Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Navigating Title Ix Changes through the Lived Work Experiences of Title Ix Investigators, Robert Anthony Braswell
EXCLUSION DISGUISED AS ACCESS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF POSTSECONDARY DISABILITY SERVICE WEBSITES, Lavonne Ciezadlo Kopca
Exclusion Disguised as Access: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Postsecondary Disability Service Websites, Lavonne Ciezadlo Kopca
Systems Efficacy for School Improvement: Creating a Highly Effective, Achievement Centered School Team, Angela Codron
Toward More Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Elementary Social Studies, Laura Delgado
Reimagining Rural Readiness: Examining the Challenges of the Rural Working-Class in Education, Todd Dugan
Growing Trust-Building Habits of Novice School Administrators: a Qualitative Research Study, Stacie France
A Community Centered Culturally Responsive Evaluation of Our Behavioral Health Team Using Program Theory, Debra Ann Fritz-Fanning
Exploring the Impacts of Marketing Structure on Enrollment Yield in Higher Education, Mark D. Gibson
Navigating the Maze: Women Experiences Transitioning from Faculty to High-Level Administration in Four-Year Postsecondary Institutions in the United States, Jonathan Hubbell
Navigating the Maze: Women Experiences Transitioning from Faculty to High-Level Administration in Four-Year Postsecondary Institutions in the United States, Jonathan Miles Hubbell
The Effect of Institutionalized Barriers on Historically Excluded Athletic Training Students, Chelsea Kuehner-Boyer
A Global Health Crisis and Its Effects on Teaching Online at a Midwestern Institution, Kari McMullen
Programs and Services That Contribute to African-American Males' Academic Success at Predominantly White Institutions, Aaron Posey
Using an Anti-deficit Framework To Explain the Academic Achievement of Black Men in Higher Education: a Narrative Inquiry, Donald E. Reed
A DISCONNECTED SCHOOL: WHY VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IS NOT USED TO BETTER TRANSITION STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL (A QUALITATIVE STUDY), Timothy Revels
By any Means Necessary: How Black Women Academic Deans Sustain in White Spaces, Tiffani Robertson
A Nursing Program's Journey Through Implementation of Holistic Admissions, Amber Schmidt
What Special Education Teachers Need To Remain: a Qualitative Study, Corey Michael Sharp
Midwest Midlevel Professionals' Perspective on Their Entry-Level Experience: Supervisor Leadership and Its Effect on Employee Retention, Joseph Thomas
Beyond Referrals: Examining Teacher Sentiment and Racial Disparities in Exclusionary Discipline, Sherrilyn Thomas
DEFINING, DISRUPTING, AND DISMANTLING CRIMINALIZING AND DISPARATE DISCIPLINE PRACTICES TOWARD BIPOC STUDENTS: USING A TRANSFORMATIVE ABOLITIONIST FRAMEWORK, Deanne Tucker-White
Pressing Toward Progress: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Perceptions of Wellness Among Black Female Non-traditional Students, Stacey Wiggins
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
What Black Students Need from White Teachers: a Qualitative Inquiry, Renee Sherie Andrews
How I Got over: a Phenomenological Study of Black Vertical Transfer Students’ Academic and Interpersonal Validation at Historically White Institutions ( Hwis ), Brittany Michelle Barber
Perceptions of High Quality Professional Development: Do Teachers and Administrators Agree?, Daniel L. Brown
Digital Citizenship: a Journey to Internet Safety, Lynn Brown
The Crafting of Pre-service Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Problem Behavior: a Post-intentional Phenomenological Study, Jamillah Gilbert
Shared Reflection on the Perceived Effect of Culturally Responsive School Leadership on Student Suspension Data in K-8th Grade Chicago Public Schools, Christopher Alan Donald Graves
More than a Framework: Adopting an Equity Mindset Action Steps for School Leaders To Enact Change, Michelle Y. Hassan
Response to Intervention: Are We on the Right Path?, Teri Justus
Ex ( in ) Clusion: an Exploratory Case Study of Student Participation in Dual Credit Coursework, Rodrigo Lopez
Shifting from a System of Grades to a Culture of Learning: Moving toward a More Equitable Culture of Assessment, Jennifer Pamela McCoy
Exploring Informal Mentoring Relationships between Faculty and Undergraduate Students at a Midwest, Urban Institution, Thomas O'Ryan Menchhofer
“Who Will Guard the Guards Themselves ”: a Phenomenological Discourse Analysis on How Whiteness and White Supremacy Are Upheld by White Hearing Officers on Community College Campuses, Amanda Jane Mesirow
In Debt and Educated Af! the Pursuit of Learning and the Will To Teach: Black Educators' Perspectives, Myskeshia Latrice Mitchell
Building Authentic Relationships: Creating a Supportive Environment for Black, Indigenous, and / or People of Color, Kimberly M. Norton
Tale of Two Toddlers: an Exploration of Policies and Procedures for the Magnet School Process, Mary A. Schloz
What Factors Motivated Female and Minority Students To Pursue a Career in Healthcare, Ken Smith
Shifting the Academic Leadership Paradigm: Culturally Responsive Associate Deans in Illinois Community Colleges, Cathy Y. Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Bombazo Epistemology a Syllabus of Survival: Dismantling Settler Colonialism's Philosophy in the Stolen Land, Armen Alvarez
Faculty Voices in Faculty-Led Programs Abroad, Tara M. Augspurger
Do “You Have To Be Better? ”: a Narrative Inquiry Exploration of Black Female Former Ncaa Division I Student-Athletes’ Experiences in Athletic Departments, Jessica Jeanne Brown
The Impact of Implicit Education Debt on the Lives of African American Mothers in Phd Programs: a Phenomenological Research Study, Tiffany S. Bumpers
The Effects of Co-planning on Co-teaching Service Delivery Models, Amber Elizabeth Buss
White Faculty Responses to Implicit Racial Bias and Racially Responsive Pedagogy in the Community College Classroom, Julie Anne Clemens
An Examination of Student Success and Barriers in a Foundational Secondary Teacher Education Online Course, Gary Higham
The Downside of Financial Aid: an Analysis of Student Loan Default at a Midwest Public University, Brian William Johnston
Empathy Matters: Building Relationships One Story at a Time, David Lee LaFrance
Understanding Female Millennial Administrators and Their Perceptions and Experiences of Leadership in the Community College, Kerri Langdon
Nothing for Us, about Us, without Us, Dream Action Niu: ( re ) Formation of Undocumented and Mixed-Status Students’ Identities of Resistance, Sandra Watson López
Standards-Aligned Math Curriculum, Student Demographics, and School Improvement: an Investigation of Illinois’ Lowest-Performing K-8 Schools, Christine Paxson
Portrait of a"Gentlemanly"Profession: Whiteness and the Persistent Racial Imperviousness of Accounting, Adam J. Saatkamp
The Latino Underground: Decolonizing Knowledge through a Hip-Hop Testimonio Project, Jorge J Sanchez
How Middle and High School Principals Provide Culturally Responsive Leadership for Underrepresented Students in Stem: a Qualitative Comparative Case Study, Kenneth Jerome Sanderson
Revenue Inequalities across Public Universities in the Midwest: What Differentiates the Haves and the Have Nots?, Edward Vize
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Restorative Practices: Its Impact on Racial Inequity in Pk-12 Schools, Shelia Evonne Boozer
Perceptions of Illinois Community College Chief Academic Officers: Fulfilling the Mission, Mark A. Coykendall
A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Experiences of African Students in Community Colleges in the United States, Ansumana Darboe
Helping Students in the Heartland: Student Affairs at Rural Community Colleges, Gabe Estill
Womanist Ways in a Man's World: Unpacking Anti-blackness in Higher Education Enrollment Management Roles, Mesha C Garner
Gobelin or Guild? : a Foucauldian Analysis of Teachers' Professional Learning under the Illinois Essa, Carrie Hruby
Calculating the Cost of New Student Matriculation in a Midwestern Community College, Daniel Joseph Kelly
How African-American Community College Online Learners Succeed, Lynn Bailey Mackey
Accounting for Trauma and Mindset in Elementary School Classrooms: a Study of Check-In / Check-Out as Trauma Intervention, Jenifer Lynne McGowan
Optimizing University Campuses for Learning, Wellbeing and Equity: an Applied Study of Higher Education Facilities Organizational Systems, Melissa Nergard
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: an Application to Student Affairs, Alexander David Snowden
Creating a Society of Active Citizens: a Study of the Civic Engagement of Alternative Breaks Alumni, Annjanette Maire Weaver
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Nature of Primary Source Instruction in Social Science Methods Courses, Judith Loraine Bee
Utilizing a Learner Centered Design Model To Support a Change in Grading and Assessment Practices, Carmen Margot Bergmann
From the Classroom to the Dean’s Office: Engaging in the Equity Audit Process To Involve Educational Stakeholders To Address Disparities in School Discipline for Students of Color, Trevor Michael Chapman
Small-Town Living: Do Illinois Universities Understand the Rural College Student?, Erik Andrew Dalmasso
Community College Foundation Board Members: the Overlooked Partners, Christopher S. Downing
An Analysis of Campus Services for International Students at Institutions in the Midwest, Sylvia Miriyam Findlay
The Battlefield of the Academy: the Resilience and Resistance of Black Women Faculty, Jacqueline Hester
The Experiences of Black Women in Diversity Roles at 4-Year Predominantly White Institutions, Tristen Brena� Johnson
Faculty Perceptions of Students with Mental Health Concerns at a Four-Year Institution: a Qualitative Cross-departmental Analysis, Zach McDowell
Collaborative Teacher Action Research: Improvement Science as Professional Development?, Carol L. Munson
Building College-Going Self-Efficacy for Rural Middle School Students, Laura Ann O'Donnell
An Analysis of School Climate Surveys as a Measure of Student Voice, Deanna L. Oliver
Black while Leading: Unmasking the Anti-black Lived Experiences of Senior-Level Black Men Administrators at Historically White Institutions, DuJuan Eugene Smith
The School Leader Paradigm: Field Testing for the Development of Principals along a Continuum of Improvement, Todd John Vilardo
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Decoded: the Influence of Hip Hop Culture on an African-American Male's Culturally Responsive Leadership, Brandon L. Caffey
A Critical Walk down Illinois Career Pathways, Michael Cermak
Turning the Inside out: Understanding Cultural Formation within National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Collegiate Chapters, Suzette Walden Cole
Navigating for the Adult Student: Ways To Help Adult Students Transfer Successfully from Community Colleges to Universities, Bethany M. Craig
Women in Pk-12 Educational Leadership: Identity and Insight, Amanda K. Jarvis
Taking Advantage of Second Chances through Reassessment, Benjamin D. Lee
Allegory in Black and White: the Vocationalization of U.s. Higher Education, John Hamilton Metoyer
Exploring the Relationship between Members of Lifelong Learning Institutes and Host Institutions, Jon Charles Neidy
You Belong Here: Residence Halls as Disparate Predictors of Sophomore Year Persistence at Predominantly White Institutions, James Raymond Neville
Answering the “More and Cheaper ” Push of the Completion Agenda: What Does It Cost an Illinois Public University To Deliver a Bachelor’s Degree?, Melissa R. Pitcock
Promoting Persistence among Lgbtq Community College Students, Gregory D. Robinson