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Welcome to the School of Social Ecology's "PhD Recipients" page. This webpage spotlights our students who have recently received their doctoral degrees. Listed on this page is the name of each student, along with the relevant degree, department, list of committee members, and a link to an electronic abstract of their dissertation.
We hope that you will find this information useful and informative. Stop back often as this page will be updated regularly. If you have any questions regarding the information contained on this page, please send an email to Adriana Collins, Director of Graduate Student Services for the School of Social Ecology.
Ph.D. Recipients 2011
- Doctor Kristine Artello
An Analysis of Wraparound Barker: Community Based Holistic Treatment for Juvenile Sex Offenders
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Scott Blum
Associations Between Prior Life Experiences and Perceptions of Risk of Future Terrorism, Crime, and Disaster in a National Longitudinal Study
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Alexia Cooper
Big Kids Don't Cry...But What Happens When They Do? The effects of child witness demeanor, age and gender on juror's perceptions in a child sexual abuse case
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Joshua Floro
Reduced Regulation of Negative Emotion with Escalations in Smoking Behavior during High School: A Dose-Response Effect
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Oscar Gonzalez
Anger, Shame, and Mental Health Among Combat Veterans: Development and Validation of the Deployment-Related Emotions Questionnaire
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Eileen Haddad
The Niche-Specific Influences of Family-Related Stressful Life Events
on Adolescent Academic Achievement
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Kathryn Henne
Imagined Playing Fields, Suspect Bodes: Sports and Politics of Bio-Citizenship
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Sang-Tae Kim
An Emergence of a Biotechnology Cluster: Knowledge, Practice
and Culture of the San Diego Biotechnology Community
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor Myesa Knox Mahoney
Doing Justice While Doing Therapy: Theory and Practice in a Co-Occurring Disorders Court
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Spassena Koleva
Birds of a moral feather: the role of morality in attraction and relationship satisfaction
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Wei Li
Valuating Environmental Resources and Damages in a Hedonic Pricing Approach: Case Studies in Southern California
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor Sarah Manchak
Therapeutic Relationships in Mandated Treatment
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Shalini Misra
The Qualities of Virtual Life: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor Crystal Murphy
Tabula Rasa? Microfinance and New Peace in Juba, Sudan
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor Kally Nelson
The Effect of Expert Witness Compensation on Juror Decision Making
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Gabriela Noriega
Social Vulnerability Analysis to Earthquake Risk in Los Angeles County, California
Ph.D. Social Ecology - Doctor Lynn Pazzani
Cultural Configurations of Rape/Sexual Assault
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Michael Powe
Loft Living in Skid Row: Policies, Plans and Everyday Practices in a Distressed Neighborhood
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor Hyeong Moo Shin
Environmental Fate and Transport Modeling and Retrospective Exposure Estimation for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) for Participants in the C8 Health Project
Ph.D. Social Ecology - Doctor Katherine Rosoff
Hotel Coalinga: A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of Sexually Violent Predators in "Treatment"
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Rita Shah
There and back again: The role of rehabilitation within California’s correctional system and its impact on parole
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Christopher Smith
Mediating Change and Changes in Mediating
Ph.D. Planning, Policy and Design - Doctor David Tannenbaum
A Reasons-Based Framework for Understanding Default Effects
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Kara Thorsen
Early Detection of Autism: Evaluation of an Online Training Program
Ph.D. Psychology and Social Behavior - Doctor Emily Troshynski
Surveillance Technology and the Transformation of Criminal Justice:
Monitoring Sex Offenders with GPS Technology
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Brenda Velazquez
The Unintended Consequences of Increased DNA Capacity
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society - Doctor Robert Werth
Envisioning Risk and Constructing Responsibility: Judgement, Contradiction and Plasticity within Parole
Ph.D. Criminology, Law and Society