Dissertations from 2025
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining the Creative Process of Visual Artists: A Phenomenological Study, Filiberto Vargas
Dissertations from 2024
Dissertation: Open Access: Measuring Inclusive Leadership in Nonprofit Performing Arts Organizations, Thomas Abruzzo
Dissertation: Open Access: Islamophobia in Public Schools: A Mixed Methods Look at the Effectiveness of Parental Ethnic-Racial Strategies in Promoting Resilience Among Muslim Children, Lallia Allali
Dissertation: Open Access: Aren't Only Girls Secretaries…?”: Leadership Lessons From Women U.S. Secretaries of State, Lindsay Allen
Dissertation: Open Access: Verbal Abuse, Violence Prevention Climate, and Psychological Safety Among Pediatric Nurses, Donna Bigani
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Black Genius: An Achievement Distortion, Brenda Burgo
Dissertation: Open Access: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogical Practices in Early Literacy Classrooms: A Qualitative Case Study of Two Kindergarten Classrooms, Elizabeth Carlton PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Nonprofit Leader Experiences in Sector-bending After Lean Six Sigma Training: Tension, Concepts, and Changed Behaviors, Beverly Codallos
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Cultivating Genius: A Narrative Journey of At-Promise Youth at a P-TECH Early College High School, Michelle Latrese Coleman
Dissertation: Open Access: “A Real Man . . .”: Deconstructing Machismo Heteronormative Standards with K–12 Latino Male Educators through Dialogic Spaces, Mario Echeverria
Dissertation: Open Access: Why Not the School-to-Scholar Pipeline? Changing the Narrative Through School Leadership, Marne Renee Foster
Dissertation: Open Access: Towards a Servingness Advising Approach: From the Advisors’ Perspective at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Salvador Gomez-Pantoja
Dissertation: Open Access: Vital Voices from the Digital Divide: Testimonies of African American Women Leadership Across Tech, VinSche' Gray
Dissertation: Open Access: Who We Are Is How We Lead: Storytelling as an Intervention in a Manager Development Program, Brittany Grieb
Dissertation: Open Access: How Do LGBT Employees Assess Their Firm’s Organizational Culture Regarding LGBT Leadership?, Philippe Honore
Dissertation: Open Access: The Rhythms and Rituals of a Sacred Epistolary: Expressing my Experiences in Holistic and Embodied Ways, Khalia Ii
Dissertation: Open Access: Ennobling Each Other Through Collaborative Inquiry: Exploring Music as a Provocation for Leadership Development, Ihan Ip
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Relationships Between Health Literacy and HbA1c in a Rural Border Region, Stephen Jaime
Dissertation: Open Access: Caregiver Support for Patients Diagnosed with Dementia, Michelle N. Kabakibi
Dissertation: Open Access: Embracing Messiness: Life and Leadership After Prison, Llewelyn T. Labio
Dissertation: Open Access: Reducing Maternal Morbidity from Peripartum Hemorrhage in Cesarean Delivery, Jennie Lee
Dissertation: Open Access: Building Agency Through Sensemaking: The Transformational Journey and Identity Development Process of Working Mother Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Lynn Levis
Dissertation: Open Access: "There is Power in Being Out": A Three Article Approach Celebrating the Experiences of Queer University Leaders, Andrew R. E. Lorenzana
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining systemic and dispositional factors impacting historically disenfranchised schools across North Carolina, Raketa Ouedraogo-Thomas
Dissertation: Open Access: An Autoethnography of a Social Justice-Minded Teacher in Corrections, Graciela Rubalcaba-Munoz
Dissertation: Open Access: From Injustice to Social Justice Education: The Journey of Formerly Incarcerated Women of Color in Community College, Hossna Sadat Ahadi
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Parental Perceptions of Childhood Vaccines: A Qualitative Study, Jenna Scarafone
Dissertation: Open Access: Navigating the Bow Wave of Change: The Felt Experience of Belonging to the United States Naval Academy's First Gender-Integrated Class, Peter Shaner
Dissertation: Open Access: Representation of Alaskan Native People in Nonprofit Leadership, Vanessa Smith
Dissertation: Open Access: The Cultural Dimension of Structural School Reforms: The Case of Schedule Changes, Maylen Sullivan
Dissertation: Open Access: California School Psychologists’ Assessment Practices with CLD Students: A Phenomenological Study, Hector Manuel Teran Jr.
Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Impact of a Leadership Development Program on Participants’ Practice: A Case Study of the Development Dynamics Course Organized by Caritas India, Lenin Raj Thankaraj
Dissertation: Open Access: Convergence and Divergence: Comparative Analysis of Procedural Rule Changes of the Hong Kong and Singapore International Arbitration Centers within the Framework of Neo-Institutional Theory, Phillip Hoang Tran
Dissertation: Open Access: Borderland Voices: Exploring the Educational Journey of Transfronterizx Students, Families, and Educators for Enhanced Engagement and Empowerment, Sobeida Velazquez
Dissertation: Open Access: Ripple of Hope: Understanding the Lived Experience and Academic Achievement of Latinx Students at Arrupe College and Dougherty Family College: A Case Study, Richard P. Virgin
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Ethical Leadership in Intelligence: Themes in Accountability, Self-Development, and Communication Among CIA Leaders, Caroline Walsh
Dissertation: Open Access: From Counterspaces to Community:A Qualitative Case Study Analysis of Black Community Making at a PWI, Charles Watkins
Dissertation: Open Access: Developing an Instrument to Measure Group Dynamics Awareness: A Mixed Methods Study, John Weng
Dissertation: Open Access: Black School Leader Truth: How Black School Leader Epistemology Influences Liberatory Mindset Development in Their Staff, Orpheus Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership and Teacher Agency for Inclusive Classrooms: Insights about Integrating Students with Disabilities into Inclusive Classrooms from Teachers and School Leaders in Three International Schools, Chad Wood
Dissertation: Open Access: Intercultural Perspectives on Managing Organizational Change in Response to Government Policy Reform: A Case Study on the Leadership of New Oriental Education, Yihe Yang
Dissertations from 2023
Dissertation: Open Access: BECOMING RESTORATIVE: DISCOMFORT, PRAXIS, AND ECSTASY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND TEACHER IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, Gwynn Alexander
Dissertation: Open Access: Anxiety and Agitation in Adult Patients Admitted to an Emergency Room during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Doris L. Asombrado
Dissertation: Open Access: Online Education: Benefits and Challenges for Refugee Students, Roza Badritdinova
Dissertation: Open Access: LOST IN INTERPRETATION: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF NURSE INTERPRETERS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, Byron Batz
Dissertation: Open Access: Audacious Corazón: a Nuanced Art of Care, Dianne Bermudez Torres
Dissertation: Open Access: Nursing Education in Complementary Alternative Modalities: A Case Study, Deborah Bird
Dissertation: Open Access: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT IN HISPANIC ADULTS, Tania Borja
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Toward Understanding the Language Reclassification Experiences of Latino/a Learners with Disabilities: An Intersectional Approach, Christie Bostic
Dissertation: Open Access: Special Education: Inclusion and Exclusion in the K-12 U.S. Educational System, Erik Brault
Dissertation: Open Access: LOCAL LABOR MARKETS EXPOSURE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Greg Call
Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of the Holistic Pastoral Wellbeing Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study, Timothy Captain
Dissertation: Open Access: Analysis of One Secondary School's Support Systems for Aspiring First-Generation Latinx College Students: A Case Study, Tiffany Cunningham
Dissertation: Open Access: Advocacy on Facebook: A Content Analysis of How Small Los Angeles- Based NPOs Use Social Media to Engage Audiences, Wen Chen Denq
Dissertation: Open Access: Resistencia Indocumentada: Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Higher Education Undocumented Students In The San Diego-Tijuana Border Region, Adan Escobedo Sanchez
Dissertation: Open Access: Nurse Practitioner's Perspectives on Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department; A Narrative Inquiry, Ann Gerhart
Dissertation: Open Access: Safeguarding from Scrutiny: Toward a Critical Consciousness of Organizational Culture in Humanitarian NGOs, Andrew Henck
Dissertation: Open Access: A Leadership Laboratory: Exploring the Use of Case-in-Point Pedagogy to Develop Complex Thinking in Leaders, Erica Corley Jackson
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Questioning and Disrupting Narratives of Motherhood and Leadership: The Experiences of Deans, Presidents, and Other California Community College Mother-Leaders, Stefanie Johnson Shipman
Dissertation: USD Users Only: UTILIZING GLORIA ANZALDUA’S CONOCIMIENTO TO SURVIVE: UNDERSTANDING HOW WOMEN FACULTY OF COLOR OVERCOME RACIAL BIAS & DISCRIMINATION IN ACADEMIA, Gladys Fernanda Leyva Peñuelas
Dissertation: USD Users Only: THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING AMONG TAIWANESE CAREGIVERS OF AGING RELATIVES WITH DEMENTIA, Chiung-Mei Liu
Dissertation: Open Access: The Journeys of Women in Local Elected Office: From Community Engagement to Making Meaningful Contributions, Andrea Marr
Dissertation: Open Access: Racism without Race: The Racialization of Middle Eastern and North African Students at U.S. Colleges, Hannah Mesouani
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Gated Entry and Code: A Critical Feminist Inquiry Into English as Gendered Symbolic Power Amongst Multilingual Indian Women, Kelly Metz-Matthews
Dissertation: Open Access: Being Multicultural in the Workplace, Fiorella Morales
Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Registered Nurse Experience Delivering Care to a Difficult Patient: A Qualitative Study, Stacy L. Nilsen
Dissertation: Open Access: Pláticas Liberadoras: Testimonios of Chicana/o Elders en la Comunidad de San Diego, Gabriel Nunez-Soria
Dissertation: Open Access: Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications among African Americans Adults, Obiageli Obah-Mbanefo
Dissertation: Open Access: Utilizing new technologies to measure therapy effectiveness for mental and physical health, Jonathan Ossie
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Latinas Lived Experience of IPV Amidst the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Los Platos Sucios se Lavan en Casa, Lorena Perez
Dissertation: Open Access: Advocating for Social Change: How A Human Service Nonprofit Organization Makes Sense of Its Advocacy Successes and Failures, Megan Pontes
Dissertation: Open Access: Experiences of Tenured Hispanic Faculty in Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions, Barbara Resultan
Dissertation: Open Access: Talking Back to the ELPAC: Resilient Resistance and (Re)Imagining Through YPARt, Zulema Reynoso
Dissertation: Open Access: Queering Healthcare Equity: Exploring How Two Community Health Centers That Specialize in LGBTQ Healthcare Frame Cultural Competence, Tommy Royston
Dissertation: Open Access: Equalizing Postsecondary Transition for At-Promise Youth Receiving Special Education Services: A Chance to Succeed, Karla R. Sanchez
Dissertation: Open Access: An Exploratory Case Study Of Leadership Practices That Enable International Schools To Become Highly Effective and Learning Progressive Environments, Santha Kumar Sankara Narayanan
Dissertation: Open Access: The Lived Experience of Patients with Clostridioides difficile, Andrea Scherschel
Dissertation: Open Access: A Student Induction Program’s Impact on Young “Techies’” Purpose In Life and its Effects on Their Well-Being: A Case Study of Telangana, India, Ankit Shah
Dissertation: Open Access: MANTRAM FOR MAMAS: A PILOT STUDY FOR POSTPARTUM WOMEN, Ritamarie Smedile
Dissertation: Open Access: Social Determinants of Health and Health Confidence, Laura Truman
Dissertation: Open Access: By Chameleonic Means; "Trust Based" Philanthropic Relationships, "The Business of Yes," As Experienced By Black Fundraisers, Novien Yarber
Dissertations from 2022
Dissertation: Open Access: Correlates of Health Literacy and Perceptions of Burden Among Caregivers of Persons Diagnosed with Chronic Illnesses, Mubarak Aldawsare
Dissertation: Open Access: HELMETS OFF: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITY OF BLACK NFL PLAYERS, Eugena Anderson
Dissertation: Open Access: TRAUMA RECIDIVISM: THREAT ORIENTATIONS AND RECURRENT INJURY PERCEPTIONS, Molly Bauer and Ann M. Mayo
Dissertation: Open Access: The Mitigation of In-Group and Outgroup Biases: Understanding the Perceptions of Educators on the Contact Approach Theory, Brigitte Blazys
Dissertation: Open Access: Leaders of Change: An Exploration of Relationships Between International School Administrators’ Mindsets and Their Preferred Leadership Styles, Joe Brogan
Dissertation: Open Access: Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia, Geline Buenconsejo
Dissertation: Open Access: Unconscious Bias in United States Marine Corps Leadership Doctrine: Examining Microaggressions Through Document Analysis, Patrick Butler
Dissertation: Open Access: REMIFENTANIL PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA USE IN LABORING WOMEN: A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY, Joshua Carr
Dissertation: Open Access: Cardiology Implications of ED COVID-19 Patients in an Underserved Rural Health Care Environment, Pedro Colio
Dissertation: Open Access: A Description of Impostor Phenomenon in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists, Jeffrey R. Darna
Dissertation: Open Access: Biomarkers and Factors related to Risk of Acute Kidney Injury, Mary Ann David
Dissertation: Open Access: Interventional Radiology Procedures Without Sedation: The Nurse Experience, Catherine De Leon
Dissertation: Open Access: EXECUTIVE PEER ADVISORY GROUPS: WHO THEY ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR BENEFITS? WHY DO MEMBERS JOIN AND STAY?, Andrew Feghali
Dissertation: Open Access: Teacher Sensemaking in Times of Crisis: A Case Study of the Teaching of High School Ethnic Studies Classes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Black Lives Matter Protests, Kay Flewelling
Dissertation: Open Access: When "First, Do No Harm" Fails: A Restorative Justice Approach to Workgroup Harms in Healthcare, Pedro L. Flores
Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Library Succession Planning in the University of California (UC) System, Crystal Goldman
Dissertation: Open Access: EXAMINING THE CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE OF UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING INDIGENOUS LEADERS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Craig W. Goodman
Dissertation: Open Access: The Pontem Path: A Case Study of a Catholic Bridge Program Focusing on College Readiness, Sean Green
Dissertation: Open Access: Patient Perception of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort, Essa Hakamy