The purpose of this study was to examine how tutor/tutee interactions affect the dynamics of the teaching/learning experience in a university -based learning assistance center. A study of exemplary tutoring centers in higher education can provide direction in the process of tutor selection and training to meet the academic needs of today's college students. Consequently, information can be used to provide a guide for designing and refining tutoring programs, to identify academic skill devel...
Patricia A Johnson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Jalongo, Mary R. Committee members: Susan Fello; Laurie Nicholson.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Field et al. (1998) defined self-determination as a set of skills, beliefs, and knowledge that allows an individual to self-regulate and assume responsibility autonomously. This qualitative, multi-method (Creswell, 2011) study aims to explore the perceptions of teachers in the field of special education in regards to the promotion of self-determination in students with a specific learning disability (SLD) in third through ninth grades prior to the implementation of the transition plan of the ...
Annah Lea Hill.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: Shirley Johnson; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

English Composition instructors have an ethical obligation to teach their classes to the best of their ability. One way to work toward fulfilling this ethical obligation is for a composition instructor to practice critical self-reflection upon his or her personal ethical values, teaching situation, and place within that situation. To assist the composition instructor through this process, this dissertation offers instructors an understanding of ethical theory as it applies to teaching composi...
Craig R Hulst.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hurlbert, Claude Mark Committee members: Michael Pemberton; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This dissertation investigates how Walker Percy's protagonists in The Moviegoer, Lancelot, and The Second Coming negotiate "postsouthern" culture. In both his fiction and nonfiction, Percy, who was medically trained as a pathologist, sought to diagnose and treat what he termed the modern malaise. The emotionally anesthetic characteristic of this disorder, I argue, is peculiar not only to a particular historical time but also to the specific place and culture in which he positioned his charac...
Leigh Ann Rhea.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kuipers, Christopher M. Committee members: James Cahalan; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This dissertation examines fantasy and its two subgenres horror and science fiction through the theoretical lens of Play Theory to illustrate the role of play rubrics in the plot and social settings in these works as well as explain the reception and adaptation of various franchises by fan communities. Using close readings of key texts from each identified genre, the study illustrates how the genres follow the basic trajectory of play rubrics outlined in Roger Caillois' Man, Play, and Gam...
Joshua Grant Begley.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kuipers, Christopher Committee members: Gian Pagnucci; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Humor and cultural critique have long been staples in the Irish literary tradition. Employing an Althusserian framework of Marxist thought, scholarship on the Irish comic tradition, and ideas centered on the Bakhtinian carnivalesque, I analyze the works of Flann O'Brien, the most consistently funny Irish writer since the sometimes-serious satirist Swift. Born Brian O'Nolan, coming of age in the tumult of the 1922 Irish Free State, and professionally active following the 1937 Constitution's ...
Wesley J Hellman.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Cahalan, James M. Committee members: David Downing; Christopher Orchard.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

In an attempt to forward writing-knowledge research, I explored peer review feedback to profile writing-knowledge. The idea of profiling writing-knowledge is not new to teaching, researching, or assessing writing. As a method to cull writing-knowledge given its absence among established research methodology to profile writing-knowledge, peer review is new. Grounding this exploration in mixed-methods research, I borrowed microethnographic and descriptive research practices to profile writin...
Christopher Balajadia Garcia.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Bennett A. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Nancy Hayward; Gian Pagnucci; Mary Spencer.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This qualitative research study examines the preschool choices made by five mothers of children with disabilities who had interacted with early intervention professionals in the year prior to their children's transition to preschool. The purpose of this study was to examine the understanding parents created of their children's disability through their interactions with early intervention professionals and how those understandings aligned with the preschool settings the parents chose for thei...
Brenda L Cole.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Laverick, DeAnna M. Committee members: Mary Jalongo; JoAnn Migyanka.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This study examines the teaching practices of three groups of co-teachers, six individuals co-teaching in English language classrooms in public elementary schools in Gyeonggi province in South Korea. The ways in which each of the teachers perceived their educational and professional histories as impacting their co-teaching was also investigated with particular attention to how the co-teachers negotiated the co-construction of their identities both within and outside of the classroom context. ...
Shannon Tanghe.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Linda Norris.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

Although in recent decades many of the outer Appalachian counties have stabilized economically, the central region of Appalachia continues to have the highest concentration of distressed and at-risk counties in the country. The geographic isolation and cultural characteristics of Appalachian communities have limited their ability to achieve economic and educational equity. Through the lens of life course theory, this qualitative study analyzed the life stories of five first-generation college...
Peggy Henderson Murphy.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Machado, Crystal Committee members: Valeri Helterbran; Monte Tidwell.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Developmental writers have long been viewed as marginalized, and one course delivery method which might disrupt this marginalization is computer-assisted personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), which has proven successful in many disciplines. However, research on CAPSI writing courses is minimal, and there have been no published articles about the success of CAPSI in developmental writing courses. Despite this gap, administrations across the U.S. have mandated the redesign of their develo...
Anna M Harrington.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rafoth, Ben Committee members: Patrick Bizzaro; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

