The purpose of this study was to utilize the framework of needs assessment to explore the perceptions of employers about the English business communication (EBC) literacy needs of several Saudi EFL workplaces. These perceptions, in turn, can contribute to designing or revising ESP courses for business students to meet the requirements of the job market. The study particularly investigated the extent of English language use in the jobs of business employees, and the required EBC literacies and...
Mahdi Redha Aben Ahmed.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Gloria Park.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

The number of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders has grown dramatically, yet evidenced-based mental health treatment services have long been inadequate. To address this gap, this study evaluates the impact one particular children's mental health treatment intervention has on the functioning of serious emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. This pre-experimental pre-posttest design study evaluates the impact of a community-based children's mental he...
Marianne L DiMatteo.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Boser, Susan Committee members: John Anderson; Alex Heckert.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Leadership skills in faculty and administrators are vital given the complex challenges faced in higher education, yet little is known about how best to prepare for a leadership role. According to the literature in other disciplines, empowerment can be identified as a primary antecedent to leadership readiness. Empowerment has been studied related to job satisfaction and burnout among faculty members and results indicate that it plays a significant role. However, there are no published resear...
Loretta Lynn Bilder.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shellenbarger, Teresa C. Committee members: Elizabeth Palmer; Nashat Zuraikat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Institutions of higher education invest a lot of resources into supporting and retaining students. Most colleges and universities offer systems of support for students who struggle academically. This study aimed to investigate the components of various programs offered within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to students on academic probation and to compare the academic recovery rates of the students attending these institutions. This mixed methods study includes data from int...
Karen J Hamman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David M. Committee members: Cathy Kaufman; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This study was designed to identify the key leadership factors, characteristics, and qualities that the United States Army Reserve (USAR) General Officer Corps believes are the most critical to success. The Generals highlighted what they believed are the most important leadership skills including communication, the empowerment of their staff, networking, and the ability to listen - for all soldiers, and also identified those that were most critical to their career ascension. Hard work and exc...
Michael P Kistler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kuffner Hirt, Mary Jane Committee members: David Chambers; Dighton Fiddner.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Medication errors have emerged as an increasing safety concern for hospitalized patients. Chemotherapy errors have topped the list of high-alert medications with errors occurring during administration, dispensing, and prescribing. Nurses are instrumental in the complex multidisciplinary high-risk process of chemotherapy administration. This study sought to determine if oncology nurses' use of two different self-directed learning (SDL) strategies increased their knowledge of national chemo...
Anna N Vioral.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Chunta, Kristy S. Committee members: Christoph Maier; Teresa Shellenbarger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

The purpose of this study was to address the need for greater access to social skills training and to reduce barriers encountered by rural families of children with ASDs. This study pilot-tested a parent manual designed to augment an existing social skills curriculum. The manual provided ASD psychoeducation and specific techniques parents utilized in the home to facilitate maintenance and generalization of skills their children were learning in a social skills treatment condition. Six familie...
Julie C Cash.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Includes supplementary digital materials.
Advisors: Knight, Laura Committee members: John Mills; Lisa Newell.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

At the intersection of college and work is a complex transition that graduates face every day. Expectations are often high that graduates will move quickly into a career of their choosing, a common measurement of success. Colleges and universities are often seen as having responsibility for helping ensure this success. Yet, for many graduates the transition is challenging. In addition to finding employment, graduates may have difficulty moving into a chosen career due to not seeing themse...
Tammy Jane Halstead.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Lare, Douglas; Rotigel, Jennifer V. Committee members: Gene White.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

The study explored five Korean English language teachers' (KELTs) perception of themselves as language teachers in the Korean higher education system. Specifically, it examined how KELTs in Korean EFL university settings perceive themselves and how their language teacher identities influenced their teaching and teaching philosophies. The purposes of this study were to (1) deepen and enrich the understanding of KELTs teaching in the Korean higher educational environment, (2) help my KELTs bene...
Soon Bok Park.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Gian Pagnucci.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

