Graduate Student Public Defense Announcements

Sarah Barksdale Araujo

Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Resilience After Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Victimization: An Examination of the Effect of Protective and Risk Factors on IPV Outcomes in Heterosexual and LGBQ+ Young Adults


Ahmet Furkan Aydogan

Ph.D. – Digital and Cyber Forensic Science, College of Science and Engineering Technology

Brain Signal-Based Encryption Method for IoT Devices


Jessica Fleming

Ph.D. – Criminal Justice, College of Criminal Justice

From The Violence Against Women Act to #MeToo: Violence Against Women Reporting in the U.S. From 1992 to 2021


Angelica Haro

Ed.D. – Instructional Systems Design and Technology, College of Education

From Behind Home Plate to the Top of the Ranks: E-Learning Readiness of Emergent Bilinguals and the Effects of Socioeconomics


Waneta Suzanne Hebert

Ed.D. – Instructional Systems Design and Technology, College of Education

Examining Pre-service Teachers' Perceptions of TPACK Development Following Rehearsal Teaching in an Educational Technology Course Prior to Student Teaching


Jack Johnson

M.S. – Agriculture, College of Science and Engineering Technology

Intentions and Abilities of School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers to Implement Drone Technology into School-Based Agricultural Education Programs


Beata Krembuszewski

Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Pay it forward: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Youth Opioid Recovery Support (YORS) intervention for Opioid Use Disorder


Faith Le’Ann Little

M.A. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Perceptions of Social Class Identity Integration and Family Social Capital Among University Students


Kenneth Lomenzo

M.A. – Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Criminal Justice

Examining Texas Police Chiefs Perceptions About Use of Force Policies


Paige A MacQueen

M.A. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Associations Between Perceiver Bias on Informant-Report Personality Measures and the Informant’s Personal Attitudes toward Mental Illness


Amaris Molina

Ph.D. – Counselor Education, College of Education

Registered Play Therapists’ Experiences Working with Spanish-Speaking Children and Parents


Misty R. Rasmussen

Ed.D. – Higher Education Leadership, College of Education

Differences in Faculty Culture of Assessment in Postsecondary Institutions by Institution Type, Accreditation Region, and Control


Amanda T. Rude

Ph.D. – Criminal Justice, College of Criminal Justice

Locked in Toxicity: Uncovering the Relationship Between Lead Exposure and Violence Behind Bars


Joseph J. Sanchez

Ed.D. – Developmental Education Administration, College of Education

Quantitative Analysis of Academic Coaching Interventions for Undergraduate Students Placed on Academic Probation


Randee M. Schmitt

M.A. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Moral Injury and Attachment Among Veterans: The Moderating Role of Social Support


Cody Robert Sze

Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Evaluating the Utility of the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC-3) in Predicting Juvenile Offending Outcomes


Debbie Torres

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Mitigating the Impact of Covid-Related Stress on Parental Stress, Mood, and Emotion Regulation: Is there an App for That?


Christina Zientek

Ed.D., Instructional Systems and Design Technology, College of Education

Graduate Student Perspectives of Multimodal Assessments in Higher Education Online Learning


Alexa G. Mendoza

M.A. – Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Criminal Justice

Live Streaming Terror: Examining the Role of Social Media in the U.S. Capitol Insurrection


Christina Brooks

Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Gatekeepers of Justice: Law Enforcement Attitudes About and Decisions with Veterans


Madison Reed Schackmuth

Ph.D. – Forensic Science, College of Criminal Justice

Identification of Fentalogs in Forensic Toxicology Investigations


Caitlin H. Lefebvre

Ph.D. – Clinical Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Childhood Maltreatment and Juvenile Delinquency: The Roles of Parental Monitoring, Family Environment, and Unstable Home Environment