2019-2020 Doctoral Hooding Graduates

Class Marshals:

 

Name: Prabhdeep Sandha
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Nutrition and Hospitality Management, Emphasis Nutrition Policy
Dissertation Title: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PRODUCE INTAKE AND HEALTHY, HUNGER-FREE KIDS ACT, FREQUENCY OF SCHOOL MEAL CONSUMPTION, AND SCHOOL GRADE GROUPS OF U.S. SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: William Michael Cox
Degree: Ed.D.
Program: Education
Dissertation Title: Differential Semantics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of 2019-2020

College of Liberal Arts

Name: Jacqueline Nicole Gayton
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Chemistry
Dissertation Title: Cyanines, Squaraines, and Xanthene Based NIR Emissive Materials for Biological Imaging

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Marcella Gonçalves Santos
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Biology
Dissertation Title: Diversification in the Neotropics – evolution and population genetics of the armored catfish Hypancistrus sp. from the Xingu River

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Chaz Hyseni
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Biological Science
Dissertation Title: “Evolutionary history of subterranean termites in the geographic and ecological context of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States”

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Eric Gray Johnson
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Music Education
Dissertation Title: Where should they stand? A study of choral directors perceptions of singer formations used in an adjudicated choral festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:  Ashoka Karunarathne
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Physics
Dissertation Title: Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Studies of Poroelasticity in Porous Ceramics and Elasticity of Thermoelectric SnSe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kevin Yi-Wei Lin
Degree : Ph.D.
Academic Program: Physics and Astronomy
Dissertation Title: Nondestructive Evaluation of Solid Cargo inside Cylindrical Containers by Using Linear and Nonlinear Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Naga Arjun Sakthivel
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Chemistry
Dissertation Title: Aromatic Thiolate Protected Gold Nanomolecules: Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Allison M. Serraes
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: English
Dissertation Title: Carceral Matrix: Black Women’s Writing in Response to Mass Incarceration, 1963-2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Anne Katherine Spear
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: English
Dissertation Title: “Affecting Affective Meditation: Visionary Experience and Practice in the Late Middle Ages”

 

 

 

 

Name: Asmaa Taha
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Modern Language, Second Language Studies
Dissertation Title:  The Functions and Uses of the Discourse Marker bita:ʕ in Egyptian Arabic

 

 

 

Name: Roderick Vester
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Music Education
Dissertation Title: “African American Gospel Piano Style in the 21st Century: A Collective Case Study”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Laura Wilson
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: English
Dissertation Title: On Southern Soil: The Art and Ecology of Racial Uplift, 1895-1950

 

 

 

 

School of Engineering

Name: Riya Chatterjee
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation Title: INCORPORATION OF ACOUSTIC AND CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS TO BIOCHAR FOR POLLUTION ABATEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Prabodh Dahal
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Civil (Structural) Engineering
Dissertation Title: Incorporation of Post-Earthquake Fire (PEF) and Subsequent Aftershock for Multi-Hazard Analysis of Steel  Buildings

 

 

Name: Sanjiv Parajuli
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation Title: Application of Cellulose Nanocrystals for stabilizing liquid-liquid and gas-liquid interfaces in brine

 

 

 

 

School of Education

Name:  Chevonne A. Alston
Degree:  Ph.D
Academic Program:  Accountancy
Dissertation Title: CHARTER SCHOOLS: HOW DOES ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY DIFFER BETWEEN FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS?

 

 

 

 

Name:  Erica Avent
Degree :  Ed.D.
Academic Program:  Elementary Education
Dissertation Title:  Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline:  Barriers that Prevent Teachers of Color from Entering the Profession

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Amy Tate Barnett
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: MISSISSIPPI TEACHERS WHO ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED OR THOSE WITH ADVANCED DEGREES:  EFFECTS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Name:  Mavis L. Dawson
Degree:  Ed.D.
Program:  Higher Education
Dissertation Title: Can you hear me now? Overcoming Communication Barriers between Administrators, Students, and Staff from a Faculty Perspective

 

 

 

 

 

Name: E. Gray Flora IV
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: “Instant Schools: The Frenzied Formation and Early Days of the Mississippi Private School Association”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Duncan M. Gray
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: BUILDING EFFICACY IN EARLY-CAREER TEACHERS: AN APPLIED RESEARCH STUDY ON THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHER EFFICACY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Tyrone V. Hall
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: Applied Research Study To Increase The Number Of Proficient Sixth Grade Students Through Curriculum-Based Measurement Progress Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Sharon Renee Hudson
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: Developmental Education Courses and Student Achievement at a Mississippi Community College: A Descriptive and Correlational Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Deirdre Earline Huntley
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Ed Leadership K-12
Dissertation Title:  An Applied Research on Promoting Proficiency in Fourth-Grade Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kelley J. Jenkins
Degree: Ph.D
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: Transition Stories of Student Veterans

