Readers scrolling down through the following dissertations will find that overwhelmingly these documents list availability via PDF. With one exception, those for which PDFs are not listed have links for viewing the full dissertation at the Cornerstone Dissertations website for Minnesota State University/Mankato.
Thus the one dissertation that is only accessible by making an appointment to gain access is that written by Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams and listed at “Theses/Dissertations from 2022.” Readers may view this listing in context by scrolling on down this list and may view the essential information as follows:
African American Women Principals: A
Phenomenological Study to Explore their Experiences in K-12 Leadership, Lisa
Sayles-Adams
Comment:
This
dissertation can be viewed in-person by appointment only in the University
Archives at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Contact the
University Archives to set up an appointment during normal business
hours.
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The
highly unusual status of the Sayles-Adams dissertation follows a pattern by
which the dissertation was embargoed (temporarily inaccessible) for 15 Months; available for a month in autumn 2024; and then
withdrawn (completely inaccessible) for many months before being made available
only by appointment, as explained above.
I stress
here that the statuses of “embargoed,” “withdrawn,” and “available only by
appointment” are so unusual as to only be applicable in the case of the
Sayles-Adams dissertation, as readers may note as they scroll on down the list
below.
Readers
may remember also that I downloaded and printed the Sayles-Adams dissertation
during the short time that the dissertation was available in autumn 2024. I then read and analyzed this dissertation,
which I found to be inept as to research technique and written format; ridden with spelling errors and word misusage; and laden with repetitive phrasings that
padded a dissertation only 104 pages in actual text body.
The various
unusual availability classifications for the Sayles-Adams dissertation strongly
suggests that this academic fraud of a Minneapolis Public School superintendent
knows how shoddy is the document of reference and has made various attempts to
eliminate and then greatly restrict availability, especially since she knew
that I was conducting my investigation of this strange episode.
Perpend,
now, the following list of Minnesota State University/Mankato dissertations
filed at the Capstone website for calendric years stretching back to 1997:
Theses/Dissertations
from 2025
Exploring Front-Line Implementers
Perceptions to Inform Tier 1 PBIS Implementation Coaching, Sammi
Cowger
Embodied Affliction: Somalis’
Perception of Trauma, Ahmed M. Hassan
A Qualitative Examination of Special
Education Directors' Beliefs Regarding Restrictive Procedures,
Jennifer L. Krueger
Racial Diversity Matters: Experiences
of Dental Hygienists of Color in Education and Practice, Sonika
Masih
Theses/Dissertations
from 2024
A Phenomenological Study of the
Utilization of Student Voice by Midwest Urban Secondary Schools within School
Improvement Plan Strategies, Jessica Peifer Busse
Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth
Among Service Members and Veterans Through a Book Study Group Intervention, Susan
Craig
Guided Self Placement as a Stand-Alone
Assessment, Judy Endres
A Critical Phenomenological Study of
White Educators who Engage in Antiracism,
Maria-Renée D. Grigsby
Practices to Recruit and Retain
Teachers of Color in Rural Minnesota Schools, Eric
Hudspith
Mental Health Among Somali Women in
the United States, Khadra M. Hussien
How I Got Over: Long-Serving Black
Women Principals Coping with Microaggressions, Chreese
Jones
Enhancing a School Readiness Skill
Through a Mindfulness-Based Intervention: Soles of the Feet, Caitlin
J. Moen
Examining Latinx Principals' and
Assistant Principals' "Desafios" in K-12 Education in the Upper
Midwest, Melisa Rivera
