| Name |
Dissertation Title |
Date |
Advisor |
| Annette Alliman-Brissett |
Factors Associated with African American Adolescents' Math Career Self-Efficacy. |
2006 |
Sherri L Turner and Michael P. Goh |
| Devjani Banerjee-Stevens |
Critical Incidents in the Identity Development of Second-Generation South Asian Women. |
2009 |
Michael P. Goh |
| Timothy A. Brown |
Protective Factors Related to HIV Sexual Risk Behavior Among Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual American Indian Adolescents. |
2006 |
John L Romano |
| Korrine L. Cikanek |
Emotional Intelligence and Coping Skills as Predictors of Counselor Self-Efficacy with Genetic Counseling Graduate Students. |
2006 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Julia L. Conkel-Ziebell |
Promoting Viable Career Choice Goals through Career Decision-Making
Self-Efficacy and Career Maturity in Inner-City High School Students: A
Test of Social-Cognitive Career Theory |
2010 | Sherri L. Turner |
| Don P. Deboer |
The Exploratory Use of Partner Dancing as an Adjunct to Couples Counseling. |
2006 |
Thomas M Skovholt and Michael P.Goh |
| Saba Ghazi-Moghadam |
A Qualitative Study of the Perceived Attitudes Toward Counseling and Effective Counseling Practices in Working with Clients of Iranian Origin. |
2009 |
Michael P. Goh |
| Michelle AKC Hermann-Fritz |
A Test of the Social Cognitive Career Theory to Predict Career
Interests and Goal Setting among Multi-Ethnic, Low SES Adjudicated
Adolescents |
2010 |
Sherri L. Turner |
| Daniel B Hess |
The Mental Health Sequelae and Treatment of Massive Community
Violence in West Africa. |
2008 |
Michael P.Goh |
| Tatsuya Hirai |
Personal and Professional Characteristics of Japanese Master
Therapists: A Qualitative Investigation on Expertise in Psychotherapy
and Counseling in Japan |
2010 |
Michael P.Goh |
| Rae E Hoesing |
The Structure of Attachment in Adolescent Offenders: Self-and Other-Model Correlates of Attachment Style. |
2007 |
Michael P.Goh and Kay Herting Wahl |
| Bonnie L Houg |
The Role of Spirituality in the Ongoing Recovery Process of Female Sexual Abuse Survivors. |
2008 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Scott M Jacoby |
Impact of Relationship Characteristics on the Sexual and Mental Health of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men. |
2009 |
Eli Coleman and Thomas M Skovholt |
| Katie S. Jalma |
Women's Friendship Dissolution: A Qualitative Study. |
2008 |
John L Romano |
| Marid Kaewchinda |
Runaway Youth: Predictors of Family Reunification. |
2008 |
Sherri L Turner and John L Romano |
| Jui-Hsien Kao |
Walking in Your Patient’s Shoes: An Investigation of Genetic
Counselor Empathy in Clinical Practice |
2010 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Julie M. Koch |
Effects of an Early Elementary School Counseling Intervention on Academic Achievement, Behavior and School Climate. |
2008 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach and Kay Herting Wahl |
| Carli Braun Kody |
Mothers' and Adolescent Daughters' Perceptions of Communication About Sex. |
2008 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach and Kay Herting Wahl |
| Gabrielle P. Mauren |
The Effects of Foster Home Placements on Academic Achievement, Executive Functioning, Adaptive Functioning, and Behavior Ratings in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol |
2007 |
Thomas M Skovholt and Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Jason D. Netland |
Measuring Psychopathy Traits and Antisocial Behaviors in Three
Groups of Male Adolescent Sex Offenders and Male Non-Sexual Delinquents |
2010 |
John L. Romano |
| Rachel Pasternak Slater |
Expert Teachers' Experience of Countertransference in the College Classroom. |
2007 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Sandra S. Sanger |
