- From utopian dreams to twentieth-century dystopian nightmares: modern fears of the world state and "big brother" in huxley, orwell, and burgess
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Dating all the way back to Plato's Republic, a variety of authors have fictionalized what an ideal community might look like. Thomas More was one of the first authors to write in-depth about an ideal society, addressing everything from local government to religion, dress, the work day, and even leisure time. Lewis Mumford defines utopia as "a world by itself, divided into ideal commonwealths, with all its communities clustered into proud cities, aiming bravely at the good life" (11). The oppo...
Brett Anthony Devido.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Cahalan, James M. Committee members: Christopher Kuipers; Lingyan Yang.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Gender and leadership: educational leadership through feminine eyes: have the barriers in acquiring educational administrative positions for women changed in the last fifteen years?
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The purpose of this study was to replicate a study that was completed in 1992-1993 and published in 1996 in a textbook, Highly Successful Women Administrators: The Inside Stories of How They Got There by Sandra Lee Gupton and Gloria Appelt Slick. More than 15 years have passed since the results of that study were shared. The intent of this study was to duplicate the original reason for the study, which was to investigate the topic of gender issues in order to learn more about the experienc...
M. Holly Morrison.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Foster, Kathleen; Rieg, Sue A. Committee members: Douglas Lare.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Geopolitical fractures: ideological critique of global neoliberal capitalism in world bank literature
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This dissertation provides an ideological critique of neoliberalism through an analysis of literary narratives by four contemporary novelists: Nuruddin Farah, Helena Viramontes, Mohsin Hamid, and Aravind Adiga. I argue that just as the global uprisings, social struggles, and economic crises we experience in the 21st century have shattered conventional "doxa" about political freedom and economic stability, these literary counternarratives aim to intervene in the global hegemonic narratives abo...
Abdullah Mohammad Lafi Al-Dagamseh.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Downing, David B. Committee members: Bret Benjamin; Susan Comfort.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Ghosts, madness, and dementia: the failure of the global capitalist enterprise in joseph conrad's geopolitical peripheries
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Conrad's time was drastically imperiled by the capitalist/imperialist rivalry that eventuated a geopolitical partitioning of the whole world. Europe's 'peripheral' others, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, were thereby integrated into the evolving capitalist system and positioned in unbalanced relationships with the center. The centrifugality of capitalist ideology, the economic conditions within the ensuing global system, and the geopolitical peculiarities of the system's peripherie...
Haitham Mahmoud Abdullah Talafha.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Orchard, Christopher R. Committee members: Karen Dandurand; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- A historical case study of teacher and principal perceptions of teacher collaboration related to the transformation of a traditional 6-8 junior high school to a team-based middle school
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A historical case study from a 6-8 middle school in the coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania was conducted to examine the extent of teacher collaboration before and after the implementation of the teaming concept as well as the construction of a new middle school. The study was triangulated through the use of multiple data points including five interviews of teachers that were at the school before and after the implementation of teaming and before and after new school construction, twent...
Ronald John Grevera.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rieg, Sue; Whitehead, Andrew Committee members: Alison Rutter.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Humor and work: toward a more contextual understanding of humor in the workplace
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Humor is a unique aspect of human behavior. It offers researchers a chance to understand social relationships in the context of a nearly universal experience: the interpersonal connection that occurs as a result of laughter. This is not to say that all humor is positive. As a distinctly human dynamic, humor mirrors the social realities of dominance, oppression, and difference, as well as the social realities of connection, joy, and intimacy. Understanding humor has powerful ramifications for ...
William B Vogler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Gunter, Valerie Committee members: Robert Heasley; Alex Heckert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- The impact of hybrid instructional models on game performance outcomes of middle school physical education students
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During one semester of an academic year, one physical education teacher taught two similar instructional territorial sport units to an intact seventh grade physical education class using a traditional instructional model called the multi-activity model. The same teacher also taught a different seventh grade intact class one of the same territorial sports for six weeks, but combined two contemporary instructional models (Sport Education model and Teaching Games for Understanding model) into a ...
Kimberly Ann Everhart.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Keri Kulik.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Implementation of "turning points 2000" recommendations: a survey of mid-western pennsylvania middle level teachers' beliefs and practice
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This study investigated middle school teacher perceptions toward, and practices in the implementation of, a comprehensive school reform called the Turning Points 2000. The second purpose of this study was to examine possible factors that influence middle school teachers' attitudes and practices toward implementation of the Turning Points 2000 Recommendations. The third intent was to measure if middle school teachers are using effective instructional methods that are directly related to the ...
Michael J Pendred II.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Robert Millward.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- In search of the self, in search of the land: toward a contemporary american poetics of place
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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
- Influences that affect first-generation college students' college choice: a qualitative inquiry of student perceptions
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Gunter, Valerie J. Committee members: Robert Heasley; Melissa Swauger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Inter-colonialism: onscreen representations of italian-americans
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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
- An investigation into the relationship between locus of control, sensation-seeking, and substance use
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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
- Jamaica kincaid: a multi-dimensional resistance to colonialism
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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
- Latino attitudes toward violence: the effect of americanization
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Roberts, Jennifer J. Committee members: Erika Davis Frenzel; Kathleen Hanrahan; Alida Merlo.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Learning to listen: an examination of trauma in 20th century multicultural american poetry
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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
- Letters, lectures, memos, and minutes: an archival study of george pierce baker's role in the history of theater and performance studies
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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
- Merging the forces of asynchronous tutoring and synchronous conferencing: a qualitative study of arab esl academic writers using e-tutoring
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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
- A mixed-methods study: raising student achievement through the lens of hope and collective efficacy
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: Anne Creany; Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Modern sexism and preference for a coach among select national collegiate athletic association division i female athletes: a quantitative and qualitative analysis
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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
- A multimethod analysis of sentencing decisions in a pennsylvania county
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Frenzel, Erika Committee members: Kathleen Hanrahan; Jamie Martin; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English