As readers move further and further into the digital frontier, they are also bound to look back at what is being left behind-Hyperprint is the embodiment of that reflection. I argue that within mainstream fiction these print books with non-traditional physical formats have an opportunity to highlight the different affordances of print and digital literatures. Hyperprint texts both utilize and reject the digital by embracing the use of reading strategies and habits that form due to interaction...
Julia A Galm.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Sherwood, Kenneth Committee members: Christopher Kuipers; Mike Sell.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

In this dissertation, I will apply Jean Baudrillard's concept of the hyperreal and Umberto Eco's notion of the ""absolute fake"" to three Otherworld journeys from three different time periods: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and American Gods. Each text uses the Otherworld journey to highlight the hyperreality of a perceived real world---one that has become, essentially, ""fake."" In Gawain, Bertilak's realm serves as an ethical counterpart to Arthur's court...
Theresa JoAnn FitzPatrick.
Advisors: Christopher Orchard.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

A strong body of social psychology literature indicates that I-sharing, or the perception that one has shared an identical subjective experience with another person, contributes to increased feelings of connectedness, liking, and prosocial behavior in relationships (Pinel & Long, 2012). Recent theorizing suggests that I-sharing may be of clinical utility as a tool to support the development of the therapeutic alliance (Pinel, Bernecker, & Rampy, 2015). This study serves as an experimental fol...
Julia Eva von Heeringen.
Advisors: Long, Anson Committee members: Derek Hatfield; John Mills.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This dissertation rhetorically explores and analyzes the construction and representation of the PCOS body in digital and mass media and how the mass media impacts public responses about the PCOS body. This project also explores and explicates the rhetorical strategies that women with PCOS employ when participating in an online health community. Representations of the media for this study include a television episode, an online popular culture forum, and an online health forum. Rhetorical and ...
Marissa C McKinley.
Advisors: Vetter, Matthew A. Committee members: Dana Driscoll; Bryna Finer.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This dissertation study explores the transnational journeys, identities, and scholarship practices of five foreign-born, transnational, TESOL teacher-scholars. Positioning theory (Davies & Harre, 1999; Harre & Van Langenhove, 1999) was used to examine how the participants positioned themselves and others in their social fields and how they perceived their transnational lives as well as their teaching, research, and service practices. Data was collected through written questionnaires, semi-str...
Bita Bookman.
Advisors: Gloria Park.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with several comorbidities, including hypertension, anemia, and growth hormone deficiency. Thus, treatment of CKD requires a complex medical regimen to manage the disease process, even within the mild to moderate stages. Previous research has focused its efforts on examining children with CKD who have progressed to end stage renal disease (ESRD), and less research has been conducted within the mild to moderate CKD pediatric population. As s...
Elizabeth A Fiest.
Advisors: Meil, William Committee members: David LaPorte; Stephanie Davis.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This dissertation aimed to examine if and how Gallup's Strengths program impacts underperforming college students' dispositions towards writing; investigate what constitutes students' dispositions towards writing; and explore the characteristics of dispositions. To fulfill these purposes, the study used a case-study methodology to answer the following research questions: 1) How does Academic Standards use Strengths? 2) What are the writing dispositions of underperforming college students as t...
Kelsey Hixson-Bowles.
Advisors: Driscoll, Dana Lynn Committee members: Ben Rafoth; Bryna Siegel Finer; Jennifer Wells.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Palliative memory is a new theoretical term used to explain how white readers engage with and embrace a racist text. This unique type of memory can be integrated with other theories, such as nostalgia, reciprocity, and prosthetic memory. Many memory theorists agree that memory is fluid. It changes and can only become a "fixed" memory if it is inscribed. Pierre Nora writes that these inscriptions are sites of memory. Sites of memory can include monuments or other material items, such as books....
Lisa Ann Marzano.
Advisors: Watson, Veronica T. Committee members: Todd Thompson; Thomas Slater.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Certain individuals presenting for diagnostic evaluations attempt to feign or exaggerate symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in an attempt to secure prescriptions for stimulant medications or desirable academic accommodations. Differentiating these individuals from those with bona fide impairment is important and challenging for clinicians. This study sought to assess the impact of pseudo-malingerers utilizing information available on the Internet on the utility of est...
Karen Marie Kosky.
Advisors: LaPorte, David J. Committee members: William Meil; Stephanie Davis; Glen Getz.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

