| Dissertations In Progress |
| 08/01/07 | Charles E. Moore | Opening New High Schools: How Principals Design Cultural Features in Newly Developed High Schools |  |
| 01/21/09 | Lisa Elsinger | Toward a Grounded Theory of Factors Influencing Physicians' Decisions to Pursue Learning | |
| 06/2009 | Kevin Flynn Hughes | An Urban High School That Makes a Difference: A Case Study of Dylan High School | |
| 07/2009 | Erin Kuehn-Schettler | Passing The Torch Of Social Justice Leadership: Leadership Succession In Socially Just Elementary Schools | |
| 08/2009 | Connie Negaard | Attributes of two alternative reading interventions that contribute to improved reading proficiency among secondary English Language Learners and Students With Learning Disabilities
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| 12/2009 | Scott Seyforth | Attributes And Influences Of Experiential Immersion Courses That Contribute To Learning: Lessons From Courses On Past And Present Civil Rights Movements
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| 05/2010 | Charles Urness | Leadership Actions That Create and Sustain High Achieving, Inclusive Middle Schools | |
11/2010
| Monte Raymond
| Leadership Matrix: Common Leadership Characteristics Given Different Organizational Contexts
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| 11/2010 | Susan Masterson | The Role of Evaluation and Professional
Development Practices in Advancing
Mastery of Principal Practice | |
| 12/2010 | Lanora Heim
| Leadership Strategies That Increase Staff Capacity and Develop School Structures to Promote Integrated High-Achieving High Schools for English Language Learners | |
12/2010
| Kevin Anderson | Understanding Standards and Assessment Policy in
Science Education: Exploring Variations in Policy
Implementation by Districts and Teachers in Wisconsin | |
| 07/2011 | Anupama Shekar
| The Actions of Headmasters and Headmistresses in Fostering Parent & Family Involvement in Low-Income Schools in Tamil Nadu, India
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11/2011
| Ann Brandau Hynek
| Factors that Militate Against Non-Traditional Students Enrolling In An Initial Remedial Course | |
12/2011
| Kristina Meissen Navarro
| Toward an Understanding of Student-Athlete Career Construction in the 21st Century: A Phenomenological Study of How Individual Life Experiences Influence Career Choice and Preparation | |
| 12/2011 | Clover L. Schmitt | White Educator Practices and Their Racial Consciousness That Support the High Achievement of Students of Color in Predominately White Rural Elementary Schools | Abstract |
| 4/2012 | Edward Holmes | African American Males: Key Influences on their Pursuit of College and Career Aspirations | Abstract |
| Recently Completed Dissertations |
| 5/2012 | Jill Underly |
Simply Different: A Multiple Case Study of Two Title I Schools in Rural Wisconsin Under No Child Left Behind | Abstract |
| 5/2012 | Lynee Tourdot | Students With Disabilities and English Language Learners: The Role of a Social Justice-Oriented Superintendent in Cultivating High Achievement | Abstract |
| 5/2012 | John Johnson III | International Experiences as Professional Development to Enhance Classroom Practice: Beyond Educational Tourism | Abstract |
| 5/2012 | Kit Werner | A Quantative Analysis of BSN Transfer Students Perspectives and Experiences | Abstract |
| 5/2012 | George Mavroulis | The Impact of Mentor Conversations on the Classroom Performance of Novice Teachers | Abstract |
| 5/2012 | Amy Prevost | In What Ways Do the Experiences of Students in PhD Programs in the Moleular Biosciences Foster Knowledge Transfer? | Abstract |
12/2011
| Randy Bartels
| The Nature of Socialization Experiences of First-Time Superintendents from Inside or Outside a District | |
08/2011
| Anthony Rosilez
| Stories of Social Justice From Superintendents of Color: Intersections of Resistance | |
05/2011
| Michelle Young
| Exploring the University President Selection as Evidence of Glass Ceiling Effects
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| 05/2011 | Yang Zhang | Beyond the Conventional Wisdom: Factors That
Influence College Students' Selections of Federally
Enforced Racial Categories
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| 12/2010 | Anabel Aportela
| Do Teacher Resources Follow Need?: A Study of Inter-and-Intra-District School Finance Equity
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12/2010
| Alexandra Sielaff
| Student Perspectives of the Factors That Contribute
to Engineering Baccalaureate Completion Among
Wisconsin Technical College Transfer Learners
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| 08/2010 | John Hill
| The Search, Selection and Implementation of Ideas: How Principals Search For, Select, and Begin to Implement Educational Innovations | |
| 08/2010 | Marjorie Anne Elizabeth Cook | The Effects of Students' Perceptions of Self, Others, and Institutions on Community College Transfer to a Selective Four-Year University | |
| 08/2010 | Sarah E. Kuba | The Role of Peer Advising in the First-Year Experience | |
| 08/2010 | Donald E. Kirkpatrick | The Instructional Leadership Role of Assistant Principals in Comprehensive High Schools | |
| 05/2010 | Raul Alejandro Leon | Strategies For Institutional Transformation: A Multi-Site Case Study Of The Chief Diversitt Officer Position | |
| 05/2010 | Lavar J Charleston | Examining Key Factors that Contribute to African Americans' Pursuit of Computing Sciences Degrees: Implications for Cultivating Career Choice and Aspirations | |
| 05/2010 | Rebecca Lowenhaupt | Schools, Demographic Shift, and the New Latino Diaspora: A Statewide Studey of Organizational Adaptation | |
| 05/2010 | Heather McFadden | Ripple Effects: The Impact of Being the Child of a Holocaust Survivor on the Professional Lives of University Faculty | |
| 08/2009 | Peggy S. Smith | Promises to Keep: The Alignment of State Policy Implementations with Best Practices for New Principal Mentorship | |
| 07/2009 | Robert W. Smiley | Characteristics of Systems and Leadership in K-12 Public School Educational Technology Programs: Understanding Data Use, Decision Making, and Contextual Factors | |
| 06/2009 | Matt Clifford | Exploring High School Teachers' Decision to Use Contextual Instruction | |
| 07/2009 | Bradley Andrews | The Role of Pre-Institutional Commitment in Freshmen Persistance Decisions at a Small, Private, Liberal Arts College | |
| 06/2009 | Alexis Kasmarick | Leading Coherently for Equity and Excellence | |
| 05/11/09 | Tony Bolz | Screening Teacher Candidates: Luck of the Draw or Objective Selection? | |
| 05/05/09 | Mark Benedict | Teacher Leaders Building Social Capital in Seconary Departments: Three Case Studies | |
| 12/2008 | Catherine M. Winters | Pursuing a Degree Completion Program in Nursing: A Grounded Theory Study | |
| 12/2008 | Dennis M. Baskin | The Influence of Pre-College Interventions on Underrepresented Minority Student Persistence and Graduation: Evidence from a Midwest Comprehensive Institution | |
| 12/2008 | Joshua Emmett | Innovation, Leadership, and Resource Utilization Practices in Three High Schools With Significant Learning Gains: A Multi-site Case Study | |
| 11/2008 | Sal Carranza | Distance Learning | |
| 08/2009 | Victoria J. Maslow | The American High School: The Role of Small and Professional Learning Communities in Addressing Inequities in Student Learning | |
| 08/2008 | Pamela J. Bork | The Principal's Paradox: Examining the Balance of Personal and Professional Life | |
| 07/2008 | George Karling | In What Ways Does Participation in a Dual Enrollment Vocational Program Enhance the Educational Engagement of Participating High School Students? |
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| 07/22/08 | Jason Johnson | Speaking of Higher Education: Documenting, Interpreting and Advancing the Academy's Rhetoric |  |
| 03/03/08 | Jeffrey G. Nicholson | Physician Assistant Medical Practice in the Health Care Workforce: A Study of Medical Malpractice and Safety Comparing Physician Assistants to Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses | |
| 07/22/08 | Natalie Tran | The Connection Between Students' Out-of-School Experiences and Science Learning | |
| 04/15/08 | Todd Andrew Berry | The Role of Social Capital in Human Capital Investment: A Social Network Approach to College Success in the First Year | |
| 12/2007 | Miriam Simmons | Examining Boyer's Scholarship of Engagement: A Case Study of a Faculty Development Program | |
| 12/2007 | Michelle DeBose
(CAVE student) | Breast Cancer Among Older African American Women: Sources of Information About Breast Cancer | |
| 11/2007 | Genella M. Taylor | Ingredients of the Classroom: Attributes that Contribute to and Militate Against Socio-cultural Identity Development | |
| 12/2007 | Ray J. Walter | An Analysis of Earnings and Job Satisfaction Outcomes Associated with Sub-baccalaureate Educational Achievement | |
| 08/2007 | Robert A. Jecklin, Jr.
(CAVE student)
| Portraits of Necessary Learning: Retelling Stories of Being Sick and Uninsured in the U.S. | |
| 08/2007 | Louisa M. Havlik | Leadership, Learning and School Change: The Elementary Principal's Role in Teacher Professional Development | |
| 08/2007 | Alda S. Preston | Admission Factors That Influence Program Completion and Professional Licensure: A Case Study of An Associate Degree Program in Nursing | |
| 08/2007 | Peter Clement | Critical Consumer Issues in St. Lucia: An Examination of Consumer Challenges and Related Learning Among Rural Adults | |
| 07/2007 | Darin J. Eich | Toward a Grounded Theory of High Quality Leadership Programs | |
| 05/2007 | Susan Corwith | Attributes of High Quality Programs for Academically Talented Students: Learning from an Exemplary Model | |
| 08/2007 | Latish Reed | Same Path, Different Shoes: The Challenges of African American Principals in Predominantly African American Low-Performing Schools | |
| 05/2007 | Liz Fulton | School Factors That Contribute to Student Disengagement: Perspective of Alternative School Students | |
| 05/2007 | Michelle Mangan Turner | School-Level Resource Use in Arkansas: A Statewide Study | |
| 05/2007 | Sarah Archibald | How Well Do Standards-Based Teacher Evaluations Identify High-Quality Teachers? A Multilevel, Longitudinal Analysis of One District | |
| 12/06/06 | Michael Uden | Understanding the Impact of Teacher Efficacy on the Professional Trajectory
of Teachers | |
| 12/2006 | Thomas Van Winkle | Expeditionary Learning Schools: The Relationship Between Implementation Gains and Growth in Student Achievement | |
| 12/2006 | Ruttanatip Chonwerawong | The Educational Experiences of Low-Income First Generation College Students of Color at a Major Public University: An Illusion of Meritocracy and Educational Opportunity | |
| 12/2006 | Patrick F. Gould | Professional Development Decision-Making | |
| 12/2006 | Timothy L. Taylor
| Touchstones of Online Program Performance | |
| 11/27/06 | Jeffrey Biessman | An Examination of Wisconsin High School and Postsecondary Introductory Biology Courses’ Curriculum Articulation | |
| 8/30/06 | Byron C. Anderson | The Influence of Diverse and Shifting Accountability Policies on Non-core High School Curriculum: An Analysis of Technology Education | |
| 8/15/06 | Michael P. Garvey | The Wisconsin Youth Options Program: What Do Participants Say About How the Program Affected Their Transition to College? | |
| 5/18/06 | Janet Heiss | Moving Into Student Spaces: Impact of Location of Academic Advising on Student Engagement Among Undecided Students | |
| 5/15/06 | Marcia S. Willson | Examining Professional Learning Community Aspects as They Relate to Teachers' Receptivity to Professional Development | |
| 05/2006 | Liz Fulton | School Factors That Contribute to Student Disengagement: Perspective of Alternative School Students | |
| 4/26/06 | Rodney Marty | Antinepotism in Large American School Districts | |
| 12/15/05 | Kim Rapp | Persistence Decisions of Doctoral Students Affiliated with Interdisciplinary Programs: A Case Study | |
| 12/14/05 | Timothy Schaid | The Impact of Struggle on Spiritually-Centered Educational Leaders and their Leadership | |
| 12/08/05 | Heidi Schmidt | The Relationship Between The Personal and Professional Lives of Wisconsin Female Principals and How They and Their School Districts Respond to Any Subsequent Tension | |
| 9/9/05 | Joseph Baggot | The Effects of Remedial Coursework and Reduced Credit Load on Persistence for College Students with Learning Disabilities | |
| 8/29/05 | Diane Leuck | Women with Physical Disabilities: Experiences at "Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" Workshops | |
| 8/2/05 | Frank Hernandez | K-12 Latino Leaders on Leading and Leadership: Racial Identity Development
and Its Impact on Leadership Practice | |
| 8/2/05 | Shelby Cosner | An Exploratory Study of Capacity Building from a Social and Human Capital Perspective | |
| 7/29/05 | Mónica Urigüen | Attributes of Quality Programs in Universities in Developing Countries: Case Studies of Two Private Universities in Ecuador and Beyond | |
| 7/8/05 | Anne E. Hoffmann | Developing a Grounded Theory of Effective Alcohol-Control in Higher Education | |
| 7/7/05 | John LaNear | Academic freedom in Public Higher Education: For the Faculty or Institution? | |
| 5/24/05 | Lynda Sullivan | Pathways to National Board Certification | |
| 5/4/05 | Marla Berg | Shaping School CultureWhile Implementing a Structured School Improvement Plan | |
| 4/29/05 | David Vitale | Developing Technology Integrators: The Role of Professional Development for Meaningful Instructional Technology Use | |
| 4/26/05 | Rebecca Blink | How Do K-12 School Districts Design a Data-driven System to Enhance Student Achievement | |
| 2/22/05 | Christa Bruhn | The Power of the University: Palestinian Universities as Vehicles of Social and Political Change | |
| 1/25/05 | Seonmin Cha | The School Administrator’s Transfer-Enhancing Supervisory Practices and Their Influence on Teachers’ Transfer-of-Learning | |
| 12/17/04 | Dawn Crowley | Reconciling Educational Excellence with Organizational Efficiency: Administrative Leadership to Advance High-quality Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | |
| 12/15/04 | Jan Gaura Chynoweth | The Policies, Practices, and Beliefs of Educators that Influence the Identification of Students with Disabilities | |
| 12/10/04 | Jennifer Thayer | Professional Development: Costs and Effectiveness in One Rural District | |
| 10/29/04 | Tammy Huth | Enhancing Teacher Quality: An Examination of two teacher development models | |
| 09/19/04 | David Meixelsperger | School Climate: Creating an environment for learning
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| 05/14/04 | Dale Carlson | The Principal’s Role in Retaining Teachers: Effective Practices That Enhance Teacher Retention and Impact Teacher Mobility
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| 05/14/04 | Laura Ketchum-Ciftci | Student Employment Factors that Contribute to the Acquisition of Educational Outcomes | |
| 05/14/04 | Judith Risch | The General Counsel in a School District: Examining Prevalence and Roles
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| 05/14/04 | Kurt Schneider | Barriers and Supports to Providing Non-School Vocational and Related Instruction as an Alternative to School Failure for Youth in Foster Care in an Urban District | |
| 05/13/04 | Donald Fraynd | The Politics of Controversy & Public Opinion in and around PK-12 Education | |
| 05/07/04 | Paul Kreutzer | The Use of Illegal Ergogenic Aids and Creatine by Female Senior High School Athletes Attending Four Large Suburban Schools: Implications for School Leaders | |
| 04/22/04 | Shihmei Shu Barger | The Impact of International Students on Domestic Students in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education | |
| 04/21/04 | Mark A. Nelson | Unsung Leaders: An Examination of Effective Department Chairpersons | |
| 03/22/04 | Gary Schumacher | Perceptions of the Impact of a Standards-based Teacher Evaluation System, Based on the Danielson Framework for Teaching Model, on Teaching and Student Learning | |
