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Submit Your DissertationDissertations from 2026
Advancing Human AI Collaboration for Behavioral and Mental Health Identification, Abm. Adnan Azmee
PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS OF A HIGH SCHOOL GEOMETRY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY DURING INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS-BASED GRADING, Marcellyn E. Baker
VETERAN IDENTITY STRAIN BEYOND THE HONEYMOON-HANGOVER PHASE, LaFrance Ballard
MINING AND LOCAL COMMUNITY CONFLICTS IN GHANA: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS FROM A POLITICAL ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, Bright Bansah
MULTIMODAL DEEP LEARNING FOR CONTINUOUS HAND MOTION ESTIMATION USING ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND ULTRASOUND TOWARD DEXTEROUS PROSTHETICS AND ADAPTIVE REHABILITATION, Sulav Bastola and Sulav Bastola
RECRUITING AND RETAINING TEACHERS IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: A CASE STUDY, Gerald J. Bavero
From Evaluation to Expression: Exploring Review Activism in Response to Ownership Identity Signals, Davis Brown
A CASE STUDY OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN A HIGH-POVERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Diona F. Brown
FROM VICTIMHOOD TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE: A PSYCHOMETRIC REASSESSMENT OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, Aaron Moore Clarke
SECONDARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH CHOICE CLUBS, Alise Cremonini
The Digital Divide and Participation in Financial Services: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Melissa A. Cunningham-Sereque
THE ROLE OF RACE IN CONSUMER RESPONSES TO SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER TRANSGRESSIONS, Vannesia Darby
AI-Customer Symbiosis: Driving Future Relationship Intentions Through Perceived Benefits and Relationship Satisfaction, Brad Eskridge
OPPORTUNITY GAP: THE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Brian J. Etchison-Cook
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions on the WIDA Framework to Support Academic Literacy in Multilingual Learners, Laura G. Faris
Restorying the Reader: Adolescent Narratives of Identity, Context, and Motivation, Jennifer R. Gardner
THE IMPACT OF TARGETED REMEDIATION ON READING GROWTH AMONG REMEDIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Jennifer Givens
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF TEACHERS WHO USE ORAL READING TO FOSTER STUDENT READING FLUENCY AND ENGAGEMENT, Donyetta Grimes
THE ROLE OF DIASPORA POWER ELITES IN POST-CONFLICT STATEBUILDING PARALLEL BUREAUCRACY AS CAPACITY-TRAPPING IN SOMALIA., Mohamed A. Hashi
EXPLORING TEACHERS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES: THE IMPACT OF WELLNESS ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOR IN THIRD-GRADE CLASSROOMS, Tiffany L. Jackson
WALKING A TIGHTROPE: SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN THE AGE OF DIVISIVE CONCEPT LEGISLATION, JORDANNA M. JONES
CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UNBOUND BOUNDED RATIONALITY? A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF AI-AUGMENT DECISION-MAKING IN CONFLICT-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENTS, Zeynep A. Kelani
EXAMINING TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT INTERPRETATIONS OF A PARTICULATE-LEVEL ANIMATION, Tyler Kinner
CHILLING OR GALVANIZING: PERCEPTIONS OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM, Patrick Leahy
THE COMPARATIVE IMPACT OF THE DOT-COM BUBBLE, GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND COVID-19 ON THE RELATIVE PROPERTIES OF MANAGEMENT EARNINGS GUIDANCE AND ANALYST EARNINGS FORECASTS, Matthew E. Maylath
PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF MIDDLE GRADES PHYSICAL SCIENCE TEACHERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT, Michelle Morgan
FEDERATED NEUROMORPHIC INTELLIGENCE: ADVANCING ROBUSTNESS, EFFICIENCY, AND CONTINUAL ADAPTATION IN EDGE ENVIRONMENTS, Manh V. Nguyen
Examining Mathematics Teachers' Competencies For Facilitating Collaborative Learning in High School Settings, Tessy J. Pereira
Qualitative Phenomenography: Sustaining Motivations of Black Women Principals in PK-5 Title I Schools, Kahliah C. Rachel
INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC CHARACTERIZATION: AI-AUGMENTED DIGITAL TWINS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS, Gershom Richards
A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHER PREPARATION APPROACHES IN JAMAICA AND HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES, Sandra Riley-Brown
CAN CAREGIVERS REALLY HAVE IT ALL?: IDENTITY SALIENCE AND CAREER SUCCESS, Jenna-Lyn R. Roman
The Effect of Client Power and Auditor Power on Auditor Negotiation Judgments, Lee Shinaberger
EXAMINING THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF NUCLEAR POLICYMAKING IN AMERICA: US PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS FROM 1948 TO 2024, Stephanie A. Stapleton
SECONDARY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, Shannon Thompson Lawson
Gamification in High-School Classrooms: An Intrinsic Single-Case Study of Teacher Perceptions Engaging Self-Determination Theory, Ashley R. Vickers
SCIENCE FOR ALL: UTILIZING NATIVE AND EVERYDAY LANGUAGE TO INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, Lashanda K. Whitworth
EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS, Amber R. Wilson
DEFINING MY COUNTRY: AN APPALACHIAN EDUCATOR’S AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF LINGUISTIC ERASURE AND AI, Kimberly B. Wright
STUDENTS’ AND TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF I-READY ON STUDENTS’ MATH ACHIEVEMENT, Tanisha L. Wright
Dissertations from 2025
The Impact of Flipped Classroom With Active Learning Model of Instruction in Teaching Stoichiometry in Chemistry Among Black and Brown Students, Lawrence Femi Akintokun
Summer Melt: The Transition of Rural Students to Post-secondary Schools, NiQuan Alston
Roses and Concrete: Black Teachers' Roles and Challenges in Marginalized Communities, Alyse N. Barry
What Is Your Why? An Exploration of Why Teachers Remain in the Professsion at an Urban Elementary School in the South., Malikah Bennett
Feature Significance and Explainability in Neural Networks, Sanad Biswas
BALANCERGNN: Balancer Graph Neural Network for Imbalanced Datasets, Mallika Boyapati
The Impact of Focused Specific Phonemic Awareness Instruction on English Language Learners in the Kindergarten Classroom, Bethany Brewer
The Impact of a Multilingual Learner Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Perceptions of Teacher Support, Mark A. Bryan
Using Sustained Silent Reading in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom To Increase Reading Engagement, Hannah S. Burwell
Immersive Learning in Action: A Qualitative Case Study of High School Teachers’ Experiences With Prisms Learning in Science and Mathematics, Hilary A. Cassidy
ONEMONEY - A Design Science Research Artifact for Mobile Remittances From the USA to Zambia, Owen Chilongo
Advanced Multimodal Planetary Surface Exploration for Scientific CanBots, Carrington Chun
Student Engagement in ELA Choice-Based Core Curriculum: A Case Study of the Dramatic Writing for Film, Television, and Theater Course, Brian Thomas Clements
An Endangered Profession: Elevating the Lived Experiences of Current and Retired Black Teachers in Georgia to Confront Retention Challenges and Reimagine the Legacy of Teaching, Thelma Sharese Colbert
A Phenomenographical Study of Rural Teacher Retention Before, During, and After the COVID-10 Global Pandemic, Stacey LB Collins
The Role of Teacher Leaders in Sustaining School Culture During Principal Transitions: A Case Study, Leah Curtright
We Speak Life Into Their Language: Black Educators’ Approaches to Linguistic Justice in Urban Secondary ELA Classrooms, LaKeisha A. Davis
Navigating the Intersection: Black Women’s Leadership Journey in Educational Technology, Monika Davis
Peer Mentoring and Teacher Collaboration: A Case Study of Practices and Self-Efficacy in a Rural Title I School, Whitney Ensley
Opening Access to Advanced Placement English, Tabitha J. Evans
Using Educational Communication Technology To Increase Parent Involvement and Build Parent Capacity at a Title I Elementary School: A Case Study, Mary E. Frankovsky
Educators’ Perspectives, Practices, and Implications of AI in Education for a Title I Middle School, Melanie N. Garland
Religious Tolerance: Lessons From the Land of Fire, Lon Gibson
Marginalization and Its Effect on Social Loafing in Online Virtual Teams, Nicolette Gordon
Quantifying Uncertainty in Image-generative Models, Nina Grundlingh
Teacher Perceptions of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in High School Social Studies Classrooms: An Ethnographic Case Study, Sheronda L. Hardy
The Effects of Communication Mode Richness and Risk Priming on Auditors’ Skeptical Judgment and Action, Katie Harris
African American Males’ Academic Experiences While Enrolled in College Algebra, Willtresca N. Heppard-Streeter
Exploring the Impact of Leadership Styles on Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Case Study of Rural and Suburban High Schools, Stephanie Hill
Together We Can! High School Algebra PLC Members’ Experiences on Implementing New Curriculum and Its Impact on Their Self-Efficacy, Chasity L. Hughes
Dynafeat: Novel Framework for Dynamic Fusion for Emotion Adaptation and Transition in Real-Time Using Physiological Data, Namazbai Ishmakhametov
Explorations of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support Programs Through the Perspectives of Black Students at a Rural Middle School, Krystal Kendall
Religion, Identity, and Conflict in Christian-Muslim Interfaith Families Living in the U.S., Rita Kettani
Raise Your Digital Hand – Multilingual Learner Student and Teacher Perceptions of Live Digital Feedback, Naveed Khan
How New Mathematics Teachers Develop Teacher-Student Relational Pedagogy, Dustin Kinser
Middle School Teacher Perceptions of Digital Game-Based Learning in a 1:1 School District, Brennen Knight
Writing Feedback for Middle Grades Students: Commentary that is Timely and Impactful for Creating Self-Sufficient Writers, Kaitlin P. Lambert
The In-Between: Poetic Counter-Narratives Reimaging the Canon, yisheika lawrence
Teacher Leadership in Social Studies: The Search for Meaning and Identity, Zachary F. Lawson
Secondary English Language Arts Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Constructing Multimodal Arguments, Jasenda R. League
Imagine the Peace: Exploring the Intimacy of Imagined Intergroup Contact in Kosovo, Eric Manley
Students’ Experience With Virtual Reality Technology in Middle School Science, Lindsey Mason
Strategic Dynamics of SFCS: Leadership Styles and Decentralization in Fostering Salesperson Loyalty, Dierto Matanda Moke
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning in High School Social Studies Curricula in Georgia: A Case Study, Sharon Ann Mcmeans-Lukiri
The Lived Experiences of High School Students Serving As Peer Mentors, Heather S. Mitchell
Title I School Principals and Academic Coaches’ Perceptions of School Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring on Plan Outcomes: A Case Study, Elizabeth A. Mize
Managing High Missingness in Small Sample Longitudinal Sleep Data From Wearable Devices in Low-Resource Settings, Katherine Mobley
Can You Hear Me Now? Student Perspectives of 3D Phenomena-Based Science Teaching Practices, LeShea A. Moncrease
Mapping Resting-State Electroencephalography (EEG) Onto Motor Imagery for Cross-Subject Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Applications, Mohammad Yousef Mousa Naser
Voices of Resilience: The Journey of African American Women Superintendents in Public School Systems, Shundreia Neely
The Interplay Between Structure and Teacher Agency in the Detracking of Algebra 1: A Qualitative Case Study, Kristine Norris