Student Projects
Read about the projects that students completed in recent years, which were ranked highly by our faculty.
The following projects were dissertation research by students completing their Ph.D. in therapeutic science from the University of Kansas.
| Student | Year | Dissertation Chair(s) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Behrens | 2022 | Lisa Mische Lawson | Exploring Home Visitors’ Use and Perceptions of Developmental Monitoring: A Mixed Methods Study |
| Caitin Lisk | 2021 | Lisa Mische Lawson | Investigating Human-animal Interactiopns in Homes of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Mixed Methods Approach |
| Alana Manson | 2020 | Evan Dean & Lisa Mische Lawson | Unraveling Clusters of Influential and Sex-Specific Risk Factors in the Progression to Alzheimer's Disease |
| Julie Broski | 2019 | Winnie Dunn & Lisa Mische Lawson | Critical Insights: Incidents that Help and Hinder Parents’ Transition Related to Their Child’s Developmental Diagnosis |
| Dua'a Alwawi | 2018 | Evan Dean & Lisa Mische Lawson | A Qualitative Study of Stroke Survivors' Experience of Sensory Changes |
| Ala’a F. Jaber | 2018 | Jeff Radel | Predictive Models of Functional Performance Following Stroke |
| Anna Wallisch | 2018 | Winnie Dunn & Jeff Radel | Early Identification in Autism: Subtypes Based on Child, Family, and Community Characteristics |
| Mark Burghart | 2018 | Jeff Radel | Predicting Length of Care Following Concussion |
| Noor Ismael | 2017 | Lisa Mische-Lawson | Effects of Sensory Processing Patterns on Social Skills and Problem Behaviors |
| Kylea Shoemaker | 2017 | Winnie Dunn & Jeff Radel | Early Adolescent Perceptions Regarding Sources of Secual Health Information |
| Keenan Stump | 2017 | Winnie Dunn | Children with Autism Wearing Action Cameras: Changing Parent/Child Interactions Using Point-of-View Video Modeling |
| Angela Labrie Blackwell | 2015 | Winnie Dunn | The Ready Class project: An Examination of a Tier I Intervention in the Early Childhood Classroom. A Protest and Posttest Control Group Design |
| Matt Braun | 2015 | Winnie Dunn | Evaluating Graduate Student Writing: Do Students Write from a Strengths Perspective? |
| Kelly Trowbridge | 2015 | Lisa Mische-Lawson | A Preliminary Investigation of Compressed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (Cmbsr) with Pediatric Medical Social Workers |
| Shatonda Jones | 2015 | Jeff Radel | Anticipated Response of African Americans to Stroke Symptoms |
| Lindsey G.Jarrett | 2015 | Winnie Dunn | Exploring the Impact of Service Learning on Interprofessional Practices of OTs |
| Areum Han | 2015 | Jeff Radel | The Benefits of a Person-centered Social Program for Community-dwelling People with Dementia and their Caregivers: Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis |
| Evan Dean | 2015 | Winnie Dunn | Sensory Processing Predictors of Challenging Behavior |
| Andy J. Wu | 2013 | Jeff Radel | Rehabilitation Outcome Following Acute Stroke: Considering Ideomotor Apraxia |
| Ji-Hyuk Park | 2010 | S. Omar Ahmad | A Comparison of 2D Image Analysis and Design-based Stereology for Evaluating Morphological and Anatomical Changes in the Dopaminergic System of the Rodent Midbrain |
| Nancy W. Spangler | 2010 | Jeff Radel | Employer Perspectives on Stress Intervention and Resilience Building: A Qualitative Study |
| Jeannine R. Getz | 2008 | Tana Brown & Jeff Radel | Exploring Food Insecurity Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study |
| Fidaa Almomani | 2007 | Tana Brown | The Effects of an Oral Health Promotion Program in People with Serious Mental Illness |
| Kathy Davis | 2007 | Joan McDowd | The School Experience: Perceptions of Long-Term Survivors of Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Bone Cancers |
| Mohammed S. Hasan | 2006 | Joan McDowd | Memory for Actions in Stroke Survivors: A Rehabilitative Approach |
| Lisa Mische Lawson | 2006 | Winnie Dunn | The Relationship Between Sensory Processing Patterns and Play Preferences of Young Children |
| Bethene Gregg | 2005 | Joan McDowd | Impact of Nocturnal Hypoxemia on Reaction Time and Sleepiness in OSAS |
| Debra Daniels | 2003 | Winnie Dunn | The Relationship Between Sensory Processing and Temperament in Young Children |