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Trans-Atlantic Elements In The Domestic Policy Attitudes Of The British And American Conservative Movements, 1980-1990., Samuel Inigo Packer
Trans-Atlantic Elements In The Domestic Policy Attitudes Of The British And American Conservative Movements, 1980-1990., Samuel Inigo Packer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This paper explores the relationship between British and American Conservative activists during the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan dominated the politics of their respective countries. It does so mainly via looking at the most popular right-wing magazines in either country at the time; The Spectator and National Review.
A Test For Heritable Variation In A Wild Population In Response To Endocrine Disrupting Events, Emily Van Den Blink
A Test For Heritable Variation In A Wild Population In Response To Endocrine Disrupting Events, Emily Van Den Blink
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a pervasive threat to the health of both human and wildlife populations. EDCs bind to hormone receptors and mimic or block their action, causing disrupted growth, metabolism and reproduction. Fertility affected by EDCs might be compensated if some individuals are genetically resistant. Genetic resistance in a variable population might cause hormonal feedback pathways to be more resilient to disruption. The effects of EDCs on fertility will be studied using a naturally variable population. A wild population of neonatal male mice, Peromyscus leucopus, was treated with testosterone propionate during a critical developmental period. Genetic variation was …
Blurring The Lines Between Collaboration And Resistance: Women In Nazi Germany And Vichy And Nazi-Occupied France, Katherine Michelle Thurlow
Blurring The Lines Between Collaboration And Resistance: Women In Nazi Germany And Vichy And Nazi-Occupied France, Katherine Michelle Thurlow
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In Nazi Germany and Vichy and Nazi-Occupied France during World War II, women were involved in numerous activities that fell upon a spectrum of resistance and collaboration. Although these two categories appear at first glance to be complete opposites, women were able to maneuver their society by going back and forth along the spectrum. Individuals were motivated by their families and loved ones, survival, and ideologies to participate in both resistance and collaboration. Women in particular were able to play upon societal expectations in order to navigate the spectrum. They took a role, often following societal ideas of women being …
Testing The Unconscious Effect Of Visual Context Illusions, Evan Douglas Jones
Testing The Unconscious Effect Of Visual Context Illusions, Evan Douglas Jones
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This study tested the effects of a visual context illusion when it was suppressed from the subjects conscious awareness. Using a mirror stereoscope and a particular form of binocular rivalry, subjects made estimations of size with and without awareness of the presence of the illusory elements. No differences were found, suggesting that effect of the illusion may require conscious awareness and perhaps is not a product of early visual processing. Keywords: Ebbinghaus, Consciousness, CFS, Illusion
Between Third Reich And American Way: Transatlantic Migration And The Politics Of Belonging, 1919-1939, Christian Wilbers
Between Third Reich And American Way: Transatlantic Migration And The Politics Of Belonging, 1919-1939, Christian Wilbers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Historians consider the years between World War I and World War II to be a period of decline for German America. This dissertation complicates that argument by applying a transnational framework to the history of German immigration to the United States, particularly the period between 1919 and 1939. The author argues that contrary to previous accounts of that period, German migrants continued to be invested in the homeland through a variety of public and private relationships that changed the ways in which they thought about themselves as Germans and Americans. By looking at migration through a transnational lens, the author …
Resolution Limits Of Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry With Pulsed Source, Guangzhi Qu
Resolution Limits Of Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry With Pulsed Source, Guangzhi Qu
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Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) is a time-of-flight mass spectrometry commonly used to detect a wide mass range of biomarkers. However, MALDI requires a high laser pulse energy to create ions with a mass higher than 50,000 Daltons. That high laser energy increases the net ion production but it also degrades the instrument's mass resolution. This project uses a Room Temperature Ionization Liquid (RTIL) as a liquid matrix with a self healing surface instead of a standard crystal matrix to increase shot to shot reproducibility, enabling a systematic study of the origin of the resolution degradation. This study shows that …
Differences In Sockeye Salmon Antibody Composition: Testing The Immunological Imprinting Hypothesis, Maxwell Elliott Chappell
Differences In Sockeye Salmon Antibody Composition: Testing The Immunological Imprinting Hypothesis, Maxwell Elliott Chappell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Anadromous fish such as sockeye salmon return to their natal streams to spawn, during which they undergo significant physiological changes including the release of cortisol, a known immunosuppressive hormone. Our lab has proposed the Immunological Imprinting Hypothesis, which suggests that juvenile anadromous fish respond to pathogens specific to their natal site by producing protective long lived plasma cells (LLPCs) that constitutively produce antibodies against those pathogens. These LLPCs are believed to be highly cortisol resistant. Thus, fish returning to their natal streams have immunological protection from pathogens found at that specific location. I investigated the Immunological Imprinting Hypothesis through analysis …
