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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The Lived Experience of Patients with Clostridioides difficile, Andrea Scherschel
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
Dissertation: Open Access: BLACK BEYOND MEASURE: AN ANTIDEFICIT EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL CAPITAL WITHIN A NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS (NSBE) CHAPTER AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION (PWI), Rhonda Harley
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction, David Hubinger
Dissertation: Open Access: Transitioning Eating Practices of Older Adults, Michelle Lajoy Jackson
Dissertation: Open Access: Breaking Boundaries: Investigating the experiences of Racially Diverse Low Socioeconomic Status Students through a Narrative Inquiry Approach, Ryan Jumamil
Dissertation: Open Access: Transitions in Palliative Care: Referral Time and Healthcare Utilization in Advanced Stage Colon, Rectal and Lung Cancer Patients., Ann Lawani
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Benefits of Latino Giving Circles: An Emancipatory Research Study, Adriana Loson-Ceballos
Dissertation: Open Access: Reaching for the Stars: A Constructivist Investigation of Astrology as a Tool for Self-Discovery in a New Age of Leadership, Cameron Martin
Dissertation: Open Access: A STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS REFUGEES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND TRAUMA, Merdin Mohammed
Dissertation: Open Access: Improving the Retention of United States (U.S.) Government Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Employees, Jeffrey Myers
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Latinidad and Agency of Voice: Latina Leader Identity Development, Cristina Padilla
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Technology as a Leadership Context: An Examination of Technostress and Group Performance, Sanket Patel
Dissertation: Open Access: Adults with Preexisting Diagnosis of Heart Failure in the Environment of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Ronald Phillips
Dissertation: Open Access: School Administrator Preparation in Special Education: A Cross-Case Analysis, Emily Ruiz
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Examining the Patient Preference Aspect of the Patient Experience Amid a Pandemic, Sheree Scott
Dissertation: Open Access: Critical Mass of Women on Biotech Corporate Boards and Its Implication For Firm Performance: A Mixed Method Explanatory Sequential Study, Shesh Sharma
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Towards a Network Theory of Developmental Team Coaching: A Social Network Analysis of the Relational Influence Process of Team Coaching, Derek Taylor
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Impact of an Online Leadership Course on Japanese Undergraduates' Conceptions of Leadership, Ryosuke Watanabe
Dissertations from 2021
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Exploring the Decontamination Process for Reusable Medical Devices (RMDs), Rocelle Aglugub
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Experiences of African American Male Veterans Accessing Mental Health Treatment, catherine Baker
Dissertation: USD Users Only: A Retrospective Analysis To Determine If Obstructive Sleep Apnea During Pregnancy is a Predictor of Length of Stay in Women Who Delivered in a MilitaryTreatment Facility, Elizabeth Boulette
Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Strengthening of Civil Society: Nonprofit Capacity Building in The City of San Diego, Lyn Corbett
Dissertation: Open Access: A Qualitative Exploration of the Patient Care Experience as Perceived by Hispanic Patients Receiving Care at a Safety-net Facility, Silvinia Cuizon
Dissertation: Open Access: Espoused Versus Operationalized Organizational Values: A Case Study of Values Integration, Erik Dees
Dissertation: Open Access: Personal Data Privacy and Protective Federal Legislation: An Exploration of Constituent Position on the Need for Legislation to Control Data Reliant Organizations Collecting and Monetizing Internet-Obtained Personal Data, Giovanni De Meo
Dissertation: Open Access: Expanding Consciousness Across Disruptions: Developmental Leadership Coaches Growing Together Through Action Inquiry, Ilaria Distefano
Dissertation: Open Access: Suicide Mortality of Emergency Department Patients, Briony Marie DuBose MHI, RN, LSS, BB
Dissertation: Open Access: The Associations of Chronic Stress, Social Support, Health Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanic Women, Edna Esquer
Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Development in Saudi Arabia’s Private Sector: A Mixed Methods Approach, Khaled Hanaky
Dissertation: Open Access: Does Winning Matter? An Examination of the Impact of Success on Former Student-Athlete Philanthropic Giving, Zach Harris
Dissertation: Open Access: Grassroots Talent Development at La Maestra: Understanding the Perceptions of Leaders and Staff, Gorn Huvanandana
Dissertation: Open Access: Strategies for the Improvement of Healthcare through Simulation, Roger Lankheet
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Benefits of Experiential Learning for Executive Leader Development: A Mixed Methods Approach, Bruce Loveless
Dissertation: Open Access: Feasibility of Online Nutritional Counseling and/or Remote Self Weighing in Pregnant Women With Obesity, Rebecca Mattson
Dissertation: Open Access: Reproducing the Status Quo in the Middle School English Classroom: A Critical Examination of Literacy Learning Via Personalized Learning Technology, Michele McConnell
Dissertation: Open Access: Food Insecure COPD Patients and Healthcare Utilization: A Retrospective Study, Kristine Mendoza
Dissertation: Open Access: Life Satisfaction: Aging Female Informal Caregivers of Persons with Dementia, Deborah Ann Monson
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Mental Health Correlates Among Pregnant Women Who Use Cannabis in the United States, My Hanh Nguyen
Dissertation: Open Access: Using Visual Storytelling to Design Solutions-Based Approaches to Homelessness, Peggy Peattie
Dissertation: Open Access: An Explanatory Sequential Study of Cadet Commitment at the United States Air Force Academy, Justin Pendry
Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Lived Experience of Military Women with Chronic Pain: A Phenomenological Study, Sandra W. Peppard
Dissertation: Open Access: Timing of Therapeutic Hypothermia & Short-Term Infant Outcomes, Brooke Rakes
Dissertation: Open Access: Oneida College Lacrosse Players’ Perspectives of the Sacred Game of Lacrosse, Thomas Reed
Dissertation: Open Access: Time to Medical Help-Seeking for Adults Who Experience Symptoms of Stroke in a California-Mexico Border Region, Jean Rockwell
Dissertation: Open Access: An Inferentially Robust Look at Two Competing Explanations for the Surge in Unauthorized Migration From Central America, Nick Santos
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Pause; Pivot; Position: A Case Study about Higher Education Communication Strategies and Decision-Making Processes during Two Concurrent Crises, Kristin Scialabba
Dissertation: Open Access: Neonatal Toxic Stress and Long-Term Neurodevelopment in Premature Infants, Rachelle Sey
Dissertation: Open Access: Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions for Adult Cancer Patients Post Outpatient Chemotherapy: Does the Oncology Nurse Navigator Make a Difference?, Sunny L. Stirling
Dissertation: Open Access: Community Foundations as Community Leaders, Colton Strawser
Dissertation: Open Access: Doing More with Less: A Quantitative Analysis of Mindfulness, Meditation, Sustainable Consumption Awareness and Practice among University Undergraduates, Teresa Van Horn
Dissertation: Open Access: Head of School Retention in Independent Schools, Kevin Yaley
Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Intergenerational Value Changes across Three Generations of Emirati Women Using Focused Ethnography, Ebtesam Ali Alteneiji