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Journal articles on the topic "American Dissertations"

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K. Weber, Roberta, and Ethan J Allen. "Doctoral Dissertation Topics in Education: Do They Align with Critical Issues?" International Journal of Doctoral Studies 11 (2016): 403–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3609.

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American society faces complex educational issues which impact many facets of its national interests. Institutions of higher education are granting doctoral degrees to educational leaders, but it is not known to what extent their dissertation topics are aligned with both longstanding and critical issues in education. Using a theoretical framework synthesizing Paul and Elder’s critical thinking model and Kuhlthau’s information seeking process, this study examines a set of education doctoral dissertation topical selections and categorizes them by general themes in relationship to many of the recognized educational issues in the United States. Investigators categorized dissertations from four departments within the College of Education of their home institution. The dataset, retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, consisted of 231 documents published between 2005 and 2014. Through an inter-rater process examining dissertation titles, abstracts, and keywords, the dissertations were assigned critical issue themes culled from nine editions of a college text, and then categorized under a broader topical scheme situated within a well-used educational research website. Findings indicated that most dissertations concentrated in studies that researched problems and issues within schools. Further, some of the issues considered longstanding were not studied by dissertation authors within the sample. For example, privatization of schools and classroom discipline and justice were not selected for study. Findings also suggest new directions for those responsible for dissertation supervision and topic selection. The study adds to the literature on dissertation topic selection that addresses existing educational issues.
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Collie, W. Aaron, and Michael Witt. "A Practice and Value Proposal for Doctoral Dissertation Data Curation." International Journal of Digital Curation 6, no. 2 (July 25, 2011): 165–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v6i2.194.

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The preparation and publication of dissertations can be viewed as a subsystem of scholarly communication, and the treatment of data that support doctoral research can be mapped in a very controlled manner to the data curation lifecycle. Dissertation datasets represent “low-hanging fruit” for universities who are developing institutional data collections. The current workflow for processing electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) at a typical American university is presented, and a new practice is proposed that includes datasets in the process of formulating, awarding, and disseminating dissertations in a way that enables them to be linked and curated together. The value proposition and new roles for the university and its student-authors, faculty, graduate programs and librarians are explored.
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Craig, Lee A. "Comments on Brinkley, Costa, and Seltzer: The Old, the Poor, and the Sick in American Economic History." Journal of Economic History 55, no. 2 (June 1995): 386–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700041176.

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Given the topics addressed by the three North American dissertations–old-age and disability pensions by Dora Costa, minimum wages by Andrew Seltzer, and hookworm disease by Garland Brinkley–I have subtitled my comments: “The Old, the Poor, and the Sick in American Economic History.” We observe that these dissertations address the effects of policies aimed at such seemingly inescapable human afflictions as aging, disability, poverty, and disease. Despite this observation, these are not tales of gloom. After all, as the authors themselves inform us, the old and disabled get pensions, the poor get minimum wages, and the sick get healed. So, each dissertation contains something to reassure the Dr. Pangloss–or the Dr. Stigler–in all of us. Here, however, the similarities between them end, with one notable exception–and that is the uniformly high quality of the scholarship they display.
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Raphael, Marc Lee. "Recent Dissertations in American Jewish Studies." American Jewish History 87, no. 4 (1999): 375–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ajh.1999.0040.

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Ehrhard Bahr and Walter K. Stewart. "North American Goethe Dissertations: 1988 Supplement." Goethe Yearbook 5, no. 1 (1990): 293–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/gyr.2011.0291.

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Corgan, James. "Early Medical Dissertation Research on Tennessee Geology." Earth Sciences History 4, no. 1 (January 1, 1985): 10–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.4.1.a565l70401711475.

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Unpublished doctoral dissertation that predate American Ph.D. programs are an underutilized source of information on the geology of Tennessee, and on other geological topics. The nature of early doctoral research is briefly described and four pioneer dissertations, submitted in M.D. programs, are reviewed. The first dates from 1822 and the last from 1840. Each has continuing academic value, but must be viewed within the context of nineteenth century culture.
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Ehrhard Bahr and Walter K. Stewart. "North American Goethe Dissertations: 1989-99 Supplement." Goethe Yearbook 10, no. 1 (2001): 263–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/gyr.2011.0065.

