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Dissertations from 2024

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Dissertation: Open Access: Verbal Abuse, Violence Prevention Climate, and Psychological Safety Among Pediatric Nurses, Donna Bigani

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Dissertation: Open Access: “A Real Man . . .”: Deconstructing Machismo Heteronormative Standards with K–12 Latino Male Educators through Dialogic Spaces, Mario Echeverria

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Dissertation: Open Access: Towards a Servingness Advising Approach: From the Advisors’ Perspective at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Salvador Gomez-Pantoja

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Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Relationships Between Health Literacy and HbA1c in a Rural Border Region, Stephen Jaime

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Dissertation: Open Access: Examining systemic and dispositional factors impacting historically disenfranchised schools across North Carolina, Raketa Ouedraogo-Thomas

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Cultural Dimension of Structural School Reforms: The Case of Schedule Changes, Maylen Sullivan

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Dissertation: Open Access: Developing an Instrument to Measure Group Dynamics Awareness: A Mixed Methods Study, John Weng

Dissertations from 2023

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Dissertation: Open Access: BECOMING RESTORATIVE: DISCOMFORT, PRAXIS, AND ECSTASY AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND TEACHER IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, Gwynn Alexander

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Dissertation: Open Access: Anxiety and Agitation in Adult Patients Admitted to an Emergency Room during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Doris L. Asombrado

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Dissertation: Open Access: Online Education: Benefits and Challenges for Refugee Students, Roza Badritdinova

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Dissertation: Open Access: LOST IN INTERPRETATION: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF NURSE INTERPRETERS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, Byron Batz

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Dissertation: Open Access: Audacious Corazón: a Nuanced Art of Care, Dianne Bermudez Torres

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Dissertation: Open Access: Nursing Education in Complementary Alternative Modalities: A Case Study, Deborah Bird

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Dissertation: Open Access: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT IN HISPANIC ADULTS, Tania Borja

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Toward Understanding the Language Reclassification Experiences of Latino/a Learners with Disabilities: An Intersectional Approach, Christie Bostic

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Dissertation: Open Access: Special Education: Inclusion and Exclusion in the K-12 U.S. Educational System, Erik Brault

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Dissertation: Open Access: LOCAL LABOR MARKETS EXPOSURE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Greg Call

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of the Holistic Pastoral Wellbeing Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study, Timothy Captain

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Dissertation: Open Access: Analysis of One Secondary School's Support Systems for Aspiring First-Generation Latinx College Students: A Case Study, Tiffany Cunningham

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Resistencia Indocumentada: Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Higher Education Undocumented Students In The San Diego-Tijuana Border Region, Adan Escobedo Sanchez

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Dissertation: Open Access: Nurse Practitioner's Perspectives on Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department; A Narrative Inquiry, Ann Gerhart

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Dissertation: Open Access: Safeguarding from Scrutiny: Toward a Critical Consciousness of Organizational Culture in Humanitarian NGOs, Andrew Henck

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Leadership Laboratory: Exploring the Use of Case-in-Point Pedagogy to Develop Complex Thinking in Leaders, Erica Corley Jackson

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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

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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

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING AMONG TAIWANESE CAREGIVERS OF AGING RELATIVES WITH DEMENTIA, Chiung-Mei Liu

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Journeys of Women in Local Elected Office: From Community Engagement to Making Meaningful Contributions, Andrea Marr

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Dissertation: Open Access: Racism without Race: The Racialization of Middle Eastern and North African Students at U.S. Colleges, Hannah Mesouani

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Being Multicultural in the Workplace, Fiorella Morales

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Registered Nurse Experience Delivering Care to a Difficult Patient: A Qualitative Study, Stacy L. Nilsen

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Dissertation: Open Access: Pláticas Liberadoras: Testimonios of Chicana/o Elders en la Comunidad de San Diego, Gabriel Nunez-Soria

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Dissertation: Open Access: Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications among African Americans Adults, Obiageli Obah-Mbanefo

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Dissertation: Open Access: Utilizing new technologies to measure therapy effectiveness for mental and physical health, Jonathan Ossie

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Latinas Lived Experience of IPV Amidst the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Los Platos Sucios se Lavan en Casa, Lorena Perez

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Dissertation: Open Access: Advocating for Social Change: How A Human Service Nonprofit Organization Makes Sense of Its Advocacy Successes and Failures, Megan Pontes

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Dissertation: Open Access: Experiences of Tenured Hispanic Faculty in Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions, Barbara Resultan

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Dissertation: Open Access: Talking Back to the ELPAC: Resilient Resistance and (Re)Imagining Through YPARt, Zulema Reynoso

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Dissertation: Open Access: Queering Healthcare Equity: Exploring How Two Community Health Centers That Specialize in LGBTQ Healthcare Frame Cultural Competence, Tommy Royston

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Dissertation: Open Access: Equalizing Postsecondary Transition for At-Promise Youth Receiving Special Education Services: A Chance to Succeed, Karla R. Sanchez

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Lived Experience of Patients with Clostridioides difficile, Andrea Scherschel

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: MANTRAM FOR MAMAS: A PILOT STUDY FOR POSTPARTUM WOMEN, Ritamarie Smedile

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Dissertation: Open Access: Social Determinants of Health and Health Confidence, Laura Truman

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Dissertation: Open Access: By Chameleonic Means; "Trust Based" Philanthropic Relationships, "The Business of Yes," As Experienced By Black Fundraisers, Novien Yarber

Dissertations from 2022

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Dissertation: Open Access: Correlates of Health Literacy and Perceptions of Burden Among Caregivers of Persons Diagnosed with Chronic Illnesses, Mubarak Aldawsare

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Dissertation: Open Access: HELMETS OFF: AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITY OF BLACK NFL PLAYERS, Eugena Anderson

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Dissertation: Open Access: TRAUMA RECIDIVISM: THREAT ORIENTATIONS AND RECURRENT INJURY PERCEPTIONS, Molly Bauer and Ann M. Mayo

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Mitigation of In-Group and Outgroup Biases: Understanding the Perceptions of Educators on the Contact Approach Theory, Brigitte Blazys

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leaders of Change: An Exploration of Relationships Between International School Administrators’ Mindsets and Their Preferred Leadership Styles, Joe Brogan

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Dissertation: Open Access: Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia, Geline Buenconsejo

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Dissertation: Open Access: Unconscious Bias in United States Marine Corps Leadership Doctrine: Examining Microaggressions Through Document Analysis, Patrick Butler

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Dissertation: Open Access: REMIFENTANIL PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA USE IN LABORING WOMEN: A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY, Joshua Carr

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Dissertation: Open Access: Cardiology Implications of ED COVID-19 Patients in an Underserved Rural Health Care Environment, Pedro Colio

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Description of Impostor Phenomenon in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists, Jeffrey R. Darna

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Dissertation: Open Access: Biomarkers and Factors related to Risk of Acute Kidney Injury, Mary Ann David

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Dissertation: Open Access: Interventional Radiology Procedures Without Sedation: The Nurse Experience, Catherine De Leon

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Dissertation: Open Access: EXECUTIVE PEER ADVISORY GROUPS: WHO THEY ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR BENEFITS? WHY DO MEMBERS JOIN AND STAY?, Andrew Feghali

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: When "First, Do No Harm" Fails: A Restorative Justice Approach to Workgroup Harms in Healthcare, Pedro L. Flores

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Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Library Succession Planning in the University of California (UC) System, Crystal Goldman

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Pontem Path: A Case Study of a Catholic Bridge Program Focusing on College Readiness, Sean Green

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Dissertation: Open Access: Patient Perception of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort, Essa Hakamy

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction, David Hubinger

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Dissertation: Open Access: Transitioning Eating Practices of Older Adults, Michelle Lajoy Jackson

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Dissertation: Open Access: Breaking Boundaries: Investigating the experiences of Racially Diverse Low Socioeconomic Status Students through a Narrative Inquiry Approach, Ryan Jumamil

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Dissertation: Open Access: Transitions in Palliative Care: Referral Time and Healthcare Utilization in Advanced Stage Colon, Rectal and Lung Cancer Patients., Ann Lawani

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Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Benefits of Latino Giving Circles: An Emancipatory Research Study, Adriana Loson-Ceballos

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: A STUDY OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS REFUGEES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND TRAUMA, Merdin Mohammed

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Dissertation: Open Access: Improving the Retention of United States (U.S.) Government Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Employees, Jeffrey Myers

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Latinidad and Agency of Voice: Latina Leader Identity Development, Cristina Padilla

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Technology as a Leadership Context: An Examination of Technostress and Group Performance, Sanket Patel

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Dissertation: Open Access: Adults with Preexisting Diagnosis of Heart Failure in the Environment of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Ronald Phillips

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Dissertation: Open Access: School Administrator Preparation in Special Education: A Cross-Case Analysis, Emily Ruiz

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Examining the Patient Preference Aspect of the Patient Experience Amid a Pandemic, Sheree Scott

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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

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Impact of an Online Leadership Course on Japanese Undergraduates' Conceptions of Leadership, Ryosuke Watanabe

Dissertations from 2021

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Exploring the Decontamination Process for Reusable Medical Devices (RMDs), Rocelle Aglugub

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: Experiences of African American Male Veterans Accessing Mental Health Treatment, catherine Baker

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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

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: The Strengthening of Civil Society: Nonprofit Capacity Building in The City of San Diego, Lyn Corbett

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Espoused Versus Operationalized Organizational Values: A Case Study of Values Integration, Erik Dees

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Expanding Consciousness Across Disruptions: Developmental Leadership Coaches Growing Together Through Action Inquiry, Ilaria Distefano

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Dissertation: Open Access: Suicide Mortality of Emergency Department Patients, Briony Marie DuBose MHI, RN, LSS, BB

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Associations of Chronic Stress, Social Support, Health Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanic Women, Edna Esquer

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Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership Development in Saudi Arabia’s Private Sector: A Mixed Methods Approach, Khaled Hanaky

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Dissertation: Open Access: Does Winning Matter? An Examination of the Impact of Success on Former Student-Athlete Philanthropic Giving, Zach Harris

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Dissertation: Open Access: Grassroots Talent Development at La Maestra: Understanding the Perceptions of Leaders and Staff, Gorn Huvanandana

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Dissertation: Open Access: Strategies for the Improvement of Healthcare through Simulation, Roger Lankheet

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Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Benefits of Experiential Learning for Executive Leader Development: A Mixed Methods Approach, Bruce Loveless

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Dissertation: Open Access: Feasibility of Online Nutritional Counseling and/or Remote Self Weighing in Pregnant Women With Obesity, Rebecca Mattson

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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