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An Examination of Community College Students' Intrinsic Motivation, Sense of Belonging, and Perception of Presence in Online First-Year Composition Courses 

Online courses have grown in popularity, and higher education continues to diversify. Black students continue to have lower graduation rates and lower success rates in classes, that is more pronounced in online courses, than their White peers. Read more.

"Not Everyone Will Get There”: Bourdieu, Identity, and Ideology for Rural Regional Students Experiencing a Cultural Competence Immersion at the Pine Ridge Reservation

This dissertation’s interpretive qualitative study looks at how nursing students from �鶹����Ƶ’s Salem rural regional campus narrated their experiences of a ten-day cultural competence immersion at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and at what this immersion and participants’ stories might reveal about their identities-in-progress.  Read more.

La Riqueza de Nuestras Raíces: Counter-Stories of Culturally Grounded Latina Leadership in Higher Education

The underrepresentation of Latina women in executive and senior administrative leadership positions within higher education remains a persistent concern. This study examined their leadership journeys, including pathways into leadership, institutional conditions encountered, and the cultural assets and experiences that supported their advancement. Read more.

A Document Analysis of Climate Change Open Educational Resources for Nature of Science Representation: A Two-Paper Set

Climate change represents a critical global challenge, and educational resources play an important role in supporting climate change instruction in K–12 classrooms. As teachers increasingly rely on freely accessible instructional resources, it is important to understand how these materials represent Nature of Science (NOS), or what science is like and how scientific knowledge develops. Read more.

Empowering Tomorrow’s Healthcare Leaders: A Journey in Shared Leadership Through Interprofessional Team Training for Healthcare Professional Students

This mixed methods study examined health professions students’ perceptions of shared leadership before and after an Interprofessional Team Training (IPTT) activity. It also explored differences between medical professional and allied health professional students, their post-training attitudes, and whether demographic factors predicted posttest leadership perceptions after accounting for pretest scores. Read more.

INVISIBLE HURDLES: EXPLORING THE BARRIERS TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP FOR BLACK WOMEN IN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE CORPORATE SPACES

Black women remain strikingly underrepresented in executive leadership roles, particularly within the highest ranks of corporate America. While progress has been made in increasing the number of women in leadership, the intersection of race and gender continues to present unique barriers for Black women. This study examines the experiences of Black women in predominantly White corporate environments, highlighting the systemic barriers they encounter and the strategies they use to advance. Guided by Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality, it explores how participants navigate corporate systems and the recommendations they propose to advance into executive leadership. Read more.

Understanding Artificial Intelligence in the Counseling Profession: A Delphi Study

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into mental healthcare through tools that support documentation, decision-making, supervision, and training. However, empirical research and structured guidance specific to the counseling profession remain limited. Counseling currently lacks a profession-specific framework for understanding AI’s implications or for developing measurable AI competencies aligned with its ethical commitments and relational identity. This study drew on the collective expertise of counselors with demonstrated AI expertise to identify the professionally relevant benefits and risks of AI integration in counseling and to develop a set of counseling-specific AI competencies grounded in expert consensus. Read more.

Still Showing Up: A Qualitative Study of Elementary Teachers’ Perspectives and Experiences with Challenging Behavior, Self-Efficacy, and Burnout

Challenging student behaviors create complex instructional and emotional demands for elementary general education teachers. Prior research has connected these demands with teacher self-efficacy, stress, and burnout. The purpose of this study was to examine how elementary general education teachers perceived and experienced challenging student behaviors and to understand how these experiences influenced their perceptions of self-efficacy and experiences of stress or burnout. Read more.