Supervisory Interventions and Reactions Following an Attempted or
Completed Suicide by a Supervisee’s Client |
2010 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Michael T. Starkey |
The Psychological Influence of Therapists’ Professional Lives: The
Effects of Exploring the Deep |
2010 |
Thomas M. Skovholt |
| Michelle J. Trotter |
Effects of Participation in a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program on College Students' Psychological Well-being. |
2009 |
Thomas M Skovholt |
| Arunya Tuicomepee |
Perceived Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Child and Adolescent Experiences of the 2004 Tsunami Disaster among Thai Youth: A Mixed Methods. |
2007 |
John L Romano |
| Ling-Hsuan Tung |
Choosing to Forgive: An Experimental Study of Factors that Affect Forgiving. |
2009 |
Thomas J Hummel |
| Sharanya Udipi |
An Investigation o the Personal and Demographic Predictors of Compassion Fatigue Among Genetic Counselors. |
2007 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Daphne L. Washington |
Multicultural Counseling Competencies and Training Perceptions of Interns and Training Directors Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship Programs. |
2008 |
John L Romano |
| Denise C. Wyttenbach |
Relationship of Parental Attachment and Identity Status to College Student Adjustment. |
2008 |
John L Romano |
| Baozhen Xie |
Chinese International Students - Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Seeking. Psychological Counseling Services: A Qualitative Exploration |
2007 |
John L Romano and Kay Herting Wahl |
| Julie K. Yaekel-Black Elk |
American Indian Vietnam Combat Veterans: How Out-of-home Placement and Having a Veteran Primary Care Giver are Associated with Features and Symptoms of Trauma. |
2008 |
Sherri L Turner |
| Ava Yang |
Themes in the Career Development of 1.5 Generation Hmong American
Women |
2010 |
Michael P. Goh |
| Pahoua Yang |
A Phenomenological Study of the Coming Out Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Hmong. |
2008 |
Michael P. Goh |
| Kimberly W. Zahm |
From Graduate to Seasoned Practitioner: A Qualitative Investigation of Genetic Counselor Professional Development. |
2009 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Name |
Dissertation Title |
Date |
Advisor |
| Michael Atherton |
Cognitive Transfer and Conservation in Chess
Playing |
2007 |
William Bart |
| Catherine M. Bohn |
Event-Indexing Across Development |
2007 |
Anthony Pellegrini and Steve Yussen |
| Nora M. Braun |
The Effect of Student Interaction on Group
Performance in Asynchronous Learning Environments |
2008 |
William Bart |
| Tatiana Canales Opazo |
Professional culture fit and
work-related quality of life in academic departments: A phenomenographic
approach |
2011 |
David W. Johnson |
| Juliet M. Fenyk |
An Evaluation of a School-Based Program for
Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents |
2006 |
Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Philippe R. Gaillard |
Evaluation the Assumption of Homogeneity of
Variance via Equivalence Testing |
2009 |
Michael Rodriguez |
| Jeffrey D. Grann |
Confidence in Knowledge Past: An Empirical
Basis for a Differential Decay Theory of Very Long-Term Memory
Monitoring |
2006 |
William Bart |
| Saa Hoon Hong |
Cognitive Effects of Chess Instruction on
Students at Risk for Academic Failure |
2005 |
William Bart |
| Susan K. Jensen |
An Investigation of the Relationship Among
Attitudes Toward Cooperation, Math Anxiety, and Mathematics Performance
in Vocational Education Courses with an Enhanced Mathematics Curriculum |
2006 |
David W. Johnson |
| Robert L. Jorczak |
The Effects of Task
Characteristics on Higher-Order Learning in Online Collaborative
Learning |
2008 |
Robert Tennyson |
| Yasmine Konheim Kalkstein |
Facilitation of Bayesian Decision Making |
2008 |
William Bart |
| Yunjung Kang |
A Validation Study of the Professional Role
Orientation Inventory (PROI) |
2005 |
Geoffrey Maruyama and Muriel Bebeau |
| Tina Patane Kruse |
Academic Growth in Kindergarten: The Effects of
Child-Level and School-Level Factors on Learning Outcomes |
2007 |
S. Jay Samuels |
| Seth R. Langley |
Identifying Self-Regulatory Factors that
Influence the Academic Achievement Motivation of Underprepared College
Students |
2007 |
William Bart |
| Ashley E. Lewis |
The Moral Judgment of Gifted Adolescents |
2007 |
S. Jay Samuels and Paul van den Broek |
| James M. Lies |
Effects of Service-Learning on College Student
Moral Reasoning |
2005 |
Patricia McCarthy Veach |
| Amy M. Mayer |
Trust in the Evaluator-Client Relationship |
2008 |
Frances Lawrenz and Joan Garfield |
| Verna E. Monson |
Moral Judgment, Role Concepts, and Empathic
Response as Predictors of Dental Student Clinical Effectiveness |
2009 |
David W. Johnson and Muriel Bebeau |
| Maria Pabon |
Ethnic Identity Development in
Latino Youth: A Meta Analysis of the Research |
2010 |
Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Theresa J. Palumbo |
Unit of Word Recognition as an Indicator of
Reading Fluency: Use of a Lexical Decision Task |
2007 |
S. Jay Samuels |
| Jamie J. Peterson |
The Effect of Social Idenitity, Social Power,
Professor Gender and Race on Informal Student-Faculty Interactions |
2007 |
Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Mary V. Radomski |
Impact of Post-Discharge Habit Training of Self
Care Skills on Independence, Caregiver Burden, and Development of
Automaticity for Survivors of Recent Stroke. |
2007 |
S. Jay Samuels and David Rapp |
| Cary J. Roseth |
Effects of Peacekeeping and Peacemaking on
Preschoolers' Competitive Conflict and Aggression |
2006 |
David W. Johnson and Anthony Pellegrini |
| Suzanne L. Russ |
Identity Relativity: Linking Stereotype Threat
and Social Comparison as Parallel Processes |
2009 |
David W. Johnson and Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Jessica R. Shryack |
The structure of virtue: An empirical
investigation |
2009 |
William Bart and David W. Johnson |
| Jennet C. Silverman |
"There is Always a Path to Success for Every
Student:" Educator Thinking Patterns and Inclusion at Parkview Primary
Center |
2008 |
William Bart |
| Michelle L. Tichy-Reese |
Constructive Controversy: A Long Overlooked
Path to Moral Development |
2006 |
David W. Johnson |
| Mark J. Vanryzin |
Understanding Teacher-Student Relationships in
Advisory Programs |
2008 |
Anthony Pellegrini |
| Cheryl A. Videen |
Longitudinal Look at Student Achievement and
Psychological Engagement |
2009 |
Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Callie E. Walker |
Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers:
Implementing a Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Training in a
Minneapolis K-6 Charter School |
2007 |
Geoffrey Maruyama |
| Mary Jane White |
Causality in Embodied Theories of Text
Comprehension |
2008 |
S. Jay Samuels and Paul van den Broek |
| Jennifer R. Willcutt |
A Comparison of Academically-Successful
Struggling Adult Readers' and Academically-Successful Non-Struggling
Adult Readers' Fluency Skills: Implications for College Reading
Instruction |
2008 |
S. Jay Samuels |
| Jazmin Yomha Cevasco |
The Role of Connectiveness in the Comprehension
of Spontaneous Spoken Discourse. |
2007 |
Paul van den Broek |
| Di You |
Interrelationships and Gender Differences among
Components of Morality for Dental Students |
2007 |
David W. Johson and Muriel Bebeau |
| Name |
Dissertation Title |
Date |
Advisors |
| Anne E. Betzner |
Pragmatic and Dialectic Mixed Method Approaches: An Empirical
Comparison. |
2008 |
Frances Lawrenz |
| Steven A. Culpepper |
