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Dissertations - January 2026
A Study of Student Involvement Variables in Higher Education Their Influence on Success on the Uniform CPA Examination
Campbell, Linda M., , 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education
Anatolia in the Gap: Phrygia, Lydia, and Orientalizing Reconsidered
Tanaka, Kurtis T., University of Pennsylvania, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Archaeology
A Tale of Two Schools: Principal Practices That Support the Achievement of Low-Income Students in Demographically Diverse Schools
Brown, Goldy, III, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational administration
Improving decision making in healthcare operations
Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
UCLA, AN INTERPRETATION CONSIDERING ARCHITECTURE AND SITE
NYSTROM, RICHARD KENT, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968, Ph.D.
Subject: Education history
Knowledge assessment: A comparison between human experts and computerized procedures
Kambouri, Maria, New York University, 1991, PH.D.
Subject: Experimental psychology
Agent based modeling and simulation framework for supply chain risk management
Harper, Tiffany J., Air Force Institute of Technology, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Operations research
Evidence-Based resource allocation model to improve student achievement: Case study analysis of three high schools
McLaughlin, Steven Christopher, University of Southern California, 2011, Ed.D.
Subject: Education finance
Cultural and religious factors in the acceptance or resistance to mental health treatment in three subgroups of the Orthodox community
Bronstein, Morris, Union Institute and University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
Exploring the Relationship Between Personality and Performance: Does Personality Predict Performance for Female Leaders?
Stutzman, Naomi, Columbia University, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Social psychology
African and African-American motherhood, 1960-1995: A comprehensive annotated bibliography
Mabian, Mercy Bie, Bowling Green State University, 1996, Ph.D.
Subject: Comparative literature
THE MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION (NIF) GENES FROM RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI
RUVKUN, GARY BRUCE, Harvard University, 1981, Ph.D.
Subject: Microbiology
Effectiveness of content analysis in assessing suspect credibility: Counterterrorism implications
Chang, Grace Hui-Yi, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
Social Media and Self-Evaluation: The Examination of Social Media Use on Identity, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Young Female Adults
Solomon, Michelle, William James College, 2016, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
Road Trippin': Twentieth Century American Road Narratives and Petrocultures from On The Road to The Road
Obernesser, Scott M., The University of Mississippi, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: British & Irish literature
FUNDAMENTAL PATTERNS OF KNOWING IN NURSING.
CARPER, BARBARA ANNE, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1975, Educat.D.
Subject: Nursing
Text into art: The "Chronica Dominicana" and Tomaso da Modena's Chapter House frescoes at San Nicolo in Treviso
West, Priscilla Susanna, University of Oregon, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Art history
THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF ENGLISH IN NEW YORK CITY
LABOV, WILLIAM, Columbia University, 1964, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics
Servant leadership: A theoretical model
Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Are you in or out? A group-level examination of the effects of LMX on justice and customer satisfaction
Mayer, David M., University of Maryland, College Park, 2005, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
The Relationship Between Servant Leadership, Effective Leadership, and Ethical Leadership: A Non-profit Organization Correlational Study
Ramseur, Andrea Gayle, Grand Canyon University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Educational leadership
The nature of parasocial relationships
Knowles, Megan L., Northwestern University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Social psychology
INPUT, INTERACTION, AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
LONG, MICHAEL HUGH, University of California, Los Angeles, 1980, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics
"Some monster in thy thought/Too hideous to be shown": The evolution of the grotesque in Shakespearean drama
Pascual, Eduardo Bernardo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: British & Irish literature
A Quantitative Study of the Relationship Among the Constructs of Trust, Professional Learning Communities, and Capacity Building Within the High School Setting
Guerrini, Janet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2013, D.E.
Subject: Educational leadership
Mental Health Outcomes for Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
Leggio, John Nicholas, Adler University, 2018, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
CUE UTILIZATION IN THE QUALITY PERCEPTION PROCESS: A COGNITIVE MODEL ANDAN EMPIRICAL TEST
OLSON, JERRY CORRIE, Purdue University, 1972, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
The rise of the nontraditional liberal arts college president: Context, pathways, institutional characteristics, views of search firm executives, and lessons learned by presidents making the transition
Beardsley, Scott Cochrane, University of Pennsylvania, 2015, Ed.D.
Subject: Higher education administration
Music-Theatre: An Interwar Genre The collaboration of writers and composers for the French theatre
Wilson, Sophia, New York University, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Romance literature
The paleodemography of the Black Death 1347--1351
DeWitte, Sharon N., The Pennsylvania State University, 2006, Ph.D.
Subject: Physical anthropology
Academic performance in college online courses: The role of self-regulated learning, motivation and academic self-efficacy
Basila, Catherine L., State University of New York at Albany, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational technology
High-throughput Analysis and Control of the Pluripotent Stem Cell Microenvironment to Interrogate and Direct Cell Fate
Nazareth, Emanuel, University of Toronto (Canada), 2015, Ph.D.
Subject: Biomedical engineering
Teacher-Writer Perceptions on the Essence of Writing: Influences, Identity and Habits of Mind to Sustain a Writing Life
Daniels, Shari Lynn, The University of North Dakota, 2018, Ph.D.
Subject: Teacher education
Stigma in Shakespeare
Wilson, Jeffrey Robert, University of California, Irvine, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: British & Irish literature
Examining the criminal histories of homicide offenders: A comparison of single-victim and serial homicide and the link between prior offending and homicide crime scene behaviors
Trojan, Carrie, City University of New York, 2009, Ph.D.
Subject: Criminology
Influence of Later School Start Times on Adolescent Engagement, Well-Being, and Other Factors: A Study of Two High Schools
Intrieri, Sandra Kimlin, Manhattanville College, 2019, Ed.D.
Subject: Educational leadership
Technologies of singing, teaching, and spectating in French operatic culture, 1870-1914
Fuchs Sampson, Sarah, University of Rochester, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Music
Functions of English language learners' talk during writing
Montgomery, Marlene M., Texas Woman's University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Reading instruction
CONSTANTINE AND THE MILITARIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD WAR AND MILITARY SERVICE.
ODAHL, CHARLES MATSON, University of California, San Diego, 1976, Ph.D.
Subject: Medieval history
JOHANN MATTHESON'S 'DER VOLLKOMMENE CAPELLMEISTER': A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
HARRISS, ERNEST CHARLES, Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, 1969, D.M.A.
Subject: Music
From Prophet to Pharisee: An Analysis of Arizona Christian Politicians, Political Theory, and Theology
Ableser, Edward, Arizona State University, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Political science
The Worldview Assessment Instrument (WAI): The development and preliminary validation of an instrument to assess world view components relevant to counseling and psychotherapy
Koltko-Rivera, Mark Edward, New York University, 2000, Ph.D.
Subject: Quantitative psychology
The development and implementation of an upper elementary science curriculum at a science, mathematics and technology school
Watkins, Diane L., University of Southern California, 2006, Ed.D.
Subject: Curriculum development
An analysis of the perception of leadership within the Boy Scouts of America
Kim, Jimmy Iljin, Pace University, 2003, Psy.D.
Subject: Personality psychology
Coming of age in American cinema: Modern youth films as genre
Schmidt, Matthew P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Film studies
Expression and Clinicopathological Implications of the Vitamin C Transporters SVCT-1 and SVCT-2 in Colon Cancer
Vakil, Priyal R., University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 2019, Ph.D.
Subject: Biology
Exploring the Antecedents and Outcomes of Shared Aversive Leadership
Marshall, Chad J., University of South Alabama, 2018, D.B.A.
Subject: Organizational behavior
Essential leadership competencies for U.S. Air Force wing chaplains
Costin, Dondi E., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Examining the Relationship Between Group Cohesion and Group Performance in Tuckman's (1965) Group Life Cycle Model on an Individual-Level Basis
Hall, Troy B., Regent University, 2015, Ph.D.
Subject: Organizational behavior
University officials' perceptions about felony hazing laws
Richardson, Damon C., Barry University, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education administration