Browsing by Author "Alfred, Mary"
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Wright, Robin Redmon (2009-06-02)The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of popular culture, especially prime-time television, on women learner-viewers’ identity development. More specifically, this study explores one specific television ...
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Pena, Elizabeth (2023-06-27)Utilizing testimonio methodology grounded in LatCrit and trenzas, this qualitative study centered the voices of 8 Latinx re-entry students attending a community college in Texas. Latinx students in Texas face a dismal ...
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Rose, Shirley A (2013-05-02)The purpose of this qualitative autoethnographic study was to add to the research of African American female secondary principals. Most research in the field of education concerning women reflects women in general and is ...
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French, Patrice B (2022-04-19)The purpose of this dissertation was to examine how Black women university-level faculty develop and use informal digital social networks to facilitate social capital. Black cyberfeminism and social capital theory were two ...
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Phillips, Claire (2011-08-08)Industry data suggests that the U.S. educational system is being challenged to produce more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) graduates and, in particular, engineering baccalaureate degreed students. However, ...
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Jenkins, China; Alfred, Mary (2017-01-24)In this paper, we explore the relationship between cultural orientation, cross-cultural communication and culturally-responsive pedagogy in university classrooms. Due to the rise of foreign-born learners and citizens of ...
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Campbell, Aaron R (2021-06-03)African American learners, like all other learners, bring into the classroom their cultural values, the way they express themselves, and how they problem solve. Their life experiences, even at a young age, influence their ...
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Rea, Marla (2013-12-05)Educators have long been challenged to close the achievement gap which exists between the general school population and linguistically diverse students. However, a disconnect persists between most secondary teachers and ...
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Stephens, Mattyna L. (2014-11-07)The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Black primary caregiving grandmothers in rural communities to understand how they learn to develop human and social capital to navigate inequitable systems and ...
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The Influence of Coherence, Connectedness, and Gender on International Students’ Coping Strategies He, Xiao (2019-05-29)International students studying in the United States (U.S.) are at considerable risk for various psychological problems due to a substantial amount of adjustment stress. Coping strategies play an active role in maintaining ...
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McPherson, Rebecca (2012-07-16)Welfare reform, as a social policy, has implications for higher education policy, because it restricts welfare-reliant women from seeking sufficient post-secondary education for economic mobility. The 2006 Deficit Reduction ...
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Kurup, Priya Darshini (2012-02-14)Driven by the demands of drastic changes in today’s nature of work due to globalization and technological advances, researchers have continually revisited, redesigned, and restructured work design processes in a quest to ...
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Zarestky, Jill (2014-06-24)This study investigated the educational programs of an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) operating in a developing region. The purpose of this study was to examine the exchange between an international NGO ...
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Shirmohammadi, Melika (2018-06-21)Iranian highly educated immigrants working as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals in the United States were the target population for this dissertation study. The purpose was to explore career ...
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Forister, James G (2015-04-30)This dissertation explored the experiences and perceptions of novice physician assistants (PAs) in Texas. The purpose of this sequential mixed interpretive study was to describe transfer of learning in novice PAs as they ...
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Steward, Astin Devine (2016-05-18)Drawing from Social Dominance Theory and Prejudice Distribution Theory, the purpose of these three experimental studies was to examine how Whites evaluate racial minorities (African American and Latino) with a strong racial ...
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Livingston, Miranda A. (2022-04-20)The Covid-19 pandemic in the Spring 2020 semester heralded unprecedented changes to higher education institutions. Most colleges and universities across the globe moved to emergency remote or synchronous online courses for ...
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Munro, Michael Patrick (2018-04-30)This study documented the career development and contributions of 11 established leaders in the field of visual impairment who hold or have held influential positions across the state of Texas in the period 1995-2018. This ...