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Dissertation of the Year Award Winners

The 2023 Winners

Doctor of Management and Doctor of Business Administration 

Dissertation: THE EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF CULTURAL BIAS IN MULTINATIONAL U.S. ORGANIZATIONS: AN EXPLANATORY CASE STUDY

  • Student: Dr. Daniel Collins 
  • Chair: Dr. Julie M. Ballaro; Committee members: Dr. Diane Gavin, Dr. Marcia Hill

 

Doctoral Degree in Education 

Dissertation: PERCEPTIONS OF TEST SCORE POLLUTION STEMMING FROM COVID-19 AND STATE TESTING: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY

  • Student: Dr. Elif Kalemdaroglu Wheeler
  • Chair: Dr. Joshua Valk; Committee members; Dr. Maureen Marzano, Dr. Marcia Hill

 

Doctor of Health Administration 

Dissertation: CROSS-CONTAMINATION AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: A QUALITATIVE E-DELPHI DESIGN

  • Student: Dr. Eric Johansen  
  • Chair: Dr. Daniel Smith; Committee members: Dr. Julie M. Ballaro, Dr. Marlene Blake

The 2022 Winners

Doctor of Management 

Dissertation:  COACHING-STYLE LEADERSHIP’S ROLE IN THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN MECHANISTICALLY STRUCTURED ORGANIZATIONS:  A NARRATIVE INQUIRY STUDY

  • Student: Dr. Sai Raghav
  • Chair: John Sienrukos, Ph.D.;  Committee members: Mark McCaslin, Ph.D., Marcia Hill, Ph.D.

 

Doctoral Degree in Education  

Dissertation: EXPERIENCES MANAGING CHANGE IN POSTSECONDARY THEATRE ARTS CURRICULA: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY STUDY IN LEADERSHIP

  • Student: Dr. Lyn Shela Heck
  • Chair: Robert F Amason, JR, Ph.D.

 

 Doctor of Health Administration 

Dissertation: A QUALITATIVE MULTI-CASE STUDY OF NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH POINT OF USE SUPPLY AUTOMATION

  • Student: Dr. Lee Ann Wright Smith
  • Chair: Cheryl Anderson, Ph.D.;  Committee members: Rebecca Back-Little, Ph.D., James Connelly, Ph.D.

 

Ph.D. Nursing

Dissertation: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF NEW GRADUATE NURSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

  • Student: Dr. Frank Druse
  • Chair: Anne Brett, Ph.D.;  Committee members: Susan Steele-Moses, DNS, Charlene Romer, Ph.D.

 

The 2021 Winners

 

Doctor Degree in Education

Dissertation: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND BLENDED LEARNING PEDAGOGY AMONG SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY

  • Graduated Student: Dr. Jenae Monique Whitfield
  • Chair: Patricia Akojie, Ph.D.;  Committee members: Jason Stroman, EdD; Donald Munday, EdD

 

Doctor of Health Administration

Dissertation: COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

  • Graduated Student: Dr. Deborah Green-Gonzalez
  • Chair: Stephanie Holden, Ph.D.; Committee members:  Lionel de Souza, Ph.D.,  Louise Underdahl, Ph.D.

 

Doctor of Management 

Dissertation: PREDICTORS OF WILLINGNESS TOWARDS UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN FOLLOWERS OF CHARISMATIC / TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS

  • Graduated Student: Dr. Wayne L McCoy
  • Chair: Dr. Herman van Niekirk, Ph.D.; Committee members: Dr. Diane Gavin; Dr. Amy Preiss