Gorge consists of poetry, prose poetry, and experimental/hybrid-genre pieces that explore obsession, trauma, and memory through personal and historical lenses. A loose narrative framework centers around the archetype of “Mudman,” an anti-hero whose . . .

The aim of this thesis is to explore and analyze David Lynch’s films noir through a psychoanalytic lens, predominantly employing Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theories to dissect and explicate these films. This thesis defines and explores wha . . .

At present, a majority of one-to-one student laptop programs exist in schools that serve affluent communities, which denies low socioeconomic students the learning benefits of ubiquitous access to technology. Using a “Studying Up - Studying Down” para . . .

While more women lead community colleges than ever before, males hold more than 70% of top leadership positions. Despite decades of scholarship and emerging concepts of leadership, the masculine model of leadership persists. Using social role theory a . . .

This study highlights the under-representation of women in educational leadership. It explores the specific issue of supervision as an important function of management that facilitates women’s career advancement, and promotes gender equity. The very n . . .

In recent years, community colleges have become more challenged to be accredited and not placed on warning for their lack of institutional effectiveness. This mixed methods study looked at one of the measurements of institutional effectiveness- a coll . . .

Consistently low levels of study abroad participation by students of color have fueled extensive anecdotal advice literature and a few empirical studies that examined perceived barriers to access. Literature that explores the experiences of students o . . .

This study seeks to address how participatory action research (PAR) helps middle school teachers reflect on the process of change, attitudes, and pedagogy towards teaching English language learners (ELLs) in content classes. The PAR study involved six . . .

Many students struggle with structuring their writing in composing expository texts. This dissertation examined the scaffolding strategies inherent in the Thinking Maps program to see if students’ compositions were more organized if they used a Thinki . . .

The academic achievement for disadvantaged students, students of color, and English language learners has fallen behind the performance levels of white students for decades (Darling Hammond, 2007). By 2014, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act will req . . .