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Author:

Neill, Amanda Crystal

Title:

Museum Docents' Understanding of Interpretation

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

hermeneutics
interpretation
docents
museum
symbolic interactionism

File:

Download Neill.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Committee Member
George W Boudreau, Committee Member

Author:

Bailey, April Elizabeth

Title:

EXPLORING ADULT BUSINESS STUDENTS’ TRANSITION TO COLLEGE THROUGH A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR COURSE: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult students
business students
first-year seminar
student transitions and adjustment
undergraduate business programs
action research

File:

Download April_Bailey_Final_Dissertation_April_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Stephen Patrick Schappe, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Knisely, Andrew Jon

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINABÉ CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE PASTORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY IN ADULT EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
spirituality
spiritual development
African studies
contextual theology
pastoral education
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Burkina Faso

File:

Download AndrewKniselyDissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Ann Louise

Title:

Complexity Science and Adult Education: The Role of Trauma in Nurses' Embodied Learning

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nursing Education
Neuroscience
Mindfulness
Healthcare
Fear Leaning
Embodiment
Embodied Cognitive Science
Complexity
Compassion Fatigue
CAS
Adult Education
Adult learning
Paradox
Self-Awareness
Somatic Learning
Storytelling
Systems
Trauma
Yoga

File:

Download Swartz_Complete_Dissertation_July_9_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member

Author:

Hissong, Angela Nanette

Title:

LEARNING SELF NURTURANCE AND UNLEARNING PATRIARCHY: A FEMINIST POSTSTRUCTURAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF RURAL MOTHERS’ CONSTANTLY SHIFTING IDENTITY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Committee Member

Author:

Kirshman, Andrea Orwig

Title:

The Journey toward Understanding Whiteness among Student Affairs Professionals: An Action Research Study in Anti-Racist Education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

anti-racist education
student affairs
whiteness

File:

Download THESIS_Andrea_Orwig_Kirshman.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member

Author:

Colangelo, Augustus B

Title:

DEVELOPING A CHOICE OF MAJOR MODEL FOR THE SMEAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

CHOICE OF MAJOR

File:

Download Dissertation_17Nov09.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert D Reason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Member
Susan Ruth Rankin, Committee Member
Ingrid Maria Blood, Committee Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member

Author:

Persaud, Anita

Title:

FACTORS AFFECTING CLASSROOM INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

classroom involvement
chilly classroom climate
classroom environment
gender identity
gender interconnection
learning styles

File:

Download APersaud.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel W Salter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James B Stewart, Committee Member
Catharina Johanna Cunning, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Robert B Slaney, Committee Member

Author:

Prichavudhi, Anant -

Title:

School leaders' perspectives on effective change in a Thai Catholic school through systems thinking: A case study

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

school effectiveness
systems thinking
change
school leadership

File:

Download anantp.thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Peter Marlow Nelson, Committee Member

Author:

Baker, Betsy A.

Title:

The Role of Institution, Ideology, Interests, and Information in the Decision to Departmentalize in Elementary Schools

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

departmentalize
horizontal organization
self-contained
elementary
departmentalization
elementary departmentalization

File:

Download BetsyABakerDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Preston Green, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Wade , Barbara

Title:

Statistical Literacy in Adult College Students

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

statistical literacy
adult education
statistics
attitudes and statistics
beliefs and statistics
research methods and statistics

File:

Download 01_FINAL_4_6_2009_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Pamela Preston, Committee Member
John Basil Urenko, Committee Member

Author:

Aumiller, Betsy Bahorik

Title:

THE MEANING OF HEALTH-RELATED E-MAIL MESSAGING AT THE WORKSITE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

heatlh behavior change
e-mail messaging
worksite heatlh promotion
transfromational learning
media effects

File:

Download Aumiller_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Varner, Barbara Eileen

Title:

An Exploration of how Women Probation and Parole Officers Learn to Negotiate Power and Interest in the Criminal Justice System

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Narrative
Negotiating Power and Interest
Criminal Justice Education
Women Probation and Parole Officers
Probation and Parole
Adult Education

File:

Download Varner_psu_final_3.15.10_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Irene C Baird, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Bonnie Kerrigan

Title:

Back to School: University-Linked Retirement Communities and Institutional Integration

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

universities
continuing education
retirement communities

File:

Download Snyderthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ann Echols, Committee Member
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Barry R

Title:

Eliciting, Analyzing, and Comparing Mental Models of Complex Audio Recording Systems between Professional and Novice Recording Engineers

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

multidimensional scaling
card sort
mental model
expert-novice
instructional design
structural knowledge

File:

Download Hill_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Brian Smith, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member

Author:

Mattes, Bilita Searls

Title:

EDUCATION ACTION RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION AS FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

faculty development
action research
education action research
higher education
adult learning

File:

Download Bilita_Mattes_Dissertation102908.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Ernest Dishner, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member

Author:

Rudy, Bruce Samuel

Title:

Organizational Learning and Disaster Management in a County Coroner's Office: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Organizational Learning
Disaster Management

File:

Download Bruce_Rudy_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member

Author:

McQuiggan, Carol

Title:

Preparing to Teach Online as Transformative Faculty Development

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
faculty development
teaching online

File:

Download McQuigganDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member

Author:

Butler, Craig Brian

Title:

Examining High Performing Advocacy Groups in a Large Public School

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

School Climate
Mentor
Advocate
Advocacy Group
Variability

File:

Download Craig_Butler_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Hartman, Committee Member
Shannon Patrick, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Carolyn Hickey

Title:

EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE ROLE ASSUMPTIONS ON THE ALCOHOL USE OF FEMALES IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

young adult
alcohol use
females
social roles
binge
drinking

File:

Download THESISFINALAPRIL2003.pdf

Committee Members:

John D Swisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith R Vicary, Committee Member
Andrea M Piccinin, Committee Member
Constance R Matthews, Committee Member