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Author:: Parrish, Marilyn McKinley
Title:: Seeking Authenticity: Women and Learning in the Catholic Worker Movement
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: learning
women
history
adult education
social movements
spirituality
social justice
File:: Download MarilynMcKinleyParrishdissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

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Author:: Vonada, Nicholas A
Title:: Returning to College: A Study of a Federally Funded Retraining Program
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Trade Adjustment Act and outsourcing
globalization
retraining
Adult Education
dislocated workers
File:: Download Vonada2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Sharon Louise Falkenstern, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Hess, Trina R
Title:: LIVING BETWEEN THE EXTREMES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOW MID-LIFE WOMEN RECREATE THEIR IDENTITY AFTER A WORK TRANSITION
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: phenomenology
learning identity
work transition
women
mid-life
adult development
File:: Download HESSDISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eunice May Askov, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Sharon Louise Falkenstern, Committee Member

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Author:: Zorrilla, Ana Carlina
Title:: More Than Meets the Eye: Adult Education for Critical Consciousness in Luis Camnitzer's Art
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult education for critical consciousness
critical public pedagogy
Luis Camnitzer
Stuart Hall
systems of representation
art
File:: Download Ana_Zorrilla_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Special Member
Fred Michael Schied, Special Member

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Author:: Karnes, Sandra Lee
Title:: Surviving Job Loss: Motivation Among Second Year Trade Adjustment Assistance(taa)students
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: TAA program
Adult Education
Second Year College Students
File:: Download DISSERTATION_FINAL_COPY.pdf
Committee Members:: Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

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Author:: Fickes, Patricia Diane
Title:: A Community of Practice: Crafts Persons' Learning in Old Bedford Village
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Community of practice
Ethnography
Adult education - Informal
Cultural heritage preservation
Fundamental learning dualities
File:: Download Fickes_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Jeffrey Cash Bridger, Special Member
John David Popp, Committee Member

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Author:: Rutter, III, J. Paul
Title:: Obstacles to funding higher education for adults: An analysis of selected Pennsylvania voters
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Financial Aid
Voters
Politics
File:: Download RUTTER-Complete_Mar14.2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member

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Author:: Wehler, Bruce Alan
Title:: Until all the pieces fit: A hermeneutic phenomenology of the informal learning of selected foster parents in northeastern Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: foster parenting
informal learning
hermeneutic phenomenology
situated learning theory
constructivist learning theory
File:: Download Wehler_Dissertation_December_2014_UP.pdf
Committee Members:: Melody M Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melody M Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member

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Author:: Sheely, Scott James
Title:: Knowledge Production and Transmission in an Agricultural Industry Cluster: The Poultry Business in South Central Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: community of practice
tacit learning
informal education
vertical integration
broiler production
industry cluster
File:: Download Sheely_Knowledge_Production_and_Transmission_version_16.pdf
Committee Members:: Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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