Alumni

2025 Graduates

Monet Boyd, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  Justin Bonny, Ph.D.
Evaluating dead reckoning efficiency and spatial memory in virtual immersion:  Invetigating the mind-body connection

K. Hightower, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  Damon U. Bryant, Ph.D.
The moderated relationship of self-monitoring and mental rotation in predicting advanced NBA performance

Breanne Martin, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  Damon U. Bryant, Ph.D.
Interactions between self-monitoring and transformational leadership ratings (self and others) of young professionals

Taj R. Rollins, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor:  R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Self-perceptions and how they impact social workers' interactions with clients:  A validation process using the Rasch Ipsative Model (RIM)

2024 Graduates

Christopher M. Amissah, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor:  R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Advancing scientific measurement of latent constructs: Comparitive evaluation of the stability and precision of exploratory factor analyses (EFA) and Rasch models

Micah Russell, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  Justin Bonny, Ph.D.
A body in motion:  Assessment reimagined through embodied techniques

2023 Graduates

Janine A. Jackson, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor:  Duvon Winborne, Ph.D.
Measurement and modeling:  A multidimensional examination of sociocultural factors as determinants for perceptions of risk and victimization in metropolitan settings

Yvette Jackson, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor:  Damon Bryant, Ph.D.
Examining rating quality in rater-mediated activities for standard-item alignment research

2021 Graduates

Brittany Boyd, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Charlene Chester, Ph.D.
Examining the Bridge: Validating instruments used to study the impact of recent high-school graduate summer intervention programs

Mona Calhoun, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Duvon Winborne, Ph.D.
Parental involvement as a moderator for students with learning disabilities aspiring to attend college

Zachary Stimely, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  Carrol S. Perrino, Ph.D.
Identification of risk factors of Alzheimer's Disease in pursuit of timely diagnosis

2020 Graduate

Da'Vona K. Boyd, M.S.
Thesis Advisor:  R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Potential Biases of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

2019 Graduates

Maisaa Alahmadi, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Carrol S. Perrino, Ph.D.
Evaluating Possible Bias in Giftedness Assessment: An Empirical Comparison of IRT and Non-IRT (Parametric and Non-Parametric) Techniques for Detecting Differential Item Functioning

Eric Boorman, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Development of a Measure of Black Liberation Religiosity

2018 Graduates

Paris Adkins-Jackson, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Jocelyn O. Turner-Musa, Ph.D.
Examining the Validity of Self-Care for Black Women: A Mixed Method Analysis

Elana Levine, M.S.
Thesis Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Combining CTT and Rasch Analyses to Examine Cross-Cultural Validity

2016 Graduates

Yvette Beersingh, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Anita M. Wells, Ph.D.
Examining Item Functioning on the Jamaican Grade Four Literacy Test

Felicia Heru, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Carrol S. Perrino, Ph.D.
Identification of Differential Item Functioning of Self-Esteem in a Sample of High Achieving Minority Students

Subin Hona, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
The Development of a Semi-Automated Score Reporting Framework Using the Rasch Measurement Model

Tameka Payton, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
The Student Scale of Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Development and Validation Study Using the Rasch Rating Scale Model

Cheryl Rollins, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Examining the Validity of a Developmental Mathematics Diagnostic Test Using the Rasch Model, Virtual Equating, and Ordinal Regression

2015 Graduates

Avis Jackson, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Carrol S. Perrino
The Engagement and Satisfaction of Adult African Americans at Historically Black College and Universities and Adult Hispanic Americans at Hispanic Serving Institutions

Erika Thomas, M.S.
Thesis Advisor: R. Trent Haines, Ph.D.
Discovering the Psychometric Properties of a Delinquency and Criminality Scale: A Look at the Add Health Study

2013 Graduates

Lauder Francis, M.S.
Thesis Advisor: Pamela E. Scott-Johnson
Examining the Reliability and Validity of an Employment Barriers Survey for Moving from Welfare to Work

Mercy Mugo, Ph.D.
Dissertation Advisor: Pamela E. Scott-Johnson
Examination of Adherence to Holland's Vocational Interest Structure of Temporary Cash Assistance Recipients

2009 Graduate

Mercy Mugo, M.S.
Thesis Advisor: Pamela E. Scott-Johnson
How Engaged are Morgan State University Students? A Focus on Service Learning

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