Comparing the Effects of Choice and
Performance Feedback on the Writing Fluency Outcomes of Elementary Students, Collin
M. Seifert
ENHANCING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
OF HMONG ADOLESCENTS THROUGH GROUP WORK IN HIGH SCHOOL, Xeev
Vang
Holistic Assessment of Counseling
Self-Efficacy Development among Counselors in Training from a Regression Model,
Shu-Ching Wang
Centering Students of the Global
Majority in United States Community College Critical Internationalization
Programming: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study,
Jennifer T. Westmoreland
Environment and Belief: Investigating
the Dakota Archeological Record, Anna Kay Wiitanen-Eggen
Theses/Dissertations
from 2023
Tier II Behavioral Intervention: A
Direct Comparison of Two Versions of Class Pass,
Madeline Cordle
Determining the Quality of the
Evidence Base for Incremental Rehearsal, Emily
K. Fischer
Removing Barriers and Establishing
Gender and Sexuality Alliances in Schools: A Qualitative Analysis of GSA
Advisor Experiences, Maxwell L. Keller
Combining the Word Box Intervention
and Syllabication to Support the Acquisition of Advanced Decoding Skills,
Elizabeth Kinsey Hawley
Intellect Does Not Have an Accent: The
Lived Experiences of Women Native Speakers of Spanish with Professional
Leadership Positions in United States and Have an Accented English Speech, Isabel
E. Rodriguez-Mendoza
Investigating Emerging Bilingual
Learner Related Field Experiences in School Psychology Graduate Training, Austin
Rogers
Instructional Practices that Promote
Reading Growth in K-3 Students: A Qualitative Study of Highly Effective Reading
Teachers, Valora J. Unowsky
Theses/Dissertations
from 2022
Investigating the Effectiveness of the
Positive Reinforcement Components of Tootling, Kennedi
J. Alstead
Perceptions of Faculty and
Administration on the Value of Service-Learning in the Tenure and Promotion
Process at a Public Midwestern University, Odbayar
Batsaikhan
Pathways Towards an Engineering
Baccalaureate Degree - Critical Incidents and Factors Leading Students to
Choose Community College: A Phenomenological Study, Joan
Zitur Carter
The Perspective of Black Male Middle
School and High School Students in a Mentoring Program, Quennel
W. Cooper
The Effectiveness of a Caregiver
Delivered Phonics Intervention for At-Risk Students, Iwalani
Dela Paz-Miller
Effects of Daily Spaced Versus Massed
Practice on Spelling Word Retention Among Struggling Spellers, Melissa
Engel
Relationship Between Student Hope and
Academic Achievement, Deanna S. Fosness
Death Anxiety: A Quantitative
Exploration of Professional Counselors Experiences, Kaitlyn
Judith Kaus
Cover-Copy-Compare as a Math Fact
Fluency Intervention for Students in an Alternative Special Education Program, RaeLynn
J. Lamminen
Recognizing Capital: A Study of
Cultural Wealth, Grit, and Student Success, Jessica
Lauritsen
Exploring the Effects of Creativity
and Student Success on Community College STEM Students Taking Fine Arts Courses, Jimmy
LeDuc
What Rural Middle School Students Who
Have Been Bullied Can Teach Us About Bullying: A Phenomenological Study, Sarah
Lendt
Family Involvement in Charter
Elementary Schools: A Case Study Using the Family Involvement
Questionnaire-Elementary Version (FIQ-E), Dorothy
M. Lipski
Investigating Beliefs: White Female
Teachers' Perceptions of Black Boys and Their Subsequent Achievement-A
Qualitative Study, Kirky L. Morris
Increasing Above and Beyond Behavior
Through Social Emotional Learning, Lars Olson
Accelerated Growth: A Case Study of
Teacher Beliefs and Instructional Strategies That Promote Achievement for
Students of Color, Astein K. Osei
African American Women Principals: A
Phenomenological Study to Explore their Experiences in K-12 Leadership, Lisa
Sayles-Adams
Comments
This
dissertation can be viewed in-person by appointment only in the University
Archives at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Contact the
University Archives to set up an appointment during normal business
hours.
Fundamental Factors for Success:
Engineering Faculty and Industry Partners, Molly
F. Schaefer
The Ability of DIBELS to Predict
Proficiency on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment and the WIDA ACCESS for
ELLs, Katherine Schultz
Virtues and Values: A Transcendental
Phenomenological Examination of Professional Coach Trainers' Use of Virtue
Ethics as a Tool in Their Practice, Julianne Schwietz
Do They Make a Difference? Twin Cities
Magnet Schools in the Heart of Metropolitan Inequity and Segregation, Scott
A. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations
from 2021
The Impact of Professional
Perspectives on Team Participation and Satisfaction on Intent to Implement
Interventions Determined by Multidisciplinary Teams,
Julieanna Bowen
Supporting Resilience in Reserve
Component Spouses During Deployment: The Impact of Family Life Cycle Phase and
Deployment History on Social Support Needs,
Jennifer L. Ceminsky
Academic Writing Challenges
Experienced by International Students in a Midwest U.S. University: A
Phenomenological Inquiry, Padam B. Chauhan
Understanding How Experienced World
History Teachers in Minnesota Choose Course Content: A Mixed Methods Study,
Kathleen Ferrero
Faculty and Dean Attitudes Toward
Institutional Civic Responsibility, Mutual Trust, and Civic Mindedness at Two
Year Colleges, David W. Kobilka
Novice Professional School Counselor
Development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Supports and
Resources, Lynn M. O'Brien
The Impact of Cultural Competency on
the School Improvement Process: A Phenomenological Study,
Michelle deKam Palmieri
“Positive” Student Behavior:
Investigating Educator Perceptions of Student Behavior in Terms of Willingness
to Reward and Magnitude of Reward, Kelsey Stangler
Predicting Mental Health Counseling
Professionals’ Willingness to Discuss Sexuality Issues with Clients, Becca
L. Thompson
Examining Differences in Rural,
Micropolitan, and Metropolitan School Psychologists Roles and Delivery of
Mental Health Services, Ashley A. Williamson
Theses/Dissertations
from 2020
Alignment or Detachment: College
Educators’ Perceptions of Experiential Learning Pedagogy, Wayne
D. Finseth
An Examination of Nature Relatedness,
Nature Exposure, and Quality of Work-Life Among Student Affairs Professionals, Breanne
Hiivala
Students' Preparation for College
Through Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Programs and Dual
Enrollment, Brian P. Jones
Transformational Teaching in a
Culturally Passive Environment in Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study of
STEM Professors, Julie M. Kjeer
Applying Peer Tutoring to Spelling at
the Elementary Level, Ashlee Lundberg
Effects of Synchronous Group Work on
Learning and Community in Online Mathematics at Community Colleges, Carrie
L. Naughton
Telepsychiatry
Preferences Among College Students Diagnosed and Undiagnosed with a Mental
Health Condition, Wendy Schuh
Predicting Academic Outcomes of
Reinstated Technical College Students Following an Academic Suspension, Erica
E. Stene Winkler
Effects of Aromatherapy on Academic
Success, Perceived Stress, and Coping Skills of Graduate Students, Lakisha
S. Witter
Managing Students as Volunteers:
Community Organizations’ Perspectives of Service-Learning Placements, Bradley
Wolfe
Theses/Dissertations
from 2019
Cyberbullying Prevention and
Intervention: Perspectives of School Psychologists and School Counselors, Rachel
E. Burlet
Engagement and STEM Degree Completion:
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Time-To-Completion and Engagement and
Pre-College Variables, Karina (Harstad) Clennon
Death: A Qualitative Content Analysis
of Counseling Journals, 1986–2016, Aaron Suomala Folkerds
Perceived Barriers of Homeschooled
Students Moving into Higher Education: Case Stories and Qualitative
Perspectives, Lizbeth Kliewer
Evaluating the Effects of Tootling
When Implemented in Special Education Classrooms Providing Behavior Supports, Jannine
E. Ray
A Mixed Methods Study on Engineering
Students' Perceptions of Their Future Careers,
Catherine McGough Spence
Racial Microaggressions and Alienation
Among Hmong American College Students, Bruce
Yang
Theses/Dissertations
from 2018
My Truth, My Telling: Experiences of
Black Women Principals in a Poetry-themed Workshop on Race and Gender, Antonia
Felix
Improving Mathematical Skill: The
Perceptions of Rural Minnesota Mathematics Educators, Michael
Haskins
The Experience of Microaggressions
within Cross-Racial Videoconferencing Supervision: A Case Study, Jamie
Hedin
Effective Characteristics of Rural
English Learner Programs, Sarah Huseby
A Study of the Soft Skills that
Contribute to the Success of Newly Graduated Business Students in the Workplace, Promeet
Jaswant Singh
What Happens Now? Coaching and Leading
Following a Student-Athlete Death - A Phenomenological Study, Peter
McGahey
African-Centered Pedagogy: Exploring
Black Male Identity and Achievement through an African-Centered Lens, Kenneth
Turner Jr.
Theses/Dissertations
from 2017
Adolescents' Experiences Returning to
School after a Mental Health Hospitalization, Pamela
Iverson
Perceptions of Students With and
Without Limited Formal Schooling, Sarah Schmidt de Carranza
Investigating the Effects of
Performance Feedback and Choice as a Writing Fluency Intervention,
Samantha Jean Steinman
Instructional Design: How Secondary
Teachers Promote Student Comprehension of Informational Text, Patti
Strukel
Women’s Choice in College STEM Majors:
Impact of Ability Tilt on Women Students’ Educational Choice, Audie
Jane Willis
Theses/Dissertations
from 2016
Missing Voices: Journeys of
Pre-Service Teacher Candidates and Graduates of Color in a Predominantly White
Teacher Education Program, Robbie R. Burnett
IT Centralization and the
Innovation Value Chain in Higher Education: A Study for Promoting Key
Innovations Through Innovation Management and Organizational Design, Edmund
Udaya Clark
Cognitive Complexity, Mindfulness, and
Reflection in Mental Health Professionals,
Dharshini Goonetilleke
Spirituality in Higher Education: A
Narrative Analysis of Its Use for Decision-Making, Jeffrey
Francis Judge
The Relationship between College
Students' Use of Facebook and their Feelings of Alienation from their
Institution, Oleksandr Komarenko
A Phenomenological Study of
Professional and Practical Changes Experienced by Teachers Involved with Action
Research in a Learning Community Master’s Program, Jay
Dean Meiners
Performing,
Sensing, Being: Queer Identity in Everyday Life, Justin
J. Rudnick
Self-Directed Learning in PBL, Ron
Ulseth
Faculty and Student Perceptions of
Effective Online Learning Environments, Kayla
L. Westra
Student Perceptions of Academic
Advising at Two-Year Colleges, Wayne T. Whitmore
Stakeholder Management in High School
Athletics: An Individual-Level Analysis.,
Jennifer Zdroik
Theses/Dissertations
from 2015
Through the Looking Glass: Barriers
and Coping Mechanisms Encountered by African American Women Presidents at
Predominately White Institutions, Maria Louise Baxter-Nuamah
The Fertility Problem Inventory and
Infertility-Related Stress: A Case Study, Staci
Leigh Born
Feminist Identities: Career Choices
and Experiences of College-Educated Women, Kerry
Diekmann
A Validation of the Family Involvement
Questionnaire-High School Version, Katlyn Ann Grover
A Phenomenological Investigation of
Clinical Intuition among Alcohol and Drug Counselors, Zach
Hansen
Linking Reading Assessment Data to
Intervention Using the 4-Box Instructional Decision Making Model, Jeremy
Husfeldt
Literacy Strategies Successfully
Implemented by Secondary Social Studies Teachers, Kelly
Killorn
A Phenomenological Study of the
Experience of Counseling for Women with Addictions,
Jennifer Karin Londgren
A Grounded Theory of Women's
Leadership Experiences in Higher Education: Navigating from the Director Level, Laura
Ann Maki
Students' Perceptions of Life Skill
Development in Project-Based Learning Schools,
Kimberly Ann Meyer
Investigating Stability Balls in the
Classroom: Effects on Student Behavior and Academic Productivity, Natasha
A. Olson
Early Career Principal Development: A
qualitative case study of Principals' Perceptions of Participation in the
Institute of Engaged Principal Leadership, Teri
Marie Preisler
Increasing Paraprofessional Fidelity
of Implementation Through Performance Feedback, Dana
Nicole Shea
Theses/Dissertations
from 2014
Implementing Positive Behavior
Interventions and Supports at the Secondary Level, Sheri
L. Allen
The Identification of Successes and
Barriers in Establishing Professional Learning Communities From Principals'
Perspectives, Katie Carol Clarke
Leadership Curricula of Professional
