- The muses on the mountains: mentoring relationships among creative writers
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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
- New building level leaders' perceptions: experiences in the pennsylvania inspired leadership's induction and mentoring program
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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
- The nurse faculty shortage: the untold story
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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
- Organizational and personal characteristics that influence role conflict and role ambiguity in the safety professional
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Janicak, Christopher A. Committee members: William Donner; Valerie Gunter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Peer writing tutors in community: relational and reflective collaborations in the writing center
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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.
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Advisors: Rafoth, Ben Committee members: Carol Haviland; Nancy Hayward.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English
- Personal and social identity development: experiences of social mobility
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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.
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Advisors: Heasley, Robert Committee members: Valerie Gunter; Melanie Hildebrandt.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Personality and crime: an examination of the influence of the five factor model on offending and co-offending
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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
- Personality correlates of low scores on the mmpi-2
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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.
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Advisors: Robertson, Donald U. Committee members: Laura Knight; Margaret Reardon.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A phenomenological study of perceptions of identity and leadership among african-american female administrators within public higher education
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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
- Pre-service teachers as tutors: influencing reading achievement among 1st and 2nd grade students in a low income school
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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.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George Committee members: Anne Creany; Kelly Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Principals' attitudes toward inclusion: including students with autism in elementary classrooms
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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
- A qualitative content analysis of john f. kennedy's public papers between 1960 and 1963 on the peace corps
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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.
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Advisors: Millward, Robert E. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Theresa McDevitt.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A qualitative study of blue ribbon elementary school principals: perspectives on promoting student achievement
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In the current age of accountability, there are increasing pressures on building principals to raise standardized test scores. School administrators must identify and implement effective leadership practices that will exert a positive influence on classroom instruction and ultimately enhance student achievement. Research has shown the leadership practices of school principals have significant effects on student learning (Blase & Blase, 1998; DeMoss, 2002; Leithwood & Riehl, 2003; Waters, Marz...
Jacie Maslyk.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Jalongo, Mary Renck Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A qualitative study of mature taiwanese writers' development of voice and positioning in english
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The present study explores nine L2 mature writers' transition between different academic environments, and seeks to create more meaningful grounds for teaching academic ESL writing in the U.S. and college writing in Taiwan. The approach of this study is influenced by Hirvela and Belcher's (2001) reading of terms they define as voicist-in other words, terms that refer to voices and identities. The study results have highlighted some of the major challenges of academic writing Taiwanese L2 writ...
Shu-Fen Yeh.
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Advisors: Fontaine, Jeannine M. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Michael Reed.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- A qualitative study of reintegration focusing on the perceptions of female ex-offenders returning to society
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The purpose of this study was to add to the criminological research on the topic of reentry. This study was conducted to examine the process of reintegration from female ex-offenders' perspectives as they move through reintegration programming. Specifically, this study was concerned with the barriers women face as they return to society and whether or not reentry programming makes them feel as though they are successfully prepared to return to society. To address the research questions, a ...
Lisa Marie Carter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Davis-Frenzel, Erika Committee members: Rosemary Gido; Kathleen Hanrahan; James Wells.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Questioned consciousness in the memoirs of jean-dominique bauby, julia tavalaro, and philippe vigand: unlocking and teaching the locked-in writings of the written off
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Jean-Dominique Bauby, Julia Tavalaro, and Philippe Vigand each composed hauntingly beautiful memoirs-The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , Look up for Yes, and Only the Eyes Say Yes, respectively-after being afflicted with locked-in syndrome following strokes. They were also each at one point considered completely vegetative and unaware of themselves or their surroundings. This very unique perspective, what Bauby calls "the harsh light of disaster," distinctively situates them in the field of l...
Henry C Stewart.
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Advisors: Cahalan, James M. Committee members: Susan Comfort; Christopher Kuipers.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Rape myth acceptance: an exploration of influential factors among college students
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The study examines influential factors of rape myth acceptance among 615 college students. Research suggests that the rate for sexual assault in the United States can range from 5% to 22% of the female population (Fisher, Cullen, & Turner, 2000; Kilpatrick, Best, Veronen, Amick, Villeponteaux, & Ruff, 1985; Mustaine & Tewksbury, 2002; Russell, 1984; Sorenson, Stein, Siegel, Golding, & Burnam, 1987; Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998; 2006). Historically, the sexual assault rates for college women are ...
Katie Herman Swope.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Merlo, Alida V. Committee members: W. Austin; Bitna Kim; Shannon Womer Phaneuf.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- Reflection-on-juncture within composition: the promise of transfer
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A provincial definition of reflection has taken root within the discipline of Composition. The discipline's initial conception of reflection was inspired by the writing of John Dewey from the early 20th century. As the teaching of Composition within higher education subsequently became more widespread, ways in which mainstream Compositionists taught reflection, ironically, became narrower. The narrowing of the definition of reflection has led most Compositionists to value the reflection that ...
John Henry Guelcher Jr.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Bob Mayberry; Bennett Rafoth.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The relationship between familism and help-seeking with hispanic nursing students
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Cultural mismatch between providers and patients in the United States emerges as a major factor affecting the health of minority populations. Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing minority group and are at risk for major healthcare disparities resulting from the lack of Hispanic healthcare personnel. The dearth of Hispanic nurses in practice creates an emergent need to increase Hispanic student recruitment and retention rates. Numerous healthcare organizations charge nursing education...
Cristina Perez Stearns.
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Advisors: Shellenbarger, Teresa C. Committee members: Christoph Maier; Nashat Zuraikat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English
- The relationship between perception of academic support services and persistence and integration of undeclared students
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Improving retention remains a major objective of institutions of higher education. Retaining at-risk students has proved particularly challenging and increasingly important because often these students are members of underrepresented populations, such as first generation and minority students, among others. Undeclared students may be at increased risk of early departure from college because they may not have the advantages of frequent formal and informal faculty contact that declared studen...
Virginia Reiner.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Tidwell, Monte; Eshun, Sussie Committee members: Renee Boburka; Joseph Miele.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English