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"religion but a childish toy": 'atheism' and cynicism in the life and drama of christopher marlowe

This study examines the religious beliefs of Christopher Marlowe by studying the inter-relationship between Renaissance understanding of 'atheism' - conveyed through contemporary treatises and grounded in humanism's challenge to Judeo-Christian traditions, its representation in modern biographies of Marlowe, as well as the plays themselves - Dido, Queen of Carthage (c. 1586), Tamburlaine, Part 1 (c. 1587), Tamburlaine, Part 2 (c. 1587-1588), The Jew of Malta (c. 1589), Doctor Faustus (c. 15...
Nouh Ibrahim Saleh Alguzo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Orchard, Christopher Committee members: Susan Comfort; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

A rhetorical critique of teacher supervision and the potential for pedagogy to serve the purposes of liberation in syria

Teacher supervision is closely related to teachers' professional development and effective teaching as well as students' learning. This study is grounded in critical/feminist theory. It offers a rhetorical analysis of the phenomenon of teacher inspection and the role of liberatory education and critical pedagogy in combating oppression, and it lays the foundation for a subsequent empirical examination as much rhetorical research does. For teacher inspection to achieve its end (improving stu...
Ibrahim Ashour.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick A. Committee members: Crystal Machado; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

Risk to researchers: an exploration of issues experienced by social scientists conducting research on social deviance and criminal behavior

This dissertation outlines the need for greater understanding of the issue of risk to the researcher and methods employed for managing safety while conducting fieldwork. Researchers are sometimes put in dangerous situations while conducting research. The concept of risk to the researcher refers to the possible harm that may occur while in the field or after leaving the research project. This includes physical/health, emotional, legal, and personal/professional risks. The dissertation explores...
Patricia L Brougham.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Austin, Timothy Committee members: Rosemary Gido; Shannon Phaneuf; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Rust belt gothic fiction

This dissertation examines an emergent subgenre of Gothic fiction geographically situated in the Rust Belt region of the United States related to anxieties stemming from the socioeconomic conditions of the area. The novels examined are Stewart O'Nan's Snow Angels, Tawni O'Dell's Back Roads and Coal Run, Russell Banks's Affliction, and Richard Russo's Empire Falls . The Gothic is a mutable genre that transforms itself and manifests in new contexts when social anxieties arise and need to be...
Matthew Martin Holman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Wilson, Cheryl Committee members: Ronald Emerick; Susan Gatti.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Saturday's child, sunday's christ: masculinity, religion, and community in select twentieth century african-american poems, plays, and novels

In this dissertation project, I focus on four major twentieth-century African-American literary figures: Countee Cullen, Harlem Renaissance poet; Adrienne Kennedy, noted playwright; Ernest Gaines, southern novelist; and, Chester Himes, detective/crime fiction writer. My interest in these four artists coincides with contemporary concerns regarding the state of black America, particularly black men. Hopefully, my investigations of these artists' works will provide greater insights into the emot...
Marsha I Walker.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sell, Michael Committee members: David Downing; Susan Gatti; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Second language literacy needs analysis of saudi translation students at the college of languages and translation, king saud university

Employing needs analysis, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the Second Language Literacy (SLL) needs of Saudi translation students at the College of Languages and Translation (CLT), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Four sources were examined toward this aim: documents, current students, graduates (professional translators), and faculty members. The documents included two translation job descriptions and 20 translation job announcements. Eighteen participants affi...
Sami Abdulaziz Ben Salamh.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Fontaine, Jeannine M. Committee members: Gary Dean; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The self-fashioning of the nineteenth century woman in american woman's literature

The genesis of the self-fashioning of the nineteenth-century American woman lies in the convergence of contemporary theoretical concerns and thoughts about women derived from the classical philosophical works of Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, early American philosophers, and religious leaders. Closer examination of these philosophies in characterizations of women in American woman's literature in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reveals the ways in which women view the possibilit...
Mary Dillow Stewart.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Slater, Thomas J. Committee members: David Downing; Timothy Sweet.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English

Shakespeare's gardens and nature settings: landscapes of the reformation's spiritual individualism

A close examination of the garden and nature settings in ten of Shakespeare's plays reveals the spiritual effects of the Henrician Reformation on English men and women. Through a historical lens and inferred Elizabethan theological assumptions, such examination tracks the development of an individual and personal relationship with the God of Christianity. Although the obvious relationship of Shakespeare's garden settings to the Garden of Eden has been previously examined, to this date connect...
Debra Lee Frances.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shafer, Ronald G. Committee members: James Cahalan; Christopher Kuipers.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Shouting for god: resistance and liberation in early african american evangelical autobiography

This dissertation focuses on the autobiographical narratives of John Marrant, George White, and John Jea as expressions of black radical evangelicalism. The study argues that their narratives articulate and extend a black identity-politics, largely through a religious/Christian discourse, in ways that subvert, challenge, and revise hegemonic conceptions of religion, race, and subjectivity circulating in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In addition to revealing the politic...
Lars Olaf Johnson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Thompson, Todd Nathan Committee members: Mike Sell; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

The simplicity and complexity of public attitudes toward sex crimes

Researchers have consistently found that public attitudes toward sex crimes are characterized by fear and an extreme degree of punitiveness. However, much of this research has assessed attitudes toward "sex offenders" rather than opinions toward different types of offenses and offenders. In fact, previous research on public opinion about crime has revealed that punitiveness tends to vary in accordance with the amount of information provided and the complexity of questions asked. Few have exam...
Laura L King.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Roberts, Jennifer J. Committee members: Dennis Giever; Jennifer Gossett; Kathleen Hanrahan.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Smiling at risk: a theoretical test of the formula for happiness

