This adaptive methodological inquiry explored the affordances and constraints of one TESOL teacher education program in Libya as a conflict zone. Data was collected through seven documents and 33 questionnaires. Questionnaires were gathered from the investigated program's teacher-educators, student-teachers, and graduates, who were in-service teachers. Interviews were not conducted because all participants who agreed to be interviewed withdrew as a result of prolonged electrical blackouts in ...
Entisar Elsherif.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Sharon Deckert; Curt Porter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) has evolved into a common aesthetic fixture within the visual landscape of modern American society. While computers and CGI are relatively new elements of cinematic production, they have a direct and profound impact on the audience experience. This production aesthetic physically stimulates the senses of video consumers potentially at the expense of what many consider to be traditional literary quality. This study examines the interpretation and effects of the...
Bradley M Rohlf.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piwinsky, Mark Committee members: James Lenze; B. Wilson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

A majority of college students drink, and alcohol is seen as a normal part of the college experience (NIAAA, 2013; Park, 2004). Alcohol use results in many negative consequences including academic, safety, health, and intuitional problems This study explores the effectiveness of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) in a group setting at reducing rates of drinking, risk of alcohol-related disorders, and related problems. This evaluation also examines the progr...
Paige Morrison.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Farrell, William Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Laurie Roehrich.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This study used narrative inquiry as a methodological tool and Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a lens to examine how the term native English speaker (NES) is socially constructed when subscribed by Black teachers of English (BTE) in South Korea. In addition to examining how Black teachers of English interpret the term native English speaker, this study also analyzed how being a native English speaker influences pedagogical approaches in the classroom and teachers' identity as an English Languag...
Quanisha D Charles.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Park, Gloria Committee members: Curtis Porter; Veronica Watson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Using an in-depth case study, this dissertation qualitatively explored how the Boys and Girls Club of Harrisburg focuses its organizational efforts to serve youth in the Harrisburg area to prevent delinquency. The research involved semi-structured interviews with eighteen staff members and former club members to gauge their experiences in the Boys and Girls Club programs. Studying the activities, methods, and inner workings of the Club offered insight into how one community organization can e...
Francia D Done Henry.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Swauger, Melissa Committee members: Dana Hysock-Witham; J. Mabry.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This study set out to examine if a difference existed among three generations and citizenship and/ or between town vitalities and citizenship. Prior work (Putnam 2000) declared that younger generations lack a civic inclination compared with preceding generations. As examples, two American traditions are experiencing an all-time low in volunteer support. First, volunteer firefighters have experienced a decrease from 300,000 to just 50,000 in Pennsylvania over the last generation (Brittain, 201...
Justin A Tatar.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Susan Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Client deterioration is a term that describes the worsening of a client's condition during treatment. The most recent, comprehensive review on deterioration of adult clients in individual psychotherapy is over 20 years old (Mohr, 1995). Contemporary reviews exist but are narrower in scope or lack systematic methodology. The current study provides a broad, updated synthesis of the empirical literature on client deterioration. Data collection involved a systematic search of outcome studies publ...
Emily Lazar.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hatfield, Derek Committee members: Beverly Goodwin; Laurie Roehrich.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This phenomenological study about extracurricular writing relationships is comprised of a collection of stories told through epistles, written notes and interviews. My story is also woven into this study in the form of reflections. This study explores and describes what it's like to write in an out-of-school writing relationship. It also illuminates the nature of how writing as a particular literacy practice and lived sociocultural event was experienced within relationships fostered and co-co...
Melanie Beth Glennon.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Gloria Park; Daniel Weinstein.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Program administrators of academic mentoring programs for African American male community college students contend that mentoring provides a means to increase retention and improve completion rates. Through the evaluation of prior studies, this study will seek to identify the factors that lead to successful completion. Shandley's (1989) concept of mentoring in higher education processes, Astin's (1993) theory of involvement and Tinto's (1993) academic and social integration theoretical ap...
Pamela M Nichols.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Helterbran, Valeri R. Committee members: Kelli Jo Kerry-Moran; Kelli Paquette.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Introduction: The sampling of elemental carbon has been associated with monitoring exposures in the trucking and mining industries. Recently, in the field of engineered nanomaterials, single wall and muti-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are being produced in ever increasing quantities. The only approved atmospheric sampling for multi-wall carbon nanotubes in NIOSH Method 5040. These results are accurate but can take up to 30 days for sample results to be received. Objectives: Compare the res...
David Matthew Ayers.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Janicak, Christopher Committee members: Tracey Cekada; Lon Ferguson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Preparation of the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist (SRNA) to start clinical education varies greatly between nurse anesthesia programs. Variations include length of time from first day of class to the first clinical rotation, and in the content, amount, and type of instruction provided. There are no national association or accrediting body-driven curricular guidelines regarding clinical preparation, as well as little literature addressing transition to clinical education. As such, discer...
Rebecca S Stoudt.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Palmer, Elizabeth A. Committee members: Theresa Gropelli; John O'Donnell; Lora Ott.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent two major specific learning disability (SLD) criteria, including a student's level of academic achievement and rate of improvement (ROI), predict multidisciplinary evaluation teams' decision-making regarding referral for special education evaluation and special education eligibility. Reading curriculum-based measurement (CBM-R) and demographic data were obtained from 383 second and third grade students in a Midwestern state who were re...
Michael J Boneshefski.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kovaleski, Joseph F. Committee members: Timothy Runge; Daniel Wissinger.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence digital technology had on the professional development of Teaching Associates participating in a mentoring program in an English Department at a public four-year university. A qualitative study was conducted involving ten students in the department's two doctoral programs over the course of an academic year. Data analysis was conducted on the participant interview responses and textual data from their mentoring program application mat...
John Carl Hepler.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Gloria Park; Curtis Porter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

It can be argued that insurance carriers have been one of the primary influences on improving safety in the workplace (Collins et. al., 2002; Dembe, 1995). While workers' compensation insurance carriers have long been a resource for companies to help in preventing workplace injuries, there have been very few empirical studies conducted on the subject of loss control services and their effects on workers' compensation claims and it is considered a "neglected topic" (Nave et al., 2004). The pur...
Justin S Thygerson.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Janicak, Christopher Committee members: Tracey Cekada; Majed Zreiqat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Psychotherapy has been shown to effectively reduce the impact of mental illness on a variety of individual and societal variables. Despite this, the number of people who seek psychotherapy is relatively low. Treatment utilization is especially low in rural areas where practical and psychological factors dissuade individuals from seeking help. Teletherapy has been proposed as one method of reducing avoidance of treatment due to stigma because it allows clients to make their treatment more priv...
Jesse T Regnier.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Meil, William Committee members: Dasen Luo; Laurie Roehrich.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

Grit is a two-factored, non-cognitive skill including perseverance and passion. Grit is quantified through the grit-S survey, which measures an individual's degree of grit. Higher degrees of grit have a positive influence on life success. Teachers have an influence on student achievement. The current mixed-methods study explored the influence of teacher grit on student grit and student achievement by utizing the grit-S survey, classroom observations and teacher interviews. Although this curre...
Bethann McCain.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: DeAnna Laverick; Susan Sibert.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This dissertation has as its object of investigation the similarities between two distinct cultural entities that occurred at roughly the same time: the United States-based Black Arts Movement (BAM) and the career of African writer and political activist Wole Soyinka. These similarities are intriguing because, despite there being no discernible paths of influence, Soyinka and the BAM represent parallel developments concerning four key issues that shaped their effort to destroy the hegemony of...
Hershell N Proctor-Walden.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sell, Mike Committee members: Veronica Watson; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This qualitative study investigates the publication practices of multilingual humanities and social sciences scholars in Taiwan. The purpose is to identify the forces and issues that have influenced participants' publication decisions in general, and with Taiwan-based English medium journals (TBEMJs) in particular. The dissertation is embedded in the semiotic habitat of Taiwanese higher education (HE), which is theorized as a complex sociolinguistic system (Blommaert, 2010, 2014) beyond the A...
Cheryl L Sheridan.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Hanauer, David Committee members: Mary Jane Curry; Gian Pagnucci; Curtis Porter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The objective of this study was to use mobile eye tracking methodology to examine the effect on a motorcycle applique's conspicuity to determine if oculomotor capture was achieved by three LED brake lamp treatments: (1) 83.30 millisecond flash frequency sequence, (2) 117.50 millisecond flash frequency sequence, and (3) the continuous state. This study is based upon the findings of Wierwille, Llaneras, and Neurauter (2009). Using subjective impression rankings, Wierville et al. (2009) determin...
Jeffrey A Krupa.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Janicak, Christopher Committee members: Shane McLaughlin; Wanda Minnick; Helmut Paschold.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This study examined a series of research questions in an attempt to analyze the perceived barriers, organizational factors, and indirect costs of non-compliance with the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard. The public domain data indicated that the most frequently cited violations of the bloodborne pathogens standard has remained the same since the last OSHA publication on the topic in 2011. The study provides additional detail on the most frequent violations giving the top ten versus top five...
Ralph E Estep.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Janicak, Christopher Committee members: Lora Ott; Majed Zreiqat.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between self-efficacy and supervision in early career school psychologists and school psychology graduate students who are currently completing either their practicum or internship experiences. The sample consisted of practicing early career school psychologists (ECPs) and school psychology graduate students (50 ECPs, 34 graduate students). Participants completed a demographic survey and the Huber Inventory of Self-Efficacy for School P...
Felicia M Kaas.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McGowan, Mark R. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Joseph Kovaleski; Courtney McLaughlin.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The purpose of this study was to examine the role orthographic coding might play in distinguishing between membership in groups of language-based disability types. The sample consisted of 36 second and third-grade subjects who were administered the PAL-II Receptive Coding and Word Choice Accuracy subtest as a measure of orthographic coding ability. Disability groups included No Disability, Reading SLD, and Speech or Language Impairment. Results showed that orthographic coding ability was corr...
Erin Kathleen Haugh.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: McGowan, Mark Committee members: Lynanne Black; Timothy Runge; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that questioning and prompting, based on a researcher-developed framework, had on the content and depth of student teachers' written reflection journals. Analysis of student teachers' written reflection journals and interviews with student teachers and cooperating teachers were used to describe the perceptions the participants had surrounding reflection as a professional practice. Smyth's (1989) levels of reflection were used to develop the ...
Jana Ashley DelMarcelle.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Rieg, Sue A. Committee members: Julie Ankrum; Susan Sibert.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English

This mixed methods research study examined the effects of middle and high school mathematics experiences on students' choice of college major, particularly whether students decided to major in a STEM field. Social cognitive career theory was used to examine potential influences of mathematics self-efficacy and how those influences and mathematics self-efficacy levels affected students' career choices. The purpose of this study was to uncover middle and high school experiences that could be ...
Elizabeth M DeThomas.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Paquette, Kelli R. Committee members: Kelly Heider; Sue Rieg.
Ed.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2017.
English