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Author:

Kafle, Madhav Prasad

Title:

Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, 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:

Kryst, Erica

Title:

The Role of Higher Education in the Habitus Transformation of Youth from Rural Communities

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

rural education
higher education
habitus
rural youth and communities
rural out-migration

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Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Soo-yong Byun, Major & Minor Field Member
Mark Brennan, Outside Unit Member
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member

Author:

Shannon, Tammy

Title:

Adult, First-Generation College Students' Perceptions of Belonging: Connections Through Communities of Practice

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

Adult student
communities of practice
first-generation student
higher education
persistence
sense of belonging

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Committee Members:

Craig Campbell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ewing, General Studies & Outside Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Tarlau, Major Field Member
Esther Prins, 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