Dissertations and Theses from 2016
Dissertation: USD Users Only: A Narrative Inquiry of Student Engagement and Learning in a University-Based Social Venture Plan Competition, Peter Gitonga Maribei
Dissertation: Open Access: Transformative Models in K-12 Education: The Impact of a Blended Universal Design for Learning Intervention, Kai Monet Mathews
Dissertation: Open Access: When Worlds Collide: Bringing the Native/Indigenous Transnational Nonprofit Leader to the Conversation, Christina E. Mitchell
Dissertation: USD Users Only: Leadership Developmental Networks of Professionals of Color: Contemporary Conceptions of Mentoring Relationships, Mai-Anh Tran Ngo
Dissertation: Open Access: Clones in the MBA Classroom: Understanding the Relationship Between Culture and MBA Students’ Attitudes Toward Socially Responsible Business Leadership: A Mixed Methods Cross-National Study, Juan F. Roche
Dissertation: Open Access: "Intonations of their Own Language": An Analysis of Leadership and Resonance in Two Progressive Young-Adult-Filled Congregations in the Pacific Northwest., D. Bethan Theunissen
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Role of Women as Leaders in Mexican Politics: Looking Back and Moving Forward, Rafael Tovar y Lopez-Portillo
Dissertation: Open Access: Who Leads Nonprofit Organizations and What Does it Matter? A Mixed Methods Study of the Impact of Different Sector Experience on Nonprofit Leadership, Darrent Robert Tune
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Women Leaders in a Male-Dominated Profession: A Study of the United States Marine Corps' Women Generals, Marianne S. Waldrop
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Intersection of Fat+Wom*n+Leadership: An Action Research Study, Jessica Jamese Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: An Exploration of the Use of Photovoice-Inspired Techniques to Facilitate Narrative Leadership in a Small Group of Middle-Aged Women, Michelle M. Zive
Dissertations and Theses from 2015
Thesis: Open Access: Leadership Cultural Values of United Arab Emirates-The Case of United Arab Emirates University, Ebtesam Ali Alteneiji
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Strategies for Effective Advocacy: The Lived Experience of Leaders of Pakistani Non-Governmental Organizations, Rubina F. Bhatti
Dissertation: Open Access: Women Experiencing Aggression From Women: A Mixed Methods Study of How Women Experience Aggression, How it Impacts Leader Efficacy, and How They Navigate Through it, Karen Kitchen Briggs
Dissertation: Open Access: Blended Learning and Bottlenecks in the California State University System: An Empirical Look at the Importance of Demographic and Performance Analytics, Maureen Augusta Guarcello
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship Between Toxic Leadership, Organizational Citizenship, and Turnover Behaviors Among San Diego Nonprofit Paid Staff, Melanie J. Hitchcock
Dissertation: Open Access: Beyond Generosity: The Action Logics in Philanthropy, Jennifer Amanda Jones
Dissertation: Open Access: The Development of Intercultural Maturity in Second Year College Students, Nicole A. Schuessler
Dissertation: Open Access: Socially Responsible and Small: A Quantitative Study of Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Organizations in the United States, Abigail Sorenson Berk
Dissertation: Open Access: Aspiring and Doing Activism Under Repressive Systems: A Narrative Inquiry of Former Student Activists, Kedir Assefa Tessema
Thesis: Open Access: Good Kids, Bad City: The Examination of Crime Resistance in Low Income, High Crime, Communities of Color, Troy M. Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: On Moral Imagination and Indigenous Wisdom: How Leaders Approach Moral-Ethical Tension in Post-Modern Bali, Alan James Yu
Dissertations and Theses from 2014
Dissertation: Open Access: Facilitating Comprehension and Motivation by Engaging Adolescents as iPad Readers, Virginia M. Bauman EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Services for Parentally Placed Catholic School Students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Julie Cantillon PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Role of Chief Diversity Officers in Institutionalizing Diversity and Inclusion: A Multiple Case Study of Three Exemplar Universities, Cynthia D. Dávalos PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship between Perceived Toxic Leadership Styles, Leader Effectiveness, and Organizational Cynicism, James M. Dobbs PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Multi-Level Investigation of Leadership Effectiveness and Systems Awareness in the Leadership Circle Profile, Crystal L. Dujowich PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: We are Not Mahogany an Exploration of the Social Construction of Masculinity in Ugandan Meaning-Making, Nathaniel P. Dunigan PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Comparing Factors of Bachelor's Degree Attainment for First and Continuing Generation Students, Holly Gilbertson Hoffman PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Decision making and creativity: A qualitative study of MacArthur fellows, Leslie Hennessy Ph.D.
Dissertation: Open Access: Convergence or Divergence of Values? A Comparison Case Study of Teacher Credentialing Programs, Rachel Homel Rice PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Beyond Biracial: The Complexity of Identity Construction for Women with One Black and One White Parent, Roxanne Kymaani
Dissertation: Open Access: Engineering, Teaching, and Technology: A Nationwide Assessment of Instructional Internet Use by Engineering Faculty, Alexander Lehman PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Study Abroad as a Multifaceted Approach to Supporting College Sophomores: Creating Optimal Environments to Promote Intercultural Maturity, Jessica Luchesi PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding the Development of Global Leadership Competencies, Andrea L. McMullen PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Tale of Two Schools: The Spiritual Development of Leaders in Protestant Seminaries, Patricia A. Rhodes PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Authenticity: Theoretical Considerations, Instrument Development, and Implications for Leaders, Lyn Taylor Peyton Roberts PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Comparative Study of Select Autism Advocacy and Research Organizations: Their Mission, Purpose and Focus Related to the Efficacy of Service(s) Provided to Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Peter Joseph Sciabarra PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Central and Secondary Struggles in Social Interventions: The Impact of Group Relations Learning on Real Life Practices, Ole-Kristian Setnes PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Educating the Whole Child: Evidence of Health and Wellness Instruction in the Schools Serving Low-Income Students, Andria M. Shook PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Do New Buildings, Equipment, and Technology Improve Student Outcomes? A Look at One Community College's Experience, Danene Twyman-Brown PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: "Parent trigger" Legislation in the United States: A Key to Parent Empowerment in the Local Context, Julie A. Zoellin Cramer PhD
Dissertations and Theses from 2013
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Impact on Students of Western Universities on Foreign Soil: A Case Study of Qatar, Richard Bakken PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Virtual Teamwork in a Business School Master's Program: Do Team Charters have an Impact?, Samuel Kyungjin Chung PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Coaching Teachers on Instruction: Developing Instructional Leadership Capacity within a Principal Preparation Program, John J. Franey PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Performance Assessment for Quality Teaching: Three Critical Variables for Measuring and Improving Teaching and Learning, Kathleen L. Gallagher PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Gambling in San Diego County: A Case Study, Michael Kelley PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Accounting for the Attrition of African American Males in an Academic Support Setting, Ronald R. Lancia PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Cultivating Compassion in Undergraduate College Students: Rhetoric or Reality?, Michael Lovette-Colyer PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Work/Life Boundary Management in an Integrative Environment: A Study of Residence Life Professionals Who Live at their Place of Work, Pressley Robinson Rankin IV PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Leadership for Innovation in the Memories Business: A Mixed Methods Study of a Hospitality and Tourism Marketplace, Lori J. Sipe PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring the Paradoxical Role and Experience of Fallback in Developmental Theory, Valerie Townsend Livesay PhD
Thesis: Belonging, Believing, Being: A Journey Toward Social Justice, Stacey Lynn Williams
Dissertation: Open Access: A Comparison of Predictors of Student Grades in Online and Face-to-Face Community College Courses, Pamela Kay Wright EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Data-Driven Decision Making: Teachers' Use of Data in the Classroom, Tammy Wu Moriarty PhD
Dissertations and Theses from 2012
Dissertation: Open Access: An Empirical look at Recipient Benefits Associated with a University-Issued Student Leadership Award, Robyn L. Adams PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Motivation Beliefs Inventory: Measuring Motivation Beliefs Using Four Motivation Theories, David C. Facer Jr. PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Investigating the Impact of a Mentor Text Inquiry Approach to Narrative Writing Instruction on Attitude, Self-Efficacy, and Writing Processes of Fourth Grade Students in an Urban Elementary School, Christine Marie Kealoha Kane EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Graduate Student Experiences: The Impact of a Mixed-Cohort Format, Kacy Kilner Hayes PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: A Value-Added Study of a Federal Grant Program in Mathematics for Military Dependent Students, Jay C. Marquand PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Preparing Global Leaders: A Theoretical Model for Understanding the Development of Intercultural Competency, Cynthia Ann Martinez PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Advising to Promote Self-Authorship: Exploring Advising Strategies and Advisor Characteristics among New Student Affairs Professionals, Emily Marx PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: The Undergraduate Classroom as a Community of Inquiry, Cara Taylor Miller PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation of the Effects of Writing Instruction in an Ungraded Informal Learning Environment, Samuel Patterson EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: What We Can Learn from the Lived Experience of Asperger's Syndrome, Craig Allen Talbot EdD
Dissertation: Open Access: Toward an Integrated Self: Making Meaning of the Multiple Identities of Gay Men in College, Daniel Weston Tillapaugh PhD
Dissertations and Theses 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: 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: A Comparative Content Analysis of Five Spelling Programs in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Grade, Katherine N. Davis EdD
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: Tapping the Hidden Job Market through Informational Interviews: A Qualitative Examination of Students' and Professionals' Perspectives, Kimberly S. Hogelucht 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: Parental Support of Latinos in Higher Education, Maria Lorena Meza 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: Leadership for Social Change: Learning from Latina/Chicana Activist Educators, Marcia Venegas-García PhD
Dissertations and Theses 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Strategic Planning: Contextual Factors that Facilitated and/or Challenged the Implementation of Strategic Planning in Two Nonprofit Organizations, Devadhasan Masilamony PhD
Dissertation: Open Access: Postconflict Community Development in Sierra Leone: Western, Cultural, and National Influences, Whitney Mclntyre Miller PhD
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: 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