Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: Open Access: What Do They Say? Students from a Private, Faith-Based, Four-Year University Share their Perspectives on College as a Mentoring Environment, Jeffrey Andrew Bolster EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Quantitative Inquiry into Moral Distress and Psychological Empowerment in Critical Care Nurses Caring for Adults during End of Life, Annette Marie Browning PhD, RN, CNS
Dissertation: Open Access: Compassionate Care, the Patient Perspective, Lori Burnell PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation of How Elementary School Teachers Make Data-Driven Instructional Decisions in Literacy, Cheryl Carangian Pham EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Experiential Education Approaches in Nonprofit Management and Leadership Education: An Examination of Master's Degree Programs Associated with the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, Heather L. Carpenter PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Cord Blood Collection in Pregnant Women for Stem Cell Research, Irene Carr PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Comparative Content Analysis of Five Spelling Programs in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Grade, Katherine N. Davis EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Call-Shift Fatigue and Use of Countermeasures and Strategies by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Ramona M. Domen PhD, CRNA
Dissertation: Open Access: Relationship between Self-Stigma and Personal Empowerment among People Who have Severe Mental Illness, Diane Fischer Hickman PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Retrospective Study of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in a Sample of Urban American Indian and Alaska Natives, Kathryn Aimee Fuller PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Lived Experiences of 3rd Generation and Beyond U.S.-Born Mexican Heritage College Students: A Qualitative Study, Richard Galvan EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Perceptions of Leadership: An Analysis of College Students' Understandings of the Concept of Leadership, Paige Haber PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Nursing Presence in the Acute Care Setting as an Indicator of Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care, Wendy Hansbrough PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Tapping the Hidden Job Market through Informational Interviews: A Qualitative Examination of Students' and Professionals' Perspectives, Kimberly S. Hogelucht PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Post Deployment Lived Experience of U.S. Military Troops after Combat-Related Blast Exposure, Shirely A. Jett PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Improving Diabetic Outcomes with Caring Communication: Identifying Communication Patterning for the Human Diabetic, James R. Kennett PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: How Working Mothers Negotiate Work-Family Conflict: An Exploration of Work Satisfaction, Home Life Satisfaction, and Partner Supportiveness, Karen Kramer Horning PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Study of the Impact of the Workplace Learning Function on Organizational Excellence by Examining the Workplace Learning Practices of Six Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipients, Cynthia J. Lewis EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: “Voluntary Sector-Rich” and “Voluntary Sector-Poor”: What Difference Does the Distinction Really Make?, Lindsey M. McDougle PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Emergence Delirium in U.S. Military Combat Veterans, Jason M. McGuire PhD, CRNA
Dissertation: Open Access: Parental Support of Latinos in Higher Education, Maria Lorena Meza PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Mother-Son Connectedness, Substance Use, and Young Men's Criminal Justice System Involvement, Kim L. Moreno PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Nursing Students' Lived Experiences surrounding Medication Administration, Sally Nan Morgan PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Spiritual Well-Being and Quality of Life among Persons with Paraplegia, Darlene Nelson Finocchiaro PhD, MSN, RN, CRRN
Dissertation: Open Access: Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes of Residents Admitted to a Nursing Home, Sheryl Nespor PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Fibromyalgia Self-Care Management: Use of Essential Oils, Regina Ann Sacco Izu PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploration of the Impostor Phenomenon in Law School Students, Owen Glenn Smith PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Growth of Text-Reading Fluency in Upper-Elementary English Language Learners during Instruction based on Repeated Reading, Katharine Staub Harrison EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Health Literacy and Health Promotion Behaviors among Samoans, Katherine Tong PhD, MSN, CFNP, PHN
Dissertation: Open Access: California School Nurse Survey, Rachel Van Niekerk PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership for Social Change: Learning from Latina/Chicana Activist Educators, Marcia Venegas-García PhD
Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: Open Access: The Experiences of Expatriate Teachers in International Schools: Five Ethnographic Case Studies, James S. Anderson EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Using Internet Videoconferencing to Connect Fashion Students With Apparel Industry Professionals, Vera Bruce Ashley EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Revitalization, Reinvigoration and Motivation of Survivors in Changed, Restructured and Downsized Organizations: A Study of Leadership Challenges in Local Government, Ronald L. Baza EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Effect of Shapedown on Habits and Self-Esteem for Overweight and Obese Children, Susan Bonnell PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Empirical Look at the Relationship between Personality Type and the Challenges of Telecommuting, Jacquelyn E. Brown PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Indigenous Leadership: A Talking-Circle Dialogue with Cree Leaders, Julia L. Buchanan PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Feasibility Study among Military Personnel with Traumatic Amputation during Military Combat or Training, Michele (Shelly) R. Burdette-Taylor PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CWCN, CFCN
Dissertation: Open Access: Battery and Abuse in the Elderly: A Forensic Analysis, Amy Y. Carney PhD, MFS, NP
Dissertation: Open Access: The Contributions of the Unwanted, Claudia Estela Chavez McKay PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining the Role of Meaning-Making and Cultural Competence in How Teachers Understand and Approach their Work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Sarina Chugani Molina EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Predictors of Job Satisfaction and Burnout in Travel Nurses, Marcia Faller PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Social Capital and Economic Empowerment: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Changes in the Value of Accumulated Assets and Measures of Social Capital among Rural South African Women, Robert Charles Gailey PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation into Digital Media: Characteristics of Learning Objects which K-12 Teachers Determine Meet their Instructional Needs, Patricia Ann Guthrie EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Extending our Understanding of Social Belonging: College Students' Use of Technology, Psychosocial Well-Being, and Sense of Community in University Life, Sara Kathleen Henry PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Nurse Practitioners: A Look at the Institutional Decision Calculus of a Health Sciences University, Debra Jo Johnson PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Professional Development at the Organizational Level through the Lens of Teachers and Administrators, Lori Kelsey EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Violence, Depression, Parental Stress, and Child Neglect among High Risk Postpartum Women, Kristen D. Lambert PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Breastfeeding and Mothers with Chronic Health Conditions, Blanche Landis PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Quality of Life, Religious/Spiritual Coping, Demoralization and Depression in Heart Failure Patients, Terry Larsen PhD, RN, CNS
Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Instructor-Avatar Immediacy in Second Life, an Immersive and Interactive 3D Virtual Environment, Sabine Karine Lawless-Reljic EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship between Reading Fluency, Writing Fluency, and Reading Comprehension in Suburban Third-Grade Students, Mary Leonard Palmer EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Application of Systems Engineering Science to the Healthcare Environment, Jonathan Mack PhD, MSN, ANP, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Strategic Planning: Contextual Factors that Facilitated and/or Challenged the Implementation of Strategic Planning in Two Nonprofit Organizations, Devadhasan Masilamony PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Quality of Life, Hope, Social Support, and Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients, Karen A. McGurk PhD, MN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Postconflict Community Development in Sierra Leone: Western, Cultural, and National Influences, Whitney Mclntyre Miller PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Shared Presence: Caring for a Dying Spouse, Lana Sue McLouth Kanacki PhD, MS, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of High Risk Infants, Lisa E. Miklush PhD, MSN, RNC, CNS
Dissertation: Open Access: Factors Influencing the Decision of High School Graduating Seniors in Corozal, Puerto Rico, to Pursue University Studies, Aned Yarelis Muñiz Gracia EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation of the Test-Taking Skills and Associated Thinking Processes of Ninth Grade English Language Arts Students, Mary B. O'Shea EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Thai Patients' Experiences of End-Stage Renal Disease: A Path through an Unknown World, Chuleeporn Piyasut PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Critical Reflection on Advanced Practice Nursing, Patricia Quinn PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: California Charter School Closures: Perspectives and Advice from Nine Former Charter School Directors, Jennifer Reiter-Cook EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Latina First Year Experience: Factors that Contribute to Persistence from the First to the Second Year in Higher Education, Guadalupe Rodriguez Corona EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Tuberculosis Awareness and Public Opinion on Expanding Health Insurance Coverage, Belal A. Saadeh PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Investigating the Self-Assessment of Adult Literacy Learners with Dyslexia across Several Cognitive Domains, Kelli Sandman-Hurley EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors, David Mark Silver PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Balancing Act: A Study of International School Heads' efforts to Manage the Professional and Personal Aspects of their Lives, Christiane PJ Sorenson EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Lost-Boys Phenomenon: Case Studies of San Diego High School Males, Richard Stakelum EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of a Clinical Mentor Program on Patient Outcomes, Cynthia M. Steckel PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Women and Authority: Transitioning Into a Role of Assigned Authority as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in a Leadership Class, Lorri L. Sulpizio PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors for Patients with Hospital Versus Community Acquired Pressure Ulcers, Margaret Talley PhD, MN, RN, CNS, CWCN-AP
Dissertation: Open Access: Teaching, Learning, and Writing in the Third Space: A Study of Language and Culture Intersecting with Instruction, Susan Toma-Berge EdD
Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: Open Access: Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC): The Impact of NJROTC Participation on Naval Accessions and Retentions, Phillip T. Angelini EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship of Level of Traumatic Exposure, Perceived Stress, and Resilience with Salivary Cortisol and Salivary Alpha-Amylase Diurnal Rhythm in Palestinian Children 10-12 Years Exposed to Chronic War Violence, Mohammad R. Asia PhD, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Psychometric Testing of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of Behavior Change Questionnaire in Mexican-Americans with Diabetes Type 2, Beverley Brownell PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Restoring Confidence: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Interim Commanding Officers in U.S. Navy Operational Units, Shoshana S. Chatfield EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: California Education Foundations: A Mixed Methods Study, Laura J. Deitrick PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Adult Learning and School Leadership: Application and Learning from a Group Relations Conference, Heather Dierolf EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Formative Experiment Investigating the Use of Reflective Video Journals to Increase High School Students' Metacognition, Brian Jeffrey Dixon EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Provider Response to Emergency Pandemic (PREP) Tool, Linda Suzzanne Good PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Different Types of Prompts on Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics, Barbara R. Greer EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Wellness Characteristics and Health Risk Behaviors of Young Adult University Students, Nicole Mareno PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of a Simulation Based Leader Development Training Program on Transformational and Transactional Leadership Behavior, Robin Louise McCoy PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Is Parenting Style Related to Overweight in Mexican or Mexican-American Preschoolers?, Darlene McPherson-Ventura PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Campus Internationalization Initiatives: From Policy to Practice in Study Abroad Programming, Kira Mendez Espiritu PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of Authentic Leadership and Ethical Organizational Culture on Auditor Behavior, Janice Taylor Morris PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: From Strain to Success: A Phenomenological Study of the Personal and Academic Pressures on African American Male Community College Students, John R. Mosby PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Efforts on Two College Campuses to Cultivate a Culture of Vocation, Mark Peters PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Gender Differences in Depression and Immune Response in Colorectal Cancer, Barbara Anne Rose PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Congregation Activism in the Community: A Study of Faith-Based Leadership, Jensen Harry Shirley EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Contextual Factors Influencing the Acute Care Registered Nurse's Response to Clinical Alarms, Kathleen Mary Stacy PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: More Power to You: Parental Experiences with the Public School Choice Option Provided by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Roslyn Williams Woodard EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Examination of Alcohol Use in the Gastric Bypass Patient, Kathleen Winston PhD, MSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: An Experimental Study of Instructor Immediacy in the Wimba Virtual Classroom, Lorah Wood Bodie EdD
Dissertations from 2008
Dissertation: Open Access: The Nonprofit Ethics Survey: A Contextual Approach, Audrey Dawn Barrett PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: School Web Sites within the Educational Marketplace: A Case Study Investigating the Parents as Engaged Consumer-Users, Claudia Jane Beeman EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Intergenerational Communication: Its Effect on Early Screening Activities in African-American Adult Daughters of Mothers with Breast Cancer, Rita R. Callahan PhD, MA, BSN, RN
Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Writing and the Pedagogical Practices of Effective Teachers, Thomas DeVere Wolsey EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Educational Initiative to Promote Evidence-Based Practice, Laurel Ann Ecoff PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC