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Author:

Vaishampayan, Abha Madhav

Title:

The role of sensemaking practices in supporting spatial cognition

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

spatial thinking
sensemaking
perspective taking
cognition
embodied cognition
middle school
astronomy

File:

Download Vaishampayan_dissertation_C_I.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Christopher Palma, Committee Member
Lynn S. Liben, Outside Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pletcher, Karen

Title:

Portrait of Professional Development School Hybrid Educators in a Supervisory Position

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Professional Development Schools
Professional Development of Teachers
Hybrid Educators
Situated Learning Theory
Supervision in a PDS
Teacher Growth and Development

File:

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Committee Members:

Bernard Badiali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carla Zembal-Saul, Committee Member
Rachel Marie Wolkenhauer, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Outside Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Gurgan, Kelly

Title:

Looking Back While Stepping Forward: The Impact of Video Recordings on the Depth of Self-Reflections

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

induction program
reflection
video use for professional development
in-service teachers

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Ravinder Koul, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Outside Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sweeney, Eleanor

Title:

Why We Are Singing: A Mixed Methods Study of Teacher Practices, Motivations, and Conceptions of Music Use in World Language Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

World Language
World Language Education
teacher education
Second Langauge Teaching
Teaching with Songs
Langauge and Music
Teaching World Language with music

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Deryn Phillips Verity, Committee Member
Ann Callistro Clements, Outside Member
Kimberly Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kolb, Andrea

Title:

Dialogic Social Justice Teaching for English Learners: Using Critical Action Research to Connect Concepts and Classroom Practice through Sustained Professional Learning

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher professional learning
social justice pedagogy
English learners
inquiry
culturally responsive teaching
translanguaging
teaching with primary sources
critical action research

File:

Download KOLB_DISSERTATION_Feb22_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Uju Anya, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Uju Anya, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amy C Crosson, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Sharon Smith Childs, Outside Member
Mayra Bamaca-Colbert, Special Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cho, Kyungjin

Title:

How do young children learn science through narrative, embodiment, and play?

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

young children
early childhood
narrative
storybook
picturebook
embodied cognition
embodiment
play
guided play
story
science education
explanations
conjecture map
science storybooks
science practices
body-based
gestures
play-based
preschool

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carla Zembal-Saul, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Outside Member
Elisa Shaw Hopkins, Special Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rodriguez, Rene

Title:

They're here and they're queer: Conversations about LGBT-themed books with pre-service teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher education
LGBT children's literature
LGBT young adult literature
sexuality
multicultural education

File:

Download RodriguezAstacio_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohan, Ashwin

Title:

Socialization of graduate students into epistemic cultures: The Nature of Science and the Nature of Scientists

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Nature of Science
DBER
Post-secondary education
STEM education
Ethnography

File:

Download Dissertation_Mohan_Final_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlomagno Panlilio, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Greg Kelly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Klock, Holly Ann

Title:

Analysis Beyond Assumptions: One Teacher Candidate's Identity in Relation to Social Justice

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher candidate
preservice teacher education
identity
social justice
positioning
professional development school

File:

Download Klock__2021_Analysis_Beyond_Assumptions__One_Teacher_Candidate_s_Identity_in_Relation_to_Social_Justice.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Bernard Badiali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit Member
John Holst, Outside Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sarraga-Lopez, Yamil

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

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

Author:

Wynkoop, Donna

Title:

Ratio and Proportional Reasoning of Double-Accelerated Middle School Math Students

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Ratio
Proportion
Proportional Reasoning
Accelerated
Double-accelerated
Schema-based Instruction
Gifted
Math Acceleration

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrea Mccloskey, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jane Wilburne, Special Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member

Author:

Fuentes-Packnick, Kaela

Title:

Breaking the Model Minority Mold: Storying the Experiences of Asian Americans Labeled Dis/abled

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

DisCrit
Disability Studies
Intersectionality
Narrative Inquiry
Asian Americans
Model Minority Myth
Disability

File:

Download KFP_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tina Goudie, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Kathleen Collins, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ozimek, Daniel

Title:

Nursing Students' Conceptions of Dimensional Analysis for Calculating Medication Dosage

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mathematical conception
dimensional analysis
dosage calculation
mathematics in nursing
mathematical concept
factor-label method
unit-factor method
conversions
math education
nursing education

File:

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Committee Members:

Gwen Lloyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Mccloskey, Major Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member
Andrew Belmonte, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Amevuvor, Jocelyn

Title:

The Bridge Between: Exploring the Multimodal Home Literacies of Emergent Multilingual Mothers Enrolled in a Family Literacy Program

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

family literacy
maternal geographies
multimodal literacies
home literacies

File:

Download JAMEVUVOR-Dissertation-WORKING_VERSION-FINAL_DRAFT.pdf

Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Griffith, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Deryn Verity, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Brown, Michelle

Title:

Science (Sense)making: Interrogating Deficit Classroom Norms with Sensoriality and Critical Frames

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science sensemaking
sensoriality
praxis
Critical Race Theory

File:

Download Michelle_Brown_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Uju Anya, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carla Zembal-Saul, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yen, Yun Chen

Title:

A Case Analysis of Collective Teacher Efficacy in a Practitioner Inquiry Community

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

collective teacher efficacy
collective efficacy
practitioner inquiry
action research
teacher inquiry
teacher research
practitioner research
teacher education

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL_Yen.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Wolkenhauer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Deb Schussler, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Brass, Amy

Title:

Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Citizenship: Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Conceptions and Views

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Citizenship
Mathematics Teacher Educators
Mathematics Education

File:

Download Brass_Dissertation_Updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rose Zbiek, Major Field Member

Author:

Almutawa, Hala

Title:

English Teachers' Motivation-related Outcomes in Kuwaiti Public Schools: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English language teachers
non-native teachers
teacher education
professional development
pre-service teachers
self-efficacy
classroom goal structures
English language proficiency
teacher motivation
job satisfaction

File:

Download Almutawa_FINAL_Dissertation_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Do, Seonmi

Title:

THE IMPACT OF A UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VISIONS OF HIGH-QUALITY MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education – Preservice; Teacher Educators

File:

Download Seonmi_Do_Dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

Gwen Lloyd, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yoon, Yeojoo

Title:

Reconfiguring literacies: Young immigrant and emergent bilingual children's literacy practices in a Korean preschool

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Koryo-saram
Emergent Bilingual
Early Literacy
Translanguaging
Embodied Literacies
Literacies as Material
Korean Preschool
Multiculturalism
New Materialism
Posthumanism
Immigrant Children
Koreanness
Ethnography

File:

Download Yeojoo_Yoon_Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minsoo Kim-Bossard, Special Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bell, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Education for sustainability: A hopeful soiling

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

education
education for sustainability
sustainability
soil methodology
bad news
ecojustice education
root metaphor
environmental education
equity
justice
non-representational ethnography
ethnographic methods
school ethnography

File:

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Christopher Uhl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Mark Kissling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bretz, Isaac Jason

Title:

Dis/entangling the Glocalization of ESL Group Bible Study: An Ethnographic Case Study of Adult ESL Group Bible Study on a U.S. Secular University Campus

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Bible Study
ESL
Assemblage
Deleuze
Translanguaging
Bible study
Adult ESL

File:

Download IsaacJBretz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Valente, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Smolcic, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Charles Garoian, Special Member

Author:

Mc Causland, Jonathan

Title:

White Shame, White Ambivalence, and Learning to be a White Anti-racist Ambitious Science Teacher

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
white supremacy
whiteness
practice-based teacher education
teacher learning
critical whiteness pedagogy
critical whiteness studies
design-based research
storytelling
teacher education

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Greg Kelly, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Wang, Jue

Title:

Rural Girls' Performances through Literacy: Reconceptualizing Rural Chinese Literate Girlhoods

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

ethnic minority
literacy
rurality
girlhood
emerging identities

File:

Download JueWang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Junxian

Title:

THE ROLE OF WRITING IN INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION STUDENTS’ LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

the role of writing
international undergraduate education students
learning experiences

File:

Download JunxianZhang-Dissertation-final_submission_file.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anne Whitney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charlotte Land, Major Field Member
Jamie Myers, Major Field Member