Race, Equity, and the Pattern of Opportunity. |
2006 |
Ernest Davenport |
| Lija O. Greenseid |
Using Citation Analysis Methods to Assess the Influence of STEM
Education Evaluation. |
2008 |
Frances Lawrenz |
| Gina Johnson |
A Consideration of Issues Related to the
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Evaluation Use and Evaluation
Involvement Scales |
2011 |
Frances Lawrenz |
| Kentaro Kato |
Improving Efficiency of Cognitive Diagnosis by Using Diagnostic
Items and Adaptive Testing. |
2009 |
Ernest Davenport and William Bart |
| Sharon J. Lane-getaz |
Development and Validation of a Research-based Assessment: Reasoning
about P-values and Statistical Significance. |
2007 |
Joan Garfield and Ernest Davenport |
| Elaine Yee Ling Lee |
A Latent Growth Curve Analysis of the Impact of School Mobility on
the Reading Scores of Poor and Non-Poor Children in the U.S. |
2008 |
Frances Lawrenz and Michael Rodriquez |
| Kyoungwon Lee |
The Role of Social Class Models in the Relationship between
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement. |
2009 |
Michael Harwell |
| Pey-yan Liou |
Cross-National Comparisons of the Association Between Student
Motivation for Learning Mathematics and Achievement Linked with School
Contexts: Results from TIMSS 2007. |
2010 |
Frances Lawrenz and Ernest Davenport |
| Yukiko Maeda |
Monte Carlo Evidence Regarding the Effects of Violating Assumed
Conditions of Two-Level Hierarchical Models for Cross-Sectional Data. |
2007 |
Frances Lawrenz and Michael Rodriguez |
| Ann Ooms |
The Iterative Evaluation Model for Improving Online
Educational Resources |
2005 |
Ernest Davenport and Michael Rodriquez |
| Ji Hoon Ryoo |
Model Selection with the Linear Mixed Effects Model for Longitudinal
Data. |
2010 |
Jeffrey Long and Michael Harwell |
| Mayuko Kanada Simon |
Comparison of Concurrent and Separate Multidimensional IRT Linking
of Item Parameters. |
2008 |
Mark Davison |
| Rebecca Swinburne Romine |
Interview Codings of Attachment Style: Using Profile
Analysis to Understand the Patterns Involved |
2011 |
Michael Rodriguez |
| Andrew S. Zieffler |
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Development of College Students'
Reasoning About Bivariate Data During an Introductory Statistics Course. |
2006 |
Joan Garfield |
| Name |
Dissertation Title |
Date |
Advisors |
| James J. Appleton |
Examination of the Student Engagement Instrument: Measurement of
Student Cognitive and Psychological Engagement with School |
2007 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Cheryl S. Bemel |
The Effect of Small Learning Communities on Indicators of Student
Progress |
2009 |
Sandra Christenson and Theodore Christ |
| Nicole A. Bottsford-Miller |
A Cross-Sectional Study of Reported Inconsistency in Accommodation
Use in the Classroom and Standardized Test Settings for Elementary and
Middle School Students with Disabilities |
2008 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Karen J. Cadigan |
Specificity in Measuring Preschoolers' Phonological Skills |
2008 |
Scott McConnell |
| Melissa Coolong-Chaffin |
Using BEA and Parent-Tutors to Boost Achievement for K-PALS
Nonresponders |
2011 |
Matt Burns |
Sarah V. Elkin |
Investigation of the Minnesota Self-Determination Index for use with
Adults with Cognitive Disabilities: Support for the Tripartite
Ecological Model of Self-Determination |
2007 |
Sandra Christenson and Brian Abery |
| Sara K. Hall |
Children's Emergent Literacy and Phonological Awareness: What is the
Role of the Home Literacy Environment |
2008 |
Scott McConnell |
| Jennifer Hall-Lande |
Chronic Social Isolation, Risk and Protective Factors in
Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study |
2011 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Meghan C. Hickey |
Language Environments in Toddler Classrooms: The Contribution of
Setting, Teacher, and Child Variables |
2010 |
Jim Ysseldyke |
| Alisha K. Hollman |
The Effects of Progress Monitoring and Consultation on Emergent
Literacy Performance as Measured by the Individual Growth and
Development Indicators |
2009 |
Scott McConnell |
| Monica J. Jacob |
Parental Expectations and Aspirations for their Children's
Educational Attainment: An Examination of the College-Going Mindset
among Parent |
2010 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Nicholas G. Leonard |
Predictors of Mental Health Service Utilization among Minnesota High
School Student |
2009 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Heather P. Libbey |
School Connectedness: Influence Above and Beyond Family
Connectedness |
2007 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Laura J. Lofy |
The Effects of a Video Self-Modeling Training Program on the
Behavior Management Practices of Parents |
2008 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Naim H. Madyun |
The Utilization of Social Disorganization Theory to Explain the
Variance in the School Performance of African American Students |
2006 |
Scott McConnell |
| Brooke Rafdal |
Effects of Graphical Feedback and Coaching on the Quantity and
Quality of Parent-Child Language Interaction |
2011 |
Scott McConnell |
| Sarah Scullin Stokes |
The Relationships between Out-of-School Suspension, Student
Engagement, and Dropout |
2011 |
Ted Christ |
| Nicole R. Skaar |
Development of the Adolescent Exploratory and Risk Behavior Rating
Scale |
2009 |
Sandra Christenson and Theodore Christ |
| Deanna M. Spanjers |
Cognitive Engagement as a Predictor of Achievement |
2007 |
Sandra Christenson and Matthew Burns |
| Chee Soon Tan |
An Exploratory Study of the Relationships between Teachers' General
Attributions, Specific Attributions for Reading Difficulties and
Treatments |
2009 |
Jim Ysseldyke |
| Patrick J. Varro |
Academic-Based After School Programming: A Matched Pairs Follow-up
Study |
2009 |
Jim Ysseldyke and Kyla Wahlstrom |
| Angela R. Wagner |
Child-Teacher Interactions and Early Literacy Development Among
At-Risk Preschool Children. |
2008 |
Scott McConnell |
| Elizabeth M. Whitehouse |
Family Involvement in School: Family and Teacher Perceptions and
Effects on Student Performance |
2008 |
Sandra Christenson |
| Name |
Dissertation Titles |
Date |
Advisor |
| Jessica Bjorkman |
Effects of Praise on Student Behavior in the
Classroom |
2008 |
Jennifer McComas |
| Tracy A. Bradfield |
General Outcome Measures of Beginning
Handwriting Development |
2009 |
Scott McConnell |
| Heather M. Campbell |
The Technical Adequacy of Curriculum-Based
Measurement in Writing with English Language Learners |
2006 |
Christine Espin |
| Chin-Chih Chen |
Predictors of Behavioral Problems for Students
with High- Incidence Disabilities |
2008 |
Frank Symons |
| Shu-Fen Cheng |
Examining the Technical Adequacy of Existing
and Alternative CBM Scoring Procedures for Written Expression for
Students with and without Hearing Loss |
2006 |
Susan Hupp and Susan Rose |
| Jaehyun Cho |
A Validation Study of Korean Version of the
Minnesota Self- Determination Scales (K-MSDS) for Adults with
Intellectual Disabilities |
2009 |
Susan Rose and Susan Hupp |
| Erin M. Cote |
Teaching Children with Asperger's Syndrome to
Respond to I-You, Here-There, and Now-Then Perspectives-taking Frames |
2009 |
Jennifer McComas and LeAnne Johnson |
| Xiaoqing Du |
Examining Three Types of Correctional Feedback
about Errors in Mechanics and Grammar in Students with Writing
Difficulties in Grades 4-8 |
2009 |
Christine Espin |
| Lillian K. Duran |
An Analysis of Verbal Interactions During
Dialogic Reading with Spanish-Speaking Children Enrolled in a Head Start
Home Visiting Program |
2008 |
Scott McConnell |
| Peggy E. Gaitan |