Apocalypse Now: War And Religion In Late Colonial And Early Republic America, Nicole Marie Penn
Apocalypse Now: War And Religion In Late Colonial And Early Republic America, Nicole Marie Penn
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ABSTRACT French “Idolators,” British “Heretics,” Native “Heathens”: The Seven Years’ War in North America as a Religious Conflict With France and Great Britain as its primary belligerents, the Seven Years' War was an international conflict with a decidedly religious dimension, one based on the longstanding rivalry between Catholicism and Protestantism. In North America, the conflict galvanized clergymen in both the British and French colonies to frame the war as a religious struggle with potentially apocalyptic consequences. This discourse remains understudied by historians, and efforts to address religion's role in America during the Seven Years' War is usually one-sided, focusing either …
Williams Hierarchical Integrated Model Measurement: Assessment Design, Construction, And Initial Validation, Amy Elizabeth Williams
Williams Hierarchical Integrated Model Measurement: Assessment Design, Construction, And Initial Validation, Amy Elizabeth Williams
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The purpose of this study was to design and pilot an instrument, the WHIMM, that uses the Williams Hierarchical Integrated Model as a foundation for measuring needs met within and outside of substance use for individuals age 18 and older who report previously considering cutting down on alcohol or drug use. Instrument construction and validation were completed using a first pilot (n=200), a pilot one-re-contact (n=50), and a final administration (n=420). The scale development process allowed for initial validation of the WHIMM, including measurement of inter-item reliability, test-retest reliability, correlation between subscales, and construct validity. In addition, a scoring metric …
Developing Global Competency Skills In Grades 9-12: Implications For School Leadership, Bettina Staudt
Developing Global Competency Skills In Grades 9-12: Implications For School Leadership, Bettina Staudt
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of the phenomenological study was to examine and understand public high schools, grades 9-12, which have implemented the full integration of global competency skills as an integral part of their core mission. This study also explored, how school leaders ensured that global competency skills are developed, implemented and integrated across all content areas. Data were collected through interviews, document analysis, foreign language student enrollment data and observation. Participants included Central office school program administrators, principals, assistant principals, directors of guidance, Global program directors and World Language Department Leaders.
Beyond The Campus Tour: College Choice And The Campus Visit, Justine Rebecca Okerson
Beyond The Campus Tour: College Choice And The Campus Visit, Justine Rebecca Okerson
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College choice, the decision-making process for students of whether and where to attend college, is complex. The college choice process also affects a range of stakeholders: high school students, parents, public policymakers, high schools, admission professionals, and institutions of higher education. Understanding the influences of college choice for prospective students allows colleges and universities to examine best practices in admission and enrollment management. Even though the campus visit has a significant affect on a student’s decision for application and enrollment, what remains unknown is how the construct of the campus visit is perceived among students and how students’ perceptions of …
Making Meaning With Multimedia In Secondary English Language Arts: A Multiple Case Study, Kerrigan Rose Mahoney
Making Meaning With Multimedia In Secondary English Language Arts: A Multiple Case Study, Kerrigan Rose Mahoney
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The purpose of this multiple case study was to learn about how secondary English language arts (ELA) teachers help students to make meaning with multimedia. The study focused on how and why teachers plan and implement meaning-making learning experiences. The cases represent the experiences and perspectives of five ELA teachers who use digital and non-digital multimedia texts to help their students develop skills in meaning making. The results of this study define a set of principles that the teachers use to guide planning and implementation processes that focus on authentic, student-centered learning. The teachers value learning that has relevance to …
Different Faces In Our Classrooms: Teachers' Cultural Perspectives Of Heterogeneous School Environments, Paige Hendricks
Different Faces In Our Classrooms: Teachers' Cultural Perspectives Of Heterogeneous School Environments, Paige Hendricks
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The foundation of the United States’ educational system is that all students will be educated equally by offering access to knowledge, opportunities, and services resulting in the creation of positive societal contributors. However, this task is complex and challenging. Heterogeneous student populations due to increased culturally diversity, do not match the stable teacher population. Therefore, a disconnection occurs between student and teacher populations and corresponding cultural views. Adopting cultural theories from anthropology, business, and education, this quasi-ethnographic study, within one elementary school, examined the relationship between the created culture and understandings of various sociocultural student identities by three first grade …
