Recent Dissertations

Candidate

Lily Lopez-McGee

Dissertation Title

Examining Undergraduate Students’ Goals and Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Study Abroad Programs

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Shannon Merriweather

Dissertation Title

Neighborhood Identity Examined Though a Lens of Poverty: An Exploration of One Community

Candidate

Sarah-Jane Thomas

Dissertation Title

Using Technology to Facilitate Language Acquisition of English Language Learners

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Jessica Turner

Dissertation Title

Who they are Within: Females’ Experiences of Empowerment
Programming in India

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John M. Bordenkecher

Dissertation Title

Peace Corps Service and the Development of Quality School Leaders

Candidate

John Knipe

Dissertation Title

Translingualism and Second Language Acquisition: Language Ideologies of Gaelic Medium Education Teachers in a Linguistically Liminal Setting

Candidate

Kelly Dalton

Dissertation Title

Teachers’ Perspectives of Participation in an International Immersion Experience

Candidate

Chandra Leigh-Ann Michael

Dissertation Title

Teachers’ Definitions and Understandings of International Mindedness

Candidate

Christi L. Batamula


Dissertation Title

Family Engagement Among Immigrant Parents with Young Deaf Children


Candidate

Maria Katradis

Dissertation Title

Teachers’, Students;, and Parents’ Beliefs about Language Learning in Two Modern Greek Language Programs

Candidate

Julie A. Mendoza

Dissertation Title

Second Generation Palestinian American School Experiences: Emerging and Conflicting Identities

Candidate

Samantha A. Spinney


Dissertation Title

Effects of Participation in Immigration Activism on Undocumented Students in Higher Education

Candidate

Svetlana Filiatreau

Dissertation Title

Ukrainian Catholic University Leaders’ Views on University-Based Moral and Civic Formation in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Candidate

Sydney A. Merz

Dissertation Title

Teacher Educators and Intercultural Education: Challenging and Supporting