Dissertation Defense
Long-Term Care in the United States: Examining the Role of Socioeconomic Status
Doctoral Candidate Name: Lori Eberly Program: Health Services Research Defense Date and Time: April 10, 2024 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: CHHS 426 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Michael E. Thompsom Committee Members: Dr. Sarah Laditka, Dr. Redwan Bin Adbul Baten, Dr. Jeffrey Shears Abstract: My research examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and informal […]
Evolving to a New Genomics Segmentation Base
Doctoral Candidate Name: Camelia R. Taheri Protzel Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: March 26, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom link: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/98862945784 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Laura J. Stanley Committee Members: Dr. Shaoyin Du, Dr. Reginald Silver, Dr. Chandra Subramaniam Abstract: Advances in behavioral genetics provide a game-changing paradigm shift in […]
Utilization of an Early Warning Score to Initiate Proactive Rounding by the Rapid Response Team
Doctoral Candidate Name: Miranda Lanning Program: Doctor of Nursing Practice Defense Date and Time: March 21, 2024 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: CHHS 131 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Katherine Shue-McGuffin Committee Members: Dr. Tiffany Jackson, Dr. Erika Setliff, Dr. Abbey Fenwick Abstract: Millions of adverse events, including failure to rescue (FTR), occur around the world […]
Identifying a Construct Definition for Financial Stress
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tarya Bardwell Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: March 25, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Hybrid. Cone 109 and Zoom (https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/97512763114) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Eric Heggestad and Dr. Lisa Slattery Walker Committee Members: Dr. Linda Shanock, Dr. Camille Endacott, and Dr. Denis Arnold Abstract: Financial stress has received meager […]
EXPLORING HOW SELF-EFFICACY, WORKLOAD, AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT INTERRELATE WITH BURNOUT AMONG CHILD THERAPISTS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Olivia Tusa Fichtner Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: March 25, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: COED 110 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Foxx Committee Members: Dr. Post, Dr. Harris, Dr. Cox, Dr. Potochnick Abstract: The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report in 2022 revealed that almost a quarter […]
TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY CONTROL WITH CONNECTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY: DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING APPROACH
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tianjia Yang Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: April 1, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 3224 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wei Fan Committee Members: Dr. Wei Fan, Dr. Jay Wu, Dr. Mei Sun, Dr. Wenwu Tang, Dr. Don Chen Abstract: Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is a traffic […]
Subsystems of Shifts of Finite Type over Countable Amenable Groups
Doctoral Candidate Name: Robert Bland Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: March 26, 2024 – 2:15 PM Defense Location: Fretwell 315 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Kevin McGoff Committee Members: Dr. William Brian, Dr. Oleg Safronov, Dr. Erik Saule Abstract: This dissertation is primarily concerned with the subsystem problem for subshifts of finite type (SFTs) […]
AUTOMATING EXPECTATIONS: THE IMPACT OF AI ON PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Curtis Pollard Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: March 19, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/94464898844 Committee chair’s Name: Laura Stanley Committee Members: Dr. Justin Webb, Dr. Laura Madden, Dr. Reginald Silver Abstract: Psychological contracts (PCs) are a set of promises, obligations, and expectations between employees and employers within […]
A Narrative Inquiry into the Storied Lives of Birth through Kindergarten Licensed Early Childhood Educators
Doctoral Candidate Name: Amanda R. Vestal Program: Special Education Defense Date and Time: March 19, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: COED 110 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ann Mickelson Committee Members: Dr. Charles Wood, Dr. Kristi Godfrey-Hurrell, Dr. Lan Kolano Abstract: The quality of inclusion for young children with disabilities in early childhood learning environments […]
Using Constant Time Delay to Teach Use of Google Maps to Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jessica G. Rousey Program: Special Education Defense Date and Time: March 29, 2024 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: College of Education Room 110 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Leslie Ann Bross Committee Members: Dr. Charlie Wood, Dr. Gloria Campbell-Whatley, Dr. Bettie Ray Butler, Dr. Valerie Mazzotti Abstract: Planning for secondary transition includes identification […]