Dissertations from 2024
Exploring the Learning Experience of Saudi Women Teaching and Learning EFL: Mothering, Hopes, and Desires, Rihab Alsulami
Re-Membering Student–Faculty Interaction within a Critically Transitive Pedagogy: A Re-Retelling of an Undergraduate Mathematics Instructor, Carrie Carmack
Snap, Chat, and Write: Black Students’ Perceptions of Literacy and Responses to Critical Consciousness Promotion, Glenda D. Chisholm
Perceptions of Mathematics Success of Undergraduate Women Pursuing STEM Degrees Whose First Language is Not English, Tonya DeGeorge
Exploration of Secondary Science Teacher Candidates’ Ideological Shifts in an Initial Teacher Preparation Program, Claudia E. Hagan
Not Throwing Away My Shot: Civic Education in the 2020 Pandemic, A. Joy Hatcher
(Be)coming Intercultural through Critical Reflexivity: The Exploration of Three Black ESOL Teachers’ Life Experiences, Gyewon Jang
Black Male Early Career Educators in Secondary Science Classrooms: Rewriting Narratives of Successful Teaching, Desmond Lee
A Narrative Inquiry of International Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Classroom Experiences in the United States and their Influence on Student Learning, Monisola McGlone
Examining the Prevalence and Experiences of Music Performance Anxiety in Young Adolescent Students, Kathryn O'Brien
Humanizing STEM with Black and Latina Girls Through Care and Community, Laura Pena
Let Our Voices Be Heard: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project Incorporating Black History and Culture into Informal Science Curricula, Torressa N. Smith
Before good food pwile, mek belly buss [Better you are too full than to let good food go to waste]: Narratives of Twenty-first-century Caribbean Black Advanced Placement English Educators, Cheryll Thompson-Smith
A Walking Meditation with Queer English teachers of color: Diffracting stuckness, empowerment, resistance, and vulnerability in Nepantla, Ethan T. Trinh
Arts- Integrated Social Studies Lessons: A Self Study, Kathleen Walsh Zackery
Dissertations from 2023
Teacher and Student Perspectives on Songwriting Pedagogy in Middle School, Luiz Claudio Barcellos
Exploring the Role of the Mathematics Education University Supervisor, Kristie A. Fountain
Examining the Effect of a School-based Creativity Program on Divergent Thinking and Academic Achievement in Middle School Students, Lauren E. Garber Rowe
Examining Active Learning in an Online Synchronous Train-the-Trainer Mathematics Professional Development Initiative, Shannon Hart
High School Students' Reading Experiences with Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga, Esther Jin Kim
An Examination of Peer Influences on Identity in the Art Classroom, Nova K. Mead
Beyond the Screen: An Exploration of Black Girls' Social Media Content as Dialogue, LaTasha T. Mosley
Unapologetically Present: An Examination of Black Gay Young Men’s Social Discourses as a Demonstration of Agency, Marcus C. North
Criticality and Collaboration: Developing Critical Literacy Writing Instruction for Secondary Black Students, Brooks Salter
Mathematical Voices from the South: Books Clubs as a Conduit for Intersectional Inquiry and Praxis within a High School Mathematics Teacher Critical Friends Group, Rachel E. Seasholtz
School Culture and Mathematics Teachers' Experiences: A Story of Johnson High School, Alexandra Starke
The Music Teacher Education Triad and the Role of the University Faculty, Michelle Thomas
Dissertations from 2022
The Experiences of African American Students Engaging in Culturally Relevant Cognitively Demanding Mathematical Tasks, Audrea Bankston
Knowing that My Voice Belonged There: An Exploratory Case Study on the Lived Experiences of Black Women Composers, Brittney Boykin
Self-Directed Learning: Historical and Theoretical Arguments for Learner Led Education, Caleb Collier
Teacher Insights and Facilitation of Equitable Learning Environments for Diverse and English Language Learners in Science Classrooms, Jamie D. Daniels-Favors
Computational Thinking and Its Mathematics Origins through Purposeful Music Mixing with African American High School Students, Douglas Edwards
“It Just Helped Me Realize That You Have to Free Yourself”: Latinx Middle Schoolers’ Learning From Chicana Feminism, Nepantlera, and Mindful Breathing Pedagogy, Zurisaray Espinosa
Why do Adults Sing? The Impact of the High School Experience, Thomas Ryan FitzStephens
A Qualitative Case Study of the Influence of Action Research on the Teaching Practices of Novice Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Teresa I. Jackson
Peer Tutoring in a High School Writing Center: A Phenomenological Study, Thomas Jolly
"Cuz It's in My Blood": Bilingual Latinx Youth, Their Decolonial Visions, and the Coyolxauhqui Imperative for Educators, A. Jyoti Kaneria
A Case Study Exploring Ethnomathematics' Effects on Students' Cultural and Historical Literacies in a Virtual Classroom, Kimbeni Mansion
Decolonial Connectivity: A Study Abroad Program in Mexico, Beth Marks
Getting Carded: A Micro-Foucauldian History of the School Report Card, 1835-1935, Wade Hampton Morris
Together We Can: A Collaborative Community as a Means to Improve Instructional Practices of Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Jillian Ogundele
Influences on Academically Successful Black Students' Participation in School Music, Jimmy Owens
Intergenerational Multilingual Practices of Asian American Immigrants: A Multiple Case Study of Korean American Families, Jee Hye Park
The Ancestral Legacy and Daughters of Anna Julia Cooper: An Historical Ethnography of Black Women Teachers in the South, Asia Symone Thomas Uzomba
Secondary Teachers' Perspectives of Mathematical Modeling, Simone S. Wells-heard
Dissertations from 2021
How Does the Use of a Social Studies Video Game Affect Student Learning?, John S. Crumb II
Examining the Effect of the Think-Aloud Instructional Strategy on ELL Student Performance in Middle School Mathematics Classrooms, Phani Duggirala
Stories from the Bridge: Special Education Teachers' Experiences with Inclusion and High-Quality Instruction for Students with Severe Disabilities, Rebecca L. Eswine
A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Teacher Education Faculty's Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs, Shaneeka Favors-Welch
Teacher Mentor and Mentee Stories: Mentorship as Opportunity for Teachers' Professional Capital and Cultural Proficiency Development, Danielle Floody
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China: A Narrative Inquiry of Expatriate Teachers' Experiences, Lisa McLeod-Chambless
Teachers' Experiences Incorporating English Language Learners Funds of Knowledge Into Scripted Curricula, James Mead
Sounds of Emergence: The Pedagogy of Language and Literacy Concepts and Strategies in an Early Learning Program, Benjamin Moore
Language, Culture, And Identity: A Case Study of Korean American Transnational Adolescents, Myoung Eun Pang
The Impact of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy on The Continued Participation of African American Male Chorus Students in a High School Chorus Classroom, Lawrence Robinson
Navigating Chaos and Taking Risks: An Art Teacher's Experience through A/R/Tography... and A Pandemic, Amy N. Sery
Dissertations from 2020
Creating Mathenstein: Exploring the Construction and Development of Mathematical Identity for K-12 Students, Akhenaten Hotep Amun
Do Students Gain Scientific Inquiry Knowledge and Practices by Participating in a School Garden Inquiry Unit?, Carmen A. Carrion
"Kids Can Change the World": An Action Research of Latinx English Language Learners Students' Experiences With Culturally Relevant Morning Meetings, Darline Douangvilay
Sista-to-Sista: Black Women (Re)Examining Their Experiences as Teachers with Stereotypes and Oppression in Secondary Schools, Adrian Dunmeyer
A Multimodal Analysis of Teacher-Student Interactions in Reading Recovery Writing Sessions, Cindy Fujimoto and Cindy H. Fujimoto
All Cultures Matter: Rachel Davis Dubois, The Intercultural Education and Group Conversation Methods, Charles Hight
"I Can Overcome That": Counterstories of Black Secondary Science Teachers' Positional Identities, Sonia M. Howard
Science Teachers' Understanding of Formative Assessment and its Practice with Three-dimensional Teaching and Learning, Yotah Koulagna
Unsolicited Narratives: The Experiences of Afro-Caribbean Women as Mathematics Learners and as Mathematics Educators in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education, Dihema R. Longman and Dihema R. Longman
Investigating the Use of Social Media in Undergraduate and Graduate University Music Students' Practice Routines, Lindsay Heston McCranie
School Connectedness and African American Students: An Examination with Implications for Policy and Teacher Education, Adrian Neely and Adrian Neely
Art Talk/Creative Talk Time (C.T.T): A Framework for Using Student-Teacher Conversation as an Instructional Tool, Erica Pendleton
Young Black Men And Mathematics: Exploring Changes, Influences, And Perceptions Of Social Justice Pedagogy, Dean W. Potts
Your Tracks are Showing: Understanding the Experiences of Black Girls in a Middle School with Racialized Tracking, Kamaria Shauri-Webb
Yes, We Like Math Too! - African American Women Mathematics Educators? Stories of Success, Katrina E. Stanfield
The Relationship Between the College Board AP Exam Registration Process and African- American Students' Mathematics AP Exam Participation Rates, Corey Williams
Dissertations from 2019
Critical Conversations: A Social Justice-Driven Professional Learning Community, Felicia Baiden
Doing Science: Data Enactments in Mathematics Education and Qualitative Research, Susan O. Cannon
Navigating Mobile Learning: English Learners' Language Learning and Literacy Practices, Aram Cho
The Intersection of Young Children's Play Activities and Multimodal Practices for Social Purposes, Rebecca Rohloff Clough
Living Legacies: A Historical Analysis of the Atlanta Nine Who Desegregated Atlanta Public Schools, Tanya Crawford
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experiences Gained During Pre-Service Music Teacher Preparation of Black Urban Band Directors, Gregory L. Denson
Examining the Effect of Group Assignment on Upper Elementary Students' Experiences in a Technology-Mediated Collaborative Compositional Activity, Samuel C. Holmes
Remixing Pedagogy: How Teachers Experience Remix as a Tool for Teaching English Language Arts, Stephanie J. Loomis and Stephanie J. Loomis
Becoming Mentors: Mentor Praxis and Self-directed Development, Hafeez Merchant
A Narrative Inquiry of Black Upper Middle-Class Children's Experiences with School Writing, April L. Poindexter
Dissertations from 2018
A Qualitative Study of Black Doctoral Music Students' and Graduates' Management of Identity Stereotypes, Steven Anderson
The Effects of Mathematical Modeling Instruction on Precalculus Students' Performance and Attitudes Toward Rational Functions, Solomon A. Betanga
The Effect of Using Dragonbox On The Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Preservice Middle Grade Teacher, Monica Cates
Understanding African American Teachers' Perceptions of African American Students Who are Homeless, Sharhonda Davies
The Effects of a Platform Digital Game-Based Learning Environment on Undergraduate Students Achievement and Motivation in a Multivariable Calculus Course, Malcom W. Devoe
Learning To Love Machiavelli: Best Practices in Teaching Primary Source Documents to Struggling Secondary Readers of World History, Lindsey A. Fisher
High School Mathematics Teachers' Positioning within the Culture Of Blame: A Case Study, Ashley Marie Garner
The Role of Dialogic Teaching in Fostering Critical Literacy in an Urban High School English Classroom, Charity Gordon