Scholarly Research Agenda: Promoting factors that support success among diverse populations.
Brown-Wright, L., Tyler, K., Graves, S., Thomas, D., Stevens-Watkins, D. Mulder, S. (2013). Examining the associations among home–school dissonance, amotivation, and classroom disruptive behavior for urban high school students. Education and Urban Society, 45(1), 142-162. DOI: 10.1177/0013124511408715.
Brown, C. L., Love, K., Tyler, K., Garriott, P., Thomas, D., & Roan-Bell, C. (2012). Parental attachment, family communalism and racial identity among African American college students. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. (In Press).
Tyler, K., Love, K., Brown, C., Garriott, P., Thomas, D., Roan-Belle, C. (2011). Linking home communalism to college adjustment and institutional attachment for African American and European American undergraduates. College Student Affairs Journal, 30(1), 47-61.
VanWinkle, C., Love, K., Tyler, K.M., Smith, L.B., Thomas, D. (2011). The influence of parental attachments across multiple indicators of adjustment among African American college students. National Social Science Journal, 36(1), 125-132.
Thomas, D. (2010) Boosting research productivity through team collaboration: Faculty and students growing together. Kentucky Counseling Journal, 29(1), 24-25.
Tyler, K. M., Love, K. M., Brown, C. L., Roan-Belle, C., Thomas, D., & Garriott, P. O. (2010). Linking communalism to achievement correlates for Black and White undergraduates. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 22(1), 23-31.
Garriott, P.O., Love, K. M., Tyler, K. M., Thomas, D., Brown, C. L., & Roan-Belle, C. (2010). Testing an attachment model of Latina/o college students' psychological adjustment. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 32, 104-117. doi:10.1177/0739986309355753
Tyler, K.M., Brown-Wright, L., Stevens-Watkins, D., Thomas, D.M., Stevens, R., Roan-Belle, C.R.; Gadson, & N., Smith, L. (2010). Linking home-school dissonance to school-based outcomes for African American high school students. Journal of Black Psychology, 36, 410-425.
Thomas, D. & Love, K. (2009). A cross-cultural examination of parenting practices yielding positive outcomes. National Social Science Proceedings, 43, 152-159.
Thomas, D., Love, K., Roan-Belle, C., Tyler, K., Brown, C., & Garriott, P. (2009). Motivation, self-efficacy, and academic adjustment among African American women attending institutions of higher education. Journal of Negro Education, 78, 159-171.
Thomas, D., Love, K., & Tyler, K. (2009). Exploring racial variations and the impact of parental attachments and psychological health among diverse college students, ACA VISTAS Online
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