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Author:

Taylor, Catherine Freiday

Title:

Conceptions of Time and Competing Priorities in the Principalship: The Challenge of Staying Focused on Learning

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
No Child Left Behind legislation
New principals
Leadership in education
Instructional leadership
Instruction
Expectations
Email
Elementary schools
Elementary principal
Education
Decision making
Curriculum and instruction
Conceptions of time
Best interests
Availability or absence of time
Assessment results
Administration of schools
Achievement
Accountability in education
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
Principal
Priorities
Qualitative research
Rural schools
Students
Student learning
Suburban schools
Technology
Time
Time management
Teachers
Theories and principles
Urban schools

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul T Begley, Professor Of Education, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member

Author:

Kephart, Eugene Merrell

Title:

Relationships between Parental Involvement and Child Development Outcomes in Head Start

Graduate Program:

Educational Administration

Keywords:

Head Start
Parent Involvement
Education

File:

Download Eugene_Kephart_Final_Paper_11-19-07.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Leroy French, Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Susan C Faircloth, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Schaub, Mimi

Title:

Parenting Cognitive Development: The Institutional Effects of Mass Education on the Social Construction of Parenting and Childhood

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Childhood
Parenting
Education

File:

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Committee Members:

John David Mccarthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sean Reardon, Committee Member
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member
John Kramer, Committee Member

Author:

Nieto-Montenegro, Sergio

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF PILOT FOOD SAFETY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR HISPANIC WORKERS IN THE MUSHROOM INDUSTRY USING THE HEALTH ACTION MODEL

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Mushroom
Hispanic
Handwashing
Observation
Theory
Produce Safety
Education
Food Safety

File:

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Committee Members:

Juanita Lynne Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luke F Laborde, Committee Member
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member

Author:

Chandrasekhar, S

Title:

Essays in Development Economics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Public Projects
Water
Sanitation
Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priyanka Pandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Shapiro, Committee Member
Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Member

Author:

Haas, Beth Ann

Title:

The CTE Teacher Selection and Hiring Decision: Practices and Perceptions from Select Pennsylvania Directors

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

CTE Teacher
Structured Interview
Education
Career and Technical Education
Hiring and CTE Teacher
Structured Interview
Education
Career and Technical Education
Hiring and Selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Clark, Committee Member
Richard Allen Walter, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Cundiff, Patrick Ryan

Title:

Great Expectations Unmet: The Impact of Adolescent Educational Expectations on Deviant Behavior During the Transition to Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Crime, Law and Justice

Keywords:

Adolescent Expectations
Education
Deviance
Strain

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Staff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Staff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Special Member

Author:

Roccamo, Ashley Lynne

Title:

Comparing the Success of Pronunciation Instruction in Beginner and Intermediate German Language Classrooms

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Linguistics
Education
L2 Pronunciation
Second Language Acquisition
Phonology
Accent

File:

Download Roccamo_Dissertation_FINAL_Apr_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Dr Mary O'brien, Special Member

Author:

Smith , Emily Grace

Title:

The Power of the Written Word: Three Essays on Schooling, Literacy, and Health in sub-saharan Africa

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Literacy
Schooling
Health
Africa
Education
Child Survival
Women

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenny Trinitapoli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member
Kevin J Thomas, Committee Member
David P Baker, Special Member

Author:

Salinas, Daniel R

Title:

Educational Expansion, School Sector and Social Stratification: Changing Mechanisms of Educational Inequality in Latin America

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Education
school expansion
inequality
Chile
Mexico
Private schools
stratification

File:

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Committee Members:

David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Soo Yong Byun, Committee Member
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member

Author:

Freer, Robert J

Title:

A Comparative Study Of Health Literacy and How Rural Communities Understand Hypertension Information in Uganda And Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Health
Literacy
Education
Hypertension
Africa

File:

Download Dissertation_of_Robert_Freer_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Barry, Chloe Yh

Title:

Can a Short Video Module Teach Stereotype Threat and Methods of Prevention to White, Women, Pre-Service Teachers?

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Stereotype threat
Education
prevention
video module
professional development

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Beverly Vandiver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Monteiro Pereira Nunes, Evelyn

Title:

ESSAYS ON DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Education
Race
Returns to Education
Vouchers

File:

Download Nunes_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Wade Cooper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Wade Cooper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kala Krishna, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Armagost, Andrew Linford

Title:

An Exploration of the Role and Use of the Fund Balance and the Impact of Expenditure and Revenue Factors on Pennsylvania School Districts

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Fund Balance
School
Finance
Education
Armagost
Budgets

File:

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Committee Members:

William Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Outside Member

Author:

Perry, Rebecca Kirsten

Title:

Executive Functioning as a Moderator between Preschool Classroom Quality and Self-Regulation for Children from High and Low Poverty Backgrounds

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Executive Functioning
Classroom Quality
Early Childhood
Self-Regulation
Poverty
Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Frank, Committee Member
Shirley Woika, Committee Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Member
James DiPerna, Committee Member

Author:

Krempa, Aaron Noah

Title:

Plato's Prayer: Toward a Spiritual Reading of the Republic

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Spirituality
Mysticism
Plato
Aesthetics
Education
Virtue

File:

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Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark A Sentesy, Committee Member
Christopher Robert Moore, Committee Member
John Joseph Jasso, Outside Member

Author:

Vetere, Timothy Matthew

Title:

(RE)WRITING THE SCRIPT OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING/LEARNING: EXPLORING TEACHER CANDIDATES’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF DRAMA-BASED INSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Second Language Learning
English Language Learners
ELL
TESOL
ACTFL
Drama-Based Instruction
Drama
Education
Teacher Preparation
Teacher Education
Vygotsky
Socio-Cultural Theory
World Languages Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mari Haneda, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Deryn Phillips Verity, Outside Member

Author:

Hogan, Colin Peter

Title:

Pedagogies of Error: Grammar and Antebellum American Literature

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Grammar
Pedagogy
Error
Antebellum Literature
Walt Whitman
Herman Melville
Harriet Wilson
Lindley Murray
James Brown
Goold Brown
Common School
Education
William Bentley Fowle
American Literature
History of English Language
Language Standardization

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Dean Castiglia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edmond Marsh, Committee Member
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Eric Robert Hayot, Outside Member
Carla Mulford Conklin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Brennan, Ann Elizabeth

Title:

Becoming

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Education
Curriculum
Rooted Teaching
Place
Teacher Education

File:

Download Brennan_-_Becominig_-_12.4.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member
Christopher Uhl, Outside Member

Author:

Dutta, Ritam

Title:

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY BENGALI STUDENTS’ ‘ADDA’ (HANG-OUT) IN ONE UNIVERSITY IN KOLKATA: ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO LEARNING, OR A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME?

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Bengali
Sociability Practice
Informal learning
Kolkata
Adda
Hang out
Student
Youth
West Bengal
Alternative pathways to learning
Culture Studies
Youth Studies
Ethnographic Case Study
Educational Culture
Culture of Education
South Asian Studies
Education
Educational Sociology
Sociology of Education
Informal Education
Adult Education
Continuous Education
Lifelong Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Brahmachari, Meghna

Title:

Essays in Education and International Trade

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Education
Rules of Origin
Regional Exposure
Skill premium
information

File:

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Committee Members:

Kala Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kala Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Committee Member
Michael David Gechter, Committee Member
David Gerard Abler, Outside Member

Author:

Acevedo, Gabriel

Title:

Identity and Machismo: Narrative Experiences of Gay Teachers in Puerto Rico

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Education
Puerto Rico
Teachers
Machismo
Masculinity

File:

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Committee Members:

Ashley Nichol Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashley Nichol Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Outside Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Canevez, Richard

Title:

ICT and STEM Education at the Colonial Border: A Postcolonial Computing Persepctive of Indigenous Cultural Integration in ICT and STEM Outreach in British Columbia

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

STEM
ICT
Postcolonal Theory
Postcolonial Computing
Education
Indigenization
Indigenous
Cultural Integration

File:

Download Dissertation_Draft_Revised_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carleen Maitland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carleen Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Yarger, Committee Member
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mills, Shavonte

Title:

Visions of an Emancipated Society: The Oberlin Mission, Black Activists, and Transnational Education, 1835-1875

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
African American Studies
19th century U.S. history
Transnationalism

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Committee Members:

Christina Snyder, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ellen Stroud, Major Field Member
Kathyrn Merkel-Hess, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Esther Prins, Outside Unit Member
Michael West, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Gilyard, Outside Field Member

Author:

Almohammed, Sali

Title:

A PROPOSED TRAINING PROGRAM EXPLORING THE FIRST WEEK EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS, THEIR TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATIONS AT JAZAN UNIVERSITY IN SAUDI ARABIA”

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
Disability
Training
Students
Teachers
Administrators
University
Equality Discrimination
Saudi Arabia
Jazan
Qualitative Research
Narrative research
Descriptive research Explanatory research
Thematic analysis
Campus life
Social inclusion
Accessibility
Accommodations Institutional support
Attitudes

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
William Brendel, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hyung Joon Yoon, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Romera Rodriguez, Guillermo

Title:

Understanding Non-Participation in a Self-Regulated Computer-Mediated Communication Implementation: Exploring Challenges and Implications

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
Educational Technology
Computer-Mediated Communication
Self-Regulation
Gamification

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yubo Kou, Major Field Member

Author:

Hawila, Nour

Title:

Confidence intervals for noninferiority testing, Bayesian joint modeling of interrater and intrarater reliability, topics in biostatistical modeling and statistics education

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics (PHD)

Keywords:

noninferiority
Bayesian
reliability
Biostatistics
COVID
VAME
Education
Taxicab

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Dajiang Liu, Major Field Member
Arun Sharma, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
David Mauger, Major Field Member
Arthur Berg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cedeno, Kevin

Title:

Embodiment and Organicism in the Moral and Political Philosophy of Anna Julia Cooper

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

Anna Julia Cooper
Black Feminism
Embodied Discourse
Education
Morality
Organicism
Political Philosophy
Scrapbook
Philosophy of Race
Feminist Philosophy
Intersectionality
19th Century
Embodiment

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Committee Members:

Leonard Lawlor, Program Head/Chair
Shirley Moody, Outside Field Member
Linda Alcoff, Special Member
Kathryn Belle, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Gilyard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Major Field Member

Author:

Sarraga-Lopez, Yamil

Title:

Teaching after Hurricane María: Exploring teacher leaders’ experiences in the Puerto Rican school system.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
Puerto Rico
School Change
School Reform
Crisis Management
Teacher Leadership
Complexity Theory
Systemic Trauma
Natural Disasters
Schools

File:

Download SarragaLopezYamilDissertationFinalCorrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Program Head/Chair
David Gamson, Outside Unit & Field Member