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Author:: Reed, Sandra Marlene
Title:: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES OF OLDER PERFORMING MUSICIANS
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: older musicians
artistic ways of knowing
bandsmanship
band as community
individuation
mature spirituality
File:: Download Reed_S_Dissertation_04_10_08_V3.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member

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Author:: Freiler, Tammy Jo
Title:: BRIDGING TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES OF KNOWING: REVALUING MIND/BODY CONNECTIONS THROUGH EXPERIENCES OF EMBODIMENT
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: EXPERIENCES OF EMBODIMENT
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Helen Margaret Hendy, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

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Author:: Horst, Tara Lynne
Title:: UNITING SOMATIC PEDAGOGY WITH MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: A FEMINIST PARTICPATORY ACTION RESEARCH STUDY
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: management education
somatic pedagogy
women managers
feminist participatory action research
body
yoga
File:: Download Horst.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Helen Margaret Hendy, Committee Member

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Author:: Bristol, Trammell Lynn
Title:: THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MANAGERS IN THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: AFRICAN AMERICAN MANAGERS
LEARNING ORGANIZATION
File:: Download bristol.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Karen A Thomas, Committee Member

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Author:: Bettinger, Thomas Vincent
Title:: GAY MEN AT MIDLIFE AND ADULT LEARNING: AN UNEASY TRUCE WITH HETERONORMATIVITY
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult learning
adult development
midlife
heteronormativity
gay men
File:: Download Bettinger_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Patricia Bullock, Committee Member

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Author:: Root, Vicki
Title:: Teaching Social Work Students Through Culturally Responsive Education: An Action Research Study Drawing on Spirituality and Culture
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Culturally Responsive Education
Social Work
Action Research
Group Dynamics
File:: Download Root_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Stephen Robert Couch, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

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Author:: Mwaura, John N.
Title:: BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: international students
adult students
nontraditional students
Black africans
phenomenology
heuristic
File:: Download John_Mwaura__final_diss_May_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member

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Author:: Kramer, Lorie Renee
Title:: The role of relationships between adults and canine companions: The impact on personal growth and well-being
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: adult education
human-animal bond
anthrozoology
learning through relationships/connections
attunement
attachment to pets
File:: Download Dissertation-final_for_Thesis_Office.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member

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Author:: Sauer, Michael Paul
Title:: Storytelling by Adults Diagnosed with Terminal Illness: Narrative Identifying through Dialogical Research
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Dialogical Research
Storytelling
adult education
Listening
terminal illness
terminal diagnosis
narrative
narrative identifying
narrative learning
narrative medicine
narrative identifying
dialogism
meaning in life
end stage
good death
worldview construction
lifestory
unfinalizable
File:: Download sauer_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, 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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