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Dissertations and Theses from 2010

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Professional Development at the Organizational Level through the Lens of Teachers and Administrators, Lori Kelsey EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Instructor-Avatar Immediacy in Second Life, an Immersive and Interactive 3D Virtual Environment, Sabine Karine Lawless-Reljic EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Relationship between Reading Fluency, Writing Fluency, and Reading Comprehension in Suburban Third-Grade Students, Mary Leonard Palmer EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Strategic Planning: Contextual Factors that Facilitated and/or Challenged the Implementation of Strategic Planning in Two Nonprofit Organizations, Devadhasan Masilamony PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Postconflict Community Development in Sierra Leone: Western, Cultural, and National Influences, Whitney Mclntyre Miller PhD

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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

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: California Charter School Closures: Perspectives and Advice from Nine Former Charter School Directors, Jennifer Reiter-Cook EdD

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Investigating the Self-Assessment of Adult Literacy Learners with Dyslexia across Several Cognitive Domains, Kelli Sandman-Hurley EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors, David Mark Silver PhD

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Lost-Boys Phenomenon: Case Studies of San Diego High School Males, Richard Stakelum EdD

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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

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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 and Theses from 2009

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Dissertation: Open Access: Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC): The Impact of NJROTC Participation on Naval Accessions and Retentions, Phillip T. Angelini EdD

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: California Education Foundations: A Mixed Methods Study, Laura J. Deitrick PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Adult Learning and School Leadership: Application and Learning from a Group Relations Conference, Heather Dierolf EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Formative Experiment Investigating the Use of Reflective Video Journals to Increase High School Students' Metacognition, Brian Jeffrey Dixon EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Different Types of Prompts on Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics, Barbara R. Greer EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of a Simulation Based Leader Development Training Program on Transformational and Transactional Leadership Behavior, Robin Louise McCoy PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Campus Internationalization Initiatives: From Policy to Practice in Study Abroad Programming, Kira Mendez Espiritu PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Impact of Authentic Leadership and Ethical Organizational Culture on Auditor Behavior, Janice Taylor Morris PhD

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: Exploring Efforts on Two College Campuses to Cultivate a Culture of Vocation, Mark Peters PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Congregation Activism in the Community: A Study of Faith-Based Leadership, Jensen Harry Shirley EdD

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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

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Experimental Study of Instructor Immediacy in the Wimba Virtual Classroom, Lorah Wood Bodie EdD

Dissertations and Theses from 2008

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Nonprofit Ethics Survey: A Contextual Approach, Audrey Dawn Barrett PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: School Web Sites within the Educational Marketplace: A Case Study Investigating the Parents as Engaged Consumer-Users, Claudia Jane Beeman EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Writing and the Pedagogical Practices of Effective Teachers, Thomas DeVere Wolsey EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Improving College Retention by Identifying Factors Influencing Student Success, Maryjane Felter Leonard EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Private and Public University Students' Perceptions of Cultural Adjustment Problems in Study Abroad Programs, Walter R. Heinecke EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Role of Residential Learning Communities in the Faith Development of First Year College Students, Dayanne Izmirian PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: How Spirituality Impacts Ethical Leadership: A Cross-Case Analysis of Eleven Corporate Chief Executive Officers, Mary Rose Johnson EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Academic Achievement of Students in a Charter Homeschool, Mary A. Leeds EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Asian American Children's Literature: A Qualitative Study of Cultural Authenticity, Virginia S. Loh EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Teachers' Beliefs about the Factors that Support Successful Second Language Acquisition of Elementary School Students, Joann M. McDonald EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Roots of Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Education, Patricia Ottow Keen EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Provosts in Building a Student Learning Assessment-Supportive Organizational Culture: A Multiple-Site Evaluation within the California State University System, Chris Procello PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: E-Coaching in Organizations: A Study of Features, Practices, and Determinants of Use, Rebecca Vaughan Frazee EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Developing an Instrument to Measure School Community Engagement with Implementation of Information Literacy Curriculum, Candace Wexler Aiani EdD

Dissertations and Theses from 2007

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Dissertation: Open Access: Validating the Experiences of Male Mexican American Community College Transfer Students Studying at Catholic Universities, Eliazer Ayala-Austin EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Examining Stage Theories and the Predisposition to Lead within the Homosexual Community, David Robert Blair EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Teachers' Perceptions of a 360-Degree Feedback Process, Catriona Collins Moran EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Communication and Leadership: Faculty Perceptions of the Department Chair, Kathleen Czech EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Pedagogy in Online Graduate Business Learning Environments, Alicia Maria Gallegos Butters EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Stakeholders’ Perspectives of a Catholic K-8 School as a Caring Community, Marci-Anne Hanks EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Emerging Elements of Leadership in a Complex System: A Cognitivist Approach, Kirsten Suzanne Hanson EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Integrating Total Disability Management in a Climate of Change: A Case Study, Mary E. Jesko EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Concerns-Based Adoption Model Study of University Instructors Engaged in Faculty Development for Enhancing Learning With Technology, James W. Julius EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Factors that Motivate or Discourage Movement into School Leadership Positions and the Implications for Recruitment Policy and Practice, Ginger Lee Blackmon EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Empirical Study of Employee Relations and Managerial Malpractice Risks in a Four-Year Public Higher Education System, Robert Lee Brown EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Building Management Bench Strength: A Qualitative Look at a Job Rotation Program, Paige Litton Creager PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Politics and the Glass Ceiling in American Law Enforcement: Why Not More Women Chiefs of Police?, Madeline G. Meistrich EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Experiences of Sacramental Marriage, James Patrick O'Brien EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Adapted Physical Education Enrollment Issues and Exercise Mediators for Students with Disabilities in San Diego County Community Colleges, Toni M. Pfister EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Investigation of the Community-Based English Tutoring Program (CBET), Barbara J. Pongsrikul EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Wherry Revisited: An Empirical Examination of the Nonperformance Factors that Influence Variation in a Performance Rating, Raymond B. Roll EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: I Teach What I Do, I Do What I Teach: The Experiences and Impacts of Teaching Artists, Patricia L. Saraniero EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Instructor Immediacy in Online Learning Environments, Maria Schutt EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: A Mixed Methods Study on CBAM and the Adoption of Thin Client Computers by Adolescents, Cynthia Sistek-Chandler EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: What’s So Hard About Algebra? A Grounded Theory Study of Adult Algebra Learners, Michael Steele Reese EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Effect of Computer-Aided Instruction on Grades in Middle School Algebra, Patricia A. Taepke EdD

Dissertations and Theses from 2006

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effects of Participating in Youth Theater, Mark Plato Arapostathis EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Reconsidering Academic Dishonesty: A Critical Examination of a Complex Organizational Problem, Tricia Bertram Gallant PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Gender Influences in the Graduate Classroom: An Investigation of Female and Male Student Perceptions, Gerald B. Blanton EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Acts 2:42 in 2006: Examining Small Group Discussion in an American Mega-Church, Sheri Guseman EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Officers' Use of Leadership Skills Learned in the Navy's Intermediate Officer Leadership Training Course: A Replication Study, Terrence Eugene Hammond EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Investigating Professional Development in Technology for Literacy Teachers, Michanne Hoctor EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Personalization for English Learners at a Small Conversion High School, Mary Jewell EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: They Who Persist: A Longitudinal Quantitative Case Study of a University Student Cohort, Kenneth J. Marra PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: So You Think It's Inclusion…Think Again: A Quantitative Analysis of Stakeholder Perceptions in Community Youth Organizations, Mary McAllister Shea EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Mentoring of Special Education Administrators, Deborah McDonald Toups EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Connecting Art and Science: An Interdisciplinary Strategy and its Impact on the Affective Domain of Community College Human Anatomy Students, Kevin Petti PhD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Exploration of Supportive Relationships in the Lives of Academically Successful Individuals with Autism, Jodi Ann Robledo PhD

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Dissertation: USD Users Only: How teachers define "highly qualified" for themselves and their profession, Johanna Kristine Rodenberg

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Reluctant Sorority: Stories of American Wives of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, 1965–1973. Lessons in Exercising Leadership in the Absence of Power, Steven L. Smith EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Dilemma of Disclosure for College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Teresa L. Spoulos EdD

Dissertations and Theses from 2005

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Dissertation: Open Access: Confronting the Intra-Racial Gender Gap: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Gender on African American Students' Perceptions of Campus Climate at a Predominantly White Institution, Tiffany N. Carpenter EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Asian American Females in Educational Leadership in K-12 Public Schools, Dina Castillo Pacis EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Culture and Motivation in Online Learning Environments, Frances A. Clem EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Linking Succession Planning to Employee Training: A Study of Federal Employees, Douglas E. Fenner EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: How School Counselors Gain Support to Implement Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Programs, Jo Ann Grant EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Enhancing Motivation Using the Constructs of Flow in Museum Education Activities, Maria C. Grant EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: An Examination of the Media's Framing of the Illegal Street Racing Issue, Kevin Andrew Igasaki EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Courage to Change: Striving for Magnet Hospital Recognition, Janet M. Jones EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: High School Principals' Values and their Symbolic and Cultural Leadership Approaches to Character Education in China, T.C. Kao EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Essential Features of Cultural Proficiency in American International Schools in Latin America: A Delphi Study, Rebecca McBride Bustamante EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Facing the Leadership Challenges on Decommissioning United States Navy Ships, Darren J. McGlynn EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Connecting the Dots: A Study of an Innovative Principal Preparation Program's Impact on the Mental Models and On-The-Job Behaviors of Aspiring School Leaders, Rich Newman EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: How Leaders Use the Construct of Culture to Influence Change Resistance: A Study of a Planned Change Initiative in a Combined Government and Military Organization, Derek R. Noether EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Effect of Embedded Metacognitive Prompts and Probes on Students’ Awareness in a Multimedia Lesson for Elementary School Students, Wendy Janine Parcel EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: The Role of the Chief Instructional Officer within the California Community Colleges, Patrick M. Schwerdtfeger EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Omesubel a Ureor: Workforce Development in Palau from Pre-Contact to 1999, Patrick Ubal Tellei EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: Global Citizenship as a Function of Higher Education: The Demographic and Institutional Determinants in a Graduate Student Population, Jade G. Winn EdD

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Dissertation: Open Access: To Be or Not to Be: Status of Guam's Middle Schools, Judith T. Won Pat EdD

Dissertations and Theses from 2004

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Dissertation: Open Access: Organizational Structure and the Creative Process, Edward C. Bowen EdD