New York State is in the midst of vast education reform. This Education reform has produced an environment in which the traditional roles of school personnel have been restructured and standards of accountability have been increased. Teacher leadership has become a vital force in the success of many organizations. Additionally, the rigorous teaching standards of National Board of Professional Teaching Standards denote accomplished teaching, a prerequisite to teacher leadership. The purpose of...
Kathleen M Sottile.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rutter, Alison Committee members: Douglas Lare; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs are facing the demand to retain and graduate students with the skills needed for the complex health care environment. Nursing faculty are challenged to identify the most appropriate student-centered strategies for promoting cognitive engagement in learning and academic success of the current generation of nursing students. To know how to adequately equip pre-licensure baccalaureate millennial nursing students with life-long learning skills, nursi...
Meigan K Robb.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shellenbarger, Teresa Committee members: Michele Crytzer; Christoph Maier.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the factors and school-related practices/structures that students perceive as being most critical to their motivation and persistence in attaining academic proficiency. Ten grade twelve students from an urban high school in Northeastern Pennsylvania participated in this study. Five of their parents participated as well. This research study consisted of two distinct phases, the pilot portion and the field portion. It is important t...
Lori A Kuhns.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Lare, Douglas; Millward, Robert Committee members: Margot Vagliardo.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

Demographic shifts in the United States indicate that students enrolling and matriculating in predominately white institutions (PWIs) will increasingly be students who are from first generation, low income and underrepresented minority (FG/LI/UNR) backgrounds (Betances, 2006). Extensive research suggests that students from these backgrounds face myriad more challenges in their academic progress than students from majority backgrounds including lack of academic preparation (Ishitani, 2003), bu...
Hilary G Staples.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Swauger, Melissa L. Committee members: Valerie Gunter; Calvin Masilela.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Technological innovation, changing learner demographics and demands, and an increasingly competitive education market are forcing post-secondary institutions to consider distance education among their offerings. Building the institutional capacity for distance education requires administrators, including provosts, to apply effective strategies in institutional distance education initiatives. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine faculty perceptions of specific strategi...
David Bruce Porter.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Leidman, Mary Beth Committee members: Robert Millward; B. Gail Wilson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

As new media technologies emerge and evolve rapidly, the need to make informed decisions about using these technologies in teaching writing increases. This dissertation research study aimed at achieving multiple purposes. The first purpose was to catalog the new media technologies writing teachers use in teaching first-year composition classes. The second purpose was to explore the pedagogical uses of these technologies. The study also aimed at examining teachers' approaches to using new medi...
Lilian W Mina.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Williamson, Michael M. Committee members: Lynne Alvine; Pamela Takayoshi; Daniel Weinstein.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Primetime television programming is distinctly pervasive, reaching millions of audience members in an instant; consequently, the offensive language broadcast therein - outside of the safe harbor - is often reason for governmental regulation and societal concern. Although the Federal Communications Commission's influence extends only to that aired by broadcast television networks, cable programming is not without its restraints, including advertiser and viewer pressures. This dissertation ...
Britta JoRae McCreary.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Stiegler, Zachary Committee members: Mary Beth Leidman; Nurhaya Muchtar.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

The Fuld Object Memory Evaluation (FOME) is a geriatric assessment of memory with several strengths but relatively scant data concerning its normative properties and clinical validity. This study investigated several aspects of the FOME, including its convergent and discriminant validity, the effects of extending the delay from 5-minutes to 60-minutes, and the effectiveness of its current normative information. In order to examine these factors, archival data was collected from an academic me...
Cynthia Aguilar.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: Glen Getz; Laura Knight; Anson Long.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ensured gender equity in education. Although gender equity is an established concept in the medical and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, the concept has limited exposure in nursing. This study investigates student perceptions of gender equity in nursing education. The Gender Equity in Nursing Education Questionnaire (GENEQ), developed by the researcher, was used to explore perceived gender equity in the nursing classroom ...
Timothy B Campbell.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Shellenberger, Teresa Committee members: Christoph Maier; Nashat Zuraikat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This dissertation explores the case of Harry Crosby, modernist poet and publisher, whose neglect by modernist scholarship serves as an example of flaws and oversights in the process by which the dominant mainstream literary canon is constructed. The literary canon is not one body of work, but an intersection of several constituent canons that inform what scholars consider to be literature; scholarly neglect arises from several different variables within this complex interaction. A primary wea...
Neal Allen Stidham.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: Christopher Kuipers; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English