This collection holds the research, scholarship, and creative works of Leadership, Policy, and Development students, including the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) and Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership (HESAL) programs. It includes content such as dissertations, theses, capstones, presentations, and more.
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Dissertations from 2024
Is the grass really greener? A narrative study on what has drawn Student Affairs professionals, who identify as women, from Student Affairs to a position in the corporate world during the Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Amanda Michele Davis Smith
A DisCrit Analysis of Experiences Influencing Belonging for College Students with Disabilities, Paige Nichole Johnsen
The Fourth Pandemic: Photo-Narratives of Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals During the Great Resignation, Melissa Lafferty
Compassion Fatigue Among University Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practitioners, Stephen P. Loveless
Labor Market Alignment and Social Outcomes, Holly Katherine Schmitt
Dissertations from 2023
Impacts of Internship Experiences on Professional Identity Development for Undergraduate Women of Color in Engineering, Kathleen Victoria Armstrong
Women in Educational Leadership: An Embodied Narrative Inquiry, Pauline Avis
Principal Actions That Impact Teacher Retention in High-Poverty Schools, Amy Elizabeth Bekins
Understanding Trauma Through a Behavior Analytic Lens: A Comparative Case Study, Kevin D. Bland
A Portrait of Culturally Responsive, Socially Just School Leadership: A Latino Critical Theory Student Perspective, Jennifer Ruth Crill
Elementary Principals’ Perceptions of The Influence of the Coronavirus Pandemic On Their Professional Identities, Melissa Gibson-Steiner
Let’s Take This Outside: Utilizing Outdoor Classrooms as a Response to The Coronavirus-19 Pandemic, Cortney Leigh Lamb
Using Transformative Leadership To Understand White Male Community College Presidents and Their Efforts to Improve Outcomes For All Students, Ruthanne Keenan Orihuela
Principals’ Leadership of the Integration Of the Neurosequential Model in Education, Alison Grace Ostrom
Characteristics of Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics Mentoring Relationship Practices In Secondary Education Settings: A Case Study, Bonnie Jeanne Palmer
The Relationship Between Colorado Teacher Salary and Colorado Teacher Turnover, Jason Lee Seybert
Making Meaning of Multimodalities In Teacher Professional Learning, Jonathan Doane Shaw
“Just Go for the Lie”: A Critical Autoethenographic Study of a White Female Elementary School Principal, Christie Michelle Toliver
An Examination of Support Provided to Students Attending Two Performing Colorado High Schools With a Significant Percentage Of Students Experiencing Poverty, Rebecca Albert Vollrath
Dissertations from 2022
Is It My Job? How Emotions and Identity Development Drive White Senior Student Affairs Officers to Claim Responsibility for Creating Equity on Campus, Morgan J. Bradford Diaz
School Leadership Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study, Deanna Kay Dykstra-Lathrop
An Elementary School Principal’s Practices And a Reduced Equity Gap: A Case Study, April Hrovat
Principals’ Definition and Identification Of Critical Thinking In Teacher Practices, Carmen Aumber Polka
Transformative and Trauma-Informed Social-Emotional Learning At The Secondary Level, Jennifer Ann Santos
Where Are We on This Path? Faculty Experiences Working With Guided Pathways, Christopher Tombari
Dissertations from 2021
Leadership in High Achieving Blended Learning Schools, Benjamin Wyatt Alexander
Role Identity and Engagement Behaviors of Student-Athlete Alumnae, Matthew Charles Brinton
Deeper Learning and District-Level Curriculum Leadership: A Case Study of One Large Public School District, Jonathan Warren Cooney
Identifying Early Warning Indicators for Improved High School Outcomes for Students, Dina Perfetti-Deany
Women and the Superintendency, Jennifer Carol Perry
