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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:

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:

Siha, Alfred

Title:

"imagining the Moon": Critical Pedagogy, Discourse Tensions, and the Adult Basic Writing Classroom

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

basic writing
critical pedagogy
adult basic writers
community colleges
developmental writing
developmental education

File:

Download SihaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Pucino, Carrie L

Title:

Understanding the Transformation of Compassion in Nurses Who Become Patients

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nurse as Patient
Compassion
Learning Compassion
Transformative Learning Theory
Empathy in Transformation
Developmental Perspective of Transformation
Narrative Inquiry

File:

Download CPucino_Final_Dissertation-December_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member

Author:

Stametz, Rebecca Ann

Title:

Bringing the Adult Learning Experience of Successful Weight Loss Maintenance into Focus: A Narrative Analysis with Implications for Educators and Clinicians

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Transformative learning
Weight loss
Critical Public Pedagogy
Critical Media Literacy
Obesity
Weight Stigma

File:

Download Stametz_Dissertation_11_9_13_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Kesha Baptiste Roberts, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

Author:

Betts, Elana Cherice

Title:

Fostering LGBTQ Advocacy in School Psychology as Adult Education: Shaping Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceived Control

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

critical theory
Theory of Planned Behavior
adult education
LGBTQ
school psychology
affirmative practice
multicultural ed

File:

Download EBetts_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Thomas Bettinger, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member

Author:

Post, Ernie

Title:

Exploring Nascent Entrepreneurial Learning: A Mixed Method Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

entrepreneurial learning
attrition
self-directed learning
nascent entrepreneurial learning discontinuance
learning models

File:

Download JZDissertationFinal3-14-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Edward Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Robert D Russell, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Barlet, Katelyn Danielle

Title:

Latina parent involvement: An action research study exploring a Spanish teaching and learning program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Latina
parent
involvement
teaching
education
Latino

File:

Download Katelyn_Barlet_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Chiara Sabina, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Committee Member

Author:

Mccadden, Theodore Edward

Title:

"for People Who Aren't Sure Who They Are, Theatre is a Great Place to Be": Narratives of Actors and their Sexual Identities

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
theatre
acting
embodied learning
performance of gender
adult development
LGBT development
queer theory

File:

Download McCadden_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Adam Ross Gustafson, Committee Member

Author:

Karnish, Kristen M

Title:

Physical Therapists’ Understanding of Geriatric Patient Advocacy: A Mixed Method Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Advocacy
Physical Therapy
Critical Gerontology
Geriatrics

File:

Download Karnish_dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Hengameh Hosseini, Committee Member