| 8/2024 |
Michele Schmidt |
How Principals’ Leadership Practices Support Alternative Compensation System Implementation in K-12 Public Schools |
| 8/2024 |
Kimberly Stieber-White |
Disrupting or Centering Whiteness: An Analysis of Influences on Secondary Literacy Teachers’ Text Selection for “Struggling” Adolescent Readers of Color |
| 8/2024 |
Joshua Wallace |
Beyond the Brother Code: Black Masculinities, Black Feminism, and the Agency of Black Men in Graduate Engineering Programs |
| 8/2024 |
Khadejah Ray |
Disciplinary Dissonance? Examining Black Doctoral Students Refusal to Sociology’s Racial Contract |
| 8/2024 |
Ayse Okur |
A Longitudinal Analysis of Racialized and Gendered Community College Access: The Role of Institutional Contexts and Labor Market Conditions in Shaping First-Time Enrollment |
| 8/2024 |
Sarah Harebo |
Two Worlds Collide: Navigating the Competing Regulatory Schemes of Title IX and Special Education Law in K-12 Schools |
| 5/2024 |
Vanessa Peña |
Familial Knowledge and Consejos: The Influence of Mothers on Latina Daughter’s College Choice Pathways
2023-24 Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation of the Year |
| 5/2024 |
Jill Gurtner |
High Schools as Empowering Environments: Perspectives of Youth |
| 5/2024 |
Valerie Crespin-Trujillo |
“From Theory to Application, Sometimes Things Get Lost”: Policy and Practice Perspectives of Public Postsecondary Transfer Coordinators in Wisconsin |
| 5/2024 |
Narék Sahakyan |
Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on English Learners’ Proficiency and Disparities Within EL Subgroups
2023-24 Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation of the Year |
| 5/2024 |
Maria Widmer |
Bearing Witness and Bearing Responsibility: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Experiences and Learning Outcomes of Undergraduate Labor Activists |
| 5/2024 |
Joseph Romero-Reyes |
Cultivating and Activating Assets in the Vertical Transfer Journey of First-Generation and Low-Income Men of Color in Community College |
| 5/2024 |
Paris Echoles |
Ball Is Life: How Black, Community-Based, Youth Sports Leaders Broker Opportunities for Historically Marginalized Communities |
| 5/2024 |
Mario Morris |
Are College Student-Athletes Employees? A Legal Historical Analysis of College Student-Athlete Employment Claims
2023-24 Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation of the Year |
| 5/2024 |
Tianshu Li |
Espoused Values, Enacted Practices: How International Educators Engage in DEI-Centered Efforts While Grappling With Racialized Institutional Structures |
| 5/2024 |
Peiwen Zheng |
Choosing Light over Shadow: A Mixed Methods Study of Community College International Student Well-Being and Educational Momentum
2023-24 Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation of the Year |
| 5/2024 |
Joel Pollack |
From Neoliberal Turnaround Toward Liberatory Cultivation: Countering Color-Evasive School Reforms Through Equitable Partnerships for Educational Justice |
| 5/2024 |
Nicole Soulier |
“In Community”: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of Engagement With Indigenous Communities to Improve Community College Access |
| 12/2023 |
Laurie Burgos |
Leading a Contracorriente (Against the Current): An Examination of District-Level Dual Language Program Leader Equity Leadership Practices in a Midwestern State |
| 12/2023 |
Viola Miller |
Unraveling the Impact of Community College Mentoring Programs on the Experience of First-Generation Transfer Students at Four-Year Institutions |
| 12/2023 |
Tiaira Porter-Beall |
Understanding Departmental Climate and Retention Among Women of Color STEMM Faculty: A Mixed Methods Study
2023-24 Dr. Carolyn Kelley Dissertation of the Year |
| 8/2023 |
LaShawn Washington |
“Let Love Lead”: An Ethnographic Investigation of Relationships, Praxis, and Love Within a Black Women-Led Leadership Program at a PWI |
| 8/2023 |
Paris Wicker |
“Who Gets to Be Well”? A Multi Method Social Network Analysis of Well-Being for Black and Indigenous College Students |
| 5/2023 |
Samuel Coleman |
Leading to Eliminate Racial Inequities in Student Experiences, Opportunities, and Outcomes: A Case Study of the Personal and Professional Experiences of K-12 School Leaders |
| 5/2023 |
Scott Everson |
Student Perceptions of Grading Reform at the Secondary Level |
| 5/2023 |
Erin Hastey |
How Do We “Make Sure that Everything We Do, We Have Students at the Center”? Reimagining Community College Board Effectiveness for Students’ Success |
| 5/2023 |
Abby Koberstein |
Equity in Suburbia: White Educators’ Sensemaking of Equity |
| 5/2023 |
Paul Kirby Livingston |
Context Matters: Culturally Inclusive and Equitable Pedagogies Across Instructional Contexts in Undergraduate Education |
| 5/2023 |
Walter Parrish |
“I Love the Work, but I Hate My Job”: A Critical Narrative Inquiry on Academic Bullying Among Faculty at Four-Year Institutions |
| 5/2023 |
Sylvia Ramirez |
Working Toward a Degree: The Relationship Between Campus Employment, Student Engagement, and Academic Outcomes for Community College Students |
| 5/2023 |
Yasmin Escutia Rodriguez |
A Testimonio Study: Latinx Women Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences and Teacher Identity Development |
| 5/2023 |
Megan Schmid |
Faculty Identity in Higher Education: Beyond Research, Teaching, and Service |
| 5/2023 |
Tarryn Lael Simmons |
HBCUs UnHushed: Transformative Spiritual Resilience Within the Life Histories of African American Graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| 5/2023 |
Anne Stahr |
Mentoring Faculty for Teaching in Academic Medicine |
| 5/2023 |
Xiwei Zhu |
Developing Community College Faculty Toward Inclusive Approaches to Teaching: Institutional Support, Pedagogical Transpiration, and Faculty Assets |
| 12/2022 |
Sherri Cyra |
Perceptions of Professional Development Impact: White Educators’ Racial Identity Development and Anti-Racist Practice |
| 12/2022 |
Megan Arens |
Tier 2 at the Middle Level: the Role of the RTI Team in Building a Sustainable System |
| 12/2022 |
Hyunwoo Yang |
The early childhood education in public education – motivation, workforce, and effects |
| 12/2022 |
Changhee Lee |
Rethinking Equity and Innovation in Education: A Systematic Approach to Mapping and Evaluating Innovative Educational Initiatives |
| 8/2022 |
Elizabeth Hrodey |
The Use of School and Classroom Interventions to Prevent the Misidentification and Overrepresentation of Black Adolescents in Special Education |
| 8/2022 |
Kathlyn Stebbins-Hinz |
Leadership in Service of “At-risk” Students: Lessons from Alternative High Schools |
| 8/2022 |
Ayesha Inayat |
Bridging Gaps: Faculty Perspectives on Enhancing Their Teaching and Their Ideas for High Quality Faculty Teaching Development Programs in Pakistan |
| 8/2022 |
Lydia Gandy-Fastovich |
Special Education Through the Parent Lens: Experiences, Expertise, and Hope towards Collaborative Partnerships |
| 8/2022 |
Nancy Nikolay |
Navigating Reform Efforts: Teachers’ Sensemaking During Curriculum Reform Efforts |
| 8/2022 |
Neil O’Connell |
Features of Personalized Learning in Middle School |
| 8/2022 |
Danyelle Wright |
The Pursuit Towards Anti-Racist Professional Development for a Wisconsin School District |
| 8/2022 |
Ashley Gaskey |
What’s Faculty Have to Do with It? A Critical Analysis of Faculty at For-Profit Institutions |
| 5/2022 |
Christopher Barnes |
Your Success Is Our Success: An Exploration of Black Ph.D. Students’ Educational Journeys and Experiences with Mentorship |
| 5/2022 |
Nicholas Mitchell |
Principals’ Approaches to Addressing Racial Inequities in Schools |
| 5/2022 |
Na Lor |
A Mixed Methods Study of Cultural Inequity in Higher Education |
| 5/2022 |
Colleen Larsen |
Dreams beyond Safety: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Refugee Students at Two-Year Public Colleges in Wisconsin |
| 5/2022 |
Emilie Hofacker |
An Alumni Perspective: Posse Program Impact on STEM Degree Attainment and STEM Workforce Transition |
| 5/2022 |
Sarah Lent |
A Call for an Education About Whiteness: Intersections of Teaching and Leading for Antiracist Education |
| 5/2022 |
Sarah Odell |
Listening for Resistance: Stories Challenging the Binary in K-12 Educational Leadership |
| 12/2021 |
David Brokopp |
Elementary Principals’ Decision to Use Exclusionary Discipline and the Influence of School Safety on that Decision |
| 12/2021 |
Shelby Rogers |
Transfixed on Eliminating Barriers: Re-conceptualizing Student Success Practices in Contemporary Higher Education at a Public Historically Black College and University |
| 12/2021 |
Brett Stousland |
Certifying Intercultural Competence: An Investigation of Districts’ Participation in a State Program |
| 12/2021 |
Helen Behr |
Beyond the Closed Door: Teacher Autonomy in Context |
| 12/2021 |
Byron Sharer Robertson |
How Do Parental Educational Expectations Change in High School? |
| 12/2021 |
Molly Carroll |
Field Experience Organization |
| 8/2021 |
Jacqueline Forbes |
“So We Made Our Own Table”: An Exploration of Three Black Educational Organizations in Atlanta |
| 8/2021 |
Casey Blochowiak |
The Positive Deviance Improvement Approach in Education: A Case Study of School and District Application |
| 8/2021 |
Dawn Crim |
Hard Row to Hoe: Unearthing the Barriers, Challenges & Resiliency of African American Women Presidents at Baccalaureate Institutions |
| 8/2021 |
Kelly Demerath |
Who Is Career and College Ready: Equity and Outcomes in Dual Enrollment Programs |
| 8/2021 |
Mark Stateler |
The Influence of School Resource Officers on School Climate in Rural Settings: Perspectives of Students, Principals, and School Resource Officers |
| 8/2021 |
Timothy Rosenthal |
What Role Do Instances of Toxic Masculinity and Gender Stereotyping Play in Middle School Boys’ Decision-Making Processes Regarding Joining/Continuing in School Choir Programs? |
| 8/2021 |
Ellie Bruecker |
An Exploration of Financial Aid Application Patterns and College Access: Three Studies Using High School-Level FAFSA Data |
| 8/2021 |
Allison Degraaf |
Building Teachers’ Instructional Capacity in a Balanced Literacy Framework |
| 8/2021 |
Nicole Marble |
Fostering Rigorous Learning Opportunities through Academic Conversations and the Teacher Professional Learning that Supports Sustained Schoolwide Use |
| 8/2021 |
Mary Dueñas |
You’re Not Really Here Because You Deserve to Be Here: How Latinx College Students Experience Imposter Syndrome |
| 8/2021 |
Francis Redmon |
Listening to Stories Students Tell About the Impact of Personalized Learning on Their Learning and Lives |
| 8/2021 |
Kimberly Amidzich |
Understanding the Role of Equity in School Improvement Science: A Tale of Two Districts |
| 8/2021 |
Barb Novak |
Persistent Barriers to Equity: State Statutes and State Education Agency Regulations and Guidance about Specific Learning Disabilities |
| 8/2021 |
Minseok Yang |
Unforeseen Costs and Casualties: The Impact of Teachers’ Union Reform on Teacher Labor Market Responses |
| 5/2021 |
Laura Eicher |
In Schools with Equitable Practices, What is the Elementary Principal’s Role to Improve Reading Achievement? |
| 5/2021 |
Dominic Ledesma |
From language access to communicative equity: Understanding the role and impact of language access accommodations for linguistically diverse parents in K-12 public schools |
| 5/2021 |
Brett Nachman |
“I Found My Place”: Unraveling Autistic Community College Students’ Experiences in a College Autism Transition Program |
| 12/2020 |
Nicholas Reichhoff |
Layered Instructional Leadership for Coherence: A Case Study of District and School Level Practices |
| 12/2020 |
Tanushree Rawat |
Ambitious and Routine Tasks for Integrating Technology in Schools: Stories of Two Rural Public Schools in India |
| 8/2020 |
Julie Kallio |
Solving Problems Together: Findings from the Early Stages of a Networked Improvement Community |
| 8/2020 |
Brit Wagner |
New Landing, New Transition: A Phenomenological Investigation of the International Student Arrival Experience |
| 8/2020 |
Robert DeMeuse |
Check Yes or No: Identifying Factors that Predict Rural Wisconsin Public School District Referendum Passage |
| 5/2020 |
Andrew Erdmann |
Out of the Closet: Examining Residence Hall Climate at a Large Public Research Institution for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* and Queer+ Students |
| 5/2020 |
Daniel Corral |
Demographic and Policy Factors Shaping Hispanic Undocumented Student Outcomes: Three Quantitative Studies Based on a Large-Scale Survey |
| 5/2020 |
Carmen Bartley |
Creating Access to Meaningful Resources and Relationships: Critical Brokerage Practices in a Public Elementary School |
| 5/2020 |
Cassidy Kist |
Opening the Door? How Wisconsin School Districts Respond to Increased Mathematics Graduation Requirements and Its Impact on Students’ Educational Opportunities |
| 12/2019 |
John Harper |
Habits of Mind of District Administrators: An Exploratory Study |
| 12/2019 |
Ning Sun |
Is Active Learning a Viable Approach to Community College Student Success in STEM? Investigating the Link between Learning Experiences, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Academic Outcomes |
| 12/2019 |
SoHee Hyun |
Challenges Facing Immigrant Transfer Students Persisting in American Higher Education |
| 12/2019 |
Taylor Weichman |
Cultivating 21st Century Learners through Facilitation of Adventure-Based Education |
| 8/2019 |
Gwendolyn Baxley |
not available in data base |
| 8/2019 |
Yeseul Choi |
Pathways of Academic Resilience: Exploring the Multiple Developmental Trajectories of Low-income Students During Early Education |
| 6/2019 |
Boeun Choi |
Attributes of Living-Learning Communities that Contribute to College Students’ Learning |
| 6/2019 |
Heather Roth |
The Intersection of Equity Systems Change and African American Student Success |
| 5/2019 |
Jamila Lee-Johnson |
I Am Becoming: Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black Women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Elected Student Leadership Positions |
| 5/2019 |
Candance Weidensee |
How School Leaders Support the Development of Growth Mindsets in Teachers to Benefit Diverse Students |
| 5/2019 |
Aaron Engel |
The Resistance Principals Face and Their Response to that Resistance when Including Students with Disabilities |
| 5/2019 |
Rachelle
Clardy-Brown |
The Elementary Principal’s Role in Professional Development and Learning Communities: How to Support Continual Professional Growth |
| 5/2019 |
Jody Hare |
The Return of Near-Completers to Higher Education for Degree Completion: Adult Students Seeking Closure |
| 5/2019 |
Brittany
Ota-Malloy |
Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Voices of Black Women’s Activist Experiences on a Predominantly White Campus
2018-2019 ELPA Higher Education Dissertation of the Year |
| 5/2019 |
Hyoung Joon Park |
Practices Used by STEM Faculty for Gathering Formative Student Feedback: Beyond Traditional Student Evaluation |
| 5/2019 |
Jeffrey Fleig |
The Roles and Practices of the Superintendent in Equity Systems Change |
| 5/2019 |
Shannon Anderson |
Principal and Teacher Collaboration for Social Justice in Predominately White, Affluent Schools |
| 5/2019 |
Angela Montpas |
African American Parent Perspectives on Positive Relationships with Their Children’s Teachers |
| 5/2019 |
Charles Wiza |
High School Students’ Sense of Belonging in Relationship to Inclusive Practices |
| 5/2019 |
Nnabugwu Ekwelum |
Education’s Silent Exodus: A Critical Exploration of Race & the Shortage of Black Men in the Teaching Profession |
| 5/2019 |
Benjamin Burns |
The Role of Identity Development in Principal Responses to Staff Resistance to Equity
2018-2019 ELPA K12 Dissertation of the Year |
| 1/2019 |
Laura Sangroula |
School Leaders Who Cultivate a Mutually Reinforcing Learning Environment in Schools with
Spanish-speaking English Language Learners |
| 5/2018 |
Chelsea Blackburn-Cohen |
Globalization and the Mobility of Ideas: A Critical Account of Academics in Exile at Colleges and Universities in the United States |
| 5/2018 |
Janelle Ramsel |
Addressing the 1:4 with IX in the B1G: How the Big 10 Interprets Federal Guidance into Student-on-Student Title IX Sexual Assault Policies |
| 5/2018 |
Sheltreese McCoy |
Where Is My Place?: Queer and Transgender Students of Color Experiences in
Cultural Centers at a Predominantly White University |
| 8/2017 |
Jihye Kam |
Role of institutional diversity : student affinity for preferred college major |
| 8/2017 |
Tangela Blakely Reavis |
College choice interrupted or facilitated : a qualitative case study examining how social class and schools structure opportunity for students in urban high schools |
| 8/2017 |
Van Lac |
Centering Student Voice: Doing Participatory Action Research Alongside Minoritized Youth |
| 5/2017 |
Michelle
Weisrock |
Professional learning in high achieving elementary schools |
| 5/2017 |
Maurielle Amechi |
not available in data base |
| 5/2017 |
Kelly Wickersham |
Where to go from here ? toward a model of community college students’ decision-making around postsecondary pathway selection |
| 5/2017 |
Alexis Bourgeois |
A Community Development Corporation and the cultivation of educational opportunity |
| 5/2017 |
Adam Ross Nelson |
Learning and development as a result of student conduct administration |
| 5/2017 |
Sandra Kiddoo |
Exploring Associate Degree Outcomes of Stacked Credential Models at Two-Year Colleges |
| 5/2017 |
Ramon Ortiz |
The Latino male educational trajectory : a precollege econometric model and 21st century implications |
| 12/2016 |
Miao-Ching Liu |
Conformity, resistance, and gaming : the impact of world university ranking on faculty scholarship at a Taiwanese university |
| 12/2016 |
