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Author:

Neill, Amanda Crystal

Title:

Museum Docents' Understanding of Interpretation

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

hermeneutics
interpretation
docents
museum
symbolic interactionism

File:

Download Neill.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Committee Member
George W Boudreau, Committee Member

Author:

Knisely, Andrew Jon

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINABÉ CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE PASTORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY IN ADULT EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
spirituality
spiritual development
African studies
contextual theology
pastoral education
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Burkina Faso

File:

Download AndrewKniselyDissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Swartz, Ann Louise

Title:

Complexity Science and Adult Education: The Role of Trauma in Nurses' Embodied Learning

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nursing Education
Neuroscience
Mindfulness
Healthcare
Fear Leaning
Embodiment
Embodied Cognitive Science
Complexity
Compassion Fatigue
CAS
Adult Education
Adult learning
Paradox
Self-Awareness
Somatic Learning
Storytelling
Systems
Trauma
Yoga

File:

Download Swartz_Complete_Dissertation_July_9_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member

Author:

Hissong, Angela Nanette

Title:

LEARNING SELF NURTURANCE AND UNLEARNING PATRIARCHY: A FEMINIST POSTSTRUCTURAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF RURAL MOTHERS’ CONSTANTLY SHIFTING IDENTITY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Committee Member

Author:

Kirshman, Andrea Orwig

Title:

The Journey toward Understanding Whiteness among Student Affairs Professionals: An Action Research Study in Anti-Racist Education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

anti-racist education
student affairs
whiteness

File:

Download THESIS_Andrea_Orwig_Kirshman.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member

Author:

Aumiller, Betsy Bahorik

Title:

THE MEANING OF HEALTH-RELATED E-MAIL MESSAGING AT THE WORKSITE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

heatlh behavior change
e-mail messaging
worksite heatlh promotion
transfromational learning
media effects

File:

Download Aumiller_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Varner, Barbara Eileen

Title:

An Exploration of how Women Probation and Parole Officers Learn to Negotiate Power and Interest in the Criminal Justice System

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Narrative
Negotiating Power and Interest
Criminal Justice Education
Women Probation and Parole Officers
Probation and Parole
Adult Education

File:

Download Varner_psu_final_3.15.10_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Irene C Baird, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member

Author:

McQuiggan, Carol

Title:

Preparing to Teach Online as Transformative Faculty Development

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
faculty development
teaching online

File:

Download McQuigganDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member

Author:

Snelson, Donna Ayers

Title:

Stories of Exemplary Hospital Registered Nurses: A Narrative Analysis

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

retention in nursing
exceptional nurses
nurse stories
narrative analysis

File:

Download Snelson_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member

Author:

Hocking, Deborah Elizabeth

Title:

Accounting in Action: Learning in the Field

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

holistic approaches to learning
AICPA core competencies
accounting education
service learning
experiential learning
reflection

File:

Download Hocking_Doctoral_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rhoda Joseph, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Hayduk, Dina

Title:

USING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AS A FRAMEWORK TO EXPLORE WOMEN AND RUNNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformative learning
women
running
narrative inquiry

File:

Download Final_Formatted_Aug_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Carol A Smith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Albergato-Muterspaw, Francesca

Title:

The Role of Music in Healing and Grief Processes of Bereaved Adult Learners

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

music and bereavement
music as a coping mechanism
music as a way of knowing

File:

Download Francesca_Albergato-Muterspaw_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Stuckey, Heather L.

Title:

Healing from Dry Bones: Creative Expression and Adult Learning in Diabetes Care

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

ways of knowing
creative expression
adult learning
health care
patient care
action research
chronic illness
diabetes
postmodern
poststructural

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Stuckey.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Irene C Baird, Committee Member
Robert A Gabbay, Committee Member

Author:

Nash, Heather M

Title:

Understanding the Performance: Learning Identity and Domestic Violence

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

domestic violence
women
learning
identity

File:

Download nash.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Marnina K Gonick, Committee Member

Author:

Jarecke, Jodi Lynn Turner

Title:

TEACHER-LEARNER RELATIONSHIPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF THE THIRD-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

relational-culural theory
Teacher-learner relationships
adult education
clinical education
medical education
communities of practice

File:

Download JARECKE._ADTED_FINAL_DISSERTATION_FOR_SUBMISSION_4.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Carol F Whitfield, Committee Member
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Ports, Joan Franklin

Title:

The Mothers' Circle: The Lived Experiences of Culture, Community and Care of Lower-Income Women In a Parenting Education and Family Support Program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

family support
parenting education
community programs
motherhood

File:

Download PortsETDApr18.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Carol Ruth Nechemias, Committee Member
Kenneth Kyle, Committee Member

Author:

Triscari, Jacqlyn S.

