Dissertations from 2018
Indicators and Precipitators of Special Educator Satisfaction: The Role of Certification and Advanced Coursework, Jessica Spencer
Poetics of the [Selves]∞: An Active Aesthetic, Alena Tunprasert-Ahrens
The Impact of the Use of Science Notebooks in Conjunction with a Learning Progression-based Science Unit in an Urban Middle School, Reagan Williams
The Role of Popular Culture in Preschool Children’s Emergent Writing/Composing: An Exploration of the Writing Process and Tensions Surrounding One Preschool Writing Center, Stephanie Winters
Teacher Perceptions of Ability in Implementing a Culturally Responsive Educational Practice for Culturally Linguistically Diverse Students with Dis/Abilities, Melanie Ziebatree
Dissertations from 2017
Stress and the Resiliency of Teachers, Michelle L. Abiyou
Under-Representation in Autism: An Examination of Educational Evaluation Practices for Black Students, Erika L. Ayanaw
A Qualitative Case Study: Examining the Social and Cultural Impact of SISTERS Club, Andrea L. Barrale
A for Academics or Athletics: A Critical Look at African American Male Student Athletes in Search of Identity, Tamekia Bush
Design and Evaluation of a Course on Social and Emotional Learning and Classroom Management for Future Teachers in Colombia, Andrea Bustamante
The Importance of National Identity in Social Studies Classes in Puerto Rico: An Examination of Teacher and Student Perceptions of “Lo Nacional”, Jesus Daniel Diaz
A Study of digital communications between universities and students, Perry D. Drake
Meeting Yourself Without Rose Colored Glasses: An Urban Public School, Shenelle DuBose and Apryll Mendez
Inside the VA: How Workplace Training Evaluation Impacts Employee Performance, Timica Emerson
The Missouri Student Transfer Program, Howard E. Fields III
Elements of Moral Functioning in Sport and School, Christopher Funk
How African American Parents Prepare to Homeschool Their Children, Riquita Henry
Sistahs for Success: An Adult Education Intervention Program to Increase Career Decsion Self-Efficacy for African American Women, Traci L. Hodges
Analysis of a STEM Education Professional Development Conference for Pre-service Educators, Keeta Holmes, Pamela Atkinson-Hamilton, Tiffanni Durham, Gloria Hardrict-Ewing, Deborah Heisler, Christina Hughes, Rosalinda Williams, Lane Walker, Christopher Young-El, and Amy Dooley
Exploring the Use of Technology to Support Literacy of Sixth Grade Students with Reading Disabilities, Jaime R. Inman
Middle School Student and Teacher Perceptions About the Effectiveness of the Technology Integration in the Classroom, David R. Irby
Re-reading, Re-writing, and Re-imagining Texts: Critical Literacy in a Kindergarten Classroom, Meredith Labadie
Processing Motion: Using Code to Teach Newtonian Physics, M. Ryan Massey
Academic Supports Preferred by Academically Struggling African American Students at a Predominantly White University, Ellen E. Meadows and Joan H. Ruppert
Meeting Yourself Without Rose Colored Glasses: An Urban Charter, Apryll L. Mendez Gaskew and Shenelle M. Dubose
The Role of Integrated Curriculum in the 21st Century School, Kimberly Mohr and Robert W. Welker
Psychometric Evaluation of the Counselor Supervisor Self-Efficacy Scale, Brittany Murphy
Experiences of Former Participants in Teen Advocates for Sexual Health (TASH), Celeste Nicholas
(Re)Storying Ferguson: Youth Voices and Literate Lives, Katherine O'Daniels
The Relationship Between Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Romantic Relationship Quality, Dixie Dawn Phillips Meyer
Providing Equitable Access to Education for African American Students: The Journey of One Administrative Team, John P. Raimondo
Transformational Leadership: An Urban Leaders' Autoethnography, Joyce M. Roberts
A Mixed-methods Study of English Language Learners' Academic Achievements in a Spanish Language Immersion School, Ibtihal Salman
ULEAD: The Effects of a Civics-Based Educational Program on Urban Youth, Rodney W. Smith, Aaron H. Willis, and Mario Pascal Charles
White and African American Elementary Aged Student Perspectives of School Climate and the Relationship to Academic Achievement, Jeremy Spoor and Rachel Turney
ULEAD: The Effects of a Civics-Based Educational Program on Urban Youth, Aaron H. Willis
A Study of Early Literacy Interventions on the College and Career Readiness of High School Students Identified as Struggling Readers in First Grade, Ann Michele Willott
School Connectedness as a Moderator between Racial Microaggressions and Academic Performance for African American High School Students, Courtney Wilson
Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Games that Keep Score of Cooperative Performances, Theodore Alden Wohlfarth
Dissertations from 2016
Afrocentric Curriculum: A Paradigm for Healing and Education, Ameer Akinwale Ali
The Paradox of Impoverished Missouri Schools: The School Districts in Missouri that Need More Often Get Less, William John Armon
Sexual Orientation Microaggressions in High Schools, Marti Lee Baricevic
Decision-making in the Foster Care System, Julie E. Bertram
An Effort Toward Collaborative Problem Solving in Teacher Candidates’ Practicum: Reflection in Action, Jerome Christopher Bollato
Impact of a Growth Mindset Intervention on Academic Performance of Students at Two Urban High Schools, Lisa Brougham
Perception of consultation among Professional School counselors, Teachers and Mental Health Professional Counselors, Brenda Lorraine Bryant
LET’S GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT: SUPPORTING PRIMARY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE THROUGH DIALOGIC READING, Jessyca Denise Bryant
Supporting Students with Disabilities Entering the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Field Disciplines, Karen Marie Dishauzi
