Dissertations from 2015
Articulating Situated Knowledge and Standpoints in our Responses to Contemporary Street Fiction: A Book Club Case Study with African American Women, Yvette Rachele Hyde
Money, Power, Respect: Philanthropic Giving Of African American Alumni Of Predominately White Institutions, Melvin Jonathan Jackson
Evaluating Technical Adequacy Features of Sentence Verification Technique as a General Outcome Measure of Content Knowledge, Renée E. Lastrapes
Examining the Effects of Academic and Social Interventions on the Behavior of Students with or At-risk for Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Lauren M. LeJeune
Student-Athlete Academic and Athletic Identity and Self-Efficacy, Bailey Ann MacNab
Visual Representations of Gender in Engineering Trade Journals of Professional Societies During 1998-2012: A Content Analysis of Hierarchy and Stereotypes, Tracy Ettel Morris
To Culture or Not to Culture: Practices Implemented by Language Immersion Teachers to Teach Culture in Language Immersion Classrooms, Benterah Charles Morton
Experiential Learning & Engagement: The Role of Professional Development and Engagement in the Graduate Assistant Experience, Abbey Marie Muetzel
The Relationship between Supervision, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout among Live-In and Live-On Housing and Residence Life Professionals, Tracy Latonya Reed
Peer Coaching Effects on Targeted Teaching Behaviors and Teacher Self-Efficacy in an Early Field Experience, Deanna Kay Rice
An Ontological (re)Thinking: Ubuntu and Buddhism in Higher Education, David Wayne Robinson-Morris
Beyond Batterers: A Primary Prevention and Adult Learning Approach to Engage Well-Meaning Men to Prevent Violence Against Women, Lorett Sturgill Swank
LA Grad Act’s Effects on Developmental Faculty: A Case Study, Patricia Kuhlman Van Brunt
Dissertations from 2014
Examining the Persistence of Students in Academic and Leadership Development Programs, Jared Christian Avery
Explicit Instruction of Scientific Explanation and Argument in an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory Course Using the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Framework, Rosemary Eva Becker
An Intersectional Exploration of Race and Gender: Perceptions of Women Faculty in Higher Education, Amy Hill Bourgeois
Piercing Privilege: Confronting the White Problem Through Autoethnography, Destiny Marie Adams Cooper
Exploring the Implementation of Reading Common Core State Standards in an Elementary School Setting, Lacy Alane Davis
Robotics and Inquiry: Addressing the Impact on Student Understanding of Physics Concepts (Force and Motion) from Select Rural Louisiana Elementary Students through Robotics Instruction Immersed within the 5E Learning Cycle Model, Bianca Rodrigue Deliberto
An Examination of Secondary English Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Field Experiences: Shaping the Understanding of Teaching and Its Challenges before Student Teaching, Leylja A. Emiraliyeva-Pitre
Formal Change Processes and Informal Teacher-Initiated Change Processes: A Longitudinal Case Study of Technology Integration at an Elementary School, Candace Michelle Griffin
A Qualitative Study Utilizing Non-Fiction African-American Folktales: Process and Product with Struggling Second, Third, and Fifth Graders in North Louisiana, Gail Guidry Griffin
Black and Gifted: Hiding In Plain View, Deanna Lynn Hayes-Wilson
A case study of Tracie Morris's Project Princess, Tammie Jenkins
An Examination of Louisiana's State Governance Structure in Higher Education and Its Impact on Public State-Funded College and University System Board Members' Voting Behavior: A Case Study, Melanie Smith Johnson
Impact of Family and School Capital on the Academic Development of African American and Hispanic Students, Jinmei Liu
The Louisiana Sciences Education Act's impact on high school science, Gareth Mitchell
With Xavier, however, there will be this distinction: Mapping the Educational Philosophy of Saint Katharine Drexel in the Intellectual Tradition of Black Higher Education in New Orleans, Louisiana, Berlisha Roketa Morton
An examination of the impact of postsecondary transition program models on college self-efficacy beliefs of first-generation college students, Shaneá Morrison Nelson
The Influence of Colorism and Hair Texture Bias on the Professional and Social Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Professionals, Rhea Monet Perkins
Chatting about science : a qualitative study on increasing the number and depth of science-based conversations among aquarium visitor groups, Erika Kristen Poarch
The Transition from Clinical Practice to Academic Citizenship in Nursing Faculty, Valerie S. Schluter
Vocabulary matching : potential for a diagnostic performance indicator, Jodie Schraven
A Case Study Analysis of Web 2.0 Technology Use in Higher Education: Effects of Using a Wiki on Outcomes and Attitudes in Legal Education, Patrick Allan Smith
The Dog Ate My Homework: A Qualitative Study of Students' Views of Their Homework Experiences, Elizabeth Yvette Stogner
Never Forget Where You Came From: An Oral History of the Integration of a Rural Community, Heather N. Stone
Educational aspirations of middle and high school students : a focus on Turkish - American youth, Dilek Atmaca Suslu
The Ebony Seven: A Presidential Blueprint for Private Black College Achievement of Global Competitiveness, Walter T. Tillman Jr.
A mixed methods investigation of post-secondary students' long bone anatomy knowledge retention through constructivism and the works of Vesalius, Jennifer F. Tynes
The (In)Visible Road Map: The Role of Mentoring for First-Generation Black Female Doctoral Students at Predominantly White Institutions, Takea Vickers
Presidential Profiles: Race, Leadership Orientation, and Effectiveness, Jerry M. Whitmore Jr.
