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Dissertations - April 2026
A Study of Student Involvement Variables in Higher Education Their Influence on Success on the Uniform CPA Examination
Campbell, Linda M., The University of Toledo, 2012, Ph.D.
Subject: Higher education
Gender socialization in the family
Shearer, Cindy L., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007, Ph.D.
Subject: Developmental psychology
Content Analysis of the Theory Base Used in the Conference Proceedings of the Association of Educational Communications and Technologies
Flynt, Peggy R., Nova Southeastern University, 2014, Ed.D.
Subject: Education
A Narrative Inquiry into the Experience of Being a Victim of Gun Violence Stories from the Victims
Francis, Mary, Widener University School of Nursing, 2014, Ph.D.
Subject: Nursing
Analysis of Amy Cheney Beach's "Gaelic Symphony", Op. 32
Kuby, Kathryn Amelia, University of Connecticut, 2011, D.M.A.
Subject: Music
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
Improving decision making in healthcare operations
Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
Coming of age in American cinema: Modern youth films as genre
Schmidt, Matthew P., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Film studies
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY: THE VARIABLE (ING)
HOUSTON, ANN CELESTE, University of Pennsylvania, 1985, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics
THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF ENGLISH IN NEW YORK CITY
LABOV, WILLIAM, Columbia University, 1964, Ph.D.
Subject: Linguistics
Women's stories of ecofeminist activism and artistic expression: A transdisciplinary spiritual feminist inquiry into transformative and spiritual connections
Kiel, Jeannette Larino Wooden, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016, Ph.D.
Subject: Spirituality
Co-creating Spaces of Critical Hope through the Use of a Psychosocial Peace Building Education Course in Higher Education in Protracted Refugee Context: Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Martin, Staci BokHee, Portland State University, 2018, Ed.D.
Subject: Curriculum development
The anti-Madalyn majority: Secular left, religious right, and the rise of Reagan's America
Sasse, Benjamin Eric, Yale University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: American history
Biochemical and structural dissection of the regulation of the apoptotic pathways in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans
Yan, Nieng, Princeton University, 2005, Ph.D.
Subject: Molecular biology
An exploration of attraction through attachment theory: The influence of attachment style in the selection of a romantic partner
Luna, Lydia, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013, Ph.D.
Subject: Psychology
KEEPING BUSY: TIME SPENT IN HOUSEWORK, UNITED STATES, 1920-1970.
VANEK, JOANN, University of Michigan, 1973, Ph.D.
Subject: Sociology
The Point of the Needle: An Anthropological Study of Childhood Vaccination in the United States
Brunson, Emily K., University of Washington, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Cultural anthropology
Antecedents, correlates, and outcomes associated with single and three facet models of organizational commitment: A meta-analysis
King, Craig Verl, Kansas State University, 2002, Ph.D.
Subject: Occupational psychology
Servant leadership: A theoretical model
Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D.
Subject: Management
K- Popping: Korean Women, K-Pop, and Fandom
Kim, Jungwon, University of California, Riverside, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Music
God's shield: The relationship between God attachment, relationship satisfaction, and adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA) status in a sample of evangelical graduate counseling students
Dumont, Karin McPeak, Liberty University, 2010, Ph.D.
Subject: Counseling Psychology
A study focused on the risk of illness from Escherichia coli in recreational-use water, using the Red Cedar Watershed as a model
Lang, Michael J., Michigan State University, 2004, Ph.D.
Subject: Environmental science
The impact of uniform dress code on attendance, discipline, and academic achievement among students in a South Texas high school
Monroe, Frankie J., Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2009, Ed.D.
Subject: Secondary education
Erikson's stages of industry versus inferiority and identity versus identity diffusion: An examination of gender differences
Street, Jutta Margarete-Doerfler, North Carolina State University, 1994, Ph.D.
Subject: Educational psychology
Mental Health Outcomes for Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
Leggio, John Nicholas, Adler University, 2018, Psy.D.
Subject: Clinical psychology
Composing Histories: The Transmission and Creation of Historicity, Music and Dance in the Los Angeles Danza Community
Nielsen, Kristina Frances, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017, Ph.D.
Subject: Music
SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY AND DELINQUENCY.
WIATROWSKI, MICHAEL DAVID, Portland State University, 1978, Ph.D.
Subject: Criminology