Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
Social Work
DR. S. C. BENEDICT, DSN, FAAN
Dr. Benedict has been a professor of nursing for over 25 years. She was a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Iceland and a Visiting Professor at the University of Botswana. She has taught research methods courses at the master’s degree and PhD level at Columbia University [New York], the University of Alabama [Huntsville], the University of Iceland, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Botswana [Africa] and has served as chairperson or member of over 30 thesis and dissertation committees at universities in the US, Scotland, and the Republic of South Africa.
Dr. Benedict’s research has been funded by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Nursing Research of the US National Institutes of Health, the Greenwall Foundation, and the University of Botswana. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Ethics and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC and has done numerous scholarly presentations in the US, Europe, Africa, and Israel.
Dr. Benedict’s experience has involved extensive guidance of graduate students and includes written critiques of more than 400 research proposals. She has worked with numerous students to delineate research problems, select appropriate research designs and sampling plans, and organize the findings into implications and conclusions. Although the majority of her work has been with graduate students in nursing, she has also worked with doctoral students in health policy, public health, history, and education.
In addition to degree completion, Dr. Benedict’s former students in the US, Europe, and Africa have published in peer-reviewed journals and have made presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Benedict has guided many of these efforts.
Selected articles:
An ethics of testimony: Prisoner nurses at Auschwitz
Duty and "euthanasia": The nurses of Meseritz--Obrawalde
Maria Stromberger: A nurse in the resistance in Auschwitz
Nurses and the sterilization experiments of Auschwitz: A postmodernist perspective
MELODY L. LARK
DR. MELODY L. LARK earned a Ph.D. in political science and education, M.A. in international studies (politics and policy), MBA in finance and marketing, and BA in economics and administrative studies. She also earned two accredited certificates in adolescent substance abuse treatment. Lark has advised more than 80 doctoral students. She focuses on:
1. Content (lyrics), which addresses the introduction; thesis, hypothesis, or research questions; literature review and synthesis; data collection, coding, analysis; literature review and synthesis; implications; recommendations; and conclusions.
2. University Guidelines, which includes the title page, abstract, level headings, tables, charts, citations, quotations, and references.
3. Mechanics and Style (rhythm), which includes grammar; word usage; punctuation; spelling; sentences that are active, clear, complete, concise, interesting, and relevant; smooth transitions for flow; and scholarly tone.
Topics: business, economics, education, ethics, government (international relations, law, policy, politics, programs) health, human resources, human services, philosophy, qualitative and quantitative research/statistics, substance abuse (enforcement, prevention, and treatment programs)
Scope of service: content editing; copyediting; hypotheses; thesis statements; research questions; data instruments (data collection, retrieval, coding, analysis, interpretation); research implications; recommendations; conclusions; proposals; longitudinal data analysis; cross sectional data analysis; defense preparation; report writing; grant writing.
