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Public Administration Doctoral Dissertations

Dissertations/Capstones from 2019 2019

An Examination of Federal Discretionary Grant Sustainability in Rural Public School Districts, Autumn L. Grooms

Emotional Intelligence and Secondary Traumatic Stress Experiences of Trial Court Judges, Jody Jacobetz Huber

Women’s Political Empowerment and the Nonprofit Subsectors of Education, Human Services, and Public/Societal Benefit, Lorin McKnight Mayo

Failure to Launch: An exploratory study of the impact of the Workforce Investment Act on transition to adulthood among low income youth, Louise McLoughlin

Capability and Gap Assessments: Influence on Emergency Management Programs, Kelly Myers

Social Construction of Giftedness in the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Chad Phillips

Guided by Faith? Comparing Faith-based and Secular Nonprofits’ Planning Practices, Jeremy Raff

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Preservice Training for a Treatment Home Program in New Jersey, Jina Saint-Elien

Pennsylvania School Resource Officers as Mentor/Counselors, Including Levels of Intervention, Beth Sanborn

A Study of Dual Credit Program Policies in the Rio Grande Valley, Zachary Suarez

Comparing Compensation: Shared Occupations of Government and Private Industry, Catherine Sykes

Using Predictive Modeling toward Increasing Alumni Giving at a Public University, Susan Vanscovich

Taxation Through Criminalization: The Relationship Between Revenue Derived From Law Enforcement and Municipal Budget Allocations for Police Services, Anthony Whitmore

Fitting into the Bigger Picture: Community Engagement Efforts among Community Nonprofit Organizations and Institutions of Higher Education through the Perspectives of Nonprofits, Jamie Williams

Dissertations/Capstones from 2018 2018

A Phenomenological Study: The Lived Experiences of Teen Mothers Who Graduated from High School and Desired to Enroll in Post-secondary Educational Institutions, Yolanda Allen

The Affordable Housing Crisis in Charleston, South Carolina: A Case for Collaborative Governance, Thomas Cook

Terrorism: Is it a mechanism of change according to the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory?, Joseph M. Dilley Jr.

University Economic and Social Engagement: Comparing Practices at PWIs and HBCUs, Jennifer B. Harris

Exploring the Impacts between Residing in a Civic Engagement and Political Science Living-Learning Community and an Undergraduate Student’s Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, and Participation in Civic Engagement., Justin Kleemook

Defining Academic Success: A Quantitative Study of High-Impact Activities Contributing to the Success of At-Risk Students, Courtney Lloyd

Student Success as a Public Management Tool: Gauging the Impact of Student Success as a Funding Metric, Darrell Lovell

Encouraging Collaboration: The Effects of Collaborative High-Impact Practices on At-Risk Student Success, Gerardina Martin

Increased Access to Academic Advising: A Program Evaluation, Dawn J. Renta

The Effect of Community Partnerships on Title I Public Schools in Low Income Communities, Morris Thompson

The Impact of Poverty on Educational Outcomes, Brian Ulmer