Research & Sponsored Programs Report ResearchAnnual201819-electronic

Student research projects are an integral part of UWF's academic experience. The following UWF graduate students successfully completed graduate research experiences in 2018. Dissertations Student, Title Department..................................................................................................................................................... Advisor Andrea Bishop, Exploring Student Persistence Factors among Undergraduate College Students: Student Intent and Departure Department of Research and Advanced Studies............................................Dr. Carla Thompson Maureen Howard, High Intensity Interval Training in a Natural Setting: A Hope Theory Application Department of Movement Sciences and Health........................................................Dr. Debra Vinci Dianne Harris, Integrating the Theories of Neuman and Rotter in the Preparation of Nurses Department of Research and Advanced Studies............................................Dr. Carla Thompson Nadia Mohandessi, Investigating the Deployment Experience, Cognitive Function, and Self-Efficacy of Tabletop Exercise Participants Department of Instructional, Workforce and Applied Technology............... Dr. Byron Havard Shelby Vaughn, Online Doctoral Student Satisfaction as Influenced by Personality and Transactional Distance Department of Research and Advanced Studies....................................... Dr. Katherine Johnson Melinda Mixon, Exploring Adult Learner Characteristics and Personalities: Integrated Framework of Knowles and Holland Department of Research and Advanced Studies............................................Dr. Carla Thompson Joc Calloway, Female Experiences in Math Courses at a Florida College Using Stereotype Threat Department of Research and Advanced Studies................................................Dr. Patricia Wentz Corey Nagle, A Multiple Case Study: Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in Middle Level Science Classrooms School of Education...........................................................................................................Dr. John Pecore John Woods, Connecting Social Studies and Power: Examining Fayette County’s Freedom Village Department of Research and Advanced Studies................................................Dr. Patricia Wentz Carlos Arango Paternina, Social Support Network for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adolescents Department of Movement Sciences and Health............................................. Dr. John Todorovich Stefan Vaughn, An Examination of Ethnocultural Empathy in Campus Policing Department of Research and Advanced Studies....................................... Dr. Katherine Johnson Wendy Schamber, Relating Student Perceptions of Parent Attitudes to Student Motivation for Learning Mathematics School of Education................................................................................. Dr. Giang-Ngyuyen Ngyuyen Debra Mitchell, Effects of a Nutritional Education Video Game on High School Students School of Education........................................................................................................ Dr. Byron Havard Theses Student, Title Department..................................................................................................................................................... Advisor Stephanie LaGassé Valle, The Impossibility of Coexistence: Constraining Womanhood in Sense and Sensibility and Hope Leslie Department of English....................................................................................................Dr. Kelly Bushnell Terry Griner, “Sailing on the Cloud of Science”: Sensibility and Science in Ann Yearsley’s Poems on Several Occasions Department of English..................................................................................................... Dr. David Baulch Kara Griffith, Music and Punctuation: Blending Formal and Rhetorical Grammar Department of English............................................................................ Dr. Regina Sakalarios-Rogers Kent Langham, Baptized by Fire: Appalachian Pentecostalism in Robert Morgan’s Poetry Department of English....................................................................................................Dr. Kelly Bushnell Kendra Brooks, Changes in Primary Production, Nutrient Fluxes, and Rates of Succession Following the Deployment of an Artificial Reef System in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico Department of Biology......................................................................................................Dr. Jane Caffrey Rebecca Foglietti, A Comparative Climatology of Tornado Outbreaks and Outbreak Variability in the U.S.A. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences..........................................Dr. Jason Ortegren Patrick Loper, Burcayda Department of English............................................................................ Dr. Regina Sakalarios-Rogers John Duany, Training Mindfulness and Concentration to Improve Situation Awareness and Attention in Older Drivers Department of Psychology...............................................................................................Dr. Steven Kass Katelyn Knight, Temporal Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Department of Biology.................................................................................................... Dr. Wade Jeffrey Guangyun Liu, Electroencephalographic (EEG) Measurements of Physiological Stress Reduction: A Comparison between Mindfulness, Meditation, and Relaxing Music Department of Psychology.....................................................................................Dr. Carolyn Pritchett 22 2018-2019 Research Annual Report

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