Graduate Student Research

The Graduate Student Conference Presentation Grant provides funding for graduate students to present their scholarly work at professional meetings and conferences.

Graduate Student Grant Guidelines & Application

Grant Recipients

  • 2023-2024

    Kealsey Beecham (Doctor of Social Work)

    Domestic Violence Service Adequacy in Urban vs. Rural Pennsylvania

     Amelia Coates (MA Arts Administration)

    The Responsibility of Museum Educators to Address Provenance: A Review of The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks

     Mallie Culpepper-Yablonsky (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    Culturally Integrating Nuestra Juventud: Understanding Spanish-speaking Multilingual Learners through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

     Elliot Elbaum (MA Marriage, Couple, & Family Counseling)

    College Counseling in a Post-Covid Era

     Alice Fischer (Doctor of Social Work)

    Developing an Academic School Social Work Research Center: A Partnership with the Practice Community

     ElisaBeth Hutchinson (MA Marriage, Couple, & Family Counseling)

    Practice Across State Lines: Ethics in the Context of the Compact

     Beth Lattanzi (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    Exploring the Representation of Diversity Within a Professor’s Personal Classroom Book Collection: How a Professor and Students Experienced the Effects of DEI Instruction and an Equity Audit

     Melissa Moxley (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    More Than Just Checking a Box: Teachers' Experiences of Equity-focused Professional Learning

     Giovanni Negron-Garcia (M.Ed. Student Affairs / Higher Education)

    Intergroup Dialogue and Advancing DEI in Higher Education (and Beyond)

     Tessa Palmer (Doctor of Social Work)

    The Benefits of Nature-Based Education

    Jaclyn Rodick (M.Ed. Student Affairs / Higher Education)
    Aaron Springer (M.Ed. Student Affairs / Higher Education)

    Fostering a Culture of Collaboration in the Widening Skills Gap

    Rachel Rubright (MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling)

    Outside In: An Indoor Model for Ecotherapy in the Treatment of Trauma

    Jessica Smith (M.Ed. Student Affairs / Higher Education)
    Erica Nemitz (M.Ed. Student Affairs / Higher Education)

    Restructuring the Path of Return: Post-Pandemic Effects on Students' Mental Health in Higher Education and Its Impact on Student Affairs

    Christopher Thomas (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    Equity in Focus: Empowering Teachers for Transformational Change

    Mara Thompson (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    Hidden Meanings in Elementary Instrumental Music Method Books: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

    Rachael Van Doren (MS School Counseling Licensure)

    Practice Across State Lines: Ethics in the Context of the Compact

    Marissa Wallace (Education Doctorate in Transformational Teaching and Learning)

    Equity in Focus: Empowering Teachers for Transformational Change

    Enock Yeboah (MED SEU/CURR & INSTR)

    Standardized Test as a Form of Gatekeeping in Ghana

  • 2022-2023

    Jay Boyer (MA English)

    Player or Pawn? Culpability within Found Footage Inspired Video Games

    Adam Christian (MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling)

    A Neuroscience-Informed Guiding Metaphor for Graduate Counseling Students

    Bailey Higgins (DSW Social Work)

    Without a Village: Motherhood, Child Care, and COVID-19

    Lakshmi Nair Kanangottu (MA Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling)

    Radical Engagement of Refugee Families within a Collaborative, Community-Base Clinical Trauma Counseling Program: Three Case Illustrations

    Heather Miller (DSW Social Work)

    Connections is Key! Supporting Older Youth Transitioning from Foster Care

    Jordan Pettit (MS School Counseling Licensure)

    Motivating Factors for Kindness in High School Youth; Does Observation of Kind Acts Increase Subjective Happiness and Optimism?

    Victoria Smurthwaite (MA English)

    Dead at the Mountain’s Feet: Blame and Vengeance in Dwarven and Human Ruins

    Melissa Stough (Student Affairs in Higher Education)

    From Private to Public: The Transfer Student Experience

  • 2021-2022

    Brian Fritz (Clinical Mental Health Counseling)

    Money Scripts in Counseling: Empowering Clients to be Financially Well

    Emonie Reviere (Clinical Mental Health Counseling)

    Money Scripts in Counseling: Empowering Clients to be Financially Well

    Mike Turrell (School Counseling Licensure)

    Money Scripts in Counseling: Empowering Clients to be Financially Well

  • 2020-2021

    Alexis Williams (Student Affairs in Higher Education)

    Closing the Loop from Honors Students to Honors Professional

  • 2019-2020

    Rachel Bernini (DSW)

    Understanding the Impact of Education on the Effectiveness of Supervision

    Erin Brown (EdD)

    The Effect of Differentiated Instruction on Education Trainees at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

    Megan Deptula (Mental Health Counseling)

    Effects of Experiential Education Processes Upon Different Types of Learning

    Marlene Fares (EdD)

    Using Our Voices: Advocating for Community and Social Justice

    Amanda Fink (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Four A Model for Addiction Treatment

    Barbe Fogarty (DSW)

    Understanding the Impacts of Mutual Solidarity Microfinance Groups on Community Well-being in Rural Haiti

    Paige Lilly-Ivens (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Four A Model for Addiction Treatment

    Leila Little (EdD)

    Using Our Voices: Advocating for Community and Social Justice

    Ikechukwu Okorji (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Four A Model for Addiction Treatment

    Emily Pisco (EdD)

    Using Our Voices: Advocating for Community and Social Justice

    Eric Rusiewicz (Mental Health Counseling)

    Effects of Experiential Education Processes Upon Different Types of Learning

    Megan Stehman (English)

    The Purple Man and His Words: Consent and Agency in Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’

    Nikki Talarico (Mental Health Counseling)

    Anxiety in Athletes: Not all are the same

    Cesar Velasquez (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Four A Model for Addiction Treatment

    Ian Wagner (Mental Health Counseling)

    Transgender Emergence: A Journey Toward Leadership and Advocacy

    Amber Weber (MSW/MPA)

    Sensory Rooms: What We Know and What is to Come

  • 2018-2019

    Maria Aguiar (Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling)

    The Ethics of Disaster Mental Health: Disillusionment Among First Responders

    David Eltz (English)

    (Super) Collisions of the Static and Moving Image

    Marlene Fares (EdD)

    Advising as Teaching: The Effect of Academic Advising on the Success of Freshmen Exploratory Studies Students

    Barbe Fogarty (DSW)

    Utilizing a Multi-disciplinary Framework for Analyzing and Developing Family-centered Public Policies

    Diane Irish (DSW)

    Educational Intervention with Families Experiencing Homelessness

    Laura Johnson (Mental Health Counseling)

    The Ethics of Disaster Mental Health: Disillusionment Among First Responders

    Judy Lin (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Ethics of Disaster Mental Health: Disillusionment Among First Responders

    Leila Little (EdD)

    How we got Here: Testimonios of Latina Educators

    Evelyn Lopez (Mental Health Counseling)

    The Ethics of Disaster Mental Health: Disillusionment Among First Responders

    Lisa Lowrie (DSW)

    Exploring the Risk and Protective Factors Surrounding Digital Communication in Human Services

    Aubrey Manmiller (School Counseling Licensure)

    The Ethics of Disaster Mental Health: Disillusionment Among First Responders

    Bonnie Marsh (DSW)

    Impact of Supervision and Management on Casework Retention

    Lauren Masemore (Counselor Education)

    Enhancing Pedagogy and Supervision through Neuroscience Technology

    Taylor Person (MSW)

    Understanding the Significance and Impacts of Historical Trauma in the Black Community

    Emily Pisco (EdD)

    Developing Critical Epistemologies as New Practitioner Scholars in an Ed.D. Program

    Edward Probasco (English)

    On Shakespeare and Sleep: A Defamiliarizing Approach to the Loss of Innocence

    Felishatee Rodriguez (Mental Health Counseling)

    Enhancing Pedagogy and Supervision Through Neuroscience Technology

    Erica Smith (English)

    The Ghost of Jim Crow is Everywhere: Women of Color in Today’s University

    William Starkey (MFA)

    Using Design Processes and Thinking to Ensure Usability

    Megan Stehman (English)

    Jessica Jones’ Kilgrave: The Villain as a Rape Allegory and Personification of Mental Disorders

    Rebekah Stem (Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling)

    A Pennsylvania School Counselor’s Guide to Applying for Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) Using the K-12 (339) Guidance Plan

    Amanda Svetlak (Arts Administration)

    Tuscan Treasure – A Case Study of Object, Legend, and Culture in Chiusdino, Italy

    Roxanne Taglienti (School Counseling Licensure)

    A Pennsylvania School Counselor’s Guide to Applying for Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) Using the K-12 (339) Guidance Plan

    Patricia Tinsman (EdD)

    Developing Critical Epistemologies as New Practitioner Scholars in an Ed.D. Program

    Robyn Weaver (MSW)

    Understanding the Impacts of Mutual Solidarity Microfinance Groups on Community Well-being in Rural Haiti

    Ashley Womer (Mental Health Counseling)

    Enhancing Pedagogy and Supervision through Neuroscience Technology