As the culminating experience of their graduate programs and with the guidance of the faculty, PhD students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis are producing dissertations which contribute to the knowledge base regarding education and offer important insights about improving educational practices and policies. Listed below are ELPA PhD graduates with links to their dissertations.
5/22 Christopher Barnes
Your Success Is Our Success: An Exploration of Black Ph.D. Students’ Educational Journeys and Experiences with Mentorship
5/22 Nicholas Mitchell
Principals’ Approaches to Addressing Racial Inequities in Schools
5/22 Na Lor
A Mixed Methods Study of Cultural Inequity in Higher Education
5/22 Colleen Larsen
Dreams beyond Safety: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Refugee Students at Two-Year Public Colleges in Wisconsin
5/22 Emilie Hofacker
An Alumni Perspective: Posse Program Impact on STEM Degree Attainment and STEM Workforce Transition
5/22 Sarah Lent
A Call for an Education About Whiteness: Intersections of Teaching and Leading for Antiracist Education
5/22 Sarah Odell
Listening for Resistance: Stories Challenging the Binary in K-12 Educational Leadership
12/21 David Brokopp
Elementary Principals’ Decision to Use Exclusionary Discipline and the Influence
of School Safety on that Decision
12/21 Shelby Rogers
Transfixed on Eliminating Barriers: Re-conceptualizing Student Success Practices in Contemporary Higher Education at a Public Historically Black College and University
12/21 Brett Stousland
Certifying Intercultural Competence: An Investigation of Districts’ Participation in a State
Program
12/21 Helen Behr
Beyond the Closed Door: Teacher Autonomy in Context
12/21 Byron Sharer Robertson
How Do Parental Educational Expectations Change in High School ?
12/21 Molly Carroll
Field Experience Organization
8/21 Jacqueline Forbes
“So We Made Our Own Table”: An Exploration of Three Black Educational Organizations in Atlanta
8/21 Casey Blochowiak
The Positive Deviance Improvement Approach in Education:
A Case Study of School and District Application
8/21 Dawn Crim
Hard Row to Hoe: Unearthing the Barriers, Challenges & Resiliency of African American
Women Presidents at Baccalaureate Institutions
8/21 Kelly Demerath
Who Is Career and College Ready: Equity and Outcomes in Dual Enrollment Programs
8/21 Mark Stateler
The Influence of School Resource Officers on School Climate in Rural Settings: Perspectives of Students, Principals, and School Resource Officers
8/21 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?
8/21 Ellie Bruecker
An Exploration of Financial Aid Application Patterns and College Access: Three Studies Using High School-Level FAFSA Data
8/21 Allison Degraaf
Building Teachers’ Instructional Capacity in a Balanced Literacy Framework
8/21 Nicole Marble
Fostering Rigorous Learning Opportunities through Academic Conversations and the Teacher Professional Learning that Supports Sustained Schoolwide Use
8/21 Mary Duenas
You’re Not Really Here Because You Deserve to Be Here: How Latinx College Students Experience Imposter Syndrome
8/21 Francis Redmon
Listening to Stories Students Tell About the Impact of Personalized Learning on Their Learning and Lives
8/21 Kimberly Amidzich
Understanding the Role of Equity in School Improvement Science: A Tale of Two Districts
8/21 Barb Novak
Persistent Barriers to Equity: State Statutes and State Education Agency Regulations and Guidance about Specific Learning Disabilities
8/21 Minseok Yang
Unforeseen Costs and Casualties:
The Impact of Teachers’ Union Reform on Teacher Labor Market Responses
5/21 Casey Blochowiak
The Positive Deviance Improvement Approach in Education:
A Case Study of School and District Application
5/21 Laura Eicher
In Schools with Equitable Practices, What is the Elementary Principal’s Role
to Improve Reading Achievement?
5/21 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
5/21 Brett Nachman
“I Found My Place”: Unraveling Autistic Community College Students’ Experiences in a College Autism Transition Program
12/20 Nicholas Reichhoff
Layered Instructional Leadership for Coherence:
A Case Study of District and School Level Practices
12/20 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 (not available in data base)
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 (not available in data base)
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
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8/2019
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Gwendolyn Baxley
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8/2019
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Yeseul Choi
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Pathways of Academic Resilience: Exploring the Multiple Developmental Trajectories of Low-income Students During Early Education
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6/2019
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Boeun Choi
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Attributes of Living-Learning Communities that Contribute to College Students’ Learning
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6/2019
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Heather Roth
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The Intersection of Equity Systems Change and African American Student Success
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5/2019
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Jamila Lee-Johnson
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I Am Becoming: Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black Women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Elected Student Leadership Positions
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5/2019
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Candance Weidensee
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How School Leaders Support the Development of Growth Mindsets in Teachers to Benefit Diverse Students
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5/2019
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Aaron Engel
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5/2019
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Rachelle
Clardy-Brown
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The Elementary Principal’s Role in Professional Development and Learning Communities: How to Support Continual Professional Growth
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5/2019
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Jody Hare
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The Return of Near-Completers to Higher Education for Degree Completion: Adult Students Seeking Closure
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5/2019
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Brittany
Ota-Malloy
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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 |
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5/2019
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Hyoung Joon Park
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Practices Used by STEM Faculty for Gathering Formative Student Feedback: Beyond Traditional Student Evaluation
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5/2019
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Jeffrey Fleig
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The Roles and Practices of the Superintendent in Equity Systems Change
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5/2019
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Shannon Anderson
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Principal and Teacher Collaboration for Social Justice in Predominately White, Affluent Schools
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5/2019
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Angela Montpas
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African American Parent Perspectives on Positive Relationships with Their Children’s Teachers
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5/2019
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Charles Wiza
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High School Students’ Sense of Belonging in Relationship to Inclusive Practices
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5/2019
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Nnabugwu Ekwelum
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Education’s Silent Exodus: A Critical Exploration of Race & the Shortage of Black Men in the Teaching Profession
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5/2019
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Benjamin Burns
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The Role of Identity Development in Principal Responses to Staff Resistance to Equity
2018-2019 ELPA K12 Dissertation of the Year
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1/2019
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Laura Sangroula
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School Leaders Who Cultivate a Mutually Reinforcing Learning Environment in Schools with
Spanish-speaking English Language Learners
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5/2018
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Chelsea Blackburn-Cohen
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Globalization and the Mobility of Ideas: A Critical Account of Academics in Exile at Colleges and Universities in the United States
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5/2018
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Janelle Ramsel
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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
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5/2018
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Sheltreese McCoy
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Where Is My Place?: Queer and Transgender Students of Color Experiences in
Cultural Centers at a Predominantly White University
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8/2017
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Jihye Kam
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Role of institutional diversity : student affinity for preferred college major
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8/2017
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Tangela Blakely Reavis
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College choice interrupted or facilitated : a qualitative case study examining how social class and schools structure opportunity for students in urban high schools
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5/2017
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Michelle
Weisrock
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Professional learning in high achieving elementary schools
