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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Case Review of G. G. v Gloucester County School Board, Jill Gross M.S.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Experience of Burnout Among Educational Leadership Doctoral Candidates, Ron M. Azoulay
Educators’ Experiences Implementing Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum in a Suburban Elementary School, Danielle N. Elsasser
Educational Professionals’ Perceptions of their Role in Moving Toward Trauma-Sensitive Practices in Schools, Lisa M. Epp
Factors Influencing the Self-Efficacy of Novice School Librarians, Christine Haeffner
Supporting Innovation, Honoring Stability, and Achieving Coherence While Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior at the Middle Level, Chelsea S. Krebs
Primary Teachers’ Decisions for Selecting Multicultural Classroom Read Alouds, Jennifer Lemke
From Simple to Sophisticated: The Organization of Terrorist Groups, Michael K. Logan
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: The Casta Paintings, Jonathan Orozco
An Exploration of the Alignment of Actual and Desired Roles for School Psychologists, Tessa Petereit
Influences on the Implementation of Guidedplay Practices in Kindergarten: A Grounded Theory Study, Amy Schmidtke
Implementation of a New Assessment System: a Look at Year Two of a Three Year Professional Development Plan, Janet A. Zahm
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Teacher Perceptions During the Candidacy Phase of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Nicole M. Beins
Teacher Perceptions on Advisory Model at the Middle Level Through the Lens of Conflict and Connection, Emili L. Brosnan
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Research Practices for Protection Orders, Shelby Connett
Implementing A Multi-Tiered Behavioral Framework System In Seven K-4 Element Aries, Brad J. Dahl
The Effect of Caregiver Self-Efficacy on Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Young Children Enrolled in Head Start, Kristy Feden
Grounding Size Predictions for Answer Set Programs, Nicholas Hippen
COOPERATIVE SIGNALING BEHAVIOR: SIGNALS FOR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT HEALTH, Georg John Peter Link
Habitat for Humanity Omaha: Homeownership Program: Quantitative and Qualitative Report, Rachel Lubischer and Heather Carlson
A Mixed Methods Approach To Understanding The Juvenile Re-Entry Mentoring Process, Sara E. Moore
Processing Narratives by Means of Action Languages, Craig Olson
Elementary School Administrators’ Perspectives of Expanded School Mental Health Systems and Implications for Further Training, Melissa M. Petersen
The Search for Coherence: an Exploration of Strategic Change in one Midwestern School District, Ashley Tomjack
From Swaddling to Swastikas: A Life-Course Investigation of White Supremacist Extremism, Steven Windisch
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Multi-Label Classification Using Higher-Order Label Clusters, Dilanga Lakshitha Bandara Abeyrathna Galapita Mudiyanselage
Exploratory Study of a School-Based Refugee Mental Health Project, Anne Marie Boose
A Multiple Case Study of Long-Term Success for At-Risk High School Students, Emily DuPree Christensen
Predicting User Interaction on Social Media using Machine Learning, Chad Crowe
An Exploration of Teacher Perceptions of Mental Health Indicators within the Construct of School Connectedness, Stephanie Jean Drodge
Family Engagement: Finding Parents’ Perspectives, Melissa Frans
Agentic and Communal Confidence in Relationship to Transactional, Transformational, and Transformative Leadership Styles of Educational Administrators in Nebraska By Amy Catherine Hansen Rauch Himes, Amy Catherine Hansen Rauch Himes
An Investigation into the Imposed Cognitive Load of Static & Dynamic Type Systems on Programmers, Ian Vaughn Koeppe
Nebraska Educator Perceptions on the Quality of Instructional Feedback in a Secondary Science Classroom, Megan Myers
Perceptions of School District Curriculum Administrators Regarding K-12 Engineering Education, Derrick A. Nero
The Nebraska Assessment and Accountability System from 1998 – 2017, Melanie L. Olson
Exploring the Nature of Resources and Relationships in a Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Network, Tracie Evans Reding
Creating and Sustaining Vision, Mission, and Culture in a Time of Significant Growth and Complexity, Teri Lynn Schrag
The Representation of Female Victims in Front-Page News Stories: The Effect of Race/Ethnicity, Danielle C. Slakoff
A Phenomenological Approach: Perceptions of Teacher Evaluation and Future Implications of Practice, Elizabeth Tonniges
Teacher Perceptions of Quality Student-Teacher Relationships, Cecilia Wilken
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Detection of Comparability Subgraphs from Large Networks, Muthunagai Balakrishnamoorthy
An Analysis of Empathy as Leadership Attributes and Action in Educational Administrators and Teacher Leaders, Jill K. Bruckner
The Social Justice Role Of School Librarians, Stephanie A. Burdic
Middle School Common Grading Expectations and Teacher Perceptions of Grading Pedagogy, Jennifer Carson
PROGRAM INSPECTION AND TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR CODE CLONES AND REFACTORINGS IN EVOLVING SOFTWARE, Zhiyuan Chen
Left to Chance: Gifted Students and Recreational Reading, Sara J. Churchill
The Impact of a Professional Development Initiative on Technology Integration within Instruction, Angela M. Daigle
The Development of Step up to Quality: What it Means for Families, Patricia A. Drewes-Hynek
Algorithms for Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots: Decision Making, Planning, and Learning, Ayan Dutta
TOOL SUPPORT FOR CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF A CONCERN IN SOURCE CODE, Chuntao Fu
A Complete Coverage Algorithm for 3D Structural Inspection using an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Venkat Ramana Reddy Garlapati
The Experiences of Female High School Students and Interest in STEM: Factors Leading to the Selection of an Engineering or Computer Science Major, Sharon K. Genoways
Elementary Administrators’ Mathematics Supervision & Self-Efficacy Development, Kelly M. Gomez Johnson
Improving Software Quality by Synergizing Effective Code Inspection and Regression Testing, Bo Guo
Towards an Understanding of the Mental Model Process While Writing SQL Queries, Zahra Hatami
Local Implementation Effectiveness of a Multi-Tier System of Support in Elementary School Settings, Terry P. Houlton
Empathy: Do Levels Vary by Years of Service, Age or Gender?, Josh Jessen
The Influence of Language Choice in Acceptable Use Polices On Students’ Locus of Control, Stacy L. Lickteig
A Comparative Analysis of 6th Grade Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes in two Different School Configurations, Anne M. MacFarland
Elementary and Secondary Teachers’ Attitudes And Efficacy for Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom, Dawn L. Mathis
The Delivery of Professional Developemnt in the Middle School: Exploring Optimal Settings, Times, and Participants, Carrie A. Mohr
Factors that Influence the Reading Motivation of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students in a Midwest Urban Elementary School, Jo A. O'Garro
Applications of Graph Embedding in Mesh Untangling, Jake Quinn
Nebraska Collegiate Methods Professors’ Perceptions of the Next Generation Science Standards: A Semi-Structured Interview Approach, Ashley B. Rasmussen
Factors that Influence Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Willingness to Collaborate with School Librarians, Stephanie L. Schnabel
Examining Teacher Experiences: A Qualitative Study on Inclusion in the Elementary Classroom, Jennifer L. Sinclair
Instrucational Coaching: A Multiple Case Study Investigation of a Pre-Service Teacher’s Self Efficacy Through Supportive and Reflective Dialogue, Amanda Steiner
Towards Student Engagement Analytics: Applying Machine Learning to Student Posts in Online Lecture Videos, Nicholas R. Stepanek
Becoming Independent: Employer Practices that Enhance Success for Employees with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Stuart P. Stofferahn
Elementary Teachers’ Grading Practices and Perceptions in Communicating Assessment of Students, Shannon A. Thoendel
Comparing Formative and Summative Instruments: What Tools Inform Practice and Guide Teacher Candidate Decision Making?, Christina L. Wilcoxen
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Patterns and Signals of Biology: An Emphasis On The Role of Post Translational Modifications in Proteomes for Function and Evolutionary Progression, Oliver Bonham-Carter
Mutual Fund of the Minds: a Correlational Study on Education and the Economy at the State Level, Aaron Jay Bredenkamp
Expectation-Centered Analytics for Instructors and Students, Suzanne L. Dazo
After ALICE: The Implementation of an Active Shooter/School Intruder Training Program in K-12 Schools, Deborah Gleich-Bope
At the Intersection of Gender and Race: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of African American Female Elementary Principals, Andrea M. Haynes
The Relationship between Teachers’ Instructional Practices, Professional Development, and Student Achievement, Denise M. Hoge
Determining the Interruption of Services While Performing V2I Communication Using the SPMD Prototype, Binaya Raj Joshi
Predictability of Hiring Mechanisms for Elementary Teachers, Troy Juracek
An Evaluation of a Support Program for First-Generation College Students, Aaron Krueger
A Product Evaluation of the Selective Abandonment Process for School Budgeting, Christopher M. Loofe
Rates of Poverty and Special Education Students Among Open Enrollment Students, Heather D. Nebesniak
Equitable Student Engagement: a Correlation Between Personalized Learning, Student Engagement, and Poverty Level, Andrea Yeager Neuzil
Contemplative Early Childhood Leadership, Mongkonrat Parks
Temporal and Contextual Dependencies in Relational Data Modeling, Rajvardhan Bhaskar Patil
Investigating Educators’ Perceptions of STEM Integration: A Semi-Structured Interview Approach, Brian K. Sandall
An Investigation of Education Leaders’ Perceptions of their Knowledge of Special Education Law, Kendra Schneider
Traditional vs. Blended: the Effect of Instruction Methods on Sixth Grade Pre-Algebra Students’ Performance and Perceptions, Lynn Marie Spady
The EZSMT Solver: Constraint Answer Set Solving meets SMT, Benjamin Susman
A Study of Norm Formation Dynamics in Online Crowds, Nargess Tahmasbi
MYTH OR REALITY? CROWDSOURCING AS A COMPLEX PROBLEMSOLVING MODEL: EVIDENCE FROM SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY THE CROWD AND PROFESSIONALS, Abhishek Tripathi
APPLICATION OF GROUP TESTING FOR ANALYZING NOISY NETWORKS, Vladimir Ufimtsev