2008
Tamara Rice
Assistant Dean of Students, Occidental College in California
Dissertation title: "Riding out the waves: community college transfers graduating with bachelor's degrees"

Casey Sacks
Dissertation title: "Academic and disciplinary outcomes following adjudication of academic dishonesty"

Julie Snyder
Dissertation title: "Using Astin's I-E-O model to explore the effects of student characteristics and engagement practices on academic success for low-income college students "

2007
Carla Abreu Ellis
Assistant Professor, College of Education, Ashland University (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Learning disabilities and success in postsecondary education: How students make sense of the experiences at a Canadian university"

Lori Doll-Speck
Associate Professor, Nursing Division, Mercy College of Northwest Ohio
Dissertation title: "Study Behavior of Nursing Students"

Aparajita Maitra
Director of Academic and Student Affairs, Rush University in Chicago
Dissertation title: "An analysis of leadership styles and practices of university women in administrative vice presidencies"

Paul White
Director, Academic Resource Center, Lakeland College (Wisconsin)
Dissertation title: "Assessing the factors that affect the persistence and graduation rates of Native American students in postsecondary education"

2006
Laura Gonzales
Dissertation title: "Latino and Latina first year college students: Factors important to their persistence"

Brent Marsh
Dean of Students, Howard Payne University (Texas)
Dissertation title: "Examining the personal finance attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge levels of first-year and senior students at Baptist universities in the state of Texas"

Korine Steinke
Advising Specialist, Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost, Michigan State Univerity
Dissertation Title: "Madwoman, queen, and alien-being: The experiences of first-time women presidents at small private colleges."
Email: steinke7@msu.edu

Cathy Swick
Associate Director, Recreational Sports, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Student wellness: Tracking demographic characteristics, health risk traits, and health information of students over a sixteen-year period"
Email: cswick@bgsu.edu

2005
Gary Anderson
Instructor, Legal Studies and International Business, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "The transfer of cultural assumptions about American higher education in a global society: Perceptions of visiting Russian scholars"

Suhua Dong
Associate Director for Institutional Research, Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
Dissertation Title: "The impact of residential learning communities on students' civic engagement in four year public Midwest universities"

Tony Lake
Assistant Director, Department of Student Life, Michigan State University
Dissertation title: "Differences in academic success and persistence between members of socially-oriented fraternities and sororities and non-members"

Keith Hansen
Vice-President and Dean for Student Affairs, St. Mary College (Kansas)
Dissertation title: "Mid-level student affairs professionals perceptions of spirituality: A phenomenological study"

Marie Saddlemire
Dissertation Title: "Faculty understanding of and communication about undergraduate academic dishonesty"

2004
Marshall Davis
Instructor, Spring Arbor University (Michigan)
Dissertation Title: "Focus on the family institute: A case study of a Christian higher education learning community"

Janice Gerda
Director, Residence Life, Case Western Reserve University (Ohio)
Dissertation Title: "A History of the conferences of deans of women 1903-1922"

Howard Ward
Dissertation title: "The Impact of collegiate involvement on African American alumni giving"

2003
Barb Henry
Director, Student and Academic Services, College of Education and Human Development, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "The transfer dream: Factors that predict successful baccalaureate degree attainment for two-year college transfer students"
E-mail: bhenry@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Gretchen Lohman
Associate Dean for Academic Enhancement, Georgetown College (Kentucky)
Dissertation title: "The relationships of select student characteristics, institutional characteristics, environmental measures and student effort on self-reported college gains for first-generation first-year undergraduate students at public four-year institutions"

Jane Rosser
Director, Office of Service Learning, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Feminists in student affairs: Negotiating the process of change"
E-mail: jrosser@bgnet.bgsu.edu

2002
Bill Arnold
Dissertation title: "Working overtime: Experiences of newly hired racial minority staff members at small, private, predominantly White colleges"

Thomas Cahoon
Dissertation title: "The Texas connection: The academic and social integration of Texas Latino students into a Midwest, regional, state university"

Rob Cunningham
Director, Disability Services for Students, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Effective practices for the future: A study of how selected institutions of higher learning can better serve students with learning disabilities"

Rena Murphy
Coordinator of Research, University Housing, University of Michigan
Dissertation title: "Contributions to the attainment of learning outcomes through co-curricular activities: Perceptions from students at Bowling Green State University"
E-mail: rkmurphy@mime.housing.umich.edu

George Timmons
Assistant Dean, Adult Degree Program, North Carolina Wesleyan College
Dissertation title: "Exploring leadership in distance education, the blueprint for success: A correlational study of self-reported leadership practices and institutional characteristics"

Vicki Williams
Coodinator of Judicial Affairs and Community Development, St. Mary's University (Texas)
Dissertation title: "A case study of success against the odds: The leadership development and career progression of an African American female head basketball coach: C. Vivian Stringer"

Craig "Chase" Wilson
Assistant Professor, College of Technology, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation topic: "Free online degrees: Fact or fiction? A study to determine the feasibility of the delivery of a tuition-free online degree"

2001
Melody Bennett
Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica
Dissertation title: "A case study of the management of, and response to, the change of West Indies College to Northern Caribbean University"

Jodi Devine
Associate Director, University Honors Program, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "A case study of the work patterns and job expectations of live-in hall directors as they attempt to accomplish the mission of the department of residence life"

Lisa Dutton
Dean of the College of Health Professions, University of Findlay (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Professional socialization in physical therapy: Influences and perceived outcomes"

Doug Frizzell
Dean of Students, College of Mount Saint Joseph (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "The victimization of resident assistants at small private institutions"

Ted Hansen
Dissertation title: "A study examining the factors affecting training motivation"

Xuelun Liang
Graduate Education Research Officer, University of Toronto
Dissertation title: "An evaluation of a public university's ESL program for international graduate students"

Tommy Stevenson
Diversity Coordinator for the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University
Dissertation title: "Fundraising practices at selected midwestern two-year colleges: Community, junior and technical college foundations in the twenty-first century"
E-mail: tommy@engr.msstate.edu

2000
Cynthia Crow
Program Officer, Europe/NIS, The Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, DC
Dissertation title: "The effect of the junior faculty development program experience on tertiary Russian education reform: A case study"
E-mail: CCrow@iie.org

Lisa Gueldenzoph
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Business Education, School of Business and Economics, North Carolina A&T State University
Dissertation title: "College students' use of computer technology and its relationship to constructivist learning"
E-mail: lguelden@ncat.edu

Stan Guidera
Assistant Professor of Architecture & Environmental Design, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "College teaching in the virtual classroom: Faculty perceptions of the effectiveness of online instruction"

Nick Hennessy
Associate Director of Residence Life for Educational Initiatives, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Constructions of the risk management of alcohol use in college fraternities"

Ardenia Jones Terry
Associate Vice President for Student Services, University of Toledo
Dissertation title: "The attitudes of African-American college students toward rape at a predominantly White urban midwestern institution"

Tom Kier
Assistant Dean of Pharmacy Operations, Ohio Northern University
Dissertation title: "Relationships of pre-college and within-college variables to test scores on a pharmacy licensure examination"

John Wesley Lowery
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina
Dissertation title: "Walking the halls of ivy with Christ: The classroom and residential experiences of undergraduate evangelical students"
E-mail: jlowery@gwm.sc.edu

Kelli Peck-Parrott
Visiting Assistant Professor in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education, Texas A&M
Dissertation title: "Crime on campus: The communication practices, policies, and ideal practices between campus law enforcement officers and campus judicial officers" (2002 ASJA Dissertation of the Year Award)

Bettina Shuford
Director, Center for Multicultural and Academic Initiatives, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Learning styles and strategies of first-year college students"
E-mail: bshufor@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Katie Demory Tadlock
Interim Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Ohio University
Dissertation title: "The relationship between collegiate activities and civic involvement among alumni of a land-grant university"
E-mail: tadlockk@ohio.edu

1999
Lorraine Alston
CSAL Coordinator/Assistant Professor of Education, Grand Valley State University (Michigan)
Dissertation title: "The social integration of rural and small town African American students at Bowling Green State University"

Kevin Bailey
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Millersville University (Illinois)
Dissertation title: "Investigating organizational change through the process of building campus community: Perceptions from the faculty at Bowling Green State University"

Renee Borns
Director of Academic Advising, Houston Baptist University
Dissertation title: "Faculty orientation to teaching in student affairs preparation programs in the Southeast"

Carolyn Brightharp
Consultant, Bellwether Executive Search Firm
Dissertation title: "Real and ideal leadership practices of women in mid-level administrative positions in student affairs"
E-mail: cbrightharp@bellwether-us.com

Bruce Clemetsen
Director of Enrollment Management, Linn-Benton Community College (Oregon)
Dissertation title: "Untangling the web of communication channels in an auxiliary service office at a regional university"
E-mail: clemetb@gw.lbcc.cc.or.us

Leona Collins
Fifth Grade Teacher, St. Louis Public Schools (Missouri)
Dissertation title: "Anna J. Cooper: Leadership strategies of an African-American woman in American higher education"

Iman El-Kaffass
Director, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Dissertation title: "A case study of a new private university in Egypt"

Rich Hughes
Director of Campus Life, Oswego State University of New York
Dissertation title: "Student affairs middle managers' understanding and use of power in achieving organizational change"

Terry Lawrence
Assistant Dean for Graduate Admission and Studies, Graduate College, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "End-user computer literacy of entering graduate students at Bowling Green State University"

Laurie Rodgers
Instructor, Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Student perceptions of quality of services offered by the Office of Student Financial Aid at Bowling Green State University"

Darlene Whipple-Chambers
Dissertation title: "The effects of a training model on participants' perceptions of barriers to the transfer of training"

1998
Robert Callaway
Interim Director, Institutional Effectiveness and Planning, Lorain County Community College (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "The self-reported attitudes, behaviors, extent, and types of academic dishonesty at selected community colleges in a midwestern state"

Gene Chintala
Dean of Retention & Advising and Assistant Professor of History & Political Science, Tiffin University (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Professional education associations' involvement in President Truman's Commission on Higher Education"
E-mail: ChintalaG@tiffin.edu

Steve Jones
Associate Professor and Co-Director of Applied Research Institute, Ball State University (Indiana)
Dissertation title: "Assessment of delivery technology in distance learning"

Tracy Jones
Associate Dean of Students, Student Government, Greek Life and Judicial Affairs, University of Florida
Dissertation title: "Policy analysis of Bowling Green State University's freshman seminar course"

Mary Beth Kennedy-Mowrey
Communications Teacher, Findlay High School (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Perceptions of the role of the faculty athletics representative at universities holding dual membership in the NAIA and NCAA"

Heather Lane
Director, Student Housing Services, University of Guelph (Canada)
Dissertation title: "A study of quality assessment practices and attitudes within student affairs departments at Canadian universities"

Dennis Mathern
Undergraduate Programs Director, College of Business, University of Findlay (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Leadership strategies of American university presidents: A leadership model analysis"

Jan Neiger
Associate General Counsel, University of Cincinnati
Dissertation title: "Sexual harassment of college students by faculty and peers: Chaos and confusion bring no common ground for finding an appropriate standard of institutional liability"

Jeff Philpott
Dean of Student Affairs, Warren College, University of California, San Diego
Dissertation title: "On the road to Cambridge: a naturalistic case study of faculty and student affairs in collaboration"

Eileen Sullivan
Vice President for Student Development, Loras College (Iowa)
Dissertation title: "Perceptions of consensual amorous relationship policies held by the leadership of faculty, administrators and students at public four-yuear institutions of higher education where such policies do not exist"

John T. Woods
Adjunct Faculty, Graham School of Management, St. Xavier University (Illinois)
(Eduprise, Inc. provides consulting and services for colleges and universities in the area of eLearning. )
Dissertation title: "Academic integrity policies and practices in common law Canadian universities: An examination of compliance with natural justice"

1997
Mike Gillilan
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Adrian College (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Case studies of college and university judicial affairs administrators"
E-mail: mgillilan@adrian.edu

Bob Gonet
Executive Coach and Corporate Trainer, I-empower-U
Dissertation title: "An exploratory study of male students interested in the student affairs profession"
Email: iempoweru@msn.com

Kathy Hoff
Associate Professor, Human Resource Development, College of Technology, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Emerging career development needs as reported by adult students at four Ohio institutions of higher education: A qualitative study"
E-mail: khoff@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Jeff Johnson
Dissertation title: "An analysis of curriculum design in developing a doctor of philosophy program in aeronology"

Daniel Kettlehake
Director of Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation, Alliant International University (California)
Dissertation title: "Exemplary Ohio NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletic programs"

Janet Morrison
Director of Academic and Student Services, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (Canada)
Dissertation title: "Correlates and predictors of safer sexual behavior among Canadian undergraduate university students"

Sophie Penney
Director of Development for Penn State Outreach and Cooperative Extension, Penn State University
Dissertation title: "Training college and university judicial boards to adjudicate sexual assault cases: A needs analysis"

Gale Swanka
Associate Director, Student Union, Bowling Green State University
Dissertation title: "Career paths of women directors of American college and university student unions"

1996
Gus Best
Barbados Community College, St. Michael, Barbados
Dissertation title: "A qualitative analysis of the effect of the University of the West Indies on Barbadian Society"

Vicki Guthrie
Assistant Professor, Education and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville
Dissertation title: "The relationship of levels of intellectual development and levels of tolerance for diversity among college students"

Wanda Overland
Vice President for Student Life and Development, St. Cloud State University (Minnesota)
Dissertation title: "College presidents' achieving styles and their perceptions of gender role identity"

David Vaillancourt
Assistant Director for Housing Assignment, University of Massachusetts
Dissertation title: "Graduate student needs and the functions of graduate student governments as reported by presidents of graduate student governments"

1995
David Fried
Vice President for Student Development, Mount Olive College (North Carolina)
Dissertation title: "A study of student affairs delivery systems at small, private colleges in the Midwest"

