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Theses from 2023
Higher Spanier Groups, Johnny Aceti
The King and The Chariot, Krista Antenucci
Plurality and Epistemic Injustice: A Neo-Arendtian Reading of Miranda Fricker's Epistemic Injustice, David Casciola
College Students' Emotional Response to Social Distancing Measures During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Diary Study, Jaycie Clerico
Arendt and Christianity: On Love and the World, Logan Andrew Daly
True Crime in Short Stories: A New Era in the Fiction Genre, Diana M. Dopheide
Philadelphia Before I-95: Uncovering the Lost Wealth and Neighborhoods Destroyed by the Delaware Expressway, Don Edmonds
Books we should actually burn: why history textbooks are best left on the shelves, Troy Everly
Parent Anger Relates to Cortisol Elevations for Children Attending Head Start Preschool, Jamie Gensbauer
A Case for Critical Pedagogical Study for Developing Music Educators, Kelly Gumble
Delineating a Stream Network at Gale Crater, Mars, on ArcGIS Pro: A Geographic Information Systems Approach, Elpidio Guzman De La Cruz
Facing Eco-Anxiety in Education: Empowering Educators with Collective Action, Emotionality, and Transformative Pedagogical Practices, Tessa Jackson
The Effects of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Sarah Johnson
Critical Latino Studies: Combatting the (Mis)Education of Latino Students in U.S. Public Schools, Heidi Kern
Does Encouraging Use of Self-testing in an Introductory Psychology Course Increase Effective Study Behaviors?, James Koppenhofer
N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, And The American Imagination: Medieval Myth In 19th- And 20th- Century Children’s Literature, Alyssa Kowalick
Trauma Exposure Relates to Cortisol Levels for Children Attending Head Start Preschool, Alyssa Michniewicz
The Effects of Repeated Sub-Concussive Impacts on Reaction Time Across a Football Season, Theodore Mostellar
Tales by Hearthlight, Ronald Pizzini
Linguistically Diverse Writers and the Shaping of a Scholarly Ethos: Rhetorical Listening as a Strategy in Composition Pedagogy, Ashlynn T. Rader
The Effect of Continuity on Team Performance in the NFL, Tyler Sarge
Educating the Whole Child: Using a Holistic Education Approach and Mindfulness in the Classroom, JULIE STRITTMATTER
Transformative Social Emotional Learning: A Call to Heal the Effects of Racial Trauma on Identity and Self-Efficacy, Elizabeth Trostle
Thriller on Canvas, Devon West
Theses from 2022
Empowering Silenced Voices: Implementing Critical Pedagogy to Move Toward Decolonizing Music Education, Alexis Adams
Orgasm is Impossible without Go Rams: The Need for Comprehensive, Inclusive, Accessible, & Trauma-Informed Sexual Health Education Among College Students, Jai-La M. Aponte
The Goat: Rescoring a Buster Keaton Classic, Shannon Bradley
More than Just a Seat at the Table: Shared Governance for Graduate Student Mentorship, Katherine Canazzi
Cultivating Community Stewards: Wellbeing, Belonging, and the Campus Garden, Katherine Clay
Nauseated, Anguished and Ashamed: Where Did Sartre Go Wrong?, Douglas Contri
Evaluation of OASL and HERC5’s role in the non-lytic clearance of influenza A virus from club cells, Steve Crisafulli
Culture/Capital A Speculative Consideration of James Joyce's Ulysses, Audrey del Grosso
Queer Composition: A Guide to Knowing and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students, Cara Fordenbacher
Grades Do Not Define You: Mindfulness-Based Intervention Effects on College Students' Self-Efficacy, Health, and Wellbeing, Jayla Godfrey
The Status of Women: Female Gender Associations in West Chester University’s School of Music Archive, Katharine Godfrey
The Office of Bereavement Support: An Intervention to Support Grieving Students, Gabriellia Hartz
Evaluation of Psychiatric Disorders in College Students at West Chester University: Underlying Genetics and the Effect of COVID-19, Madison James
Well, What Are You Going To Do With That?: Combating the Corporatized University Through Transformative, Holistic Career Education, Alexandra Karlesses
The Jacobiad: Extracts from a Queer Fantasy Novel, Donald "Ian" Kertis
Using Survival Analysis Techniques to Examine the Relationship Between Personality Facets and Employee Turnover, Devon Kinsey
PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PLACE-BASED EDUCATION: A STUDENT LED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, Briana LaFratte
Psalm Cycle, Andrew Lenko
Filling in the Gaps: The Hidden Supervision Curriculum, Gianna Machado
The Black Experience at a Predominately White Institution (PWI)., Jamir Mallory
