College of Education Theses and Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Securing the Blessings – Cultivating Active Citizens: Public School Principals’ Perceptions of How They Nurture a Democratic Way of Life, Judith Marie McCann Floeter
Pre-Service Secondary Science Teachers’ Understanding and Use of Modeling, Bryan J. Meeker
Deathscapes in Neoliberal Times: Prisonfare, Workfare and Resistance as Potential Outcomes for Black Youth, Ebony Rose
Chicago’s 2013 School Actions: An investigation of post-2008 racial neoliberal policy, Sonya Mohini Roy-Singh
A Study of the Impact of Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions on Academic Performance, Suzanne Velasquez-Sheehy
Instructional Technology and Self-Directed Learning For Students' Academic Success, Vincent Demetrious Wiggins
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
CREATING FUTURES: Transformative Involvement Experiences For Immigrant Latino Parents., María del Carmen Aragonés Guarro
Urban adolescents' field trip experiences: a phenomenological perspective, Julia Elizabeth Anne Borst Brazas
Educators' Positive Stress Responses: Eustress and Psychological Capital, Karen Bradley
PORTRAITS OF FOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WHO EARNED DOCTORAL DEGREES FROM A PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTION, Sherry M. Coleman Hunter
An Ethnography of Voice(s) in the School House: Making Sense of Girl World, Julie Devaud
From Survivor to Advocate: The Therapeutic Benefits of Public Disclosure, Katherine Infusino
The Journey to the Top: Women's Paths to the University Presidency, Ann Marie Klotz
STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE: EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS MAKING THE CHOICE TO BE AN EXCEPTION, Tawanda Lawrence
TANZANIA POST-COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND PERSPECTIVES ON SECONDARY SCIENCE EDUCATION, PEDAGOGY, AND CURRICULUM: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Eugenia Lucas Wandela
Looking For A Solution: Social Justice Education and Its Impact on Adolescent Empowerment, Anita Thawani
“Making it Click”: Assigning Value and Confronting Obstacles in an Educational Exhibit, Andrea Thomalla Cavedo
Youth's Lived Experience of an After-School Music Program: Understanding the Meanings and Values Placed on Music Learning, Brittany Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: RECONCEPTUALIZING WORLD HISTORY CURRICULUM FOR A GLOBAL ERA, Ryan S. Bates
Colonialism, Neoliberalism, Education and Culture in Cameroon, Mary C. Diang
The Dangerous Reality: Sexual Risk Taking Among College Women, Shannon Greybar Milliken
The Moderating Effect of Hope on the Relationship Between Emotional Approach Coping and Flourishing in College Students, Katherine Kandaris
LIFE ON HOLD: The effect of recession and neoliberalism on millennials’ beliefs about education, economic participation, and adulthood, Stephanie E. Kirmer
SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN, WHERE’S DINAH? GENDERED DIMENSIONS OF THE PROFESSIONAL CULINARY WORLD, Stephanie Konkol
Hegemony within Student Affairs: The Interpretive Nature of College Student Development Theory, Marissa L. Lucchesi
ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS: MAKING RACIAL MEANING IN AN ERA OF COLOR-BLIND RACISM, Vijay Pendakur
DIAGNOSED BUT NOT DEFEATED: THE EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES WITH PAST HISTORIES OF ENROLLMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WHO SUCCESSFULLY ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Kennedi Strickland-Dixon
OUTSIDE THE REALM: THE COUNTER-NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENT INVOLVEMENT, Deborah Watson-Hill
The relationships among heritage language proficiency, ethnic identity, and self-esteem, Shu-Chun Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Impact of Race Race-Related Stress, Acculturation, and Ethnic Identity on Latinas/os Quality of Life, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction, Nichole Bedore
Understanding the Meaning African-American Men Give to Their Student Leadership Involvement and Engagement Activities in College, Karl A. Brooks
Closing the Gap: Use of the Instructional At-Home Plan (IAHP)® by African American Parents and the Impact on Literacy Achievement among their Kindergarten Children, Tanya Foster DeMers
BECOMING: ONE TEACHER’S JOURNEY INTO SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, Elizabeth C. Fyffe
The Post-Black Aesthetic and Meanings of Blackness through the Collage Narratives of Kara Walker and Fred Wilson, William Hill
The Relationship between Employability and Hope, Christa Hinton
Barriers and Supports to Curricular Innovation, James P. Klock
It Takes Leadership to Build a Village: A Portrait of a Public School Community That Is Closing the Achievement Gap, Julie MacCarthy
The Impact of Year-Round Education on Fifth Grade African American Reading Achievement Scores in an Urban Illinois School, Carolyn A. Merrill
The Changing Role of the School Psychologist in Response to Intervention, Sharon Murphy-Price
HOSPITAL-BASED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS: A SELF-STUDY, Samantha Gold Oberstein
Trauma and Identity: Action as a Response to State Violence in Colombia, Alison J. Paul
A Study of the Effectiveness of a Character Education Program to Prevent Bullying in Fourth and Seventh Grade, Deborah J. Shapiro
NATURE VERSUS NURTURE: CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT’S EFFECT ON STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, Stephanie Souvenir
Learning To Live: Urban Black Male Youth, Curriculum Protest and Transformative Citizenship, Colette Thelemaque-Collier
THE MEANING OF RUNNING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, Kristin Owen Westfall
With distinction: Examining the relevance of Bourdieu’s cultural capital in relation to community music programs and social transformation, Caolfionn Yenney-Henderson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