Title:

POWER SHIFTS DURING AN ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Postmodernism
Transformation
Change
Organization
Power
Non-Profit

File:

Download Triscari_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Clemente, Kathleen Ann

Title:

Experiences of Adult Students in Multi-generational Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Multigenerational classrooms
Adult students

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia M Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kimetta Hairston, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Moll, Kirk August

Title:

Theological Education in Action: Adult Learning about Race in the Student Interracial Ministry of Union Theological Seminary, 1960-1968

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
adult learning
racial attitudes
transformative learning
Transformative Learning Theory
Intergroup Contact Theory
Faith Development Theory
theological education
Student Interracial Ministry
African Americans
seminarians
Union Theological Seminary in New York
civil rights movement
African American Churches
Southwest Georgia Project
Delta Ministry

File:

Download KM-dissertation-04-2011-final_revisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Milheim, Karen Lorraine

Title:

LEARNING THROUGH REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGERS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult basic education administration
phenomenology
adult basic education
adult literacy
professional development
reflective practice
ABE
adult education
adult basic education management

File:

Download Karen_Milheim_10_14_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Dr Kimetta R Hairston, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member

Author:

Sprow, Karin Millard

Title:

Adult Financial Literacy Education and Latina Learners: A Qualitative Case Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

financial literacy education
adult financial education
Latino adult education
sociocultural perspectives

File:

Download Diss_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Rhoda Joseph, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Brady, Karen Lynn

Title:

EXPLORING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING AND CLINICAL REASONING: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY WITH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

clinical reasoning
problem based learning
action research
occupational therapy

File:

Download Dissertation_Karen_Final_72408.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Carol F Whitfield, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member

Author:

Ruth-Sahd, Lisa Anne

Title:

"See Everything, Hear What is Not Being Said": A Phenomenological Investigation of Intuition in Novice Registered Nurses Practice

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Intuition
Novice Registered Nurses
Phenomenology
Ways of Knowing

File:

Download SahdETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Helen Margaret Hendy, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Mont, Michele A.

Title:

PERSPECTIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULT STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON THE USE OF ART-BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOMS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

arts-based learning
higher education
adult education

File:

Download Mont_Jan21_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Libby Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Committee Member

Author:

Edmiston, Marian D'Angelo

Title:

Learning to Change: Identifying Elements of Transformation in Formerly Abusive Men

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

men
domestic violence
domestic abuse
transformative learning

File:

Download Edmiston_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
M A Toni Dupont Dupont Morales, Committee Member
Kenneth M Kyle, Committee Member

Author:

Turley, Matthew William

Title:

FRIENDS OF BILL W.: THE STORIES OF HOW EIGHT MEN FOUND “A NEW PAIR OF GLASSES” THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

transformational learning theory
Alcoholics Anonymous
storytelling
spiritual development
narrative analysis

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Bowers, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Nancy S.

Title:

Who is the self that teaches? Perspectives of faculty as they learn to teach Spanish as a heritage language

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

teaching Spanish as a heritage language
Spanish speaking heritage learners
university faculty development
adult education
scholarship of teaching and learning
culturally responsive teaching
experiential learning theory

File:

Download resubmit_final_with_corrections_may_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Gloria Bodtorf Clark, Committee Member
Jo Victoria Goodman, Committee Member

Author:

Weiler-Timmins, Rebecca A.

Title:

Authenticity and Lesbian Health Educators

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
health education
lesbian
authenticity
self-disclosure
teachers

File:

Download R_WEILERTIMMINS_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Kern, Sandra B.

