Doctor of Philosophy in Composition and TESOL
2012
Alqadoumi,
Omar. (2012). E-Tutoring and the Academic ESL Writer. [Dissertation Advisor:
Gian Pagnucci]
Burke, Brian. (2012). Using Comic Books and
Graphic Novels to Improve and Facilitate Community College Students' Literacy. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian Pagnucci]
Chamcharatsri, Pisarn.
(2012). Emotionality and Composition in Thai and in English. [Dissertation Advisor: David
Hanauer]
Gatto, Roseanne. (2012).
Composition and Rhetoric. [Dissertation
Advisor: Claude Hurlbert]
Grant, Abigail. (2012).
Distinguishing Online and Face-to-Face Learning; Acquisition, Learning, and
Online Pedagogy. [Dissertation Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Guelcher,
John. (2012). Reflection-on-Juncture
Within Composition: The Promise of Transfer. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian Pagnucci]
Harley,
Diane. (2012). Doing a School Literacy
Information Project in a South Africa Context. [Dissertation Advisor: Resa Bizzaro]
Justice, Clifton. (2012).
Coming Out in Composition: The Relationship Between Gay disclosure Practices
and the field's Discourse.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Klompien, Kathleen. (2012).
Truth to Power: Composition and Activism in the Age of Excellence. [Dissertation Advisor: Claude Hurlbert]
Lei, Ruo-Wan. (2012). A
Case Study of a Taiwanese Teacher's Group Exploring Narrative Pedagogy. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian Pagnucci]
Nicolas, Corinne. (2012).
Understanding Students' use of Sources in Research Writing through an
Epistemological Lens. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Park, Seung Ku. (2012).
Adult Korean ESL Learners' Imbalance of Pragmatic Competences & the
Relationship b/t English Teaching
Experience & Metapragmatic Awareness. [Dissertation Advisor: Gloria Park]
Power, Karen. (2012). A
Social History of Second Language Writing: First Generation L2 Composition
Scholars in the Process Era. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan
Tannacito]
Quinn, Julie. (2012). Where
does Writing End? Academic Writing as "Artifact". [Dissertation Advisor: Claude
Hurlbert]
Reilly, John. (2012).
Mutuality Overcomes Student Resistance. [Dissertation Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Rudd, LeAnn. (2012).
Leavings, Returnings, and the Explanations in Between: Students' Stories of
Withdrawing from Freshman Composition.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Claude Hurlbert]
Sarver, Whitney. (2012).
"Doing School" Right: How University Students from Diverse
Backgrounds Construct their Academic Literacies
and Academic Identities. [Dissertation
Advisor: Gloria Park]
Sikorski-Julier, April.
(2012). Rhetorical Responding and Grading: A Case Study of Best Practices in
"Instructive Evaluation". [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Slick, Joseph. (2012).
Speaking their hearts through academic second language: ESL language
achievement and social emotional learning.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Sukasem, Ngarmnij. (2012).
Online Literacy Practice: Blogs and Authorship in Thai Learnes of English. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Wang, Lan. (2012). Behind
the Curtain: A Critical View of Theory and Practice of Tutoring English
Language Learners at University
Writing Centers. [Dissertation
Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Wester, Jason. (2012). Private Writing, Public Classrooms: the
Personal Journal in English Composition. [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Yeh, Shu Fen. (2012). A
qualitative study of Taiwanese students' Academic Writing Practices and
positioning in North American
Universities. [Dissertation
Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
2011
Ashour, Ibrahim. (2011). The EFL
Enterprise in Syria: An Examination of Teachers’ and Inspectors’ Interactive
Relationships, Beliefs, and Attitudes. [Dissertation Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Chambers, Leah. (2011). Defining Place, Understanding Race: A
Discussion of Student and Community Members' Perception of Life in a Small
town. [Dissertation
Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Cheng, Shu-Fen. (2011). A
Historical Analysis of English and Chinese Sections of Joint College Entrance
Examinations in Taiwan.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Duncan, Elizabeth. (2011).
Mail Order Brides: a Narrative Inquiry Profiling the Lives of Five Female
Second Language Learners
and their Acquisition of the English Language. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Getchell, Kristen. (2011). Examining Student Feedback in
Assessment: Validating a Writing Placement Program. [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M
Williamson]
Goertel, Rachel. (2011). An
Examination of Six Nonative College English Speaking Students' Ordinary
Conversations with Native
English Speakers & other Nonnative English Speakers: The Pragmatic Use of
English Discourse Markers. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Golden, David. (2011). Students and Teachers' Perceptions of "Community" in
Online College Composition. Dissertation Advisor: Gian Pagnucci]
Haggerty, Jessica. (2011).
Mentoring Relationships and Student Empowerment: A Phenomenological Study of
Four Women's Experiences.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Gloria Park]
Hassan, Mai. (2011).
Unheard Voices: Narratives of Developing TESOL Professionals in a Graduate
Discourse Community. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
House,
Brent. (2011). The Muses on the Mountains:
Mentoring Relationships Among Creative Writers. [Dissertation Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Huster, Kimberli. (2011).
