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The Joyful Sounds of Being Your Own Black Self
(2019)What is Black Boy Joy? Black Boy Joy is a common project, a Black study of unbounded Blackness, the blurring of Blackness, the joys of Blackness, the joy of Black boys. My work speaks to the revolutionary power of Black ... -
"Get that son of a bitch off the field!": Sport in university classrooms
(2019)“GET THAT SON OF A BITCH OFF THE FIELD!”: SPORT IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS Abstract by Bruce Lee Hazelwood, Ph.D. Washington State University May 2019 Chair: Pamela J. Bettis Discussions about sports continue to permeate the ... -
A META-ANALYSIS, SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, AND EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING IN VETERINARY EDUCATION
(2019)One of the greatest challenges in veterinary education is adequately preparing students with the clinical skills they need to be successful healthcare providers. Integration of simulation-based medical education (SBME) ... -
"Let's Fuck Shit Up!": Inside the Immigrant Youth Movement in Rural Washington
(2019)Undocumented youth have been at the forefront of immigration reform efforts and have shaped public perception on immigration as well as federal and state policies. This dissertation investigates how the life experiences, ... -
ONLINE TEACHER EDUCATION: LEARNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DIRECTED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
(2019)With the rapid increase in the amount of online learning opportunities available has come with it an increase in challenges concerning how to support effective teaching and learning in online learning spaces. Through two ... -
POSSIBILITIES FOR AN INCLUSIVE PRAXIS: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF DISCOURSES OF MINDFULNESS AND INCLUSION
(2019)Amidst the growing trend toward the use of yoga and mindfulness in K-12 classrooms, there has been an emphasis in research on the use of mindfulness as a tool for supporting the learning and behavioral needs of children. ... -
EXPLORING GLOBAL IDENTITIES AT THE CENTRAL IDAHO SCHOOL: A CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY
(2019)This critical ethnographic study explores how students understand their sense of being in the world in a non-traditional, place-based, expeditionary learning school environment, the Central Idaho School (the CIS). Much of ... -
ARMED WITH MORE THAN KNOWLEDGE: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF GUN CULTURE
(2019)The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the author’s experiences with campus concealed carry and gun culture. The author employs methods of autoethnography to highlight the ways in which her lived experiences interact ... -
Exploring Self-Authorship among North African Women Teachers
(2018)This qualitative study aimed at exploring the way North African Muslim female teachers make meaning of their teaching experience in relation to the socio-cultural and political factors, which in in this context is through ... -
SEDUCTIVE DETAILS: A META-REGRESSION AND EMPIRICAL STUDY
(2018)Seductive details are interesting information that is irrelevant to the learning objective, often included to trigger learners’ interests. Since its introduction in 1989, there is evidence to support that seductive details ... -
MOBILIZATION OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE IN THE THIRD SPACE: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY
(2018)Using a conceptual framework including communities of practice theory and third space theory, this study explored pre-service and in-service teacher learning through the mobilization of communities of practice from the ... -
What middle school principals notice in mathematics lessons
(2018)The role of the principal has changed as societal expectations for schools have increased. With changes in standards that influence teaching and learning coupled with changes in evaluation models that affect school leadership, ... -
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE MUSLIM AMERICAN IDENTITY: AN EXPLORATION OF GENDER, SES, AND SELF-ESTEEM
(2018)The rise of Islamophobia has been likened to Europe’s anti-Semitism and the segregation of people of color in the 1900s in the U.S. However, a dearth of research exists regarding the impact of Islamophobia on Muslim ... -
There's a Leader in You!: A Critical Mapping of Leadership Discourse in the American University
(2018)Leadership development is a prominent focus of U.S. higher education in the 21st century. Overwhelmingly, contemporary theories of leadership suggest that everyone can be a leader given enough training, and leadership ... -
Understanding Resilience Within the Military Family
(2018)In 2011, around one million service members or 43% of military members were parents (Beardslee et al., 2011). Military spouses and children now outnumber military service members 1.4 to 1, with more than 1.2 million dependent ... -
Destabilizing Gender Inclusive Housing: A Feminist Poststructural Policy Analysis
(2018)Gender inclusive housing (GIH) is widely viewed as a best practice to include trans* students within collegiate residence halls. Because of this insistence that GIH is an inclusive strategy, GIH has become a national trend ... -
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVICE TEACHERS’ CAPACITY TO ELICIT AND RESPOND TO STUDENT THINKING IN AN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSE
(2018)Preparing teachers to enact practice that is responsive to the demands of contemporary classrooms requires a re-examination of traditional approaches to teacher education. Practice-based approaches to professional learning ... -
Friendship Selection Among African Americans
(2018)Colorism (intra and inter-racial discrimination based upon skin-tone) has been viewed as pervasive among African American women. Substantial research has suggested that there are negative effects of colorism on several ... -
READING TO DOGS: EFFECTS ON STUDENT ORAL READING FLUENCY, COMPREHENSION, AND READING MOTIVATION
(2018)The purpose of this nested and layered case study was to explore the experiences of students participating in a reading to dog program. Ten student participants (nine were struggling readers) were enrolled in a sixty minute ... -
Approaches to Teaching Language, Knowledge, and Power in a Composition Program: A Participatory Action Research Project Applying Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, and Decolonial Scholarship
(2018)For this study, I explored how Washington State University’s Composition Program might further equip faculty to address the relationships of language, knowledge, and power—specifically as connected to whiteness, normativity, ...