Dissertations from 2016
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
Practitioner Inquiry: Teaching literacy with English language learners, Rosemarie Brefeld
Teaching at the Top of the Class: Black Female Educators' Perspective on Teaching High Achieving Black Children, Sheandra P. Brown
Sexual Orientation Microaggressions and Psychological Well-Being: A Mediational Model, Cori E. Deitz
“Alone in our Grief:” Exploring How Surviving Siblings Make Meaning After the Death of a Brother or Sister, Jodi M. Flesner
How Teacher Beliefs Impact Teacher Behaviors: Teaching Children with Moderate Intellectual Disability to Read, Cheri Lynn Fortney
The Relatioship Between Adult Basic and Adult Secondary Educational Instructional Styles and Learner Outcomes When Measured as Educaional Gain on the National Reporting System, Kenneth Mattei Foushee
A Narrative of a Teacher’s Awakening of Consciousness: Learning to Become an Effective Witness, Wendy Lynn Freebersyser
Cognitive Coaching as Form of Professional Development in a Linguistically Diverse School, Alla Gonzalez Del Castillo
ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT, John Robert Griffith
TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP: BUILDING SOCIAL EQUITY THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Curtis David Gunn
ARTHUR L. WASHINGTON, TWENTIETH CENTURY EDUCATOR AND CHANGE AGENT AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL, Herman Leo Harris
IN SEARCH OF SPIRIT: THE MAKING AND MEANING OF GAY SPIRITUALITY, David Willilam Hart
Educational Entrepreneurship As Reform Strategy for St. Louis Public Schools from 2003 to 2009, Nathalie Henderson
The Digital Divide Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory: The Digitally Denied, Stacy Gee Hollins
Investigating the Utility of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention with Men on Probation or Parole, Reginald Wynn Holt
Integrating Emotion Regulation Strategies and Religiosity/Spirituality in Counseling Sessions: Perceptions of Counselors in Christian School Settings, Kathleen Karigan
Reading Achievement and Family Literacy Behaviors of Black Boys, Paula Denise Knight
Correlational Evidence between the Processing Speed Index, Coherent Motion Threshold, and Achievement Scores of Children With and Without Learning Disabilities, Thomas John LaRosa
Illuminating the Experiences of African-American Nursing Faculty Seeking Employment in Higher Education in Nursing, Vanessa Loyd
Transformational Learning: An Investigation of the Emotional Maturation Advancement in Learners Aged 50 and Older, Susan Lorraine Lundry
The Radical Evolution of the Communist Educator: Doxey A. Wilkerson, Shante` Lyons
HIDDEN VOICES: THE MISSING NARRATIVES OF VOLUNTARY INTERDISTRICT CHOICE PARTICIPANTS FROM 2000 TO 2004 AND STUDENT TRANSFER PARTICIPANTS FROM 2013 TO 2014, Miranda Temecka Ming
Behind Closed Doors: The Mask of Antiracism in Presentation and Practice, Kevin Murray
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOPE AND CAREER DECISION READINESS IN ADOLESCENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES OR BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SETTING, Joseph Sonis Pangelinan
The Underrepresentation of African American Female Public School Superintendents: Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling of Race and Gender, Joylynn LaGrace Pruitt
Attitudes toward Aging Sexual Expression in Nursing Homes: An Exploration of the Older Adult Resident Phenomenon, Angela Marie Schubert
Yoga and Adolescent Psychological Health, Depressive Symptoms, and Flourishing, Erin Curran Schulte
Examining School Counselor Advocacy for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students: An Assessment of Factors Toward Action, Jack Simons
The Schoolyard as an Outdoor Classroom: Learning Through Experience, Jason W. Spray
AN EXAMINATION OF FORGIVENESS ATTITUDES, ASSERTIVENESS AND SELF-ESTEEM IN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FORGIVENESS, RELATIONAL ABUSE, AND WELL-BEING., Brandon Lowell Whittington
Dissertations from 2014
Proprioception and Developmental Motor Training: A New Treatment For Chronic-Phase Stroke Patients
Digital Finger Painting: A Qualitative Exploration of the Tablet Computer and its Artistic Implications in an Early Childhood Setting, Sarah Nicole Ackermann
Advocating For Educational Equity: African American Citizens' Councils in St. Louis, Missouri, From 1864 To 1927, Melanie Alicia Adams
Collaborating on Web 2.0 Technologies: The Best-Fit Model for the Behavioral Intentions of Preservice Teachers, Lisa Jane Amundson
“What I care bout dogs?” How the hegemony of the English language colonizes marginalized groups, Richard Eric Andrews
Training Teaching Assistants Across the Curriculum: A Study of the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) Program, Carolyn I. Brown
Stories of African American male principals following the intra district desegregation plan, Candice Chere Carter-Oliver
Researching the Real: Transforming the Science Fair through Relevant and Authentic Research, Rosemary McBryan Davidson
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AT EXTENDED CAMPUS SITES: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Deborah Diane DeGan-Dixon
DISTRICT WITHIN A DISTRICT: De FACTO SEGREGATION AND WHITE FLIGHT INTO AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF UNIVERSITY CITY (1967-1991), Carlos Javier Diaz-Granados
Strategic Managment of Human Capital: A Crtique of Urban Education Human Resources Policies and Procedures, Sharonica LaTrease Hardin-Bartley
The Impact of Special Education Transition Services on the Post-Secondary Education Preparedness of Students with Emotional Disturbance: A Study of Student Perceptions, Cyrhonda Denise Hill-Shavers
A Study of Missouri's Educator Evaluation System and its Efforts to Increase Teacher and Leader Effectiveness, Paul J. Katnik
Moral Foundations of Academic Freedom in the Community College: Professional Right or Public Benefit?, Paul David Long
An Analysis of the Educational Experiences of African American Male Prison Inmates Enrolled in a Voluntary College Vocational Program: Variables that Encourage or Preclude Postsecondary Degree Attainment, Kenton Rondelle Mershon
Informally Educating the Community: St. Louis Phyllis Wheatley’s YWCA Committee on Administration Speaks on the Decline of the Organization Through Historical Narratives, Cheryl Denise Osby
FAMILY-OF-ORIGIN CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN WHO ENGAGE REGULARLY IN SEXUALLY ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR, Mark Stephen Pfuetze
School Climate and Building Highly Effective Schools: How Student Perception of School Structure and Supportive Learning Environments Affect Their Enjoyment of School, Amber D'nay Simpson
An Examination of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Student-Led IEP Meetings in Secondary Schools, Marilyn Louise Smith
Schisms in Schooling: Domains of Power as seen from Our Students, Kristen Michelle Taylor
Retired African American Female Urban Middle SchoolScience Teachers Beliefs and Practices, Frances Mary Whitney
Black Teachers And St. Louis Public School Teacher Strikes Of 1973 And 1979, Sharleta L-Shae Williams
Dissertations from 2013
THE BLACK FLAME TRILOGY, MULTIGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TRAUMA, AND THE DEHUMANIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS, June Cara Christian
The effects of word prediction and text-to-speech on the writing process of translating, Robert Paul Cunningham
VOICES FROM BEHIND BARS: A WORKING ALLIANCE?, Mariaimee Gonzalez
The Impact of Computer Efficacy on the Success of the Nontraditional Community College Student, Amy Renee Henson
Building an effective one-on-one working relationship between middle school teachers and parents: What are the steps of learning for teachers?, Karen Cheung Leong
Art On A Cart: A National Mixed Methods Investigation Of Elementary Art Teacher Experiences And Perceptions, Heidi Kristina Lung
The Effects of Co-Teaching on Regular Education and Special Education Students’ Standardized Communication Arts Test Scores in a Suburban Midwest Middle School, Angeline Nicole O'Neal
Developmental Reading Course Repeaters with Significant Cognitive Disabilities at the Community College: Evaluating Enrollment Motivations and Goals, Juliet Katherine Lilledahl Scherer
What is the Transformational Learning Experience of Secondary Teachers Who Have Dealt with Burnout?, Julius Sims
COUNSELING RELIGIOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR A SOCIAL JUSTICE MODEL OF INTERVENTION, Rachelle Delorse Smith
CULTURAL COMPETENCE INTEGRATION IN THE NURSING CURRICULUM, Boniface C. Stegman
Promoting a Culture of Integrity: A Study of Faculty and Student Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty at a Large Public Midwestern University, Tanisha Nicole Stevens
Counseling Preferences and Health-Related Quality of Life of Young Adult Cancer Survivors, Jessica Zabell Taylor
BUILDING AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION FOR CHINESE GEOPARKS---CASE STUDY OF YUNTAISHAN WORLD GEOPARK, dongying wei
Comparative Perceptions of Adult Learners in an Online and Face-to-Face Course, Paul Joseph Wilmarth
Dissertations from 2012
The Integration of Character Education and its Impact on Teachers' Professional Practice, Katie L. Bahm
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF GRADING PRACTICES AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT MOTIVATION, Matthew T. Bailey
EVALUATING THE PRAGMATIC ANALYTICAL READING LEVEL INSTRUCTION FRAMEWORK: A MIXED METHODS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY, Katherine Elizabeth Bradarich
Reflective Practices in Professional Learning Communities: A Case Study of the Missouri Professional Learning Communities Project, Mary Ann Burns
ASSESSING THE IMPACT PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE JOURNALISM ACTIVITIES HAS ON SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Cathy Farrar
Faculty Members’ Perceptions of Community College Centers for Teaching and Learning: A Qualitative Study, Sandra Ann Frey