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Author:

Webb, Patricia Holland

Title:

Bearing Witness: Informal Learning Among Critical Care Nurses in the Context of Traumatic Suffering

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

adult learning
trauma
secondary traumatic stress
compassion fatigue
nurses
informal learning
workplace learning
emotional labor
phenomenology
psychoanalysis
critical theory
lifelong learning

File:

Download WEBB__P-Bearing_Witness-FINALupload-23July2016-pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Outside Member

Author:

Covert, Michelle L

Title:

Negotiating Contradictions: Rural Student-Mothers and Online Learning

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Student-Mothers
Online Learning
Rural Students
Mothering in College
Motherhood and Higher Education
Rural Mothers and Higher Education
Rural Mothers and Online Learning
Mothers and Online Learning

File:

Download Covert_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Davin Jules Carr-Chellman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Davin Jules Carr-Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Member
Frederick Dudley Loomis Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Aguilera Hermida, Ana Patricia

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN A LEARNING INSTITUTE: A CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Lifelong learning
Neuroplasticity
U3A
Lifelong learning institutes
Community Well-being
Older adults
Social Capital
Subjective well-being and seniors
Brain Reserve
Cognitive training
Learning institutes for older adults
Senior learners
Elderly

File:

Download Aguilera_Dissertation_Older_adults.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr. Clemmie E. Gilpin, Committee Member
Dr. Sarah Bronson, Outside Member

Author:

Park, Hyewon

Title:

Learning lives of young adult North Korean defectors: Identity reconstruction within everyday life

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Young adult North Korean defectors
Identity reconstruction
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Adult education

File:

Download Park_Hyewon.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred M. Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred M. Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Member
Soo-Yong Byun, Outside Member

Author:

Anagiotos, Christos

Title:

Learning Ethno-National Identity in Areas of Conflict: A Comparative Narrative Analysis of Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot Young Adults

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Identity learning
Ethnic and national identity construction
Divided island of Cyprus
Ethnic conflict
Narrative analysis
Lifelong learning
Adult Education

File:

Download Anagiotos_Christos_PhD_Dissertation_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred M. Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred M. Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Member
Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
David M. Post, Outside Member
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Hestres Garcia, Annette Marie

Title:

LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF LGBQ LATINA, CHICANA, AND PUERTO RICAN FACULTY MEMBERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PUERTO RICO

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

LGBQ Latina
LGBQ Chicana
LGBQ Puerto Rican
Faculty Members
Higher Education
Comparative Studies
Narrative Inquiry
Thematic Analysis
Faculty
Comparison
Learning Experiences

File:

Download Hestres_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Prins, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Committee Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Member

Author:

Mercedes-Liberato, Keon Tirek

Title:

ORGANIZING IN THE WORKING-CLASS: CONTRADICTIONS, LEARNING & THE MAKING OF LEFT ORGANIZERS

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Social movements
Marxism
Social Movement Learning
Social Movement Leadership

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Revision_3.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Member
Mark Sebastian Anner, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Outside Member

Author:

Sessoms, Amber Michelle

Title:

The Merging of the Personal and the Collective: Reimagining Black Natural Hair Care Digital Spaces as Sites of Critical Public Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

natural hair
black hair
black women
african american women
digital spaces
blogs
critical public pedagogy
identity development
adult learning
adult identity development
blogging
online learning communities
critical consciousness
identity formation
popular culture
adult education
african american hair
black womanhood

File:

Download Sessoms_2017_FINAL_Dissertation_w_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Outside Member

Author:

Dolet, Nakita Carmen

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of Adult Learners Navigating the College Application Process

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Adult Learners
FAFSA
Admissions
College
Information-Seeking
College Application

File:

Download Dolet_7.19.2018_Dissertaton_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adnan A Qayyum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Allen Campbell Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Davin Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Outside Member

Author:

Lee, Pei Wei

Title:

USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCESS AND SUPPORT INFORMAL LEARNING IN MUSEUMS OF TAIWAN AND THE U.S.

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Informal Learning
Social Media

File:

Download PS_LEE.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M. Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adnan Qayyum, Committee Member
Wei-Fan Chen, Committee Member
Roger Shouse, Outside Member