First-Generation Students, Belongingness, And Climate in an Academic Unit of Study, Kelly Christine Scott Raisley
I Don’t Have to Stay Here! The Experiences of Black Women, Higher Education Administrators Who Experienced a Professional Transition and/or Promotion to a Historically White Institution During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Margaret Littona Sebastian
An Instrumental Case Study of Teachers' Perceptions of Mandatory Professional Development During Educational Reform Efforts, Jennifer Elaine Wakeman
Dissertations from 2020
Experiences and Perspectives of International School Leaders: A Case Study From Saudi Arabia, Ahlam Abdullah Alhudithi
The Roles of Educational Leaders and Other Factors That Contribute to Successful Programs for English Learners, Abdulmohsen Ibrahim Alsliman
Reasons for Choosing a Study Abroad Destination: A United States Student Perspective, Kristy Sue Berg
Growth Mindset for Incoming College Students, Erin Michelle Datteri-Saboski
Confluences of Student Leadership and White Privilege: Exploring Consciousness-of-Self With White Student Leaders, Jeremy N. Davis
Educational Leaders’ Role in Sustaining Achievement in Successful, High- Poverty Title I Elementary Schools: A Case Study on Practices and Actions Leaders Take, Jennifer Ann Fodness
Community College Advisors' Understandings and Uses of Colorado Statewide Transfer Articulation Policy, Paul Eric Giberson
A Contemporary Understanding of the Effects of the Third Wave of School Finance Litigation, Jason Richard Kopanke
How Prepared Are Principals to Evaluate Teachers? A Look at Principals’ Professional Development and High Stakes Educator Evaluation, Angie Katherine Lackey
Scandals in College Athletics: A Case Study Exploring the Impact of a College Basketball Scandal on the Admissions/Enrollment Management Process of a University, Andrew Jacob Lail
Patterns and Perceptions of Academic Librarian Deference Behavior: A Mixed Methods Study, Lyda Fontes McCartin
The Perceived Change in School Climate After Principal Turnover, Jessica Lyn O'Toole
Did You Take Care of Everybody? Insights on Crisis Management From Senior Student Affairs Professionals, Matthew Lawrence Peterson Ricke
Implementing Social and Emotional Learning in Rural Colorado Schools: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Impetuses and Challenges, Jimmie Robert Charles Phillips
Coaching College Students to Thrive: Exploring Coaching Practices in Higher Education, Alicia Sepulveda
Does Socioeconomic Status Influence Students’ Postsecondary Plans?, Brian A. Young
Dissertations from 2019
“We’re Going to Be Figuring It out Forever”: Testimonios of Brown Women and Their Experiences Self-Authoring Their Brownness in Graduate School, Reyna Monique Anaya
Liminal Space in Higher Education: Lived Experiences in the Space Between At-Risk Academics and Big-Time Athletics in Division I Power Five, Lainey J. Brottem
The Relationship Between State College Readiness Policy and Student Outcomes: A Multilevel Growth Model, Rachel Christeson
How Community College Conduct Administrators Make Meaning of Their Experience, Meloni Sue Rudolph Crawford
University President Discourse After an On-Campus Crisis, Andrea DeCosmo
Division of Student Affairs Student Employees Make Meaning of Their Intersecting Identities and Work, Jason Ward Foster
A Tale of Two Schools and Their One Journey to Improvement, Catherine M. Jarnot
We Were Asked to Deny a Part of Ourselves —and We Did: How Black Women Doctoral Students Experience Their Intersectional Identities in Race-Based Activism, Cherjanet Diane Lenzy
Students of Size: An Exploratory Case Study on a Hidden Climate, Braelin Pantel
Social Justice and Inclusion as Competency: a Content Analysis of Syllabi in Student Affairs Master’s Programs, Karla Iveliz Perez-Velez
Dual Language Elementary Teacher Supports in Rocky Mountain Resort Communities, Miguel Donald Salinas
Sexual Assault Adjudication on Campus: Examining the Underlying Discourses of Title IX, Colleen Sonnentag
