Dissertation Titles

Below are the ASU EDL Doctoral Program Dissertation Titles from 1995-2010. Each dissertation is available for check out at the ASU library.

Click on the links to view the title page and abstract for each dissertation.

Full dissertations can be viewed at NC Docks for dissertations published 2010 and after.

Author Year Title
Allen, A.D. 2011 An examination and analysis of middle school transition plans: A study of local education agencies and middle schools in North Carolina.
Brookes, T.S. 2011 Lessons learned: A crisis responder's journey supporting friends in crisis.
Howell, T.C. 2011 The impact of student mobility, gender and title I status on measures of school accountability.
Madrazo, D.R. 2011 The effect of technology infusion on at-risk high school students' motivation to learn.
Sepich, K.W. 2011 Perceptions of displaced manufacturing workers about their transition to successful re-employment through a community college education experience: Six stories of success.
Stegall, D.A. 2011 Professional learning communities and teacher efficacy: A correlational study.
Adams-Wiggan, T.K. 2010 Realities, Risks, and Responsibilities: A Critical Narrative Inquiry and Autoethnographic Exploration of Biculturality Among Black Professional Women
Brendle-Corum, A.D. 2010 Exploring Characteristics of Public School Facilities and Resources and the Relationship with Teacher Retention.
Cockman, J. 2010 A "Quickguide" to inquiry-based physics laboratory reform
Davis, S.A. 2010 Navigating the labyrinth: Women school superintendents in North Carolina.
Ellis, D. 2010 The principal's role in defining a student success-based school culture: the impact of specific behaviors on school-level teacher working conditions.
Fonseca, D. 2010 Parental perspectives and decision-making processes about school choice and supplemental educational services under no child left behind in a large urban elementary school.
Ganzert, B.Y. 2010 The effects of dual enrollment credit and huskins program credit on college readiness.
Hauser, J. 2010 The North Carolina community college system critical success factor 1 and the association with leadership styles practiced by North Carolina community college presidents.
Isenhour, J.A. 2010 Experiences and perceptions of fatherhood among fathers with sons who have autism spectrum disorders.
Johnson, P.R. 2010 Still missing in action: The perceptions of African American women about the barriers and challenges in ascending to the superintendency in North Carolina public schools.
Jones, E.H. 2010 Exploring common characteristics among community college students: Comparing online and traditional student success.
Martin, T.C. 2010 Cognitive And non-cognitive college readiness in participants in three concurrent enrollment programs at a North Carolina community college.
Mason, L.A. 2010 Honor bound: exploring the disparity of treatment of women in Kurdistan, Iraq.
Overman, J.G. 2010 Perceptions of 21st century community college leaders on the role of relational leadership.
Tunstall, J.C. 2010 Value-added effects of disadvantaged student supplemental funding on students in the Surry county schools.
Williams, A.R. 2010 A spelling-based phonics approach to word instruction for children with down syndrome.
Barber, M.E. 2009 The impact of academic self-efficacy and socio-demographic factors on academic achievement of first-generation community college students.
Diggs, M.A., Jr. 2009 The perceived role of the media coordinator as school leader in the sustainability of a major technology initiative.
Douglas, W.T. 2009 Associate degree nursing students: A study of retention in nursing education programs.