The University of St. Thomas

School of Education

Critical Pedagogy GradduatE Dissertations

Cuba's Literacy Campaign of 1961 as a Mass Movement of Civics Education

Mark Abendroth, Cohort 2

...And Then What? An Autoethnographic Investigation of Critical Media Literacy in an Uncertain World

Siri Anderson, Cohort 1

Critical Pedagogy for Diversity Education and Social Change in the New Millennium: A Case Study of the SPAN Program

Adamma Anya, Cohort 1  

Loving Sabotage: Effecting Critical Change

Adele Bach, Cohort 1  

Teachers of Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: Why They Stay or Leave the Profession

Martha Boman, Cohort 2

Service Learning and Social Justice: Effects of Early Experience

Susan Cipolle, Cohort 3 

Through Children's Eyes and Children's Voices: An Ethnographic Study of Elementary Peer Culture

Stephanie Clark, Cohort 1

Voices from the Margin: The Oral Histories of African-American Female Teachers

Emma Buffington Duren, Cohort 1

Contextual Social and Emotional Needs and Preferred Social and Emotional Educational Approaches for High Potential Gay and Bisexual Adolescent Males

Terence Friedrichs, Cohort 2 

Post Emancipation African Identity Among Fox Hillians in the Bahamas

Jacinta Higgs, Cohort 3

Finding One's Self in the Classroom: An Autoethnographic Narrative Chronicling the Risks and Rewards of a Teacher and Her Students as They Engage in the Practice of a Critical Pedagogy

Nancy Horan, Cohort 2

Developing Critical Reflection for Pre-Service Education Students: Strategies to Improve Pre-Service Students? Professional Performance

Jill Klefstad, Cohort 3

From the Stable to the Classroom: An Ethnographic Study of Nonverbal Cues as Displayed in a Rural Classroom

Douglas Knick, Cohort 1  

A Grounded Theory Aproach to Interpreting Preschool Teacher Status 

Constance Krocak, Cohort 3

Opening the Classroom Door: A Critical Look at Reaching Every Child in High School Mathematics

Emily Larsen, Cohort 3

Critical Pedagogy and Animal Rights: The Inclusion of Humane Education in the Critical Pedagogy Doctoral Program at the University of St. Thomas

Kevin McGee, Cohort 2

Woman's Literacy Power: Collaborative Approaches to Developing and Distributing Woman's Literacy Resources

Mev Miller, Cohort 1

Restoring the Balance: Peace Teams and Violence Reduction in Chiapas, Mexico

Paul Neufeld Weaver, Cohort 1  

The Disenfranchisement of Women Who Have Children with Disabilities

Ruth Nyland, Cohort 3

Creative Dream and Its Impact on the Social Consciousness of Preadolescent School Children

Kirsten Pardun-Johannsen, Cohort 2 

From Silence to Proclamation: Adolescence Voices on Racism

Deborah Pattee, Cohort 1 

Structuring the Intermediate Classroom to Deconstruct Barriers of Race (African-American of Low Socio-Economic Status) and Gender for Mathematical Achievement

Janet Peterson-Fischer, Cohort 2

What EBD Teachers Say About Race, Class, Gender and Their Work in Special Education

Janet Salk, Cohort 2 

Reaching Back to Reclaim and Embrace What We Left Behind as We Move Forward: Toward a Critical Womanist Pedagogy of Education for African-American Girls

Paulette Eloise Handley Sankofa, Cohort 2 

The Future Relevancy of Community-Based, Day-Use Nature Centers: Serving a Changing Metro Area

Karen Shragg, Cohort 1

Mentoring: A Critical Exploring of One Approach through Case Study

Patricia Wroten, Cohort 1 

Cultural Capital: Old Hmong Culture in Modern Times

Cziasarh Neny Yang, Cohort 1