Interpreting Blackness: A Phenomenological Case Study of African American Young Adult Literature, Deleon Miriam Wilson
Giftedness and overexcitability : investigating the evidence, Daniel Lawrence Winkler
Theses from 2013
What about the Black Greeks? : supporting NPHCs at PWIs, Aleidra Allen
"Feels Like Racial Battle Fatigue": Managing Divesity Crisis Moments in Higher Education, Chaunda Myretta Allen
New Orleans and Fazendeville (de) segregated : challenging a narrative of school integration, April Antonellis
Ain't I Cool: Investigating the Lived Experience of Cool for Black Male Collegians, Kyle Nathaniel Boone
Using a multi-level model to examine the fidelity of implementation of school-wide positive behavior intervention support and its relationship to academic achievement in Louisiana, Michelle Farnsworth Botos
Creating a framework for systems-based graphic analysis and the assessment of college-level introductory biology textbooks, Katherine Ellen Brooks
Enculturational practices in the teaching of proof in mathematics, Indira Venkata Chillara
Networked learning : evaluating the effectiveness of distance education in comparison to traditional education, Tireka Patrice Cobb
Aesthetics in the classroom for social justice : how do the theories of John Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Jane Piirto inform us?, Valerie Meiners Comeaux
Utilizing social media to build community in the residence halls, Michael Jeremy Courson
Exploring the underpinnings that attribute to low performance on standardized tests by first year university freshmen at a Historically Black College and University, Jeffery Joseph Darby, Jr.
Metacognitive awareness : impact of a metacognitive intervention in a pre-nursing course, Bronwyn Perry Doyle
(Un)writing the academic other : theorizing the "at risk" body, Jessica Lynn Exkano
Parental perceptions of supportive and non-supportive influences on the development of leadership, Debra Jo Gifford Hailey
"Give me something that relates to my life" : exploring African American adolescent male identities through young adult literature, Angelle Leblanc Hebert
Reading and re-reading young adult memoirs : a narrative study with pre-service and in-service teachers, Heather L. Johnston-Durham
How Native American women perceive their unique lived experiences : three women tell their stories, Marjorie Larson Kopacsi
Developmental education programs : students' perceptions of the effectiveness at the community college level, Thad David Mitchell
The intersection of motherhood and academia as conceptualized by female doctoral students, Shaina A. Riser
An analysis of university TV spots aired during National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football games, Daniel Alford Roberts
Language of Exclusion: A Mixed Method Evaluation of Text Complexity on Comprehension Within Selected U.S. Government Food Assistance Application Materials, Leah Katherine Saal
A quantitative study focusing on the effect of electronic portfolios in teacher education, Jarrod Sanson
Analyzing the effects of context-aware mobile design principles on student performance in undergraduate kinesiology courses, Eric John Seneca
Perception, practice, and theory : a case study of leadership in an urban middle school, Marcia Lynette Speed
Assessing Altruistic Behavior, Burnout, and Wellness Outcomes of Entry Level, Live-in and Live on Residence Life Professionals, Erin Coquese Vaughn
Dissertations from 2012
An exploration of reading methods in first-grade: comparing the basal approach and balanced literacy, Richelle LeBlanc Acosta
Holy or unholy matrimony: does participation in a pre-college program influence the retention rate of African American males in college, James DJ Baker III
Impact on the engagement of at-risk students: evaluation of postsecondary living learning communities, Monique Fondren Cain
The lived experience of discovery of purpose in student affairs among emerging professionals, Nicholas Anthony Clegorne
The effect of loving kindness meditation and student teachers stress and empathy, Imre Csaszar
An exploratory case study of racial climate in an academic unit at a predominantly white, southern institution, Mark A. Dochterman
Examining the curricular and pedagogical challenges and possibilities of post-colonial young adult literature: a narrative inquiry of book clubs with pre-service teachers, Elizabeth Sybil Durand
"She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction...": the influence of a religio-spiritual epistemology on the academic knowledge, pedagogy, and theorizing of Black women university teachers, Kirsten Tralese Edwards
Portraits of adolescence/juvenile delinquency: something written, something said, something constructed, something read, Marianne Fry
A study of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System's Leadership Development Institute and the impact of participation, Peggy Leonard Hohensee
Inside the seed of school accountability: an African-centered analysis, Rodrick Lerone Jenkins
Economic impact of international students attending an institution of higher education in the United States, Steve S. Kelly
A study of turnaround efforts in high-poverty schools: characteristics of High Reliability Organizations that determine why some efforts succeed and others fail, Angela Renee Lee
An exploratory study of informal science learning by children ages 2-12 years at selected U.S. children's gardens, Mary Flake Legoria
Student perceptions of the impact of precollege programs, Kimberly Powell LeSage
The impact of an informal science learning environment on the environmentally responsible behavior of adults: a case study, Kathryn Ann March
Negotiating cultural transitions: contemporary student veterans and Louisiana institutions of higher education, Kay Harrison Maurin
Principals matter- principal technology proficiency: creating a culture of technology competence, Tiffanye Renee' McCoy-Thomas
Fixing mechanics: a study in cross-curricular use of rubrics to grade writing, Jeanette Martin Miller
Law student knowledge of legal interviewing: a case study of self-evaluation using video annotation, William Taggart Monroe
A posthuman curriculum: subjectivity at the crossroads of time, Brad M. Petitfils
The effect of test design on student motivational strategies for learning and student retention, Jeanne Carol Samuel
Conduct issues with fraternities and sororities: university processes evaluated at four-year universities, Jonathan Burnard Sanders
Where are the Cosbys: an African American literacy study examining African American recognition and representation in contemporary young adult literature, Tremaine Monee' Sanders
Painting a surrealist case study tableau: culturally relevant post-disaster education programming, Jolanta Smolen Santana