Theses and Dissertations from Molloy's Graduate and Doctoral Programs; current programs include Business, Clinical Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Education, Music Therapy, Nursing, Social Work, and Speech-Language Pathology. All dissertations have been published through ProQuest's ETD Administrator software. The copyright for all thesis and dissertations is held by the author.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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A Phenomenological Investigation of Academic Momism: Perceptions of Female College Faculty’s Role Expectations in High-Stakes STEM Courses, Donna Cempa-Danziger

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A Thematic Analysis of the Clinician's Experience of Individual Music Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities with Older Adults, Jaycie Perretta

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Decolonizing my Classroom During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autoethnographic Study, Nadia Khan-Roopnarine

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‘Let Them Be Who They Are’: Discovering Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Oppressive Normativity and Their Practice of Celebrating Neurodiversity, Caitlin Sweetapple

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Mixed Method- How Do Medical-Surgical Nurses Provide Compassionate Care to Patients in the Face of Adversity?, Diane D. Kret

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Music Therapist Experiences of Meaningful Moments in Short-term Medical Settings: A Thematic Analysis, Haojie Lyu

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Passing the Camel through the Eye of the Needle: Documenting a Culture of Teacher Praxis at an Affluent Catholic High School, Nicholas S. Vasiliades

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Perceptions of Secondary Music Educators on the Transition to, and First Years of the Every Student Succeeds Act, Thomas Rizzuto

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Professional Development For Veteran Teachers: Let Them Speak!, Livia M. Gama Fagundes

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Seeing the World Through Their Eyes: The Impact of Place Attachment on Teachers' Understanding of Worldviews, Kathleen Murray

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The Connections in Relationships Among Autistic and Neurotypical Adolescents Participating in a Virtual, Inclusive, Performative Music Therapy Group, Laura Silvestain

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The Experience of Music Therapists Working with the Parents of Premature Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Harria Kim

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The Experiences of an Individual with Parkinson's Engaging in a Relationship-based, Improvisational Music Therapy Group, Daniel DeLucia

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The Non-verbal Expressions and Experiences of an Autistic Adolescent in Improvisational, Relationship-based Music Therapy, Naoko Funahashi

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The Role of Affinity Group Membership For Marginalized Music Therapy Students and Professionals, Fakoya A. Jack-Vilmar

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Toward a Transdisciplinary Model of Social Justice in Academic Librarianship: Promoting Critical Awareness within Advocates and Privileged Allies, Judith L. Brink Drescher

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Understanding the Homesick Experience Through the Narratives of First-Year College Residential Students, Talita Santos Ferrara

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Women in the Superintendency: A Phenomenological Study of Women Superintendents’ Perceptions of Social Capital, Victoria Catalano

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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A Descriptive Correlational Study of Factors Reported to Negatively Impact Memory in Women Who Have Received Treatment For Breast Cancer in Relation to COVID-19, Heather Reens

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A Meaningful Paradox of Color-Blind Racism and Racial Literacy: Understanding the Phenomena of White Women Teachers Educating Students of Color, Alaisa Rigoni Grudzinski

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A Narrative Inquiry: What Does It Mean to Be a Black Male Teacher?, Nathaniel Marner

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An Exploration of Music Therapists' Experience of Simultaneous Trauma During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Nadia Mary Flutie

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A Quantitative Analysis of Newly Practicing Nurses' Perceived Self-Efficacy, Assertiveness, and Interprofessional Collaboration, Janice Baglietto

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A Study on the Perception and Influence of Whiteness in White Music Therapists, Maria Abramovich

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Co-Creating a Culture of Belonging through the Relational Co-Teaching Framework: A Critical, Transformative Auto|Ethnography, Elizabeth L. Stein

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Deconstructing the Clinician: An Auto-Ethnographic Study, Nicole Moy and Natalia Alvarez-Figueroa

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Inpatient Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices of Infant Safe Sleep, Francince Bono-Neri

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Parents Raising Children with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities in Jamaica: A Grounded Theory Approach, Maureen Lowers-Roach

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Positioning Co-Teachers in an Integrated English as a New Language Class: Making Sense of Teaching Roles, Kelley E. Cordeiro

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Puppets in Music Therapy: A Qualitative Study, Kaitlyn Lewis

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Racial and Ethnic Representation in Music Therapy Education, Eden M. Medina

