Dissertations from 2009
Organizational change and strategic schooling for English language learners : a case study, Silvia Ramirez
"So there we were--" : the stories told by chief petty officers in the United States Navy, explored through a complexity lens, Patricia Joanne Reily
The relationship between moving in early adolescence and adolescents' first employee-type jobs, Stuart J. Richardson
Going beyond our borders : global literature and teacher choice, Guy Andrew Scott Roberts
Demystifying success : critical reflections of African-American California community college students about factors leading to scholastic success during the first year, Robert Lee Snowden
Survival of the fittest : perceptions of the effectiveness of California's BTSA induction program, Marilys deLong Taylor
African American children in an urban foster care system : perceptions of disproportionality and demographics, Jeffrey W. Timms
Students', teachers', and parents' perspectives of an African centered program : ÃŽle Omode, Tiffany S. Wright
Dissertations from 2008
Experiences and perspectives of African American students and their parents in a two-way Spanish immersion program, Michele Anberg-Espinosa
The relationship between executive coaching and organizational performance of female executives as a predictor for organizational success, Lily Benavides
Imagining just discourse in policy-making : transnational space, identity, and the other, Annette Marie Caneda
Women college presidents : leading with authenticity, Cathy Frances Corcoran
An investigation of the quantity and type of female veterans' responses to Hepatitis C treatment screening and acceptance, Sue L. Currie
Vietnamese women's critical reflections on their adaptation to living in the United Sates, Mai Le Ho Del Buono
Warrior women : a qualitative content analysis of the perceptions of the experiences of Native American women in the academy, Onllwyn Cavan Dixon
The sound of ink : a Bakhtinian analysis of expressive intonation in written feedback on essays of first and second language community college students of English composition, Robertson Scott Erskine
The relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement in elementary-school children, Barbara A. Fatum
Beginning in the midst of the world : ethics, poetics and social change on an international stage, Michael Fontaine
The effect of instruction in orthographic conventions and morphological features on the reading fluency and comprehension skills of high-school freshmen, Alicia Roberts Frank
Transnational engagement in international community-based learning in higher education : a study in El Salvador, Mary E. Gallo
Firing the canon : identity negotiation among Chinese American youth through the mediation of multicultural literature, Susan Katrina Gold
A comparison of the perceptions of male students at coeducational and single gender Catholic high schools in regard to Catholic identity, William Hambleton
The impact of care : young African American males' perceptions of in-home, one-on-one tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn
An exploration of self-reflection and critical-thinking exhibited in visual-arts students' portfolios at the secondary level, Barbara Ellen Hughes
Japanese students' autonomy in learning English as a foreign language in out-of-school settings, Kimiyoshi Inomata
Memory, promise, and imagination in Iraqi Kurdistan : leadership in education policy development, Jessica Lynn Jastad
Student satisfaction and empowerment through complaining in institutions of higher learning, Farbod Karimi
The effect of Responsiveness to Intervention tier 2 on underachieving students in vocabulary development at the secondary level, Elizabeth Gail Kirby
The effect of professional development of nonverbal communication behaviors of participants' regognition and understanding of these behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane
Creating and living authentic lives : finding ourselves in the midst of everydayness, John Jong Ho Lee
Journeys of purpose : an ontology of spirituality through work in memory, imagination, and authenticity, Therese M. Madden
An exploration of primary level (K-2) special education practices in the Catholic elementary school, Anna Teruel McDonald
Horizons of the world : imagining coexistence in language through understanding and refiguring of reality, Ayman A. Moussa
Imagining and creating new possibilities for self and society : narratives of Nepalese university students gone abroad, Kristine Nelson
Physical therapist students as moral agents during clinical internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom
Ethnic theme housing at Berkeley and Cornell : a critical hermeneutic understanding of ethnic identity, Daniel Ocampo
The effects of modeling on the movement confidence of individuals with spinal cord injuries, Nathan Perkins
A content analysis of the two state-approved kindergarten and first grade reading programs in California, Elizabeth Anne Presley
Ladies Who Launch organization : a case study of women entrepreneurs, Dorothy Raab
Interpreting globalization : memory to understanding, Arvind Ramakrishnan
Developing ethnic identity through Chicano, Sophia Santana Ramirez
Investigating social-desirability bias in self-reporting on motivational attitudes by adult students, Larisa Revzina
Refiguring technology : emerging understandings in adult learning, Scott M. Rosen
The effect of simulated clinical experience on knowledge, near transfer, and far transfer in nursing education, Shana Ruggenberg
First-year learning of novice emergency-hire clinical nursing faculty : a qualitative study, Ingrid Sheets
The relationship among working memory, mathematics anxiety, and mathematics achievement in developmental mathematics courses in community college, Janet Marie Spybrook
African American parent groups as a context for the activation of social capital : a case of parent empowerment through transformational leadership, Ajamu T. Stewart
Instructional strategies and teacher-student interaction in the classrooms of a Chinese immersion school, Tsueylin Tracy Wang
Dissertations from 2007
Through the lens of the adolescent : a survey of at-risk behaviors, Sandra L. Ahmann
Jaula de oro : growing up as an undocumented Latin@ immigrant in the United States, JuanCarlos Arauz
Motivations of Jewish adolescents in a British Hebrew school : identity, socialization, and language learning, Vikki Lynn Atkinson
A case study : academic achievement in an after-school tutoring program with Black middle school youth, Errie Denan Bohanon
Fostering a Latino academic consciousness : 4th grade students' experience in a college preparatory curriculum, Claudia Maria Canizales
Indigenous linguistically and culturally connected community health educators/promotoras : preventing HIV/AIDS in the Latino community, Alba Lucia Diaz-Cuellar
System-wide collaborative and consultation supports to child-care providers serving young urban children with disabilities in natural-environment center-based programs, Martina Kaumbulu Ebesugawa
Shared governance at Gavilan College : a case study, Matthew Escover
An analysis of 2005 NAEP 8th grade mathematics achievement items by content strand, problem type and language complexity, Yvette Marie Fagan
Hear our voices : African American parent and student perspectives for promoting academic excellence in elementary schooling, Bweikia Foster
A meta-analysis of functional behavioral assessments of students with high-incidence disabilities in public education settings, Jeff Gabrielson
Touching the spirit as a motivating factor for African American students to achieve academic excellence, E'leva D.H. Gibson
Community and college partnerships for student retention in higher education : critical reflections of Pilipino American young adults, Ingrid Mariano Gonzales
Undergraduate students' perceptions of their Holocaust and genocide education, Carol Berry Hurwitz
A content analysis of church documents relative to the role of Catholic schools and universities in Nigeria in the process of inculturation, Edward Inyanwachi
Revisiting the language-music relationship : exploring pitch recognition and discourse intonation in adult ESL students, Katherine Gambs Knickerbocker
Adopting Handala : deconstructing Jordanian and Palestinian refugee notions of coexistence and transnational consciousness, Marianne Maurice Marar
The quest for tenure-track faculty positions by community college adjunct faculty, Leandra Powell Martin
Resiliency and attribution factors associated with racially and ethnically diverse adolescents with learning disabilities, Karen Yvette Cruter McGee
The impact of participation in collegiate athletics on women athletes' academic experience at select Jesuit universities, Hillary D. McKinney
Alcohol and drug service providers' perceptions of interagency collaboration with child welfare services, Verronda L. Moore
The perceptions of volunteers regarding their motives, rewards, and challenges at the Saint Anthony Foundation in San Francisco, California, Godbertha K. Muganda
African heritage in Cuban literature for children and young adults : a participatory study with Nersys Felipe and Teresa Cárdenas, Dulce Maria Perez Castillo
Success factors in mergers and acquisitions : complexity theory and content analysis perspectives, Lena Petsa-Papanicolaou
Espoused curriculum and philosophy and curriculum and philosophy-in-use in a K-12 public charter school system, Elizabeth G. Polito
Fighting the freeloader effect : cooperation, attitude, and achievement in a Jesuit secondary math classroom, Kevin Quattrin
The professional expertise of community-practicing occupational therapists, Ruth Ramsey
The implications of technology for women of Pakistan in higher education : a qualitative analysis, Anniqua Rana
A survey of the perceptions of the senior students on the achievement of the Jesuit educational ideals in two Jesuit secondary schools in Madagascar, Jean de Dieu Randrianaivo
The effect of optimistic explanatory style instruction on the explanatory style, reading self efficacy, reading resilience and reading performance of third-fifth grade students with learning disabilities, Melba Rhodes-Stanford
Working memory cross-modal binding and decoding ability in children in the first and second grades, Eduardo Sanchez
Transformational leadership practices of deans and the perceived organizational culture of United Arab Emirates public universities : a regression analysis study, Mouwafac Sidaoui
Emotional intelligence and leadership practices among human service program managers, Cynthia Sims-Vanzant
Dissertations from 2006
An exploration of adolescent spirituality in a single-gender urban Catholic high school : a phenomenological inquiry, Elizabeth E. O'Donnell
Dissertations from 2005
Tourism of a different kind in "God's own country" : a critical hermeneutic exploration of socioeconomic development in Kerala, India, Ayliffe B. Mumford
Dissertations from 2003
The Principal's Role in Promoting Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A Participatory Research Study, Maria Norma Martinez
Intercultural Communication Between Caucasian Unitedstatesians and Salvadorians: Implications for Team Dynamics, Gabriela Couch Melano