Teacher And Principal Perceptions Of A New Evaluation Program For Teachers, Ruth Shannon Finnegan
Teacher And Principal Perceptions Of A New Evaluation Program For Teachers, Ruth Shannon Finnegan
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The ability to evaluate teachers accurately is indispensable for both the development of effective teachers and for student achievement. In this era of accountability, it is important school districts develop evaluation systems that comply with the propriety, utility, feasibility, and accuracy standards of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluations. This study focused on a process evaluation of a new teacher evaluation program. While previous studies have been conducted from the teachers or the evaluators’ perspectives, this study examined both perspectives. More than 1,500 teachers and 41 principals were invited to complete an online instrument modified from surveys conducted …
Inner City African American Female Adolescents:Investigating Percpetions Of Womanhood And Aggressive Behavior, Deneen Miller
Inner City African American Female Adolescents:Investigating Percpetions Of Womanhood And Aggressive Behavior, Deneen Miller
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of womanhood among African American female adolescents, and whether or not their perceptions consisted of aggressive or violent behavior. Black Feminist Thought and Social Constructionism were theoretical perspectives used to frame this qualitative study. Six African American female adolescents from two different cities participated in this study. Data collection included a semi-structured interview with each participant separately, transcribing each interview, downloading transcribed data into a qualitative data analysis program, and combing data for themes. This study attempted to answer to primary questions: How do Inner City African American female adolescents view …
Community Of Practice: Evaluation Of A Collaboration Program In An Educational Setting, Denise Citarelli Jones
Community Of Practice: Evaluation Of A Collaboration Program In An Educational Setting, Denise Citarelli Jones
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Although collaborative programs are used in a variety of educational contexts, during the implementation of new curricula, collaboration among teachers is essential since the difference between curriculum-in-theory and curriculum-in-use lies specifically with teachers’ adherence to the implemented curriculum rather than the curriculum that was written. When multiple teachers implement a curricular initiative and interact with the materials in different, teacher-specific ways, curriculum fidelity across teachers is a true concern, rendering an evaluation of the curricular program unstable. For this reason, consistent, embedded collaboration during the first year of new curricula has the potential to provide a vehicle for implementation alignment. …
A Comparative Case Study Of The Role Of The School District In Influencing School Improvement: Supporting And Turning Around Low-Performing Schools, Christopher J. Kelly
A Comparative Case Study Of The Role Of The School District In Influencing School Improvement: Supporting And Turning Around Low-Performing Schools, Christopher J. Kelly
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The purpose of this study was to examine the efforts of school districts in developing and sustaining their capacity to improve student achievement in response to increased accountability. The study sought to confirm what the research says regarding the role of the school district in influencing school improvement. While there is a significant body of research identifying elements for turning around low-performing schools, limited information exists on the roles of school district leaders in influencing school improvement. The study employed comparative case study methodology to examine the details of two school districts that had engaged in turning around low-achieving schools …
Comprehensive Internationalization: Examining The What, Why, And How At Community Colleges, Debra-Ann C. Butler
Comprehensive Internationalization: Examining The What, Why, And How At Community Colleges, Debra-Ann C. Butler
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Community colleges enroll nearly half of the total U.S. undergraduates, have the most diverse student population, and serve as the only contact with postsecondary education for many students. Community colleges have engaged in internationalization efforts for decades. Most rely on study abroad and international students as the only methods to internationalize their campuses. A focus on study abroad is not an effective method to internationalize the campus and provide all students with the global awareness and skills necessary to be successful in today’s society. The American Council on Education Model for Comprehensive Internationalization (2012a), Knight’s (1997) rationales framework, and Knight’s …
School Counselor Involvement In Partnerships With Families Of Color: A Social Cognitive Perspective, Pamela Nadine Harris
School Counselor Involvement In Partnerships With Families Of Color: A Social Cognitive Perspective, Pamela Nadine Harris
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School-family partnerships facilitate the academic and personal success of all students. Whereas forming these partnerships are a component of school counselor identity, school counselors are commonly unprepared to form and maintain such relationships. Additionally, shifting racial demographics within K-12 schools call for culturally responsive partnership-building, as the majority of school counselors continue to belong to the dominant culture. The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of school counselors as it relates to involvement in partnerships with families of color. Using a social cognitive theoretical framework, this study solicited a national sample of 155 practicing school counselors to …
The Impact Of The Social, Academic, And Moral Development Programs Of An Achievable Dream On Students During Their College And University Experience, Amy Lawrence Runge
The Impact Of The Social, Academic, And Moral Development Programs Of An Achievable Dream On Students During Their College And University Experience, Amy Lawrence Runge
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This evaluation case study explores the impact of the An Achievable Dream social, academic, and moral program on college student’s performance in college. Through this study, the researcher was able to provide insight on college student and college student advocates perceptions of An Achievable Dream’s social, academic, and moral program’s impact on these college students’ college experience. Triangulation of data involved using college student advocate’s interviews, college student’s surveys, and additional artifacts (grade point averages and data regarding length of time college student advocates have been working with the students). Five themes emerged as significant in describing the college student …
A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experiences Of High School Counselors Involved In Determining Serious And Foreseeable Harm In Cases Of Student Substance Abuse, Kathryn Goss Atanasov
A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experiences Of High School Counselors Involved In Determining Serious And Foreseeable Harm In Cases Of Student Substance Abuse, Kathryn Goss Atanasov
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of ten practiced American high school counselors and their work with student substance users. The results of this study provide a rich description and deeper understanding the school counselors’ social and cultural worlds--Illuminating the circumstances under which the participants found students to be in serious and foreseeable harm due to substance abuse. Using a pure phenomenological qualitative research design, the study was conducted through the theoretical lens of the social constructivist model of ethical decision-making in counseling. The data revealed three major themes and several subthemes. The first theme, “Community and School Climate,” …
Emerging From Resistance: The Origins Of The Virginia Technical College System, Richard Allen Hodges
Emerging From Resistance: The Origins Of The Virginia Technical College System, Richard Allen Hodges
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The purpose of this study was to explore factors leading to the founding of the Virginia Technical College System (VTCS). These factors are observed primarily within the timeframe of 1954-1966. The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) evolved from the Technical College System, and began in 1964. Classes started at the first technical colleges in September 1965. Despite the writings of two previous histories concerning the founding of the VCCS, one in 1977 and another in 1987, the events that led to the creation of the technical college system have never been documented, nor have the linkages between the technical college …
A Phenomenological Investigation Of Women's Learning Experiences In Counselor Education, Lindsay Pennell Meyers
A Phenomenological Investigation Of Women's Learning Experiences In Counselor Education, Lindsay Pennell Meyers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Counselor education pedagogy has not sufficiently recognized or incorporated current knowledge of gender differences and their potential impact on women's learning experiences. Instead, the body of research that addresses gender in counselor education refers to incorporating gender in the classroom as a topic of discussion rather than considering gender as a component in the learning process. The body of literature on counselor education pedagogy at the doctoral level remains sparse. to date, no research has recognized gender as a lens for pedagogical training in the counselor education doctorate. This phenomenological study examined the learning experiences of eight women counselor education …
Personality Predictors Of Academic Achievement In Gifted Students: Mediation By Socio-Cognitive And Motivational Variables, Sakhavat Mammadov
Personality Predictors Of Academic Achievement In Gifted Students: Mediation By Socio-Cognitive And Motivational Variables, Sakhavat Mammadov
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This quantitative study investigated the predictive role of the Big Five personality traits on academic achievement and its mediation by self-efficacy in self-regulated learning and academic motivation within the sample of gifted students (N = 161). The ACT or ACT Explore scores were used as a measure of academic achievement. The first question asked about the relationships between the Big Five personality traits and all other measured variables. Agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness were found to have significant associations with the ACT/ACT Explore composite and subtest scores. The second research question asked if personality, motivation, and self-regulatory efficacy differed by grade …
Urban Teachers' Perceptions Of The Implementation Of The Virginia Guidelines For Uniform Performance Standards And Evaluation Criteria For Teachers, Bernadette Y. Smith
