- A gendered perspective on the experience of shame in supervision
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Shame is a universal experience, in which one feels painfully exposed as defective. While the shame research has steadily increased, the experience of shame in supervision has been largely ignored in the self-conscious affect research. Shame research has primarily focused on the differentiation of shame and guilt, and the negative outcomes associated with shame-proneness. This study examined the experience of shame in supervision experience and explored the mediating roles of social support a...
Melissa A Meulman.
Advisors: McHugh, Maureen C Committee members: Pearl Berman; Beverly Goodwin.
Psy.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English
- Gratitude and resilience in elementary school students: a review of the look for the good project in establishing grateful and resilient youth
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Social and emotional learning in education has become the preferred method of enhancing student mental health, as opposed to the "reactionary model" that focuses on amelioration of negative behaviors and emotions. This study is an investigation of a new social and emotional primary prevention program (The Look for the Good Project-LFTGP) for elementary schools that is aimed at increasing gratitude in students. Utilizing a convenience sample of schools, pre-test and post-test measures of grati...
Laura Hall.
Advisors: McLaughlin, Courtney L. Committee members: Lynanne Black; Becky Knickelbein.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English
- A historical analysis of entry into professional nursing by african americans in the city of pittsburgh, pennsylvania (1940-1979)
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Each year, hundreds of nursing students begin their education at one of the many educational institutions located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Despite the fact that more than a quarter of Pittsburgh's residents identify themselves as a racial minority, the current demographics of nursing professionals in Pittsburgh remains overwhelmingly White. The city is home to 15 different nursing programs where students can obtain a diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree, in two, three, or four year...
Christina Serrao Baktay.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: West, Edith A. Committee members: Michele Gerwick; Jeanine Mazak-Kahne.
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English
- How much is enough? a study of pennsylvania school performance profile scores and school district expenditures
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The public school system in Pennsylvania has experienced academic and financial challenges over the past 10 years. In June 2006, the state government passed the Taxpayer Relief Act, also referred to as Act 1. The Act was later revised in 2011 and limits the ability of school districts to increase taxes beyond a set limit without voter approval (Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2018). Given Act 1, the problem for school district stakeholders is to know how much money is enough to adequate...
Daniel T Potutschnig.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Piper, David Committee members: Kelli Paquette; Sue Rieg.
D.Ed. Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019.
English
- Hyperprint: book objects that revitalize print in the digital age
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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
- Hyperrealities and inverted fakes: the otherworld journey in sir gawain and the green knight, alice's adventures in wonderland, and american gods
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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
- I-sharing in the clinical context: the impact of shared subjective experience on ratings of the therapeutic alliance in a brief simulated interview
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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
- Inscriptions, intentions, bodily interventions: a medical rhetoric analysis of the polycystic ovarian syndrome body in digital and mass media
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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
- The intersection of transnationality and scholarship: lived experiences, positionings, and practices of five transnational tesol teacher-scholars
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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
- Investigating medication adherence on neuropsychological & psychosocial functioning in adolescents with chronic kidney disease using the chronic kidney
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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
- Laying the groundwork for transfer: a case study exploring the impact of strengths-based pedagogy on students' writing-related dispositions
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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
- Making the white folks feel better: memory and race in four best-selling southern novels
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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
- Methods of detection of feigned attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a college-student population
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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
- Mitakuye oyasin and service-learning: a narrative plan for ecological restorative justice, jasper county, indiana
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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
- A mixed-methods study on the effects of servant leadership and employee commitment to supervisor on service standards communication within the financial service sector
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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
- The narrated academic experiences of three multilingual, college-aged students diagnosed with specific learning disabilities
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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
- The negotiation of english language and mainstream classroom coteacher roles in the k-1 classroom
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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
- Powerful silences: examining the new woman's femininity and relationships in silent films
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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
- A psychometric analysis of the school safety survey
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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
