Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Praxis Through Participatory action Research: Exploring Inclusive Practices With A Neighborhood School Community, Winnie Looby, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring The Reciprocal Relationship Between A Comprehensive Living-Learning Program And Institutional Culture: A Narrative Inquiry Case Study, Christopher Paul Marquart, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Vermont's Sacred Cow: A Case Study of Local Control of Schools, Michael Steven Martin, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Seat At The Table: The Unspoken Values And Benefits Of Student And Academic Affairs Collaboration And Partnerships In Higher Education, Tynesha McCullers, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Education For Sustainability: Exploring Teaching Practices And Perceptions Of Learning Associated With A General Education Requirement, Lisa Watts Natkin, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Students' Experiences with Personalized Learning: An Examination Using Self-Determination Theory, Steven Netcoh, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Families, Neighborhoods, and School Environments on Cognitive Outcomes among Schoolchildren, Mark William Olofson, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Coaching Students For More Than A Career: Preparing Students For Life Beyond College Via Scholarly Personal Narrative Writing, Akshar Patel, MEd, Educational Leadership
Nonprofit Social Enterprise: Social Change in a New Economic Paradigm, Cyrus O. Patten, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
High School Principal Leadership For The Implementation Of A Personalized Proficiency Education Paradigm In The State Of Vermont, Jennifer Stainton, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case For A More Diversified Approach To Identifying And Supporting First-Generation College Students, Alexander J. Thorngren, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Implementing Proficiency-Based Learning: Perspectives Of Three Vermont High School Social Studies Teachers, Catherine K. Toland, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring the Effects of Concussion on College Students Returning to Academic Demands, Kathryn Vreeland, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Distinctive Mission of Catholic Colleges & Universities and Faculty Reward Policies for Community Engagement: Aspirational or Operational?, Joan Wagner, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Interdisciplinary Research Experiences For Undergraduates: Two Mixed-Methods Studies, Beth White, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Role Of Vulnerability In Athletics: Applications For Future Female Leaders In Combating Feelings Of Shame And Weakness, Melyssa Woods, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Passion In A Non-Traditional Student Through Higher Education: The Guiding Points That Made Her...her., Leahn Rachael Bass, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Taming The Elephant: An Examination Of The Identity, Coping Strategies, And Educational Aspirations Of Two Adolescent African American Males Who Live And Attend School In A Predominantly White Community, Jeremy LyDell Beauregard, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Nile Project: Creating Harmony Through Music In The Nile Basin Region, Kelly Mancini Becker, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Middle Grades Students as Teacher Educators: Consulting with Students in Professional Development, John Matthew Downes, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Social Construction Of Mental Illness Among State Administrators And Consumer-Advocates, Paul Arthur Dragon, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Life at 6 Miles Per Hour: Running at My Own Pace for Mind, Body and Spirit and its Applications for Advising in Higher Education, Elizabeth S. Dunbar, MEd, Interdisciplinary
How One Life Coach Attempts to Inspire Mindful Music: The Morality of the Soul, Jared M. Ford, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Cultivating Well-Being and Contemplative Ways of Knowing through Connection: One Woman's Journey from Monastic Living to Mainstream Academia, Krista Hamel, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Services For Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Study Of Educational Practices In Vermont, Tristan James McNamara, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Gendering Fiction: A Mixed Methods Examination Of The Influence Of The "boy" Book/ "girl" Book Phenomenon On The Willingness To Read Of Young Adolescents, Megan Farley Munson-Warnken, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Examining Undergraduate Faculty's Competence and Confidence in Addressing Distressed and Disruptive College Students, Nicholas Efren Negrete, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Psychotherapists Becoming Leadership Consultants: The Making of an Institutional Entrepreneur, Mercy Burton Russell, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Challenges To Building An Open Learning Organization In Higher Education: A Scholarly Personal Narrative, Robert Austin Skiff, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Education in the Age of Complexity: Building Systems Literacy, Caitlin S. Steele, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Open Adoption From A Birth Mother's Perspective: A Story To Help Educators At All Levels Understand And Help Others Heal, Sara Elizabeth Villeneuve, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Writing About Writing: One Student's Challenges Producing A Scholarly Personal Narrative Thesis And Applying The Outcomes As A Student Affairs Professional, Hilary Watson, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Powerful Peers: Resident Advisors' Experience With Restorative Practices In College Residence Hall Settings, Patience Whitworth, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Science Instrument for the Digital Age: #Scistuchat Participants' Perceptions of Twitter as a Tool for Learning and Communicating Science, Ryan Liss Becker, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ankylosing Spondylitis & Chronic Pain Syndrome: Bridging the Gap Between Perpetuated Medicine & Holistic Therapies, Jarett Chizick, MEd, Interdisciplinary
The Passion Within: Challenging The Feminine Mystique By Educating Midlife Women To Fulfill Their Career Dreams, Kelly DePaolo, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Boys, Writing, And The Literacy Gender Gap: What We Know, What We Think We Know, Nancy Disenhaus, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Conceptualizing Contemplative Practice as Pedagogy: Approaches to Mindful Inquiry in Higher Education, Melissa Hammerle, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Out of the Closet and Into the Woods; Nature as a Model for Resilience During Gay Identity Development., Lance Johnson, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Students' Understanding Of Quadratic Functions: Learning From Students' Voices, Jennifer Suzanne Stokes Parent, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Damned If You Do--Damned If You Don't: A Queer Woman of Color's Journey of Trauma, Agency, and Leadership, Windy Paz-Amor, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
