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Author:

Naughton, Dana Marie

Title:

Learning through Adoption: The intercountry adoption experiences of Canadian and Dutch Adopters of Children from the United States

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

international adoption
outgoing adoptions
U.S. adoptions
lifelong learning
narrative inquiry

File:

Download Naughton.Dana.Dissertation.May2014.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Susana Prins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Committee Member
Joseph M Valente, Committee Member

Author:

Webb, Patricia Holland

Title:

Bearing Witness: Informal Learning Among Critical Care Nurses in the Context of Traumatic Suffering

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

adult learning
trauma
secondary traumatic stress
compassion fatigue
nurses
informal learning
workplace learning
emotional labor
phenomenology
psychoanalysis
critical theory
lifelong learning

File:

Download WEBB__P-Bearing_Witness-FINALupload-23July2016-pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr-Chellman, Committee Member
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Outside Member

Author:

Ororbia, Alexander Gabriel

Title:

Coordinated Local Learning Algorithms for Continuously Adaptive Neural Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

artificial intelligence
artificial neural networks
local learning
neurocognitive
machine learning
lifelong learning

File:

Download ororbia-dissertation-july10-2018.pdf

Committee Members:

C. Lee Giles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Lee Giles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Reitter, Committee Member
Vasant Honavar, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Member

Author:

Gyorke, Allan

Title:

Navigating Personal and Professional Tensions in the Production of a Sexual Health Education Podcast

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (PHD)

Keywords:

podcasting
sexual health education
presentation of self
independent podcasters
minority podcasters
non-formal education
risk mitigation
lifelong learning
social presence

File:

Download Gyorke_Dissertation_Podcasting_Tensions__Post-Defense_Final_Edits_.pdf

Committee Members:

Stuart Selber, Outside Unit & Field Member
Craig Campbell, Co-Chair of Committee
Jose Cossa, Major Field Member
Roy Clariana, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Program Head/Chair