Teacher Burnout Factors as Predictors of
Adherence to Behavioral Intervention |
2009 |
Jennifer McComas |
| Geoffrey B. Garwick |
Intelligence-related Terms in Mental
Retardation, Learning Disability, and Gifted/Talented Professional
Usage, 1983-2001: The 1992 Mental Retardation Redefinition as Natural
Experiment |
2006 |
Susan Hupp |
| Diane E. Halpin |
The Development of the Minnesota Visual Autism
Symptom Scale |
2010 |
Susan Hupp and Brian Abery |
| Insoon Han |
Evidence-Based Reading Instruction for English
Language Learners in Preschool through Sixth Grades: A Meta-Analysis of
Group Design Studies |
2009 |
Kristen McMaster |
| ,Ellie C. Hartman |
Effects of Immediate, Signaled Delayed, and
Unsignaled Delayed Reinforcement on Response Persistence Following
Concurrent Schedules of Reinforcement |
2007 |
Jennifer McComas |
| John D. Hoch |
The Role of Emotion and Stress in Predicting
Response to Relaxation and Social Skills Interventions in an Early
Childhood Therapeutic Preschool Program |
2007 |
Jennifer McComas and Frank Symons |
| Cynthia L. Jiban |
The Role of Reading Proficiency in Mathematics
Achievement Score and Coursetaking Disparities |
2006 |
Stanley Deno |
| Shu-Hsuan Kung |
Predicting the Success on a State Standards
Test for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Using
Curriculum-based Oral Reading Measures |
2007 |
Stanley Deno |
| Amy G. Mahlke |
Does Systematic Miscue Analysis Explain
Variance in Struggling Readers' Oral Reading Proficiency |
2009 |
Kristen McMaster |
| Timothy R. Moore |
Predictors of Adherence to Treatment by Parents
in a Behavioral Intervention Curriculum for Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders |
2010 |
Frank Symons |
| Christine R. Peper |
Examining the Reliability and Validity of a
Self-Determination Assessment for Transition Planning |
2009 |
Stanley Deno and Kristen McMaster |
| Anna-Lind G. Petursdottir |
Brief Experimental Analysis of Early Reading
Interventions |
2006 |
Jennifer McComas and Kristen McMaster |
| Rebecca L. Pierce |
Online Peer Collaboration: Teachers Supporting
Each Other's Instructional Use of CBM Data |
2009 |
Kristen McMaster |
| Barbara J. Scierka |
Relation Between Curriculum-based Writing
Measures and the Causal Coherence of Text |
2008 |
Christine Espin |
| Kathleen L. Seifert |
The Relative Effects of Reading Interventions
on Reading and Understanding from Science Text for High School Students
with Learning Disabilities |
2008 |
Christine Espin |
| Satomi K. Shinde |
The Evaluation of Two Methods of Measuring Pain
Expression in Individuals with Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities |
2008 |
Frank Symons |
| Renata Ticha |
The Effects of Pairing Curriculum-Based
Measurement with a Structured Approach that Includes Providing
Instructional Alternatives on Teacher Decision Making and Student
Achievement |
2008 |
Christine Espin |
| Janet S. Tilstra |
What Good and Struggling 5th Grade Readers do
when Reading Expository Text for a Specific Purpose: Implications for
Intervention |
2007 |
Stanley Deno and Christine Espin |
| Christopher L. Watson |
Distance Education for Early Childhood
Professionals: Effectiveness of Online Instruction in Social Emotional
Development and Challenging Behavior |
2007 |
Scott McConnell |
| Miya M. Wayman |
The Validity of Isolated Word Reading and
Passage Reading as Predictors of Grade 3 Reading Achievement: A
Longitudinal Study |
2008 |
Stanley Deno |
| Jason J. Wolff |
An examination of avoidance extinction
procedures in treatment of maladaptive higher-order repetitive behavior
in autism |
2010 |
Susan Hupp and Frank Symons |
| Seungsoo Yeo |
Relation between 1-Minute CBM Reading Aloud
Measure and Reading Comprehension Tests: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis |
2008 |
Christine Espin |