Dissertations

Joseph Watts

Belief Ecologies in a University Research Laboratory: Nature of Science and Science Practice Experiences
Chair: Kent Crippen

Molly Staggs

Teacher Use of Funds of Knowledge-Integrated Instruction to Support Multilingual Learners in Science Classrooms
Chair: Julie Brown

Takeshia Pierre

Reauthorizing the Stories of Success of STEM and Health Professional Men Holding Black Diasporic Identities: A Disaggregated Approach
Chair: Rose Pringle

Tredina Davis Sheppard

Exploring Rural and Small Schools Secondary Science Teachers’ Perspectives and Effective Uses of Technology: A Case Study
Chair: Rose Pringle

Michelle Joyce

A Phenomenological Study of the Implementation of Trauma-Informed Practices in High School Science Classrooms
Chair: Julie Brown

Richard Bex

Personas for Community Science in a Digital Niche for Paleontology
Chair: Kent Crippen

Corey Payne

An Equity Perspective on the Psychology of Persistence and Justice in a Career-Forward Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum
Chair: Kent Crippen

Gayle Nelson Evans

Characterization of Social Network Formation and Associated Mentoring Functions in a Summer Research Experience for Teachers
Chair: Kent Crippen

Lorelie Imperial

A Sensemaking Perspective on Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Knowing and Planning for Model-Based Reasoning
Chair: Kent Crippen

Lisa M. Lundgren

Julie R. Bokor

Developing Design Expertise through a Teacher-Scientist Partnership Professional Development Program
Chair: Kent Crippen

Timothy M. Barko

Between the Walrus and the Carpenter: A Rhizoanalysis of Conservative Protestant Student Agency and Resilience towards the Topic of Evolution in a College Biology Program
Chair: Rose Pringle

Natalie S. King

Awakening and Elevating the Voices of African American Girls: Counterstories of Informal and Formal STEM Learning Experiences
Chair: Rose Pringle

Daniel S. McCoy

Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and Instruction: An Institutional Ethnographic Study of Disruption in Higher Education Brought on by Policy, Technological Innovation and Ideologies of Teaching and Learning
Chair: Tom Dana

Julie C. Brown

Designing for Culturally Responsive Science Education through Professional Development
Chair: Kent Crippen

Cheryl A. Mclaughlin

The Negotiation of Meaning and Exercise of Power in Professional Learning Communities: An Investigation of Middle School Science Teachers
Co-Chair: Kent Crippen

Nicola M. Wayer

From Design to Enactment: A Case Study of Blended Learning Across the Content Areas in a K-12 School
Co-Chair: Kent Crippen

Stephen R. Burgin

Development of Nature of Science Ideas through Authentic Scientific Research
Chair: Rose Pringle

Frederick L. Nelson

Conceptions of and Intentions for the Teaching of Reflection by Science Teacher Educators in University-Based Science Teacher Education Programs
Chair: Rose Pringle

Nicola J. Kernaghan

Science and Engineering Study Abroad: An Assessment of Outcomes for Underrepresented Graduate Students and Recommendations for Program Design and Implementation
Chair: Linda Jones

Katie L. Brkich

Making Connections Between Formal School Earth Science and Lived Experiences: An Investigation of Urban Fifth Graders
Chair: Rose Pringle

Michelle L. Klosterman

A Comparison of Secondary Science Teachers’ Reported and Actual Use of Non-instructional Mass Media: Implications for Science Education and Media Literacy
Co-Chairs: Troy Sadler and Rose Pringle

Jennifer C. Mesa

The Development and Use of a Concept Mapping Assessment Tool with Young Children on Family Visits to a Live Butterfly Exhibit
Chair: Linda Jones

Christopher D. Sessums

The Path from Insight to Action: The Case of an Online Learning Community in Support of Collaborative Teacher Inquiry
Chair: Tom Dana

Ugur Baslanti

Development and Validation of Scientific Inquiry with Technology: Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices Scale (SIT-TIPPS)
Co-Chair: Tom Dana

Dinah L. Mayne

Conceptions of and Orientation to Teaching Science of Beginning Secondary Science Teachers
Co-Chairs: Rose Pringle and Tom Dana

Perihan Savas

A Case Study of Faculty Support in the Distance English Language Teacher Education Program at Anadolu University in Turkey
Chair: Tom Dana

Shannon D. Shanely

Towards an Understanding of an Outdoor Education Program: Listening to Participants’ Stories
Chair: Linda Jones

Diane B. Marks

Culture and Classroom Management: Grounded Theory from a High Poverty Predominantly African American Elementary School
Co-Chair: Rose Pringle