Dissertations from 2012
Latino Immigrant Parents of English Language Learner Students, School Involvement and the Participation Breach, Jose Vicente Gonzalez
The Separate and Collective Effects of Personalization, Personification, and Gender on Learning with Multimedia Chemistry Instructional Materials, Shannon James Halkyard
Supporting Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals: Participatory Action Research in Human Rights Education, Page Hersey
Serving Youth Who Are Serving Time: A Study of the Special Education Services for Incarcerated Youth in a Short-Term Care Facility, Sachiko Hoshide
The Relationship Between Interaction Patterns on an Online Idea Generation Community and the Implementation of Ideas, Michael D. Jacobson
The Image of the Artist: A Content Analysis of Authenticity, Ethnicity, and Quality in Young Adult Novels, Jeannine L. Jeffries
De La Salle Christian Brothers' Experiences of Catholic Identity in Higher Education in the United States, Scott Anthony Kier
The Experience of Lasallian Association on the Part of Lay “Associates in Fact” in the District of San Francisco, Gregory T. Kopra
A Participatory Action Research Study with Bi-ethnic Children in South Korea on Bi-ethnic Identity Development, Jeong Min Lee
Investigation of the Misconceptions Related to the Concepts of Equivalence and Literal Symbols Held by Underprepared Community College Students, Terrence Joseph Maguire
Exile and Home: Narrative Identity in the Central American Community of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven Ross Mayers
Post-Dollarization Narratives of Economic Literacy in Ecuador, Luis A. Reynoso
Learning for Cambodian Women: Exploration through Narrative Identity and Imagination, Alvina Marie Sheeley
"This is a Public Record": Teaching Human Rights Through The Performing Arts, Andrea McEvoy Spero
Implementation of the Core Components of Response to Intervention Models: A Study of Two Schools, Dawn Witt
Dissertations from 2011
Ground zero project development in Burma : appropriating the future through history, identity, and imagination in assessment, Alyssa A. Bahr
Healing India : implications for peace, Sriya Chakravarti
Beyond Nepantlá : an exploration of factors that affect the academic success of Chicano, Lilia Zabalza Chavez
Being and Becoming Public School Teachers: Career Mobility of Chinese Overseas-Trained Teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lily L. Chow
Transcending Borders: The Experience of Six Undocumented Immigrant Mothers in the United States, Patricia DeRobles
Pictorial Map Effects on Learning How to Summarize, Richard Anthony DeSoiza
It Takes a Community to Change a Broken System: Using an Inter-organizational Collaborative Group to Ensure All Oakland Students Graduate from High School, Nyeisha T. DeWitt
The effects of three concept mapping strategies on seventh-grade students' science achievement at an urban middle school, Navdeep Dosanjh
Re-imagining individual and communal identity : corporate mergers, Susan Duvall-Dickson
A quantitative study of the relationship between faith formation opportunities and the religiosity of lay educators in Catholic secondary schools, Douglas R. Evans
California High School Exit Exam for students with disabilities : the impact of setting, anxiety, and stereotype threat on stuents' math performance, Tracy M. Fields
Academic Language Teaching and Learning in the Third Space Classroom: A Preservice Teachers' Perspective, Cinzia Forasiepi
Undergraduate student perceptions of affiliate organization contributions to what they learn about leadership while serving as officers in professionally oriented clubs, Mitchell Friedman
Early education in California : communicative action in the public sphere, Yolanda Garcia
The relationship between cognitive moral development and attitudes toward cheating among preservice and in-service high school teachers, Michael G. Glaser
Grading and Reporting Purposes and Practices in Catholic Secondary Schools and Grades' Efficacy in Accurately Communicating Student Learning, Peter Imperial
To Know, Love, and Serve God: The Characteristics of a Holy Cross School, Walter E. Jenkins
Perceptions of middle school Latina students on factors effecting their education : a participatory action research study, Katherine L. Johnson
An exploration of the experiences of flow by skilled professional contract workers, Patricia C. Johnson
Critical hermeneutic inquiry in Kagaa, Kenya : refiguring village health education through community inquiry, Peninah N. Kaniu
Using a standardized communication tool SBAR to improve LVN students' shift reporting, Anna Yan Yan Kwong
Implications of Branding Initiatives in Higher Education Among Trademarked Institutions in California, Joy Victoria Lamboy
Deliberate Practice in Professional Speaking Expertise, Helen Lie
Ethical dilemmas : pressures on leaders to walk the talk, Marion C. Moreno
Teachers' Critical Perceptions on Improving Elementary African American Student Achievement Through Culturally Relevant Teaching in California, Monique Renee Moton
Alternative ladders through the glass ceiling : female college presidents who pursued administrative career paths, Nichole Pichel Nabasny
Collaborative planning and prewriting : the effects of structured peer collaborations on primary-age students' writing development, Mary Elizabeth Niesyn
Microfinance in Myanmar : a critical hermeneutic inquiry into ontological economic capacity, Timothy Payne
Social networking texts among college students : identity and imagination online, Paul J. Raccanello
Filipino American Educational Leaders in Northern California K-12 Public Schools: Challenges and Opportunities, Cynthia Manalo Rapaido
Text and mimesis : reconfiguring technology and adult learning, Nicholas P. Recchia
Predictors of High School Graduation in Foster Youth, Clifford A. Stewart
The Theological Literacy, Beliefs, and Practices of Lay Administrators of Marianist-Sponsored Seconday Schools in the United States, John F. Thompson
An Exploration of the Perceptions of Elementary Principals on the Process and Benefits of the Principal Evaluation, Shelly D. Viramontez
Perceptions Regarding the Identity and Culture of a Lasallian Catholic Secondary School in Australia, Adrian Watson
Successful African American Community College Students Perceptions on Sense of Belonging in Three California Community College Districts, Nicole Yvette Wise
A Self-Organizing Group Within a Hierarchical Organization, Sheila Yuter
Dissertations from 2010
History in the making : narratives of selected Asian Pacific American women in leadership, Mary Almandrez
A study of perceived leadership styles of seven Jesuit university presidents in México, Rubén Arceo
A qualitative study of undergraduate students' approaches, perceptions, and use of online tools, David Armstrong
A critical inquiry into the perspectives of African Americans who consider themselves equal to other U.S. citizens, Melba Beals
Kindergarten teachers' perceptions of kindergarten readiness, Nancy Cappelloni
Globalization and development revealed in Starbucks and Wal-Mart's business practices in Shanghai, China : issues in restructuring society for ethical practices, Andrea Colangelo
Political, emotional, powerful : the transformative influence of the Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), Roderick Daus-Magbual
Preparation in multicultural teacher education : perceptions of pre-service teachers and their professor in a teacher credentialing program, Marina Estupiñan
Instruction, perception, and reflection : beginning teachers' habits of mind, Sandra Fenderson
Ties that bind : examing the effects of social exchange variables on turnover intentions among executives, Mary Francis
Re-starting the conversation about race in academia : transcultural narratives in the lifeworld, Francisco Gamez
Decolonization of the mind and spirit : healing strategies through Latin@ critical consciousness, Victor Garza
The portrayal of Holocaust rescuers in children's literature, Karen Green
Cooperating teachers : an investigation into their needs and training as mentors and supervisors of student teachers, Joy Hamilton
An investigation of California middle-grades teachers' knowledge of early adolescent development, Melina Johnson
Living positively: narratives of forgiveness and imagination among women with HIV, Hamaseh Kianfar
Interactions in a two-way immersion program : impact and challenges, Yoko Koki
Community policing and leadership : perceptions of urban police chiefs, Daniel Lawson
With an eye on we : a teacher research study of students using narrative inquiry to critique Mexican American history, Enrique Luna
The effects of a self-regulation learning-strategies instructional program on middle-school students' use of learning strategies and study tools, self-efficacy, and history test performance, Elizabeth Lyons-Wagner
