Gwynedd Mercy University
Class of 2020
School of Graduate and
Professional Studies
Dean: Mary Sortino, PsyD
Doctor of Education in
Educational Leadership
Elizabeth Ann Aldridge
Dissertation: Pennsylvania’s Accountability
Rating Systems: Principals’ Perceptions
Dissertation Advisor: Joan Evans, EdD
Katherine Louise Alstrin
Dissertation: Strategies to Improve
Individualized Educational Programming for
Students with Visual Impairments
Dissertation Advisor: Raymond Bandlow, PhD
Kathleen Marie Behan
Dissertation: A Study of Propriety College
Academic Leaders’ Perception of the Impact
of National Accreditation Standards on
Educational Quality
Dissertation Advisor: Kathleen Davis, PhD
Cynthia La Faye Bennett
Dissertation: Retention and Success Rates
Among African American Males Enrolled in
Community College: Factors That Affect Their
Academic Success
Dissertation Advisor: Carol Gruber, PhD
William Curtis Bowen^
Dissertation: Elementary Principals’ and
Special Education Supervisors’ Perceptions of
the Barriers to Implementing Inclusion
Dissertation Advisor: Michael McKenna, EdD
Victor Bernard Butler
Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Safety
and Security Measures on a Maryland
University Campus
Dissertation Advisor: Tamarah Smith, PhD
Tammy L. Campli
Dissertation: Transgender Youth in Education:
Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions
Dissertation Advisor: Charles Lambert, PhD
Terrell Jerome Clark^
Dissertation: Faculty and Staff Perceptions
of Barriers to Retention for African American
Men at a Community College
Dissertation Advisor:
Tiffany Cresswell-Yeager, PhD
Shabnam Shayegan Custer
Dissertation: Secondary School Teachers’
and Principals’ Perceptions of Professional
Development within the Induction Process
Dissertation Advisor: Jennifer Aucoin, PhD
Katherine Jarvis Hardy Failing
Dissertation: Progression, Satisfaction, and
Cost: Effects of Developmental Advising at a
Rural Minority-Serving Community College,
2017-2019
Dissertation Advisor:
Catherine Lombardozzi, EdD
Matthew B. Friedman
Dissertation: Evaluating District Leaders
Perceptions of Preparedness to Transition
from Traditional to Personalized Learning
Environments
Dissertation Advisor: Raymond Bandlow, PhD
Karen Ann Haney
Dissertation: Traditional versus Non-
Traditional Algebra 1 Mathematics Programs
and Their Related Effects on Student
Achievement on the Pennsylvania Algebra 1
Keystone Assessment
Dissertation Advisor:
Kellee Heim-McCloskey, EdD
Elizabeth Marie Hart
Dissertation: Students with Emotional
Disturbance: The Effects of a Restraint Setting
Vs. a Restraint Free Setting on Student
Behavior
Dissertation Advisor: Katie Marttila, EdD