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EBSCO Open Dissertations makes electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) more accessible to researchers worldwide. The free portal is designed to benefit universities and their students and make ETDs more discoverable. 

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EBSCO Open Dissertations is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to increase traffic and discoverability of ETD research. You can join the movement and add your theses and dissertations to the database, making them freely available to researchers everywhere while increasing traffic to your institutional repository. 

EBSCO Open Dissertations extends the work started in 2014, when EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation created American Doctoral Dissertations which contained indexing from the H.W. Wilson print publication, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. In 2015, the H.W. Wilson Foundation agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.

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Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers

The Harvard University Archives ’ collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University’s history.

Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).

Other highlights include:

• The collection of Mathematical theses, 1782-1839
• The 1895 Ph.D. dissertation of W.E.B. Du Bois, The suppression of the African slave trade in the United States, 1638-1871
• Ph.D. dissertations of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Ph.D. 1925) and physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (Ph.D. 1922)
• Undergraduate honors theses of novelist John Updike (A.B. 1954), filmmaker Terrence Malick (A.B. 1966),  and U.S. poet laureate Tracy Smith (A.B. 1994)
• Undergraduate prize papers and dissertations of philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson (A.B. 1821), George Santayana (Ph.D. 1889), and W.V. Quine (Ph.D. 1932)
• Undergraduate honors theses of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (A.B. 1940) and Chief Justice John Roberts (A.B. 1976)

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If you're a Harvard undergraduate writing your own thesis, it can be helpful to review recent prize-winning theses. The Harvard University Archives has made available for digital lending all of the Thomas Hoopes Prize winners from the 2019-2021 academic years.

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In your academic career, few projects are more important than your PhD thesis. Unfortunately, many university professors and advisors assume that their students know how to structure a PhD. Books have literally been written on the subject, but there’s no need to read a book in order to know about PhD thesis paper format and structure. With that said, however, it’s important to understand that your PhD thesis format requirement may not be the same as another student’s. The bottom line is that how to structure a PhD thesis often depends on your university and department guidelines.

But, let’s take a look at a general PhD thesis format. We’ll look at the main sections, and how to connect them to each other. We’ll also examine different hints and tips for each of the sections. As you read through this toolkit, compare it to published PhD theses in your area of study to see how a real-life example looks.

Main Sections of a PhD Thesis

In almost every PhD thesis or dissertation, there are standard sections. Of course, some of these may differ, depending on your university or department requirements, as well as your topic of study, but this will give you a good idea of the basic components of a PhD thesis format.

• Abstract : The abstract is a brief summary that quickly outlines your research, touches on each of the main sections of your thesis, and clearly outlines your contribution to the field by way of your PhD thesis. Even though the abstract is very short, similar to what you’ve seen in published research articles, its impact shouldn’t be underestimated. The abstract is there to answer the most important question to the reviewer. “Why is this important?”
• Introduction : In this section, you help the reviewer understand your entire dissertation, including what your paper is about, why it’s important to the field, a brief description of your methodology, and how your research and the thesis are laid out. Think of your introduction as an expansion of your abstract.
• Literature Review : Within the literature review, you are making a case for your new research by telling the story of the work that’s already been done. You’ll cover a bit about the history of the topic at hand, and how your study fits into the present and future.
• Theory Framework : Here, you explain assumptions related to your study. Here you’re explaining to the review what theoretical concepts you might have used in your research, how it relates to existing knowledge and ideas.
• Methods : This section of a PhD thesis is typically the most detailed and descriptive, depending of course on your research design. Here you’ll discuss the specific techniques you used to get the information you were looking for, in addition to how those methods are relevant and appropriate, as well as how you specifically used each method described.
• Results : Here you present your empirical findings. This section is sometimes also called the “empiracles” chapter. This section is usually pretty straightforward and technical, and full of details. Don’t shortcut this chapter.
• Discussion : This can be a tricky chapter, because it’s where you want to show the reviewer that you know what you’re talking about. You need to speak as a PhD versus a student. The discussion chapter is similar to the empirical/results chapter, but you’re building on those results to push the new information that you learned, prior to making your conclusion.
• Conclusion : Here, you take a step back and reflect on what your original goals and intentions for the research were. You’ll outline them in context of your new findings and expertise.

Tips for your PhD Thesis Format

As you put together your PhD thesis, it’s easy to get a little overwhelmed. Here are some tips that might keep you on track.

• Don’t try to write your PhD as a first-draft. Every great masterwork has typically been edited, and edited, and…edited.
• Work with your thesis supervisor to plan the structure and format of your PhD thesis. Be prepared to rewrite each section, as you work out rough drafts. Don’t get discouraged by this process. It’s typical.
• Make your writing interesting. Academic writing has a reputation of being very dry.
• You don’t have to necessarily work on the chapters and sections outlined above in chronological order. Work on each section as things come up, and while your work on that section is relevant to what you’re doing.
• Don’t rush things. Write a first draft, and leave it for a few days, so you can come back to it with a more critical take. Look at it objectively and carefully grammatical errors, clarity, logic and flow.
• Know what style your references need to be in, and utilize tools out there to organize them in the required format.
• It’s easier to accidentally plagiarize than you think. Make sure you’re referencing appropriately, and check your document for inadvertent plagiarism throughout your writing process.

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Writing a dissertation is a serious and lengthy task, with so many steps to complete, revise, and perfect. The NU Dissertation Template provides a lot of helpful info, but students still often have many questions and need additional guidance.  Seeing completed examples helps a lot.  This guide will help you to access completed NU dissertations in the NU library to inspire and inform your own research and writing.

Accessing completed NU dissertations can help students with the following common issues:

• Finding examples/inspiration for methodology, focus, topic, and other “big-picture” concerns.
• Identifying specifics on length/depth/breadth of each section of the dissertation.
• Seeing examples of formatting in context, such as APA style headings.
• Understanding specific dissertation committee expectations.
• Finding new references on completed reference lists.
• Supporting your peers’ scholarly work by reading their dissertations and participating in the scholarly community.

It’s easy to locate completed NU dissertations in the NU Library!

• Log into NCUOne and click on the NU Library link  - https://resources.nu.edu
• Access the pull-down menu on left entitled “Research Resources” and click on “Find Dissertations”.
• Access the pull-down menu for Vendors/Providers in the top middle of the page and click on “ProQuest”.
• Click on ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ Northcentral University .

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Once you have located the published NU dissertations, you can narrow your search, just like you would with any other library resource.  Try the following strategies to start:

• Keywords/terms that you are using in your own research.
• General area of focus (for example, “Special Education”).
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• References/citations you plan to use.
• Just like with any other library resource, you can perform an advanced search using a combination of these strategies.
• In addition to the NU dissertations, you may want to consider accessing non-NU dissertations via the general ProQuest link on the pull-down menu (see steps outlined above).  This can be helpful if your topic is extremely specific, if you are very far along in your work, and if you need to broaden your search.

Now that you have accessed the completed NU Dissertations in the NU Library, the possibilities to inspire and guide you in your own work are endless.  Be excited that one day soon, your own dissertation will be published in the NU library!

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Theses & dissertations: home, access to theses and dissertations from other institutions and from the university of cambridge.

This guide provides information on searching for theses of Cambridge PhDs and for theses of UK universities and universities abroad. 

For information and guidance on depositing your thesis as a cambridge phd, visit the cambridge office of scholarly communication pages on theses here ., this guide gives essential information on how to obtain theses using the british library's ethos service. .

On the last weekend of October, the British Library became the victim of a major cyber-attack. Essential digital services including the BL catalogue, website and online learning resources went dark, with research services like the EThOS collection of more than 600,000 doctoral theses suddenly unavailable. The BL state that they anticipate restoring more services in the next few weeks, but disruption to certain services is now expected to persist for several months. For the latest news on the attack and information on the restoration of services, please follow the BL blog here:  Knowledge Matters blog  and access the LibGuide page here:  British Library Outage Update - Electronic Legal Deposit - LibGuides at University of Cambridge Subject Libraries

A full list of resources for searching theses online is provided by the Cambridge A-Z, available here .

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Finding a cambridge phd thesis online via the institutional repository.

The University's institutional repository, Apollo , holds full-text digital versions of over 11,000 Cambridge PhD theses and is a rapidly growing collection deposited by Cambridge Ph.D. graduates. Theses in Apollo can be browsed via this link . More information on how to access theses by University of Cambridge students can be found on the access to Cambridge theses webpage.   The requirement for impending PhD graduates to deposit a digital version in order to graduate means the repository will be increasing at a rate of approximately 1,000 per year from this source.   About 200 theses are added annually through requests to make theses Open Access or via requests to digitize a thesis in printed format.

Locating and obtaining a copy of a Cambridge PhD thesis (not yet available via the repository)

Theses can be searched in iDiscover .  Guidance on searching for theses in iDiscover can be found here .   Requests for consultation of printed theses, not available online, should be made at the Manuscripts Reading Room (Email:  [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)1223 333143).   Further information on the University Library's theses, dissertations and prize essays collections can be consulted at this link .

Researchers can order a copy of an unpublished thesis which was deposited in print form either through the Library’s  Digital Content Unit via the image request form , or, if the thesis has been digitised, it may be available in the Apollo repository. Copies of theses may be provided to researchers in accordance with the  law  and in a manner that is common across UK libraries.  The law allows us to provide whole copies of unpublished theses to individuals as long as they sign a declaration saying that it is for non-commercial research or private study.

How to make your thesis available online through Cambridge's institutional repository

Are you a Cambridge alumni and wish to make your Ph.D. thesis available online? You can do this by depositing it in Apollo the University's institutional repository. Click here for further information on how to proceed.    Current Ph.D students at the University of Cambridge can find further information about the requirements to deposit theses on the Office of Scholarly Communication theses webpages.

UK Theses and Dissertations

Electronic copies of Ph.D. theses submitted at over 100 UK universities are obtainable from EThOS , a service set up to provide access to all theses from participating institutions. It achieves this by harvesting e-theses from Institutional Repositories and by digitising print theses as they are ordered by researchers using the system. Over 250,000 theses are already available in this way. Please note that it does not supply theses submitted at the universities of Cambridge or Oxford although they are listed on EThOS.

Registration with EThOS is not required to search for a thesis but is necessary to download or order one unless it is stored in the university repository rather than the British Library (in which case a link to the repository will be displayed). Many theses are available without charge on an Open Access basis but in all other cases, if you are requesting a thesis that has not yet been digitised you will be asked to meet the cost. Once a thesis has been digitised it is available for free download thereafter.

When you order a thesis it will either be immediately available for download or writing to hard copy or it will need to be digitised. If you order a thesis for digitisation, the system will manage the process and you will be informed when the thesis is available for download/preparation to hard copy.

See the Search results section of the  help page for full information on interpreting search results in EThOS.

EThOS is managed by the British Library and can be found at http://ethos.bl.uk . For more information see About EThOS .

World-wide (incl. UK) theses and dissertations

Electronic versions of non-UK theses may be available from the institution at which they were submitted, sometimes on an open access basis from the institutional repository. A good starting point for discovering freely available electronic theses and dissertations beyond the UK is the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) , which facilitates searching across institutions. Information can also usually be found on the library web pages of the relevant institution.

The DART Europe etheses portal lists several thousand full-text theses from a group of European universities.

The University Library subscribes to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses  (PQDT) database which from August 31 2023 is accessed on the Web of Science platform.  To search this index select it from the Web of Science "Search in" drop-down list of databases (available on the Documents tab on WoS home page)

PQDT includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations, representing 700 leading academic institutions worldwide from 1861 to the present day. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The University Library only subscribes to the abstracting & indexing version of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database and NOT the full text version.  A fee is payable for ordering a dissertation from this source.   To obtain the full text of a dissertation as a downloadable PDF you can submit your request via the University Library Inter-Library Loans department (see contact details below). NB this service is only available to full and current members of the University of Cambridge.

Alternatively you can pay yourself for the dissertation PDF on the PQDT platform. Link from Web of Science record display of any thesis to PQDT by clicking on "View Details on ProQuest".  On the "Preview" page you will see an option "Order a copy" top right.  This will allow you to order your own copy from ProQuest directly.

Dissertations and theses submitted at non-UK universities may also be requested on Inter-Library Loan through the Inter-Library Loans department (01223 333039 or 333080, [email protected] )

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Browse the pages of this guide for information on finding graduate theses & dissertations and Senior Honors Theses at Tufts; resources for writing and submitting a thesis or dissertation ; and resources for locating dissertations written by authors at other institutions to use in your research. Get in touch with any questions about this guide or your research.

Search for Tufts master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations in JumboSearch . You’ll find records for both print and digital, and links to the digital version where available.

You can also browse for Tufts theses & dissertations in  Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts , with full text available for:

• Most PhD dissertations after 1996
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Tufts undergraduate theses that have been submitted in print form are housed in Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC). More information and a list of theses submitted through 2015 is available from TARC. 

Theses that have been submitted electronically are available in the Tufts Digital Library . Students began submitting theses electronically in 2010.

To find senior honors theses for a specific department :

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• On the left side of the results page, open the Collections limit and click "Senior honors theses"

Please note that because undergraduates are not required to submit a copy to TARC, your results won't be a complete set of all honors theses written for a particular department.

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The series “Springer Theses” brings together a selection of the very best Ph.D. theses from around the world and across the physical sciences. Nominated and endorsed by two recognized specialists, each published volume has been selected for its scientific excellence and the high impact of its contents for the pertinent field of research. For greater accessibility to non-specialists, the published versions include an extended introduction, as well as a foreword by the student’s supervisor explaining the special relevance of the work for the field. As a whole, the series will provide a valuable resource both for newcomers to the research fields described, and for other scientists seeking detailed background information on special questions. Finally, it provides an accredited documentation of the valuable contributions made by today’s younger generation of scientists.

Theses may be nominated for publication in this series by heads of department at internationally leading universities or institutes and should fulfill all of the following criteria  

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• The topic should fall within the confines of Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, Engineering and related interdisciplinary fields such as Materials, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Complex Systems and Biophysics. 
• The work reported in the thesis must represent a significant scientific advance. 
• If the thesis includes previously published material, permission to reproduce this must be gained from the respective copyright holder (a maximum 30% of the thesis should be a verbatim reproduction from the author's previous publications).
• They must have been examined and passed during the 12 months prior to nomination. 
• Each thesis should include a foreword by the supervisor outlining the significance of its content.
• The theses should have a clearly defined structure including an introduction accessible to new PhD students and scientists not expert in the relevant field.

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

According to ProQuest, coverage begins with 1637. With more than 2.4 million entries,  ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global  is the starting point for finding citations to doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI also offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. The full text of more than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download. Use  Interlibrary Loan  for the titles not available as full text online.

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To search for titles and verify holdings of dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), use the CRL catalog . CRL seeks to provide comprehensive access to doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the U. S. and Canada (currently more than 750,000 titles). One hundred European universities maintain exchange or deposit agreements with CRL. Russian dissertation abstracts in the social sciences are obtained on microfiche from INION.  More detailed information about CRL’s dissertation holdings .

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Rapid Fabrication of Nanoparticles on Carbonaceous Nanofibers , Alex Burnstine-Townley

The Distribution of Entrepreneurship Within and Across Generations of Enterprising Families , Sarah Burrows

Exploring Risk Factors Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology in Police , Lori Camacho

Examining Domestic Violence: The Relationship Between Socio-Demographic Factors and Case Dispositions , Alesha Cameron

Bench- and Pilot-Scale Corrosion Control Inhibitor Effectiveness Studies for a Community's Blended Surficial and Brackish Groundwater Supply , Paula Campesino

Racial Discrimination, Social Support and Psychological Distress among Black Pregnant Women , Camilla Carey

Gait Strategies While Walking with Discrete Perturbations on a Self-Paced Treadmill , Cesar Castano

Optimal Sequencing and Scheduling Algorithm for Traffic Flows Based on Extracted Control Actions Near the Airport , Sharmistha Chakrabarti

A Study on Robustness and Semantic Understanding of Visual Models , Madeline Chantry

A Holistic Work System Approach to Creating Flow During Transactional Work , Steven Clapp

Flow Independent Fuel Injection for More Consistent Liquid Combustion Using Pintile Injectors , Charles Clark

Studying Memes During Covid Lockdown as a Lens Through Which to Understand Video-Mediated Communication Interactions , Tatyana Claytor

Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Tobacco Related Samples via High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Laser Excited Time Resolved Shpol' Skii Spectroscopy , Ahmed Comas

Study on the Methodology of Florida Sinkhole Identification, Monitoring, and Mitigation , Timothy Copeland

A Spatiotemporal Examination of Crime Site Selection for Commercial Burglary and Street Robbery , Devin Cowan

"Do You Want to Build with Snowman?": Positioning Twine Story Formats Through Critical Code Study , Daniel Cox

The Impact of the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and the Role Instructional Leaders and Teachers have on the Implementation of an MTSS Framework , Stephanie Crim

Narrating the Fragmenting Brain: Alzheimer's Disease Neuronarratives , Bonnie Cross

A Phenomenological Inquiry on How Social Markers Inform Preservice Elementary Teachers Science Teacher Identity Through the Lens of Positionality , Katherine Cruz-Deiter

Modeling Behavior and Vaccine Hesitancy for Predicting Daily Vaccination Inoculations Using Trends, Case, Death, and Twitter Sentiment Data , Talal Daghriri

Utilizing Technologies to Investigate Structural Performance of Bridges at Local and Global Levels , Marwan Debees

The Associations Among Racial Discrimination, Perceived Stress and Birth Satisfaction Among Black Women , Amanda de la Serna

Capturing and Scaffolding the Complexities of Self-Regulation During Game-Based Learning , Daryn Dever

Digital Disconnect: The Relationship Between In-game and Real-world Issues in World of Warcraft , Taylor Devereaux

The Effects of a Gamified Rehabilitation Protocol Compared to an At-Home Exercise Packet on Individuals with Non-Specific Low Back Pain , Luk Devorski

Two Essays on the Airbnb Market , Debanjana Dey

A Unique Method of Using Information Entropy to Evaluate the Reliability of Deep Neural Network Predictions on Intracranial Electroencephalogram , Elakkat Dharmaraj Gireesh

Disclosure Experiences and Well-Being Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women Sexual Violence Survivors , Madelyn Diaz

Utilizing Remote Virtual Rehearsal to Enhance Parents' Implementation Fidelity of Functional Analysis Procedures in a Simulated Environment , Morgan Diaz

Representation Learning in Deep Neural Networks , Yifan Ding

Exotic Ground States in Novel Quantum Magnets , Charuni Dissanayake

A Spatial Perspective on Urban Accessibility: Defining Continuous Urban Road Networks, Improving Urban Measurement Methodology, and a Graph-theoretic Approach to Food Access , Lauren Doocy

Deep Learning-Based Microscopy , Vahid Ebrahimi

A Phenomenological Exploration of Transfer Students' Experiences with Coaching and Advising at a Large Metropolitan Research University , Mirvate El Jerdi

Agent-Based Simulation, Machine Learning, Micro Supply Chain, and Optimization of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus and Incorporating Renewable Energy , Marwen Elkamel

Distributed Optimization with Limited Communication in Networks with Adversaries , Iyanuoluwa Emiola

Detecting Team Conflict From Multiparty Dialogue , Ayesha Enayet

Social Equity Through Vaccinations During COVID-19: A Study of Equitable Utilization of Resources During Emergencies and Crises , Rebecca Entress

Understanding, Modeling, and Simulating the Discrepancy Between Intended and Perceived Image Appearance on Optical See-Through Augmented Reality Displays , Austin Erickson

Determination of Damage Initiation Mechanisms in Aerospace Alloys Due to Stress Corrosion Cracking via In-Situ Microscale Characterization Techniques , Remelisa Esteves

Investigating the Role of Loss in Refugee Mental Health: Exploration through the Lens of Ambiguous Loss Theory , Dania Fakhro

Robust and Adaptive Neuromodulation Algorithms for Closed-Loop Control of Brain States , Hao Fang

Imaging And Computation Using Vector Modes , Alireza Fardoost

Efficient and Accurate Machine Learning Algorithms Based on Transform Domain Techniques for Biomedical Data , Maedeh Sadat Fasihi

Due Tomorrow, Do Tomorrow: Measuring and Reducing Procrastination Behavior Among Introductory Physics Students in an Online Environment , Zachary Felker

Defining Sober Harms and Factors that Influence Them: Blame it on the Alcohol? , Jessica Flori

An Investigation of Change Mechanisms Using Psychophysiological Data: Child-Centered Play Therapy with Children Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences , Caitlin Frawley

Time-specific Safety Performance Functions for Different Advanced Traffic Management Strategies , Jingwan Fu

Black Female Prospective Teachers' Mathematical Identity: Narratives of Their Experiences , Tandrea Fulton

Utilization and Costs of Home Hemodialysis, In-Center Hemodialysis, and Peritoneal Dialysis Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in the United States , Andres Mauricio Garcia Sierra

Discovery and Evaluation of Finite State Machines in Hardware Security , James Geist

Design, Analysis and Control of Multi-port Converter for PV and Storage Applications , Sumana Ghosh

"It is in our DNA": Athlete Activism and Social Media Discourse During the 2020 WNBA Season , Kendra Gilbertson

Examining Generation Z Perceptions and Preferences for Academic Advising , Vanessa Gonzalez

Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Examining Administrative Subculture Typology to Identify the Dominant Culture Type and Provide an Element of Consideration for Institutional Management and Effectiveness , Darryl Gordon

Exploring Experienced Secondary ELA Teachers' Sense-Making of Teaching Mixed-Ability Heterogeneous Classes: An Interpretative Phenomenological Case Study , Audra Greuel

Refining the Use of Stable Isotope Analysis in Detecting Wildlife Laundering , Kevin Guilfoyle

An Investigation of Grade 10 First Time Geometry Achievement As Predicted By Algebra I and Grade 9 English Language Arts Scores , Heather Haas Kreider

Roadmap To Successful Implementation Of Digital Transformation In The Defense Industry , Mohamed Hamada

Physical Properties and Chemical Composition of Comets , Olga Harrington

Targeting Inhibitory Receptor TIGIT Signaling in NK Cells to Improve Anti-tumor Immunity , Md Faqrul Hasan

Leadership Efficacy: A Study of the Relationship between Leadership Efficacy, Teacher Perception and Teacher Retention , Rachel Hazel

Writing About Reflecting About Teaching: The Circulation of Writing About Writing with Pedagogical Implications , Emily Hensley

Ocean Vector Wind Measurement Potential from the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission using a Combined Active and Passive Algorithm , Alamgir Hossan

High-Dynamic-Range and High-Efficiency Near-Eye Display Systems , En-Lin Hsiang

Developing A Physics-informed Deep Learning Paradigm for Traffic State Estimation , Jiheng Huang

Modeling Online Social Behavior with a Deep Network Learning Framework , Yifan Huang

Data-Driven Optimal Power System Operation Under Uncertainty , Ren Hu

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Psychology Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Improving the Subjective Well-Being of Autistic Youth Utilizing a Positive Psychology Intervention , Nicolette Bauermeister

An Experimental Study of Negative Performance Feedback: Consideration of a Cognitive Pathway and Individual Difference Factors , Ansley M. Bender

A Critical Analysis of the Graduate Socialization of Racially Minoritized School Psychology Students , Tatiana J. Broughton

The Influence of COVID-19 on Tobacco Racial Health Disparities: Testing the Differential Effects of COVID-19 on Smoking Motivation Variables across Black and White Smokers , Patricia F. Calixte-Civil

An Evaluation of Measurement Invariance of DSM-5 Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria Across Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults , E. Elisa Carsten

The Development of a Behaviorally Based Mentoring Workplace Scale , Christina N. Falcon

Examining the Role of Executive Functions on the Intention-Behavior Gap of Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Use , Becky K. Gius

The Effect of Psychopathy Trait Descriptions on Mock Juror Decision-Making , Bailey A. Hall

Context matters: Profiles of emotion regulation at work and home , Roxanne C. Lawrence

Planning to Behave Impulsively to Feel Better: An EMA Study of College Students' Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, Binge Eating, and Exercise Behaviors , Rose H. Miller

One Year Impact of the Advancing Coping and Engagement (ACE) Program on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Student Success , Amanda C. Moseley

The Effects of Divided Attention in Free Recall: Affecting Trace Accumulation by Dividing Attention , Anne Olsen

Investigating Risk Factors of the Development of Compulsive Exercise and Eating Disorder Symptoms in College Students , Madeline Palermo

Invisible Families, Clear Consequences: Work-Family Integration Among Employees in Same Gender Presenting Romantic Relationships , Joseph Regina

Threats to School Safety: Examining Levels of Community Violence and Its Relation to School-Related Threats , Dorie Ross

The Social Anxiety Stigma Scale (SASS): Development, Factor Structure, and Validation , Ruba Rum

Socio-emotional effects of rejection: An experience-sampling examination , Gabriella Silva

Observed Error Monitoring as an Index of Theory of Mind , Kipras Varkala

I'll Make a Man Out of You: Precarious Manhood Beliefs among Heterosexual-Cisgender Men and Queer Men , Serena L. Wasilewski

From Other and From World: Expanding the Current Model of Existential Isolation , Roger Young Jr.

Temporal and Spatial Properties of Orientation Summary Statistic Representations , Jacob S. Zepp

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Boredom, Interoceptive Ability, and Emotional Eating , Erica Ahlich

Environmental Transmission of Career Interests Through a Genetic Lens: Understanding the Confounding Around Parental Occupation , Tyler Allan

Do Suicide Attempt Survivors Have Reduced Long-Term Well-Being? A Study of Veterans Across Three Nationally Representative Cohorts , Bradley A. Brown

Depersonalized, Dysregulated, and Demanded: The Impact of Burnout on Appraisal and Emotional Events , Katrina M. Conen

Breast Health Esteem to Motivate Breast Health Behavioral Intentions: An Application of the Terror Management Health Model , Emily P. Courtney

Gender Differences in College Drinkers: The Role of Masculine Norms , Jared A. Davis

Prevalence and Predictors of Careless Responding in Experience Sampling Research , Alexander J. Denison

Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination: A Closer Look , Jeremiah Doaty

The Impact of Cannabis on Motivational Processes for Smoked Tobacco and Cigarettes , Claire M. Gorey

Outcomes of a Telehealth Adaptation of a Trauma-Based Parent Training Program , Holland Hayford

Why Don’t They Just Ask?: Barriers to Directly Requesting Affirmative Sexual Consent by Gender and Sexual Orientation , Jessica A. Jordan

Examining the Social Validity of Parent Training: Post-Participation Parent Perceptions and Reflections of Group Triple P , Nycole C. Kauk

Individual Differences in Response to Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in a STEM Interview Context: The Moderating Role of Behavioral Activation , Elizabeth Kiebel

Do Sociability Expectancies Moderate Social Anxiety Predicting Alcohol Consumption Following a Social Stressor Speech Task , Jacob A. Levine

An Object for Sexual Pleasure: Does Viewing Sexualized Media Predict Increases in Self and Partner Objectification Impacting Feelings of Sexual and Romantic Closeness? , Kaitlyn Ligman

Influences of Sentence Context and Individual Differences in Lexical Quality on Early Phonological Processing during Silent Reading , Sara Milligan

Testing the Effects of Social Exclusion on Emotional Arousal: An Examination of the Effects of Psychological Pain and Rumination , Amanda L. Peterson

Creating a Short, Public-Domain Version of the CPAI-2: Using an Algorithmic Approach to Develop Public-Domain Measures of Indigenous Personality Traits , Mukhunth Raghavan

Equitable Implementation of the Good Behavior Game , Faith D. Reynolds

Ethnic-Racial Minoritized Adolescents’ Perceptions of Cyberhate, School Connectedness, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Life Satisfaction , Alexis Taylor

Predicting Future Well-Being Among United States Youth Who Attempted Suicide and Survived , Bingjie Tong

Approach and Avoidance Food Craving: A Dual Cue Reactivity Investigation , Christina Lee Verzijl

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

School Professional Coaching on Facilitation of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) Model for Students with Persistent Problem Behavior , Rachel Ayres

Influencing Motivation for Alcohol through Social Bonding , Bryan Benitez

Case Studies in Applied Behavior Analysis: Using a Desensitization Procedure to Decrease Problem Behavior Towards Peers and Using a Treatment Package to Increase Time Spent in a Small Group , Mallamy I. Camargo Pena

Testing the Congruence of Espousals and Enactments Predicting Team Innovation , Rylan M. Charlton

The General Psychopathology Factor ( p ) From Adolescence to Adulthood: Disentangling the Developmental Trajectories of p Using a Multi-Method Approach , Alexandria M. Choate

An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Disordered Eating Behaviors within Alcohol Use Episodes: Determining Temporal Sequencing in Food and Alcohol Disturbance , Emily M. Choquette

The Influence of Maternal Body-Shaming Comments and Bodily Shame on Portion Size , Savannah R. Flak

Mental Health Problems, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Offending Behavior Among Persons Incarcerated in a County Jail , Lauren F. Fournier

The Adaptive, Social, Communication, and Cognitive Skills of Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers with Autism , Marcela A. Galicia

Good Intentions Go Awry: Investigation of Unhelpful Supportive Leadership , Cheryl E. Gray

Hello Traitor: An Examination of Individual Differences in Perceptions of Technology-Related Incivility , David J. Howard

Measuring State Empathy: Exploring the Efficacy of a Film Clip Task and Examining Individual Differences in Empathic Responding , Stephanie R. Hruza

The Relationship of Hope to Goals and Psychological Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: A Test of Hope Theory , Kelly A. Hyland

Decisions and How Doctors Make Them: Modeling Multilevel Decision-Making within Diagnostic Medicine , Michelle S. Kaplan

Cultural Values as a Moderator of the Emotion Suppression to Strain Relationship: A Comparison of Two Dominant Theoretical Mechanisms , Roxanne C. Lawrence

How Enduring is Global Precedence? , Jong Lee

Cool Under Fire: Psychopathic Traits and Decision-Making in Law Enforcement-Oriented Populations , Sean J. McKinley

Cognitive Ability and Ambivalence toward Alcohol: An Examination of Working Memory Capacity’s Influence on Drinking Behavior , Emily T. Noyes

The Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Attendance, and Attrition in a Group-Based Parent Management Training Program , David Rubio Jr.

Unintended Consequences? Testing the Effects of Adolescent-Targeted Anti-Vaping Media upon Adult Smokers , Leslie E. Sawyer

“Just Joking”: Women’s Cardiovascular Responses to Sexist Humor , Samantha Shepard

Negative Performance Feedback and the Self-Regulatory Benefits of Mindfulness , Jeremiah Slutsky

Examining the Potential Interactions of Expectancies and Disordered Eating Behavior , Cody B. Staples

The nature of resilience: A person-centered approach using latent profile analysis , Yuejia Teng

Evaluation of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Fit Indices in Distinguishing between Circumplex and Other Factor Models , Andrew J. Thurston

Comparison of Parameter Estimation Approaches for Multi-Unidimensional Pairwise Preference Tests , Naidan Tu

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Impact of Cues on Autobiographical Memory Recall in Depression , Ena Begovic

Perfectionism, Negative Life Events, and Cognitive Appraisal: A Contextual Model of Perfectionism’s Maladaptive Nature , Ansley M. Bender

The Effect of Acute Interpersonal Racial Discrimination on Smoking Motivation and Behavior among Black Smokers , Patricia F. Calixte-Civil

Parent Coping and Sibling Relationship Quality in Pediatric Cancer: The Moderating Effects of Parental Emotion Socialization Beliefs , Esther Davila

Higher Sense of Control Predicts Long-term Well-being After Depression , Andrew R. Devendorf

Villains or Vermin? The Differential Effects of Discrimination and Dehumanization on Immigrant Cardiovascular Responses , Mona El-Hout

Alcohol Expectancy Associates as a Probe of the Motivational Processes that Lead to Drinking , Daniel C. Faraci

Features of borderline personality and related psychopathologies as a contemporaneously and temporally connected network , Haya Fatimah

Editing the Self Away: The Effects of Photo Manipulation on Perceptions of the Self , Roxanne N. Felig

Motivation Matters: The Interaction of Approach and Avoidance Alcohol Motivation and Self-Control Demands in College Drinkers , Becky K. Gius

Facilitators and Barriers to Treatment Engagement in a Behavioral Parent Training Program , Holland Hayford

Effects of Inter-Male Status Challenge and Psychopathic Traits on Sexual Aggression , Amy M. Hoffmann

If at First You Don’t Succeed...Your Coworkers Just Might Be Pleased: A Story of Workplace Schadenfreude , Kim Johnson

Motivation to Volunteer , Lendi N. Joy

Exploration of Drive for Leanness in Relation to Drives for Thinness and Muscularity, as well as their Concurrent Associations with Health-Related Outcomes , Brittany Lang

Affect and Craving: Examining the Differential Influences of Positive and Negative Affect on Inclinations to Approach and Avoid Alcohol Use , Jacob A. Levine

Threat-Induced Alterations in Cognition and Associations with Disinhibited Behavior , Julia B. McDonald

A Prospective Examination of Psychosocial Outcomes Following Gynecomastia Surgery , D. Luis Ordaz

Assessing the Impacts of Sensorimotor Stimuli and Nicotine Content on Cravings and Other Outcomes of E-Cigarette Use , Amanda M. Palmer

The Threat of Virality: Digital Outrage Combats the Spread of Opposing Ideas , Curtis Puryear

Why Are Women Leaving STEM? An Examination of Workplace Rivalry , Joseph Regina

A Fidelity-based Integration Model for Explicit and Implicit Ensemble Coding , Ke Tong

Care in Context: Constructing a Theory of Care in One Fifth Grade Classroom , Emily J. Wingate

Depression, Music Choice, and Affective Outcomes in Daily Life , Sunkyung Yoon

The Immediate Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Attention and Acceptance , Xiaoqian Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Understanding the Mechanisms Between Job Stress and Employee Sleep: A Daily Diary Study , Marijana L. Arvan

The Effects of Mortality Salience on Interest in Death (and Life) Among High Openness Individuals , Patrick Boyd

Linking Sleep and Aggression: The Role of Response Inhibition and Emotional Processing , Melanie L. Bozzay

Mapping Reward Values to Cues, Locations, and Objects: The Influence of Reward Associations on Visual Attention , Constanza de Dios

From C++ to Conscientiousness: Modeling the Psychosocial Characteristics Influencing Cybersecurity Personnel Performance , Rachel C. Dreibelbis

Personality and Process: The Role of Dyadic Homophily , Christina N. Falcon

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• No Thumbnail Available Item JUDICIAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA: THE COLOMBIAN NON-CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-12-18 ) Varela, David F. ; Kocher, Matthew A ; Levy, Brian ; González, Francisco E. ; Garoupa, Nuno Show more This thesis explores the path of non-criminal court reforms in Colombia by tracing the influence of: (a) the various political drivers of this court subsystem; and (b) the value added by the International Financial Institutions. To that end the thesis focuses on the two main elements of Colombia’s 1991 reforms: (i) the Superior Judicial Council’s governance and management role; and (ii) the protection of constitutional rights through the tutela, a procedure that allows universal citizen access to justice. Based on an analysis of the historical evolution of the Colombian non-criminal justice determined by a combination of big-P politics (external) and small-p politics (internal), with an emphasis on the post-1991 period, the thesis found that Colombia has made substantial progress around institutional strengthening in terms of independence and access, but service delivery has not achieved sustainable performance improvements regarding management and responsiveness. Following different approaches, during the last twenty years the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank have helped Colombia developing capabilities for improving performance at various levels of the non-criminal courts, especially around the transition to oral proceedings, the national decongestion plan and digital transformation. The results record is mixed because sometimes the overly ambitious technical solutions proposed by the Institutions were not aligned with the dynamics of external and internal politics. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Irrational Exuberance in Global Development ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-12-08 ) Singh, Aditi ; Kapur, Devesh ; Pritchett , Lant ; Levy, Brian ; Kocher, Matthew Show more I draw an analogy between the development marketplace and financial markets, arguing that the spread of some ideas in global development is characterized by irrational exuberance. Like financial markets where there often can be a strong dissonance between the pricing or investment in an asset or a stock compared to its underlying value, a similar incongruence happens between the effectiveness of some ideas in development and the corresponding investment. I ask two questions: (i) Why do some ideas experience irrational exuberance? and (ii) among such ideas, why do some ideas survive while others die? Given the lack of a priori theoretical frameworks, I take an exploratory and inductive approach that relies on two case studies, clean cooking and microfinance. Through a combination of in-process tracing and comparative analysis, I find that development ideas take off because and when they undergo a ‘reconstruction,’ which increases the likelihood that more development actors will want to adopt or invest in such ideas. This reconstruction can happen as actors’ interests evolve once material changes in their environment alter their situation through crises or new opportunities. It can also happen as agents reconstitute their interests by altering their understanding and recalculating their priorities. After a period of active socialization, such ideas spread through a process of social contagion where emulation and mimicry become common mechanisms to generate informational and reputational payoffs. The idea declines in importance when the relationship between the idea and the aforementioned change turns out to be flawed or becomes obsolete. It survives when it continues to conform to the context that supplied such reconstruction. Show more

• No Thumbnail Available Item The Abolishment of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency: Exploring the Change Agent and Primary Catalyst ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-12-04 ) Gardner, Jamie Armstrong ; Gavin, Francis J ; Schmidt, Sebastian ; Campbell, Craig P ; Kocher, Matthew Show more Claims that the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency’s (ACDA’s) abolition in 1997 was a mistake and that its functions should be reinstituted lead to the following questions: 1) Was the abolishment of ACDA in the 1990s unavoidable? 2) What were the key factors and who were the key contributors to the disestablishment of the Agency? and 3) Why was the agency with the independent mandate to address non-proliferation issues abolished at a time when nonproliferation was a high-priority goal of United States foreign policy? Utilizing the Bureaucratic Process Model (BPM) to study why the Agency responsible for negotiating and maintaining the U.S. arms control regime that had developed by the mid-1990s, through which non-proliferation efforts were coordinated, was abolished, adds to the current discussion regarding whether the reasons cited for its abolishment have continued relevance. ACDA’s abolition was not the result of a series of seemingly random events. Rather, the events reflect the culmination of a pendulum “shift” in theory on the utilization of arms control as an agent to ensure U.S. national security, resulting in the elimination of the independent “voice” for arms control. While ACDA faced critics and challenges to its existence prior to the 1990s, prior efforts had been thwarted by ACDA’s supporters, within the executive and legislative branches. Most of the opposition to ACDA was led by Senator Jesse Helms, who, as an agent with both intent and influence outside the executive cabinet’s BPM, was able to outlast and outmaneuver Administration and Congressional opposition. Once Helms found partners within the BPM, in Madeline Albright, and within the opposition party on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in Joe Biden, the fate of ACDA was sealed. Helms was the change agent: His removal from the equation is the only formula modification that might have resulted in ACDA’s continued existence. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was the catalyst utilized by Helms to extract the concession of ACDA’s disestablishment from the Clinton Administration, which was desperate to ratify the CWC. In the absence of the CWC, Helms would have utilized another issue as his catalyst. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item HOUSING QUALITY AMONG OCCUPIED U.S. HOUSEHOLDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-10-25 ) Helms, Veronica E ; Pollack, Craig E ; Perrin, Eliana M Show more Problem Statement: A large body of research underscores that housing quality is considered a key driver of health status, but publicly available housing quality data is scant and not codified. As a construct, housing quality is multidimensional and can be defined using several factors such as physical adequacy, housing cost burden, and neighborhood quality. Currently, neighborhood-level housing quality data is not publicly available. Methods: This quantitative study leveraged national datasets and predictive analytics to better understand neighborhood-level housing quality in the United States. To fill the data gap discussed in the problem statement above, we developed the Housing Quality Index (HQI), a dataset that quantifies multiple dimensions of housing quality across three levels of geography: state, county, and tract. The resulting data product, the Housing Quality Index (HQI), can be used to predict the likelihood that a jurisdiction contains a large share of poor-quality housing units. Manuscript 1 describes the development of the Housing Quality Index (HQI) and discusses high-level findings. Manuscript 2 examines how housing quality dimensions interact at the neighborhood level and assesses concordance with the Environmental Justice Index (EJI), another national index that aggregates socioeconomic and environmental factors. Lastly, Manuscript 3 analyzes the neighborhood-level relationship between housing quality and population health. Results: Manuscript 1 found that in the U.S., approximately 63.3% (SE: 0.27) of occupied housing units, or approximately 81 million occupied households, experience at least one dimension of poor housing quality. State-level and county-level predicted estimates revealed key geographic patterns. County-level and tract-level HQI estimates provide researchers, advocates, and practitioners with a tool to better understand housing quality in a specific jurisdiction. Manuscript 2 found that approximately 42.1% of census tracts scored in the top national quartile for any poor housing quality dimension. Despite this large overall prevalence, each poor housing quality dimension captures a distinct construct, suggesting housing quality dimensions can be viewed independently or cumulatively. Manuscript 3 found a significant association between census tracts with large shares of poor housing quality and census tracts with large shares of adults self-reporting negative health status. Conclusion: The Housing Quality Index (HQI) provides state-level, county-level, and tract-level predicted estimates of housing quality among the occupied U.S. housing stock. HQI estimates allow researchers, administrators, and policymakers to better understand housing quality nationally and within defined jurisdictions. Given that various dimensions of poor housing quality are closely linked to adverse population health outcomes, the HQI can ensure limited resources are adequately targeted for potential interventions. Show more

• No Thumbnail Available Item THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISPARITY AND UTILIZATION TRENDS IN CANCER SCREENING: A LITERATURE REVIEW, RETROSPECTIVE INVESTIGATION, AND COMMERCIAL CLAIMS ANALYSIS IN THE UNITED STATES ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-10-18 ) Sun, Jingjing ; Frick, Kevin D ; Shi, Leiyu ; Liang, Hailun ; Kong, Xiangrong ; Chow, Clifton M. ; Gordon, Toby ; Wu, Albert Show more Objective: This overarching objective of the dissertation is to conduct a comprehensive examination of the disparities and trends in the utilization of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening among different race/ethnicity groups, insurance groups, and geographical locations. Methods: This dissertation consists of three distinct yet interrelated studies and aims to: 1) examine racial/ethnic disparities in recent cancer screening uptake in the U.S. via a systematic literature review of relevant studies incorporating atleast one of four large-scale public health survey databases, as provided in the first study; 2) identify changes in the magnitude of cancer screening disparities among race/ethnicity groups in 2008 and 2018, including the effects of insurance, using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), as detailed in the second study; and 3) investigate trends in cancer screening utilization among commercially insured adults from 2010 to 2019, focusing on geographical variations, using the MarketScan Commercial Claims database, as explored in the third study. Results: The findings from the three studies collectively highlighted enduring disparities in cancer screening utilization across select subgroups. The first two studies revealed enduring racial/ethnic disparities in cancer screening utilization, with non-Hispanic (N.H.) Blacks consistently reporting higher odds of receiving cervical and breast cancer screening compared to N.H. Whites (Study I and II), while Asians reported lower odds across cervical (Study I and II). Despite improvements, significant disparities persisted over time, especially for N.H. Asians. The second study demonstrated that the uninsured were disadvantaged across all cancer types. Geographical disparities were also evident, with higher screening rates among urban residents compared with rural residents, as identified in Study 3. Trends in utilization remained stagnant or declined despite the recognized benefits of early cancer detection. Conclusion: This dissertation highlights the persistent disparities in cancer screening utilization across certain race/ethnicity, insurance, and geographical lines. Despite some improvements, substantial gaps remain, highlighting the importance of addressing underlying factors contributing to disparities among underserved populations and developing targeted interventions. Show more

• No Thumbnail Available Item Toward a Praxis of Culturally Proactive Family–School–Community Partnerships: Implications on Teacher Education and Development in Independent Schools ( Johns Hopkins University , 2023-11-27 ) Trieu, Kipp K ; Sheldon, Steven ; Abel, Yolanda ; Talusan, Liza Show more Family–school–community (FSC) partnerships are known to be impactful to student outcomes. However, though many partnership initiatives aspire to include all families, and there is an increasing body of resources for schools to do so, historically marginalized families often do not have access to these initiatives in a meaningful way. This issue is particularly salient in independent schools, given the history of exclusion in these institutions. As such, there is an opportunity for educators to examine the development and use of inclusive practices to ensure access and belonging for all families. In this dissertation, I propose a Praxis of Culturally Proactive Family–School–Community Partnerships, fusing existing research around FSC partnerships with social justice frameworks to give form to dispositions educators should espouse around FSC partnerships. Then, drawing upon the Praxis of Culturally Proactive FSC Partnerships and existing literature on effective transformational professional development to inform instructional design, I describe a participant-centered and identity-based professional development module designed for preservice and current educators to develop identity awareness, cultural proactiveness and equity literacy in FSC partnerships, and strategies to help educators act for meaningful relationships and partnerships with the families they serve. Show more

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