Dissertations from 2024
Chief Diversity Officers and the Process of Culture Change Within Higher Education Professional Staff Units: A Qualitative Study on CDO-led Learning & Development Efforts, Amarildo "Lilu" Barbosa
Promoting Positive White Racial Identity Development in K-12 Teachers: A Qualitative Case Study, Johnny Cole
Critical Conversations: Supporting Elementary Teachers in Instructing with Inclusive Children’s Literature, Susan Flis
Decolonizing Anti-Racist Professional Development for PK-12 Educators: Centering Indigenous Peoples of the “Americas”, Claudia A. Fox Tree
Environmental Education for Sustainability, Lucille Gertz
Glue Gun Stories: Public Art Educators’ Perceptions of Trauma and Its Impact on Their Pedagogy and Praxis, Alicia Gray
Exploring Teacher Agency and Student Engagement: A Case Study of an Urban High School in the United States, Alexandra M. Kirby
Understanding Masculinity: Exploring the Personal and Professional Lives of Male Middle School Directors of Private, All-boys’ Middle Schools, Jason Larocque
Cultivating Massachusetts Public Elementary School Formal Teacher-Leadership, Amy Mitchell
Learners' Perceptions of Elementary Math Class: A Mixed Methods Exploration, Erica Moy
The Perceptions of Elementary Principals Regarding Their Role in Increasing Teacher Capacity, Erin Perkins
In Kinship with the World: Developing a Novel Instrument to Assess Human-Nature Relational Values, Kimberly Post
A Professional Learning Opportunity Promoting Research-Based Reading Instruction in Content Areas, Katrina Ramirez Gonzalez
The Archeology of Adoption: Tracing the Journey from Birth Through Adoption Using Pre-Adoptive Artifacts, Ellen Reeve
Understanding Preschool Teachers' Perceptions of Challenging Behavior: "It's Exhausting", Elizabeth Stapleton
Learning Disrupted: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Student Teacher/Supervising Practitioner Relationship, Bethany Tremblay-Price
Dissertations from 2023
School Superintendents and The Convergent Social and Political Crises of 2020 and 2021, Robin Benoit
Compassion in the STEM Curriculum: Integrating Emotional Peer Support Within Undergraduates’ Classroom Work, Jared Berezin
Exploring Physician Assistant Students' Perceptions of Stress and Help Seeking Behavior, Kayla Cetrone
Students Who Identify as Black and Their Perceptions of and Experiences with Public High School Student Council, AMANDA R. GODDARD
Active Imagination, Wellbeing and Ways of Seeing: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Experiences of Adult Learners with Visual Impairments, Steinberg Henry
A Narrative Approach to Examining the Workplace Experiences of Professional Adults Living with Dyslexia, Anna-Maria Jones
Kīpuka Leo: A Phenomenology of Leadership in Hawaiian-focused Charter Schools, Megan Lee Kawatachi
Reading Recovery Teacher Understandings About Language and Early Literacy Acquisition, Kelly L. McDermott
A Qualitative Study of Teachers’ Knowledge of Anxiety and Their Feelings of Preparedness to Support Students with Anxiety, Jessica Minahan
The Efforts of K-12 School Principals to Increase Black Student Achievement, Kerry Moore
Examining Motivational Trajectories and Need-Fulfillment Dynamics of Students on Academic Probation, Mary Moore
Lighting Neural Maps: Using a Neuroscience Lens to Examine Quantitative Performance from Urban Districts, Hengameh (Heny) M. Taraz
The Influence of Prison Skills Programming on the Reentry Process, Jennifer Tatten
“I AM NOT GOING TO HIDE WHO I AM”: HOW JEWISH GIRL ACTIVISTS NAVIGATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO VOICE, VISIBILITY, AND REPRESENTATION, Cheryl Weiner
Dissertations from 2022
Reconceptualizing Massachusetts’ Public High School Mentoring Programs, Michelle L. Addario
Charter School Leaders and Their Students’ Resilience, Katy Bridget Angelone
The Mind’s Eyes: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Learning to Draw in Adulthood, Ramona Crawford
A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Common Factors Association with Pain and Functional Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions, Mary Beth Holmes
Queering the Bible Belt: Stories of Student Affairs Professionals Establishing LGBTQ Pride Centers in the Deep South, Kevin David Linton
WHITE, WORKING-CLASS ADULT MALE STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE EFFECTS OF WORKING-CLASS IDENTITY ON EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, Terence Lynn
Lessons to Learn from Teacher Activists Organizing for Systemic Change Through A Community-Based Coalition, cynthia roy
Examining Developmental and Sociological Effects of Restrictive Behavioral Sanctions on College Students, Patrick Sharry
Can Hope Be Primed in Chronic Pain? A Clinical Application of Health Priming, Brenda Stockdale
Dissertations from 2021
Negotiating the experience: Liminality, intersubjectivity, and writing on the path to a doctoral degree, Jon Brammer
Investigating the Spiritual Dimensions of the Theatrical Rehearsal Process, Dorothy C. Bryan-Ployer Mrs.
The Teaching Artist Experience: An Art-Based Study Exploring Teaching Artists' Perspectives on the Efficacy of Employment-Based Training and Support, Tessa Bry Taylor
Using College Student Learning Experiences and Outcomes to Guide Teaching Modifications in a General Education Choreography Course: An Action Research Study, Kristy Kuhn Donnelly
Leadership Insights: Life Stories of Three Individuals' Paths to National Leadership in PreK-12 Education for Sustainability, Alice Altfillisch Earle
The Application of Adult Learning and Development Theory in the Undergraduate Classroom, Jennifer Flewelling
Preparing Emerging Adults for the 21st Century: Diapraxis as a Bridge to Dialogue in the First-Year Seminar, katina fontes
Fundamental Principles of Metacognition: A Qualitative Study of Metacognition, Pedagogy and Transformation, Philip Hulbig
Examining the Experiences of the Hearing Officer in the College Student Conduct Process, Gregory Mantolesky
Narrative Experiences of Fathers of Children with Down syndrome, Corey Rose
"Two Crowds": Adolescents from Military and Nonmilitary Families, Michal Setti Parnes
School Leaders Supporting Students of Color in Predominately-White Schools, Jonathan Swan
Dissertations from 2020
Student Agency and Collective Bootstrapping in Integrated Career and Technical Education: A Photovoice Project, Panagiota Athinelis
Can Yoga Help Make the World a Better Place? Perceptions from Adult Practitioners, Claire Carroll
Book Groups and the Relational Engagement of Sixth-Grade Readers, Kathryn Contini
"I Feel Like a Literacy Coach Today." Professional Identities of Literacy Coaches, Antoinette Czekanski
The Perception of Elementary School Principals Regarding Constructivist Approaches, Deborah Daley
Trends and Traditions: A Mixed Methods Study of Tap Dance Education in the Private Sector Dance Studio, Thelma L. Goldberg
Leadership Perspectives on the Financial Sustainability of Non-Orthodox Jewish Day Schools in Toronto, Seth Goldsweig
The Experiences of Undocumented Students in College: Dreams and Aspirations in Their Own Words, Marcelo Juica
Win the Game or Build Decent Humans? Parental Perceptions of the Family School-Relationship Across Socioeconomic Backgrounds, Elizabeth Dempsey Lee
Elementary School Principals’ Experiences with Trust and Trust-building, Emily Luuri
Acknowledge Us: An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Female Army Veterans in Undergraduate Programs, Jennifer O'Neil
“My heart was like, write about this. There's no other way.”: Strengthening and Deepening Literacy Skills of Adults in a High School Equivalency Program through Creative Writing, Elizabeth Santiago
Dissertations from 2019
The Principal’s Role in Expanding Multicultural Understandings in Predominantly White, Rural, Middle School Grades, Jacquelynne Chase
What can a studio approach to teaching tell us about the academic and social learning of middle school students? An exploration of student understanding of how making art supports their academic and social learning., Maureen Creegan- Quinquis and Maureen A. Creegan-Quinquis
Cultural Proficiency of High School Leaders in Relation to English Learners and Their Families in an Urban School District, Johanna Fawcett
Understanding the First-Year Experience of Traditional-Aged, College-Ready Students at a Private, New England Liberal Arts College, Patrick Flynn
Ecological Innovators: A Multiple Case Study Approach to Explore the Influencing Factors and Conditions Upon the Lives of Young People Who Innovate to Save the World, Pascha Griffiths and Pascha Marlin Griffiths Ph.D.
Picturing Health; Picturing Life: Visual Illness Narratives of Women with Type 2 Diabetes, Sarah Gurley-Green
An Examination of Francophone African-born Adult Immigrant Family Members’ Narratives Regarding Their Children’s Early Language and Literacy Development, Kimberly Joyce-Bernard
The Perceptions of Private Special Education School Leaders Regarding Their Role in Promoting Self-Care and Renewal Practices for Themselves and Their Teachers, Theresa Melito-Conners
Perceptions of Certified Central Office Administrators Who Choose Not to Apply for the Position of Superintendent, Felicia Moschella
Perspectives of High School Photography Teachers Regarding Visual Literacy, Kristi Oliver
The Perceptions of Post 9/11 Veteran Students Who are Parents Regarding the Role of Institutional Services in Bachelor Degree Completion, Alicia Marie Reddin
In Their Own Words: A Narrative Inquiry into Part-time Master’s Degree Student Persistence, Erin Schroeder
Dissertations from 2018
The Role of School Leaders in Creating a Learning Ecosystem Through School-Community Partnerships, Lisa DiMartino
Action Research and Teacher Voice: A Pathway for Transforming our Schools Into Learning Organizations, Susan Inman
The Development of Young Children’s Social Identity in an Era of Digital Tools, Sharon Rochelle Kaplan-Berkley
"Can You Just Move the Curtain?": Stories of Women from the Educational Underclass at the College Door, Janet Kaplan-Bucciarelli
Environmental Education in Urban Green Space: Understanding Educator Practice, Jennifer Klein
Unlocking the Potential for Every Teacher to Lead: A Phenomenological Study of Informal Teacher Leadership, Jennifer M. Martin
Teaching Literacy to Nonliterate Spanish-Speaking Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE): The Freire-UDL Literacy-Alfabetización Model and Guide, Maria João Mendes
Harmonies and Dissonances: The Relationship between Values Taught and Values Experienced in Three Values-Oriented High Schools, Barbara Merson
Mompreneur Immunity: An Exploration of Meaning-Making and Relational Support of Self-Employed Women with Children, Felicia Newhouse
Cultural Priming and Psychosocial Factors in the Achievement of Hispanic and White Students, Richard Peters
An Investigation into Learning and Development Associated with Embodied Mindfulness, Kristen Picard
Perspectives and Expectations of Native Spanish-Speaking Parents about Their Children's Education in An American Elementary School, Franklin D. Rothwell II
The Way of the Artist Educator: Understanding the Fusion of Artistic Studio Practice and Teaching Pedagogy of K-12 Visual Arts Educators, Christopher M. Strickland
Dissertations from 2017
An Examination of Educators' Perceptions of Host Country Cultural Dynamics in International Schools Abroad, Sharlene M. Fedorowicz
Discovering the Leader Within: An Autoethnophenomenographic Study of Mindfulness in Educational Leadership, Alyssa Fraser
