Events

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Reginald Bell TITLE: FROM INFLUENCE TO EXHAUSTION: HOW LEADERSHIP STYLES PREDICT BURNOUT IN HEALTHCARE LEADERS ABSTRACT: Burnout among healthcare leaders has become an increase issue due to its potential influence on organizational performance, employee well-being, and quality of patient care. Although previous studies have extensively examined the relationship between leadership styles [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Louis Ngamassi Tchouakeu TITLE: THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL RISK AVERSION IN SHAPING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH AMONG BLACK LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ABSTRACT: Black-led nonprofit organizations play a vital role in addressing social and economic inequities, yet many operate within funding environments characterized by persistent financial constraints and limited access to unrestricted [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Elvis Ndembe TITLE: BENCHMARKING SUCCESSFUL CMMC IMPLEMENTATION IN A SMALL SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURER THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK ABSTRACT:  The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has become a consequential buyer-imposed requirement within the U.S. Department of Defense industrial base, yet limited empirical knowledge explains how small advanced-manufacturing suppliers successfully attain compliance. This mixed-method dissertation [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Erick Kitenge TITLE: BILATERAL DETERMINANTS OF PRICE CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE ACROSS U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS ABSTRACT: This dissertation will examine the bilateral determinants of price convergence and divergence across U.S. metropolitan areas, with a particular focus on how location-pair characteristics shape the speed and persistence of price adjustments over time. While prior studies [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Robert Zinko TITLE: DEEP CONDITIONED: UNPACKING HAIR BIAS IN PERCEIVED PROFESSIONALISM AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR HIRING OF BLACK WOMEN ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationship between Black women’s hairstyles, perceived professionalism, and hiring willingness. Using a two-study design, the research investigates whether hairstyle influences workplace evaluations and whether these perceptions change when [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Stacie Defreitas TITLE: DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING AN ADLERIAN PLAY THERAPY K-5TH MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM USING QUALITATIVE METHODS ABSTRACT: In the United States, 33% of students exhibit internalizing or externalizing behaviors in academic settings. These behaviors can impact student engagement and performance by disrupting affected students’ and their classmates’ ability to tend to [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Fred Bonner TITLE: GRAVITY DEFIED: BLACK MALES ESTABLISHING A SENSE OF AGENCY AND BELONGING IN THE EBONY TOWERS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ABSTRACT: The persistent underrepresentation of Black males in higher education, including within Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), remains a critical concern for scholars and policymakers. (Strayhorn, 2017; Harper, [...]

 Zoom Meeting https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/99195963635?pwd=73MkWfTX8guvt3OJZwnBVI7YXtOjp5.1 https://pvpanther.zoom.us/launch/edl?muid=56cba8a3-5fc3-4096-9cff-c79649249322 Meeting ID: 991 9596 3635 Passcode: 532474

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Chloe Gaines TITLE: THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON CLINICAL STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF THE MEDICATION RECONCILIATION PROCESS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ABSTRACT: Medication-related harm affects approximately 1 in 30 patients in healthcare settings. Accurate medication reconciliation (MedRec) is essential for identifying medication discrepancies, preventing medication errors, and reducing adverse [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Chloe Gaines TITLE: UTILIZATION OF AN ON-SITE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC - AN EVALUATION ABSTRACT: Employers are increasingly incorporating on-site primary care clinics into their workplace health strategies to improve access to timely care, reduce absenteeism, support chronic disease management, and lower healthcare-related costs. Yet, despite the demonstrated organizational and health benefits, many [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Xishuang Dong TITLE: LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION ABSTRACT: Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged with remarkable capabilities in understanding, generating, and contextualizing natural language. These capabilities have significantly advanced information extraction (IE), enabling the extraction of meaningful information from both unstructured and structured data. This dissertation investigates two important IE [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Temilola Salami TITLE: A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS AMONG TRAUMA-EXPOSED DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM YOUTH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the spatial distribution of trauma symptoms and emotional dysregulation among youth involved in disciplinary alternative education programs (DAEP). Additionally, the study explored whether these outcomes were [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Mohammed Hussein TITLE: UNDERSTANDING SUCCESSFUL EXITS AMONG BLACK TECH FOUNDERS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF STRATEGIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND EXPERIENTIAL FACTORS ABSTRACT: The central problem this study addresses is how to characterize what it takes for Black tech founders to exit. Thus, the purpose is to examine the factors that maximize the probability of [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Annamalai Annamalai TITLE: DEEP LEARNING-BASED SIDE-CHANNEL EVALUATION ACROSS CLASSICAL AND POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC IMPLEMENTATIONS ABSTRACT: A cryptographic algorithm that is mathematically secure can still be broken since its hardware implementation leaks secret information through power consumption or electromagnetic emission. These vulnerabilities are applicable to widely deployed classical encryption schemes as well as emerging [...]