In this narrative study, I explore the use of a traditional Lakota Sioux tribal prayer, philosophy, and worldview, Mitakuye Oyasin, as the theme for the development of an ecocomposition course syllabus comprised of a series of integrated, locally-related, ecological restorative justice, service-learning components and corresponding narrative based writing assignments at Purdue University Northwest (PNW). The university is just north of Jasper County, Indiana. PNW and Jasper County are both lo...
Lora Lynn Mendenhall.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Pagnucci, Gian S. Committee members: Ronald Janke; Gloria Park; Curtis Porter.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Servant leadership and its influence on communication within the workplace is gaining the traction and attention it finally deserves, yet many opportunities exist to fulfill the call to action identified by the founder and wise father of servant leadership, Robert K. Greenleaf. In in the words of Dr. Stephen Covey, "it may be possible to buy someone's hand and back, but not their heart mind and spirit" (Covey, 2012, p.2). This study sought to measure the value of those words as our nation con...
Pablo R Reyes.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David M. Committee members: Sue Rieg; Meghan Twiest.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This dissertation documented and analyzed the academic experiences of three multilingual, college-aged students diagnosed with specific learning disabilities. The purpose of this dissertation is to gain an in-depth understanding of the nature of the participants' experiences and to draw on the pedagogical implications to better advance the educational field in general, and the field of Composition and Applied Linguistics in specific. This dissertation used narrative research as a methodology ...
Hend M Ghouma.
Advisors: Porter, Curtis Committee members: Gloria Park; Lynanne Black.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This study examines the negotiations that take place in the coteaching relationships between four elementary school teachers: two mainstream classroom teachers (MTs) and two English Language teachers (ELTs) in two different elementary schools in a semi-urban area of Pennsylvania with a large Spanish-speaking community. With coteaching becoming an increasingly popular method to provide inclusionary instruction in the content areas for English Language Learners (ELLs), this examination of how c...
Carrie L Breyer.
Advisors: Porter, Curtis Committee members: Gloria Park; Beatrice Fennimore.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This project studies how women in silent film experimented with new identity roles from 1915-28. To accomplish this, I will consider the lives, work activities, and performances of three significant actresses of the era through their biographies, press coverage of them, archival documents, and performances. These three are Alla Nazimova (1915-26), Gloria Swanson (1915-28), and Clara Bow (1921-28). Each became a major "star" for a short period during a time in which popular conceptions of wome...
Maria Kranidis.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Slater, Thomas Committee members: Chauna Craig; Michael Williamson.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the School Safety Survey (SSS). This study examined the factor structures of the SSS when looking at respondent (i.e., teachers, administrators, and parents / guardians), location (i.e., urban, suburban, rural, and town) and grade span (i.e., elementary and secondary). Archival and anonymous data from the 2013-2014 school year were examined. It was hypothesized that a two-factor structure would be present across responden...
Lisa M Lack.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Runge, Timothy J. Committee members: Mark McGowan; Shannon Phaneuf; Mark Staszkiewicz.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify contributing factors that can predict high school non-completion. Data were collected through an online survey, which 261 adult participants completed. In order to accomplish a comparative analysis, both high school non-completers and high school graduates from Southwest Pennsylvania were invited to complete the survey. Of the 261 adult participants who completed the study's survey, 46 participants were high school non-completers and 215 ...
Peter Hipple.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Corbett, Frank Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Ramesh Soni.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

The genre of native advertising is growing exponentially, and marketers predict over half of all online ads will soon be a form of this sponsored content. The growth on mobile platforms is even greater, yet there is trepidation among regulators and consumer groups concerning the transparency of native ads and their continual evolution. The addition of the use of artificial intelligence to specifically match native content to editorial is increasingly problematic. On social media platforms, in...
Darlene W Natale.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Leidman, Mary Beth Committee members: Michele Papakie; Mark Piwinsky.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Emotional intelligence is one's ability to reason with emotion and understand the emotions of others. Emotional intelligence can be assessed through ability-based tests that measure the ability of individuals to understand their own emotions and the emotions of those around them. As emotion has emerged as a significant component of both teaching and learning, the potential for emotional intelligence to assess and influence the capacity of teachers to influence student performance is significa...
Miles O'Shea.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Corbett, Frank Committee members: Laurie Nicholson; Tricia Shelton; Susan Sibert; Ramesh Soni.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that presents early in development. Social communication and social interaction deficits are required to make a diagnosis. These deficits make it difficult for individuals with ASD to perceive and/or utilize social cues from an interpersonal exchange when compared to their neurotypical counterparts. Bargaining is a type of interpersonal exchange that requires anticipating the actions of others (Nash, 1950). The current study comp...
Amanda N Trovato.
Advisors: Newell, Lisa Committee members: Laura Knight; Anson Long.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Published research on social stigma has focused on public perceptions of those suffering from mental illness, physical disabilities, and users of "soft" drugs. Historically, social stigma has been measured using scales that assessed the public's perceptions of stigmatized persons relating to beliefs of dangerousness, blameworthiness, fatalism, and/or a desire for social distance. To date, research has not adequately assessed social stigma toward users of hard drugs. Further, little research h...
Nathan E Kruis.
Advisors: Merlo, Alida V. Committee members: Bitna Kim; Jennifer Roberts; Daniel Lee.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

Sophomore year tends to pose many concerns for college students academically, personally, and socially. College sophomores are making monumental career and personal decisions, which can lead to undue stress, anxiety, and depression coupled with developmental challenges. In recent years, universities across the United States have started to pay closer attention to college sophomore student concerns; however, the empirical literature is lacking in this area. Through the lens of Cognitive Apprai...
Natalie Burick.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Machado, Crystal Committee members: Julie Ankrum; DeAnna Laverick.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

This study aimed to examine the implementation of safety leading indicators their perceived effectiveness on the injury (frequency and severity) rates within the dairy product manufacturing sector in the United States. Scientific literature indicates there are potential benefits in implementing safety leading indicators to help reduce injury rates. The lack of research determining which, if any, leading indicators has a higher impact on reducing these rates leaves facilities on their own to...
Peter Van Derlyke.
Advisors: Zreiqat, Majed Committee members: Luz Marin; Christopher Janicak.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English

The purpose of this exploratory study is to assess the ways in which instructors teaching first-generation college students at a branch campus come to understand these students as being different from other students they teach, and if and how they develop teaching practices and pedagogies more effective for first-generation students. There is a shift within higher education as, for the first time, students from non-traditional, often disadvantaged backgrounds are attending college in rising n...
Jennifer Mahon.
Advisors: Gunter, Valerie Committee members: J. Mabry; Melissa Swauger.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English