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Author:

Wu, Ying-Chi

Title:

A story of the past makes its way to the present: Mobility in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Alice in Wonderland
media adaptations
mobility
picturebook
pop-up book
e-book

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Herb, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

The Nation's Child: Childhood, Children's Literature and National Identity in Modern China

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Childhood
Children's Literature
National Identity
Modern China

File:

Download Xu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Shuang Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Suzanne Elizabeth

Title:

children, imaginary companions, and narrative skills:two case studies of the potential developmental benefits of imaginary companion play for the narrative skills of young children

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

decontextualized language
dynamic systems theory
imaginary companion play
narrative skill
play-literacy nexus.

File:

Download SwartzS.E.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Ewald Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vivian Yenika Agbaw, Committee Member
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Fischer, Sarah Beth

Title:

The Experience of Place in Child Literacy Life-worlds: A Phenomenological Study of Readers as Place-makers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

literacy life-worlds
reader identity
children's special places
place-conscious education
literacy curricula

File:

Download Fischer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member
Christine Marme Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Aguilo-Perez, Emily R

Title:

TRACING PUERTO RICAN GIRLHOODS: AN INTERGENERATIONAL STUDY OF INTERACTIONS WITH BARBIE AND HER INFLUENCE ON FEMALE IDENTITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

girlhood studies
play practices
identity
Puerto Rico
Barbie
race class and gender

File:

Download Aguilo-Perez_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline J A Reid-Walsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid-Walsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Member
Courtney Desiree Morris, Committee Member
Christine M Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

D'Aveta, Laura A

Title:

IN SEARCH OF ALAGAËSIA: EXPLORING THE CONJUNCTION OF READER, AUTHOR AND PLACE IN CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI’S THE INHERITANCE CYCLE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Fantasy map
Projective Worlds
Secondary Worlds
Fantasy Landscapes

File:

Download D_Aveta_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member