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Should Private Prisons in the U.S. be Abolished, Nancy Anzalone

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The Development of Therapeutic Alliance in Long-Term and Short-Term Music Therapy Treatment, Brooke Morris

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The Experience of Music Therapists in Delivering Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nicole Gelfand

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The Influences of Language Barriers in Music Therapy, Kohei Mori

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The Music Therapist’s Experience of Flow During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Kaitlyn Upshaw

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The Music Therapist's Experience of the Client-Therapist Relationship in Improvisational Voicework: An Interpretive Phenomenological Inquiry, Samantha Schick

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The Prevalence of Hip Hop Music in Music Therapy Education & Practice, Dannyele C. Crawford

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The Role of Telehealth in Music Therapy Practice During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic Through the Lens of the Music Therapist: A Survey, Brianne Brunick

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Toward an Understanding of Student Agency Within Institutional Dis/ableism: A Critical Phenomenological Study, Shalinie Sarju

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Understanding the Lived Fertility Preservation Experience from Diagnosis to the Start of Adjuvant Therapy: A Study of Young Breast Cancer Survivors, Kristine Ferrucci-Egan

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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A Culturally Situated Perspective of Music Therapy in Hungary, Sylvia E. Foldes-Berman

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A Narrative Analysis of Psychological Adjustments of Professionals Transitioning to Work Following Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA), Mabel Munachiso Korie

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A National Study of Undergraduate Nursing Students' Early Consideration of Doctoral Education: What Characteristics Predict Students' Report of Intention and Readiness to Continue Graduate Education toward the Doctorate?, Renee Lynn Buonaguro

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A Phenomenological Study of the Therapeutic Relationship in Tele-Music Therapy in the US, Kiyomi Kamiya Glover

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Enacting Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Diverse Secondary Classrooms: Teachers’ Perceptions, Preparation, Current Practices, and Challenges, Mariola Krol

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From Student to Practitioner: Formal Music Education’s Influence on The Practitioner’s Informed Music Therapy Practice, Daniel M. Salaway

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Global Citizens in the 21st-Century Classroom: A Mixed-Methods Study of Motivational Aspects of Global Awareness, Robert James Windorf

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Individual Characteristics and Shared Decision Making for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation, Patricia Nadraus

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Navigating the Experience of Burnout of Immigrant Music Therapists in the United States, Naeun Lee

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Neonatal Nurses' Perceptions of Providing Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Susan Di Nonno Chin

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Temporal Pain Pattern Sequencing in the Older Adult After Joint Replacement Surgery, Jennifer B. Withall

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The Relationahips between Health Behaviors of Women and Health Locus of Control among Black Caribbean Women and Black American Women with Hypertension, Camelle Charles

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The Role of Music in Personal Therapy in Advanced Music Therapy Training: A Self-Inquiry, Jan Mark Casco

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The Role of Personal Therapy for Chinese-Speaking Music Therapy Students: A Survey, Xinrui Liu

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The Role of Verbal Skills in Analytical Music Therapy, the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Elizabeth Ingram

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Dialogic Teaching in a Detracked High School ELA Class: "We Talk Here", Signy Emler

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Does the Theory of Reasoned Action Inform the Willingness of Individuals Undergoing Genetic Testing to Seek Disclosure of Incidental Findings Related to the Risk for Alzheimer Disease?, Alisa M. Forrest

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Exploring the Use of Marimba in Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lucas McCarren

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Male Nurses’ Experience Of Gender Stereotyping Over The Past Five Decades: A Narrative Approach, Michael W. Finnegan

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Religious Sister Educators: A Narrative Study Through a Feminist Lens, Lisa Peluso

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The Experience of Female Veterans’ Transitioning to Post—Active— Duty Health Care, Sarah A. Bradwisch

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The Experience of Songwriting in Music Therapy for Adults with Intellectual Disability, Jasper Lewis

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The Roles of Absorption in Music Therapy, Michael John Russo

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Towards an Understanding of the Testing Opt-Out Movement: Why Parents Choose to Opt Out or Opt In, Margaret Paladino

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Understanding Group Dynamics in DIR-Based Improvisational Music Therapy with Autistic Children, Anne Therese Crean

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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A Phenomenological Inquiry into an Autistic Adolescent's Experience in Relationship-based Music Therapy from the Perspectives of the Adolescent and Parent, Diana N. Abourafeh

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A Survey of Music Therapists Working in Acute Care, Adult Psychiatric Facilities in the United States: Theoretical Orientations and Practices, Jon Reichert

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Clinical Intuition in Improvisational Music Therapy: A Phenomenological Study of the Relationship between Intuition and Music, Nick Farr

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Factors Associated with College Students' Willingness and Readiness to Act in a Food Allergic Emergency, Olga Kagan

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Health Information Security and Privacy: A Social Science Exploration of Nurses' Knowledge and Risk Behaviors with Security and Privacy Issues Focusing on Mobile Device Usage, Keith Richard Weiner

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Maternal Child Health Nurses' Care of the Opioid Addicted Mother and Infant: A Grounded Theory Study, Alice Marie Nash

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Millenial Nurses Connecting with Patients in the 21st Century: A Phenomenological StudyH, Heather Caramanzana

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The Relationship of Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy to Breastfeeding Duration and Breastfeeding Exclusivity of Full-Term Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed Method Study, Karen Hylton-McGuire

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The Role of Entrainment on an Older Adult’s Stress and Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Study, Francesca Brennan

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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A Closer Exploration of Therapeutic Relationship through a Musical Mediuem: An Arts-Based Research Study, Michael Kelliher

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A Comparison of Two Debriefing Methods on Clinical Reasoning Outcomes, Learner Satisfaction with Debriefing and Reflection, Clinical Learning and Clinical Reasoning, and Psychological Safety of Nurse Orientees in Simulation-Based Education, Lori Persico

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An Analysis of Burnout and Music Therapy Methodologies, Samara Berry

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An Exploration of Creative Arts-Based Self-Care Practices among Music Therapy Students, Marion Kaiser

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A Teacher's Experience in Improvisational Music Therapy with her Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Inbar A. Kaplan

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Factors Influencing the Perceived Stressors of New Graduate Nurses Transitioning into Acute Care Settings: A Secondary Data Analysis, Eileen K. Mahler

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Middle school students’ knowledge of skin cancer, sun protective behaviors, and perceptions of acquiring skin cancer., Anna George

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Mothers Voices: The Lived Experience of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America Milk Donor, Laura Marie Dambra-Candelaria

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Professional Moral Courage (PMC) Scale in a Nurse Executive Population, Joanne Connor

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The Impact of a Degree in Music Education on Music Therapy Professional Practice: A Qualitative Interview Study, Katherine Glathar

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The Lived Experience of Relationship Transition in Significant Others Caring for a Partner with Younger Onset Dementia, Diane Peyser

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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An Exploration of Music Therapists' Perspectives on Preventing and Treating Postpartum Depression, Chengcheng Du

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Effects of Undergraduate Nursing Student-Preceptor Relationship on the Student's Self-Reported Clinical Competence, Self-Esteem, and Readiness to Work as a Registered Nurse (RN), Gloria N. Otoo

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Exploring the use of the bass guitar as a clinical instrument within music-centered practice, Matthew J. Brady

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Faith-Based Leaders Caring for Older Adults in a Natural Disaster: A Study of Hurricane Sandy, Mercy Joseph

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Music Therapy with Adolescents in Crisis in America and Korea : A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Seulgi Kim

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Nurses’ Perceptions of Importance and Achievability of the Ten Attributes of Health Literate Healthcare Organizations in their Institutions: A Descriptive Study, Anna Ten Napel

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Parents’ Experiences of Music Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Naoko Mizutani

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Patient Complexity Factors and their Influence on Nurses' Perception of Staffing Adequacy, Margaret M. Duffy

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The Experience of Countertransference for Music Therapists when Working with Children with Developmental Disabilities, Carly Caprioli

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The Function of Improvised Song Creation for Individuals with ASD in Formation of Identity: A Grounded Theory Investigation, Jesse Asch

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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A Grounded Theory Study of How Parents Made the Decision about Residential Group Home Placement for their Adult Child with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Laura A. Sardinia-Prager

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Clinical Supervisors' Experience with Conflict with Music Therapy Interns, Joanna M. Kelly

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Exploring the Implications of Resource-Oriented Music Therapy for Medical Practice, Jacqueline M. Christen

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The Experiences of Music Therapists Developing Music Therapy Programs in New York State Public Schools, Michelle Kovacs