Graduate Student Public Defense Announcements

Breanna Hernandez

M.A. - English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Rhetorical Ecologies and their Affect on Community Health Organization's Communication with Transgender Clients


Rachel Holloway

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

Understanding Teacher Perceptions of their Role in the Development of Student Academic Self-Efficacy 


Victoria Rivera Laugalis

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

Assessing Public Punitiveness toward Emerging Adult Sentencing


Rob Webber

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

Using Photovoice to Explore the Relationship between the Physical Space of the College Union and Community Building on Campus: A Case Study


Lauren A. Allen

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

Role of Informants' Well-being in Evaluative Bias: Effects on Informant Reports


Lucio Avellaneda

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

DNA Recovery from Challenging Forensic Samples using Alternative Markers and Next Generation Sequencing


Kristina Block

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

Sex Differences in Reoffending among Previously Adjudicated Youth


Anita Bundage

Ed.D. - Educational Leadership

Preparing the College Student Inside the High School Athlete: The Secondary Teachers' Perspectives of how Identity Influences Academic Engagement of Male Student-Athletes of Revenue Producing Sports in Core Academic Classes


Priyanka Emmons

M.M. - Music Therapy, College of Arts and Media

Music Healing the Mind


Jared Estevanes

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

The Analysis of Intact Explosives and Explosive Residues using Confocal Raman Microscopy and DART-QTOF


Daniel Gonzalez Jr.

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

Online Course Evaluation Instruments and their Effect on Self-Regulated Learning in Online Courses


Ting-Yu Huang

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

Development of Nanomaterials in Solid Phase Microextraction and Application of Artificial Intelligence for Ignitable Liquids Detection and Classification in Forensic Fire Debris Analysis


Katherine A. Meeker

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

Does Age Difference Matter?: An Examination of Arrest and Initial Charging in Sexual Assault Cases


Megan Elizabeth Allen

M.A. - English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Transforming Expectations: Analyzing Mexican American Women's Connections to Culture as Transferred by Maternal Figures


Kelsi Moscrop-Blake

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

The Moderating Role of Marijuana Policies on the Association between Social Bonds and Marijuana Use


Elizabeth M. Muchmore

M.A. - Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Sociodemographic Disparities with Satisfaction and Autonomy at End of Life


Jacy G. Murdock

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

Identifying Ways to Improve Preemployment Psychological Evaluations for Law Enforcement Officers: Accounting for Context-Specific Variability in Stress and Lethal Force Decision-Making


Kyler Nielson

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

Police Perceptions of Human Trafficking in Thailand and Understanding of a Recently Implemented National Referral Mechanism


Monica M. Paez

M.A. - Clinical Psychology

Exploring the Link between Personality Pathology and Perception of Sexual Orientation Microaggressions


Weerkkody Mohottige Sanduni Ranasinghe

M.S. - Biology, College of Science and Engineering Technology

Microbiome Composition of Soil Sediments at Polluted Locations of River Ganges, India


Reagan (Miles) Block

M.A. - History, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ofrendas de Iguana: A Cultural History of Human and Herpetofauna Interactions in the Maya Lowlands during the Pre-Columbian Era


Shayon Tayebi

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

How Negative Emotional States and Impulsivity are Associated with the Dual Substance Use of E-Cigarettes and Cannabis


Lana Trotter

Ph.D. - Counselor Education, College of Education

The Person under the Pads: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of the Mental Health Experiences of NFL Athletes