Dissertations

Chenkai Chi (University of Windsor, 2019) “Embarking on a West-East Reciprocal Learning Journey: A Narrative Inquiry into Generalist and Specialist Teaching Models”. Supervisor: Dr. Shijing Xu.

Lauren Griffiths (Soluk) (Brock University, 2019) “Exploring the relationship between academic administrators and teaching-related professional development activities and policies for new teaching faculty”. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Owen.

Thu Le (University of Windsor, 2021) “Nothing that cannot be handled: Acculturation Experiences of Vietnamese International Students in Canada – A Mixed-methods Study”. Supervisor: Dr. Zouchen Zhang.

Zhengxi Liu (University of Windsor, 2020) “From Supporting and Sustaining to Thriving: A Quantitative Investigation of the Pathway to Language Teacher Wellbeing”. Supervisors: Dr. Zouchen Zhang and Dr. Shijing Xu.

Doris O’Brien-Teengs (Lakehead University, 2013) “The silence that followed Indian Residential Schools: Sharing our stories and reconnecting oral history among Omushkego Cree family members in Ontario“. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Hoechsmann.

Jennifer Pirosko (Brock University, 2020) “Community Connected Experiential Learning: Change in the K–12 Classroom”. Supervisor: Dr. Julien Kitchen.

Holly Prince (Lakehead University, 2018) “Zhiitaa-ook waa-ni onj-kiijig: Re-activating Anishinaabe Gikendaasowin for Caregiving at the End of Life”. Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Korteweg.

Kelsey Robson (Lakehead University, 2017) “Children’s Ideas about their World – Exploring the Hundred Languages of Children”. Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Mastrangelo.

Dina Salinitri (University of Windsor, 2020) “Unravelling the Queen Bee Phenomenon: Women Making Sense of this Female Leadership Paradox”. Supervisor: Dr. Kara Smith.

Paris Saruna (University of Windsor, 2014) “The Mama Scholar Juggling Act: Unraveling the Complexities of Navigating Motherhood and Academic Disruptions During Doctoral Studies Through Autoethnography“. Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri.

Lynn Trudeau (Brock University, 2016) “Inner/Spirit Fire and Indigenous Student/Researcher Identity: Differing Spaces from an Ojibway Perspective“. Supervisor: Dr. Lorenzo Cherubini.

Melissa Twance (Lakehead University, 2017) “Futurities in Anishinaabe Arts Practices: Beading as Decolonial Praxis“. Supervisor: Dr. Connie Russell.

Tram Anh Bui (Brock University, 2016) “Intercultural Competence Development: Exploring International Graduate Student Leaders’ Journeys Through Contemplation and Mindfulness-Based Inquiry“. Supervisor: Dr. Susan Drake.

Helen DeWaard (Lakehead University, 2018) “Media and digital literacies in Canadian teacher educators’ open educational practices: A post-intentional phenomenology“. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Hoechsmann.

Tim Dolighan (Brock University, 2018) “Exploring Teachers’ Experiences of Teaching Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Multi-Phase Study“. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Owen.

Taylor Downes (Brock University, 2017) “Pre-Service Teachers Using Social Media: Self-Concept Development in Online Spaces“. Supervisor: Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani

Keri-Lyn Durant (Lakehead University, 2016) “Yearning to learn: A pandemic-inspired approach to grief literacy“. Supervisor: Dr. Pauline Sameshima.

Eduardo Guadalupe (University of Windsor, 2018) “Cultural Intelligence in a Tourism Industry: Differences in Cultural Perceptions in a Brazilian Host Community“. Supervisor: Dr. Dragana Martinovic.

Haojun Guo (University of Windsor, 2019) “Translanguaging and Bilingual/Cultural Acquisition: A Narrative Inquiry into Young Chinese Visiting Students’ International and Cross-Cultural Experiences between Canada and China” Co-Supervisors: Dr. Shijing Xu and Dr. Zuochen Zhang. 

Karen Julien (Brock University, 2016) “Emotions, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for Academic Writing: A Collective Case Study with Doctoral Students“. Supervisor: Dr. Vera Woloshyn. 

(Kevin) Giang Nguyen Hoang Le (Brock University, 2019) “Growing up Gay in Vietnam: Seeing and Experiencing the World Through Multimodal Visual Autoethnography“. Supervisor:Dr. Fiona Blaikie.

Lin Li (Univeristy of Windsor, 2019) “On a New Taxonomy of Concepts and Conceptual Change: A Probabilistic Frame of Reference and Its Experimental Manifestations“. Supervisor: Dr. George Zhou.

Anneke McCabe (Brock University, 2018) “Evoking A Soundscape: Inquiring Into Musician-Music Teachers’ Narratives“. Supervisor: Dr. Shelley Griffin.

Jhonel Morvan (Brock University, 2014) “A Quest for Equity in School Mathematics in Ontario: Connecting Black Secondary Students’ School Experiences and Achievement to Principal Leadership“. Supervisor: Dr. Joyce Mgombelo.