FRAMED BY PRIVILEGE: PERPETUATING AND RESISTING WHITE SUPREMACY IN WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS PARENTING, Kelly Brianne Baldwin
Sites of Agency, Sites of Growth: Elements of Success for Formerly Incarcerated Adult Graduates of an Alternative High School, Mary Hornschemeier Bandstra
The Image of God of Christian, non-Christian and Clinical Populations: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Perspective, Mihaela E. Bernard
Personalismo, Small Schools, and Latino Students' Academic Success, Isabel Mesa Collins
Applications of the Theories of Mikhail Bakhtin in Science Education, Jason Delgatto
The Predictive Validity of High School Grades to College Remedial Mathematics Performance, John Dozier
The Social Context of Urban School Reform: Collective Efficacy and Student Achievement, Carla E. Ellis
Stories and Cultural Humility: Exploring Power and Privilege through Physical Therapists' Life Stories, Marjorie Hilliard
Help-Seeking Behaviors of African American Men, Leslie D. Holley
A Guest in Someone's House: Exploring the Role of African-American Student-Faculty/Staff Interactions in a Community College Setting, Yolanda Isaacs
Context and Process in International Teacher Recruitment: The Experiences of Global Educators Outreach (GEO) Teachers from Africa in the U.S.A., Omar A. Kamara
AN ANALYSIS OF TWO EDUCATION REFORM POLICIES: OBAMA'S RACE TO THE TOP AND PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAMS, Alecia S. Person
The Effects of an Advisory Program on Middle-Level Student Learning, Jeffrey Stawick
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Immigrant Perspectives: Social reproduction and the future of second generation Mexican-American and Chinese-American immigrants, Carolyn Bruner-Opps
Understanding Empowerment, Informal Education, and Access to Decision-Making in a Community Organization, Maurya Delaney
Educational assessment: Exploring the relationship between computer adaptive testing, data analysis, and student achievement, Michael Donhost
Privatization and Democratization: The Usages of Democracy in Chicago's School Reform Discourse, Erin Dyke
Developing a Social Justice Curriculum: Intersections of Identity, Community, Inheritance and Experience, Melissa Rae Goodnight
Understanding Multiple Perspectives of African American Males in a Suburban High School, Ravi Hansra Matrenec
Court-involved African American males and social capital within Chicago public schools, Troy Harden
Museum education and the climate of accountability, Rebecca Manuel
Museum Education and the Climate of Accountability, Rebecca J. Manuel
Msculine Identity and the Education and Parental Involvement of African American Teen Fathers, Milissa McClaire Gary
Privatization and Cyber Charter Schools, Tammy Meyn-Rogeness
Jovenes Indocumentados: Exploring the Educational Aspirations of Undocumented, Latino Students in the U.S.A., Katherine Moone
WHAT'S ALL THAT NOISE?: A STUDY OF CONSTRUCTED GENDER MEANINGS IN NEWS PUBLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Laura M. Moran
Parental involvement in a new environment: Igbo families in Chicago and the education of their children—a narrative inquiry, Obiefuna Onwughalu
A Comparative Study of the Impact of Charitable Donations on the Financial Viability of San Miguel Model Schools, Michael Quirk
Teaching to the World: The Internationalization of a College of Education in the United States, Elizabeth M. Robbins
African-American Males’ Perception of Factors Involved in Their Resilience and Academic Success, Johnnie Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Educational Leaders Perceptions of Emotional Intelligence and How it Effects their Professional Practice, Yaffa Krugliak Lahat
The Role of a Literacy Coach in Supporting Instructional Improvement and Student Achievement, Holly Jo Murer
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Service Learning and its Effect on Students' Attitudes towards Learning, William Thomas Conard
The Impact of Mentoring on Retention, Quality, Commitment of Graduates from One School-University Partnership, Brenda Kraber
Maintaining Hope/ Encouraging Perspective in Special Education, Donna Smith
Teacher Perceptions of Multicultural Education: A Research Proposal for a Study of the Perceptions of Five White, Female Teachers, Katherine Waight
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Female Students as Online Learners: A Case Study in Navigating Academic Success, Noreen A. Powers
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Educating Students with Disabilities in the Least Restrictive Environment: Does Money Matter?, Karin Martino
Finding Home: An Autoethnographic Tale of Borders and Identity, Diane Sabenacio Nititham
Transitional Bilingual Education and Latino Student Achievement, Maria J. Vargas
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Crafting Character Education to “Count” for Self and Other. A Journey of Empowerment via Character Counts! For Four High School Students, Lisa D. Bucciarelli
Integrating Oral Language in English as a Second Language Literacy Instruction: A Case study, Courtney F. Garron
Resisting the Struggle: Why Blacks Opposed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago, 1966-1967, Darlene Gordon
My Journey towards Culturally Relevant Teaching, Challa M. Holland
An Examination into a Year of Physics I: Community and Motivation, Deborah A. Koolbeck
Working My Way through College: Does Part-time work affect the Academic Success of Full-time Undergraduates?, J. D. Lambert
Portrait of Change: A Struggling Urban High School in Transition toward Improvement, Jerlyn W. Maloy
Measurement of Nursing Home Resident Satisfaction Using the Matuzak Quality of Life – Hierarchy of Needs Questionnaire: A Pilot Study, Denise M. Matuzak
Fitting into a New Model: Women’s Use of Physical Force, Ann E. Oorbeck