From Dar Es Salaam To Dartmouth: A Case Study Of The Experiences Of Fogarty Aids International Training And Research Program Fellows At Dartmouth College, Lisa Anne Purvis, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Helping Students Find Meaning While Finding My Own: A Scholarly Personal Narrative Navigating Single-Motherhood and a Career in Admissions, Amber Rich, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Tejanos in College: How Texas Born Mexican-American Students Navigate Ethnoracial Identity, Tomás Sanchez, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring Catholic Education In The Twenty-First Century: Teaching Practices, Technology Integration, And Educational Goals, Meredith Swallow, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
One Parent's Journey to Discovering Her Self in a Blended Family: Implications for Parents, Educators and Advocates, Bethany Marie Wolfe, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Faculty Perceptions as a Foundation for Evaluating Use of Student Evaluations of Teaching, Scott Hamilton Baker, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Perceptions of the Impact of High School Advisory on Academic Success, Connectdness and Personalization of Education, Beth S. Brodie, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Voices of Leadership: A Narrative Study of Four Vermont Superintendents and Their Experience with Policy Governance, Daniel McNeil French, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Iraq: My Stories of Life, Liberty and Leadership, Kenneth Smith, EdD, Educational Leadership
Employing "Best Practices" In Teacher Education: Faculty Perceptions Of Their Success And Their Needs In Preparing Teachers To Increase Student Achievement, Prem P. Timsina, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Learning Starts with Design: Higher Education Faculty Explore the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Address the Needs of all Students, Holly Buckland Parker, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Campus Climate Perceptions of Queer College Students of Color: Disidentifying the Rainbow, Khristian Kemp-DeLisser La'Mount Kemp-DeLisser, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Spirituality of Conciousness: From Mindfulness to Faith to the Awakening of Self, Monique Swaby, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Submissions from 2012
Leading to Change the World: One African American Woman's Journey to Positions of Leadership in Predominately White Institutions, Leslye Rene'e Kornegay, PhD
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessment for Learning:, Marion Anastasia, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Soully Responsible: a Single Mother’s Spiritual Journey, Tamar Bouchard, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Education Through Meaning-Making: An Artist’s Journey from Quarterlifer to Educator, Tamara D. Brown, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Exploring the Perception of Self-Efficacy Among Teachers and Principals in Meeting, Brian F. Carroll, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Unlearning Racism:, Edorah Frazer, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Welcoming the Stranger to the Land of Cancer:, Theresa Lever, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Engaging and Disengaging: a Qualitative Study of Middle School Girls and Mathematics, Anita M Long, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Being Black:, Learie C. Nurse, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Vermont Incarcerated Womens’ Initiative Drug Education,, Susan Onderwyzer, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement in a Rural State, Michael Kornfeld, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Study of the Relationship Between Foundational Per Pupil Investment and Student Outcomes, Michelle Baird Mathias, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Educating Youth in Foster Care: Educators’ Perspectives, Randall Preston, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Effective Practices for Teaching Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Validation of a Program Assessment Tool, Meagan Roy, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Outside Second-Generation, Inside First-Generation: Shedding Light on a Hidden Population in Higher Education, DeMethra LaSha Bradley, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
“I Feel Like I’m Safe Again:” the Middle School Experiences of Immigrants in a Multilingual/Multicultural Setting, Kathleen Brinegar, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
To Love and Hate Every Moment of the First Year of Teaching: a Case Study of Beginning Teachers in Three Schools, Laurie Hodgdon, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Case Study: Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale Among College Athletes, Geraldine Knortz, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Educational Experiences of High Performing Adolescents: in Their Own Words, Jean Olson, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Importance of Teaching Humanities in Higher Education Institutions: in Defense of Liberal Arts Education, Victoria Pleshakova, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Environmental Studies Program Graduates As Leaders in Regional Environmental Nonprofits: What Sustains Them and What Influence Did Their Education Have on Them As Committed Environmental Professionals?, T. Kelly Rossiter, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Elucidating the Role of the University CEO's Spouse in Development, Alumni Relations, and Fund Raising, Michael Schultz, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Celebrating the “Invisible Middle”:, David Bergh, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Cultivating Extension Communities of Practice, Judy Branch, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Giving Rise to Leadership: Exploring Through Conversation, Laura Clemmons, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Academic Challenges for Children with ADHD: Policy Implications for School-Based Practice, Jessica Cota, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Reaching College Students Where They Live:, Andrea Grayson, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring the Benefits of Storytelling in Nursing Education, Linda Hunter, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Prepardeness of Vermont Foster Youth for “Aging Out” of State’s Custody, Matthew D. MacNeil, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Student Mobility in Vermont Schools:, Annabelle Morgan, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The Role of High School Rank in College Admissions:, J. Morgan Phillips, MEd, Interdisciplinary
A Chorus of Voices: Re-Examining Focus Group Data for Evidence of Personal and Institutional Change, Penelope Rice Nolte, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
A Case Study of Organizational Change Strategies and Outcomes:, Elizabeth Tolmie, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Exploring Why Students Stay in School: Inuit Perceptions of Modern Guideposts (Nutaaq Inuksuit) That Will Help Students Stay in High School, Karen Tyler, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
A New Look at Dewey’s Cooking Lab: a Pedagogical Model for Interdisciplinary Learning in Contemporary Higher Education, Cynthia Belliveau, MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Perceptions of UVM Extension Children, Youth and Families at Risk Professionals as a Learning Organization, Sarah Ellen Rowe, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Family Process Influences on the Resilient Responses of Youth, Monika Ingeborg Baege, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies