Theses/Dissertations from 2023
NAVIGATING THE HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE: ARTS-BASED PERSPECTIVES BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, Bobby G. Gondola Jr.
A CASE STUDY OF NONCREDIT TO CREDIT PATHWAYS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Amy Grzybowski
QUEER AND TRANS INCLUSION IN FINNISH TEACHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Megan C. Jones
THE OUTSIDER WITHIN: THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN STUDENTS IN HIGER EDUCATION, Safietou Sagna
CULTURALLY SUSTAINING DISCIPLINARY HISTORY INSTRUCTION: TEACHERS EXPLORING A POSSIBILITY THROUGH PRACTICE, Brenda Santos
MISSING VOICES: A FORMATIVE EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE DIALOGUE IN ONE ONLINE COLLEGE CLASSROOM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, P. Kevin Topper
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
I SEE YOU!: CENTERING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF COLLEGIATE BLACK WOMEN ENGAGED IN ACTIVISM, Chiquita K. Baylor
MSW GRADUATES PROCESS OF READINESS FOR THE SOCIAL WORK FIELD, Karin L. Capobianco
LEARNING TO VISUALIZE: MIDDLE-LEVEL LEARNERS ANALYZING AND DESIGNING SCIENCE INFOGRAPHICS, Mark Davis
USING CONSTRUCTIVIST GROUNDED THEORY TO UNPACK HOW WHITE WOMEN IN STEM BECOME COMMITTED TO RACIAL JUSTICE, Desiree Forsythe
THE BOLSTERING EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, Kyle Normand Gamache
CHRONICLING A PANDEMIC: UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS DURING THE MARCH 2020 SHUTDOWN, Timothy Kenney
EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES AND MOTIVATIONS OF WOMEN WHO LEAD AND ENGAGE IN CHANGE WORK AT THEIR HOME INSTITUTION, Maria Muccio-Raposo
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE, Jennifer Pietros
What Is Classical Education? Using Curriculum Theory to Define A Classical Approach to K-12 Schooling, Jessica Lynne Richardi
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
EXAMINING THE LEADERSHIP AND LITERACY PRACTICES IN EFFECTIVE TITLE 1 SCHOOLS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF SCHOOLS THAT FOSTER EFFICACY SO ALL CAN LEARN, Wendy K. Amelotte
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER AGENCY, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Catherine Hawthorne-Kocak
TURNING POINTS: A CASE STUDY OF MOTIVATION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, Shawna C. Iula
STUDENT RETENTION: BRIDGING THEORY, RESEARCH, PRACTICE & POLICY, Corinne M. Kulesh
EXPLORING THE VALUE OF PEER INTERACTION DURING ONLINE INQUIRY WITH A QUESTION GENERATION TASK, Changhee Lee
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, John Olerio
A CASE STUDY OF SCIENTIFIC MODELING IN FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS: TEACHER CONCEPTIONS, EPISTEMIC FRAMING AND STUDENTS’ EXPLANATORY MODELS, Caroline W. Stabile
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: A NATURAL FIT, David I. Upegui
COUNTER-NARRATIVES MATTER: A CRITICAL RACE ANALYSIS OF BLACK SERVICEMEN’S SCHOOL-TO-MILITARY TRAJECTORY, Derece Vanterpool
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
EXPLORING THE GREEK-LETTER ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE AT PRIMARILY COMMUTER PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Michael D. Giacalone
UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPALS’ PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN SUBURBAN AND URBAN SCHOOLS: A CROSS-CASE STUDY, Abdelnasser Hussein
LEARNING PRACTICES IN CHINESE CHARACTER RECOGNITION: AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT OUTCOMES AND PERCEPTIONS, Xiaoyan Hu
STRUCTURED, INDIVIDUALIZED, VIDEO-BASED COACHING TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL SKILL ACQUISITION, Kenneth A. Lynch Jr.
INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND SENSE OF BELONGING IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS, Michele Martel
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
DEVELOPING STUDENT VOICE THROUGH TWITTER: USING MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION TO INSPIRE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, Kristen Beatty
A Phenomenological Study of Perspectives on Teacher Diversity and the Lived Experiences of Black Public School Teachers, Michael Browner Jr.
Navigating Internal and External Borderlands: The Experience of Emergent Bilingual Cape Verdean Middle School Students, Abigale E. Jansen
SCHOOL LEADER DEVELOPMENT: PERCEPTIONS OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT ON THE JOB, Nicole Rose Lyons
EXPLORING THE INCREDIBLE 5-POINT SCALE: IMPACT ON TARGET BEHAVIORS IN PRESCHOOL, Beth A. McBride Pinheiro
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF RHODE ISLAND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WORKING UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE EDUCATION POLICY, Patricia J. Murtagh
Law Enforcement Officers' Perceptions of their Skill Development and Transfer of Learning Post-Training, Jane Northup
AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNICATION TEAM, Angela Palazini
EXPLORING THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING PREGNANT WHILE A COLLEGE STUDENT, Kristina M. Perrelli
COMPASSION AND WELL-BEING: THE EFFECTS OF AN ONLINE FILMMEDIATED COMPASSION EDUCATION ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, Thupten Tendhar
ANALYSIS OF A TWITTERFEED COMMUNITY OF PRACTICING K-8 REFORM-MINDED SCIENCE TEACHERS, Susan P. Unger
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Ninth Grade Experience: Examining the Role of Student Voice in the School Reform Process, Christopher Bitgood
Agents of Change: Youth Development & Social Justice Activism, Rachel Lee Ficke Clemons
COMPASSION: CAN SERVICE LEARNING MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND IF SO, HOW?, Edward Goldberg
Developing a New Perspective: Using Narrative Inquiry and Visual Methods to Explore Hegemonic Masculinity in Physical Education, Jeffrey A. Heath
INVESTIGATING BEGINNING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, Nicole D. Hersey
AFTER “BEING THROWN IN THE CLASSROOM”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS IN VETERAN ADJUNCT FACULTY TEACHING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, Heather Shannon Miceli
Food Insecurity and its Association with Testing, Daniel Riley
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Exploring Critical Literacy with Early Childhood Educators, Lyndsey A. Benharris
The Relationship Between Pre-Service Benchmarks and Student Teaching Performance, Alexis Carlson
Teachers' Experiences of Induction Coaching: A Narrative Retrospective Inquiry, Jodi L. Clark
Early Childhood Educators' Perspectives on Autism and Evidence-Based Practices, Amy S. Grattan
Identity, Awareness, Action: A Study of White Anti-Racist Faculty Praxis at Two Predominantly White Institutions, David Brian Hayes
Computer Science Lesson Study: Building Computing Skills Among Elementary School Teachers, Thomas R. Newman
Teaching Writing with Play: A Study of Community-Based Science Education in a National Park, Jamie Remillard
Gender's Role in Abolitionist Pedagogy: A Fictionalized Autoethnography, Shelby A. Shaw
A Phenomenological Exploration of How Public School Administrators Balance Teacher Evaluation and Support of Teacher Growth, Mary F. Slattery
Strength in Numbers: How Computational Estimation Impacts Mathematics Achievement of High School Students With and Without Disabilities, Brian M. Thomsen
Measuring the Creativity of Architecture Students, Pamela Watters
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
An Explanatory Case Study of the Implementation of Co-Teaching as a Student Teaching Method, Karen L. Capraro
Investigating Predictors of Academic Success in a Foundational Business Mathematics Course, Brooke Elise D'Aloisio
Studying School Improvement Teams to Analyze Multiple Stakeholder Engagement in Decision-Making in Public Education, Julie A. DiBari
World Class(ed) Talk: The Reflective Discourse of Pell Grant Students About Their Study Abroad Experience, Thomas J. Hospod
“Missing a Crucial Asset”: Minoritized Students’ Experiences of Race and Racism During the Internship, Diana M. Marshall
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Latino Academic Resilience: Stories of High Achieving Middle School ELLs and the Teachers and Families That Help Them Succeed, Marcela Astudillo
On Becoming a Digital Literacy Mentor: Self-Determination and Media Production in Elementary Education, Yonty Friesem
“I AM A HMONG AMERICAN”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF HMONG STUDENTS IN COLLEGE, Ducha Hang
Teachers' Self-Directed Informal Learning for Technology Integration in 1:1 Device High Schools, Mary H. Moen
Reflections of Undergraduate Business Education Alumnae: Shifting Perspectives on Gender and Work, Aimeé DuVall Phelps
BRIDGING THE SOFT-SKILL GAP FROM EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH INTERNSHIPS, Kim Stack Washor
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ENJOYMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, Shima Younes-Alhourani
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN AUTHENTIC DISCUSSION IN THE SECONDARY ENGLISH CLASSROOM, Lisa Ann Carpenter
A GROUNDED THEORY ANALYSIS OF SECLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCHOOLS, Jennifer F. Connolly
A CASE STUDY OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SETTING, Lauren Nicole D'Ambra
ASSUMED TO BE BLACK: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF BEING ASCRIBED A RACIAL STATUS ON A PREDOMINATELY WHITE CAMPUS, Shontay Delalue King Francis
A CASE STUDY OF STUDENT AND TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS AND THE EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING, Patricia Brady Gablinske
A STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES OF THE PHENOMENON OF EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, Cheri A. Guerra
STUDYING SCIENCE: STUDENTS GAINING ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, Renee Johnson-Thornton
PORTRAITS OF NOVICE TEACHER LEARNING WITH MENTORS IN URBAN SCHOOLS, Marjorie Kazin-Boyce
SITUATED INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INTERACTION, Emily Spitzman
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Beth-Ann Tek
INNER-PEACE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH: PEACE OF MIND AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AMONG RHODE ISLAND OLDER ADULTS, Thupten Tendhar
CRITICAL INQUIRY IN DEVELOPMENTAL MATHEMATICS, Roxanne Tisch
THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE OF COMMUTER STUDENTS AND THE CONCEPTS OF PLACE AND SPACE, Marissa Weiss
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Girl Talk: Analyzing Discourse Among Urban Middle School Girls, Carey Delauder Bledsoe
CONNECTING SCHOOL AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS TO STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE: AN EMPOWERING INTERVENTION, Tonya Glantz
GENDER-TWISTING AND BROS TALKING: DISCURSIVE PERFORMANCE OF GENDER, POWER, AND RECOGNITION IN THE SEX ED. CLASS, Odile Mattiauda
THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE FAMILY EXPERIENCES WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (FEASD) SCALE, Adam Moore
Teachers Developing Exemplary Inquiry Practices: Three Longitudinal Case Studies, Sara B. Sweetman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Beyond the Black Horizon: Perspectives of African American Collegians Who Studied Abroad, Aaron Ian Bruce