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5/2017
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Maurielle Amechi
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5/2017
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Kelly Wickersham
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Where to go from here ? toward a model of community college students’ decision-making around postsecondary pathway selection
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8/2017
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Van Lac
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Centering Student Voice: Doing Participatory Action Research Alongside Minoritized Youth
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5/2017
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Alexis Bourgeois
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A Community Development Corporation and the cultivation of educational opportunity
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5/2017
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Adam Ross Nelson
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Learning and development as a result of student conduct administration
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5/2017
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Sandra Kiddoo
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Exploring Associate Degree Outcomes of Stacked Credential Models at Two-Year Colleges
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5/2017
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Ramon Ortiz
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The Latino male educational trajectory : a precollege econometric model and 21st century implications
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12/2016
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Miao-Ching Liu
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Conformity, resistance, and gaming : the impact of world university ranking on faculty scholarship at a Taiwanese university
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12/2016
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Anne Lang
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Characteristics of human resource management systems that promote inclusive practices
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12/2016
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Charity Chandler
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Factors contributing to and militating against retention of gay & lesbian faculty : faculty perspectives
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12/2016
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Laura Wartman Bloker
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The Perceptions of Team Members on the Use of Data in Placement Decisions for Students with Disabilities
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12/2016
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Susan Wenker
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Factors contributing to and militating against physical therapists’ decisions to work with older adults
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12/2016
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Dominique Bradley
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Lost in Translation? An Investigation of the Pre-service to Classroom Experience
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11/2016
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Sara Cutler
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White Teacher, Black Students: Racializing Successful Mathematical Pedagogy
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8/2016
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Christopher Sadler
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Supporting beginning general education teachers in meeting the needs of a diverse classroom : a study of induction practices
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8/2016
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Deniece Dortch
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Interrupting the usual : African-American doctoral students experiencing race at a predominantly white institution
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8/2016
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Ken Bates
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The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program’s impact on college preparation : the student perspective.
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8/2016
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Mankah Zama
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Sticks, stones, and digital phones : the legal implications of K-12 bullying
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8/2016
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James Finley
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Experienced school leaders and continued learning
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8/2016
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David Perrodin
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How educational administrators prepare schools for high-stakes safety situations : a focus on elementary schools in rural and suburban contexts
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8/2016
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Desiree Alva
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Understanding Latino students’ sense of belonging in engineering : the impact of institutional agents at one predominantly White institution
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8/2016
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Valyncia Raphael
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Expanding the single story : Black female athlete experiences playing country club sports at a predominantly white institution
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8/2016
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Hyekyung Lee
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Nontraditional-age students and college completion : exploring the holistic effects of institution, family, and work
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5/2016
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Se Woong Lee
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Pulling back the curtain : the relationship between teacher quality and students’ educational outcomes
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5/2016
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Lisa Steinkamp
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Cultivating post-secondary opportunity and service : youth and young adult perspectives on a high school leadership program
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5/2016
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Sandra Garbowicz David
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Hiring practices in high performing schools
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12/2015
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Nathan Wills
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How people learn in K-8 blended learning Catholic schools : floating, failing, and filling Tetris gaps
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8/2015
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Tetyana Schneider
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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
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8/2015
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Cassandra Schug
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The role of the superintendent in system-wide success for pre-K-12 English Language Learners
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8/2015
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Sun Young Yoon
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Causal mediation mechanisms in inquiry-based science professional development
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8/2015
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Melodie Wyttenbach
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The educational experience of DACAmented students : utilizing capitals to confront barriers and navigate the American educational experience.
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5/2015
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Morna Foy
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An exploration of institutionalized structures as employer engagement strategies in the Wisconsin Technical College System
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5/2015
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Todd Gray
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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?
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5/2015
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Madhu Verma
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My voice, My Choice : reflections from second generation Asian Indian American college women
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5/2015
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Bradley Piazza
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How do technical college leaders initiate and implement change to facilitate comprehensive internationalization at their campuses?
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5/2015
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Sharon Contreras
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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
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5/2015
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Amy Zelenski
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Theatre-based Empathy Training in Medicine: Exploring the Spaces In Between
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5/2015
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Peter Wilson
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Advancing Opportunities for All Students: Superintendent Leadership Teams in High-Achieving School Districts
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5/2015
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Rob Manzke
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Attributes of Innovative Global Citizenship Programs at Mid-Sized Public Universities
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5/2015
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Meg Filkins
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YouTube as a K-12 Professional Learning Tool: What New Media Videos Can Teach Educators About RtI and PBIS
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