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Behind the veil: Experiences and persistence strategies of Black women in academic leadership at predominately and historically white institutions
(2022-07)
Despite literature emphasizing the importance of their leadership on college campuses, African American women serving in senior-level academic leadership on both predominately and historically white campuses are severely ...
Three essays on rural health economics
(2022-07)
Rural hospitals in the U.S. have been struggling financially for the past few decades. The increased number of rural hospitals in financial distress has led to an acceleration in rural hospital closures. Rural hospital ...
Narrative triage: Veterans, disability, race, and the popular fiction of the Cold War
(2022-07)
This dissertation argues that there are a series of disability narratives embedded James Jones, Norman Mailer, and John Oliver Killens’ novels that undermine the cultural myths revolving around soldiers’ bodies. Following ...
Automated writing evaluation for formative second language assessment: Exploring performance, teacher use, and student engagement
(2022-07)
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate automated writing evaluation (AWE) from both system- and user-centric perspectives. The system-centric research focused on error-correction/detection performance of the ...
Lessons learned from returning second year technical students: A case study
(2022-12)
This qualitative case study explored how a theory could explain how outside contributors could influence a student’s decision to return for the second and final year of their academic career program. Using Holland’s ...
Advanced agronomic management practices for soybean production systems in Oklahoma
(2022-05)
Advanced agronomic management strategies for soybean (Glycine max) systems are gaining interest throughout the soybean growing regions of Oklahoma. With current increases in input prices and the emphasis on agricultural ...
Student sentiment about teacher and leader effectiveness
(2022-07)
Despite the fact that instruments measuring student sentiment about teacher effectivenesshave been shown to be reliable and valid, many instruments used by administrators to evaluate teachers simply do not capture student ...
Environmental risk perceptions of shale gas development in Oklahoma and Colorado: A quantitative and spatial examination
(2022-05)
Shale gas development is a dominant economic force in the United States, with most crude oil production occurring in just five states—each of which has experienced environmental hazards associated with the extractive ...
Predator induced phenotypic plasiticity within and between generations in the pond snail Physa acuta
(2022-05)
Prey often induce changes in the phenotype of their prey through phenotypic plasticity. Phenotypes that change include life history traits, morphology, and behavior, and changes may be adaptive or non-adaptive. The goal ...
To stay or to go? A critical evaluation of carceral operations in slow-onset disasters
(2022-05)
As the frequency and scale of slow-onset hazards grow, carceral administrators must decide how best to protect their vulnerable population, inmates. Often, administrators are faced with two choices, shelter in place or ...