Dissertation Awards
Dissertation Awards
The Tondow Award
The Tondow Award is presented to a student in the PhD program and is given in honor of Dr. Murray Tondow, a revered psychologist, former PAU faculty member, and the visionary behind several psychological assessment and technology companies. Dr. Tondow was a pioneer in leveraging technology in education, psychology, and counseling.
The Koopman Award
The Koopman Award is bestowed upon a student in the PsyD program and is named in honor of Dr. Cheryl Koopman. Dr. Koopman, was a cherished teacher and mentor, who made significant contributions to the understanding of stress and health in the social and political context. Her dedication as a dissertation mentor and her impact on countless students and trainees are commemorated through this award.
Past Winners & Links to dissertations* |
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1988 |
Corbin |
Shauna |
PhD |
Factors affecting long-term similarities & differences among siblings following parental divorce. |
10055 |
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1989 |
Griggs |
Thomas |
Shelden |
PhD |
Moral judgement in opposing responses to the nuclear arms race. |
10103 |
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1990 |
Bleiberg Jacobson |
Deborah |
PhD |
Socioemotional adjustment and social cognitive abilities of subtypes of learning disabled boys as compared to normally achieving and low achieving boys. |
10130 |
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1991 |
Papineau |
Marie |
PhD |
Spousal bereavement: an analysis of ways of coping used by elderly widows and widowers. |
55430 |
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1992 |
Smith |
Kevin |
Gene |
PhD |
Optimism, self-consciousness, and coping with AIDS and cancer. |
10276 |
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1993 |
Spring Jacobs |
Pamela |
PhD |
Features of the self in adults raised in alcoholic families. |
10129 |
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1994 |
Eliou |
Zoi |
Dorit |
PhD |
Motivation and adult psychodevelopment of a solo nonstop circumnavigator. |
10075 |
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1995 |
Read |
Nancy |
W. |
PhD |
Patterns of consistency and change: the five-factor model and the life story model in the life voyage of Dodge Morgan. |
10235 |
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1997 |
Packman |
Wendy |
L. |
PhD |
Psychosocial consequences of bone marrow transplantation in donor and nondonor siblings. |
16641 |
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1999 |
Castillo-Yee |
Eleanor |
D. |
PhD |
Preferences for help-seeking sources among Filipino Americans. |
11364 |
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2000 |
Frankel |
Carl |
B. |
PhD |
Such order from confusion sprung. |
16814 |
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2001 |
Oy-Lun Chin |
Sandy |
PhD |
Interpersonal and symptomatic distress in depressed Chinese-Americans. |
18521 |
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2002 |
Gross |
Kristin |
PhD |
The incremental validity of the MMPI-2 and demographic variables in assessing major depression. |
20195 |
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2002 |
Brown |
Lisa |
M. |
PhD |
Suicidal risk factors with an elderly population: standard of care practices. |
20045 |
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2003 |
Cleary |
Karin |
M. |
PhD |
Risk factors for completed adolescent suicide: implications for prevention. |
20748 |
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2004 |
VanZutphen |
Kelly |
H. |
PhD |
Executive functioning in children with PKU. |
22529 |
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2005 |
Bruce |
Elizabeth |
Jean |
PhD |
Relationships between ethnic identity, trauma symptoms, and juvenile delinquency. |
23261 |
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2006 |
Wilson Crosbie |
Teresa |
PhD |
Psychological aspects of Fabry disease. |
24245 |
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2007 |
Lee |
Grace |
P. |
PhD |
Implementing the Daubert legal standard for psychological tests and procedures. |
24339 |
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2008 |
Housley Patterson |
Jennifer |
PhD |
Cognitive and experience predictors of the ability to tolerate discomfort in the service of goal achievement. |
25137 |
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2009 |
O'Kennon |
Sabrina |
Diane |
PhD |
The effects of personality traits and coping mechanisms on anxiety about aging. |
25694 |
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2010 |
Estupinian |
Ginny |
R. |
PhD |
The impact of spirituality on posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among military personnel. |
31178 |
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2011 |
Wallace |
Joanna |
PhD |
Psychosocial changes associated with participation in art therapy interventions for siblings of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients |
29435 |
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2017 |
Reed II |
David |
E |
PhD |
Memento mori : development and validation of the existential phenomenological questionnaire and its relationship with self-esteem and psychopathology within the terror management theory framework (1042193008) |
28572 |
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2018 |
Ryu |
Daniel |
PsyD |
(Trans)gender diverse mental healthcare : applying APA guidelines to patient experiences |
32401 |
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2018 |
Fox |
Melanie |
PsyD |
Using the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC) to evaluate change in parent-child interaction following Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) |
32496 |
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Dissertation Name |
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AY 20 - 21 |
Rayna Sanghvi |
Murray Tondow |
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AY 20 - 21 |
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AY 21 - 22 |
Margot Paul |
Cheryl Koopman |
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AY 21 - 22 |
Afik Faerman |
Murray Tondow |
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AY 22 - 23 |
Megan Chavez Tomlinson |
Cheryl Koopan |
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AY 22 - 23 |
Kenzie Bohnsack |
Murray Tondow |