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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Health and Well-being Perspectives of African American Learners with Emotional Disturbance Labels: Opportunities for a Population Health Reframing of Special Education Disproportionality
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Abstract Special education disproportionality, or the over-identification of African American students with an Emotional Disturbance (ED), remains a persistent education issue, with adverse effects on African American ... -
Multispectral Remote Sensing and Spatiotemporal Mapping of the Environment and Natural Disasters Using Small UAS
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)This dissertation focuses on development of new methods for multispectral remote sensing, measurement, and mapping of the environment and natural disasters using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Small UAS equipped ... -
The Thin Black Line: How Black Housing Staff Make Meaning of Their Encounters with Campus Police
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This study explored how black housing staff at predominantly white colleges in the Midwest thathave their own campus police departments, engage, and interact with police and make sense of their beliefs about police in their ... -
What Influences the Diffusion of Foreign Language Programs in U.S. K-12 Public Schools
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)As the United States becomes ever more pluralistic and globalization makes the world more closely connected, it has never been more necessary to build an educational system that helps students grow into competent world ... -
Lives in classrooms described as inclusive: From the stand-point of equity-based inclusive education
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation study aimed to understand the roles educators play in designing and supporting inclusive classroom communities and the degree to which students have participatory parity in classrooms described as inclusive. ... -
Scholars in Rural Health: Mentoring Experiences of Former Participants
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Providing healthcare across Kansas is a primary mission of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. The University of Kansas School of Medicine established the Scholars in Rural Health program to meet the growing need ... -
A creolizing curriculum: Multicultural education, ethnopolitics, and Teaching Kreol Morisien
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)In January 2012, Kreol Morisien, the main lingua franca of the Republic of Mauritius, was officially introduced within the National Curriculum Framework as one of the country’s ancestral languages. Since the colonial period, ... -
Defining success on their own terms: Narratives of American Indian/Alaska Native master’s degree recipients from a predominantly white institution
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This is a qualitative, basic interpretive study of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal college/university (TCU) alumni of Haskell Indian Nations University who have subsequently completed and graduated with their ... -
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Years of Experience: Their Relation to Teacher Commitment and Intention to Leave
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The teacher turnover remains to be a pressing problem in the United States. Some teachers move between schools, while others leave the profession altogether. This creates loss, costs, and disruptions in our schools. This ... -
Hispanic Superintendents in Kansas: Where are They?
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)Although Hispanic students have been a part of Kansas public education since the 1800s and have been the second largest student body since 2000, as of fall 2020, there is a shortage of Hispanic superintendents across the ... -
Generational Differences of Teachers in the Integration and Usage of Technology in the Classroom
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)While many researchers address the issue of how teachers use technology and others study how different generations value and use technology in their own lives and in their education, there is a lack of knowledge that ... -
Connecting with Swirls through Autoethnography: Perspectives on STEM Education as an Assimilated Quapaw
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The purpose of this autoethnography is to explore my own lived experiences as a Quapaw who was adopted out at an early age, and to better understand my perspectives on STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) education ... -
A STUDY OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE: SEPARATING NEGATIVITY FROM RESISTANCE
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes of teachers toward change. When attempts to change fail because they are ineffective, unattainable, or ceremonial, those held accountable for implementing the change ... -
A Study of Language Ideologies and Language Practices in an Intensive English Program Class
(University of Kansas, 2020-12-31)This dissertation investigates the language ideologies and language practices that language users encounter and engage with in an Intensive English Program (IEP) class. The purpose of examining language ideologies (these ... -
Design, Implementation, and Measurement of Personalized Learning Through the Lens of Universal Design for Learning
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)This dissertation project aims to explore the design, implementation, and measurement of personalized learning (PL) environments through the lens of Universal Design of Learning (UDL). The dissertation highlights utilizing ... -
Individual Differences in Responsiveness to Compassion-Focused Imagery
(University of Kansas, 2020-08-31)Interventions involving the intentional use or cultivation of compassion are becoming increasingly more common in the mental health fields. Spiritual and psychological wisdom, and more recently empirical research, has long ... -
THE EFFECT OF A CAREER INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON THE CAREER SELF-EFFICACY OF COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES AT A NCAA DIVISION III INSTITUTION: A PROGRAM EVALUATION
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)This study investigated the effectiveness of a career intervention program on the career self-efficacy of college student-athletes at a private NCAA Division III institution in the Midwest. The purpose of this study was ... -
Is Career Adaptability Only for the Privileged? Examining Career Barriers and Occupational Engagement as Predictors of Career Adaptability
(University of Kansas, 2020-05-31)Many vocational theories have proposed models for the development of career adaptability over time, explored the generalizable value of career adaptability as a group of individual traits, and the highlighted positive ... -
The Efficacy of Using Color In Sub-Threshold Vibration to Improve Older Adult Balance
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The purpose of this study is to investigate (1)the variability of the initial state balance measures within each participant, across different days and within each day, across the participants. (2) the effect of different ... -
A Risk-Based Model for Construction Inspection in Highways
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)The quality and durability of highway construction projects have been a major concern to highway agencies and contractors. Quality assurance (QA) of highway construction is defined as a tool or means by which the owner and ...