Title:

Learning Preferences of a Diverse Group of Community College Students: A Qualitative Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult students
community college
learning preferences
diverse

File:

Download SBKern.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rachel A Grant, Committee Member

Author:

Lutter, Stacy Lynn

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF REGISTERED NURSES’ INTENTIONS TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

intentions to leave
gender
poststructural feminism
registered nurse
nursing shortage

File:

Download Dissertation-Final_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Reed, Sandra Marlene

Title:

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN THE MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES OF OLDER PERFORMING MUSICIANS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

older musicians
artistic ways of knowing
bandsmanship
band as community
individuation
mature spirituality

File:

Download Reed_S_Dissertation_04_10_08_V3.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
William John Mahar, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member

Author:

Freiler, Tammy Jo

Title:

BRIDGING TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES OF KNOWING: REVALUING MIND/BODY CONNECTIONS THROUGH EXPERIENCES OF EMBODIMENT

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

EXPERIENCES OF EMBODIMENT

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Helen Margaret Hendy, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Horst, Tara Lynne

Title:

UNITING SOMATIC PEDAGOGY WITH MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: A FEMINIST PARTICPATORY ACTION RESEARCH STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

management education
somatic pedagogy
women managers
feminist participatory action research
body
yoga

File:

Download Horst.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Helen Margaret Hendy, Committee Member

Author:

Bristol, Trammell Lynn

Title:

THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MANAGERS IN THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

AFRICAN AMERICAN MANAGERS
LEARNING ORGANIZATION

File:

Download bristol.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frances T. Munzenrider, Committee Member
Karen A Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Bettinger, Thomas Vincent

Title:

GAY MEN AT MIDLIFE AND ADULT LEARNING: AN UNEASY TRUCE WITH HETERONORMATIVITY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult learning
adult development
midlife
heteronormativity
gay men

File:

Download Bettinger_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Patricia Bullock, Committee Member

Author:

Root, Vicki

Title:

Teaching Social Work Students Through Culturally Responsive Education: An Action Research Study Drawing on Spirituality and Culture

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Culturally Responsive Education
Social Work
Action Research
Group Dynamics

File:

Download Root_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Stephen Robert Couch, Committee Member
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member

Author:

Mwaura, John N.

Title:

BLACK AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

international students
adult students
nontraditional students
Black africans
phenomenology
heuristic

File:

Download John_Mwaura__final_diss_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Senel Poyrazli, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member

Author:

Kramer, Lorie Renee

Title:

The role of relationships between adults and canine companions: The impact on personal growth and well-being

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
human-animal bond
anthrozoology
learning through relationships/connections
attunement
attachment to pets

File:

Download Dissertation-final_for_Thesis_Office.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Sauer, Michael Paul

Title:

Storytelling by Adults Diagnosed with Terminal Illness: Narrative Identifying through Dialogical Research

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Dialogical Research
Storytelling
adult education
Listening
terminal illness
terminal diagnosis
narrative
narrative identifying
narrative learning
narrative medicine
narrative identifying
dialogism
meaning in life
end stage
good death
worldview construction
lifestory
unfinalizable

File:

Download sauer_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

Author:

Zorrilla, Ana Carlina

Title:

More Than Meets the Eye: Adult Education for Critical Consciousness in Luis Camnitzer's Art

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education for critical consciousness
critical public pedagogy
Luis Camnitzer
Stuart Hall
systems of representation
art

File:

Download Ana_Zorrilla_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Special Member
Fred Michael Schied, Special Member

Author:

Snyder, Melissa J

Title:

Reconnecting with Your Passion: An Action Research Study Exploring Humanities and Professional Nursing

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nursing
Adult Education
Humantities
Action Research
Transformative Learning
Professional Development
Career Satisfaction

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Submission_April_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Cheryl A Dellasega, Committee Member
William Dryden Milheim, Committee Member
Julie Kearney, Special Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Firestone, Brenda L

Title:

Engineers' Perceptions of Diversity and the Learning Environment at Work: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Engineer
Engineering
Workplace
Learning
Diversity
Culture
Culture
Adult Education
Feminist
Mixed Methods
Critical

File:

Download Firestone_Diss.3.12.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Barbara A Sims, Committee Member
Katherine H Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Tobin, Jennifer Ann

Title:

Embodied Learning and Creative Writing: An Action Research Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

embodiment
creative writing
writing the body
the body
Merleau-Ponty

File:

Download TOBIN_FINAL_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glen Alan Mazis, Committee Member
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Julie Kearney, Committee Member

Author:

Callaghan, Carolyn Marie

Title:

Culturally diverse cohorts: The exploration of learning in context and community

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Cohorts
cultural diversity
adult education
sociocultural perspective
culturally diverse cohorts

File:

Download Callaghan_dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Rahima A

Title:

Media and the Construction of the Arab-American Women's Identity

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Identity
Arab American
Woman
Critical Media Literacy
Culture
Islam

File:

Download Williams_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member

Author:

Siha, Alfred

Title:

"imagining the Moon": Critical Pedagogy, Discourse Tensions, and the Adult Basic Writing Classroom

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

basic writing
critical pedagogy
adult basic writers
community colleges
developmental writing
developmental education

File:

Download SihaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member

Author:

Tanis, David Jay

Title:

Exploring Play/playfulness and Learning in the Adult and Higher Education Classroom

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

play
playfulness
adult learning
higher education classroom
ways of knowing
classroom environment
ludic classroom

File:

Download djt197_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member

Author:

De Rosa, Janet Ann

Title:

Mexican American adults in higher education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Mexican American
adult learning
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Gloria Bodtorf Clark, Committee Member
Chiara Sabina, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member

Author:

Stametz, Rebecca Ann

Title:

Bringing the Adult Learning Experience of Successful Weight Loss Maintenance into Focus: A Narrative Analysis with Implications for Educators and Clinicians

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Transformative learning
Weight loss
Critical Public Pedagogy
Critical Media Literacy
Obesity
Weight Stigma

File:

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Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Kesha Baptiste Roberts, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

Author:

Bailey-davis, Lisa

Title:

Learning and Engagement in the Local Food Movement

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Situated learning
social change
collective action
community supported agriculture

File:

Download BaileyDavisLDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member

Author:

Betts, Elana Cherice

Title:

Fostering LGBTQ Advocacy in School Psychology as Adult Education: Shaping Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceived Control

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

critical theory
Theory of Planned Behavior
adult education
LGBTQ
school psychology
affirmative practice
multicultural ed

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Thomas Bettinger, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member

Author:

Barlet, Katelyn Danielle

Title:

Latina parent involvement: An action research study exploring a Spanish teaching and learning program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Latina
parent
involvement
teaching
education
Latino

File:

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Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Chiara Sabina, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Committee Member

Author:

Schmick, Dara Pachence

Title:

Transformative Learning Around Issues of Language and Culture Among ESL Teachers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Transformative Learning
Langauge
Culture
English as a Second Language
ESL Teachers
Online Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Patricia Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Loose, Crystal Corle

Title:

Japanese Lesson Study sustaining Teacher Learning in the Classroom Context

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Japanese Lesson Study
Professional Development
Teacher Training
Classroom Context
Situated Learning Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Special Member
Mary Napoli, Special Member

Author:

Gable, Nancy E

Title:

We Make this Road by Walking: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Diaconal Ministers as Emancipatory Educators of Adults

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

emancipatory education
Teaching Perspectives Inventory
adult education
diaconal ministry
Paulo Freire
Myles Horton

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Karnish, Kristen M

Title:

Physical Therapists’ Understanding of Geriatric Patient Advocacy: A Mixed Method Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Advocacy
Physical Therapy
Critical Gerontology
Geriatrics

File:

Download Karnish_dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Hengameh Hosseini, Committee Member

Author:

Pemberton, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

"i Saw a Wrong and I Wanted to Stand Up for What I Thought Was Right:” a Narrative Study on Becoming a Breastfeeding Activist

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Adult education
adult learning
women's learning
feminist pedagogy
emancipatory learning
activist learning
breastfeeding

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Janet Elaine Fogg, Special Member

Author:

Adams, Nancy Ellen

Title:

Dialog About Psychosocial Issues in Problem-Based Learning Sessions in Medical Education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

problem-based learning (PBL)
psychosocial aspects of health care
cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT)
dialog
medical students

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Carol Whitfield, Committee Member
Gregory Alan Crawford, Outside Member

Author:

Hrabovsky, Sharilee Myer

Title:

ADULT CIGARETTE SMOKERS: HOW THEY LEARN ABOUT AND USE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Embodied Learning
Actor Network Theory
Electronic Cigarettes
Adult Smokers
Quitting Smoking
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Interviews

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan A Foulds, Committee Member
Christopher N Sciamanna, Committee Member
Jonathan A Foulds, Outside Member

Author:

Smyth, David R

Title:

Academic Entitlement, Adults in Graduate Education, and Popular Culture: A Mixed-Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Academic Entitlement
Student Entitlement
Popular Culture
Graduate Education
Higher Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ed Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Crothers, Jonathan Andrew

Title:

The Rider-Bike Assemblage: A Qualitative Investigation of the Embodied Adult Learning of Amateur Bicycle Road Racers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Bicycle Road Racers
Qualitative
Embodied
Learning
Adult
Autoethnography
Narrative

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Weston Scott Kensinger, Committee Member
Ann Louise Swartz, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Outside Member

Author:

Greenawalt, Anne

Title:

SPORTSWOMEN’S CONSTRUCTIONS OF IDENTITY AND LEARNING THROUGH PERSONAL NARRATIVES: A POSTSTRUCTURAL FEMINIST ANALYSIS FOR CREATING HISTORY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

sportswomen
identity
adult learning
adult education
narrative learning theory
feminist theory
autoethnography
feminist critical discourse analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Outside Member

Author:

Herman, Beth K

Title:

Teaching Professionalism in Medical Residency Programs: Exemplary Educators, Role Modeling, and the Influence of the Hidden Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Hidden Curriculum
Teaching Professionalism
Graduate Medical Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Betsy B Aumiller, Committee Member
Bari Dzomba, Outside Member

Author:

Mac Intire, Jessica Mae

Title:

The Role of the Field Practicum in Social Workers' Preparedness to Enter the Workforce

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

social work
field practicum
internship
communities of practice
critical feminist theory
experiential learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Karin Sprow Forte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charity Dawn Fox, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Outside Member

Author:

Bajaj, Monica Lamba

Title:

STEM Faculty Perceptions of Internationalizing the Curriculum in the Age of Globalization: A Qualitative Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Internationalization
Higher education
Globalization of higher education
Internationalization of the Curriculum
Neoliberalism
Human Capital Theory
Systems Thinking
Internationalization of the Curricumum (IoC)
STEM
Faculty

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Outside Member

Author:

Womeldorf, Leslie

Title:

HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATORS: LEARNING COLLABORATIVEY TO TEACH INTERPROFESSIONALLY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

interprofessional education
interprofessional collaboration
health professions educators
collaboration
faculty development
learning

File:

Download LW_Dissertation_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra Starling Halbruner, Committee Member
Casey N Pinto, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Capozzi, Shelly Lee

Title:

Learning to Run: The Gender Challenges of Women in Elected Office

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

women in politics
women in elected office
women learners
women and popular culture influence

File:

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Committee Members:

Karin M Sprow-Forte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Charity Dawn Fox, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ingerick, Patricia

Title:

Adult Learning and Reflecting on Political News: An Examination of the Public Pedagogy of Social Media

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Keywords: Social media
public pedagogy
reflection
political news
observational learning
cognitive overload
Social media
Public Pedagogy
Reflection
Political News
Facebook
Adult Education

File:

Download Ingerick_Dissertation_All_Chaps_Apr5_FINAL.pdfDownload Ingerick_ProQuest.pdf

Committee Members:

Karin M Sprow-Forte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mann-Mcfarlane, Sonya

Title:

Rites of Passage Influence on Cultural Identity and Learning Among Emerging Black/African American Female Adults

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

rites of passage
Black/African American
females
cultural identity development
learning
Black Motherhood
Orisa
Ifa
Yoruba
emerging adult

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Outside Member
Felicia Lynne Brown-Haywood, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cholet, Valerie

Title:

More than a Black Belt: Embodied learning in Taekwondo women

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Embodied learning
kinesiology
physical feminism
Taekwondo
critical feminism

File:

Download Cholet__Valerie__Final_Dissertation__11.12.20__.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Member
Glen Alan Mazis, Outside Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Graby, Marissa

Title:

Older Adults Experiences Learning, Integrating and Adopting Smart Home Technology: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

smart home technology
older adults
user experience
utaut2
cognitive load theory
mixed methods
situated cognition
older adult learning
older adults and technology
technology adoption
technology integration

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roderick Lamar Lee, Outside Field Member
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Member
Weston Scott Kensinger, Committee Member
Candace Brown, Special Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Johnson, Mira

Title:

Growing Roots: Rewilding, Transformative Learning, And Ecological Consciousness In Nature Connection

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Adult environmental education
Ecocentric worldview
Complex systems worldview
soul work
Indigenous ways of knowing
ontological transformation

File:

Download Final_Johnson__Mira_Dissertation_3.5.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karin M Sprow-Forte, Committee Member
Triparna B Vasavada, Outside Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Program Head/Chair