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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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