Improving Perceptions of On-Campus Activism: Preparing Student Affairs Professionals to Support Student Activists, Kathryn Melvin
Analysis of Pelvic Alignment Patterns Utilizing the Postural Restoration Institution Approach, Marisa Mills
Sweat rate and Sweat Electrolyte Concentrations in Football Players During Exercise in Cool versus Warm Environmental Conditions: A Cross Over Study, Nicholas Mobile
Unique Lifting to a Functor, Mark Myers
The Effect of Ethanol on Cellular Movements and Development in C. elegans, Caitlin N. O'Connor
Investigating the development of alcohol tolerance by the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, Vaughn Perveiler
The Relationship between Mentoring and Leadership, Amanda Pickett
Emerging understory dominants in Eastern deciduous forests: quantifying photosynthetic induction and sunfleck responses, Sarah Polohovich
Utilizing the Arts as a Tool for Re-Humanization within a Neoliberal University: A Call to Student Affairs Practitioners, Catherine Purcell
"Don't Let Your Schooling Interfere with Your Education:" A Comprehensive Look at Co-Curricular Involvement and Advising, MaryClare Rae
An Evaluation of Student Government: Diminishing the Disconnect between Student Government Organizations and their Constituencies, Elizabeth Roberts
Creating Connections to Enhance International Student Sense of Belonging, Emily Quinn Rooney
A GIS Analysis of Potential Wetland Mitigation Opportunities in the Brandywine Creek Watershed, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Shannon Ryan
Effect of Metal-containing Nanoparticles on Bacterial Biofilms and on the Microbiome of Girardia tigrina, Azar Saikali
The Sadie Alexander Project: A Professional Development Mandate for Student Affairs Professionals, Lauren Sealy
Development of Hemic Neoplasia in the Soft-Shell Clam (Mya arenaria) Along the East Coast of the United States, Nicole B. Seitz
Comparison of Landing Biomechanics Between Different Competitive Levels of Irish Dance, Jade Shields
The Provis Lotteries, Sara Skipp
Visual Arts Activities Relate to Cortisol and Observed Interest for Preschool Children, Suzanne Varnell
Maternal Drivers of Reproductive Output in the Lizard Family Scincidae: A Phylogenetic Comparative Approach, William Zang
Theses from 2021
Growth Mindset Scholars: A Growth Mindset Community Intervention for a First-Year Experience, Robert Anderson
Where are the New Detectives?: Unraveling Murder Mystery Conventions, Janet Zinser Arey
Inclusive Campus Recreation: Creating a Space Where All Belong, Emelia Bebee
Responding To Campus Bias And Hate: A Proactive Way To Protect Marginalized Students From Race-Based Trauma, Lezlie Blair
Money is Not Enough: Additional Support for Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds, Jordan Burick
Reciprocity, Ambiguity, and Conversion: Towards a New Ecofeminism, Elizabeth Cook
About Automorphisms of Some Finite Groups, Sarah Emery
POLARIS: Guiding Students on their Journey to Global Citizenship, Tanna Frank
The Effects of Repeated Sub-Concussive Impacts on Reaction Time Across Football Seasons, Kate Gaglias
Moustradamus, Jeremiah Glass
SOAR: A Holistic Approach to Supporting Survivors, Sabrina Glass
Learning While Black: Creating Access to Graduate School for Black Students, Hassan Gomes
Making Mindful Moments: Encouraging Self-Care Practices with Resident Assistants, Michael Herbison
Playing Pong Using Q-Learning, Akash Kumar
We Belong Together, Selene Lacayo
Exodus, Klaudellsh Larieux
Viewing the Whole Student: Creating Access by Incorporating a Holistic Review Method in Higher Education Admissions, Delaney Logan
Stranger Down the Hall, Annie Lowenthal
A Community of Friends: A Proposal for a Supportive Living Learning Community Centered on Body, Mind, and Soul, Stefan Martyniak
First to Finish: Supporting First-Generation Students of Color, Allena McCloud
Housing 365: A Response Rooted in Supporting Students During Academic Breaks, Abigail McCourt
“But everyone does it!”: A Look into the Psychosexual Outcomes of Pornography Use in College-aged Men and Women, Rose-Sienna Medina
Shared Tensions: High Modernist Poetry as the Precursor of Extreme Metal Artists’ Cultural Engagement and Critique, Jacob Mensinger
Institutional Continuity: The Impact of Crisis Preparedness and Technology on Marginalized Students, Heather Mitchell
Effects of Artificial Enrichment on Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Activity Budgets, Angela Perretti
Interrupting the Urgency of the Undecided Student: An Intentional Advising Approach, Nicole Phillips