Dissertations
An excerpt of dissertation titles fromWalden University’s July 2008 commencement.
Congratulations to these and other recent doctoral graduates on contributing original research to their fields and earning the highest degree—the Ph.D.
Bolarinwa Bayode
Charlotte, North Carolina
Analysis of Organizational Leadership: A Phenomenological Study of Organizational Leaders in the Private Sector in Nigeria
Robert Stanley Bruff
Westminster, Maryland
Systems Engineering Best Practices as Measures for Successful Outcomes in Selected United States Defense Industry Aerospace Programs
Linda K. Chambers
Indianapolis, Indiana
An Investigation of Police Officers Bereaved by Police Suicides
Jeanne Christie
Bethel, Connecticut
The Relationship Between Personal Communication and Dispositional Optimism for Reserve and National Guard Women While Deployed in Iraq
Solomon A. Fakinlede
Pikesville, Maryland
Poverty and Morality: Assessing Influence of Poverty on Moral Judgment in Nigeria
Felix Goto
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Establishing Strategic Energy Assessment Indicators for Zimbabwe: A Key to Improving Electrical Energy Efficiency
Mark Monaghan
Titusville, Florida
Analysis of Contingency Logistics System Reliability for Power Utilities in Florida After a Hurricane
Paulette Ann Marie Perry
Manchester, Jamaica
From Private Ownership to Public Ownership: A Qualitative Study of Two Jamaican Transitioned Family Firms
Brenda Joice Bagwell
Columbus, Georgia
Conceptualizing and Teaching New Literacies: A Multiple-Case Study of Teachers’ Perspectives of Information and Communication Technology
Julie Bilz
Freetown, Indiana
Teacher Career Stages and Job Satisfaction
Gloria W. Brown
Streetsboro, Ohio
African American Students Defy the Achievement Gap: A Phenomenological Study
Julie Brunell
Plattsburgh, New York
Nursing Motivations for Professional Lifelong Education: Students/Graduate Nurses From an AD and RN to BSN Program
Diane Mary Caruso
Freeport, New York
Middle-Level Students’ Perceptions of Their Dunn, Dunn, and Price Learning Styles Profiles and the Impact on Students’ Self-Regulatory Processes
Melinda B. Carver
Palm Harbor, Florida
Practitioner Perceptions of Preparation and Training for Middle School Reading Coaches
Ethel Mae Daniel
Ellisville, Mississippi
Hurricane Katrina: Teachers’ Perceptions in Addressing the Needs of Displaced Students Following a Critical Incident
Heidi J. Evans
Kennesaw, Georgia
Technological Early Intervention Tools for Families of Children with Hearing Loss: Parental Learning Preferences
Patricia C. Henry
Winter Springs, Florida
Over-Age Students in the Classroom: Teachers’ Lived Experiences
Patricia McDonald
Riverview, Florida
The Influence of Italian Asilos Upon the School Readiness of Children from Families in the Military
Robin Pietryk
Nashville, North Carolina
Athletes Versus Nonathletes: Academic Success at a Small Liberal Arts College
Linda C. Rozell-Shannon
Niskayuna, New York
Assessing Maternal Response to the Impact of Hemangiomas on the Family System
Mark E. Stanley
Manasquan, New Jersey
Investigating Etiology and Pedagogy: Two Cases of Adolescents with Asperger’s
Ifeanyi Charles Ulinwa
Fairview, Oregon
Machine Intelligence Quotient: A Multiple Perspective Analysis of Intelligent Artificial Systems Including Educational Technology
Sandra K. Wenzel
Madison, Wisconsin
The Future of African American Male Students in Special Education: A Delphi Study
William M. Johnson
Charlestown, Rhode Island
A Triangulated Evaluation of a System-of- Care Program for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances
Radha Ramjattan
Miami, Florida
The Intervention Effect of Hip-Hop Music to Promote HIV Prevention: A Comparative Study Among Students in a Miami-Dade County Middle School
Achilles Z. Tebandeke
Rochester, Minnesota
The Relationship Among Sense of Coherence, Job Burnout, and Health Status of Hospital Psychiatric Nurses
Miron D. Gilbert
Tifton, Georgia
Gender Differences in Attitudes on Rehabilitation, Retribution, and Deterrence Among African American Investigators
Kecia LaVaughn Addison-Scott
Silver Spring, Maryland
Impact of Exposure to Community Violence on Indicators of Adolescent Academic Performance
Denise Marie Bailey-Jones
Baltimore, Maryland
A Factor Analytic Study of the Federal Human Capital Survey: A Refinement of the Office of Personnel Management’s Biannual Survey
Bernice L. Carson
Richmond, Virginia
Matching Educational Attitudes, Attributes, and Preferred Mentoring Strategies of Teachers and Students in Professional and Nonprofessional Undergraduate Programs
Nancy J. Gordon
Morganton, North Carolina
Alternative Approaches to Cardiac Rehabilitation: Investigating Thoughts and Emotions
Gino Q. Natalicchio
Redondo Beach, California
Executive Leadership in Transitory Entertainment Industries
Michael Scott Osborne
Columbus, Georgia
The Holden Psychological Screening Inventory and U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Questionnaire’s Ability to Predict Successful Completion of U.S. Army Basic Combat Training
Robin F. Sjostrand
Oakhurst, California
Nontraditional Family-Focused Treatment for Families of ChildrenWith Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Robert Donald Stockman Fountain Hills, Arizona Generativity and Meaning in Life in the Third Age
Joseph D. Valila
Garden City South, New York
The Relationship Between Personality Type and Drug of Choice Among Substance Users
Lydia Apori-Nkansah
Accra, Ghana
Transitional Justice in Postconflict Contexts: The Case of Sierra Leone’s Dual Accountability Mechanisms
Dominic Ameri Itto
Smyrna, Tennessee
Self-Sufficiency and Adjustment Among Sudanese Refugees in Tennessee
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