The Relationship between Intercollegiate Coaches’ Servant Leadership and their Athletes’ Ethically-Related Sport Orientations and Behaviors, Lyman (Lee) Estel Ellis III
Learning language with technology in a hybrid university EAP course, Jerol Brent Enoch
What Happens In the Classroom?: How School Culture Influences and Impacts Professional Development and Teacher Practice, Dawn Kasal Finley
High Ability Visual Artists: A National Mixed Methods Study of Secondary Art Teacher Training and Practice, Jennifer Christine Fisher
I AM My Sister's Keeper: Considering the Experiences of African American Women Educators Working in Predominantly White Public School Systems, Lelia L. Flagg
The Illumination of Racial Understandings as Revealed in Teacher Education Students' Interpretation of Written Text, Carolyn Marie Fuller
Characteristics of Early Non-persisting Developmental Education Students in the Community College: A Nested Analysis, Joseph George Grailer
Missouri's Missing Education Policy: Support Systems for Districts with High Student Mobility Rates, Mary Lee Hardy
Integrating digital literacy and traditional print text: A focus on struggling readers during guided reading, Andrea Heckman-Hughes
Children Who are Deaf Deserve Researched Based Education, Cheryl Ann Hermann
Predicting Purpose: An Examination of Early Predictors of Progression and Career Choice among First-Year Nursing Students, Iris Hinderliter
Invisibly Visible: A Study of African-American Females and their Ascent to the Superintendency, Tracy M. Hinds
Retention and Persistence in Higher Education: An Exploratory Study of Risk Factors and Milestones Impacting Second Semester Retention of Freshmen Students, Tyson Ray Holder, Sean Jeremy Chism, Theresa Keuss, and Natissia Shonte Small
“MIND THE GAP”: THE STANDARDIZATION OF MASTER-LEVEL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES AMONG HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, Polina Kadatska
The Writing Development of Multilingual Youth in a Spanish Immersion School, Angela Billur Layton
Conceptualizing and Validating the Character Virtues Index (CVI), Mark Allen Liston
Substance Use Behaviors of College Students: Differences by Living Arrangement, Marcus B. Long
Addressing the Tension Between Open Access Admission and Improving Retention Rates at Crowder College, Earl Ray Macam and Brittany Lynn Neunuebel
Elevating Teacher Quality: Teacher Tenure Reform Applying Lessons from Other Fields, Kevin M. Martin
Black Spaces in White Places: Toward Black Educational Imagination, Shenita Nicole Mayes
Factors that Affect Reattempting the Emergency Medical Technician Cognitive Certification Examination, Kim Darlene McKenna
Below the Surface of Special Education Administrator Turnover, Amy Meeks
Classroom Communities of Practice, Angela Marie Muse
Leading Character: An Investigation Into the Characteristics and Effective Practices of Character Education Leaders, Kevin C. Navarro, Amy Ellizabeth Johnston, Julie A. Frugo, and Brian J. McCauley
The Relationship Between Mobile Device Usage and Couple Satisfaction, Emily Kathryn Oliveira
Classroom Comics: A Five-part Narrative Recounting a Teacher Action Research Study Using Comics to Teach Academic Vocabulary in the Middle Grades, Charles Michael Phoenix
The Impact of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on Equitable Title I Services for Nonpublic School Students, Joycelyn Patrise Pugh-Walker
UP IN SMOKE: USING IN-SCHOOL TOBACCO EDUCATION AND MEDIA LITERACY TO REDUCE SMOKING INITATION AMONG 7TH GRADE STUDENTS IN A SUBURBAN SETTING, Cynthia Ford Pulley
Character Education and Adolescents' Moral Identity Development (Actual and Ideal), Amani Faisal Qashmer
Another 40 Years of Inequity: Two-Tier Schooling as the Lasting Legacy of Desegregation Policy in St. Louis, Missouri, Renee L. Racette
SUSTAINABILITY OF A LONG TERM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Christine E. Ries
Amalgamating Critical Thinking and Online Communication, Brian Eric Rockette
Exploring the Interactions Between Writing Pedagogy and Technological Knowledge in Online Writing Consultation, Christopher Ryan Schott
Trends In Mathematics Enrollment And Achievement Gap In St. Louis Area Public High Schools, 2000 - 2014., Victoria V. Shearing
The Story In The Standards: Creating Counter-Narratives in the Common Core State Standards, JARRET ALEXANDER SMITH
Improving Teacher Education in Missouri: Expanding Clinical Experiences to Broader Contextual Experiences, Julie Elizabeth Smith Sodey
Best Practices in Student Persistence and Completion: A Program Evaluation of Three Student Services Units In a Rural Community College, Antionette Sterling and Felicita A. Myers
How Training and Development can increase African American women into leadership, Kenya Thomas
The Experiences of International and Foreign-Born Students in an Accelerated Nursing Program, Myrna L. true
School Based Mental Health as it relates to Student Outcomes, Kathleen Kelly Vierod
Empowerment of the Teen Parent: Policies and Practices of an Urban School Based Teenage Parent Program, Selena Elizabeth Washington
Your Words or Mine: Discourse Conflicts for Speakers of African American English, Tamara D. Wells
The Development and Implementation of an Autonomy-Supportive Professional Development Model: Does it Affect Teachers' Intentions and Motivations to Provide Autonomy-Supportive Education?, Natalie Sue Wiemann
The Use of Therapeutic Theater in Supporting Clients in Eating Disorder Recovery After Intensive Treatment: A Qualitative Study, Laura L. Wood
Dissertations from 2015
Nontraditional Community College Students in Nursing: Perceptions Personified
CREATING SHARED VISION AND FACILITATING TRANSFORMATION IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Dedria Adel Blakely
Women, Sex, and God: Women's Sexuality and the Internalization of Religious Messages, Petra Sterling Blum