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Author:

Snyder, Melissa J

Title:

Reconnecting with Your Passion: An Action Research Study Exploring Humanities and Professional Nursing

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nursing
Adult Education
Humantities
Action Research
Transformative Learning
Professional Development
Career Satisfaction

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Submission_April_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Cheryl A Dellasega, Committee Member
William Dryden Milheim, Committee Member
Julie Kearney, Special Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Firestone, Brenda L

Title:

Engineers' Perceptions of Diversity and the Learning Environment at Work: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Engineer
Engineering
Workplace
Learning
Diversity
Culture
Culture
Adult Education
Feminist
Mixed Methods
Critical

File:

Download Firestone_Diss.3.12.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Barbara A Sims, Committee Member
Katherine H Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Tobin, Jennifer Ann

Title:

Embodied Learning and Creative Writing: An Action Research Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

embodiment
creative writing
writing the body
the body
Merleau-Ponty

File:

Download TOBIN_FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Julie Kearney, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Ashley Renee

Title:

Influence of Black Racial Identity on Early Adolescents' Perceived Discrimination, Coping Styles, Academic Self-concept, and School Performance

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Cross Racial Identity Scale
CRIS
Black Racial Identity
School Performance
Perceived Discrimination
Coping Styles

File:

Download Ashley_Miller_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Beverly Vandiver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beverly Vandiver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Fleming, Kirk Donn

Title:

The Agony and Ecstasy of Workplace Creativity: A Qualitative Study of How Facilitators View Affect in Helping Adults Learn Creativity

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

creativity
innovation
learning
affect
emotion
workplace
learning
education
training
facilitation
experiential

File:

Download Kirk_D_Fleming_Dissertation_Final_March_6_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alan Morand, Committee Member
Margaret Cecilia Lohman, Committee Member
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Callaghan, Carolyn Marie

Title:

Culturally diverse cohorts: The exploration of learning in context and community

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Cohorts
cultural diversity
adult education
sociocultural perspective
culturally diverse cohorts

File:

Download Callaghan_dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Norman Jacob

Title:

The Perceptions of District Leaders of Cyber Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

cyber school
virtual learning
charter school
21st century learning
technology in the classrom
cyber charter school
school district leaders' perceptions on cyber charters
cyber charter case study
cyber charter challenge

File:

Download N_MillerFINALDISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Member
Dr Susan Faircloth, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Dr Preston Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Easy, Omar X

Title:

A Legal and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Language used to Preserve the “MYTH” of a Student-athlete

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

There are many factors that may influence and impact student-ath

File:

Download Dr._Easy_Final_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Preston Green, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Kathleen Mary Collins, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Rahima A

Title:

Media and the Construction of the Arab-American Women's Identity

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Identity
Arab American
Woman
Critical Media Literacy
Culture
Islam

File:

Download Williams_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member

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