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Truong, V. Dao, Tony Garry, and C. Michael Hall. "Social Marketing as the Subject of Doctoral Dissertations." Social Marketing Quarterly 20, no. 4 (August 9, 2014): 199–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524500414546230.

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This article examines the evolution of social marketing as the subject of doctoral dissertations. Search strategies were used and online databases mined to identify 93 social marketing-focused doctoral theses completed between 1971 and 2013. Dissertation titles and abstracts were analyzed to determine growth trends, institutional output, disciplinary context, topical coverage, theory and model use, and differences between countries. Results indicate that the growth in the number of doctoral theses on social marketing was neither stable nor continuous over the examined period but that a rapid increase has been seen in recent years. More than 80% of the identified doctoral dissertations were undertaken in American and British educational institutions. The largest contributions came from the fields of health sciences and education, followed by business administration, marketing, communications, and psychology. Public health was predominantly the research topic. Theories and models were not always reported, with Theory of Planned Behaviour, Diffusion of Innovations Theory, and Health Belief Model being utilized most often. This study also suggests that many dissertations were focused on program development while paying relatively limited attention to theoretical advancement. This study contributes to the debate on the academic legitimacy of social marketing and helps shape directions for further knowledge creation in the field.
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Lauren Poyer and Kirsten Wolf. "North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old Norse-Icelandic." Scandinavian Studies 89, no. 1 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.89.1.0001.

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Cohen, Lizabeth, and Herrick Chapman. "Recent dissertations in American and European labor history." Labor History 26, no. 4 (September 1985): 569–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00236568508584817.

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Rousseau, Bobb. "Haitian Votes Matter: Haitian Immigrants in Florida in Local Politics and Government." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5520.

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This qualitative study investigated perceived barriers to the incorporation of Haitian immigrants in Florida into local politics and government. The theoretical framework for this study was Marschall and Mikulska's theory of minority political incorporation to better understand the political ambition of Haitian immigrants to emerge as candidates and voters toward achieving electoral success and a substantive representation. The research question addressed the lived experiences and perceptions of Haitian immigrants related to barriers to their political mobilization at district, state, and federal levels. A phenomenological study design was used with open-ended interviews of 10 Haitian Americans who lived in Florida for at least 3 years. Data were analyzed through a six phase thematic analysis, were categorized into themes and subthemes and were later coded to determine which ones best expressed the challenges that Haitian immigrants were facing. Results indicated immigration statuses, language, and poor knowledge of Haitian immigrants of U.S. politics as well as poor leadership and the absence of a communication platform as factors hindering the incorporation of Haitian immigrants into local politics and governments. Haitian-American leaders could benefit from the results of this study as they may develop a cohesive framework for citizenship drives, voter registration, community outreach, and literacy programs. The positive social change implications from this research include the view that Haitian immigrants are not a burden on the U.S. economy, but a potentially mature and attractive minority group with political value to U.S. lawmakers, district, state and presidential candidates.
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Tate, Wilbur Hopkins. "American sports: the exploitation of Afro-American athletes?" DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1989. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1823.

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The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a preliminary investigation to analyze the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) relationship to the treatment of the black athlete. Exploitation is described for the purposes of this paper as a system that facilitates the economic use of students by contracting with them to play sports for the university or college, in return for a "possible education" (which the athlete presumes is guaranteed to him and will be maintained until he receives his baccalaureate degree). This behavior among most colleges and universities is reprehensible and it promotes among these athletes an illusion that they are amateur athletes. Furthermore, most colleges and universities perpetuate the illusion that their athletes have a high probability of becoming professional ball players when in reality approximately 1 percent of all amateurs make the pros. Also, the NCAA Proposition 48 rule is briefly discussed·. and how it affects the black student athlete. To answer some of the researcher's questions and concerns, the researcher conducted a survey in which he interviewed thirty (30) former black male collegiate athletes who participated in the NCAA. These athletes were black males between the ages of 30 to 65 years old. This survey also assessed the attitudes, experiences and successful/unsuccessful outcomes of their collegiate career. The results of this preliminary investigation generally concluded that indeed, the black college athlete has been exploited by the NCAA and the university or college which he attended. Recommendations were provided that pertain to advocacy, information and creating other career options for college/university athletes.
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Beall-Davis, Sondra Jean. "African American Women in America: Underrepresentation, Intersectionality, and Leadership Development Experiences." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4037.

