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July 22, 2008
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School awards 51 doctorates

Fifty-one doctoral candidates from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School took part in graduation ceremonies this June. Here is the list of graduates, the name of their dissertation advisors, and the name of their dissertations:

Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Counseling Psychology

Raia Gortcheva
Dr. Tania Israel
Facilitating and Working with Client Affect in Psychotherapy: The Effect of Client Experience of Emotion on Session Process and Outcome

Clinical Psychology

Jeffrey Ellens
Dr. Merith Cosden
unavailable at press time

Grace Gengoux
Dr. Robert Koegel
Priming for Games and Cooperative Activities with Children with Autism: Effects on Social Interactions with Typically Developing Peers

Lisa Gutierrez
Dr. Merith Cosden
Childhood Trauma Exposure, Dissociation, Revictimization, and Adult Mental Health Symptoms in a Non-clinical Puerto Rican University Sample

Sivan (Barazani) Kochinski
Dr. Steven Smith
unavailable at press time

Frances (Tina) Panteleakos
Dr. Merith Cosden
unavailable at press time

Amanda (Mossman) Servesko
Dr. Robert Koegel
A Strength-Based Approach to Parent Education for Children with Autism

School Psychology

Sarah Pletcher
Dr. Shane Jimerson
unavailable at press time

Department of Education

Child and Adolescent Development

Joyce Ester
Dr. Amy Kryatzis
Racial Regard as a Predictor for Hazing Attitudes

Lisa Figueroa
Dr. Shane Jimerson
The Development of Pre-Reading and Reading Knowledge in English and Spanish in a Dual Language Education Context

Sonia Humerez
Dr. Hsiu-Zu Ho
Parental Development in Children’s Schooling

John Jabagchourian
Dr. Yukari Okamoto
Changes in Children’s Numeric Block Representations and Arithmetic Computation Strategies: Linking Concepts and Skills

Claudia Kouyoumdjian
Dr. Laura Romo
Autonomy Development among American Adolescents: The Roles of Avoidance, Compliance and Negotiation with Parental Rules and Expectations

Roxanne Moschetti
Dr. Cynthia Hudley
Understanding the Experiences of Community College Freshman Who Are First Generation College Students

Theron Tanner
Dr. Yukari Okamoto
How Do Preschool Teachers Scaffold Emergent Literacy Development in Four-Year-Old Children?

Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Education

Omideh (Miri) Sloan
Dr. Hsiu-Zu Ho
The Role of Social Motivation on High School Dropouts’ Decisions to Enter Adult Secondary Programs

Jairo Arellano
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
Culture and Language Experiences by New Mexican Students Arriving in an American School as Newcomers

Stephanie Drake
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
unavailable at press time

Damian Jenkins
Dr. Judith Green
unavailable at press time

Pedro Paz
Dr. Richard Durán
unavailable at press time

Monica Pierfederici
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
Inquiry Into issues in Intercultural Education: Between Theory and Practice: An Italian Perspective

Alba Lucy Guerrero
Dr. Mary Brenner
Internally Displaced Children Constructing Identities Within and Against Cultural Worlds: The Case of “Shooting Cameras for Peace” in Columbia

Satoko Kobayashi
Dr. Carol Dixon
Negotiation of Social Identity through Interaction among Japanese Transnational High School Students

Ya-Hui Luo
Dr. Hsiu-Zu Ho
Use of Storybook Reading as a Curriculum Design in a Family Literary Program: Socializing Parents to the Mainstream Family Literary Practice and Promoting Parents’ English Proficiency

Margarita Wulftange
Dr. Amy Kryatzis
Small and Mighty: Student Teacher’s Development as Multicultural Educators

Educational Leadership and Organizations

Monica Divito
Dr. Sharon Conley
Catching Them Before They Leave: An Examination of the Perspectives of Mid-Career, Female, English Teachers in Two Urban High Schools

Barbara Millhollen
Dr. Sharon Conley
Organizational Change and District Reform: A Multi-Shareholder Team Perspective

Eric Olsen
Dr. John Yun
unavailable at press time

Joy Pedersen
Dr. Michael Gerber
The Effect of Service Learning in Higher Education on Students’ Motivation to be Civically Engaged

Nancy Shatzer
Dr. James Block
Liberal Arts Experiential Internship Learning and Assessment

Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies

Carola Matera
Dr. Michael Gerber
Effects of Writing Instruction for Head Start English Learners at Risk of Reading Difficulties

Teaching and Learning

Timothy Dewar
Dr. Sheridan Blau
Investigating Writing Assessment: A Comparison of Scaled-Scoring and Forced-Choice Scoring

Cynthia Garcia
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
The Relationship of Tram Learning and Teacher Learning Through Collaboration and Their Effects on Teacher Behaviors

Michael Harnett
Dr. James Block
Humor as an Enhancement of Writing Motivation and Competence

Sarah Hochstetler
Dr. Carol Dixon
Teaching English Teachers to Teach Writing in the Era of Composition Research

Christine Faith Law
Dr. Jason Raley
Let Me Tell You a Story: East Asian Deaf Storytelling in America

Renae M.-Martinez
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
unavailable at press time

Joseph Reiken
Dr. Mary Brenner
Coming to Understand Slope

Paul Rogers
Dr. Charles Bazerman
The Development of Writers and Writing Abilities: A Longitudinal Study of Writing across and Beyond the College-Span

Cissy Ross
Dr. Sheridan Blau
unavailable at press time

Makiko Tanaka
Dr. Jin-Sook Lee
Collaborative English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching in Japan: Perspectives from Elementary School English Teachers and Students

Pamela Yeagley
Dr. Mary Brenner
Teachers, Mandates, and Site Mediation: Influences on Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction in Two Elementary Schools

Ed.D.– Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

Amy Beausoleil
Dr. Naftaly Glasman
unavailable at press time

Michele Body
Dr. Bonnie Konopak
Academic Qualifications, Faculty Development, and Self-Efficacy in New Community College Faculty

Paul Collier
Dr. Michael Gerber
unavailable at press time

Terry Dworaczyk
Dr. Naftaly Glasman
An Exploration of an Inner-City School Restructuring: Resource Allocation, Classroom Practices and Student Achievement

Anne Haberkern
Dr. Sharon Conley
unavailable at press time

Zachary Hall
Dr. George Petersen
An Exploratory Investigation of the Influence of College President Perceptions on Organizational Commitment to Higher Education Marketing at the High Performing California Community Colleges

Mark Malangko
Dr. Michael Gerber
Attitudes and Willingness of California Community College Public Safety (Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services) Faculty to Provide Accommodations to Students with Learning Disabilities

Robert Parisi
Dr. John Yun
Financial Aid Packaging Policy within California Community Colleges

Lynne Valley
Dr. Jenny Cook-Gumperz
Being Different: A Case Study of the Student with Special Needs in the Elementary Classroom

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