazee

Examining the Interpersonal Needs and Suicidality of Discharged Army Veterans

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Christine King

The Adult Woman’s Experience of the Death of Her Mother from Illness During Her Middle Childhood

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Evan MacAdams

Silent Sufferers and Unseen Warriors: The Significant Other’s Experience of Chronic Pain

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Andrea Rawat

Does the Discrepancy Between People’s Sexual Scripts and Their Sexual Behaviors Influence Their Perceived Sexual Satisfaction and Impact Sexual Anxiety?

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Cassidy Slade

The Forgotten Voices: The Experience of Being a Teacher in the United States of America in the Age of School Rampage Shootings

Jared Smendik

Psychotherapist Burnout and Job-Resources Across Workplace Settings

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Dima Swaidan

An Exploration of the Collective Effects of In-Group Discrimination, Out-Group Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity on Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction in Arab Americans

Erika Collins (PsyD)

Erika Thomas-Collins

“What Are You?”: Understanding the Experience of Colorism in Racial Identity Development for Multiracial Individuals

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Frank Tripi

What Are the Effects of Marijuana Use and ACE’s on a Person’s Perception of Their Chronic Pain?

Robert Willoughby

 A Heuristic Investigation of Private Ambulance Paramedics and EMTs

Irene Zarr

Journey to Self:  The Experience of Becoming a Person After Surviving Intimate Partner Violence in Emerging Adulthood