There is inherent cultural value in the poetry of place. Following current trends in ecocriticism and cultural geography, this dissertation constructs a framework through which to investigate various ways that post-WWII American poetry represents and re-imagines places. Seeking to expand current definitions of "ecopoetry," I propose three modes of place poetics-landscape, contemporary pastoral, and ecohistorical-all three of which examine differing orientations toward place and a range of an...
William Scott Hanna.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: James Cahalan; Chauna Craig.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

College choice is the three-stage process of aspiring, searching and choosing to attend college. There are many models pertaining to college choice, however, this study uses the Hossler and Gallagher Model-aspiration, search and choice. This qualitative study explored first-generation college students' perceptions about the influences affecting their college choice process. This study is guided by status attainment and social mobility models that show students want to earn a college degree to...
Tiffany J Cresswell-Yeager.
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Advisors: Gunter, Valerie J. Committee members: Robert Heasley; Melissa Swauger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This dissertation reveals a cultural issue within contemporary American society that has been progressing since the late 1880s with the emergence of Italian immigrants. Upon entering into America, Italians had little power in their new culture. They were admitted, grudgingly, and even before they were permitted to step out the doors of the transit center, they were categorized as something "other than white." American writers and filmmakers, some of Italian ethnicity, have recreated the conc...
Courtney Judith Ruffner Grieneisen.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Slater, Thomas Committee members: Ronald Emerick; Fred Gardaphe; Susan Gatti.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Both locus of control (LOC) and sensation-seeking (SS) have been tied to substance abuse, but the relationship between these factors is unclear. Traditionally, LOC has been treated as a dichotomous variable, consisting of an internal and an external LOC control group; failing to recognize a middle group (bilocals) that appears to balance external and internal LOC beliefs. The current study examined the relationship(s) between LOC, SS, and substance use in undergraduates. Measures utilized in...
Amber Rae Hudspith.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Meil, William Committee members: Krys Kaniasty; Laurie Roehrich.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

In this dissertation, "Jamaica Kincaid: A Multi-Dimensional Resistance to Colonialism," I argue that colonialism, or its impact, as a relation of power is threaded through the related themes of gender/sexuality, the environment, and global capitalism in Jamaica Kincaid's work-in other words I am interested in how the intersection of these themes enhances Kincaid's critique of the impact of colonialism on the people of Antigua and the Anglophone African Caribbean. By colonialism or its impact,...
Leon E Stennis.
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Advisors: Comfort, Susan Committee members: David Downing; Lingyan Yang.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The instant research is intended as a response to the growing public and political concerns for Latino (primarily Mexican) immigration, and fear of a Latino "crime problem". Despite concerns over this perceived problem, previous studies have consistently shown that a linkage between immigration and crime is not supported by the data (Martinez & Lee, 2000). Still, researchers have argued that Latino crime is a phenomenon that warrants continued examination-especially since there appears to be...
Michele P Bratina.
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Advisors: Roberts, Jennifer J. Committee members: Erika Davis Frenzel; Kathleen Hanrahan; Alida Merlo.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

This study advances the thoughts of literary trauma theory by discussing fragmentation, isolation, abjection, unhomeliness, and traumatic figurative language. The theory pulls from psychological theorists as Stevan E. Hobfoll who wants to objectify stress as collective rather than individual trauma, and Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart who focuses on historical trauma. The focus of the application is on Keiho Soga, Mitsuye Yamada, and Lawson Fusao Inada, who had experiences in Japanese internme...
Jamie D Barker.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sell, Mike Committee members: Krzysztof Kaniasty; Kenneth Sherwood; Lingyan Yang.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

George Pierce Baker is an important figure in the history of the theatre studies. However, before being claimed by the historians of dramatic theatre, he was a Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard University. By returning to the archives of Radcliffe, Harvard, and Yale, this study first examines Baker's career as a rhetoric professor at Harvard as well as his tumultuous relationship with the Harvard Corporation, an entity which did not support his interests in dramatic writing. Second, this study...
Roseanne Gatto.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude Mark Committee members: Gian Pagnucci; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Previous studies in the field of e-tutoring dealt either with asynchronous tutoring or synchronous conferencing as modes for providing e-tutoring services to English learners. This qualitative research study reports the experiences of Arab ESL tutees with both asynchronous tutoring and synchronous conferencing. It also reports the experiences of tutors who provided tutoring services asynchronously and synchronously using moodle as a platform. Each one of the nine tutees submitted a writin...
Omar Mohamed Alqadoumi.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Gary Dean; Jeaninne Fontaine.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

In this current era of expected increases in student achievement, it is necessary to identify and strengthen factors that contribute to student academic success. This study explored the concepts of collective efficacy, teacher hope, and their correlation to grade level in a selected K-12 setting. The research focused on identifying if a correlation exists between school level collective efficacy and individual teacher's levels of hope. In researching the levels of collective efficacy and le...
Jesse A Haight.
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Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: Anne Creany; Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

The purpose of this explanatory mixed methods research study was to examine the relationship of modern sexism to a female athlete's preference for a coach based on the sex of the coach. Female athletes (N = 155) from one National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institution in the Northeastern United States participated in the study. The female athletes were members of the following teams: basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming ...
Nancy Jo Greenawalt.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Smeaton, Patricia; Helterbran, Valeri Committee members: Robert Fleischman; Valeri Helterbran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The current study attempts to expand on sentencing literature by conducting a multimethod analysis of race-based sentencing decisions. Replicating the work of Daly (1994), the current study quantitatively examines the role race plays in sentencing decisions in a Pennsylvania county and qualitatively assesses qualitative differences among qualitatively defined "like" crimes. There is a myriad of sentencing literature that has examined the impact race has on the bifurcated sentencing decis...
Brian Iannacchione.
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Advisors: Frenzel, Erika Committee members: Kathleen Hanrahan; Jamie Martin; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This dissertation questions the traditional creative writing workshop, with its process of readings and discussions of student texts in the presence of a master teacher, and offers mentoring as an alternative to this marginally functioning pedagogy. The traditional workshop can marginalize student writers, allowing the master writer to serve as the primary voice of response. Often these masters direct their students to write in a style that imitates them. Wendy Bishop defines the traditional ...
Brent Shawn House.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Chauna Craig; Resa Crane Bizzaro.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The purpose of this study was to feature the induction experiences of new principals and assistant principals and whether or not this experience supported the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to be effective building level leaders. More specifically, it provided an exploration of the PIL induction program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Also, the perceptions of new building level leaders were explored through adult learning theory and professional learnin...
Raymond Daniel Burk.
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Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Crystal Machado.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This study explores the journey which took 22 nursing faculty from their initial associate or baccalaureate degrees to faculty positions in academia. The purpose of this study is to allow current nursing faculty to express their stories and to determine the underlying factors that facilitate and inhibit the movement from R.N. to nursing faculty. A review of literature shows that very few studies have been done to address why despite policy changes the nurse faculty shortage continues to exist...
Lana Smith.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Gunter, Valerie Committee members: Dana Hysock Witham; Thomas Nowak.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether organizational characteristics and personal characteristics were significant predictor variables of role conflict and role ambiguity in the safety professional. Empirical examination of existing role conflict and role ambiguity levels in safety professionals and the potential sources of those levels were examined through the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Organizational characteristics included perceived organizatio...
Wanda DeMott Minnick.
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Advisors: Janicak, Christopher A. Committee members: William Donner; Valerie Gunter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This study investigate how a learning culture was created and sustained among the peer writing tutors of a small liberal arts college for women. Through observation of the reflective, relational, and intellectual components of tutors' interactions with each other and with students, this study theorizes how a community of practice cohered among the tutors and its influence on their interactions in the tutorial. Tutors' tendency to used shared public spaces such as dialogic journals and staff m...
Marcelene M Senese.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Ben Committee members: Carol Haviland; Nancy Hayward.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

Social mobility, moving into a higher socio-economic standing than that of one's birth, is an important ideal in American society. In the process of moving up from one socio-economic class to another, individuals encounter the cultural traits, such as behaviors, attitudes and the values that tend to be associated with a particular social class. While the American ideal presupposes that anyone can make this move, little is known about what happens to these individuals during the transition ...
Brenda K Bretz.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Heasley, Robert Committee members: Valerie Gunter; Melanie Hildebrandt.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The study was an effort to gain insight into the relationship between personality factors and offending. The personality factors included in the study were Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (OCEAN). It was hypothesized that OCEAN would significantly impact offending and co-offending among an adult sample of college students. Also, an effort was made to show that OCEAN could significantly differentiate between individuals who did not offend at all, indi...
Kenethia L McIntosh Fuller.
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Advisors: Giever, Dennis M. Committee members: John Lewis; David Myers; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This quasi experimental design study compares scores of 742 male police academy applicants on the MMPI-2 and the NEO-PI-R, in effort to examine current interpretations for low scores on the MMPI-2 and suggest new interpretations. The results from the multivariate analyses of variance showed that results differed based on MMPI-2 clinical scales. Except for scale 5 (Masculinity/Femininity) and scale 0 (Social Introversion), low MMPI-2 scores were associated with higher Neuroticism score and L...
Terra Noelle Sanderson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Robertson, Donald U. Committee members: Laura Knight; Margaret Reardon.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This phenomenological study explores how African-American female administrators (individually and collectively) perceive the relationship between their identity and their leadership voice. The study focuses upon perceptions of 11 African-American female administrators who serve the 14 main campuses of the universities constituting the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). Qualitative methodology encompasses exploring, discovering and interpreting the various social, politi...
June Pickett Dowdy.
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Advisors: Boser, Susan R. Committee members: Susan Boser; Melanie Hildebrandt; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

With the push for adequate yearly progress (AYP), educators must find cost-effective strategies improve learning for all students. Tutoring has been found to be an effective strategy for improving students' learning. However, little research has been done to determine the influence of pre-service teachers as tutors. This quantitative, experimental study compared reading assessment scores of students in first-and second-grade who were tutored in reading with students who were not tutore...
Michelle Durkin Blackburn.
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Advisors: Bieger, George Committee members: Anne Creany; Kelly Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This qualitative study sought to identify the attitudes of elementary principals toward the inclusion of students with autism in regular education classrooms and the relationship between their attitudes and their placement recommendations for children with autism. The perspectives of elementary principals (administrators with a minimum of three years of experience) were gathered through semi-structured interviews. This research was designed to (a) identify the concerns of elementary principal...
Lynda G Weller.
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Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: Susan Glor-Scheib; Jennifer Rotigel.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

This study examined the beliefs, values, and leadership attributes of John F. Kennedy regarding the Peace Corps, as well as how these qualities and his organizational vision helped guide the successful implementation of the program. The primary research materials were 81 public papers by John F. Kennedy that referenced the Peace Corps. They were examined using a qualitative content analysis to determine how the public messages on the implementation of the Peace Corps were aligned with compone...
John Gerard Makara.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Millward, Robert E. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Theresa McDevitt.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English