August 2006

Allison Goedde (Chair: Dr. Rachel Vannatta) "Factors Predicting Preservice Teacher Technology Competency." 

Frank J. Latendresse (Chairs: Dr. Mark Earley and Dr. Patrick Pauken) "Individual and Organizational Characteristics that Facilitate and Restrict Boundary Spanning of Team Leaders."

Luis A. C. Lima (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken) "Leadership in the Information Age: How Chief Information Officers Lead Information Technology Workers."

Sivanarulselvan Sachidanandam (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken) "Why Physicians Do or Do Not Use Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems: Applying the Technology Acceptance Model."

Martha Tanicala (Chair: Dr. Rachel Vannatta) "Design and Implementation of Nursing Student Clinical Experiences and Program Effectiveness as measured by NCLEX-RN Pass Rates."

May 2006

Patrice Akilah McClellan (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston) "Wearing the Mantle: Spirited Black Male ServantLeaders Reflect on Their Leadership Journey."

Faith Wambura Ngunjiri (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston) "Tempered Radicals and Servant Leaders: Portraits of Spirited African Women Leaders."

Michael D. O'Shea (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken) "Student Perceptions of Teacher Support: Effect on Student Achievement, Goal Attainment and Academic Performance."

December 2005

Kathleen Hope Anthony (Chairs: Dr. Judy Alston and Dr. Mark Earley): Exploring Helper and Consumer Partnerships that Facilitate Recovery from Severe Mental Illness.

Bryan Jeremy Cavins (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Relationship between Emotional-Social Intelligence and Leadership Practices among College Student Leaders.

August 2005

Jon McDermott (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): A Comparison of the Effectiveness of a Personal Computer-Based Training Device and a Flight Training Device at Improving Instrument Proficiency: A Case Study in Leading Regulatory Change in Aviation Education.

Pamela Carter Speaks (Chairs: Dr. Leigh Chiarelott & Dr. Patrick Pauken): Intervention Assistance Teams: The Process and the Progress -- Two Schools' Approaches.

Michael E. Zalar (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Ohio 's Academic Content Standards for Science K-12: A Legal and Policy Analysis of Intelligent Design Using Q Methodology.

May 2005

Samuel Hancock (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Impact of Cultural Diversity Training on Working Relationships among Employees at the Medical College of Ohio .

Doris I. Herringshaw (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Investigation of Leadership Orientation of Family Consumer Sciences Extension Professionals and Functioning of Issue Teams.

Molly Blank McClure (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): Determining the Predictive Validity of the New Student Transition Questionnaire at Bowling Green State University .

Lillian A. Schumacher (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Relationship between Supply Managers' Emotional Intelligence and their Performance.

Robin Wheatley (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Investigation of Factors that Influence African American Families to Choose a Charter School Education Instead of a Traditional Public School Education for Their High School Students.

December 2004

Pamela A. Bruno (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Ethical Decision Making among Superintendents and School Board Members in Ohio .

Frederick Buskey (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Moral Magnetism: Leadership with a Purpose.

Ruth Ford (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Leadership Influence on Work Opportunities for Older Adult Workers

Terry Herman (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston):The Effect of an Online and Face-to-Face Course Delivery Model on Achievement for Students Enrolled in Two Computer Basics Courses: Ethical and Leadership Consideration.

August 2004

Elizabeth Anne H. B. Christo -Baker (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken) College and University Faculty Attitudes, Incentives and Barriers Toward Distance Education..

John (Kip) Crain (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Perceptions of Career-Technical Education Superintendents and Secondary Directors in Ohio on Leadership Preparation Experiences.

Dean Wittwer (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Selecting Competent and Effective Teachers: A Case Study of Three Public Schools in Ohio .

May 2004

Kevin A. Gorman (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Perceptions and Experiences of Mobile High School Students.

Rhonda Foster (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Investigation of Stakeholders Attributes, Salience, and the Extent of Involvement in Decisions Related to Strategic Change: The Perceptions of Health Care Organization Chief Executives.

Kim E. Forget (Co-chairs: Dr. Patrick Pauken and Dr. Cindy Hendricks): Comparative Effects of Content Area Reading Instruction on Rural Secondary Students' Attitudes, Metacognitive Strategy Awareness, and Reading Achievement.

Duane L. Davis (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): A Correlative Study of African-American Adolescent Racial Identify Development and Their Levels of Cultural Mistrust and its Implications for Ethical Educational Leadership.

December 2003

Sharyn N. Jones (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): The Praxis of Black Female Educational Leadership from a Systems Thinking Perspective

August 2003

Lisa Chavers (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): An Investigation of Mentoring Sources Utilized by Preservice Teachers.

Andrew Smith (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Relationship between Student Mobility and School District Accountability.

Todd Hoadley (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Investigation of Evaluation Bias Variables Affecting Public School Board Members' Perceptions of School Superintendents' Job Performance.

May 2003

Elizabeth (Betty) Cain (Chair: Dr. Carney Strange): Constructions of Cultural Responsiveness of Curriculum Practices by Nursing Educators.

Diana Garver (Co-chairs: Dr. Patrick Pauken and Dr. Michael French): An Investigation of Collaboration, Culture, and Care among Third Grade Teachers.

Carlos McCray (Chair: Dr. Judy Alston): Alabama Secondary Principals' Perceptions of Multicultural Education.

December 2002

Timothy Chambers (Co-chairs: Dr. Robert Ludwig and Dr. Patrick Pauken): Internet Course Student Achievement: In Ohio 's Two-Community and Technical Colleges , Are Online Courses Less Effective than Traditional Courses?

Stephen Fogo (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): School Reform Models and Their Effect on Student Reading Achievement and Principal Succession.

Margaret Brennan Krueger (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Impact of all Day School Every Day Kindergarten on Performance on the Ohio Fourth Grade Proficiency Test When Compared to Similar Districts Not Providing All Day Every Day Kindergarten to all Students.

August 2002

Steven Castle (Co-chairs: Dr. Robert Ludwig and Dr. Patrick Pauken): Job Satisfaction of Ohio City , Local, and Exempted Village School Superintendents and Their Perceptions of a Career Crisis in the School Superintendency.

Jasmine R. Renner (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Analysis of the Knowledge Levels of Ohio's Post-Secondary Educators in Public/State, Private and Two-year Institutions of Higher Education Regarding Copyright Ownership of Web-Based Online Courses and Materials.

Floyd Beachum (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Support, Importance, and Perceived Deterrent Effect of Character Education among Preservice Teachers.

Rozalind Herzig (Co-chairs: Dr. Rachel Vannatta and Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Effects of the Level of Computer Technology Use in the Classroom on the At-Risk Student's Grade and Attendance.

May 2002

Mary M. Murray (Co-chairs: Dr. Patrick Pauken and Dr. Colleen Mandell): Graduate Students' Perspectives of Family-Centered Practices in a Masters Level Early Childhood Special Education Preservice Program.

Julie McIntosh (Chair: Dr. Leigh Chiarelott): Differences between Baldrige and Cook Models: Perceptions of the Success, Activities, and Products of Strategic or Continuous Improvement.

Pamela H. Baker (Chair: Dr. Rachel Vannatta): The Role of Self-efficacy in Teacher Readiness for Differentiating Discipline in Classroom Structure.

Mitchell Emmons (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Baldrige Approach to Performance Excellence in the Educational Service Center .

James Barney (Chair: Dr. Robert Ludwig): The Effect of Open Enrollment on High Gaining and High Losing Districts in Ohio .

December 2001

Bryan Miller (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken):The Influence of Personal and Professional Values Upon the Value of Honest Among Superintendents in County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

August 2001

Sheri Steyer (Chair: Dr. Craig Mertler): An Examination of Public School Teachers' Perceptions of Followership through the Refinement of the Teacher Sentiment Inventory.

Todd Nichols (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): An Investigation into the Perception of Students, Coaches, and Administrators in Regard to the Deterrent Effect of a Drug-Testing Policy on Students' Choice to Use, or Not to Use, Drugs.

Karen Walker (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): The Utilization of Multiple Intelligence to Differentiate Instruction in a Middle School Setting.

August 2000

Brenda Kallio (Chair: Dr. Patrick Pauken): Outsourcing At-Risk Students to For-Profit Organizations: School Board Members' Perceptions.

Brenda Mayo (Chair: Dr. Eugene T.W. Sanders): An Investigation of Principals' Leadership Orientations and Their Impact on School Effectiveness: A Study of 32 Schools within a Suburban School District .

May 2000

Susan Johnson (Chair: Dr. Rachel Vannatta): Gender Equity Instruction in Ohio Teacher Education Programs: Preservice Teachers Understanding of Gender/Equitable Classroom Practices.