Browsing by Author "Pasque, Penny"
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"Breaking Barriers and Building Our Future" Latinos Without Borders
Montelongo, Natalia (2016-05-13)Although the fastest growing population, Latinos students continue to be under served within public education. Their educational opportunities continue to be limited by many different yet interconnected factors that continue ... -
Building University Community: A Phenomenological Study of Faculty In Residence
Davenport, Amy Marie Holt (2009)In this hermeneutic, phenomenological study, the Faculty In Residence (FIR) program at the University of Oklahoma is explored through the following guiding research questions: -
Censorship Citadels: Geography and the Social Control of Girls
Stearns, Ami (2014-05)This qualitative study examines the way in which local attempts to censor certain books reflect a greater community agenda of controlling young female behavior, specifically sexual and violent behavior. To abet my argument, ... -
Coming Out of the Shadows: A Social and Educative History of Male Same-Sex Sexualities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1836-2006
Wimmer, Brenton (2016-05-13)This dissertation presents an educative history of male same-sex sexualities in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Using archival sources and oral history interviews of men who experienced some of these turbulent times, it provides insight ... -
Engineers' Self-Perceptions And A Strategy For Fostering Authentic Images of Engineers And Scientists Among Elementary School Students
McCann, Florence (2013)Over a decade since Finson’s 2002 review article, “Drawing a Scientist: What We Do and Do Not Know After Fifty Years of Drawings”, images of scientists, sometimes stereotypes, continue to be created and promoted in popular ... -
LANGUAGE PRESERVATION, POLICY, AND PLANNING IN A LANGUAGE “HOT SPOT”: AN INTERPRETIVE POLICY ANALYSIS
Tribble, Jeffry (2014-12-12)Native American tribes within the state of Oklahoma are faced with the loss of their heritage language at an alarming rate, much to do with past and present monolingual English language ideologies and policies that have ... -
Modern Day Warriors: An Exploration of Indigenous Male Graduates
Poolaw, John (2018-05-11)Abstract This study explores successful experiences of Indigenous males who earned a master’s or professional degree from non-native institutions. Research on this population in relation to persistence and success is ... -
National Identity in Higher Education: The Guardianship of a Kingdom
Bodine Al-Sharif, Mary Ann (2016-12-17)Changes in the structure of higher education in Saudi Arabia and through advanced scholarship programs abroad have resulted in an educational reformation within the country. Though the Saudi Monarchy desires to create a ... -
The Relationship Among Self-Esteem, Mentoring, and Job Satisfaction: A Comparative Study of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Faculty
Lee, Tony (2014-05-09)Job satisfaction has been frequently studied in different types of work settings including higher education; however, there are limited studies that focus on foreign-born faculty members in the U.S. Also, studies that focus ... -
Removing the Exclusivity of Leadership: An Evaluation of First-Year Students' Perceptions of Their Skills
Overocker, Emily Griffin (2013-12)Institutions of higher education invest countless resources in developing leadership skills in students; however, the majority of students choose not to engage in the collegiate experiences shown to develop the skills that ... -
A Study of the Correlation Between Three Instructional Methods and Short-Term Knowledge Gain of Credit Card Debt Among College Students
Pecha, David (2014-05-09)Consumer education, specifically information focusing on credit cards, is needed at all levels of society including students attending college campuses. Because financial decisions made can impact students’ progression ... -
WHAT GENDER CHARACTERISTICS, NORMS, AND ROLES MAY BE REPRESENTED IN THE THREE POPULAR YOUNG ADULT NOVEL BOOK SERIES HARRY POTTER, TWILIGHT, AND HUNGER GAMES?
Ward, Laurie (2013-12)This dissertation research project explores the areas of gender characteristics, norms, and roles as may be interpreted by young people through the reading of the three popular young adult book series Harry Potter, Twilight, ... -
Women Superintendents: The Effects of Gender on Leadership
Gammill, Shellie (2016-12)The superintendency is one of the most heavily masculinized roles in American culture (Brunner & Grogan, 2007). It is documented that women are underrepresented in the position of superintendency. Approximately 20% of the ...