Graduate Research

Master's Research | Doctoral Research

⁠Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Studies

• “Limitations to learning by exclusion: The role of over selectivity", Michelle Foran
• “Video Modeling to Teach Implementation of the Picture Exchange Communication System", Nicole Martocchio
• “Eye Contact: More than an all-or-nothing phenomenon", Joseph Veneziano
• “Assessing The Broader Autism Phenotype in a College-Based Population", Kianna Ferrante
• “Evaluation the Effects of Tact Training in Two Languages on the Acquisition of Tacts and Untrained Listener Responses", Alberto Leon
• “Autism Spectrum, Executive Function, Theory of Mind, and Risk-Taking Behavior Among College-Aged Males", Roger Matar
• “Simple versus complex auditory-visual samples to engender conditional discriminations and category responses in children with autism spectrum disorder", Katerina Thanopoulos
• “Theory of Mind and Sibling Relationships in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder", Devon White
• “Assessing preference for and the efficacy of different forms of verbal praise as reinforcers for children with autism", Emily Sullivan
• “A Component Analysis of Job Interview Training for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder", Helena Whitlow
• “The Effects of the Type of Facial Stimuli on Performance on Global and Local Processing in Autism", Jordan Grapel
• “Evaluation of an Observational Learning Procedure on the Preferences of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder", Anna Sampson
• “Predictors of response bias and latency to reversal learning", Samantha McGouldrick
• “An Evaluation of Video Modeling with Embedded and Voice Over Instructions To Teach Pairing Procedures", Gloria Fanning
• “The Association between Self-Identified Gender, Empathy, Gender Role Perspectives, and Attitudes Toward Undergraduates with Autism", Cierra Hemp

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Psychology and Prevention Science

• "Narrative Analysis of Turkish Citizens’ Interactions with Syrian Refugees and an Evidence-Based Intervention Program Design", Merve Armagan (Bogatekin)
• "Psychopathic Traits in a Community Sample: Evaluating Divergent Validity and Considering Influences on Legal Decision Making and Learning Efficacy", Anabelle Frazier (Shestak)
• "Being Black and White: An Exploration of Biracial Stereotyping and its Consequences", Rianna Grissom
• "Exploring the Support of Non-Offending Caregivers of Child Victims of Sexual Abuse", Hannah Johnson
• "The Relationship Between Aging Self-perceptions and Memory Performance in Older Adults: Examining the Effect of Subjective Age on the Positivity Effect in Memory", Meltem Karaca
• "What Matters When Lectures Move Online? Measuring The Impact Of Fluency, Modality, And Feedback On Students’ Metacognitive Judgments And Learning", Nayantara Kurpad
• "Neuromyths: Corrections and the Continued Influence Effect", Marcus Lithander
• "Harnessing the Power of Bystanders to Address Workplace Microaggressions: An Application of Socio-Ecological Framework and Theory of Planned Behavior” Tugba Metinyurt
• "The CrossFit Community and its Influence on Athletes’ Life Satisfaction and Well-Being” Christina Nikitopoulos
• "Shades of Gray: Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Three Measures of Sexual-Consent Related Beliefs and Behaviors", Melissa Pope
• "Patterns of Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse in 500 cases Reported to the Authorities in 2009 to 2013", Kristy Shockley
• "Knowledge Trans*ference: What We Don't Know & What We've Learned about the Transgender Gender Non-Binary Community", Dylan Tellez
• "Thematic and Structural Analyses of Narratives of Difficult Birth, Obstetric Mistreatment, and Subsequent Infant Feeding", Hannah Tello
• "People Did Not Believe Me. They Believed Him: Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse and Their Perceived Credibility", Charlotte Wilinsky
• "Guilt Status, Plea Outcomes, and Perceptions of Defendants Who Plead Guilty.", Kelly Sutherland