Anne Lang |
Characteristics of human resource management systems that promote inclusive practices |
| 12/2016 |
Charity Chandler |
Factors contributing to and militating against retention of gay & lesbian faculty : faculty perspectives |
| 12/2016 |
Laura Wartman Bloker |
The Perceptions of Team Members on the Use of Data in Placement Decisions for Students with Disabilities |
| 12/2016 |
Susan Wenker |
Factors contributing to and militating against physical therapists’ decisions to work with older adults |
| 12/2016 |
Dominique Bradley |
Lost in Translation? An Investigation of the Pre-service to Classroom Experience |
| 12/2016 |
Sara Cutler |
White Teacher, Black Students: Racializing Successful Mathematical Pedagogy |
| 8/2016 |
Christopher Sadler |
Supporting beginning general education teachers in meeting the needs of a diverse classroom : a study of induction practices |
| 8/2016 |
Deniece Dortch |
Interrupting the usual : African-American doctoral students experiencing race at a predominantly white institution |
| 8/2016 |
Ken Bates |
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program’s impact on college preparation : the student perspective. |
| 8/2016 |
Mankah Zama |
Sticks, stones, and digital phones : the legal implications of K-12 bullying |
| 8/2016 |
James Finley |
Experienced school leaders and continued learning |
| 8/2016 |
David Perrodin |
How educational administrators prepare schools for high-stakes safety situations : a focus on elementary schools in rural and suburban contexts |
| 8/2016 |
Desiree Alva |
Understanding Latino students’ sense of belonging in engineering : the impact of institutional agents at one predominantly White institution |
| 8/2016 |
Valyncia Raphael |
Expanding the single story : Black female athlete experiences playing country club sports at a predominantly white institution |
| 8/2016 |
Hyekyung Lee |
Nontraditional-age students and college completion : exploring the holistic effects of institution, family, and work |
| 5/2016 |
Se Woong Lee |
Pulling back the curtain : the relationship between teacher quality and students’ educational outcomes |
| 5/2016 |
Lisa Steinkamp |
Cultivating post-secondary opportunity and service : youth and young adult perspectives on a high school leadership program |
| 5/2016 |
Sandra Garbowicz David |
Hiring practices in high performing schools |
| 12/2015 |
Nathan Wills |
How people learn in K-8 blended learning Catholic schools : floating, failing, and filling Tetris gaps |
| 8/2015 |
Tetyana Schneider |
Hmong American students who majored in STEM in two-year colleges in the Midwest : experiences before, during, and outside of college which contribute to their development as global citizens |
| 8/2015 |
Cassandra Schug |
The role of the superintendent in system-wide success for pre-K-12 English Language Learners |
| 8/2015 |
Sun Young Yoon |
Causal mediation mechanisms in inquiry-based science professional development |
| 8/2015 |
Melodie Wyttenbach |
The educational experience of DACAmented students : utilizing capitals to confront barriers and navigate the American educational experience. |
| 5/2015 |
Morna Foy |
An exploration of institutionalized structures as employer engagement strategies in the Wisconsin Technical College System |
| 5/2015 |
Todd Gray |
ABC for the ABC’s : can ABC/M improve budget allocations and cost efficiencies in a Wisconsin public school district to help sustain educational programming? |
| 5/2015 |
Madhu Verma |
My voice, My Choice : reflections from second generation Asian Indian American college women |
| 5/2015 |
Bradley Piazza |
How do technical college leaders initiate and implement change to facilitate comprehensive internationalization at their campuses? |
| 5/2015 |
Sharon Contreras |
School-wide organization, structures, and processes used to achieve high performance : a multicase study of high-poverty elementary schools with high percentages of students of color |
| 5/2015 |
Amy Zelenski |
Theatre-based Empathy Training in Medicine: Exploring the Spaces In Between |
| 5/2015 |
Peter Wilson |
Advancing Opportunities for All Students: Superintendent Leadership Teams in High-Achieving School Districts |
| 5/2015 |
Rob Manzke |
Attributes of Innovative Global Citizenship Programs at Mid-Sized Public Universities |
| 5/2015 |
Meg Filkins |
YouTube as a K-12 Professional Learning Tool: What New Media Videos Can Teach Educators About RtI and PBIS |