Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, College of Education, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dissertation: The Impact of State Equity Standards on Leaders' Espoused Beliefs About Social Justice, Amanda Hadgraft
Dissertation: The Challenges Facing Women Leaders in Mid-Level Positions at Urban Community Colleges, Kia L. Hardy
Dissertation: From Developmental Education to Transfer and Bachelor’s Degree Attainment: A Study of Community College Students’ Long-Term Outcomes, Kathryn Mahaffey Harvey
Dissertation: Building Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE): How Undergraduate Students Make Meaning of Their Entrepreneurial Experiences, Amy Kurfist
Dissertation: Sustainability of Study Abroad Programs at Rural Community Colleges, Michelle Lieberman
Dissertation: A Delphi Study: Retention of Women in Leadership Positions in Stem Disciplines, Kimberly T. Luthi
Dissertation: Political Culture and Policy: The Impact of Culture and Values on School Choice Legislation, Heather Leigh Neal
Dissertation: The Impact of Performance Funding on Community College Degree Completion, Certificate Completion, and Transfer Rate: A Difference-in-Differences Approach, Matthew J. Okerblom
Dissertation: Equity Issues in Dual Enrollment Programs: Exploring African American Community College Students’ Perceptions of Dual Enrollment, Kristen Wagner Rarig
Dissertation: Punctuations in Life: Exploring the Developmental Journeys of Campus Tradition Builders, Preston Scott Reilly
Dissertation: Who Am I Now? Teachers’ Development of Leadership Identity a Phenomenologically-Informed Qualitative Research Study, Kimberly Alicia Richardson
Dissertation: Networkings Role in the Informal Learning of Elementary Principals, Joshua J. Ringling
Dissertation: A Comparison of Academic Outcomes in Courses Taught with Open Educational Resources and Publisher Content, Diane N. Ryan
Dissertation: Community College Presidents' Perspectives on Campus Safety, Chad Christopher Sartini
Dissertation: Globalization, Culture, and Online Learning: An Exploration of the Sociocultural Perspectives of Indian Students Participating in U.S.-Based Online Courses, Mitsue S. Shiokawa
Dissertation: Association Between Fiscal Effort Above Required Local Effort and Accreditation in Virginia Schools, Daniel C. Soderholm
Dissertation: Teacher Hiring and Placement at the Elementary School Level: The Challenges of Implementing Strategic Human Resource Management Practices, Brittany Nicole Walker
Dissertation: Strengthening Wellness for Food Insecure Students: Altruism, Spirituality, and Academic Performance, Bridget Weikel
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: An Exploration of Faculty and Staff Mentoring on High-Risk Community College Student Self-Efficacy, Support Systems, and Persistence, William E. Ashcraft
Dissertation: Change in the Middle: Implementing Professional Learning Communities for Sustained Instructional Change, Johnna L. Bryd-King
Dissertation: Research vs. Reality How School Districts Meet the Developmental Needs of School Principals, Catina Bullard-Clark
Dissertation: The Impact of the Number of Dual Enrollment Credits on Racial Minority Students’ Completion Time at Five Virginia Community Colleges, Elizabeth Gardiner Dingess
Dissertation: Community College Students' Deep Learning Approaches in OER Courses, Kim Ellen Grewe
Dissertation: The Impact of Performance-Based Funding on Graduation Rates at Texas State Technical College, Adam Hutchison
Dissertation: Predicting First-Year Mathematics Success at the Community College: Modifications on High School Grade Point Average and the Impact of High School Quality, C. Caleb Marsh
Dissertation: Social Construction of Power in Policymaking: A Case of Cybersecurity Articulation Agreements in Virginia, Michael Paul Moore
Dissertation: A Study of Late Registration at Four Community Colleges, Meredith Courtney Nourie-Manuele
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Course Delivery Mode and Location with Course Success for Dual Enrolled Students, Dean Morris Roughton
Dissertation: A Workforce Development Study to Explore Current Demand for Industry-Recognized Credentials, Debra Kay Smiley
Dissertation: School Leaders’ Conceptualizations of Teacher Care for African American Middle School Students, Violet Keene Whiteman
Dissertation: Access with Progress: A Comparative Analysis on the Co-Requisite Model of Developmental Acceleration, Christopher Sean Wikstrom
Dissertation: Fiscal Effort for Pre-Kindergarten Spending and Early Literacy Achievement in Virginia, Patricia S. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Dissertation: Leader-Parent Relationships in the Early Childhood Education Context: An Exploration of Testimonial and Epistemic Justice, Shirley Eileen Adams
