Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Culturally Integrating Nuestra Juventud: Understanding Spanish-speaking Multilingual Learners through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Mallie C. Culpepper-Yablonsky
Exploring Student Experience Through Photovoice: A Transformative Approach to Studying School Climate and Culture at CHS, Christopher W. Gold-Thomas
School Social Workers Conducting Home Visits: Practice and Perceptions, Sadie K. Kinnarney
Misappropriating Self-Care: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Burnout Experiences of Teachers who Identify as Women, Kimberly A. Kneller
More than just checking a box: Teachers' experiences of transformation in equity-focused professional learning, Melissa E. Moxley
Pennsylvania School Social Workers’ Trauma-Informed Practices: Status and Future Needs, Jessica L. Schoonmaker
Trauma-Informed Teaching Perspectives of Arts and Non-Arts Educators: A Mixed Methods Study for Transformational Change, Annie C. Shrawder
Hidden Meanings in Elementary Instrumental Music Method Books: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, Mara Hope Thompson
Interprofessional Education in Healthcare Related Social Work: A Systematic Review, Devon Vitti
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Social Work Supervision Education: Pennsylvania Social Workers Reflect on Education and Supervisory Competence, Morgan Ann Daugherty
Without A Village: Motherhood, Child Care and COVID-19, Bailey Higgins
School Social Work and Autism Competency: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Pennsylvania School Social Workers, Jami Imhof
Social Work Best Practices in Schools: Effect of Family-Focused Case Management on Rural School Students’ Success, Sheryl L. McKlveen
Relational Connections for Youth Aging out of Foster Care: A Policy Content Analysis, Heather Miller
Liberating Self: An Autoethnographic Inquiry Into Black Male Mental Health, Phillip J. Roundtree Sr.
“We're Not Thriving, But We're Trying.” Exploring Undergraduate Students' Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kelly Smith
Assessing Clinical Social Workers’ Self-Efficacy Regarding Perinatal Mental Health Disorders, Ashley Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Another Empty Seat: Educators’ Experiences with Trauma and Grief After a Student’s Death, Lori G. Berryman
A Critical Analysis of Cultura in Spanish World Language Textbooks, Amanda Holbrook
Strength, Beauty, and Resilience: The Impact of Self Reflection & Exploration of Memory on Postmodern Feminist Educators, Inside and Outside the Classroom, MaryJo M. Rosania-Harvie
Understanding Your Cultural Identities: A Self-Study of the Impact of One’s Cultural Identities on Interpreting Interactions, Shelby L.W. Sammartino
Herstory: Women and Drugs. Women in the Environment Perspective Using Meta-Ethnography, Tammy Ann Shay
African-American Pastors' Mental Health Literacy, Leadership and Counsel: A Systematic Review, Michelle A. Townsend
Social Work Experiences of Moral Distress Amid COVID-19, Megan Tritt
The Development of the Police Department Wellness Survey (PDWS), Tia White
Human Behavior in the Political Environment: A Content Analysis of Political Content in HBSE Textbooks, Brendan Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
How Will I Thrive? Developing Designer Professional Identity Among Undergraduate Communication Design Students, Denise Bosler
School Social Workers and Threat Assessment Teams: Exploring Roles, Perceptions, and Outcomes, Alicia Chico
Awareness of and Value Placed on School Social Work: A Study of Pennsylvania’s Public School Administrators, Jen Marshall
In Search of Kinship: Traveling into new worlds through conversation and the impact on building community, Daniel E. McClary Ed.D
Effectiveness of a Social Work Informed Casework Training Curriculum for Paraprofessionals in Non-Profit Social Service Agencies, Mindy L. McCormick
Journaling on the Transition to College: Foucauldian Approaches in the First-Year Writing Classroom, Daniel J. Metzger
The Writing for Healing and Transformation Project, Heather Elizabeth Osborn
Stakeholder Perspectives: How Participation in a Work-Based Learning Program Affects Perceptions, Samantha G. Piller
Breaking Barriers and Bread to Build Bridges: How do Latina/o families and schools develop meaningful home-school relationships?, Cathy A. Shappell
Bridging barriers in inclusive classrooms: Avenues for communication between general education teachers and families, Nicole M. Wack
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Understanding Effective Supervision and the Relationship between Supervision Effectiveness and Education, Rachel S. Bernini
The Effect of Differentiated Instruction Training on the Instructional Strategies of Education Trainees at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Erin C. Brown
Socially Just Artmaking: A Practitioner's Inquiry of Passionate Teaching for Compassionate Action, Jaime Linn Brown
The Perceived Impact of Basic Need Insecurity on Social Work Student Success, Amy B. Downes
The Relationship Between Academic Advising and Student Motivation on the Persistence of Freshman Exploratory Studies Students, Marlene N. Fares
"We Are Forgotten." Framing Disaster via Twitter in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria: Implications for Social Work Policy Practice, Barbe A. Fogarty
Community-Based Learning: Face-to-Face Tandem Language Exchanges as a Complementary Course Component for Acquisition of Spanish, Andrew Healey
How We Got Here: Testimonios of Secondary Latina Educators, Leila Little
Caseworker Turnover: Why Do Child Welfare Caseworkers Want to Leave Their Jobs and What Makes Them Stay, Bonnie C. Marsh
“I guess somebody already told you”: LGBTQ+ Students’ Experiences in Secondary School Contexts, Emily A. Pisco
Proactive Prosocial Strategies Employed by First-Grade Teachers, Lisa M. Skiadas
School Social Work: A Curriculum Analysis, Nikki Snyder
Teacher Perception: Secondary Level Skill Development Support for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities, Philip L. Specht
The Potential Impact of Online Learning on Economically Disadvantaged Students, Anthony M. Tartaglia
Making the Journey Personal: A Self-Study of the Intersections of Curriculum, Practice, and Identity, Patricia J. Tinsman-Schaffer
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Social Work Educators' Perceptions of their Leadership and Management Competencies, Leah K. Lazzaro
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Exploring the Role of United States Legal Discourse in Creating, Sustaining, and Disrupting Vestiges of Slavery, Hanif M. Bey
Intimate Partner Violence: A Narrative Analysis of the Jamaican Women Experience, Sonia M. Brown
Understanding College Students with Physical Disabilities, Kimberly L. Hardner
A Workable Balance: Maternity Leave and Female success in the Workplace in Finland and the United States, Karey J. Murphy
Hispanic Parent/Caregiver Health Literacy: Examining Effect on Pediatric Emergency Department Utilization, Sandy Anhai Ramirez Sanchez
Academic Preparedness of Social Workers for Interprofessional Education/Collaborative Practice (IPECP), Amy Corwin Sagen
