Conceptualization and implementation of independent research through the dissertation process is the culmination of doctoral study. Prior to the dissertation process, doctoral candidates should familiarize themselves with policies and procedures described in the Handbook for Ph.D. Students and Advisors and the Theses & Dissertation Formatting.

The Office of Administrative Affairs and Graduate Education examines all College and Graduate School of Education, Health, and Human Services dissertations prior to filing with the University Libraries. We are fortunate to have many highly productive doctoral program areas which generate and produce a considerable number of dissertations. Doctoral candidates use guidelines from the Ph.D. Handbook in the completion of their dissertation.

The dissertation abstracts listed below are intended to give readers an awareness of the numerous issues covered as well as to provide a reference list about topics impacting professional education.

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Fall 2012

An ethnographic inquiry into a curriculum culture: Studying how a liberal arts approach and leadership studies may be embodied and enacted in the design studio within an architectural professional education
Bilek-Golias, Beth A., Ph.D
Curriculum & Instruction
Director of Dissertation: James G. Henderson, Ed.D.

Part-time doctoral student socialization through peer mentorship
Bircher, Lisa S., Ph.D.,
Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Dissertation: William P. Bintz, Ph.D.

Latinas in higher education: An interpretive study of experiential influences that impact their life choices
Torres-Capeles, Belkis, Ph.D.,
Cultural Foundations
Director of Dissertation: Vilma Seeberg, Ph.D.

Early childhood teachers’ views on working with parents: Positive and negative encounters in maintaining the home/school relationship in high/low income schools
George, Theresa I., Ph.D.,
Curriculum and Instruction
Director of Dissertation: Martha Lash, Ph.D.

A phenomenological study of mathematics teachere educators’ experiences related to and perceptions of statistics
Hogue, Mark D.,
Curriculum & Instruction
Director of Dissertation: Anne Reynolds, Ph.D.

Hypertension beliefs and behaviors of African Americans in selected Cleveland public housing
Robinson, Tanya D., Ph.D.,
Health Education and Promotion
Co-directors of Dissertation: Dianne Kerr, Ph.D.
                                                    Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D.

Make magic: The nexus of select curriculum studies projects in critical theory and Bakhtin’s literary theory of carnival as theoretical lenses to examine intertextuality, the interplay of text and lived experiences, in a ten year study of one child’s literary development
Shandor-Bruce, Deborah S., Ph.D.,
Curriculum & Instruction
Director of Dissertation: James G. Henderson, Ph.D.


The effect of peer influence on the reinforcing value of physically interactive video games in children
Siegmund, Lee Anne, Ph.D.,
Exercise Physiology
Director of Dissertation: Jacob E. Barkley, Ph.D.

College student personnel professional preparation program faculty perspectives about full-time, tenure-track faculty: A Q methodology study
Stafford, Linnea Carlson, Ph.D.
Higher Education Administration
Director of Dissertation: Mark A. Kretovics, Ph.D.