Author:

Rutten, Logan

Title:

A Case Study of Inquiry as Stance Among Teacher Candidates Conducting Practitioner Inquiry in a Professional Development School

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

practitioner inquiry
action research
teacher inquiry
teacher research
practitioner research
teacher education
professional development schools
preservice teachers
preservice teacher education
teacher candidates
teacher interns
student teachers
teacher preparation
inquiry stance
inquiry as stance
reflective teaching
teacher supervision
inquiry
instructional supervision
self-study
clinical practice
clinical education
clinical internships

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL_LR_6.17.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bernard Badiali, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Program Head/Chair
Dana Mitra, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Whittington, Nakisha Darlene

Title:

Exploring the Digital Literacy Practices of Black Elementary Students in a New Orleans Charter School

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Literacies
Digital Literacy
Black Students
Elementary Education
Urban Education
Technology
Multiliteracies
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

File:

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Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mahoney-Ferster, Mary

Title:

Penn, Play, Pandemic, and Pathway Policy A Critical Discourse Study Examining: Compulsory Education Equity and Access

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

early care and education
policy
transitons to school
compulsory education
equity and access
equity-based pathway programs
pathway into school
kindergarten
family engagement
Educational Continuum

File:

Download MMMF_PSU_C_I_ECE_Dissertation_-_Committe_Approved_Nov_2_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar Yoder, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Dana Stuchul, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Jamie Myers, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Michael Patte, Committee Member & Special Represent
James Johnson, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mainzer, Emily

Title:

Preservice Elementary Teachers' Engagement with Open Mathematics Tasks

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

open mathematics tasks
preservice teacher education
instructional practice
elementary mathematics methods courses
engagement

File:

Download EMainzer_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gwen Lloyd, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Hooper, Lee Anna

Title:

Reconceptualizing Literacy for Science: How Experienced Elementary Teachers Frame Literacy Practices to Shape Classroom Epistemic Classroom Cultures

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Elementary Science
Sensemaking
Literacy practices
Epistemic practices

File:

Download Hooper_Dissertation_FINAL_7.12.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Susan Strauss, Outside Unit & Field Member
Greg Kelly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lynch, Megan

Title:

Understanding the Development of Socially Just Teachers through Supervision in a Professional Development School Partnership: An Activity Theoretical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sociocultural theory
cultural historical activity theory
instructional supervision
teacher education
professional development schools (PDS)
social justice

File:

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Bernard Badiali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Uju Anya, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Poehner, Major Field Member

Author:

Sarker, Arpita

Title:

Disability in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature: A Qualitative Study of Adult Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Disability
Children's Literature
Decolonizing
postcolonial
south asian
adult pedagogy
publishing
representation
intersectionality
accessibility

File:

Download Sarker_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Joseph Valente, Major & Minor Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Alasmari, Abdulrahman Ahmed

Title:

The Relationship Between Saudi Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparation and Their Teaching Self-Efficacy

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Teacher Education
Self-Efficacy
Pre-Service Teachers
Teacher Praparation

File:

Download Abdulrahman_Alasmari-Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Andrew Baxter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrea Mccloskey, Major Field Member

Author:

Slagle, Colette

Title:

Reimagining Her Quest: Representations of the Material in Girls' Fantasy Literature

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

children's literature
girlhood studies
fantasy
materiality
feminist
quest
hero

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Smith, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Olgun Baytas, Muge

Title:

Everyday Citizenship for Young Children at a Faith-Based School: An Ethnographic Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Ethnographic research
Faith-based school
Early childhood education
Citizenship education
Values education

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Gamson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Han, Soyoung

Title:

Intercultural Professional Development Through Telecollaboration: Unfolding Language Teacher Learning

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Intercultural
language teacher learning
telecollaboration
teacher professional development
activity theory
vygotskian sociocultural theory

File:

Download SHan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Sharon Childs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Smolcic, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Gates, Jacob

Title:

Neoliberal subjectivity and discourses in an elementary social studies methods course: A case study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher education
neoliberalism
social studies
preservice teachers
neoliberal subjectivity

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie Schroeder, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Shear, Special Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Madany-Saa, Magdalena

Title:

Southernizing frameworks of knowledge in the Ecuadorian Global Souths

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sumak kawsay
Global South
ELT
English language policy
locus of enunciation
ecology of knowledges
decolonial cracks
epistemic agency

File:

Download MagdaMadany-CompleteDissertationfinal2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Field Member
Mari Haneda, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Unit Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lomeli, Hilario

Title:

(In)Disposable Youth: “At-risk” Subjectivities and Latinx Student Experiences of an Alternative School

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Latinx Students
Disposability
Alternative School
Education Anthropology

File:

Download Hilario_Lomeli_Disseration_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Valente, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
A K Sandoval-Strausz, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Julio Cammarota, Special Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member

Author:

Lyu, Sung Ryung

Title:

MOBILIZING WITHIN WHITENESS: MULTICULTURAL APPROACHES IN RURAL HEAD START

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Head Start
Multicultural Education
Early Childhood Education
Race
Whiteness
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Policy
Ethnography

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Committee Members:

Ashley Patterson, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Minor Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kai Schafft, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Althowaini, Ebtesam M

Title:

The Influence of Personal, Psychological, and Classroom Contextual Factors on Attitudes Toward EMI and Satisfaction with Coursework in EMI

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

English-medium instruction
satisfaction
L2MSS
ideal L2 self
ought-to L2 self
self-efficacy
sense of connectedness
classroom learning environment
gender
school type
mediation
science
attitudes
EMI

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Conrath, Brandin

Title:

Sensemaking with Digital Models & Data: A Multi-Study Investigation of Learning Across the Geosciences

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
geoscience
digital tools
models

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Farris, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rivera-Santiago, Mar A

Title:

Resilience, Resistance, Recovery, and Repair: Intergenerational dialogues in picturebooks from the Puerto Rican archipelago

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girlhoods
puerto rican identity
puerto rico
archipielago
children's literature

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Committee Members:

Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Maria Truglio, Minor Field Member

Author:

Umezawa, Kiyomi

Title:

Head Start Teachers' Language Ideologies and Policy Implementation in New Immigrant Settlement Areas in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Head Start
Policy
Teachers' Language Ideology
Bilingual Education
New Immigrant Settlements
Latin@
Policy Implementation
Ethnography

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair
Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kai Schafft, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Lopez, Major Field Member

Author:

Yu, Seongryeong

Title:

Children's Moments of Becoming in United States and Korean Classrooms: Spatial Production through Multiliteracy Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

becoming
spatiality
literacy practice
multiliteracy
immigrant children
identity

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Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Minsoo Kim-Bossrad, Special Member

Author:

Yu, Lu

Title:

Dynamic Assessment of Academic Writing Among L2 Learners of English

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory
Dynamic Assessment
English academic writing

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shen, Yaqi

Title:

How do different types of morphological awareness in Chinese and English contribute to English reading for Chinese adolescents studying English as an additional language?

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

morphological awareness
vocabulary knowledge
reading comprehension
Chinese adolescents
English

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Committee Members:

Amy Crosson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Major Field Member
Jonna Kulikowich, Minor Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liang, Di

Title:

Reconceptualizing the "world" in World Language Education: Mediating student teacher's learning to teach World Languages through the lens of social justice.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

World Languages
Social Justice
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher Education

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member

Author:

Stanley, Melissa

Title:

Navigating Contention in a Discordant Society: How Teachers Manage Contentious Issues Discussion in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Contentious issues
secondary social studies education
discussion
teacher agency
teacher beliefs
controversy
Contentious issues
discussion
dialogic stance
framework
Contentious issues
secondary social studies education
discussion
teacher agency
teacher beliefs
controversy
dialogic stance
framework

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Committee Members:

Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Jessica Schocker, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Scott Metzger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Stebbins, Abigail

Title:

"It happens all day, every day": Exploring how student teachers describe and teach integrative elementary social studies

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

elementary social studies
curriculum integration
everyday pedagogy
elementary teacher education
student teachers
multiple case study

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Stephanie Schroeder, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Kissling, Major Field Member
Tanner Vea, Outside Unit & Field Member