Intervention programs for juvenile offenders must be built on sound theoretical knowledge and designed for one of a number of specific reasons. Among these reasons are those programs developed with the goal of deterring offending through the development of competencies or other life knowledge, which, once gained, will assist offenders in becoming productive members of society. One such program is the Facts of Life, created by Ramm (2003) and based on a theory developed by Ramm and Czetli (200...
Jeremy Olson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Martin, Randy L. Committee members: Dennis Giever; Daniel Lee; Jennifer Roberts.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

A social history of second language writing: first generation l2 composition scholars in the process era

This is a qualitative study of the social history of the field of second language writing (SLW) during the Process Era (1976 to present) when the number of English language learners at North American colleges and universities grew rapidly and dramatically. The premise of this study is that scholars are important subjects of investigation. Their influences, experiences, social interactions, and the underlying sociopolitical landscape shaped the way in which ideas about L2 writing were constru...
Karen Ann Power.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Tannacito, Dan J. Committee members: Chris Hall; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Social learning and digital piracy: do online peers matter?

This study examined the relationship between digital piracy and social learning theory. To the knowledge of this researcher, only one study had tested a full model of social learning theory in relation to digital piracy (Skinner and Fream, 1997). The current study expanded on past work by testing all four components of social learning theory (differential association, differential reinforcement, imitation, definitions). In addition, to being a full test of the theory this dissertation made m...
Joshua L Smallridge.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Roberts, Jennifer Committee members: Timothy Austin; Jennifer Gossett; Kathleen Hanrahan.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

"speaking truth to power": a history of the california state university english council

The dissertation's subject is the California State University (CSU) English Council, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English established to support the English Studies faculty of the twenty-three campuses of the CSU. This study relates the history to date of the Council, but its particular focus is on English Council's consideration of remediation and access for underserved students within composition studies; these issues developed into substantial conflicts between the C...
Kathleen J Klompien.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude M. Committee members: David Downing; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Special education "preparation gap": perceptions of the western region special education advisers concerning pennsylvania's special education competencies for school leaders

This study determines the strengths and weaknesses of the Special Education Competencies for School Leaders framework as adopted by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The perspectives of Special Education Advisers (individuals with significant experience in serving students with disabilities) are gathered through semi-structured interviews. This research was designed to (a) identify special education challenges facing school administrators from the viewpoint of special education advise...
Matthew Richard Conner.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Joseph Marcoline.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

A study of the politics of color in lillian hellman's drama and memoirs: against colorism-blackness, redness, and whiteness

My intent for this study is to broaden an understanding of Lillian Hellman's written works and her life by dealing with Hellman's politics against an ideology of Colorism. Colorism constructs a world where people of color are otherized, alienated, theorized, and organized by the color white/whiteness over other colors/nonwhites. This study investigates how Hellman's sociopolitical conscience and responsibility are constructed in her works and how these beliefs are reflected in her written wor...
Seung-hye Joo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Comfort, Susan M. Committee members: David Downing; Ronald Emerick.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Superintendent succession: the impact of applying succession management strategies, developing district leaders and promoting from within an organization on the self-perceived degree of preparation and job effectiveness of first-time pennsylvania superintendents

The leader, more than any other individual in an organization, has a profound impact upon that organization's success. Whether in the business sector or public education, it is nearly impossible for an organization to acquire and sustain success without strong leadership. Many businesses go to great lengths to develop individuals with leadership potential from within their organizations. The strategy of identifying and developing potential leaders within an organization is termed succession m...
Robert J Gildea.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

A survey of vocational administrators and teachers in career and technical education centers regarding their perception of vocational program improvements

The purpose of this statewide study is to assess the perceived improvements made to programs that are offered at Career and Technical Education Centers from the perspective of vocational administrators and teachers following the Bureau of Career and Technical Education conduction of an Approved Program Evaluation. The Pennsylvania Bureau of Career and Technical Education initiated a multi-year Approved Program Evaluation review visit at each Career and Technical Education Center within the St...
Richard Lynn Hummel Jr.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Millward, Robert E. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Joseph Marcoline.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Teacher perspectives of the role distributed leadership may play in their district's sustained training initiatives in early reading, mathematics, and student instructional interventions

Staff development training is a method many public schools employ in an effort to prepare their teaching staff to better meet the demands of effectively educating district students. In this mixed methods case study quantitative and qualitative data was incorporated to answer four research questions: (1) How accurately do scores achieved by students on primary reading assessments of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills predict the reading assessment levels they achieve as r...
Carmine Pontillo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Millward, Robert E. Committee members: Joseph Marcoline; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2012.
English

Teachers' perceptions on the impact of blogs and wikis regarding the acquisition of 21st century skills in the classrooms for the future classroom: a study of two pennsylvania high schools

For the past few decades, the world has experienced a technological explosion that has revolutionized many areas of life and has left educators with the responsibility of incorporating technology into their classroom pedagogy. Experts in the field of technology and education have compiled a list of skills that they believe are essential for all students to achieve as part of the K-12 curriculum. These skills, referred to as basic economic, technological, and scientific literacy; global awar...
Robin L Lutcher.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph; Smeaton, Patricia Committee members: Beth Sockman.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2011.
English