David Hannah
Associate Vice President, Student Affairs, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Dissertation title: "Student-institution legal relationships in colleges and universities in the common law provinces of Canada: An analysis of the case law from 1982 to 1994"

Manzetta Jackson
President and CEO, Jackson & Associates, Inc.
Dissertation title: "Occupational stress, personal strain, and utilization of coping resources by female administrators in institutions of higher education"

John R. Wolfe
Director, Academic and Instructional Services, Adj. Asst. Professor. of Education, Wright State University Lake Campus (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Academic life in the best of both worlds: A case study of faculty in a rural two-year branch campus"

Adele Yung
Dissertation title: "The Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program (Ohio Senate Bill 140) : administrative
concerns in higher education"

1994
Christopher Bolgiano
Administrative Manager, Cornell Plantations, Cornell University (New York)
Dissertation title: "Problem drinking among the faculty: Attitudes, perceptions, and responses of co-workers toward alcohol-impaired colleagues"

Loretta Howell
Professor of Multicultural and Early Childhood Education, Kennesaw State University (Georgia)
Dissertation title: "The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ayers v. Fordice on historically Black colleges and universities"

Guihua Li
Associate Director of Institutional Research, University of Oregon
Dissertation title: "A descriptive study of TESL Master's degree programs: Directors' perceptions of TESOL's professional preparation standards"

Cynthia Miglietti
Assistant Professor/Program Director, Business Management Technology, Firelands College-BGSU
Dissertation title: "The relationship of teaching styles, expectations of classroom environments, and learning styles of adult students at a two-year college"

Simon Njumbwa
Dissertation title: "Adding cultural diversity as a requirement for the undergraduate general education core: A case study of curriculum change at Bowling Green State University"

Ahmad Zargari
Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Education and Technology, Morehead State University (Kentucky)
Dissertation title: "Identification of curriculum content for a doctor of philosophy degree program in industrial technology"

1993
Lynn Hogan
Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, School of Theatre, Florida State University
Dissertation title: "AIDSphobia, AIDS knowledge, and homophobia among university faculty and student affairs professionals at selected state-assisted universities in Ohio"

Beth Sweitzer Riley
Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students, Wilson College (Pennsylvania)
Dissertation title: "Undergraduate academic advising needs of adult learners in a four-year private institution in Ohio"

Larry Zachrich
Dean of Business & Engineering Technologies, Northwest State Community College (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of faculty evaluation processes in Ohio two-year colleges"

Chunsheng Zhang
Vice Provost for International Affairs and Outreach, University of Oregon
Dissertation title: "Risks of presidential leadership in small private colleges: Challenges in shaping institutional vision"

1992
Susan M. Willis
Assoc. Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences, North Harris College (Texas)
Dissertation topic: "Conservative think tanks and higher education policy: Selected public research institutes and their views on issues in higher education"

1991
Holley Belch
Associate Professor, Student Affairs & Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation title: "A view from the bottleneck: The importance and meaning of middle management and "career" to middle managers in student affairs"

Dale Brougher
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Findlay (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Renewing Presbyterian church-college relations: Identification of the key issues through the use of the Delphi technique"

Marian Smith Hurley
Dissertation title: "An examination of the relationship between a measure of student character and selected student performance variables"

Steven R. Mark
Associate Professor, Department of Business, Career, & Technical Education, East Carolina University
Dissertation title: "Ohio colleges and universities during the Gilded Age: Institutional evolution, elective curriculum, graduate education, and commercial programs, 1865-1901"

George M. Pillainayagam
Assistant Professor/Director, Engineering Program, Lorain County Community College (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "A longitudinal equity study of Ohio's public school finance system, 1980-1989"

Thomas Stuckey
Executive Vice President, Northwest State Community College (Ohio)
Dissertation title: "Cross sectional analysis of allegiance to religious beliefs among young Mennonite adults"

1990
Christine Anglis
Dissertation title: "Career advancement strategies utilized by selected women college and university administrators in a midwestern state"

Brent Cejda
Program Coordinator Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Dissertation title: "A career mobility model for the elementary principalship"

Denise Ottinger
Vice President for Student Affairs, Washburn University (Kansas)
Dissertation title: "Differences in leadership practices and selected demographic characteristics of women executives in the top three line positions of higher education and banking"

Carol Logan Patitu
Associate Professor, Fulbright Senior Scholar, Student Personnel Administration, Buffalo State College (New York)
Dissertation title: "Job satisfaction of African-American faculty at predominantly African-American and predominantly white four-year, state-assisted institutions in the South"

Tracey Gregory Wolfe
Director of Development, Department of Surgery & Lillehei Heart Institute (Minnesota)
Dissertation title: "Development & evaluation of an expert system to provide assistance in the administration of gift clubs"

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