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kellie Ruth Logan
Degree: Ed.D.
Program:  K-12 Educational Leadership Program Educational Doctorate (Ed.D.) in Applied K-12 Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: Developing Co-Teaching Capacity Between General and Special Education Teachers Through Applied Research

 

 

 

 

Name: Cliff McCain
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: THE PREPAREDNESS OF FIRST-YEAR FOOTBALL STUDENT-ATHLETES IN ONLINE CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Jennifer Lea McClure
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: EXAMINING THE INFLUENCES OF UNIVERSITY IMAGE AND CAMPUS VISITS ON STUDENTS’ COLLEGE CHOICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: R.J. Morgan
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Education Leadership
Dissertation Title: THE CHARGER: A CASE STUDY OF LEADERSHIP DECISIONS AND THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NEWSPAPER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Phelton Cortez Moss
Degree: Ph.D
Academic Program: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: Teacher Perceptions of Opportunities for Leadership: A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Opportunities for Leadership to Recruit and Retain Teachers

 

 

 

 

 

Name:  Emily McClain Patty
Degree:   Ed.D.
Academic Program:  Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title:  Increasing Reading Proficiency at Peachtree Elementary School:  An Applied Research Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: LaQuita Smith-Parker
Degree: Ed.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: College Students’ Perceptions of a Support Program

 

 

 

 

Name: Jocelyn Tipton
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title:  Faculty use of open educational resources: Attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy as behavioral predictors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: April Thompson
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Higher Education
Dissertation Title: Learning Community Impact on Low-Socioeconomic Student Success in a 4-Year Public University

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Debra Ashe Ware
Degree: Ed.D.
Program: K-12 Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: Implementing READ 180 to Increase Reading Achievement and Improve Organizational Learning

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Rashunda Pitts-Alsberry Young
Degree: Ed.D
Academic Program: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Title: Activating Teacher Voice Through Distributed Leadership in Schools

 

 

 

 

 

 

School of Pharmacy

Name: Taghreed Majrashi
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Biomolecular Sciences division of Pharmacognosy
Dissertation title: “ Chemical and Biological Evaluations of Asimina triloba and Rollinia mucosa“

 

 

 

 

Name: Akash V. Patil
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences with Emphasis in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Dissertation Title: Novel Ophthalmic Formulations for Improved Natamycin Delivery in Fungal Infections of the Eye.

 

 

 

 

Name: Anitha Police
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dissertation Title: ‘Approaches to alleviate vigabatrin induced retinal toxicity’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Disha Prabhu
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacology)
Dissertation Title: IGF-1 regulation of Astrocytic Structure, Function and Cognition.

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Vijay Kumar Shankar
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences emphasis in Pharmaceutics
Dissertation Title: Effect of Sulfobutyl Ether β-Cyclodextrins on Oral and Dermal Pharmacokinetics of Drugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Corinne Sweeney
Degree: Ph.D
Academic Program: Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Dissertation Title: Development of an Ophthalmic Nanoemulsion Containing Δ⁹-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Valine-Hemisuccinate (THC-VHS; NB1111) for Management of Glaucoma

 

 

School of Business

 

Name: Ashley Morgan
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Business Administration, Marketing
Dissertation Title: What’s Next? The Intersection of Politics and Marketing: A Look at its Impact on Shareholder Wealth

 

 

 

 

Patterson School of Accountancy

Name:  Joshua L. Simer
Degree:  Ph.D.
Academic Program:  Accountancy
Dissertation Title:  The Effects of Eligibility Complexity and Incentive Structure on Taxpayer Behavior

 

 

 

 

 

 

School of Applied Sciences

Name: Matthew R. Frakes
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Dietary Intake on Concussion Recovery in Division I NCAA Athletes

 

 

 

 

Name: Corbit Franks
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Nutrition and hospitality management
Dissertation Title:  The effects of Nutrition, Hydration, Exertion, and Sleep on Injury and Illness in Female Collegiate Soccer Players

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kymberle Gordon
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Dissertation Title: EXPLORING THE FOOD AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENTS IN A RURAL, MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY: A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO ANALYZING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Katharine Leigh Halfacre-Cunningham
Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Program: Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Dissertation Title: Making the Cut: Nutrition, Hydration, & Performance in Combat Sports