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Author:

Dodd, Ann H.

Title:

CONFLICT COMMUNICATION AND THE USE OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

conflict management
quality management
higher education
group communication
organizational communication

File:

Download Doddthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Michael John Dooris, Committee Member

Author:

Salerno, Carlo Stephen

Title:

On the technical and allocative efficiency of research-intensive higher education institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

nonparametric
costs and productivity
DEA
colleges or universities
higher education

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Irwin Feller, Committee Member
Michael John Dooris, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member

Author:

Bowling, Christopher A.

Title:

PERCEPTUAL PATTERNS OF INVOLVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

organization theory
involvement management
participatory management
organization design
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_CABowling.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Z M Mara, Committee Member
John M Trussel, Committee Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Damon Kent

Title:

General Education 2000 - A National Survey: How General Education Changed Between 1989 and 2000

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

general education
curriculum
higher education

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member
Jeremy Cohen, Committee Member
James L Ratcliff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Bozella, Devorah Lynn

Title:

An Examination of the Practices and Perceptions of Student Teaching Coordinators for Matching Student Teachers with Clinical Placement Sites in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Student teaching
matching
higher education

File:

Download Bozella_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member

Author:

Galinova, Elena

Title:

The Construction of Meritocracy within Mass Higher Education: Organizational Dynamics of Honors Programs at American Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

stratification
meritocracy
higher education
honors programs
organizations
selective college admissions

File:

Download Elena_Galinova_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Member
Cheryl Achterberg, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Domagal-Goldman, Jennifer M.

Title:

TEACHING FOR CIVIC CAPACITY AND ENGAGEMENT: HOW FACULTY MEMBERS ALIGN TEACHING AND PURPOSE

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

civic engagement
higher education
teaching and learning
faculty learning

File:

Download Domagal-Goldman_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Lisa Lattuca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert D Reason, Committee Member
Susan Ruth Rankin, Committee Member
Constance A Flanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Sukhbaatar, Javzan

Title:

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID IN MONGOLIA: THE EFFECT ON BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPLETION

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
comparative education
student financial aid
developing nations
education finance
educational policy

File:

Download Sukhbaatar_Dissertation__03042007_.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald E Heller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Regina Deil Amen, Committee Member
John C Weidman, Committee Member

Author:

King, Kristin F. Chaudoin

Title:

Self-Disclosing Religious Identity: A Qualitative Study of Evangelical Christian Faculty

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

religious identity
self-disclosure
higher education
evangelical Christian
marginalized
stigmatized

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Carol L Colbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Kyoungna

Title:

EXPLORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ACTIVE LEARNING FOR ENHANCING THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND LEARNING IN A LARGE CLASS

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

higher education
critical thinking
active learning

File:

Download eTD_Uploaded_06242009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan M Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Batty , Kimberly Ann

Title:

The Role of Motivation, Perceived Constraints, and Constraint Negotiation Strategies in Students' Internship Selection Experience

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

internships
higher education

File:

Download KA_Batty_DISS_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Andrew Justin Mowen, Committee Member

Author:

Hsieh, Meng-Fen

Title:

Profitability and Compatibility Factors Explaining Faculty's Post-adoption Behaviors of Teaching and Learning Innovations in Research One Universities

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

sustaining
course innovation
higher education
transferring
and diffusing

File:

Download Dissertation_MFHsieh.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Jill L Lane, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Quaye, Stephen John

Title:

Pedagogy and Racialized Ways of Knowing: Students and Faculty Engage Racial Realities in Postsecondary Classrooms

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

classrooms
engagement
faculty
racism
race
pedagogy
higher education

File:

Download quaye_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shaun R Harper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert D Reason, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Arcelus, Victor John

Title:

In Search of a Break in the Clouds: An Ethnographic Study of Academic and Student Affairs Cultures

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
college
university
academic affairs
student affairs
collaboration
partnership
enthnography
learning-centered
intragroup dialogue
intergroup dialogue
case study
culture
climate
leadership

File:

Download _VJ_Arcelus__In_Search_of_a_Break_in_the_Clouds.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member
Peter Magolda, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Ying

Title:

Examining the Influences on Faculty Departure Intentions: A National Study Using NSOPF-99

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

faculty
higher education
intent to leave
retention

File:

Download thesis_ZHOU.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
George Farkas, Committee Member
Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Klyberg, Sarah

Title:

The Faculty Experience of Internationalization: Motivations for, Practices of, and Means for Engagement

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

internationalization
faculty work
higher education
curriculum
faculty motivation

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Klyberg_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Lattuca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Lewis Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Vincent M Colapietro, Special Member

Author:

Kuterbach, James Michael

Title:

A model of academic enablers and academic performance among postsecondary learners

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

academic enablers
academic performance
postsecondary
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Jim_Kuterbach.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
Liang Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Frick Cardelle, Rachel Alissa

Title:

Clearing the Path: Delivering Financial Aid to Community College Students

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Financial aid
community college
higher education
education

File:

Download Final_Diss_RAFC_April17.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member
Aaron Wachhaus, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Donald E Heller, Special Member

Author:

Fleishman, Shannon Smythe

Title:

Community Colleges in the Lives of Contemporary Youth: Educational Expansion, Steady Expectations, and Inter-institutional Attendance

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

community colleges
higher education
college students
youth
educational expectations
inter-institutional

File:

Download diss-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Leticia Oseguera, Committee Member

Author:

Warcholak, Nicholas D

Title:

Analysis of Engineering Faculty Members' Reflections on Planning for Instruction

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

course planning
PCK
engineering education
higher education
decision making
instructional planning

File:

Download WarcholakDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Audrey Sperling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Special Member

Author:

Selden, Shenetta Jean

Title:

The Relationships Between Perceptions Of Organizational Culture and Organizational Commitment Among College And University Counselors And Advisors Who Provide Educational Support To At-risk Students

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Organizational culture
higher education
counselors
advisors
at-risk students
organizational commitment

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_12-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerry G Trusty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Catharina Johanna Cunning, Committee Member
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Special Member

Author:

Derousie, Jason Charles

Title:

An Exploration of the Diffusion and Adoption of Four Innovations in Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
diffusion of innovation
no loan
test optional
MOOC
common application

File:

Download Full_Document_-_Complete_Final_Edits.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
David R Johnson, Special Member
Michael John Dooris, Committee Member

Author:

Buckland, Peter Dawson

Title:

The Unsuspected Teachers: Environmental Identity and Sustainability Education in the Anthropocene

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

anthropocene
climate change
ecological literacy
sustainability
higher education
memoir
arts-based research

File:

Download UNSUSPECTED_TEACHERS_4.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Suri Prakash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Christopher Uhl, Special Member

Author:

Ortagus, Justin Charles

Title:

From The Periphery To Prominence: An Examination Of The Profile And Academic Outcomes Of Postsecondary Online Students

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

online education
higher education

File:

Download Dissertation_Draft_Ortagus.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
Neal H Hutchens, Committee Member
Timothy Grant Pollock, Special Member

Author:

Robert, Jenay Robin

Title:

Case Studies of Tenure-track Science Professors: Exploring the Relationship between Teaching and Research

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education
stem faculty
higher education
professional development
research and teaching

File:

Download JenayRobertDissertation2016.pdf

Committee Members:

William Carlsen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Member
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Fu, I-Pang

Title:

THE ROLE OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN IN COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN THREE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Competency-based education
competency
higher education
instructional design
qualitative inquiry
CBE

File:

Download Fu_Dissertation_Final_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

William J. Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley E. Donahue, Committee Member
Judith A. Kolb, Committee Member
Rayne A. Sperling, Outside Member

Author:

Wymore, Joshua Aaron

Title:

College Reimagined: A Study of Affordability & Radical Organizational Change

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
affordability
student debt
innovation
change
small private
liberal arts
leadership
transformation
sensegiving
ASSA
academic capitalism
crisis
tuition dependent

File:

Download Wymore_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liang Zhang, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Outside Member

Author:

Argondizza, Thomas Gregory

Title:

Learning Among Higher Education Instructional Designers in an Enterprise Social Network Group

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

social learning
social network groups
professional development
adult learning
informal learning
qualitative
phenomenology
instructional design
instructional designers
higher education
online social network
reciprocity

File:

Download Argondizza_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Carr-Chellman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Carr-Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather Toomey-Zimmerman, Committee Member
William Rothwell, Committee Member
Ed Yoder, Outside Member

Author:

Taylor, Ann Hamilton

Title:

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivators that Attract and Retain Part-time Online Teaching Faculty at Penn State

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

higher education
adjunct faculty
distance learning
online
faculty motivation
online faculty
part time faculty
online teaching
incentives
online instruction
faculty retention
hiring practices

File:

Download Dissertation_AnnTaylor_7February2017_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Peck, Committee Member
Wesley Donahue, Committee Member
Lawrence Boggess, Outside Member

Author:

Casado Pérez, Javier F

Title:

Making Trouble: Profiles of Resistance by Minoritized Counselor Educators

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

critical race feminism
counselor education
organizational culture
resistance
oppression
critical qualitative inquiry
critical multiculturalism
faculty diversity
higher education
in-depth phenomenological interviewing
critical phenomenology

File:

Download Casado_P_rez_2017_MakingTrouble_ProfilesofResistancebyMinoritizedCounselorEducators.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard J. Hazler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard J. Hazler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
JoLynn V. Carney, Committee Member
Katie Kostohryz, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member

Author:

Quigley, Kaitlin Angelina

Title:

The Changing World of Student Expression: A Legal Analysis of Online Student Speech Issues

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Free speech
First Amendment
Cyber-bullying
higher education
free expression
legal
legal analysis
online speech
online education
academic freedom

File:

Download Quigley_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Karen Paulson, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Outside Member

Author:

Fedri, Melanie Elizabeth

Title:

A Case Study of Curriculum Entrepreneurship: Integrating Social Entrepreneurship Education into Engineering

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
curriculum
curriculum change
curriculum innovation
curriculum entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
bricolage
engineering education
social entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship education
entrepreneurship education
entrepreneurial process

File:

Download 171117_Dissertation_-_Melanie_Elizabeth_Fedri_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karly Sarita Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Timothy Grant Pollock, Outside Member
Lisa R Lattuca, Special Member

Author:

Moran, Peter L

Title:

The Evolution of the Legal Relationship between Penn State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
governance
legal

File:

Download Moran_Dissert_1116_2017_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Neal Hutchens, Special Member
Dorothy Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Loomis, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Hopsicker, Outside Member

Author:

Hulbert, Azalea Marie

Title:

Inspiring Integrity: An Exploration Of Academic Integrity Behaviors in Undergraduate Business Students

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

academic integrity
academic dishonesty
honor code
grounded theory
ethnography
higher education
academic honesty

File:

Download Hulbert_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Karen Paulson, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Outside Member
Neal Hutchens, Special Member

Author:

Derreth, Robert Tyler

Title:

CREATING COURSE COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY BASED PEDAGOGY AND SOCIAL LEARNING IN A THEATER COURSE

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

community-based learning
higher education
teaching and learning
sociocultural theory

File:

Download Derreth_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dorothy Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothy Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member

Author:

Smal, Pia Sybilly

Title:

A Narrative Inquiry of Instructors’ Emotional Receptivity in Addressing Students Needs in Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

counselor education
student development
ethics of care
narrative inquiry
thematic analysis
mental health
emotional distress
higher education

File:

Download Instructors_emotional_receptivity.pdf

Committee Members:

JoLynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
JoLynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Member
Katie Kostohryz, Committee Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Member

Author:

Barney, Danielle

Title:

Intersections of Athletics and Institutional Identity in Women's College Transitions to Coeducation

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
intercollegiate athletics
coeducation
gender
institutional change
institutional identity

File:

Download Dissertation-Fall_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Geiger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Geiger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
Jessica Lynn Schultz, Outside Member

Author:

Olson, Bradley Louis

Title:

Higher Education and Community Development: A Multi-Stakeholder View on the Correlates of Project Participation and Design Preferences

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

higher education
community development
participation
engagement
project design
social interaction

File:

Download Brad_Olson_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Shannon

Title:

THE USABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT RECORDS FOR INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

wage records
unemployment insurance
education records
employment records
institutional research
assessment
human capital theory
signaling theory
workforce development
higher education
employment outcomes of education
labor economics
labor research
earnings of college graduates
retention

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
John Thomas Harwood, Outside Member
David W. Stevens, Special Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kafle, Madhav Prasad

Title:

Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marcinkevage, Carrie

Title:

Critical Success Factors of Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Strategy in a Higher Education Institution

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education
organizational boundaries
action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education

File:

Download Higher_Ed_CRM-Marcinkevage.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
Brian Harold Cameron, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miron, Layli

Title:

Reframing Immigration through Religious Advocacy: Rhetoric, Cosmopolitanism, and the Divine

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

migration
immigrant
refugee
asylum
immigration policy
advocacy
activism
religion
Islam
Baha'i Faith
Bahá'í
Catholicism
Jesuit
social media
United States
human rights
cosmopolitan
public communication
comics
faith-based
nonprofit organization
NGO
nativism
xenophobia
nationalism
higher education
pedagogy
Mexico
Iran
globalization
rhetoric and composition
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
transnational
undocumented
Islamophobia
women's rights
writing studies
border control
detention
college teaching
social justice
mobility
deportation

File:

Download Miron_ReframingImmigration__c_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaoye You, Committee Member
Ana Cooke, Committee Member
Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shamekhi, Yahya

Title:

Distribution of Higher Education Subsidies in the United States

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
fiscal policies
public policy
economics of education
subsidy
progressivity
regressivity
education finance
financial aid

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Roger Finke, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Webb, Ashton Robert

Title:

An Analysis of University Patenting Activity

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
patenting

File:

Download Webb_Analysis_of_University_Patenting_Activity.pdf

Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patil, Padmavathi

Title:

Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
presidents
leadership
human capital theory
upper echelons theory
organizational theory
typology
institutional outcomes

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Minor & Outside Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Kryst, Erica

Title:

The Role of Higher Education in the Habitus Transformation of Youth from Rural Communities

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

rural education
higher education
habitus
rural youth and communities
rural out-migration

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Committee Members:

Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Soo-yong Byun, Major & Minor Field Member
Mark Brennan, Outside Unit Member
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member

Author:

Himes, Hilleary

Title:

Academic Advising Outcomes Across Advising Structures and Student Socioeconomic Status

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

Academic advising
Socioeconomic status
higher education

File:

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Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Outside Unit Member
David Post, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Smith, Special Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
Allie Goldstein, Outside Field Member

Author:

Kirk, Chris

Title:

Perpetuating inequity: The role of parent councils in opportunity hoarding and privilege-dependence of higher education institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

opportunity hoarding
privilege-dependence
parent councils
parent involvement
higher education
organizational routines
social stratification

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Committee Members:

Karly Ford, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Molly Martin, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Guthrie, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair of Committee
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Leticia Oseguera, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Cate, Leandra Maureen

Title:

Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Ideological Framing of the University Through Graduate Student Unionization

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

graduate student unionization
social movements
higher education
international students
labor
ideological framing
neoliberal university

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Field Member
Karly Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mccarthy, Outside Unit Member
Leticia Oseguera, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

Tomatoes for sale: An examination of online higher education decision makers' perceptions of online offerings

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Diehl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies