Dissertations from 2015
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
Narrative Identities of American Muslim Women in a Midwestern City, Emily Anastasia Hager
Examining Institutional Climate in Higher Education: Administering the NILIE-PACE Instrument at a Private University in Central China, Linda Fraser Jacobsen
The Effect of Co-Teaching on Student Achievement in Ninth Grade Physical Science Classrooms, Karen M. LaFever
THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING ON MISSOURI’S STATE ASSESSMENT, Chad D. Lent
Perspectives of Higher Education Administrators and Staff: Programs and Services for First Generation College Students, Latishua E. Lewis
ADULT JEWISH WOMEN’S MOTIVATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION, Teresa Lynn Mareschal
Family Science: An Ethnographic Case Study of the Ordinary Science and Literacy Experiences of one Family, Glenda Margaret McCarty
Paradigm Adherence and Personality Correlates Across Mental Health Professions, Laura Anne Rauscher
Political Judgement, Freedom of Thought, and Standardized Testing: A Critical Enquiry, Matthew Edward Schuler
A CRITICAL ENQUIRY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP OF LITERATURE IN AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MICHEL FOUCAULT'S GOVERNMENTALITY, Lucille Ann Van Alstine
A Behavioral Analysis of Counselor Supervision: A Multiple Baseline Design, Deirdre J. Walker
A Study of the Relationship between Nonverbal Kindergarten Ability and Third-grade Reading Achievement, Aaron John Wills
Dissertations from 2011
Campus Influence on International Students' Perceptions of the United States
The Impact of a Reflective Thinking Intervention on Nursing Students in a Child and Family Nursing Course, Vicky Holle Becherer
DOES A SECOND CENTURY RABBI’S TEACHING METHODS AND PROCESS ELEMENTS ALIGN WITH MALCOLM KNOWLES’ ANDRAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK?, Luke Brad Bobo
Higher Education Faculty’s Attitudes toward White Privilege, Rebecca Ann Burns
The Effect of Problem-Solving Video Games on the Science Reasoning Skills of College Students, Tina Marie Fanetti
Understanding the Environmental Elements in Religious Student Organizations through Sharon Park’s Mentoring Community Theory, David Christopher Gill
The Impact of a Saturday Enrichment Program With a University Partnership in an Urban Elementary School, Jenny Ellen Gray
Exploring the Relationship Between Planning and Training, and Response to Campus Safety Incidents, Kimberly Michele Harvey
The Effects of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on Middle Level Students, Michael Raymond Havener
Maslach's Burnout in Part-Time Faculty at a Four-Year Postsecondary Institution, Christiane Rene` Hubbard-Valentine
Principals as Facilitators of Professional Development with Teachers as Adult Learners, Tonya Jamelle Jones-Clinton
Lived Experiences of Medical Laboratory Science Clinical Instructors as Adult Learners, Linda Jean McCown
Elementary Teachers’ Mental Models of Engineering Design Processes: A Comparison of Two Communities of Practice, Ann Piening McMahon
The Effects of Coping on the Psychological Well-being of Inidividuals who are Late-Deafened, Jill Marie Meyer
Exploring the Relationship Between Myers-Briggs Type and Instructional Perspectives among College Faculty across Academic Units, Pamela Jean Moehl
LEADERSHIP STYLES OF FEMALE SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICERS, Montague Theresa Orinthia
Economic Returns of the Occupational Education Experience Based on Two Missouri Community Colleges, Dianna Parker
The Life That Chose Us: Educators with Tourette Syndrome, Jennifer Kristen Stenger
Five Year Follow-Up Evaluation of a Faculty Development Program: A Qualitative Study, Marcia Tennill
Organizational Learning and Employee Retention: A focused study examining the role of relationships between supervisors and subordinates, Veeranuch Vatcharasirisook
DOES SCHEDULING MATTER? AN ANALYSIS OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC SCHEDULE POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON ATTENDANCE, DISCIPLINE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, Carletta Denise Washington
Cross-racial/Cross-gender Mentoring of School Administrators, Zella M. Williams
EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS USING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, Olena Zhadko
Dissertations from 2010
DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES AMONG NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN BLENDED AND FACE-TO-FACE CLASSROOM DELIVERY, Julieta A. Arano-Ocuaman