Doctoral Dissertations

2007

• Toward an Understanding of Teacher Retention: Examining the Preparation and Workplace Experiences of Special Education Teachers. Lynn Stucchio
• An Historical Case Study of the Intersection between Policy and Practice in One School District: Untangling the Disproportionate Representation of Students of Color in Special Education. Kathleen Mooney
• Social Aggression: A Study of Internet Harassment. Barbara Lacey
• Rules of Engagement: Teacher Practices That Address the Psychological Needs of Students with Disabilities in an Inclusion Science Classroom. Debra LoVerde
• Leading and Learning Together: A Practitioner Case Study of a Professional Learning Community. Mark Wiener
• The First-Year Student Experience: Intention to Persist at a Small, Private Business University. Cathleen Avolin
• Student Perceptions of Belongingness and Academic Press: Do Covariates/Effects Predict Academic Performance. Maria A. Bonich
• What Does it Mean to Integrate Technology in Education? A Grounded Theory Study. Jennifer Morrison Hart

2006

• Gaining Control in Their Quest for Success: A Grounded Theory Study of the Select Scholars Academy. Jeff Woodberry
• They Count Also: The Experiences of African American Girls in Elementary School with Mathematics. Sheilah Marie Jefferson-Isaac
• Student Mobility & Mandates Imposed by NYS Via NCLB: A Study of 8 Nassau County Districts. Valerie C. D’Aguanno
• Relatedness: The Foundation for the Engagement of Middle School Students during the Transitional Year of Sixth Grade. Virginia Fitzsimmons
• Parental Influence on Kids’ Extraordinary Achievements: A Grounded Theory. Victoria Nesnick
• Changes in Teacher and Leadership Pedagogies as a Result of a Professional Development Intervention in the Sixth Grade Literacy Classroom. Stephanie Clagnaz

2005

• Exploring the School Experience of Students Who Bully: A Look Inside The Classroom. Janet Schwamb
• Early Elementary Students’ Perception of Teachers in Relation to Teachers’ Titles of Address. Brezetta Griffith-Bullock
• Factors Influencing Teaching Style in Block-Scheduled Science Classrooms Linda Schoen Giddings
• Grade 8 Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effects of the New York State Intermediate Level Assessments on Instructional Practice. Ellen Stegman
• A Snapshot of School Information Support Systems in Nassau and Suffolk Counties of New York State: To What Degree are Information Support Systems in Place in These School Districts? Barbara A. Donnellan
• Merging Cognitive & Instructional Theories: Implementation of an Advanced Learning System in Secondary Mathematics. Rose T. McSweeny
• A Case Study of One School District’s Use of Root Cause Analysis. Vicki Lynn Mingin

2004

• Implementing the TEACCH Program for Kindergarteners With Autism: An Examination of How the Principal, Staff and Parents Experienced the First Year, Marilyn Johnson
• Quest for a Better Life: The Educational Experiences of Salvadorian Immigrant Middle School Students in the United States, Lynda Costello-Herrera
• I Didn't Die, I Just Can't Hear. A Grounded Theory Study of Acquired Deafness, Jane Schlau
• Looking at School Change: A Story of Leadership, Joseph V. Rella
• A Historical Documentation On the Origin and Establishment of Faculty Collective Bargaining at Hofstra University, Christopher J. Adams
• Program Factors that Affect Doctoral Student Retention and Attrition: The Development and Initial Validation of a Program Assessment Instrument, Alla Sorokosh

2003

• Operationalizing IDEA: The Effect of Power on the Decision of the Committee on Special Education(CSE), Jane Albert
• Teacher Beliefs as a Lever for Change and the Construction of Teaching Practice in a High-Stakes Science Environment, Diane Youngblood
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: From Barbie to Grrl Power, Maxine Fisher
• Third and Fourth Year Elementary Teachers: Impact of Pre-Service Preparation, Induction Programs, and Professional Development Opportunities on Teaching Practice, Sue Caryl Fleischmann
• The Virtual Enterprise Simulation: Students' Perceptions of an Experiential, Active Learning Strategy for Business and Career Education, Richard Graziano
• District-Wide Curriculum Directors: One District’s Experience Implementing This Position, Roseanne Campo Melucci
• Through the Eyes of Children: Understanding Violence from the Perpetrators' Perspective, Dianne Picone
• At-Risk Students and State Exams: A RX for Student Success, Robert Tyman
• The Efficacy of the New York State Standards and Assessments from the Perspective of High School Seniors, Benedict Baglio

2002

• The Effect of an After-School Academic Intervention Service on a New York State Eighth Grade English Language Arts Assessment: A Case Study, John C. Gentilcore
• The Absence of African American Male Superintendents in White Suburban School Districts, Jerry L. Jackson
• Home Schoolers and Loss of Trust: The Role Trust Plays in the Decision to Leave Public Schools, Suzanne E. McLeod
• From Marginalization to Relational Space: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Teachers Who Changed Their Assumptions and Beliefs About Problematic Students, Ruth P. Silverberg
• The Assistant Principal Educational Leader NOT Administrative Lackey: An Examination of Leadership in the Role of the Assistant Principal through a Cognitive Perspective, Thalia K. Venditti

2001

• The Ties that Bind: Choices, Decisions and Dilemmas of Women and the Superintendency, Lydia M. Begley
• Program Outcomes of a Professional Development Initiative Instructional Technology: A Case Study, Dolores Burton
• Computer Technology and the Secondary School Counselor: A National Examination, Susan Eichenholtz
• Policy Implications for Implementation of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, Nora G. Friedman
• Transfer Shock: A Study of Community College Transfer Students During Their First Semester of Transfer to a Private Four-Year University, Patricia E. Green
• An Examination of District Personnel Policies and Practices And Their Perceived Effect on Substitute Teachers, Gerardine M. Johnson-Carpenter
• Learning to Become a Team: A Case Study of Action Research in a Graduate Business Management Course, Patricia Ann Marcellino
• Utilizing Action Research to Enhance Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Elementary School Students, Joyce Montalbano
• Fielding Testing the Inclusive Teaching Rubric (ITR): Assessing the Effectiveness of the ITR in the Development of the Knowledge, Skills, and Values of Inclusive Education in Pre-Service Teachers, Darra Pace
• Alleviating Bullying and Victimization in the Classroom: An Action Research Study, Karen Siris

2000

• International Assistance to Educational Development of Kazakhstan: Donor-Recipient Interactions, Jazira Asanova
• Experiential Learning by Teachers: Tales from an Outward Bound Educators Course, John Michael Caldwell
• Decisions of the Commissioner of Education of New York State on Residency 1958 to 1997, Thomas Dolan
• Crossing Over: The Roles and Rules of the Teacher-Administrator Relationship, Susan Joan Fishbein
• Out of the Classroom Closet: A Qualitative Study of the Social Construction of Professional Identity Among Sexually Marginalized Educators, Clare N. Lowell
• Implementing a Policy of Foreign Languages at the Elementary School Level, Elaine Margarita
• A Meta-Analysis of Parenting and School Success: The Role of Parents in Promoting Students' Academic Performance, Charlotte Rosenzweig

1999

• Effects of Notecards on Achievement and Motivation, Gregory Flynn
• Is Teacher Caring Related to Student Engagement in High School, Stephanie Freese
• Parent Involvement: The Relationship between Parent Beliefs and Parent Practices, Stuart Grossman
• How Middle and High School Students Perceive the Role of School Personnel in Addressing Peer Sexual Harassment, MaryAnn Hergenrother
• A Comparison of the Cost and Educational Outcomes of Three Models of Service Delivery for Special-Needs Students: The Full Inclusion Model, The Conservationist Model, The Conciliatory Model, John Pruslow
• Elementary School Mathematics: Factors Affecting Teachers' Strategies and Materials for Instruction, James Riley
• The Unspecified Curriculum of Values: A Case Study of the Messages Embedded in Public School Kindergarten Routines, Katherine Salomone
• Staff Development in the Context of the Teacher Center: An Exploratory Study of Three New York State-Funded Teacher Centers, Suzanne Weinstein
• The Relationship of Early Intervention to Later Inclusion in Elementary School, Ellen Woodward