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Author:

Sun, Jinai

Title:

CHINESE AS "SPECIES" IN THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL: AN ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Mandarin
Chinese
language ecology
language planning
organizational theory
school board politics
foreign language

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
William Hartman, Committee Member
Preston C Green, Committee Member

Author:

LeGore, Kimberly Garris

Title:

Opted Out: A study of men and women who have left television news careers

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

gender studies
work-life
socialist feminism
women in TV
organizational theory
TV news
ideal worker

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne M Hoag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Hoag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marie Hardin, Committee Member
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Robert Drago, Committee Member

Author:

Woodell, James Kenneth

Title:

Wilson’s Mantra: Sensemaking, Loose Coupling, and the Intramural Economic Engagement Interface at the University Of Massachusetts

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

sensemaking
loose coupling
universities
organizational theory
economic development
administration
public policy

File:

Download Woodell_Dissertation_Final_20140907.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member
Goktug Morcol, Committee Member

Author:

Weller, Scott

Title:

Organizational Logics: Bridging the Gap between Personal and Institutional Logics

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

organizational logics
institutional logics
organizational theory
personal logics
pragmatism
dialectics
sensemaking

File:

Download Dissertation_Weller.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Younhee Kim, Committee Member
Jonathan William Ivy, Outside Member
Bing Ran, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mcginnis, G. Eric

Title:

Old Dogs and New Puppies: The Disruptive Effects of Equity-Oriented Policy Change on Learning Community Participation

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

adult education
nonformal education
education policy
policy implementation
Boy Scouts
Scouting
education leadership
nonprofit leadership
organizational theory
communities of practice
landscapes of practice
critical sensemaking
volunteer management

File:

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Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, 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:

Ogbu, Nnenna

Title:

Education Contracting for School Turnaround Reform: A District's Novel Approach to Local Control

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

school turnaround
state takeover
new school models
institutional logics
new institutionalism
education policy
organizational theory
education contracting
school improvement

File:

Download Nnenna_Ogbu_Final_Dissertation2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Lewis, Outside Field Member
Michael Berkman, Outside Unit Member
Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair
Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
David Gamson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor