Dissertations from 2018
Preserving Catholic Identity in Catholic Secondary Schools and the Impact on Catholic Identity by Non-Catholic and International Students, Stephen Frederick Baccari
Impact of a School-Based Mindfulness Intervention on Children’s Self Regulation, Elizabeth Chaney
What do we Really Know About Grit? A Multivariate Statistical Investigation on the Construct Validity of Grit, Christine M. Collaco
An Attachment-Based Group Intervention, Shannon Dillon
Measuring Cogency in Argument in the Seventh-Grade English Classroom, Millie Gonzalez-Balsam
Teaching Academic Concepts in a Play-Based Preschool Environment: A Case Study of Guided Play across Three Classrooms, Lisa M. Hansen
Teaching Complex Content in Healthcare: A Comparison of the Effect of Three Types of Multimedia Pretraining on Schematic Knowledge and Near Transfer, Melisa Patrice Kaye
Using Multiliteracies to Engage and Empower Students with Complex Support Needs, Sudha Vaghul Krishnan
Experiences of Women STEM Professors Who Are Considering Leadership Positions at Research Universities, Cheri Liebow
Parental Coping in Filipino American Caregivers of Children with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities, Kathrynn Mabalot
Use of Multimedia Games for Biology Vocabulary Instruction, Marlene Ingrid Mahony
Use of Multimedia Games for Biology Vocabulary Instruction, Ian Murray
A Program Evaluation of a Drug and Alcohol Family Treatment Program, Katrina Ramirez
The Perceptions and Lived Experiences of African American Male Presidents in California Community Colleges, Tyree L. Robinson
Unlocking Creative Potential: Catholic Elementary School Principal Perceptions of Creativity, Kellie Scherer
An Investigation of the Developmental Growth of Preschool Children with Disabilities Being Served in Inclusive Settings in Comparison with Noninclusive Settings in California, Elizabeth Nicole Schroeder
Improvisation and Leadership Development: Understanding Improvisational Theater Arts as Leadership Skills, Jack Skalican
Evaluating Outcomes of an Immersive-Field-Study Program on Fifth-Grade Students’ Connectedness with Nature, Laleh Talebpour
Perceptions of Primary School Principals in Singapore about Their Role as Justice Agents, Kit Wah Antonia Teng
Improving Medication Calculation Competence in Nursing Students through Schema-Based Dimensional Analysis Instruction, Laureen Turner
An Investigation into Full Range Leadership and Leadership Development Methods in Public Parks and Recreation Organizations in California, Heather Vilhauer
Entropy as a Method for Identifying Treatment Resistant Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nathan Wright
Peace Education in Kenya: Tracing Discourse and Action from the National to the Local Level, Kathleen louise Zanoni
Dissertations from 2017
Navigating Conflict in Inclusive Education: Autoethnography from an Elementary School Principal, Kimberly Christine Adams
Exploring the Experiences of Black Men as Respondents in University Student Conduct Processes, Brian Arao
Queens Speak - A Youth Participatory Action Research Project: Exploring Critical Post-Traumatic Growth among Black Girls within the School to Prison Pipeline, Stacey Michelle Ault
Testimonios of Latino/A Students in Hispanic Serving Institutions: Lessons for Community Colleges, Luz Briceno Moreno
Successful African American Community College Student Athletes’ Perceptions of Factors of Academic Success, Tanika Lee Byrd
Exploring the Leadership Practices of National Catholic Educational Association Distinguished Catholic Elementary School Principals and Defining the Leadership Needed to Survive the 21st Century Challenges, Natalie Ann Cirigliano
Exploring the Racial and Gender Identity Formation of Men of Color in Student Leader Roles who have white Women Supervisors and Advisors in Higher Education, Alejandro Frank Covarrubias
Social Loafing Construct Validity in Higher Education: How Well Do Three Measures of Social Loafing Stand Up to Scrutiny?, Jacquelyn Deleau
Factors and Characteristics of Alumni Role Identity: Implications for Practice in Higher Education Fundraising and Alumni Relations, Jay Le Roux Dillon
The Role of Self-Determination and Co-Construction to Support Meaningful Student Participation in an Individualized Education Program Meeting in High School, Trudy Ruth Gross
There is a Monster in my House, Cultura Cura Uncovering 11 Milliones de Sueños: Understanding the Emotional and Psychological Experiences of Undocumented and Mixed-Status Youth and Finding Healing Spaces, Belinda Marie Hernandez-Arriaga
Teaching the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and its Legacy through Critical Pedagogy in a Taiwanese High School, Ming-Kuo Hung
Culture Teaching and Learning in an Advanced Placement Chinese Course, Yu-Han Lin
Exploring Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Listening Strategy Instruction in A Chinese L2 Classroom, Yue Li
More Than a Silhouette: African American Women’s Graduate Student Experience, Bridget Holly Love
Community Members' Perspectives on the Thurgood Marshall Academic High School Riot: A Case Study of the Effects of Embedded Law Enforcement in High School, Kim-Shree Maufas
Papelitos: The Visual Testimonios of Undocumented College Students, Olivia Munoz
Investigating the Extent of Collaboration Between Jesuit Administrators and non-Jesuit Faculty and Staff in Jesuit Secondary Schools in the Eastern Africa Province: Staying True to Mission, Stephen Nzyoki Nduati
Differentiating Literacy Instruction for Digital Learners: The Effect of Multimedia Think-Aloud Worked Examples on Adolescent Analytical Reading Comprehension, Diana Combs Neebe
Writing-to-Learn in High-School Chemistry: The Effects of Using the Science Writing Heuristic to Increase Scientific Literacy, Denae Nurnberg
Folklórico Testimonios: Identity, Community, and Agency as Social Justice Cultural Performance for Dancers of Mexican Folklórico, Manuel Alejandro Perez
A Quantitative Analysis of a Critical Pedagogy in Catholic Secondary School Religious Studies Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Alex Porter Macmillan
Understanding Translanguaging and Identity among Korean Bilingual Adults, Nancy Ryoo
Teaching English to Indian Vernacular Medium Students Through Technology: A Qualitative Study of Kolkata Jesuit Juniorate Program, Maria Joseph Savariappan
Epistemology, Wisdom, and Social Transformation: Strategies at the Forefront of the Contemplative Movement in Higher Education, Nicola Smith
Ready to Lead? An Examination of the Alignment of California Preservice School Leaders’ Fieldwork Experiences with State Leadership Standards, Sandie Stringfellow
The Educational Dimensions of Filipina Migrant Workers’ Activist Identities, Rowena Magdalena Tomaneng
Individual and Intra-Individual Differences in Interest during Instrumental Music Classes in Suburban High Schools, Beth Ann Turner
Dissertations from 2016
A Moving Imagination in Spaces of Distress: Teacher and Student Agency in a Science Classroom, Annie Sunshine Adamian
Arabic Teachers' Perception of an Integrated Approach for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language in Colleges and Universities in the United States, Abeer Al-Mohsen
Nuancing Human Rights Discourse and Practice: Perspectives from Myanmar, Amy Marie Argenal
The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizers to Support Executive Function for Ninth Grade Struggling Readers, Elaine Ruth Barry
The Adjustment of First Year African American Women to Predominately White Institutions: Implications for Best Practices, Maisha Beasley
San Francisco Bay Area School Districts Contracted with California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Michael David Blanco
Effects of the Green Life Nature Education Program for 4th Grade Students Who Attend Bay Area Title One Schools: a Mixed-methods Study, Jessica Blundell
“Leadership Means Moving A Community Forward”: Asian American Community College Students And Critical Leadership Praxis, Melissa Ann Loredo Canlas
Voices of Female, Rural Superintendents as They Implement California's Local Control Funding Formula Policy, Claudia Coughran
Counter-Narratives of Palestinian-American Youth: Resistance, Resilience and Transnational Identity, Kelly Delaney
Exploring the Emergence of Global Citizen Identity in Youth, Deborah Ann Farrington Padilla
Implicit Theories and Perceptions of Academic Changes Among Teachers in Lasallian Secondary Schools in the San Francisco New Orleans District, Heidi M. Harrison
Understanding the Relationship Between Teacher and Organizational Intercultural Competency in International Schools: A Mixed Methods Study, Sally Emily Hirsch
Workplace Violence, Organizational Culture, and Registered Nurses' Incident Reporting Patterns in Acute Hospitals in California, Feodora Jacobsen
Effect of Mindfulness Training on Interpretation Exam Performance in Graduate Students in Interpreting, Julie E. Johnson
Building Communicative Competence: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Intensive Japanese-Language Program, Yukiko Konishi
The Life Experiences of Ten Female Refugees from Iraq and Iran: An Oral History Research Study, Nicole Ludwig
Girls and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in Catholic Schools: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Interest, Confidence, and Perceptions of STEM, Rachel Lynn-Pleis McKenna
Training in Summarizing Notes: Effects of Teaching Students a Self-Regulation Study Strategy in Science Learning, Michelle Mendoza Nebres
Implementation and Strategies to Address Sensory Regulation of Students with and without Disabilities in Two Kindergarten Classrooms, Yvette Rosil Mere-Cook
Plugging Into Movement Work: White Racial Justice Action in the Era of Colorblind Racism, Garrett Naiman
Effects of Training on Intent, Ease, Self-Efficacy, Frequency, and Usefulness in Multimedia-Based Feedback for University-Level Instructors Using Canvas® LMS, Christopher Kent O'Leary
The Experience of Principals at Catholic Schools Implementing a Pranayama Practice for Stress Coping, Scott Roos
An Investigation of Multimedia Instruction, the Modality Principle, and Reading Comprehension in Fourth-Grade Classrooms, Laura Angela Sandoval
Exploration of Soka Education Principles on Global Citizenship: a Qualitative Study of U.S. K-3 Soka Educators, Mahi Takazawa
Dissertations from 2015
Complexity of Women's Liberation in the Era of Westernization: Egyptian Islamic and Secular Feminists in Their Own Context, Assim Alkhawaja
Expectations and Experiences of Undergraduate Students Who Participated in an Alumni Mentoring Program, Kristin Conner
Keeping Kids in School: A Slippery Slope for Miskitu Families Living in the Pearl Lagoon Basin of Nicaragua, Patricia Ann Conway
How Women’s College Student Involvement Contributes to Their Career Aspirations and Navigation for Success in Technology Startup Organizations, Heather Doshay
Perceptions of Archdiocese of San Francisco Principals regarding the Implementation of "Partners in Faith: Parish, School and Family" (2000), Eileen Anne Emerson-Boles
Documenting the Experiences of Gay Latinos in Higher Education through the use of Testimonio, Lorenzo Fabian Garcia
Catholic Secondary School Principals' Perceptions of the Qualities of Effective Catholic Secondary School Teachers, Theresa Greene Henning
Comprehensive Self-Selected Reading and Student Engagement With the Novel: A Program Evaluation, Jennesis Kathleen Jensen
A Case Study of E-Leadership Constructs: An Assessment of Leadership in a Healthcare Organization, Kevin James Lovelace
The Effects of a Varied Method of Instruction on Student Achievement, Transfer, Situational Interest, and Course Retention Rates in Community College Developmental Mathematics, Kevin L. McCandless
Latina Immigrant Mothers' Counterstories of Education: Challenging Deficit Myths, Nancy Aileen McNee
