The Graduate School at University of the Cumberlands hosts a Virtual Research Symposium each year where alumni from the doctoral programs present the results of their research. The approach to this event is to allow Cumberlands alumni to share research, network, and grow their academic capabilities with presentation experience. In 2022, The Graduate School hosted 20 live presentations and three poster presentations.
LIVE PRESENTATIONS
Amogh Tathe, PhD Business: The Impact of COVID-19 on the US Healthcare Industry
Amy West, PhD Leadership: The Impact of Women's College Education, focusing on the Shared Perspectives and Lived Experience of Some of the Retired or Former Faculty and Alumnae
Avanti Nagaraj, PhD Business: Digital Disruptive Innovations: A Study to Help Businesses Choose the Right Advertising Mode and Endorsement Partner Suitable for Their Product
Bobby Gaines, PhD Business: How an Options Trading Strategy can be Utilized to Hedge a Portfolio During Market Corrections
Byron (Derek) Cooper, PhD Leadership: Establishing an Ethical Leadership Development Baseline in Higher Education and Research IT: An Authentic Leadership, Ethical Climate, Psychological Capital, and Diversity Study
Derrick Proffitt, PhD Business: E-Commerce Retailing in the United States: The Relationship Between Customer Perceptions of Service Quality and Satisfaction
Hubert Schroer, EdD Educational Leadership: Digital Leadership in K-12 Education
Jacob Watson, PhD Business: Weather Impacts on Residential Electric Consumption in Kentucky
Joseph Bunch, PhD Leadership: Developing a School Psychology Leadership Practice Model: Empirical and Theoretical Considerations
Korey Bruck, PhD Leadership: First-Generation College Student Success, Persistence, and Graduation Rates: An Appalachian Perspective
Krista Mann, PhD Leadership: Anecdotes from Appalachia: Principals’ Perspectives on Key Performance Indicators for Improvement
Leslie Sizemore , PhD Leadership: Leadership Practices of State Occupational Therapy Associations and Member Engagement: Does State President Leadership Style Encourage Membership?
Lindsay Harman, PhD Counseling Education and Supervision: School Counselors’ Lived Experiences of Support Received During the RAMP Designation Process: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Lisa Splinter, PhD Counseling Education and Supervision: Student Dissertation Completion Experiences in Online CACREP-Accredited Counselor Education Programs: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Marcus Folkes , PhD Counseling Education and Supervision: Breaking the Cycle: Understanding the History of Mental Illness of African Americans the Generational Effect and its Minimization
Natashia Collins, PhD Counseling Education and Supervision: The Meaning of Role Strain: Voices of Parents in Doctoral Counselor Education and Supervision Programs
Robinson Sibe, PhD Information Technology: Lack of Forensic Resources in Nigerian Financial Crimes Agency
Shelley Coleman, PhD Counseling Education and Supervision: Exploring the Somatic Experience of Women Living with Coercive Control by a Domestic Partner: A Phenomenological Study
Sourav Mukherjee, PhD Information Technology: A Quantitative Study Using the UTAUT2 Model to Evaluate the Behavioral Intention to Use Telemedicine via IoT-enabled Devices by Older Adults in the Chicago Tri-state Region
Stephen Kibui, EdD Educational Leadership: The Relationship Between Ethical Leadership and Student Success in Community Colleges
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Angela K Akeley, PhD Leadership: A Correlation Study of Student Discipline and Effective Leadership: Virginia Principals and Current Exclusionary Practices
Ana Figueroa, EdD Educational Leadership: How Mindset Influences Learning and Performance Among K-12 Teachers in East Central Florida
Joy Rich, EdD Educational Leadership: Recruitment & Retention of Minorities & Females into Apprenticeships