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August 9, 2011
For immediate release
UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School awards 62 doctorates
Sixty-two doctoral candidates from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School took part in graduation ceremonies in the academic year 2010-11. Listed below are the new Ph.D.s and their dissertation titles.
Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Amber Baker, “What Motivates People for Substance Abuse Treatment? An Analysis of Self-Determination Theory and Its Relation to Treatment Outcome”
Christie Lin, “Parent-Implemented Intervention: Targeting Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders”
Sarah Patz, “Predictors of Outcomes in Drug Treatment Courts for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”
Roxana Rahban, “Neuropsychological Testing of ADHD Simulators in a College Population”
Katrina Schnoebelen, “Therapeutic Assessment with Children, Parents, and Therapists during the course of Psychotherapy: An Investigation of Satisfaction, Alliance and Stress”
Counseling Psychology
Nhi (Alez) Lam, “Multicultural Supervision: Increasing Multicultural Competency Skills in Clinicians-in-Training”
Andrew Sia, “Correlates of Career Choice Satisfaction Among Asian American College Students”
Joselyne Sulzner, “A Comparison of Attitude, Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy Interventions to Increase Pre-Service Teachers’ Ability to Address Sexual Assault in Schools”
William Walther, “How Therapist Responses to Client Disclosure of Sexual Orientation Affect Therapeutic Relationships: An Analogue Exploration”
Shihwe Wang, “Cultural Empathy: Therapist Verbal Interventions and Asian American Client Ratings”
School Psychology
Amy-Jane Griffiths, “Positive Behavior Supports in the Alternative Education Setting: A Case Study”
Shelley Hart, “Examining the Psychometric Properties of Two International Student Engagement Forms”
Tyler Renshaw, “Effects of the Promoting Positive Peer Relationships-Classroom Resource on Student Attitudes Toward Bullying and Perceptions of School Bullying Supports”
Kristin Ritchey, “The Association Between Supportive Relationships at School and the Academic Achievement Gap”
Rene Saskal, “Cross-Cultural Issues in Assessment and Identification of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the Public School Setting”
Department of Education
Child and Adolescent Development
S. Bahar Koymen, “‘I Said I Don't Want Him Do It’: Toddlers’ Usage of Complement Constructions Within Interactions in Daycare”
Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Education
Sugely Chaidez, “Developing Pathways to College and Beyond: Case Studies of Latino College Freshman”
Graciela Fernandez, “Abriendo Caminos para la Educacion: A Case Study of a Parent Outreach Initiative Building on the Knowledge, Skills, and Resources of the Latina/o Community”
Damian Jenkins, “The Making of a Researcher, Researcher-in-the-Making: An Empirical Examination of Practices and Processes Involved with Doctoral Research Training”
Jude Mikal, “When Social Support Fits into your Luggage: How Internet Use Affects the Creation and Maintenance of Social Support Networks During Study Abroad”
Julie Nguyen, “The Process of Parental Involvement and Its Relationship to Students’ Academic Achievement: A Comparison Between East and Southeast Asian American Students”
Patricia Ramirez, “Digital Storytelling: A Window into the Lives of Latino Immigrant Families in the United States”
Rosita Ramirez, “Educators’ Responses to the CAHSEE, Particularly as it Affects the English Learner Student Population”
Logan Robertson, “‘I Feel Like I’m Somebody’: Meaningful Membership in After School Activities for High School Students”
Jennifer Scalzo, “The Social Construction of Academic Language in Teacher Education: Preparing Teacher Candidates to Work with English Language Learners”
Educational Leadership and Organizations
Grayson Bryant, “An Exploration of Roles, Responsibilities, and Leadership Frameworks: A Study of Directors of Diversity of in Independent Boarding High Schools”
Kristen Burnett, “Campus Safety and Student Privacy Issues in Higher Education”
Donna Coyne, “Utilizing Technology in University Admissions: A Change in Routine in Two Universities”
Yasmine Dominguez-Whitehead, “Making Sense of the University Environment in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Administrators in the Executive Management Team”
Ruby Durias, “Teacher Leaders of Color: The Impact of Professional Development on their Leadership”
Ghazala Rafiq, “Language Policy and Education in Sindh, 1947-2010: A Critical Study”
Anne Rose, “Postsecondary Access and Barriers to College: The Phenomenon of ‘Near-Miss’ Students”
Susan Rotermund, “The Role of Psychological Precursors and Student Engagement in a Process Model of High School Dropout”
Jing Sun, “Perceptions of Effectiveness and Fairness of Chinese Higher Education Admissions Policy Reformed”
Paul Turnbull, “Key Issues of Collective Bargaining in Basic Aid School Districts: A View from the Superintendency”
Jessica Villaruz-Cabalo, “Classroom Influences on Intrinsic Motivation To Learn: An Exploratory Study On Filipino Students in Hawaii”
Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies
Sharon Elmensdorp, “Training Physicians on the Early Behavioral Characteristics of Autism: The Use of a Brief, Group Didactic Training Module”
Christine Maul, “Identifying Culturally Competent Clinical Skills in Speech-Language Pathologists in the Central Valley of California”
Lilyann Oyugi, “Inclusive Education in Kenya: A Study of Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Children with Disabilities”
Ingrid Salamanca, “A Case Study For the Need to Reconceptualize ‘Responsiveness’ in Response to Instruction”
Kimberly Weiner, “Improving Instructional Assistant Effectiveness in Inclusive Settings”
Teaching and Learning
Debra Bereki, “A Standards-Based Professional Development Program and the Resulting Impact on Two Sixth Grade Teachers Classroom Practices”
Sarah Boggs, “Joining Ideological Communities: Case Studies of Two Chicana First Generation College Students’ Writing Development and Personal Development”
Ann Collins, “Teaching Experiences for Graduate Student Researchers: A Study of the Design and Implementation of Science Courses for Secondary Students”
Zandree Stidham, “Opportunity to Belong: Exploring Equity, Access, Encouragement, and Constraint in the Education of Foster Youth”
Lauren Swanson, “Investigating Science Discourse in a High School Science Classroom”
Ya-Tin Tang, “Language Socialization and Bilingual Language Practices in Chinese Heritage Language Classrooms: An Ethnographic Study”
Carrie Wall, “Exploring Changes in Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Education Throughout Their Learning-to-Teach Journey”
Ed.D. – Educational Leadership
Candice Brooks, “Retrospective Understandings: An Exploration of Individual-Collective Influences on High Achieving Black Students at a Predominantly White Institution”
Patricia Clarkson, “An Examination of Constructivist Beliefs and Practices of Prospective Early Education Teachers Before and After a College Lab Experience”
Kelli Hayes, “Closing the Student Achievement Gap in California's Elementary Schools: A Lead Teachers’ Perspective on Transformational Instructional Leadership”
Richard Malfatti, “Implementation of a Standard-based Reform Strategy at a California High School”
Kelley Meece, “A Comparative Case Study Examining the Role of the High School Principal in Fostering a Culture of Civility and Its Influence on Teacher and Student Self-Efficacy, Engagement, Affiliation, and Academic Achievement”
Christina Palmer, “An Examination of Simultaneously Occurring Processes and Outcomes Related to School Closure in One Unified School District in California”
Markel Quarles, “Self-Efficacy and Career Decision-Making: The Interplay on African-American College Students”
Catherine Reimer, “A Comparative Case Study of Veteran Superintendent’s Leadership and Organizational Processes in Addressing the Academic Achievement of Students in Low Performing School Districts”
Elisabeth Rosinsky, “Closing the Student Achievement Gap in California’s Elementary Schools: A Teachers' Perspective on Transformational Instructional Leadership”
Debra Thompson, “A Comparative Case Study of the Influence of Educational Governance Team Decision-Making Processes on District Climate and Student Achievement”
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