Language Journeys of Hmong Generation 1.5 Women. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Kazakbaeva, Roza. (2011).
The Role of the English language in Kyreyz Immigrants' Acculturation Processes
in the United States.
[Dissertation
Advisor: Nancy Hayward]
Kim, So Yeon. (2011).
Dynamics Under the Silence: Exploration of Various Negotiations of One Korean
Writing Teacher and His
Students. [Dissertation
Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Lederman, Josh. (2011). Applying Current Validity Theory to
College Writing Assessment. [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Lee,
Sarah Henderson. (2011). Claiming Their Right to
Write: Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners. [Dissertation Advisor: Gloria Park]
Littleton, Chad. (2011).
The Role of Feedback in Two Fanfiction Writing communities. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Messekher, Hayet. (2011). Voices
of Pedagogy, Positionality, and Power: A Narrative Inquiry of Algerian Graduate
Students at American
Universities. [Dissertation
Advisor: Gloria Park]
Natiladdanon, Korakote.
(2011). Genre Awareness Among Thai EFL Readers and Writers: A Qualitative
Study. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Payne, Cynthia. (2011).
Passionate Purpose in Non-Academic Writing--Implications for the College
Writing Classroom. [Dissertation Advisor: Patrick Bizzaro]
Roliston, Lou. (2011).
African American Female Literacy Identity: Languages Culture and Power. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Sadek, Nehal. (2011). A
Hybrid Dynamic Assessment (HDA) Model of Essay Writing by English Language
Learners (ELI): An Exploratory
Qualitative Study. [Dissertation
Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Senese, Marcelene. (2011).
Women in the Writing Center: Gender & Language Intersections. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Stanko, Sandra. (2011).
Negotiating the Chasm: the Function of Writing in Managing Maternal-Professional
Roles, Responsibilities,
and Identities. [Dissertation
Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Wells, Jennifer. (2011).
Millennials Strike Back: Transitions from High School Reading & Writing to
College Reading & Writing. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Wetzl, Ana. (2011). When WE
(World Englishes) get invited to the composition course: A study of American
students' perception
of WE Writing. [Dissertation
Advisor: David Hanauer]
2010
Amer, Mahmoud. (2010). Film in Composition: Developing
Critical Thinking Skills Through the Study of Film in First-Year Composition. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan
Tannacito]
DePolo, Jason. (2010). Discursive Transformation and the
Reconstruction of Identity: A Critical Discourse Analysis of African American
Student Texts. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Diamond, Joel. (2010). The Identity, Second Language,
and the Classroom Dynamic: Participant Observation in a Beginning Korean as a
Second Language Classroom. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Fels, Dawn. (2010). The
Vernacular Architecture of Composition Instruction: What the Voices of Writing
Center Tutors Reveal about the Influences of Standardized Instruction and
Assessment. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben Rafoth]
Ganda Nabi, Mahamadou. (2010). Teacher Professional Development:
The Needs of TESOL Teachers in the Republic of Niger. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
Glicker, Eric. (2010). The
Student Writer as Blogger: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Blogger’s Critical
Narrative Events. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
Goldberg, Amanda. (2010). Stolen Voices: Literacy,
Identity, and Acculturation of Resettled Somali-Bantu Refugees. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan
Tannacito]
Ismail, Soliman. (2010). Arabic and English
Persuasive Writing of Arabs from a Contrastive Rhetoric Perspective. [Dissertation
Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Lapidus, Alexander. (2010). L2
Cultural Negotiation and Visual Literacy: A Multilingual Perspective.
[Dissertation Advisor: David Hanauer]
Liu, Pei-Hsun. (2010). White
Prestige Ideology, Identity, and Investment: ESL Composition Class as a Site of
Resistance and Accommodation for Taiwanese Students.
[Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Miller, K. (2010).
Stranger than Fiction: A Study of Student Perceptions of Writer’s Block and Film
in the Composition Classroom. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
Sams, Deborah. (2010). An
Analysis of Leadership Beliefs and Practices of 25 TESOL Leaders.
[Dissertation Advisor: Nancy Hayward]
Santos-Bamba, Sharleen. (2010). The Literate Lives of Chamorro
Women in Modern Guam. [Dissertation Advisor: Nancy Hayward]
Stevenson, Heidi. (2010).
Finding our Places, Defining our Places: Service Learning and Ecocomposition in
the First-Year Composition Classroom. [Dissertation Advisor: Claude
Hurlbert]
Worajittipol, Kandanai. (2010). Online
Interaction Between Thai EFL Learners and English Speaking Chat Partners: An
Exploration of Negotiation for Meaning and Development Relationships.
[Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Zacharias, Nugrahenny. (2010). The Evolving Teacher Identities
of 12 South/East Asian Teachers in US Graduate Programs. [Dissertation Advisor: Nancy
Hayward]
2009
Al-Momani, Husam .(2009). Caught Between Two-Cultures: The
Realization of Requests by Jordanian EFL Learners.[Dissertation Advisor: Dan
Tannacito]
Bouman, Kurt. (2009). A
Phenomenological Investigation of College Students’ Construction and
Representation of Plagiarism. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben
Rafoth]
Costanzo, Ryan. (2009) .The Function and Use of the
Textbook in an Undergraduate Nursing Program. [Dissertation Advisor: Nancy
Hayward]
DiGregorio, Daniela. (2009). The
Phenomenon of International Adoption with a Focus on Second Language
Acquisition: A Case Study of Internationally Adopted Children and Adolescents
from Russia. [Dissertation Advisor: Nancy Hayward]
DiPaula, Lauren. (2009). A Chaotic Companion: Writers and
Writing with Bipolar Disorder. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
He, Jiajia. (2009). Applying Contemporary Western
Composition Pedagogical Approaches in University EFL Writing Context: A Case
Study of a Writing Workshop at a Chinese University. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine
Fontaine]
Hendrix, Ellen. (2009). “A
Long Row to Hoe”: Life and Learning for First-Generation College Students in
the 21st Century Rural South. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben
Rafoth]
Huang, Yi-Wen. (2009). Listening to Their Voices: An
In-depth Study of Language Anxiety and Cultural Adjustment Among Taiwanese
Graduate Students in the United States. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Lei, Jiun-lung. (2009). An
Investigation of the Effects of Discourse Types of Taiwanese College Students’
Reading Strategy Use. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine
Fontaine]
Lynch-Biniek, Amy. (2009). Refiguring Composition through
Theory.
[Dissertation Advisor: Claude Hurlbert]
McCaffrey, Kelly. (2009). The Role and Representation of
Technology in Composition Handbooks. [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M
Williamson]
Methitham, Phongsakorn. (2009). An Exploration of
Culturally-Based Assumptions Guiding ELT Practice in Thailand, a Non-colonized
Nation.
[Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
Minett, Amy. (2009).
Reproduction, Resistance, and Supranational Language Management: A Critical
Discourse Analysis of the Role of Soros-Funded English Language Programs in the
Building of Open Societies. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan
Tannacito]
Ninacs, Michele. (2009). Crossing Over to the Multimodal
Side: A Study of the Consensus Building
Strategies Employed by Miami University in Support of a Multimodal First-Year
Writing Curriculum. [Dissertation Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Osailan, Ghassan. (2009). The English Literacy Experiences
of Advanced Saudi EFL Professionals in the United States. [Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine
Fontaine]
Peterson, Heather. (2009).
Literacy Practices and Identity in Slavic Immigrant Congregation: An
Ethnographic Study. [Dissertation Advisor: David
Hanauer]
Pierce, Janet. (2009). A Co-Construction of Space
Trilogy- Examining how ESL Teachers, English Language Learners, and Classroom
Designs Interact. [Dissertation Advisor: Dan Tannacito]
Romanelli, Marie. (2009). Exploring the Culture and
Cognition of Outsider Literacy Practices in Adult Readers of Graphic Novels. [Dissertation Advisor: Ben
Rafoth]
Stewart, Marjorie. (2009). Fear and Loathing in the English
Department: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Composition and Creative Writing. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
Wang, Shu-Chuan. (2009). A
Qualitative Study of English as a Foreign Language Learning (EFL) by Rural Taiwanese
Students with Christian Native-English-Speaking Teachers.
[Dissertation Advisor: Jeannine Fontaine]
2005
Miller, Patricia L. (2005). Ecological Interaction in ESL
Writing: Perceiving and Acting on Affordances for Self-regulation in Discourse
and Grammar.
[Dissertation Advisor: Dan J Tannacito]
2004
Hector-Mason, Anestine E. (2004). Cultural Processes and Cultural
Learning Experiences: How Hispanic ESL Adults Adjust to Life in a Small Central
Texas Town.
[Dissertation Advisor: Jerry G Gebhard]
Koch, Robert T. (2004). Articulating a Moo-Integrated
Writing Pedagogy. [Dissertation Advisor:
Michael M Williamson]
Lanteigne, Betty Fay. (2004). Task Descriptions of Non-Western
English Language Use with Cross-Cultural Evaluations and discussions of Language
Choice.
[Dissertation Advisor: Michael M Williamson]
Ozbilgin, Alev .(2004). Turkish and English Literacy in
an English Medium University in Turkey: A Qualitative Study.
[Dissertation Advisor: Dan J Tannacito]
Sterling-Deer, Carolyn. (2004). Liberating Silent Voices:
Socio-Linguistic Expressions of Identity in Dominican Female Second Language
Learners' Online Communication. [Dissertation Advisor: Bennett A Rafoth]
Wallace, Robert M. (2004). This Wild Strange Place: Local
Narratives of Literacy Use in Appalachian Families Over Three Generations. [Dissertation Advisor: Gian
Pagnucci]
