JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic dissertations from 2020 to the present.
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Dissertations from 2026
Developing undergraduate's adaptive leadership competencies for social change; A quantitative, quasi-experimental study, Rebeca S. Barge
Quality care for neurodivergent youth, Emily V. Bogaev
Cultivating trauma competency: Counselor development through education and experience, Kayla Bryant
Self-state shifts during nonsuicidal self-injury: Associations with trauma history and the functions of self-harm, Katie E. Callahan
Family quality of life and infant language development: A pilot study of infants without a history of chronic otitis media, Aubreigh Cartwright
The piano music of Orlando Fagnani and its connections to the choro tradition, Norman J. Charette
A critical-constructivist grounded theory exploration of the mental health experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in post-secondary settings, Alyssa L. Decker
Exploring feeling heard as a mediating factor between perceived leader listening style and follower trust in leader, Kai E. Degner
Fall risk in community-dwelling adults: A comparison of English and Spanish-speaking individuals, Jesus D. Gomez
A description of Zhao Zhang’s Nature No. 2 and Xiaoxuan Xu’s An Unusual Feast of East, Sicheng He
Stigma predicts participation and autonomy in chronic vestibulopathy: An explanatory mixed methods study, Brandy L. Hollins
Effects of publicmanagement theory on nonprofit financial health, Emily Irungu
Novel paradigm for assessing vestibular perception in children, Nicole Kirk
Addressing research design validity threats to research on undergraduate research experiences, Laura Lambert
The impact of free vs. fixed factor correlations on parameter recovery in multidimensional IRT models, Stephanie LeRoy
The impact of CIP leadership styles on the performance of college students within work team settings, Fadi Majzoub
A measure of spatial orientation in healthy adults, Lauren Maloney
The effect of head coverings on directional microphone performance, Mariam Mohamed
How audiologists are using adapted cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus management: A preliminary study, Katherine M. Mueller
To use my data or not to use my data: That is the question in low-stakes assessment, Kelsey Nason
The high school piccoloist: A resource guide, Rebecca Needham
Finding belonging through displacement: A phenomenological study of transformative learning in first-year students in an international learning community, Jennifer A. Nelson-Faulconer
Tchaikovsky’s world of imagery: The seasons, Esther Nyberg
‘It is your destiny’: Exploring dark-side outcomes of different types of calling, Joshua Orndorff
Building a therapeutic alliance: Training graduate students in applied behavior analysis to use motivational interviewing during parenting consultation, Valencia Pankey Camper
Designing and piloting a movement-based self-regulation curriculum, Tess Pieragostini
Breaking barriers: Predicting leadership role attainment among women and gender-expansive disadvantaged college students, Jennifer L. Powers
Student effort during a low-stakes testing session: A mixed methods study of time of testing and test order effects, Katarina Schaefer
Informational masking and stochastic resonance in Mutant Mice (Mus Musculus), Cassidy R. Shugrue
Enhancing access through integrated behavioral healthcare: Expanding counselor identity and social determinants of health competency, Tiffany N. Snow
The message of resilience and harmony: From war camps to modern calls for peace, Linlin Uta
Exploring play: Counselor education strategies, online community fantasy play, and sexuality in the counseling space, Nattalie Wolff-Tseng
Constructing a contemporary Chinese piano language: An analytical study of Zhang Zhao’s Chinese Dream, Ziwei Zhou
Dissertations from 2025
Parent–Child Interaction Therapy adapted for older children, Luke W. Badley
Praise with pipes and strings: An exploration of American Protestant hymnody through new arrangements for flute and piano, Dominic J. Baldoni
Intertrial coherence as a measure of synchrony in ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and the effect of gaze angle, Sydney Brown
Ethics and clinical supervision: Understanding the needs of counselors in training and self-efficacy development in clinical supervisors, Brooke Carroll
A mixed methods approach to understanding athletic training preceptorships through measuring situational leadership, Jordan R. Dawson
Exploring EcoWellness and attachment dynamics: Understanding parental experiences, youth perceptions, and counseling implications, Katelyn Dolieslager
Examining the effectiveness of Imago relationship therapy in married couples, Anne Erickson
Understanding the impact of interaction between attention and working memory on listening effort, Husna Firdose
Establishing the feasibility of sustained sinusoidal cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in young adults, Ashton Fowlkes
There’s a crisis brewing in higher education, Caroline M. Graham
The Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Ruth Gipps: A new performer's edition with commentary, Nicholas M. Greer-Young
Developing resilience in first year collegiate athletes: The effectiveness of a resilience and strengths based course, Dorian J. Hayden
The impact of inclusive leadership and restorative justice practices on the organizational commitment of student conduct professionals, Cover Heishman
Governance oversight and financial sustainability: Examining the impact on nonprofit financial performance, Diana K. Kamwibua
Bob Becker: An examination of his compositional approach and his chamber work Never in Word, KaiPo Lan
A qualitative exploration of sibling relationships impacted by autism: “We’ll be brothers forever”, Julia M. Linger
From clicks to classifications: Examining effects and addressing rapid guessing in longitudinal DCMs, Nicolas Mireles
Elements of Greek identity in the Eight Dances from the Greek Islands by Yiannis Constantinidis, Afroditi Mitsopoulou
A discussion of Rodion Shchedrin’s Ten Piano Pieces, Op. 20, Wei Mo
The influence of board characteristics on the financial health of nonprofit organizations in the U.S., Kennedy Musyoka
Neur "Aud" Diversity: Subjective listening effort in neurotypical and neurodiverse young adults during distracting listening tasks, Jamilah S. Odeh
Louise Talma's second piano sonata: Unity within variety, Caroline Petrick
LGBTQIA+ competency in counseling: Understanding current trends, educational experiences, and counselor identity implications, Tyler Puryear
The application of time-frequency analysis to ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, Hannah R. Richardson
An exploration of neurodivergent identity, Rachel A. Ritter
Unmasking masculinities in counseling: From conformity to connection, Kyle R. Rose
Bridging research and practice: Audiologists’ approaches to the occlusion effect for bone conduction thresholds, Joanna R. G. Schachtner
Clinician training, support, and self-efficacy in supporting patients with severe persistent mental illness, Jaclyn Sharkey
Move it! The percussionist’s guide to developing performance skills and emotional connection, Shelby N. Shelton
Listen to the birds: Sound ecology at the piano, Anna Showalter
Simultaneously expecting too much and too little: A saga of leader and follower role expectations, Whitney M. Tate
Minimize barriers, maximize success: Optimizing the private trumpet lesson experience for students with ADHD, Stefanie M. Tetzloff
The relationship between the vestibulo-ocular reflex and vestibular perception in trained dancers using sinusoidal harmonic acceleration testing, Diana Trinidad
The Jack Pine and four other solo piano works composed by five Canadian women in the twenty-first century, Huanwen Wang
Exploring trauma education and the intersection of self-efficacy, Ashlea Yearwood
Dissertations from 2024
Investigating the direction of item parameter bias in the presence of rapid guessing, Sarah Alahmadi
An exploration of the value in integrating pre-treatment assessments of caregiver-child Dyad functioning, Emery Q. Brautigan
Perceived environmental uncertainty levels of NCAA athletic directors, Tiffany Brutus
Assessing trends in cochlear implant recipients' quality of life score over time, Rebecca Civil
Addressing youth mental health through school counseling, advocacy, and student voice, Elizabeth Dinwiddie
A multimethod exploration of indirect request interpretation across neurotypes and developmental stages, Faith Frost
Wellbeing in the Caribbean: Exploring wellness in Afro-Caribbean populations, Lynnquell S. Gardiner
The leadership gender gap: Gender differences in leadership self-efficacy and motivation to lead in leadership development, Brooke Z. Graham
“Neur-aud-diversity”: Assessing ADHD through speech-on-speech masking, Rebecca Hales
Revolutionizing counselor education through cultural humility: A critical examination of pedagogical practices, educators’ experiences, and determining factors, Renee L. Haskins
A survey of collegiate voice students with asthma and allergies and their perceived impact on singer health and performance experiences – A pilot study, Nicole D. Jenkins
Assessing the effects of EMG target levels on cVEMP thresholds, Melanie Johnson
Exploring the intersection of mental health, self-advocacy, and sense of belonging among rural, first-generation college students, Sarah Johnson
Exploring counseling self-efficacy development among graduate speech-language pathology students, Rebecca Jones
Impressionism in the hands of Griffes, Bauer, and Howe, and the musical climate in early 20th-century America, Elaine Sara Lim
Lived experiences of Korean immigrant women in the U.S., Jinok Lim
Department chair authentic leadership style and faculty job satisfaction among Hospitality Management faculty., Theresa Lind
Building leader self-efficacy in Kenyan teenage girls, Maureen Malomba
Small business recovery and innovation after the COVID-19 crisis: Moderated mediation involving leadership styles and leader data usage, Jalal Maqableh
Bridging the gap between clinical practice and evidence for hyolaryngeal excursion assessment during a clinical swallow evaluation, Kelsey Murray