Restorative justice philosophy and practices have been utilized in a variety of settings. Legislative reform prompted their application in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. They have also been utilized in employment, education, civic, human services and community settings. While their integration in elementary, intermediate and secondary educational settings has evolved, application in the collegiate environment has been slow to develop. One area utilizing restorative practices i...
Robert L Mikus.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kuffner Hirt, Mary Jane Committee members: David Chambers; Gwendolyn Torges.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This study identified the leadership traits of The Reverend Doctor W.A.R. Goodwin that allowed his vision of the restoration of an entire city to become the reality that is now known as Colonial Williamsburg. The growth and transformation of the country at the turn of the 20th century form the basis of this study while analyzing the manner in which the restoration was formulated, financed, and ultimately brought to fruition; the study showcases the leadership prowess of W.A.R. Goodwin at a ti...
Susan Hutzler Venatta.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kaufman, Cathy C. Committee members: Kelli Paquette; David Piper.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

Drawing upon a postmodern ethnographic approach, the modes of inquiry into this qualitative study included observation and data analysis in order to represent a particular community of students: first year college freshmen from a mid-size, religiously-affiliated university in the southern United States. The methods included artifact retrieval/analysis of student narratives (identity constructs in creative forms) as well as demographic surveys from nine sections of first year composition class...
Christine I Bailey.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Bizzaro; Chauna Craig.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This study explored the mental health needs and services of children and adolescents within Pennsylvania school communities; this included a focus upon evidence-based counseling approaches. Relationships were analyzed between population density, SES status, grade level and the type of mental health issues serviced. Survey data from 314 respondents were used to answer questions regarding school mental health and behavioral service provisions in Pennsylvania. Respondents' indicated their cur...
Ajani Yanea Cross.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Roger Briscoe; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This survey research study assesses the current state of doctoral psychology training in psychotherapy with clients who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB). The study also seeks to evaluate the degree of familiarity faculty, trainees and experts on LGB psychotherapy have with the most-cited literature (MCL) on the topic of psychotherapy with LGB clients. Trainees and faculty from counseling Ph.D., counseling Psy.D., clinical Ph.D., and clinical Psy.D. training programs as well as exp...
Justin W Martino-Harms.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Reardon, Margaret C. Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Robert Heasley.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This study examines English faculty perceptions of the Writing Center at American Design University in Qatar (ADU-Q) through a sociocultural framework and social capitalist analysis. The current proliferation of American higher education branch campuses in the Arabian Gulf region make this a timely study, as the local context warrants an in-depth analysis of how writing centers are situated in this unique environment of language learners and dynamic social and cultural changes. Data triangula...
Molly P McHarg.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bizzaro, Patrick Committee members: Resa Crane Bizzaro; Tina Perdue.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This study of the natural gas production industry in the Northeastern United States aims to explain how sustainability pressures from stakeholders and institutional actors are received, interpreted and acted upon by organizations and managers of the natural gas drilling firms. A number of hypotheses are developed from the stakeholder and institutional literature to empirically test the role organizational characteristics, such firm environmental record, public visibility or size, play in eith...
Simon Hauser.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Yerger, David B. Committee members: Susan Boser; William Donner.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

The primary purpose of this research study is to explore the relationships among the areas of worklife (Leiter & Maslach, 2004), burnout, and intentions to leave the job and the profession among NHAs. Specifically, the study seeks to determine the extent to which the areas of worklife (workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values) (Leiter & Maslach, 2004) and burnout predict intention to leave (a) current NHA position and (b) the NHA profession, controlling for sociodemographic...
Christina Daley.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Mabry, Beth Committee members: Kathryn Bonach; Diane Shinberg.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This study includes the narratives of nine people: three young men who left high school before earning their diplomas, three middle school teachers who witness the events of student disengagement in their writing classrooms that precede the event of leaving and three General Education Development (GED) instructors who help young men such as these recuperate their writing skills and earn a GED certificate. The narrative framework employed here focuses on privileging the stories told by thi...
Lara Lynn Golden.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Ben Rafoth.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English

This quantitative investigation explored the enrollment and success of students with disabilities taking online courses at Rural University as compared to their peers without disabilities. As online education continues to become more popular and sought out by students who might not otherwise attend college, the venue of online education has been scrutinized to determine its effectiveness as compared to traditional classrooms. This study evaluated the enrollment trends and student performance ...
Jennifer M May.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rotigel, Jennifer V. Committee members: George Beiger; Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

This study explored the relationship between job satisfaction and financial performance in Pennsylvania community banks with less than $2 billion in total assets. The research sample included five banks that consistently achieve high earnings and four banks with consistent low earnings results. A calculated four-year average return on equity (ROE) for each participating institution was used to divide participating banks into high and low performance groups. The study determined whether differ...
John L Brooks.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Marcoline, Joseph F. Committee members: Robert Millward; David Piper.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2014.
English

Recess contributes to enhanced academic performance as well as social, emotional and physical development of the child. All of these are important parts of a successful education. Yet, time on recess is being reduced due to increased focus on academic performance on standardized tests. This study examined administrators', teachers' and students' perception of recess to get a better understanding about current practices, what drives these practices, and whether they correspond to the practic...
Krisztina Beni.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Bieger, George R. Committee members: Elain Blair; Valeri Helterbran.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2013.
English