Athletic Training Programs, Elizabeth Drake
The Development of a Teacher-Rating
Measure of Positive Behavior, Sara Ann Ebsen
Determining Effective/Ineffective: The
Barriers Facing Minnesota Teacher Remediation, Matthew
John Hillmann
Perspectives of Female Leaders in
Athletic Training, Kyle Matthew Momsen
Experiences and Perspectives of
Clinical Supervisors in Cross-Cultural Supervision: The Impact of Supervisor
Race and Ethnicity, Masahiko Sato
Seclusion and Restraint Policy and
Practice: Are We Doing the Right Thing?, Laura
L. Strunk
Effects of a Cross-Age Peer Tutoring
Intervention on English Language Oral Reading Fluency in a Belizean Grade
School, Marcia Ruth Sytsma
Using a State-wide Survey to Determine
the Impact of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports on Students'
Self-Reported Perceptions, Feelings, and Behaviors, Rachel
Youngblom
Theses/Dissertations
from 2013
Trait Emotional Intelligence,
Perceived Discrimination, and Academic Achievement among African American and
Latina/o High School Students: A Study of Academic Resilience,
Nicholas Russell Abel
Contextual Pedagogy: A Praxis Engaging
Black Male High School Students Toward Eliminating the Achievement Gap, Timothy
Alan Berry
Building Self-Directed Teachers: A
Case Study of Teachers' Perspectives of the Effects of Cognitive Coaching on
Professional Practices, Kevin S. Bjerken
A Systematic Analysis of
Paraprofessional Job Expectations: Development of the Paraprofessional Survey
of Expectations Tool (P-SET), Angela Maxine Christenson
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for
Function-based Behavior Intervention Planning in Positive Behavior Support, Brett
William DeJager
Measuring Success for English Language
Learners from a Multi-dimensional Perspective, Randy
Haley
Assessing the "Goodness of
Fit" Between Scholarly Assertions and Audience Interpretations of Media
Images of Black Male Athletes, Emily J. Houghton
Organizational Culture as a Function
of Institutional Type in Higher Education, Jason
Alexis Kaufman
Choice Amount and Choice-Making in
Children: A Comparison of Children with and without Symptoms of ADHD, Liesa
Klein
An Examination of the Influence of
Formative Self-Assessment on College Student Mastery Orientation in College
Courses, Jamie Lynn Mahlberg
International and Cross-Cultural
Application of the Good Behavior Game, Julene
Douty Nolan
The Good Teacher: A Qualitative
Analysis of Perceptions of Asian American Parents, Mariam
Zia Qureshi
Building a Culture of Innovation: A
Case Study in Digital Integration, Anthony H. VonBank
An Investigation of the Relationship
Between School Failure and At-Risk Students' General Self-Efficacy, Academic
Self-Efficacy, and Motivation, Marguerite Josephine Wentzel
Examining Culture and Structure: A
Case Study of Three Middle Colleges, Anne F. Weyandt
Submissions
from 2012
Student Teacher Perceptions of the
Impact of Mentoring on Student Teaching, Lori
Kay Bird
A National Study of the Ethical
Dilemmas Faced by Student Conduct Administrators, Mary C.
Dowd
Factors Influencing the
Institutionalization of Diversity in Higher Education, Kelly
S. Meier
Principal Perceptions of the Relevancy
of the K-12 Minnesota Principal Competencies, Paul
Peterson
Theses/Dissertations
from 2011
Freshman Student-Faculty Interactions
and GPA: Predictors of Retention and Overall Satisfaction, Katelyn
Romsa
Submissions
from 2010
Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive
Moral Development in Undergraduate Business Students,
Elizabeth Pluskwik
Submissions
from 1997
The
Effects of Individual, Contextual, and Moral Intensity Factors on Environmental
Ethical Decision Making, Brenda L. Flannery
