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Author:

Juarez, Lee

Title:

(RE)Describing Belonging: A narrative Inquiry of Minoritized Students and their Sense of Belonging While Attending a Predominately White Institution during COVID-19

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

sense of belonging
minoritized students
predominately White institution
COVID-19
pandemic
narrative inquiry
justice and equity
inclusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Chiles, Outside Unit Member
Ashley Patterson, Outside Field Member
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member
Royel Johnson, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zipf, Sarah

Title:

Experiences of Racialization In Online Undergraduate Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
racialization
survey
Cultural Historical Activity Theory
mixed methods case study

File:

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Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Major Field Member
Alicia Dowd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Webb, Ashton Robert

Title:

An Analysis of University Patenting Activity

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
patenting

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Aparicio, Elyzza Melina

Title:

How Participation in Early Undergraduate Research Experiences Shapes Degree Aspirations, Post-Graduation Plans, and Educational Pathways for Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Students

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

early undergraduate research experience
degree aspirations
post-graduation plans
educational pathways
racial and ethnic minoritized students
state comprehensive universities

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Guthrie, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patil, Padmavathi

Title:

Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
presidents
leadership
human capital theory
upper echelons theory
organizational theory
typology
institutional outcomes

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Minor & Outside Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Watts, Alison Page

Title:

Response/Able Funding: Mapping Faculty-Foundation Relations and the Pursuit of Grant Funding for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and/or Racial Justice Projects

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

philanthropy
racial equity
cultural historical activity theory
phenomenology
cartography

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Committee Members:

Ebony Coletu, Outside Unit & Field Member
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member
Alicia Dowd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Royel Johnson, Major Field Member
Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kenney, Alex

Title:

Navigating Anti-Black Racism: How Black Collegians Experience the Racial Climate at a Predominantly White Institution

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Racial Climate
Black Collegians
Critical Race Theory

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Committee Members:

LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member
Royel Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary King, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karly Ford, Major Field Member
Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair

Author:

De Los Rios, Maria J

Title:

Understanding Persistence Through University Climate Assessment: First-year Students’ Experiences at Chilean Universities and their Plans of Re-enrolling for the Next Academic Term

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Diversity
University
Chile
Persistence
Climate
Students

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Committee Members:

Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Gilberto Conchas, Outside Field Member
Eric Plutzer, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Cassell, Alexander

Title:

State Postsecondary Governance Reforms in the Twenty-First Century

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher Education
Public Policy
Governance
State Government
Governance Reform

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Fenelon, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karly Ford, Major Field Member

Author:

Kirk, Chris

Title:

Perpetuating inequity: The role of parent councils in opportunity hoarding and privilege-dependence of higher education institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

opportunity hoarding
privilege-dependence
parent councils
parent involvement
higher education
organizational routines
social stratification

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Committee Members:

Karly Ford, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Molly Martin, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Guthrie, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair of Committee
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Brown, Lynneah

Title:

Impacts of Tennessee’s Performance-Based Funding Policy on STEM Degree Production at Four-Year Universities: A Longitudinal Analysis Using a Difference-in-Differences Design

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Performance funding
Higher education finance and policy
Degree completion
STEM degree completion
Principal–agent theory
Resource dependence theory
Difference-in differences analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Mark Roberts, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Montgomery, Rachel Lynn

Title:

“We Built the Airplane as We Were Flying It”: A Grounded Exploration of Co-Deanships in U.S. Law Schools

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Co-Leadership
Co-Deanship
Co-Dean
Dyad
Legal Education
Higher Education
Law Schools
Law School Leadership
Executive Dean
Executive Level Leadership
Shared Leadership
Collective Leadership
Dyadic Leadership
Grounded Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Karen Paulson, Outside Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Outside Unit Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cardenas, Artemio

Title:

Demographic Change and the Fiscal Sustainability of Public Regional Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher Education
Finance
Demographics
Enrollment

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Committee Members:

Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Major Field Member
Chris Witko, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cate, Leandra Maureen

Title:

Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Ideological Framing of the University Through Graduate Student Unionization

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

graduate student unionization
social movements
higher education
international students
labor
ideological framing
neoliberal university

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mccarthy, Outside Unit Member
Leticia Oseguera, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shell, Laura Jean

Title:

Working and Living in Student Crisis: The Emotional Labor of a Live-in Residence Life Professional

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Student affairs professional
residence life professional
emotional labor
crisis
Student affairs professional
Residence life professional
Emotional labor
Crisis
Trauma

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Major Field Member
Alicia Dowd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Royel Johnson, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Choi, Junghee Hee

Title:

The Impact of State Appropriations on Curricular Change at Public Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher education finance
State appropriations
Curricular change

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Wrenn, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Pulido, Gabriel

Title:

Queer and Trans Drag Artists of Color on College Campus(es): A Black feminist Woven Ethnography

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Drag Artists
Queer and Trans Collegians
Queer and Trans Communities of Color
Black Feminist Thought
Ethnography
Higher Education

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sam Tenorio, Minor Field Member
Royel Johnson, Special Member
Wilson Okello, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member

Author:

Petty, Raya

Title:

"I said what I said": Black women narratives on identity, communication, and refusal at historically white institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Black women
Black girlhood
Higher education
Refusal

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Outside Field Member
Janice Byrd, Outside Unit Member
Wilson Okello, Major Field Member
LaWanda Ward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

Tomatoes for sale: An examination of online higher education decision makers' perceptions of online offerings

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

Download Chichester_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Diehl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Moon, Allante

Title:

Refusing Invisibility: Black Caribbean Women's Wisdom Navigating Graduate Studies at Historically white Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Black Caribbean Women
Graduate Students
SUNY Institution
Anti-Blackness
Racialization
Black Feminist Thought

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Dissertation Co-Advisor
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Kamaria Porter, Major Field Member

Author:

Li, Tong

Title:

Dynamics of Undergraduate Socialization in a STEM Intervention Program: Comparing First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Students Throughout Their College Journey

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

STEM intervention program
Undergraduate socialization
Social influence
First-generation students
STEM education
Random intercept cross-lagged panel model
Longitudinal study

File:

Download Dissertation_Tong_Li_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Katerina Bodovski, Outside Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janice Byrd, Outside Unit Member