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Author:

Myers, Jennifer L

Title:

A Narrative Inquiry Into Factors That Affect Professional Academic Advisors’ Work Engagement

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Employee Engagement
Academic Advising
Higher Education
Qualitative Research
Narrative Inquiry
Work Engagement

File:

Download J._Myers_Dissertation-2015_Final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member

Author:

Al Thowaini, Mohammad

Title:

Can I see me? A study of pictorial representations in Saudi elementary textbooks and teacher and curriculum developers’ perceptions of multiculturalism

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Multiculturalism
diversity
education
science textbook
teacher education
curriculum
Saudi Arabia

File:

Download Malthowaini_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Fen

Title:

The relationship between internship experience and liberal arts students' career competencies

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

liberal arts students
internship
career competencies

File:

Download Dissertation_with_CV_Fen_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Jeff Garis, Committee Member

Author:

Boswell, Robert Allen

Title:

Success Factors of Grow-your-own Leadership Development Programs in Middle Atlantic and Texas Community Colleges

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Leadership
Grow-Your-Own
Commununity Colleges

File:

Download RABoswell_Dissertation_Spring2015_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Rice, Laura Lea

Title:

Teaching Beliefs and Instructional Practices of Award-winning Faculty at Two Agricultural Universities

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

teaching beliefs
pedagogical beliefs
instructional practices
post-secondary agriculture education

File:

Download LRicePhDDissertationFinal2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Foster Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Ewing, Committee Member
Kathy Lou Jackson, Special Member

Author:

Park, Steven Edward

Title:

The Relationship of Pennsylvania Career and Technical Educators’ Work Engagement to Satisfaction with Cte Teacher Preparation Coursework

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

CTE
Career and Technical Educators
certification coursework
teacher work engagement
teacher satisfaction with coursework

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Submission_-_Steve_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D Threeton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Go, Eun

Title:

Does message interactivity help or hinder the effects of anthropomorphic online chat agents? Compensation vs. expectation effects in organizational websites

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Online chatting agent
compensation effects
expectancy violation effect
visual cue
identity cue
message interactivity

File:

Download Eun_Go_Dissertation_Final_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Kurz, Charity Anne

Title:

School Counselors' Responses to High School Students With Learning Disabilities Transitioning to Postsecondary Education

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

transition
school counselors
learning disabilities

File:

Download Final.Defense.Kurz.2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Jolynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Special Member

Author:

Mccrea, Andrew Ernst

Title:

The response of central office leaders to the Teacher Effectiveness model.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

education leadership
sensemaking
organizational learning

File:

Download McCrea_Responce_of_Leaders_Dissertation_Dec2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Mary Jane

Title:

The Relationship of Change Readiness and Work Engagement in Manufacturing Organizations in South Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

employee work engagement
organizational readiness for change
change management
personal resources
UWES-9
manufacturing

File:

Download MJ_Park_Sept_2015_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member