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American conglomerates are accountable for the underrepresentation of African American women (AAW) in high-ranking roles. Though some progress is documented, this study revealed that inequalities and stereotypical practices still exist. This transcendental phenomenology study explored the leadership development and lived experiences of 25 high-ranking AAW. All participants worked in private or public sectors, resided in America, and held high-ranking positions within the last 5 years. The goal was to explore the lived experience of AAW and uncover any strategies used to address the influence of intersectionality on leadership development that could abate barriers and create career pathways for forthcoming AAW leaders. During the literature review process, the education sector emerged as the most studied area, exposing substantial gaps in literature concentrated on other sectors. For this study, a broader range of industries was explored that could enhance existing leadership and management practices and augment the body of knowledge in multiple sectors. The theory of Black feminism guided the study, and the conceptual framework of intersectionality corroborated the intersecting barriers caused by gender, race, and class unique to AAW. Purposive samples and open-ended questions designed to guide semistructured interviews, supported by the modified van Kaam data analysis technique, were implemented. The social implications of this study go beyond simple diversity in the workplace to highlight a highly resilient and capable talent pool of AAW who bring new perspectives to senior leadership roles that will enhance organizational resilience, contributing to the economic growth of the organizations they lead.
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Shah, Sahil Ashwin. "South-Asian American and Asian-Indian Americans Parents: Children's Education and Parental Participation." ScholarWorks, 2015. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1325.

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Parental participation supports students' academic success and increases positive peer interactions. Prior to the 1980s, parental participation was viewed as a unidimensional construct; however, it has since been understood as a multidimensional one. Studies from Epstein have demonstrated that culture, community, and family structures are some of the many factors that affect parental participation. In addition, Huntsinger and Jose have demonstrated that Asian-American parents participate in their children's education differently than do European Americans, yet research has not examined the specificities of South-Asian Americans' (SAAs) and Asian-Indian Americans' (AIAs) parental involvement. There are 6 recognized methods that parents can use to participate in their child's education. Assuming that the methods of participation used by parents can affect their children's academic performance and social development, the purpose of this study was to examine these methods of parental participation with respect to AIAs and SAAs. Using Epstein's questionnaire, 308 AIA/SAA parents were recruited who had a child born in the United States and who was attending a U.S. school between kindergarten and Grade 2 at the time of the study. MANOVA and ANOVA tests were used to calculate whether a significant difference existed amongst the 6 methods of parental participation, based on the gender of the parent or the gender of the child. There was no significant preference among the 6 methods of parental participation, nor was any difference found that related to the gender of the child. However, the results indicated that mothers were more involved than fathers in their child's education, although there was no preference among the 6 methods. Given the lack of clear direction emergent in these findings, implications for future research to further the understanding of parental participation of SAA/AIA are discussed.
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Raky, Elizabeth Anne. "Examining Binge Eating Rates Between Caucasian-American and African-American Men." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4942.

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Eating disorders (ED) are maladaptive eating patterns that can have social, biological, health, and occupational consequences. The purpose of this study was to explore and compare binge eating episodes, locus of control, and body dissatisfaction between African-American men (n = 66; 53.70%) and Caucasian-American men (n = 57; 46.30%). There is a current gap in the existing literature regarding the study of men who BE and a sampling bias with regard to ethnic minorities. Based on Bandura's social learning theory model and Rotter's locus of control, the purpose of this research was to determine and compare the relationship between BE, locus of control, and body dissatisfaction among African-American and Caucasian-American men. The participants answered a demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), Internality, Powerful Others and Chance Scale (IPC), and Body Satisfaction Questionnaire (BSQ). A quantitative research design was used and the chi-square was performed to evaluate the variables of the research questions. The sample population came from the Walden University participants pool and men who are self-described binge eaters from the African-American and Caucasian-American ethnicity in the community. Key results showed that African- American men believed they had less power in their lives, lower levels of body dissatisfaction, and increased feelings of chance in their lives. Recommendations for further research can be to replicate this study using other ethnicities. Implications for social change can include increased knowledge of men that BE which can improve their overall health and quality of life while reducing medical costs.
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McDaniel, Ronald. "Metropolitan Young Adult American Muslims Perceptions of Discrimination Post American Patriot Act." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6617.

