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Adaptive Leadership in Higher Education: Complexity, Diversity, and Inclusion
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-12)In this study, I framed diversity as a complex, dynamic change and explored relationships among complexity-leadership theory (CLT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this explanatory, sequential, mixed-methods ... -
Beyond Access: Technology, Blindness, & Self-Determination
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-03-30)This mixed-methods study sought to examine the user experience of technology related to self-determination from the perspective of persons who are blind. Connections between assistive technology and Deci and Ryan’s (2017) ... -
Black Alumni & the Pedagogical Impact of Service-Learning: An Evaluative Case Study
(25-05)Service-learning pedagogy is described as a method for enhancing students’ sense of self and commitment to community. However, little research has examined its long-term impacts on students and alumni. This evaluative case ... -
A Case Study in K-12 Education for Sustainable Development
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-05)The K-12 sector needs curriculum that will better ready students for the sustainability challenges of the future. This research is a mixed methods case study that uses Kotter’s theory of change to prioritize Education ... -
Climate Change Education in Universities: Instructors’ Perceptions of Risk, Motivations, and Barriers
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2024-05)Climate change is a pressing global issue that has a short window for action and mitigation. In this study, I utilized protection motivation theory (PMT) to examine relationships among tertiary-level instructors’ perceptions ... -
Climbing Without a Ladder: The Lived Experience of Military Spouses and Their Non-linear Paths to Self-Actualization, Identity, and Growth
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-08)In this qualitative narrative study, I examined lived experiences of a purposive sample of 11 Active duty military spouses. I conducted in-depth interviews in which I sought to learn about their military lifestyles and ... -
Critical Consciousness Among Young Adults in a Community in Hawaiʻi
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-06)In this convergent parallel mixed-methods study, I utilized Diemer et al.’s (2022) previously validated Short Critical Consciousness Survey (ShoCCS) and conducted virtual interviews with a sample of young adults aged 18 ... -
Culinary Sustainability Education: A Culinary Education as Sustainability
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-05)Critics have observed that modern culinary education still adheres to the traditions that emerged during the feudal era as well as the modernist values of power, hierarchy, reductionism, and dualist worldviews. More ... -
A Data-Driven Triple-Bottom-Line Sustainable Balanced-Reporting Framework for Small Municipalities
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-12)This study focused on cities in the United States with a population maximum of 75,000. The first phase consisted of a qualitative study of current reporting frameworks to identify the current landscape of sustainability ... -
Defying Gravity: An Affective Photovoice Lens on Transformative Sustainability Learning
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-05)The purpose of this study was to understand the learning experiences and the role of affect for students in a transformative sustainability education doctoral program. My research questions reflected the purpose of this ... -
Education for Sustainable Development Competencies in a Community-Engaged Art Workshop
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2024-12)In this case study, I aimed to help solve community sustainability problems through a university-led, community-engaged art workshop called First Responder Art Collaboration Training (FACT) that led students and first ... -
Equity in the Education of English Learners of Hmong Descent
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2020-05)This qualitative case study of a Hmong bilingual El program operating using the dual-language-immersion model in Paradigm 2.0 examined education of English learners of Hmong descent. I observed and interviewed seven educators ... -
Exploring the Interplay: STEM Education, Sustainability Contexts, and Educator Competence in Systems Thinking
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2024-07)Currently, STEM education and Education for Sustainability (EfS) are viewed as disconnected educational approaches in Pennsylvania classrooms. While both offer promising outcomes and have overlapping goals, research shows ... -
Exploring Wellness Coaching for High-Stress Educators in Urban Public Schools
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2024-05)This was a study of wellness coaching in high-stress urban schools. I interviewed a purposive sample of coaches in edwell's program to ask whether they used their skills, perspectives and tools to foster educator wellness. ... -
FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LAND ETHIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY CURRICULA
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2021-12)This was a qualitative study of discourses and practices reported by a sample (n = 45) of self identified sustainable farmers in central Wisconsin. I collected survey data, conducted farm visits, interviews, and analyzed ... -
Global Citizenship Education in Rural Wisconsin Schools: Exploring Current Landscape & Opportunities For Expansion
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2023-12)In this study I sought to explore the current state of global citizenship education in rural Wisconsin schools, including perceived benefits, barriers, successes, supports, and visions for the future, as well as opportunities ... -
The Impact of a Teacher Professional Learning Experience on Catholic Educators’ Support of LGBTQIA+ Students: A Case Study
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2025-08)LGBTQIA+ high school students are at greater risk for experiencing negative academic, emotional, and social experiences as a result of the way they are treated based on their sex, orientation, gender identity and expression ... -
Information Architecture: Concepts for an Eco-Language of Mind, Matter, & Media
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, School of Education, 2020-12-12)Information is complex, multi-dimensional, interdisciplinary, and systemic. Language systems can be perceptually fragmented, negatively impacting environmental performance within critical resource management systems including ... -
Integration of Sustainability Education into Teacher Professional Learning: A Case Study
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2024-01)With large-scale wicked problems threatening our world, the integration of sustainability into teacher professional learning is systemically lacking in the United States. The purpose of this case study was to understand ... -
Love-Based Leadership for Sustainability: Leveraging Love-Based Leadership, Systems Theory & Social Dimensions of Behavioral Economics
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2022-05)In this dissertation, I lay the groundwork for the definition, application, measurement, and evolution of a framework for love-based leadership for sustainability (LBLS) in three separate manuscripts. In Manuscript I, I ...