| 01/05/04 | Eric Anctil | An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Higher Education and Television: A Focus on Big-time College Sports | |
| 10/31/03 | Debra Hunt | Exploring Training Function Deployment (TFD): A New Approach to Professional Development in Education | |
| 08/06/03 | Bong-Woon Ha | Assessment of the Motivational Effects of Teachers to a Performance-based Bonus Pay Program in Korea | |
| 07/22/03 | Mark Fermanich | School Resources and Student Achievement: The Effect of School-Level Resources on Instructional Practices and Student Outcomes in Minneapolis Public Schools | |
| 06/10/03 | Jeongyon Kim | A Formative Evaluation of a College Preparation Program Based on a Model of the Attributes of Effective Programs and a Preliminary Explanation of the Program's Impact on Student Participants | |
| 05/14/03 | Reginald Parks | Overcoming Organizational Challenges to the Use of Distance Education Technology in Three Schools of a Public Research University | |
| 05/14/03 | Stanley Roy Jonjak | A Pragmatic Analysis of Rural School Consolidation: How Past Experiences in the Closing of Hawkins High School Shape Future Aims for Hawkins Elementary School in the Consolidated Ladysmith-Hawkins (Wisconsin) School District
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| 05/06/03 | Kathryn Dey Huggett | A Grounded Theory of High-Quality Undergraduate Honors Programs | |
| 05/06/03 | Myra Misles-Krhin | Technical and Symbolic Leadership in the Work of Multi-School Principals | |
| 05/06/03 | So-Young Park | Teacher Variables Affecting Student Engagement | |
| 05/06/03 | Ann E. Dingman | Impact of Service-Learning on Students' Subject-Centered Coursework Learning, Skills, Attitudes, and Values: An Examination of the Effects of Best Practices in Innovative Liberal Arts Courses | |
| 03/24/03 | John D. Kolander | Quality Philosophy Characteristics of the Schools of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | |
| 01/13/03 | Bradley J. Peck | A High School Principal's Challenge: Toward Work Environments that Enhance New Teacher Satisfaction and Retention | |
| 12/16/02 | Janet Elko | Learning Persistence Among Rural Adults: A Study of Academic Persistence Among Adults from Rural Communities Enrolled in Online Degree Programs | |
| 08/27/02 | Vicki J. Martin | Institutional Leadership in High Performing Colleges and Universities Based on Baldrige Awards: A Case Study of Eight North Central Regional Institutions | |
| 08/05/02 | Dianne C. Gardner-Gletty | Student Learning Outcomes Assessment and Faculty Work in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Assessment Implementation in a Research Extensive Setting | |
| 07/15/02 | Apinwong Kutalad | The Preparedness of Thai Schools to Implement Inclusive Education | |
| 06/05/02 | Brenda L. Hooper Atlas | The Role of Spirituality in the Work of African-American Female Principals in Urban Schools | |
| 05/29/02 | H. Alix Gallagher | The Relationship Between Measures of Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: The Case of Vaughn Elementary | |
| 05/14/02 | Kathy Forslund | The Impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Catholic Schools, Families, and Students | |
| 04/23/02 | Todd Bloom | Principal Behaviors Associated with the Implementation of State Academic Standards | |
| 06/15/01 | Rose Ylimaki | A Grounded Theory of Collaborative Actions: A Multi-Case Study of the Successful Implementation of Literacy Reform | |
| 01/22/01 | Patricia Frohrib | An Analysis of Transformational Leadership Attributes and Leadership Development in Two Year Colleges | |