Persuasive Narrative: Examining Policy Actor Influences on Accreditation Reform Legislation, Rebecca Lynn Woulfe
Dissertations from 2018
The Reentry Experience of Saudi Scholars in a University of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and How Their Administrators Perceive the Reentry of Saudi Scholars, Yousef Mubrik Almutairi
How Current Rural Superintendents Believe Aspiring Superintendents Can Best Prepare for the Position, Jeremy Alan Burmeister
Perceptions About Educational Supports from Those Living in Poverty in the Suburbs, Sean Christopher Corey
Contextualizing Experiences of Parent Engagement: Iraqi Refugee Mothers’ Perceptions of Their Role in Their Child’s Education in the United States, Heather Nicole Kholif
Academic and Student Affairs Educators Make Meaning of Their Collaboration on Campus, Genia Hope Lemonedes
Clarity of Purpose and the Freedom to Lead: An Exploration of Principal Autonomy in Colorado Charter Schools, Teal Ann Maxwell
Catholic Students Intersecting with the Academy: an Exploration of Religious Identities, Sara Elizabeth Miller
Mid-Level Student Affairs Professionals Worklife Negotiation and the Use of Mobile Technology: A Case Study, Christopher M. Mullen
Principals’ Perceptions of Their Own Evaluation Process: How Feedback Using the Colorado Model Evaluation System Alters Principals’ Practice, Timothy Kevin Ridder
Teacher Evaluation Practices That Promote Teacher Development in Two Middle Schools, Andrea M. Smith
Teacher Perspectives on Implementation and Outcomes of a Character Education Program: A Comparative Case Study at Three Public Middle Schools, Grace A. Tennant
Dissertations from 2017
Grit as a Predictor of Academic Success for First-Time Undergraduate Students, Sean M. Broghammer
Experiences of Students Utilizing a Campus Food Pantry, Jamie Daugherty
Biracial Multiracial Lesbian Gay Bisexual Queer Student Leaders Making Meaning of Their Experiences, Robert Jason Kunstman
The Disadvantaged Status in the American Medical College Application Service: Medical Students Reflect on Their Experiences, Adam M. Lowrance
Did Not Finish: Doctoral Attrition in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Sarah Maddox
(Dis)Integrated Identities: Experiences of Tenure- Track Engineering Faculty Who Identify as Sexual Minorities, Robyn Elisa Sandekian
Bringing the Aloha Spirit to a Mainland Campus: Experiences of Native Hawaiian Students Pursuing Their College Degrees, Alethea N. Stoval
The Role of Middle School Building Leadership Teams in Professional Development, Celine Wicks
Ever Decreasing Budgets (?): How Mid-Level Student Affairs Directors Manage Perceived Resource Cuts, Steven P. Zeeh
Dissertations from 2016
Beginning Teacher Induction in the State of Colorado, Myra Desha Bierbaum
I Will Get This Done, and I Will Do It My Way: Doctoral Student Mothers Practicing Student Affairs and Their Journey Toward Self-Authorship, Rebecca Lynn Broghammer
Critical Roles Needed By Superintendents Of Rural Colorado School Districts For Effective Leadership, Kirk Michael Henwood
Latino Students: on Dropping out and Reentering School, Shawn Rios
Supporting Diverse Learners Through Professional Learning for Teachers, Ashley Newman Winnen
Dissertations from 2015
The Relationship between the Condition of Colorado Elementary School Facilities and Student Achievement, Edward Bernard Brooks
Practices That Support Principal Succession, Amie B. Cieminski
Revenue Structure, Revenue Diversification, and Severe Economic Downturns: Using Ordered Response Models to Predict Public Research University Credit Ratings, Joshua Michael Cohen
Finding the Sweet Spot: Interpreting Educational Language Policy Within Rural School Districts, Jennifer Joslyn Daniels
An Exploration of the Experiences and Factors in K-12 Education That Contributed to the Academic Success of Latino Students of Mexican Descent, Adriana Ayala Hire
At-Risk High School Graduates: Succeeding Despite the Odds, Suzette Michele Luster
School Policy and Practice to Tackle a Public Health Problem: Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Leigh Lynn McGown-Kauffman