Community College Leadership Doctoral Dissertations

2022

• Career Transfer Efficiency Study for North Carolina Public Sector Community College to University Pathways in Associate in Applied Science Programs, Keegan Anderson
• Faculty Perceptions of the Equity Gaps in First-Year Student Progression for African American Community College Students, Erica Andrews
• Faculty Advisor Viewpoints of Advising Roles – A Q Methodology Study, Maryann Aucompaugh
• A Descriptive Case Study of Full-Time Community College Curriculum Faculty Members’ Professional Development Needs, Kristen Chew
• Defining and Improving High-Quality Postsecondary Career and Technical Education, Jordan Dolfi
• Understanding the Enrollment and Persistence Experiences of First Time in College Latinx Students at a Community College in the South Region of the United States, Abraham Dones
• Exploring Mental Health Literacy Among Faculty at a Rural Community College After the COVID Pandemic, Alma Jones
• The IT Factor: Exploring Veterans’ Success in Registered Apprenticeships Using Propensity Scoring Matching, Kamisha Kirby
• The Lived Experiences of North Carolina Female Community College Presidents Around Mentoring and Being Mentored, Jennifer LaDue
• Making the Case for Building Trust through Strengthening Communication Efforts by Community College Leaders During a Landscape Crisis, Amy Mahle
• MilSpouseEd: Ethnographic Representations of Military Spouses’ Educational Journeys, Maggie May
• Faculty Perceptions of their Role and their Institution’s Role in Closing Equity Gaps, Gabby McCutchen
• Marine by Design: The Marine Military Microcosm and its Effect on Transition in Higher Education, Nicole Messina
• An Analysis of Hurricane Preparedness and Crisis Communication During a Pandemic at Community Colleges in North Carolina, Elizabeth Muckensturm
• Key Partnership Roles in High-Quality Youth Pre-Apprenticeship Programs, Russell Parker
• A Quantitative Study of Institutional and Programmatic Characteristics and Their Relationship with Student Achievement Outcomes at Postsecondary Vocational Schools, Corey Rosso
• Measuring Community College Student Success Associated with Performance Funding: Research to Action, William Schneider
• History Doesn’t Decide for Us: A Case Study of Black Parents and their Perception of Career and Technical Education with an In-depth Look at the Philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, Nzingha Williams

2021

• Female Community College Presidents and Effective Utilization of Senior Leadership Teams, Rebecca Berry
• Examination of Virtual Reality on Online Workforce, Fallon Brewington
• Effects of Reinforced Instruction for Student Excellence (RISE) on Student Success in Gateway Mathematics Courses in North Carolina Community Colleges: A Regression Discontinuity, Katie Bowman
• How North Carolina Community College Faculty Transitioned from Traditional Course Delivery to Online Course Delivery using Emergency Remote Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Case Study, Karmen Cooper
• Momentum and Collision: A Qualitative Case Study Understanding Pre-and Posttransfer STEM Success by Exploring Gender and Racial Experiences among Community College Transfer Students, Lancelot Gooden
• The North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement: A Differences-in-differences Analysis of Applicable Credit, Jonathan Loss
• Quantitative Assessment of Employee Compositional Diversity in Relation to Student Completion in North Carolina Community Colleges, Carmen Nunalee
• Exploring Access in a Community College Radiography Program: Relationships Between TEAS Test Scores and Student Success, Angela Thomas
• A Collective Case Study of the Experience of High-Impact Practice Participation upon Hispanic Student Transfer Success, Stephen Turner
• Community College Faculty and Administrator Perspectives of Trauma – Informed Principles in Early Childhood Education: A Q Methodology Approach, Robin Warfield

2020

• A Q-Methodology Study of African American Male Perceptions of the Factors that Contribute to their Persistence at a Rural Community College, Jeffrey Allen
• Predicting Student Success in Online Postsecondary Career and Technical Education: Engaging with Peers, Faculty, Content and Work-Based Learning, Alain Ayangma
• The Impact of Institutional Characteristics on Performance Measure Success Rates at Community Colleges in North Carolina, John Bakken
• Mixed Methods Analysis of Effective Transfer Partnerships at Two- and Four-Year Colleges in North Carolina, Carrie Bartek
• The Experiences of Dual Enrollment Students on Completion of Baccalaureate Degrees in North Carolina, Kara Battle
• Examining the Perspectives of Geospatial Professionals Toward the U.S. Department of Labor’s Geospatial Technology Competency Model: A Q Methodology Approach, Rodney Jackson
• A Case Study Exploring Perspectives of Community College Experiences’ Role on Soft Skills Development of North Carolina Students Enrolled in Career and Technical Programs, Micara Lewis-Sessoms
• Exploring the Role of Demographics and Occupation-type (Based on Career Clusters) on Labor Market Outcomes Among the Associate Degree Holders:  A study Based on American Community Survey (ACS) Data from 2016, Fawad Rafi
• The Experiences of Low-Income Transfer Students and Their Paths to Bachelor’s Degree Completion, Ashley Swing

2019

• The Role of Relational Trust in Promoting Faculty Engagement in Student Success Reform Efforts at Community Colleges, Susan Burleson
• The Influence of Late Course Registration on Student Success in Higher Education, Adrianne Freeman
• Competency Identification for Threat Assessment and Management Trainees: A Modified Delphi Study, Heather Kloeker-Webster
• Community College Students’ Viewpoints of an Outstanding Advising Process: A Q Method Examination, Melvina Lee
• Stakeholder Perceptions on the Most Important Knowledge and Skills to Gain Through a Graduate Program in Training and Development: A Q-Study, Austina White
• Middle Leaders Communication with Faculty during Student Success Reform Efforts in Two Community Colleges, Constance Wolfe

2018

• A Holistic Case Study of First-Generation Community College Students Experience in a Performance-Based Scholarship Program: Building Social Capital, Michelle Wilson
• Impact of Math Study Skills Co-Requisite Courses on Student Success in Pre-Calculus at an Urban Community College, Yolanda Wilson