Dissertation: Digital Literacy Adoption with Academic Technology: Namely Digital Information Literacy to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes, Nancy Adam-Turner
Dissertation: Co-Enrolling Students in Math Remediation and College-Level Math in a Community College System, Peter Thomas Anderson
Dissertation: Learning While Leading: A Multiple Case Study of Principals' Ways of Knowing, Marsha Caudill Cale
Dissertation: Going the Extra Mile: Successful Transfer of Latino/Latina Students from Two-Year Institutions to Four-Year, Christopher S. Card
Dissertation: International Students’ Satisfaction with Educational Service Augmenters and Their Adjustment to the U.S. Higher Education Institutions, Cong Cong
Dissertation: Indigenous Knowledge Centers (IKC): Strong Medicine on Higher Education Campuses, Melissa Delikat
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Impact of Early Alert on Community College Student Persistence in Virginia, Lori Jean Dwyer
Dissertation: Student Global Mobility: An Analysis of International STEM Student Brain Drain, Margaret E. Gesing
Dissertation: An Examination of African American Male Students’ Perceptions of Academic Success and Their Experiences at the Community College, Shashuna Jenean Gray
Dissertation: Adjusting to Community College as an International Student in Appalachia, Deirdre T. Guyton
Dissertation: Leadership Competency Perceptions of Rural Community College Presidents in the Coastal Southeast Region, Keith A. Harkins
Dissertation: Examining the Relationship Between Selected Grade 3-12 Teachers’ Perceived Assessment Literacy and Their Classroom Assessment Practices, Mark E. Hudson
Dissertation: What Do You Believe? School Leaders and an Ideology of Achievement, Andrew T. Lloyd
Dissertation: Breaking the Silence: A Phenomenological Exploration of Secondary Traumatic Stress in U.S. College Student Affairs Professionals, Robert Jason Lynch
Dissertation: Infusing Complex Problem-Solving and Systems Thinking in College Leadership Development Programs, Dionicia Mahler-Rogers
Dissertation: Retaining Highly Qualified Teachers Through Leadership Support in Secondary Mathematics, Wilbur Powell
Dissertation: Silent No More: The Formation of Academic Self-Efficacy Among Black Male Community College Students, G. Eric Styles
Dissertation: Exploring Culturally Relevant Leadership Practices: A Qualitative Case Study of One Eastern Virginia High School, Donna Weingand
Dissertation: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Lived Experiences and Mentoring Relationships of Black Women Student Affairs Administrators, Tiffany Shawna Wiggins
Dissertation: The Effect of Tuition on Graduation Rate at Community Colleges, Carter Brown Youmans
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Dissertation: Baccalaureate Degree Attainment of Students Who Transfer With or Without a Transferable Associate's Degree, Janina Arrington
Dissertation: Self-Determination Theory and the Educational Motivations of the Recently Incarcerated, Jason Edward Barr
Dissertation: Exploring the Social Experiences of College Students Who Have Autism Spectrum Disorders: Examining Neurodiversity on Campus, Monique N. Colclough
Dissertation: Community College Academic Advisor Experiences with the Appreciative Advising Model, Christine Damrose-Mahlmann
Dissertation: Impact of Generation Membership on Job Satisfaction of Financial Aid Administrators, Joseph Martin Dobrota
Dissertation: A Qualitative Exploration of First-Generation Student Experiences at a Rural Community College, Rebecca Margrete Evans
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Identity and Career Development of African American Women in Higher Education Leadership: Does Hair Style Make a Difference?, Yasmine Osir Farley
Dissertation: An Evaluation of Pathways to Community College Student Success in Anatomy and Physiology I, Staci Brooke Forgey
Dissertation: The Essence of the Library at a Public Research University as Seen Through Key Constituents’ Lived Experiences, George Joseph Fowler
Dissertation: Presidents' Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Community Colleges: A Disruptive Innovation, James Tyler Hart
Dissertation: The Principal's Role; Distributed Leadership, Kathryn R. Hermann
Dissertation: Factors Affecting College Choice and Transfer: A Study of the Decision-Making Process of Student Veterans, Reginia L. Hill
Dissertation: The Impact of High School Dual Enrollment Participation on Bachelor's Degree Attainment and Time and Cost to Degree, Thomas Earl Hughes
Dissertation: Faculty Employment Status and Student Characteristics as Predictors of Student Success in Modularized Developmental Mathematics, Leonda Williams Keniston