Urban Teachers' Perceptions Of The Implementation Of The Virginia Guidelines For Uniform Performance Standards And Evaluation Criteria For Teachers, Bernadette Y. Smith
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Urban Teachers’ Perceptions of the Implementation of the Virginia Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers Abstract An emphasis has been placed on teacher evaluation to improve student achievement; therefore, states such as Virginia have had to revise their teacher evaluation systems. The most recent revisions in Virginia were implemented in 2012. A major component of the revision was the inclusion of student progress in teacher evaluation. Since the inclusion of student progress into teacher evaluation, teachers, and administrators have had to make adjustments in their practices and procedures related to teacher evaluation. Consequently, the purpose of …
The Effectiveness Of The Achievable Dream Parent Involvement Program, Lee Vreeland
The Effectiveness Of The Achievable Dream Parent Involvement Program, Lee Vreeland
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this mixed methods study is to determine if An Achievable Dream Academies are implementing an environment that is welcoming and inclusive of families. Based on the outcomes, decisions will be made to determine if the environment is inclusive or needs to be revisited to encourage family involvement. Participants included the 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11 grade families at An Achievable Dream Academy and An Achievable Dream Middle and High School in Newport News, Virginia. The study used the CIPP model of program evaluation to guide data collect on the context, input, process, and products of the …
Seeing The Paradigm: Education Professionals' Advocacy For The Gifted Student With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Patricia Costis
Seeing The Paradigm: Education Professionals' Advocacy For The Gifted Student With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Patricia Costis
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Meeting the needs of the gifted student with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) requires addressing both conditions. Education professionals are in a unique position to begin this process by referring the student to school specialists for evaluation. However, diagnostic confusion surrounding autism, misconceptions about special education, varying conceptions of giftedness, and overlapping behaviors of giftedness and ASD can inhibit education professionals’ ability to recognize unique behaviors of gifted students with ASD, and make appropriate referrals, placing the student at academic risk. Autism and giftedness have been studied separately in the fields of education and psychology for more than half a century. …
Experience, Time, And Opportunity: An Exploratory Case Study Regarding The Artistic Journeys Of Middle School Adolescents And Their Perceptions Of The Influence Of Environmental Factors On The Development Of Their Visual Art Talent In Rural Montana Communities, Gayle B. Roege
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Artistic talent is critical to offering creative contributions to society’s challenges and opportunities (in balance with technical, business, and other domains). Emphasis on art experiences and skills is missing in school programs, due to financial and accountability constraints, and encouraging prioritization on “core” subjects. Rural environments present particular challenges: while they are identified as fertile ground for developing a creative class, low population density makes it difficult to provide substantial support for in-depth exploratory, experiential creative endeavors. A crucial element of maintaining personal commitment to one’s talent area is support. While support from the family is essential, the value a …
College Athletes’ Reflective Judgment: A Moderator Between Sport And Sociocultural Pressures, Body Ideal Internalization, And Body Dissatisfaction, Catie A. Greene
College Athletes’ Reflective Judgment: A Moderator Between Sport And Sociocultural Pressures, Body Ideal Internalization, And Body Dissatisfaction, Catie A. Greene
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this research was to investigate the sociocultural model of eating disorder development among male and female college student-athletes as moderated by students’ level of Reflective Judgment, a stage theory of adult epistemology marked by increasing cognitive complexity. A review of literature on the established relationships between pressures in sociocultural and sport environments to adhere to body ideals and resulting body dissatisfaction as mediated by body ideal internalization was presented. The Reflective Judgment model was hypothesized as a moderator to body ideal internalization due to its relationship with feminist identity development (a moderator among females) and applicability to …
New Teacher Induction: A Program Evaluation, Warren Hunter
New Teacher Induction: A Program Evaluation, Warren Hunter
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The purpose of this qualitative program evaluation was to examine the impact a two-year new teacher induction program had on teachers’ feelings of support, satisfaction, and self-efficacy. The program purports that higher feelings of support, satisfaction, and self-efficacy in teachers will lead to lower teacher attrition. In turn, research shows that if teachers stay at a school they are more likely to improve their instruction and positively impact student performance. The goal of the study was to identify areas of the induction program that work well in increasing teachers perceptions positively in the three focus areas and to look for …