This study examines the experiences of seven Chicana/Latina doctoral students and one queer Chicana/Chicano at a large, predominantly White public research university in the Midwest, using qualitative and interpretive ...

This dissertation argues that, in order to create more engaging and socially just online educational spaces, a complex orientation to embodiment is needed. A complex orientation to embodiment includes critique, care, and ...

This study calls for a shift in the way we think about the mode, meaning, and purpose of education by recognizing the aesthetic dimension. Through deepening Deweyan aesthetic theory with D.W. Winnicott’s ideas on the self, ...

This case study investigates the equity practice of secondary mathematics teachers in an urban secondary school specifically structured to support students becoming critical citizens; able to analyze the world; and empowered ...

There have been many studies, including school-based research, detailing the rejection, violence, and hatred experienced by gay men (Hershberger, Pilkington, & D’Augelli, 1997; King, 2004; Rasmussen, 2004). Despite these ...

My dissertation project is an examination of aesthetic thought of Chinese pre-Qin Confucians with a focus on the idea of Yue Jiao (Music Education). Confucius, the founder of the Confucian School is regarded as the first ...

This dissertation is an ethnographic case study of a Karen refugee resettlement community in Trident City. Due to oppressive control by the Burmese government in Burma, the Karen National Union, a political organization ...