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Several researchers have identified discrimination and profiling as examples of oppression and threats to the democratic process. Scholarly literature provides little evidence on the experiences, beliefs, and attitudes of young adult Arab American Muslims post-9/11. This study addressed the attitudes and lived experiences of young adult Arab American Muslims between the ages of 18 and 25 regarding discrimination and profiling experienced in the District of Columbia Metropolitan area since the passage of the American Patriot Act. A phenomenological research study was conducted using Benet's polarities of democracy as the theoretical framework with a focus on diversity and equality. Data were collected from young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 living in a large east coast metropolitan area using participant interview and then coded to identify themes. Participants mainly agreed on noticeable differences in their treatment related to diversity and equality on campus, in the workplace, and in social public settings. Often, participants agreed that they have been targeted through additional measures such as political and media rhetoric which also negatively impacts their seeking of diversity and equality. Overall, the results of this study not only highlight the challenges this group faces but also indicates that the polarity pair of diversity and equality has not been leveraged well, thereby creating a mental concentration camp for participants. Lastly, this study may provide positive social change by allowing US Congress to better understand the negative consequences of the US Patriot Act.
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Sawyer, Rosalind D. "The Lack of African American Women CEOs in Corporate America: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4170.

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While the number of African American women filling executive level positions in Fortune 500 companies in America has improved, there is still a need for significant improvements in increasing their access to corporate chief executive officer (CEO) positions. African American women occupy only 11.7% of the board seats, and their representation as CEOs has steadily declined. Throughout the history of Fortune 500 companies, there have been only 14 African American men with CEO titles. As of January 2017, there are no African American women CEOs. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences and perceptions of 15 African American women who aspire to be chief executive officers in corporate America. The experiences and perceptions of these women were examined to understand why there is a limited number of African American women CEOs despite their increase in executive level roles. The responses from 15 African American revealed that the increased numbers of these women in the executive leadership level resulted from diversity initiatives that made it possible for these women to return to school, and provided a context in which organizational leaders could recognize their talent. The organizations' use of diversity initiatives contributed to practices that legally allow them to minimize the number of minorities they hire at the executive level. The theoretical framework included elements from critical theory, critical race theory, and black feminist theory. The increased representation of these women at the executive level contributes to positive social change because the information adds to the existing literature on the lack of African American women CEOs in corporate America and may provide knowledge that will guide other women pursuing this role.
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Turner, Edward. "African American Entrepreneurial Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2429.

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African Americans are among the fastest growing entrepreneurial minority group in the United States, but they continue to struggle with sustaining these new business ventures. Evidence suggests that African American business entrepreneurs experience an increased failure rate with a 4-year business survival rate of 39%. Reducing the failure rate would significantly add to the U.S. economy (an estimated $2.5 trillion) and create nearly 12 million more jobs. The purpose of this single case study was to explore the strategies and behaviors of an award-winning African American entrepreneur in Miami Dade County who has remained in business over 20 years. The conceptual framework for this study was entrepreneurship theory. The data were collected through a semistructured interview with the participant, a review of published news media data, and a review of financial and marketing documents. Member checking was completed with the participant to strengthen credibility and trustworthiness of interpretations. The findings revealed several qualities about this entrepreneur, including innovativeness, internal locus of control, and self-efficacy attributed to business success. The participant also leveraged education and family networks as social capital to reach firm sustainability, as well as bootstrapping to mitigate the lack of financial capital. The information learned from these findings may contribute to social change by providing insight into the necessary strategies and behaviors required by African American entrepreneurs to stay in business beyond 4 years.
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McClure, Daniel N. "A woman of action Elma Lewis, the arts, and the politics of culture in Boston, 1950-1986 /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3359905/.

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Johnson-Hood, Dr Pamela. "Therapeutic Alliance Between African American Clients and European American Providers: A Phenomenological Study." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3453.

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African Americans do not seek mental health help at the same rate, as do European Americans; furthermore, African Americans who do seek help tend to leave therapy prematurely. A poor therapeutic alliance between African American clients and European American clinicians may be one reason that African Americans do not seek therapy or leave prematurely. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the lived experience of African American clients in therapeutic relationship with European American clinicians. Rogers' theory of therapeutic alliance, which included empathy as a key concept, served as the conceptual framework of this study. Through purposeful sampling methodology, 10 participants were invited to participate, based on self-report of being African American and having had therapy with a European American clinician. Participants were interviewed regarding their lived experiences in therapy with a European American clinician. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis. There were 13 thematic findings. Findings revealed that more participants reported positive experiences in therapy than did participants who reported negative experiences. Empathy, therapeutic alliance, and trust were key factors to positive outcomes. Knowing and implementing what factors lead to positive alliance has valuable social change implications for European American clinicians and their African American patients. Clinicians should be trained in the importance of empathy, therapeutic alliance, and trust, especially when working in mixed racial therapeutic dyads.
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Books on the topic "American Dissertations"

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Washington, Rhonnie Lynn. Dissertations concerning Black theatre. Albany, N.Y: New York African American Institute, State University of New York, 1988.

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Jens, Holley E., and Blum Annette, eds. Religion and the American experience, 1620-1900: A bibliography of doctoral dissertations. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1992.

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Lakhanpal, Sarv Krishna. American dissertations on education in India: A bibliography. Saskatoon: Library Collection Development Dept., University of Saskatchewan, 1987.

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Goode, James M. Goode's bibliography: Doctoral dissertations relating to American architectural history, 1897-1995. 2nd ed. Chicago: Distributed by Society of Architectural Historians, 1995.

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Young, Arthur P. American library history: A bibliography of dissertations and theses. 3rd ed. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1988.

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Lauer, Joseph J. American and Canadiandoctoral dissertations and master's theses on Africa, 1974-1987. Atlanta, Ga: Crossroads Press, Emory University, 1989.

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Young, Arthur P. Cities and towns in American history: A bibliography of doctoral dissertations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

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Alfred, Kagan, Larkin Gregory V, and Sims Michael, eds. American and Canadian doctoral dissertations and master's theses on Africa, 1974-1987. Atlanta, Ga: Crossroads Press, Emory University, 1989.

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J, Anderson Michael. A classified index of American doctoral dissertations and dissertation projects on choral music completed or currently in progress through 1989. Lawton, Okla: American Choral Directors Association, 1990.

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Jens, Holley E., and Watts Phyllis C, eds. Religion and the American experience, the twentieth century : a bibliography of doctoral disserations: Compiled by Arthur P. Young and E. Jens Holley ; with the assistance of Phyllis C. Watts. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994.

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Hague, Daryl. "Bibliography of dissertations about translation topics (1973–1996)." In American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series, 131. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ata.ix.14hag.

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"Chapter One. Early Dissertations In American Sociology Of Religion." In American Sociology of Religion, 15–41. BRILL, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004161153.i-317.7.

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"APPENDIX 2. Micronesia Anthropology Dissertations Accepted by US Universities, 1949–1997." In American Anthropology in Micronesia, 475–84. University of Hawaii Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780824861421-020.

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Throne, Robin, and Brian Bourke. "Online Research Supervisor Engagement." In Fostering Multiple Levels of Engagement in Higher Education Environments, 1–20. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7470-5.ch001.

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This chapter has pedagogical implications for online graduate students to define researcher positionality. It offers graduate-level examples for the articulation of researcher positionality within online graduate-level research including theses, dissertations, and academic writings. This chapter is relevant to current master's thesis or doctoral dissertation writers at American institutions of higher education through distance, blended, or hybrid delivery modes. The authors suggest instructional strategies and a research supervisor agency to guide current master's thesis or doctoral dissertation writers in the articulation of researcher positionality. This fosters self-awareness of an online researcher's stance, subjectivities, proclivities, and standpoint prior to study participant engagement for data collection. This chapter may also be applicable to tenure-track faculty in need of this exposition for current empirical research and/or graduate student instruction.
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Bourdaghs, Michael K. "The Ghosts of Anticommunism and Neoliberalism." In Reconsidering American Power, 445–64. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199490585.003.0014.

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This chapter revisits the critiques of area studies carried out in the 1980s and the 1990s. Area studies programmes during the Cold War were dominated by social scientists, but today’s programmes are almost exclusively the domain of the humanities. The US government and allied foundations sharply reduced budgetary support for Asian studies, with the void being filled by state and state-related entities from East Asia pursuing so-called ‘soft power’ strategies. Today the majority of dissertations in the field claim some measure of critical politicality, whether in terms of postcolonialism, gender and sexuality studies, or environmentalism. Many of the direct targets of the original critique of area studies of the 1980s and the 1990s have seemingly dissolved—and yet area studies continues to thrive as an institution underwriting American power. The chapter explores how we can renew and reenergize the critique of area studies in its latest guise.
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Nann, John B., and Morris L. Cohen. "Nonlaw Research." In The Yale Law School Guide to Research in American Legal History, 302–22. Yale University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300118537.003.0012.

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This concluding chapter explores several types of nonlaw resources for legal history research. Since the law defines the relationships that people have with the state and, frequently, with each other, it is intimately related to many other areas of scholarship and inquiry. Legal researchers will often have to expand their research beyond the law and delve into politics, sociology, economics, psychology, current or historical events, and many other areas. The list of nonlaw resources offered in the chapter is not exhaustive but includes the most important and frequently used sources: newspapers; periodical literature, monographs and dissertations; statistical resources; and public records. There are many guides to research in each of these areas. Indeed, many academic libraries provide topical research guides for free on their websites. For more in-depth guidance, researchers should use library catalogs.
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Bugbee, Henry. "The Sense and the Conception of Being (Selections)." In Wilderness in America, edited by David W. Rodick. Fordham University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823275359.003.0003.

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Bugbee’s Doctoral Dissertation was entitled “The Sense and Conception of Being” (1947). The dissertation does not offer an extensional metaphysics of Being in the classical sense of Aristotle’s timeless study of being qua being. Being is fundamentally experiential, something sensed as opposed to conceptualized. Bugbee insisted that formal metaphysics fails to capture the experiential immediacy and directness of Being—dimensions “formal” structures ultimately fail to register. The dissertation was signed by Jacob M. Lowenberg, Stephen C. Pepper, and George P. Adams.
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Hirschey, Mark. "A dissertation on tulips and America online." In Tech Stock Valuation, 81–101. Elsevier, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-012349704-8.50018-0.

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Grimm, Dieter. "Paris, America, and PhD." In Dieter Grimm, 33–48. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198845270.003.0003.

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The chapter treats Dieter Grimm’s postgraduate study in Paris and Harvard, the special impact of Harvard University and his teachers there, the differences between German and American legal education, his work in an American law firm after graduation and his dissertation in Frankfurt, his practical training (Referendariat) with various legal institutions like courts, agencies of public administration, law offices, etc. and his examination after the traineeship (which qualifies for any legal profession).
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Stoddard, Robert H., and Carolyn V. Prorok. "Geography of Religion and Belief Systems." In Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198233923.003.0063.

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Spatial and environmental dimensions of religious behavior, artefacts, and attitudes are grist for the geographer’s intellectual mill because spiritually motivated convictions and actions play an important role in human affairs. It is not surprising, therefore, that the geography of religion and belief systems is an important, emerging field of study. We commence this chapter with a definition of the field, particularly as it entails distinctions that arise out of the highly personal nature that religious belief is accorded in the academy and society at large. A limited review and summary of trends in the field over the past decade follows, building on Kong’s (1990) and Sopher’s (1967, 1981) overviews. Although North American geographers are emphasized here, research in the geography of religion is thoroughly entwined in terms of scholars’ national origin, university training, and research perspectives, thus making distinctions in nationality difficult. Moreover, geographers who do not consider themselves to be geographers of religion and numerous nongeographers also make significant contributions to this field because their work clearly incorporates both religious and geographic components in their analysis and subject matter. We note that traditional empirical studies largely dominate the work published in the last decade. Nevertheless, humanistic research (Weightman 1996; Cooper 1997a; Prorok 1997; Osterrieth 1997), and the application of contemporary critical theory (Fielder 1995; Kong 1993a, b; Prorok 2000) in this field is gaining ground, particularly via recent dissertations and presentations at AAG meetings. Additional comments about future challenges and opportunities conclude the chapter. No universally accepted definition of religion exists, as illustrated by the hundreds already published and others continually being introduced (see e.g. a separate bibliographical category devoted annually to this definitional task in Social Compass: International Review of Sociology of Religion). Another indication that the term “religion” lacks a single, precise definition is the continual struggle, expressed repeatedly within the American judicial system, with questions about what are truly “religious” activities. Definitions vary in their emphasis on three contrasting perspectives: (1) a transcendental divinity; (2) an immanent spirituality that permeates all of life; and (3) an ethical philosophy.
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Reports on the topic "American Dissertations"

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Leary, Joy. A Dissertation on African American Male Youth Violence: "Trying to Kill the Part of You that Isn’t Loved". Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.5808.

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