Tammy Piche (Lakehead University, 2018) “Youth Perspectives of Schooling in a Northern-Ontario Community“. Supervisor: Dr. Seth Agbo.

Svetlana Popovic (University of Windsor, 2017) “The Spectrum of the Journey: Narrating Identities during Professional Learning in Pivotal Response Treatment for Novice Elementary Teachers of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Supervisor: Dr. Cam Cobb.

Augustine Puthuva Parattukudi (Lakehead University, 2017) “Challenged by Compassion: An Exploration of the Lived Experience of Compassion Fatigue Among Canadian Nurses Who Worked During COVID-19“. Supervisor: Dr. Wayne Melville.

Soheila Shahmohammadi (Brock University, 2017) “Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Preparedness to Integrate Technology Into Teaching of Mathematics: A Mixed Method Study“. Supervisor: Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani.

Kelly Shaw (Brock University, 2011) “Tukisiven: Nunatsiavummiut Share Their Experience of Participating in a Nova Scotia Community College Child and Youth Care Diploma” Supervisor: Dr. Michelle McGinn.

Anita Toronyi (University of Windsor, 2018) “Learning to Belong: An Autoethnography on Acculturation and Identity Negotiations“. Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri.

Salsabel Almanssori (University of Windsor, 2017) “A Narrative Inquiry of Teacher Candidate: Experiences of Sexual Violence Prevention Education”. Supervisor: Dr. Christopher J. Greig.

William Ankomah (Brock University, 2017) “Positive Experiences, Dreams, and Expectations of International Master’s Students at a Southern Ontario University: An Appreciative Inquiry”. Supervisor: Dr. Hilary Brown.

Elizabeth Boileau (Lakehead University, 2016) “Relating and Learning with Other Beings, Materials, and Weather: Multispecies Assemblages at a Canadian Forest School“. Supervisor: Dr. Connie Russell. 

Julianne Burgess (Brock University, 2017) “Diverse Belongings: An Improvisational Inquiry Into Newcomer Worlds, Worldings, and the Literacies of Belonging”. Supervisor: Dr. Fiona Blaikie. 

Fouada Hamzeh (University of Windsor, 2014) “The State of Science Professional Learning Among Elementary Science Teachers”. Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri. 

Min Huang (Brock University, 2018) “Mobile Learning Activities for Students’ English Learning Engagement in China”. Supervisor: Dr. Diane Collier.

Xuan Nguyen (University of Windsor, 2013) “Maintaining Cultural Values, Identity, and Home Language in Vietnamese Immigrant Families: Practices and Challenges“. Supervisor: Dr. Shijing Xu. 

Ghazala Ahmed (Brock University, 2015) “South Asian Immigrant Women Conceptualizing Gender Roles in the Context of Family and Society in Southwestern Ontario”. Supervisor: Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani.

Cassandra Burgess (Lakehead University, 2015) “From Paper to Practice: Educator Understanding and Facilitation of Self-Regulation in the Kindergarten Classroom”. Supervisor: Dr. Sonia Mastrangelo.

Aliyyah Datoo (University of Windsor, 2014) “Running on Empty: Exploring parent perceptions of special education processes”. Supervisor: Dr. Cam Cobb.

Huizenga, Jack (Brock University, 2016) “Looking in the Mirror of Authenticity: A Self-Study of Teacher Education Practice”. Supervisor: Dr. Xavier Fazio.  

Jason Kennedy (Lakehead University, 2017) “Male Outdoor Educators’ Understandings of Masculinity in Practice: A North American Case Study”. Supervisor: Dr. Connie Russell.

Nicole Lee (University of Windsor, 2016) “The Perceived Influence of Non-Cognitive Skills on the Student Post-Secondary Journey”.  Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri.

Bryanna Scott Kay (Lakehead University, 2013) “Reconciliation through métissage in higher education”.  Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Korteweg.

Jimmy Avoseh (Lakehead University, 2014) “Engaging Multiple Representations in Grade Eight: Exploring Mathematics Teachers’ Perspectives and Instructional Practices”. Supervisor: Dr. Ann Kajander.

Mohamad Ayoub (University of Windsor, 2014). “An Investigation of the Experiences of Syrian Refugee Students in Canadian Elementary Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study“.  Supervisor: Dr. George Zhou

Ziad Dabaja (University of Windsor, 2016) “An Explorative Case Study of the Perceptions and Attitudes of Lebanese School Educators Towards the Integration of Outdoor Education in the Teaching of School Curricula”.  Supervisor: Dr. Dragana Martinovic.

Brandy Doan (University of Windsor, 2015). “The Role of Bounded Rationality in School Improvement”.  Supervisor: Dr. Dragana Martinovic.

Susan Docherty-Skippen (Brock University, 2015).   “Self-Care as a Pedagogical Ontology in the Professional Care Practice of Others and with Others: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Self-Care in Nursing Education”.  Supervisor: Dr. Hilary Brown.

Linda Endersby (University of Windsor, 2016)  “Learning to be: Tacit knowledge of professional identity negotiated, developed, and communicated by emerging student affairs professionals within a community of practice”. Supervisor: Dr. Dragana Martinovic.

John Freer (University of Windsor, 2015). “Students’ Attitudes Toward Disability: A Tripartite Interventions“.  Supervisor: Dr. Cam Cobb.

Christina Garchinski (Brock University, 2015) “A Mixed-Methods Effectiveness Study of the EQUIP – Narrative Filmmaking Program: A Multicomponent Psycho-educational Program for Teaching Adolescents to Think and Act Responsibly”. Supervisor: Dr. Ann-Marie DiBiase.

Tracey Gurbin (University of Windsor, 2013). “Learning that Sustains the Use of an Appropriate Technology”.  Supervisor: Dr. George Zhou.

Linda Ismailos (Brock University, 2016) “Perceptions of Change in Self-Efficacy to Pursue Postsecondary Education for Students with Exceptionalities Participating in a Postsecondary Transition Program”. Supervisor:  Dr. Tiffany Gallagher.

Alaa Kutbi (University of Windsor, 2015). “Perceptions of Female Faculty Members at King Abdulaziz University on Social Media as a Teaching Tool: Challenges and Best Practices”.  Supervisor: Dr.  Zuochen Zhang.

Edwin Laryea (Brock University, 2012) “Exploring the Factors That African Refugee-Background Students Identify as Being Helpful to Their Academic Success”. Supervisor: Dr. Denise Armstrong.

Jessica Msofe (Lakehead University, 2016). “Focusing on the Future: Congolese Students’ Perceptions of and Experiences with Secondary Education in Nyarugusu Camp“.  Supervisor: Dr. Seth Agbo.

Sharon Oake (Brock University, 2009).“Faculty Perspectives on e-Learning Policy in a Canadian University”.  Supervisor:  Renée Kuchapski.

Bob Rigas (Brock University, 2013) “Trends Shaping Education and Innovative Learning Environments: A Discourse Analysis of OECD CERI Projects”. Supervisor: Dr. Renée Kuchapski.

Cathy VanderVliet (Brock University, 2013).“Negotiating a Gendered Neo-Calvinist Pillar: Immigrant Loss, Transformation, and Lifelong Learning”.   Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Taber.

Kimberly Hillier (University of Windsor, 2012). “Motherhood and Academia: Exploring the Experiences of Graduate Student and Faculty Mothers within the Southwestern Ontario Context”.    Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Greig.

Jeffrey Irvine (Brock University, 2012). “Investigating the Impact of Lessons Based on Marzano’s Theory of Learning on Student Attitude, Engagement, and Achievement in Grade 10 Academic Mathematics”. Supervisor: Dr. Xavier Fazio.

Justine Jecker (Lakehead University, 2015). “Improving Indigenous Access to Healthcare Services Through Inter-professional Collaboration”.  Supervisor: Dr. Seth Agbo.

Laura Lane (Brock University, 2011).  “Facebooking for Feminism: Social Network Sites as Feminist Learning Spaces”.  Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Taber.

Enoka Makulloluwa (Brock University, 2012).  “Utilizing ESL Learners’ Socio-Cognitive Resources to Enhance General Academic Vocabulary Acquisition”.  Supervisor: Dr. Tiffany Gallagher.

Martha Moon (Lakehead University, 2014).  “Learning through relationship: In-Context development for teachers of Indigenous Students.”  Supervisor: Dr. Paul Berger

Sharon Moukperian (Brock University, 2006). “Investigating the Emotional Impact of Narrative Dialogue on Struggling Readers’ Discovery of Learning Potential”.  Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Rowsell.

Kimberly Radersma (Brock University, 2013).  “Exploring the Implications of White Teacher Identity in a Critical Participatory Action Research Study”.  Supervisor: Dr. Dolana Mogadime

Jody Rebek (Lakehead University, 2015).  “Mindful Leader Development of Undergraduate Students”.  Supervisor: Dr. Seth Agbo.

Sean Schat (Brock University, 2012).  “Exploring Adolescent Student Perceptions and Experiences of Educational Care.”  Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Norris.

Sara Shahbazi (University of Windsor, 2016) . “Finding the Right Fit: Exploring ESL Teachers and Students’ Perceptions of iLit ELL, a Technology-based Literacy Programs Use with High School English Language Learners”.  Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri.

Justin Teeuwen (University of Windsor, 2015).  “Investigating the Transfer of Metacognition to Domains Distinct from Mathematics”.  Supervisor: Dr. Geri Salinitri.

Shuzhen Zhao (Windsor University, 2012).  “A Study of Graduate Students’ Information Literacy Needs in the Electronic Resource Environment”.  Supervisor: Dr. George Zhou.