Graduate School

Oral Defense Announcements

February 14

Tiffany M. Artime
Cognitive Conceptualizations and Schemata as Predictors of Distress
in Female Rape Victims
March 25

Rachel Hibberd
Development and Validation of a Measure of Perceived Life

Significance
May 9

Ellen Koucky
The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Cognitions and  
Social Support in the Severity of PTSD Symptoms
May 17

Jose Luis Rivera-Parra
Galapagos seabirds' lice community:  host species   
interactions and parasite evolution
May 30

Jacob Fischer
The Relationship among Recruiter Characteristics and Pre-   
and Post-Hire Recruitment Outcomes
June 10

Ethan McCallum
Measuring the impact of inquiry mode above and beyond situational
characteristics and experimenter contact in research relating to self-

reported sexual attitudes and behaviors
June 12

Leah Blain
Motivational Interviewing as an Augmentation to Increase  
Effectiveness in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: 

An Initial Trial
June 14

Surendra Dawadi
Design and synthesis of chelating compounds and solid-  
supported chelators for metal depleted solutions
June 18

Jill Rude
Retrospective Electronic Health Record Review for Preoperative  
Screening of Candidates for Total Joint Replacement
June 25

Emily Silverman
Condom Use Self-Efficacy and Relationship Factors in Sexual   
Risk-Taking Among Young Urban African American Women
June 27

Rachelle Smith
Counseling Religious African Americans:  Implications for a  
Social Justice Model of Intervention
June 27

Heidi Lung
Art on a Cart:  A National Mixed Methods Investigation of   
Elementary Art Teacher Experiences and Perceptions
June 28

Scott Hasty
New Methods and Strategies for Orthogonal Oligosaccharide  
Synthesis
July 2

Kimberly Borkowski Werner
Physiological and Psychological Measurement of Sleep Disturbance  
in Female Trauma Survivors with PTSD and Major Depression
July 9

Amy Henson
The Impact of Computer Efficacy on the Success of the Nontraditional  
Community College Student