Phd Graduates

1971

Benjamin Ray Allen, Ph.D. Science Education

The Development of a polyaxenic medium and its uses for Dileptus anser

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Sula J Marsalis, Ph.D. Science Education

Comprehensive nomenclature analysis: its effects in chemistry at the Mississippi State College for Women

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Melander Kathleen Mary Roan, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the influence of Harvard project physics on the knowledge and attitudes of non-science students at the university level

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Mary Jayne Myers, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the identification of classroom practices of teachers in the use of three new junior high school science curricula programs

Advisor: sadore Sonnier

1972

Kenith Gene Exum, Ph.D. Science Education

Evaluation of a metric booklet as a supplement to teaching the metric system to undergraduate non-science majors Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Elizabeth A Bennett, Ph.D. Science Education

The determination of perceived educational needs of nurses employed in maternal health and family planning services

Advisor: J. Flowers


Edgar L Gibson, Ph.D. Science Education

Relationships among measures of personality, teacher performance, and classroom verbal interaction patterns of selected elementary school teachers

Advisor: Fred Brown


Sammy J Green, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of the earth science curriculum project to the lecture method in junior high school science classes

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier


Edward Hunt Guilbert, Ph.D. Science Education

A standardized test in collegiate descriptive astronomy on selected concepts which can be demonstrated in the planetarium

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Troy T Southerland, Ph.D. Science Education

The impact of a SCIs implementation program on the teaching style of selected elementary school teachers

Advisor: Iva Brown


Ted Wesley Reel, Ph.D. Science Education

The excavation and preparation of two fossilized whales

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Shaw Jr. Ralph W, Ph.D. Science Education

Factors influencing selection of specific science courses by students in certain non-science academic areas at Southeastern Louisiana University

Advisor: Fred Brown


1973

Bruce Douglas Dod, Ph.D. Science Education


A comparative analysis of the earth science curriculum project and a metric booklet approach to teaching the metric system

Advisor: J. Flowers


Marie McKinnon Gieger, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of scientific attitudes among junior college students in Mississippi

Advisor: J. Flowers

James B, Johnston, Ph.D. Science Education

A taxonomic and statistical analysis of attitudes, opinions, scope, and selected content areas of environmental education in Mississippi

Advisor: Robert Craven


Elbert Leslie Knight, Ph.D. Science Education

An investigation of the biological science curricula in the public and private junior colleges of North Carolina

Advisor: Bobby Irby


Murphy Sr. Cecil Lee, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of corallobothrium on the growth rate of Ictalurus punctatus

Advisor: Robert Craven


John Asa Phillips, Ph.D. Science Education

A grain size frequency distribution analysis of selected beach and dune sands of Dauphin Island, Alabama

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

John Rietti, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparative study of chemistry achievement using two methods of evaluation, traditional examination method and experimental assignment method

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

1974

William Thomas Brantley, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of the audio-tutorial method with the lecture-demonstration method for producing student achievement in college level physical science survey classes covering physics and astronomy

Advisor: J. Matthews


Lloyd Edward Story Jr, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of the BSCs inquiry slides on the critical thinking ability and process skills of first-year biology students

Advisor: Iva Brown


1975

John Lee Borom, Ph.D. Science Education

A descriptive study of seasonal fluctuations of macroscopic fauna in the submerged grassbeds in Mobile Bay, Alabama

Advisor: Bobby Irby


Thomas Jesse King, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the effects of a traditional and an audio-tutorial biology laboratory on the attitudes of junior college students toward biology

Advisor: Robert Craven

1976

Moore J Richard, Ph.D. Science Education

Vascular flora of the arboretum of the University of Southern Mississippi, Harrison County, Mississippi

Advisor: Bobby Irby


Charles Arthur Pickett, Ph.D. Science Education

An electron molecule collision apparatus for the study of quantum physics by the inquiry method

Advisor: J. Matthews

Thomas Earl Bilbo, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of two different approaches for teaching volume units of the metric system

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

James Lynn Flatt, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of card deck programmed texts versus a conventional textbook for general biology on the achievement levels of college freshman

Advisor: Fred Brown

Larry G Hanshaw, Ph.D. Science Education

Test anxiety, self-concept, and the test performance of students paired for testing and the same students working alone

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

1977

Newtie J Boyd, Ph.D. Science Education


A comparative study of thirteen-college curriculum program physical science students and applied science general chemistry students at Alcorn State University

Advisor: Bobby Irby

J Keitz Haburay, Ph.D. Science Education

An investigation of the establishment of sessile marine communities in St. Louis Bay, Hancock County, Mississippi

Advisor: Isadore Sonnierv

Jerry N Hass, Ph.D. Science Education

The effects of performance objectives on attitude and achievement of students enrolled in a principles of biology course for non-science majors at the University of Southern Mississippi

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

Elizabeth A Humphrey, Ph.D. Science Education

The determination of perceived needs of adolescents for knowledge regarding reproduction and reproductive physiology

Advisor: Bobby Irby


Ray Joseph Matherne, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparative study of selected criterion variables in ninth grade ISCs and traditional science students after completion of a three year instructional program

Advisor: Robert Craven


Anna Phair Musgrave, Ph.D. Science Education

Characteristics of southeastern museums that feature science collections

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Susan Jennings Nodurft, Ph.D. Science Education

The impact of an outdoor wilderness program on the participants' sense of connectedness to the natural world

Advisor: Susan Ross

Douglas B Schexnayder, Ph.D. Science Education

Selected high school factors as predictors of achievement in freshman college biology

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

1978

Judy Beth Kemp, Ph.D. Science Education


An investigation of the effects of varying left and right hemisphere activities on the achievement of fifth-grade science students

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Edward D Burow, Ph.D. Science Education

The relationship among secondary science students' locus of control, views of the tentativeness of science, attitudes, perceptions of teaching strategies, and achievements

Advisor: J. Matthews

Jack Thomas Culpepper, Ph.D. Science Education

A status survey of the science supervisor in Mississippi

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

John William Dapper, Ph.D. Science Education

Predictors of attitude towards science among undergraduate nonscience majors

Advisor: Iva Brown

Vera Mae Brooks Hayden, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the effects of traditional biology and selected biological science curriculum study (BSCs) minicourses on the attitudes, achievement levels, and critical thinking abilities of students at Alcorn State University

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Michael L Womack, Ph.D. Science Education


The development and pilot testing of an audio-tutorial laboratory block on spiders designed for introductory biology students


1979

James Ralph Dunn, Ph.D. Science Education

The development, testing, and validation of a programmed unit on ecology

Advisor: L. Story

Wilmuth C Lucas, Ph.D. Science Education

Analysis of the graduates' perception of the secondary science teacher education programs at the University of Southern Mississippi

Advisor: Bobby Irby


1980

Noel Russell Mann, Ph.D. Science Education

Identification and remediation of potential dropouts and failures in general college Chemistry I at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior college, Perkinston Campus

Advisor: Fred Brown

Robert Thornton Crews, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of predictors of student success on a natioinal certification examination for medical technology

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

1981

Richard James Daume, Ph.D. Science Education

The use of selected variables to compare science content achievement and science process skill achievement in two junior high school science programs: ISCs and traditional

Advisor: Fred Brown

Annie Nelle Ware Fulton, Ph.D. Science Education

An investigation of the effectiveness of selected teaching strategies integrating the teaching of science concepts and the improvement of reading-language skills

Advisor: Marlene Milkent


1982

Moore Robert L, Ph.D. Science Education


Elementary teachers' attitudes toward student-centered science as related to teacher concerns

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Donald Lamar Cooper, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the effects of an activity based inservice science program on teaching attitudes, science process skills, and teaching style of elementary school teachers

Advisor: Iva Brown

1984

Jacqueline Townsend Hunter, Ph.D. Science Education

Selected variables as predictors of achievement in general biology courses at Xavier University of Louisiana

Advisor: Don Cotten


David Robertson Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education

A survey to determine the attitudes of administrators and science teachers toward the addition of radiation science to curricula of secondary schools in Mississippi

Advisor: Bobby Irby

1985

Lena Nell Hollis Melton Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education


Expectations of superintendents, principals, and science teachers toward the role of a science coordinator

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Daniel Wayne Sanford, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of a unit titled "Fossils" on student attitudes toward evolution

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Elizabeth Ann McGowen Bond, Ph.D. Science Education

Predictors of attitude toward the marine environment among science teachers in Mississippi and Alabama

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Grant Jr John Abner, Ph.D. Science Education

A statistical comparison of the learning of selected physics topics by junior college students taught with and without calculus

