The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
One Hundred and Eighth
May Commencement Program
May 14, 2000
Degree Candidates for Doctor of Philosophy
Jennifer Rae Adams
Greensboro, NC
Counseling and Counselor Education
An Examination of Reasons for Teacher-Initiated Contact
with the School Counselor by Family Structure, Gender, and Race
B.S.S.Ed., M.A., West Virginia University
Committee Chair - James M. Benshoff
Stephen J. Aragon
Statesville, NC
Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
The Underlying Structure of Emergency Room Satisfaction:
A Structural Equation Modeling Investigation
B.S., University of Tampa
M.A., The George Washington University
Committee Chair - Lloyd Bond
Karen A. Barnhardt
Bozeman, MT
Curriculum and Teaching
Negotiating Apocalypse: Toward a Genealogical
Environmental Practice for Activists and Educators
B.A., Carroll College
M.Ed., Eastern Montana College
Committee Chair - David E. Purpel
Irvin J. Besecker
Clemmons, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Teaching, Learning, and Transformation:
The Life Experiences of One Teacher
A.B., Earlham College
M.A., Ball State University
Committee Chair - Ulrich Reitzug
Barbara Rose Blackburn
Clemmons, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Barriers and Facilitators to Effective Staff Development:
Perceptions from Award-Winning Practitioners
B.S., M.A., Gardner-Webb College
Committee Chair - Gerald Ponder
Linda Ann Cope Bost
Statesville, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
The Secrets of Sisters: Understanding Women Administrators'
Existing Feminist Theories Through Personal Narrative
B.A., UNC at Greensboro
M.Ed., UNC at Charlotte
Ed.S., Appalachian State University
Committee Chair - Dale Brubaker
Laura Suzanne Wenig Boyles
Mooresville, NC
Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Exploration of a Retention Model
for Community College Students
B.A., Bluffton College
M.A., The Ohio State University
Committee Chair - Richard M. Jaeger
Kathleen Marie Connolly
Greensboro, NC
Counseling and Counselor Education
The Relationship Among Wellness,
Mattering, and Job Satisfaction
B.S., Loyola University of Chicago
M.A., DePaul University
Committee Chair - Jane Myers
Margaret Edwards Dailey
Clemmons, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
The Art of Healing in the Practice of Medicine
B.A., University of Missouri
M.P.H., University of South Florida
Committee Chair - David E. Purpel
Brian Jackson Dew
Greensboro, NC
Counseling and Counselor Education
The Relationship Among Internalized Homophobia,
Self-Disclosure, Self-Disclosure to Parents,
and Wellness in Adult Gay Males
B.A., Furman University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Committee Chair - Jane E. Myers
Teresa Behrend Fletcher
Greensboro, NC
Counseling and Counselor Education
The Effects of a Low-Element Challenge Program
on the Cohesion of a Women 's Collegiate Volleyball Team:
Implications for Adventure Based Counseling
B.B.A., Loyola University of Chicago
M.A., Northeastern Illinois University
Committee Chair - J. Scott Hinkle
James Mario Frabutt
Greensboro, NC
Human Development and Family Studies
Parenting Practices, Mother-child Relationship Style,
and Early Adolescents' Psychosocial Competence
in African American Families
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.S., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Carol MacKinnon-Lewis
Robin R. Ganzert
Winston Salem, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
The Effects of Financial Stress in Higher Education
B.S., M.B.A., Wake Forest University
Committee Chair - Gerald Ponder
Donna Mackey Gibson
Jamestown, NC
Counseling and Counselor Education
The Effect of Social Coping Resources and
Growth-Fostering Relationships on Infertility Stress in Women
B.A., M.S., S.S.P., Winthrop University
Committee Chair - Jane E. Myers
Paula Renee Grubbs
Winston Salem, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
The Effect of Multi-Age Grouping
on the Social Interaction of Young Children
with Disabilities in Integrated Classes
B.S., M.Ed., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Judith A. Niemeyer
Brenda Mann Hammack
Salem, VA
English
Marks of the Beast:
Degeneration Theory and Occult Literature
of Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries
B.A., M.A., Hollins College
Committee Chair - Mary Ellis Gibson
Susan Weathington Hines
Greensboro, NC
Music Education
The Effects of Motoric and Non-motoric Music Instruction
on Reading and Mathematics Achievements of Learning
Disabled Students in Kindergarten through Ninth Grade
B.M., Meredith College
M.M., C.A.S., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Patricia Sink
Sandra Reynolds Hodnette
Greenville, MS
Curriculum and Teaching
A New Landscape for the Academy:
Tracing the Development and Impact
of Feminist Philosophy in Higher Education Since 1960
B.S., The Florida State University
M.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University
Committee Chair - Bert Goldman
Justen Marie Infinito-Allocco
Greensboro, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Ethical Self-Formation and the Other:
A Philosophic Inquiry for Education
B.A., New York University
M.Ed., Montclair State University
Committee Chair - David E. Purpel
Marian Ann Lambros
Winston Salem, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Healing to Learn:
Mutuality in Relationships and Education
B.S., UNC at Chapel Hill
M.Ed., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - David E. Purpel
Michael Graham McElrath
Jamestown, NY
Curriculum and Teaching
Cause and Affect: Identifying the Dynamics of High-Functioning
Middle School Teams and the Perceived Impact
(of these teams) on the Well-Being of Students
B.A., Gannon University
Ed.M., Temple University
Committee Chair - John VanHoose
Martha Gimpel Miller
Greensboro, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Tevye's Daughters: Jewish Experience
and Women's Identity in the United States
B.S., University of Illinois
M.A., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Svi Shapiro
Katherine Bray Murphy
Ocean Ridge, FL
Curriculum and Teaching
Transforming Teachers through Care, Empowerment,
and Community: A Critique of Staff Development
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., The Johns Hopkins University
Committee Chair - David E. Purpel
Justine J. Reel
Greensboro, NC
Exercise and Sport Science
Body Image and Physical Self-Perceptions
among African-American and Caucasian Women
across the Adult Life Span
B.A., North Carolina State University
M.S., M.S., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Diane Gill
Dean Edwin Sprinkle
Statesville, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Decision-Making and the Community College President:
Exploring Indices from the Rorschach
B.A., North Carolina State University
M.A., Western Carolina University
Committee Chair - Bert Goldman
Mary Mills Stanford
Lexington, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Our Elusive Homes: Foster Children
and the Crisis of Belonging in a Postmodern World
B.A., Berea College
M.S.W., UNC at Chapel Hill
Committee Chair - Svi Shapiro
Jane Thompson Stephens
Winston Salem, NC
English
The Rhetoric of Women's Leadership
B.A., Vanderbilt University
M.A., UNC at Chapel Hill
Committee Chair - Hephzibah Roskelly
Gayle Marie Turner
Boone, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Care of Self and Care of Others:
Justice and Identity in Care Theory
A.B., Stanford University
M.I.T., Seattle University
Committee Chair - David Purpel
Erskine S. Walther
Greensboro, NC
Curriculum and Teaching
Relationships Between Student Satisfaction
and Student Retention in Higher Education
B.S., M.A., M.B.A., UNC at Greensboro
Committee Chair - Bert A. Goldman
