WINNER OF THE BARBARA J. STEPHENS AWARD

Lee Thibodeaux

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The 2008 Barbara J. Stephens Dissertation Award goes to Lee Thibodeaux.

Mr. Thibodeaux is a doctoral student in Public Administration and Urban Studies. His dissertation title is Measuring the diffusion of a Federal Drug Policy: Implementation of evidenced-Based substance Use Prevention Programs in Ohio Public School Districts

Mr. Thibodeaux dissertation is an examination of school-based substance use prevention in Ohio. The study seeks to address two research questions. 1) the extent to which Ohio public school districts have implemented each of the four principles of effectiveness; and 2) the relationship of the 5 independent variables to the implementation of the principles. The organizational variables of size, complexity and centralization, and the population variables of poverty and population density will be examined in the analysis.

Congratulations to the future Dr. Lee Thibodeaux.