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

Lillie Carson Doty, Ph.D. Science Education

A study comparing the influence of inquiry and traditional science instruction methods on science achievement, attitudes toward science, and integrated process skills in ninth grade students and the relationship between sex, race, past performance in science, intelligence and achievement

Advisor: Fred Brown


1986

Donald Waynne Denson, Ph.D. Science Education

The relationships between cognitive styles, methods of instruction, knowledge, and process skills of college chemistry students

Advisor: Don Cotton


Joe Goldsmith, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of an activity based model toward the reduction of science teaching anxiety in pre-service elementary science teachers

Advisor: Don Cotton

Lina K Holquist, Ph.D. Science Education

A quantitative comparison of alternate taxonomic keys: The relative utility of equivalent materials with systematized treatment of construct variables for identification of selected decapod crustaceans by randomized groups of students

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Nellie Stone Hill, Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the effects of concrete experiences on the problem-solving experiences on the problem-solving ability of tenth-grade students

Advisor: Fred Brown


Ezenwa Okeagu Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education

The effects of a science methods course with field experience on preservice teachers' attitudes, concerns, and anxiety toward teaching science

Advisor: Iva Brown


Murray Paton Pendarvis Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education

The impact of integrated process skills training on inservice junior high school science teachers' integrated process skills abilities, teaching anxieties, and classroom performance

Advisor: Iva Brown


Gene Autry Smith Lewis, Ph.D. Science Education

The effects of various teaching strategies on the cognitive achievement of first year biology students

Advisor: Bobby Irby


1987

Vivian P McEwen, Ph.D. Science Education


Marine science education in the southeastern United States: A survey of existing programs in state departments of education, and the development of a model workshop

Advisor: R. Cleminson


Wolff-Michael Roth, Ph.D. Science Education

A Neo-Piagetian approach to the development of problem solving strategies in the domain of proportion problems

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

1988

Meissner Donald Wayne, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the relationship between science anxiety and grade level, gender, and students' and parents' perceptions of science, scientists, and science teachers

Advisor: Iva Brown

Danny Anthony Philips, Ph.D. Science Education

An evaluation of the cognitive and affective changes resulting from implementation on materials developed by teachers working for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Advisor: Don Cotten

Sharon Elaine Henze Walker, Ph.D. Science Education

Predictors of cognitive achievement in marine education among elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers in Mississippi and Alabama

Advisor: Bobby Irby

1989

Robert Marzine Everett Jr, Ph.D. Science Education


A comparison between musical motivational instruction and traditional instruction on achievement in seventh grade life science

Advisor: Fred Brown

Barry Ferguson, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the comparative effectiveness of an occluder for viewing with a monocular microscope

Advisor: Don Cotten


Zoghlul Kabir, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparative study of illustrated versus non-illustrated instruments in the determination of cognitive level knowledge of selected oceanography concepts by science teachers of Mississippi and Alabama

Andrea Gayle Pickard Mize, Ph.D. Science Education

The use of a graphic advance organizer to improve learning and retention in teaching problem solving related to the mole concept

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

1990

Miller Ivan Emmert, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of teacher's attitudes, practices, and knowledge of space science in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana

Advisor: Fred Brown


Robert J Barto, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of the effectiveness of student participation in test construction on attitude and achievement in high school chemistry classes

William Joseph Sumrall, Ph.D. Science Education

The effects of content and repetition for mastery on the problem solving abilities of physical science students

Advisor: Marlene Milkent


1991

Charles Pickford Egerton, Ph.D. Science Education


A comparison between a videotaped presentation and a programmed instruction unit for effectiveness in supplementing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome education curriculums

Advisor: Bobby Irby

Kimberly Dawn Evans, Ph.D. Science Education

An investigation into the problem solving abilities of preservice elementary teachers

Advisor: Don Cotten

Donald Lee Lawson, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of a supplemental video instruction program on the achievement and perceived debilitating test anxiety of community college students enrolled for the first time in introductory General Biology I

Advisor: Bobby Irby

William Paul Maurer, Ph.D. Science Education

The effectiveness of a mastery-learning strategy in enhancing cognitive achievement and problem-solving skills in an introductory chemistry program

Advisor: Marlene Milkent

1992

Richard E Klee, Ph.D. Science Education

The Sonnier model of educational management: Does it measure cognitive achievement with relation to affective attainment between traditional and holistic treatments of teaching science?

Advisor: Isadore Sonnier

Catherine Perry Cotten, Ph.D. Science Education

A canonical correlation analysis of the cognitive variables of mathematics achievement and critical thinking and the affective variables of attitude toward mathematics, confidence in learning mathematics, and effectance motivation in learning mathematics

Advisor: Bobby Irby


Samuel Prescott Faulkner, Ph.D. Science Education

The influence of instructional strategy on cell concept learning and science attitude by fifth and sixth grade children

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston

Daniel Glenn Wiggins, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of Nassi-Shneiderman and pseudocode as a planning aid for novice programmers in desigining and developing structured basic programs

Advisor: Bobby Irby

1993

James L Baggett, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison between the use of different concept maps as advance organizers to supplement a unit on photosynthesis in a community college biology course

Advisor: Fred Brown

Carrol Anne Major Wicker, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of instructor modeling of the BSCs "FIVE Es" instructional model on locus of control in science, anxiety about teaching science, and attitude toward teaching science on preservice elementary teachers

Advisor: Iva Brown


1994

Jessie Burnette Wolf Hamil, Ph.D. Science Education, Coastal Science


An analytical assessment of process skill proficiencies and problem-solving perceptions of preservice elementary science teachers

Advisor: Don Cotten

Roy W Hurst, Ph.D. Science Education

The cognitive nature of successful predictive reasoning in biology, and the role of practive in developing effective prediction problem solving skills

Advisor: Marlene Milkent


1996

Robert Nicholas Masson, Ph.D. Science Education

Observations on the biology and natural history of solitary wasps inhabiting the natural science park in Forrest County, Mississippi

Advisor: Fred Howell

Robert Glenn Molsbee, Ph.D. Science Education

Science achievement as a criterion for judging the effectiveness of home schooling, Christian schooling, and public schooling

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston

Ann Therese Zukoski, Ph.D. Science Education

Initial misconceptions and change in misconceptions through traditional instruction, and their relatiionship to students' learning styles and acheivement in first semester college physics

Advisor: Iva Brown

Jeff A Thomas, Ph.D. Science Education

Analyzing factors affecting knowledge and defensibility of attitudes toward wetlands

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston

1997

Robert J Anthony Sr, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparative study of an audio-tutorial and a conventional lecture method of instruction in biological science courses for non-science majors at Jackson State University

Advisor: Robert Craven

Kamel Salim Dallal, Ph.D. Science Education

The Influence of the guided constructivist instructional model on attitudes toward secondary-level physics

Advisor: Iva Brown

Deanna Lee Kuiper Noyes, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of a short-term intervention on the development of spatial ability in middle school

Advisor: Iva Brown


Barbara Ann Matherly Poole, Ph.D. Science Education


An exploration of the perceptions, developmental reasoning levels, differences in learning processes, and academic achievement levels of students in introductory college microbiology

Advisor: Iva Brown


1998

Nancy Lee Long, Ph.D. Science Education

Pathways to mathematical excellence: An international perspective

Advisor: Gary Walls

Robert Terrelle Long, Long, Ph.D. Science Education

Pathways to mathematical excellence: A national perspective

Advisor: Gary Walls

Joyce A Mullins Long, Ph.D. Science Education

How field trips in natural areas associated with museums, arboreta, and aquaria impact the educational experiences of teachers and students

Martha Alexander Goss, Ph.D. Science Education

Writing to learn: An experiment in calculus

Advisor: Gary Walls


Melissa Wiggins, Ph.D. Science Education

A comparative study of two algorithm animation tools as aids in algorithm understanding

1999

Elizabeth Anne Gates Applin, Ph.D. Science Education

The application of language acquisition theory to programming concept instruction: Chunks versus programs from scratch

Melinda Downs Gann, Ph.D. Science Education

The effects of the integration of thinking skills on preservice teachers' beliefs about mathematics and teaching mathematics

Advisor: Susan Ross

David Jay Hebert, Ph.D. Science Education

Technology as a tool for integrating high school algebra and geometry

Advisor: Susan Ross

Sherry Shelton Herron, Ph.D. Science Education

The development and assessment of constructivist-based curriculum changes in a university general biology laboratory course

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston


James Edward Lilly, Ph.D. Science Education

A study of preservice elementary teachers enrolled in a discrepant-event-based physical science class

Advisor: Rudy Sirochman

Georgia Stratton Miller, Ph.D. Science Education

The effect of computer tutorial software as a mode of instruction in intermediate algebra

Advisor: Susan Ross


Abdulsalam D Saif, Ph.D. Science Education

Analyzing the high school biology education in Yemen

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston


2000

Gary Martin Manfready, Ph.D. Science Education

A study on the impact of the globe program on students' attitudes regarding environmental issues

Advisor: Gail Russell

Martinez Lance Michael Ph.D. Science Education

A comparison of two microscale laboratory reporting methods in a secondary chemistry class

Advisor: Larry Bellipanni


Hassan Aziz Ph.D. Science Education

Assessment of laboratory safety knowledge among biological sciences students at the University of Southern Mississippi

Advisor: M. Hudson

Wassim Fouad Zoubeir, Ph.D. Science Education

Crafting computer projected simulations and interactive engagement methods within a traditional classroom setting: The influence on secondary level students' understanding of Newtonian mechanics and on attitudes towards physics

Advisor: Rudy Sirochman

2001

Deborah B Booth, Ph.D. Science Education

Student authorizing of kinemages in biochemistry

Advisor: Susan Ross


Margaret L Perkins West, Ph.D. Science Education, Mathematics

Gender underpresentation in beginning computer programming courses

Advisor: Susan Ross

2002

Tracy Evans Pickett, Ph.D. Science Education, Physics

Mathematical preparation and success in introductory physics

Advisor: Joe Whitehead


Ivy Aleta Sullivan, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology

Conceptual and attitude change of community college students through reading-writing-science learning connection

Advisor: Rosalina Hairston

2003

Beth Ann Dunigan, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology


Motivation and learning strategies of students in distance education

Advisor: Ken Curry

Wassim El-Labban, Ph.D. Science Education, Chemistry

Assessment of the effect of online homework on achievement in chemistry

Advisor: Jeff Evans

William Bradford Smith, Ph.D. Science Education, Chemistry

Efficacy of the post-secondary environmental science education program on the attitude toward science of a group of Mississippi national guard youth challenge program students



2004

Santonino Ku'caya Banya, Ph.D. Science Education, Chemistry

Study factors affecting the attitudes of young female students toward chemistry…

Advisor: Emory Howell

Gregory John Brust, Ph.D. Science Education, Polymer Science

Living in a material world: Development and evaluation of a new materials science course for nonscience majors

Advisor: Lon Mathias

2005

Karen Elizabeth Ng, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology

Instructor Satisfaction and attitude toward online Instruction

2006

Glen Dale, Ph.D. Science Education, Chemistry

Advisor: Robert Bateman

2007

Tony Taylor, Ph.D. Science Education, Coastal Science


Thinking Outside ISD: A Management Model for Instructional Design Advisor: Sharon Walker

Ahmad Shatila, Ph.D. Science Education, Chemistry

Assessing the Impact of Integrating POGIL in Elementary Organic Chemistry

Advisor: Robert Bateman

Douglas Magomo, Ph.D. Science Education, Mathematics

Dynamics of a Model Three Species Predator-Prey System with Choice

Advisor: Sherry S. Herron

Kate Hampton, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology

Using Children’s Literature to Enhance Views of Nature of Science and Scientific Attitude in Fourth Graders

Advisor: Sherry S. Herron


David Bramlett, Ph.D. Science Education, Mathematics

A Study of African-American College Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics

Advisor: Jose Contreras


2008

Candice Carter, Ph.D. Science Education, Mathematics

An Analysis of the Effects of a Computer-Enhanced Curriculum and Gender on Student Achievement in Mathematics at a Historically Black College and University

Advisor: Sherry S. Herron

Tommy Sumrall, Ph.D. Science Education, Physics

South Mississippi Public Elementary Teachers’ Implementation of and Attitudes toward Inquiry-based Science

Advisor: Chris Sirola


2009

Consuella Artiemese Davis, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology

Gender, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension and Science Reasoning as Predictors of Science Achievement Among African-American Students
at a Historical Black College or University


Advisor: Sherry S. Herron


Carl Drake, Ph.D. Science Education, Physics

African-American College Student Attitudes Toward Physics and Their Effect on Achievement

Advisor: Joe B. Whitehead, Jr.

Tamilselvi Gopal, Ph.D. Science Education, Biology

Integration of 5E Learning Cycle and Technology in Teaching Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Lab

Advisor: Sherry S. Herron