September 2008
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
Madeline Amato
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
The Interplay among Situational Anger, Hostile Bias Attributions,
and Emotion Dys-regulation in the Prediction of Childhood
Aggression.
Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Mentor
Shara Feldman
(Clinical Psychology – General Track)
Relationships between Type and Number of Personality Disorders and
Outcome in Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Mentor
Patrick Ford
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
Effect of Methodological Improvements and Study Quality on REBT
Treatment Outcome Research since 1990: A Meta-Analysis.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Colleen Lang
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
Coping Effectiveness and Adaptability among Inner-City Youth.
Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Mentor
Harrald Magny
(Clinical Psychology – General Track)
The Effects of Skin Color and Socioeconomic Status on Perceived
Ethnic Discrimination.
Elizabeth Brondolo, Ph.D., Mentor
Deirdre Radosevich
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
Finding the MVP’S: Most Valuable Psychologists.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Mentor
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Emma Hettrich
(School Psychology – General Track)
How well are Early Childhood Educators Trained to Work with
Students with Specific Learning Disabilities?
Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D., Mentor
Lindsay Pettine
(School Psychology – General Track)
An Examination of the Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency.
Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D., Mentor
Terence J. Reilly
(School Psychology – General Track)
Kindergarten Screening and Later Academic Achievement and Placement
in Academic Intervention Services.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Mentor
January 2009
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
Erica Almquist
(Clinical Psychology – General Track)
Psychodynamic Correlates of Personality Disorders.
Wilson McDermut, Ph.D., Mentor
Pia Hough
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
Relationship between Custody Arrangements and Psychological
Functioning of Young Adults from Divorced Families.
Frank Patalano, Ph.D., Mentor
Naomi Solomon
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
Moderating Effects of Parenting Dimensions on the Association
between Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Adjustment.
Ernest Hodges, Ph.D., Mentor
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Ana Landron
(School Psychology – Bilingual Track)
A Comparative Analysis of School Membership and Ethnic Identity
between Dual Language and English as a Second Language
Instruction.
Samuel Ortiz, Ph.D., Mentor
Kelly Quinn Spagnola
(School Psychology – General Track)
Assessing the Stability of the Predictive Validity of Age of Entry
and the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of
Learning-Third Edition (Dial-3) on School Achievement.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Danielle Rannazzisi
(School Psychology – General Track)
Appraisal Processes and Emotion: An Examination of the Influence of
Relative Standards on the Evaluation of Negative Situations.
William Chaplin, Ph.D., Mentor
Krista Wolf
(School Psychology – General Track)
Assessment of Educators’ Knowledge of Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Relative to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
May 2009
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
Komal Sharma-Patel
(Clinical Psychology – General Track)
An Examination of the Narrative Written Task: Emotional and
Cognitive Mechanisms of Change in Sexual Assault Survivors.
Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Mentor
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Noreen Anderson
(School Psychology – General Track)
Cyberbullying Among School Aged Children: Implications for
Prevention and Intervention Programs.
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Mentor
Sara Bracken
(School Psychology – General Track)
Convergent Validity of the New York State English as a Second
Language Achievement Test and the Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey –
Revised in a Sample of English Language Learners.
Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D., Mentor
Andrea Camilli
(School Psychology – General Track)
Collaborative Course Syllabus Construction: Impact on Consultative
Competency of Graduate Students in School Psychology.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Michelle Cangelosi
(School Psychology – General Track)
Identification of Specific Learning Disability: A Survey of School
Psychologists’ Knowledge and Current Practice.
Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D., Mentor
Emma Cruz-Duran
(School Psychology – General Track)
Stereotype Threat in Mathematics: Female High School Students in
All-Girl and Coeducational Schools.
Zheng Zhou, Ph.D., Mentor
Megan Doyle
(School Psychology – General Track)
Victims of Cyber-Bullying: The Roles of Parent and School
Connectedness.
Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Mentor
Maria Esposito
(School Psychology –General Track)
REBT with Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review of
Efficacy Studies.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Lindsay Havlicek
(School Psychology – General Track)
Understanding Why Sad Children Aggress: Are They Angry?
Alice Pope, Ph.D., Mentor
Jeanean Hergenrother
(School Psychology – General Track)
The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in the Relation
of Body-Related Victimization to Eating-Disordered Behavior in
Children and Adolescents: A Mediational Analysis.
Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Mentor
Kimberly Jacobs
(School Psychology – General Track)
Understanding the Development and Outcomes of Mutual
Antipathies.
Alice Pope, Ph.D., Mentor
Robyn Elizabeth Kurasasi
(School Psychology – General Track)
The Role of Parental Cognition, Negative Affect, and Behavior on
Predicting Child Academic Achievement and Social-Emotional
Well-Being.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Miriam Major
(School Psychology – General Track)
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Cognitive and Academic Abilities
in Individuals with Turner Syndrome.
Dawn Flanagan, Ph.D., Mentor
Polly Robinson
(School Psychology – General Track)
An Investigation of Child and Parent Needs for Students with
Asperger Syndrome (AS), as compared to those with High Functioning
Autism (HFA).
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Joanna Tychanska
(School Psychology – Bilingual Track)
Evaluation of Speech and Language Impairment Using the
Culture-Language Test Classifications and Interpretive
Matrix.
Samuel Ortiz, Ph.D., Mentor
Peri Vella
(School Psychology – General Track)
Training School-Based Professionals in Functional Behavioral
Assessment and Behavior Intervention Planning.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Carolyn Waldecker
(School Psychology – General Track)
Predicting Child Abuse Reporting Practices Among School
Psychologists.
Mark Terjesen, Ph.D., Mentor
Angela Wilkos
(School Psychology – General Track)
Evaluative Standards, Test Anxiety, and Defensive Pessimism.
William Chaplin, Ph.D., Mentor
Michael Yoo
(School Psychology – Bilingual Extension)
A validation Study of the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix and
Interpretive Graph.
Samuel Ortiz, Ph.D., Mentor
September 2009
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
Grace Kong
(Clinical Psychology – Clinical Child Track)
A Social-Motivational Model of Problematic Drinking in Emerging
Adulthood.
Andrea Bergman, Ph.D., Mentor
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
Tremaine Sayles
(School Psychology – General Track)
Validation of a Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment Battery
for Children.
Robin Wellington, Ph.D., Mentor