Qian Wang - Summer 2020
The Impacts of Student-Level and School-Level Factors on Students’ Reading Achievement:
An Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Ying Jin
Tess Fotidzis - Spring 2020
Phonology, Prosody, and Reading Skills: A Mismatch Negativity Experiment
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Laura A. Barquero
Zahya F. Ahmed - Summer 2019
Impact of Gender and Linguistic Background on English Language Arts Test: Differential
Item Functioning
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Ying Jin
Victoria M. Gay - Summer 2019
Examining the Effectiveness of a Sentence-Combining Intervention on the Writing Quality
of College Freshmen
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Eric L. Oslund, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Charles D. Milligan
K. Melissa McMahan - Summer 2019
Measurement Validation and Exploratory Research: Measuring Teachers' Code Knowledge
and Its Association with Dyslexia Therapy Clinical Hours and Confidence to Teach Literacy
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund
Dr. Ying Jin
P. Kelli Wallace - Spring 2019
Teachers' Knowledge and Implementation of Response to Intervention Practices: Graph
Literacy and Data-Based Decision Making
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Eric L. Oslund, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Summer K. Talbert - Spring 2019
The Relationship of Reading Strategies and Content Knowledge in Models of Integrated
Instruction
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund
Dr. Katherine A. Mangione
Timothy S. Nelson - Spring 2019
Building a Corpus-Based Instructional Vocabulary Model: Interdisciplinary Academic
Words in University Reading Support Courses
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Mohammed Albakry, Chair
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne
Dr. Terri J. Tharp
Perry F. Louden - Spring 2019
Morphological Word Chunking Versus Syllable Types: Understanding the Effectiveness
of Two Approaches to Polysyllabic Word Reading Instruction for Middle School Struggling
Readers
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Timothy N. Odegard
Daren Li - Spring 2019
Impacts of Socioeconomic and ELL Status on English Language Arts
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Co-Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund, Co-Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Ying Jin
Zachary T. Barnes - Fall 2018
Cognitive Flexibility and Working Memory's Longitudinal Prediction of Reading Achievement
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Co-Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund, Co-Chair
Dr. Timothy N. Odegard
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Stacy Fields - Summer 2018
Effects of Adapted Self-Regulated Strategy Development and Focused Vocabulary Instruction
for Second Language Adolescents
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Eric L. Oslund
Dr. Laura Clark
Karen N. Reed - Fall 2017
Empowering School Librarians to be Literacy Instruction Leaders Through Professional
Development
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Eric L. Oslund, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Charles D. Milligan
Dr. Terri J. Tharp
Weon H. Kim - Summer 2017
Application of the IRT and TRT Models to a Reading Comprehension Test
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Ying Jin
Dr. Mohammed Albakry
Casey Brasher - Spring 2017
Beyond Screening and Progress Monitoring: An Examination of the Reliability and Concurrent
Validity of Maze Comprehension Assessments for Fourth-Grade Students
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Aimee Holt
Laura Clark Briggs - Spring 2017
A Comparison of Narrative and Expository Text Comprehension for Students at Varying Levels of SES: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Ying Jin
Sang Hee Jung - Spring 2017
Metrical Stress Sensitivity and Reading Skills in Adults
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell
Holly B. Marshall - Spring 2017
The Effectiveness of Readers’ Theatre on Fluency, Comprehension, and Motivation on
Primary Students
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Alyson Bass
Dr. Joan Boulware
Melanie Maxwell - Spring 2017
Examining Professional Development and Teacher’s Learning About Literacy Instruction
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Terri Tharp
Dr. Joanna Durham-Barnes
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Andrea Milligan - Spring 2017
A Psychometric Analysis of Teacher-Made Benchmark Assessment in English Language Arts
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne
Joanne Coggins - Summer 2016
Measurement of Morphological Awareness Use of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students with
Reading Difficulties
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Eric Oslund, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne
Heechun Moon - Summer 2016
The Influence of Implicit Speech Rhythm Sensitivity on Reading Comprehension
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Jennifer L. Cooper - Spring 2016
Examining Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition by Person- and Item-Level Factors in Secondary
Students
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell
Tyra W. Pickens - Spring 2016
The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Reading Comprehension Growth Trajectories
of Adolescents
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Eric Oslund
Melissa Stugart - Spring 2016
Common Core State Standards Benchmark Assessments: Item Alignment to the Shifts in
Tennessee
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. James Herman
Penny S. Thompson - Spring 2015
Scaffolding Emergent Literacy Skills in Pre-Kindergarten through Writing Instruction
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Joanna Durham-Barnes
Dr. Robin Ridgley
Katie M. Schrodt - Spring 2015
The Relationship Among Mindset Instruction, Kindergarteners' Performance, and Motivation
in Writer's Workshop
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Joanna Durham-Barnes
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Terri Tharp
Kyungtae Kim - Spring 2015
Model Comparisons Among Testlet Response Theory (TRT) on a Reading Comprehension Test
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne
Melissa L. Brock - Spring 2015
The Relationship between Prosodic Sensitivity at the Discourse Level and Reading Skills:
An Electrophysiological Investigation
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Michelle M. Hasty - Spring 2014
How Students’ Critical Engagement with Text and Self-Perceptions as Literate Learners
Can Explain Literacy Performance and Inform Classroom Literacy Practice
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Cyrille L. Magne, Chair
Dr. Jeanne G. Fain
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell
Rachel Peay Cornett - Spring 2014
Psychometric Analysis of the Elementary Experience Scale and its Predictability of
Elementary Literacy Scores
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. James O. Rust
Danica W. Booth - Spring 2014
Scaffolding Content-Area Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Laura Clark
Ling Wang - Fall 2013
The Effects of Single and Dual Coded Multimedia Instructional Methods on Chinese Character
Learning
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Cyrille Magne
Davonna M. Thomas - Spring 2013
The Effects of Literature Circles on the Reading Achievement of College Reading Students
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jeanne Gilliam Fain, Chair
Dr. Aleka Akoyunoglou Blackwell
Dr. Amy M. Elleman
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Erica Dion Powell - Spring 2013
Predicting College Students’ First Year Success: Should Soft Skills be Taken into
Consideration
to More Accurately Predict the Academic Achievement of College Freshmen
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Aleka A. Blackwell
Dr. Jeanne G. Fain
Dr. Charles Milligan
Rachel G. Anderberg - Spring 2013
The Effects of Cross-Age Tutoring on the Reading Achievement of First and Second Grade
Students
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Amy M. Elleman, Chair
Dr. Jwa K. Kim
Dr. Stuart E. Bernstein
Stacey J. Miller - Spring 2012
Literacy Practices as Predictors of Reading Achievement
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jeanne G. Fain, Chair
Dr. Dana Fuller
Dr. Cyrille Magne
Danielle Thompson - Summer 2011
Contributions of Prosodic Sensitivity and Morphological Awareness to Word Level Reading:
A Perceptual Task Development Study
Dissertation Committee
Dr. Jwa K. Kim, Chair
Dr. Stuart Bernstein
Dr. Cyrille Magne
Dr. Dana Fuller