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Peninsula One-Stop Career Center in Virginia: Employment Placement and Retention for Dislocated Workers, Caroline Arielle Knight
Dissertation: Gender Awareness Training: A Comparison of U.S. Military Units to NATO/PFP Military Units, Elizabeth Owens Lape
Dissertation: Teachers', Educational Specialists' and School Leaders' Perceptions of the Cumulative Impact of Education Reform Mandates, Lucy Nevins Litchmore
Dissertation: The Differences in Teacher Self- Efficacy Beliefs Among Elementary School Teachers, Christopher Litz
Dissertation: Perceived Leadership Practices Across Two Generations of Community College Deans: “Baby Boomers” and Generation Xers”, Donna J. McCauley
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Inquiry of Leadership Competency Perceptions among Community College Leaders in South Central Appalachia, Matthew S. McGraw
Dissertation: Perceptions of Students, Families, and Community College Administrators about Developmental Education, Justin Necessary
Dissertation: The Perception of the Value Added from Accruing Student Debt to Earn a Degree or Graduate Certificate from a Public Institution of Higher Education: A Descriptive Study, William L. Nuckols
Dissertation: A Preliminary Study Investigating the Factors Influencing STEM Major Selection by African American Females, Tiffany Monique Ray
Dissertation: Online Learning and Effective Leadership: The Importance of Relationship Building and Culture, Nadine K. Rupp
Dissertation: The Role of the School Leader in Collaboration Between Regular and Special Education Teachers, Jospeh Raymond Sciullo
Dissertation: Traditional Student Perceptions and Experiences Contributing to Community College Persistence, Naomi Elizabeth Simpson
Dissertation: Ethical Leadership in Today's Community Colleges: Presidents Respond to the Completion Agenda, Monica Parish Trent
Dissertation: Perceived Transformational Teacher Leadership and Students’ Motivation, Academic Performance, and Intent to Persist in STEM Education at a Community College, Stacy Lynn Waters-Bailey
Dissertation: The Experiences of Stakeholders in District-University Administrator Preparation Partnerships, Jacob McKinley Wilson III
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Experiences Affecting Associate Degree in Nursing Program Graduates’ Decisions to Pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, David P. Bartos
Dissertation: Socioeconomic Status and Study Abroad: Participation, Academic Performance, and Graduation, Steven Douglas Bell
Dissertation: The Change Process and Sustainability: The Experience of School Administrators, Heidi R. Brezinski
Dissertation: Resiliency of Community College Students with Adverse Childhood Experiences, Laura Elizabeth Brogden
Dissertation: Relationships Among Student Identity Development, Sense of Community, and Academic Adjustment in Community College Distance Learners, Lorrie Coe-Meade
Dissertation: Assessing a College Readiness Model for an Independent Residential School, Natalia Dorovskaya Collins
Dissertation: Relationship Between State Educational Fiscal Effort and State Juvenile Incarceration Rates, Jessica McGrath Ellison
Dissertation: Institutions of Higher Education and Cultural Heritage Tourism: A Case Study of The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, Terence Michael Gilley
Dissertation: Educational Pathways of Teachers and the Effects on Students' Performance on High-Stakes Testing in Texas, Patrizia Antoinette Grigsby
Dissertation: The Relationship of Three Financial Aid Appeal Interventions with Academic Progress and Student Persistence, Jeannetta Lynn Hollins
Dissertation: The Effects of Transition Planning and Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities in an Urban School Division, Janice James-Mitchell
Dissertation: NATO Educational Readiness for the Millennials, John Patrick Kelley
Dissertation: An Examination of High School Intra-District Funding in Two Virginia School Divisions, Claire R. Le Blanc
Dissertation: Engaging Community College Students Using an Engineering Learning Community, James Maccariella Jr.
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Avid Site Team Leadership and Program Capacity: A Qualitative Case, Kellie A. Mason
Dissertation: The Development of Self-Efficacy for Trade and Industrial Career and Technical Education Teachers, Corey McCray
Dissertation: Exploring the Relationship Between Receipt of Counseling Services and College Students' Academic Success, Catherine Moss
Dissertation: A Preliminary Study Investigating Motivational Factors Influencing Part-time Faculty to Seek Employment at Community Colleges, Philip Eugene Pons Jr.