Theses, Research Projects and Dissertations from 2016
Examining English Language Development among English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disability, Karla Vanessa Estrada
Cereal, David Falcone
Organizing a Grassroots Math Literacy Campaign: The Launching of the Young People’s Project in Los Angeles, Michael Jacob Farber
Portraits by African-American Male University Students: A Retrospective Study, Lauren Fissori
College Preparation in a Low-Income, Urban, Public High School: A Case Study, Catherine Marie Foote
Instructional Experiences and Schooling Factors of Long-Term English Learners, Rafael Gaeta
Educational Technology: Leadership and Implementation, Anthony James Galla
The Impact of Catholic High School Education: Catholic High School Young Adult Alumnae Perception and Engagement in Social Justice Related Activities, Antony John Joseph Gaspar
One Mission, Many Ministries, Amy S. Glenane
Parents’ Perceptions of Partners in Print, a Family Literacy Program, Rebecca Jane Godbey
Teaching Critical Media Literacy Through Videogame Creation in Scratch Programming, Elizabeth Anne Gregg
Fatigued, Isis Grills
Expedite Tool, Anna Haney
Revenue-Based Financial Modeling: A Sustainable Model for Medium-Size, Private, Mission-Based Schools of Education, Joseph Harbouk
Service and Learning for Whom? Toward a Critical Decolonizing Bicultural Service Learning Pedagogy, Kortney Hernandez
A Qualitative Study of Three Urban Catholic High Schools: Investigating Parent and Principal Expectations and Realizations of Parental Involvement and the Parent-School Relationship, Karen Elayne Holyk-Casey
An Examination of School Harassment for Middle School Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Questioning Students, Kimberly Megan Indelicato
A Lean Systems Engineering Approach to the Department of Defense Global Hawk Program, Bri Jarcho
Expected and Unexpected Outcomes of a Service-Learning Program Rooted in Social Justice and Pragmatic Constructivism, Jeffrey M. Jenkins
Restorative Justice As intrinsic to the Church’s Mission, Catholic Theology and Sacramental Ethics, Yesica A. Jiménez
Rupture, Dwayne Kemele
“If at First You Do Not Succeed:” A Study of Teacher Resiliency in Sixteen Public Urban Elementary Schools, Jinny Youn Kim
Catholic School Leaders’ Perceptions of Governance Models in Los Angeles Parochial Schools, Kristopher Leo Knowles
Literacy Achievement in Nongraded Classrooms, Anita Therese Kreide
Linking Resource Allocation to Student Achievement: A Study of Title 1 and Title 1 Stimulus Utilization, Kati Petersen Krumpe
Financial Models in Catholic Education, Richard Kruska
Yasuke: The Black Samurai, Aaron A. Lancaster
Women Principals of Jewish Secular High Schools in Israel: Access and Progress, Dana Michelle Lebental
Teacher Perceptions of School Discipline: A Critical Interrogation of a Merit and Demerit System, Evelyn Licea
An Exploration of Existential Group Art Therapy for Substance Abuse Clients with a History of Trauma, Sung Liskin
Impacts Of An Artist Residency Program Informed By Social Action Art Therapy, Jessica Bui Lo
Storage Unit, Erik Long IV
Sweet Spirit: The Pedagogical Relevance of the Black Church for African-American Males, Brandi Odom Lucas
Resiliency of Latino High School Students: The Impact of External and Internal Factors, Diana Marie Lucero
Exploration of the Process of an Altered Book Project With Women Cancer Survivors, Jillian E. Luz
Preferential Options and Palimpsests: Transferring the Founders’ Catholic Charism from Vowed Religious Educators to Lay Educators, Patrick Paschal Lynch
Exonerated, Adam Maksoad
Changing Food Consumption Behavior in Saudi Arabia, Rayan Malki
Male Chinese Student Transitions to Life in an American Secondary Catholic Boarding School, Matthew R. Mallon
The Triage Principal: An Autoethnographic Tale of Leadership in a Catholic Turnaround School, Corena Marasco
The Absence of Aspiration in the Era of Accountability, Mary R. Martinez
Rethinking Critical Consciousness: Latina Teachers, Latina Girls, and Alternative Educational Spaces, Salvador Martin
Mari, Ryan B. Massey
Maric Ruz, Christine McAulife
Children are the Messengers: A Case Study of Academic Success Through the Voices of High-Achieving Low-Income Elementary Students, Stephen Howard McCray
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) An Analysis of Policy Implementation, Outcomes, and Unintended Consequences, Carla M. McCullough
African American Parental Engagement in a Public Middle School: Contributing Factors, Laura J. McGowan-Robinson
“This is our life. We can’t drive home.” An Analysis of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy as Perceived by Elementary Teachers, Students and Families in an Urban Charter School, Elaine Azalia McNeil-Girmai
Make Time, Jonathan Paul Medici
Effective Instruction in the Blended Learning Classroom, Stepan Mekhitarian
Adolescent Mentors and the Latino Community, Arazeli L. Melendez
Smart Home Project in Saudi Arabia: Reduce the Power Waste and Increase the Efficiency, Controllability and Sustainability, Abdulmajeed Mesefir
The Avoidance of Race: White Teachers’ Racial Identities in Alternative Teacher Education Programs and Urban Under-Resourced Schools, Kelley Marie McCann Miller
Closing the Gap: The Effects of Alternative Certification Programs on Intern Self-Efficacy, Marianne Mitchell
Becoming Unionized in a Charter School: How Charter School Teachers Navigate the Culture of Choice, Elizabeth Montaño
Latino and Latina Urban Elementary Principals’ Entry into Educational Administration, José Montaño
The Biliteracy Achievement of Latino English Learners in Two-Way Immersion Elementary Programs, Olga Grimalt Moraga
Implementing Calendar Reform in a Suburban Catholic Elementary School: A Case Study, Catherine Cichocki Muzzy
An Information System for Health Care Quality Measures, Matthew Mycroft
Exploring Latinidad: Latina Voice and Cultural Awareness in a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Candy Navarro
Towards a Community College Pin@y Praxis: Creating an Inclusive Cultural Space, Atheneus C. Ocampo
A Case Study Examining the Implementation and Assessment of the Profile of the Graduate at Graduation in a Jesuit Secondary School, Daniel Joseph O'Connell
Literacy and Ideology: A Qualitative Research Study of a Language Arts Class of Language Minority Students Using the Scripted Curriculum High Point, Elizabeth Osorio-Arzate
Goliath, Nicholas C. Pangilinan
Funds of Knowledge that Support Teacher-Student Relationships: A Narrative Study of Effective Teachers, James Allan Pasto
From Inclusion for Some to Inclusion for All: A Case Study of the Inclusion Program at One Catholic Elementary School, Emily Marie Paz
Organizational Assimilation through Heritage Language Programming: Reconciling Justice and Bilingualism, Ricardo José Pedroarias
The Role of the Art Therapist: A Multi-Faceted Approach, Lauren E. Peña
A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Obama Administration’s Education Speeches, Adriane Kayoko Peralta
Latinas’ Access to Advanced Placement Courses: A Case Study of a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School, Jennifer Maria Pérez Aguilar
Disability and Power: A Charter School Case Study Investigating Grade-Level Retention of Students with Learning Disabilities, Esther Lorraine Perez
Transformational Leadership: A Qualitative Study of Rural Elementary Schools in Fresno County, Xavier Piña
College Knowledge: How Immigrant Latino Parents Access Information, Ana F. Ponce
Changing Mindsets: A Case Study of a Community of Practice between Charter and Traditional Public School Leaders in the School Leaders Network, Manuel Nicolas Ponce Jr.
Investigating Collaborative Inquiry: A Case Study of a Professional Learning Community at Lennox Charter High School, Alyce H. Prentice
The Catholic School Principal and Inclusive Leadership: A Quantitative Study, Jayne M. Quinn
A Place to Belong: Critical Queer Pedagogy for Social Justice in Catholic Education, Roydavid Villanueva Quinto
Relational Aggression, Middle School Girls, and the Development of Critical Consciousness, Casey Quirarte
Factors Impacting Persistence for African-American and Latino Community College Students, Amy Radovčić
Afrocentric Pedagogy as a Transformative Educational Practice, Miranda L. Ra'oof
Defining Defiance: African-American Middle School Students’ Perspective on the Impact of Teachers’ Disciplinary Referrals, Patricia Ray
Building Spiritual Capital: The Effects of Kundalini Yoga on Adolescent Stress, Emotional Affect, and Resilience, Meliné Sarkissian
An Analysis of Fifth-Grade Teachers’ Mathematical Inputs on Eighth-Grade Students’ Mathematical Outputs, Neeraj Raj Satyal
Silencing the Critics: A Conceptual Framework in Teacher Preparation for Social Justice, Allison P. Schildts
Youth, Social Networking, and Resistance: A Case Study on a Multidimensional Approach to Resistance, David Scozzaro
Guerrilla, Jake TMT Sheets
A Systems Engineering Approach Towards Millennial Investment Strategies, Ethan L. Smith
Architecting an Online Social Resource for Amateur Filmmakers using a Hybrid Systems Engineering and Agile Approach, Thomas J. Smith II
Teacher Alienation: Reconceptualizing the Educational Work Environment, Jesse Robert Soza
Dreams Deferred: A Critical Narrative Analysis of African American Males in Pursuit of Higher Education, Martinique Starnes
Jail Bait, Jonathan Talbert
Monty and the Runaway Furance, Joe Taranto
Sacred Spaces: A Narrative Analysis of the Influences of Language and Literacy Experiences on the Self-Hood and Identity of High-Achieving African American Female College Freshmen, Michelle Flowers Taylor
Perceptions Regarding the Use and Experience of Information and Communication Technology from Female Students in a Catholic Middle School, Julio Cuauhtemoc Tellez
Media Literacy and the Common Good: A Link to Catholic Social Teaching, Maria Rosalia Tenorio de Azevedo
Vertical Take Off and Landing Robotic Mission on Mars, Kurian Thomas
