This thesis examines images of martial women as they were produced in the biography column of the late Qing journal Nüzi shijie (NZSJ; 1904-1907). By examining the historiographic implications of revised women's biographies, I will show the extent to which…

The Serbian education system severely deteriorated after a series of conflicts and NATO bombings dismantled the nation from the 1990's-2000. Although violence is not uncommon to schools around the world, researchers have demonstrated that the long term effects of war…

This thesis attempts to historicize our understandings of economic rationality and economic action, specifically in the period leading up to the South Sea Bubble of 1720, an event which seemingly remains shrouded in mystery. The fundamental question addressed is what…

Metacognitive knowledge is a critical piece of the information literacy puzzle. In a world of exploding information and communications possibilities, the difficulty for users of information systems and services may not lie in finding information but in filtering and integrating…

A reduction in the consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of predation resulting from harvesting of top predators has been hypothesized to result in failure of harvested species to recover from low abundance, even if harvesting is reduced or ceases. I examined…

Researchers are asking what drama teachers do in the classroom that promotes effective learning. Educational drama practitioner researchers O'Neill (1995) and Taylor (2006) suggest that theory informs practice and practice informs theory. This qualitative retrospective study examines a teacher's and…

In 2000, the United Nations (UN) hosted a world summit to set their major goals and objectives. This summit produced the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight goals that addressed key social problems in the world. The…

This dissertation describes my work as an educational consultant working with four school principals during a two and a half year period. My original intention was to develop a protocol to help principals in their work. As the study progressed,…

This thesis expands current understanding of the process through which new management concepts diffuse in organizational fields. The thesis examines how environmental management concepts have diffused in civil aviation, an industry which has evolved from a praised icon of globalization…

The mechanics of soil erosion around buried structures is a challenging soil-structure interaction problem. It involves progressive particle movement and interaction with an existing subsurface structure. Using standard finite element method (FEM) and continuum mechanics to simulate the soil erosion…