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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:

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:

Snelson, Donna Ayers

Title:

Stories of Exemplary Hospital Registered Nurses: A Narrative Analysis

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

retention in nursing
exceptional nurses
nurse stories
narrative analysis

File:

Download Snelson_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hocking, Deborah Elizabeth

Title:

Accounting in Action: Learning in the Field

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

holistic approaches to learning
AICPA core competencies
accounting education
service learning
experiential learning
reflection

File:

Download Hocking_Doctoral_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rhoda Joseph, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Hayduk, Dina

Title:

USING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS A FRAMEWORK TO EXPLORE WOMEN AND RUNNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
women
running
narrative inquiry

File:

Download Final_Formatted_Aug_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Carol A Smith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Albergato-Muterspaw, Francesca

Title:

The Role of Music in Healing and Grief Processes of Bereaved Adult Learners

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

music and bereavement
music as a coping mechanism
music as a way of knowing

File:

Download Francesca_Albergato-Muterspaw_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Stuckey, Heather L.

Title:

Healing from Dry Bones: Creative Expression and Adult Learning in Diabetes Care

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

ways of knowing
creative expression
adult learning
health care
patient care
action research
chronic illness
diabetes
postmodern
poststructural

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Stuckey.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Irene C Baird, Committee Member
Robert A Gabbay, Committee Member

Author:

Triscari, Jacqlyn S.

Title:

POWER SHIFTS DURING AN ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Postmodernism
Transformation
Change
Organization
Power
Non-Profit

File:

Download Triscari_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Milheim, Karen Lorraine

Title:

LEARNING THROUGH REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGERS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult basic education administration
phenomenology
adult basic education
adult literacy
professional development
reflective practice
ABE
adult education
adult basic education management

File:

Download Karen_Milheim_10_14_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Dr Kimetta R Hairston, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member

Author:

Mont, Michele A.

Title:

PERSPECTIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULT STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON THE USE OF ART-BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOMS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

arts-based learning
higher education
adult education

File:

Download Mont_Jan21_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Libby Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Committee Member

Author:

Turley, Matthew William

Title:

FRIENDS OF BILL W.: THE STORIES OF HOW EIGHT MEN FOUND “A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES” THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformational learning theory
Alcoholics Anonymous
storytelling
spiritual development
narrative analysis

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Bowers, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Nancy S.

Title:

Who is the self that teaches? Perspectives of faculty as they learn to teach Spanish as a heritage language

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

teaching Spanish as a heritage language
Spanish speaking heritage learners
university faculty development
adult education
scholarship of teaching and learning
culturally responsive teaching
experiential learning theory

File:

Download resubmit_final_with_corrections_may_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Gloria Bodtorf Clark, Committee Member
Jo Victoria Goodman, Committee Member

Author:

Weiler-Timmins, Rebecca A.

Title:

Authenticity and Lesbian Health Educators

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
health education
lesbian
authenticity
self-disclosure
teachers

File:

Download R_WEILERTIMMINS_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Reed, Sandra Marlene

Title:

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES OF OLDER PERFORMING MUSICIANS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

older musicians
artistic ways of knowing
bandsmanship
band as community
individuation
mature spirituality

File:

Download Reed_S_Dissertation_04_10_08_V3.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member

Author:

Root, Vicki

Title:

Teaching Social Work Students Through Culturally Responsive Education: An Action Research Study Drawing on Spirituality and Culture

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Culturally Responsive Education
Social Work
Action Research
Group Dynamics

File:

Download Root_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Stephen Robert Couch, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Mwaura, John N.

Title:

BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

international students
adult students
nontraditional students
Black africans
phenomenology
heuristic

File:

Download John_Mwaura__final_diss_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member

Author:

Kramer, Lorie Renee

Title:

The role of relationships between adults and canine companions: The impact on personal growth and well-being

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
human-animal bond
anthrozoology
learning through relationships/connections
attunement
attachment to pets

File:

Download Dissertation-final_for_Thesis_Office.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Sauer, Michael Paul

Title:

Storytelling by Adults Diagnosed with Terminal Illness: Narrative Identifying through Dialogical Research

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Dialogical Research
Storytelling
adult education
Listening
terminal illness
terminal diagnosis
narrative
narrative identifying
narrative learning
narrative medicine
narrative identifying
dialogism
meaning in life
end stage
good death
worldview construction
lifestory
unfinalizable

File:

Download sauer_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member