• Catholic Elementary School Principal Induction: An Investigation of Diocesan Supports for Competent, Confident Leadership 

  Gross, Patrick M.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Catholic schools play an important role in the United States’ educational landscape, forwarding a model of excellence in education, providing school choice, lowering overall public education costs, and central to their ...

• Using Electronic Assessment Systems To Enhance Instruction 

  Domagala, Joseph F.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Teachers in the classroom need to be able to modify instruction in a meaningful way that helps students to improve academically. School districts provide electronic assessment data which helps teachers identify areas for ...

• Does Mathletics, a Supplementary Digital Math Tool, Improve Student Learning and Teaching Methods at Three Private Catholic Schools in Florida? - A Mixed Methods Study 

  Purdy Stephan, Kelly
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Improving mathematical student performance in K-12 education has been a focus in the U.S. Students in the U.S. score lower on standardized math assessments than students in other countries. Preparing students for a successful ...

• Formal And Informal Peer Leadership On A High School Varsity Baseball Team: A Qualitative Study Of Peer Leadership Effects On A Varsity Baseball Player’s Motivation And Sense of Team Cohesion 

  Stearns, Troy Castaneda
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  To date no academic research has been conducted to study peer leadership with an opportunity to explore how peer leaders affect player motivation and a player’s sense of team cohesion on a varsity baseball team. This study ...

• A case for critical reflection for mission leader formation in interdisciplinary ministry 

  Lipowski, Paul M.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the role critical reflection should play in preparing Lay leaders to serve as mission leaders in an interdisciplinary ministry. The aim of this study was to design an evidence-based ...

• The Impact of One-To-One Technology Programs on Student Acquisition of 21st-Century Skills 

  McDowell, Joshua A.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  This qualitative phenomenological study was designed to gain an in-depth understanding of the perceptions of secondary public-school teachers of the impact that one-to-one technology programs have on student acquisition ...

• A Qualitative Study on Certified Female Project Managers and Perceived Value of the Project Management Professional Certification 

  Bozylinski, Elena
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the influence of the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification on the careers of PMP-certified female information technology project managers ...

• A Qualitative Study on Sustainable Professional Learning Communities in Catholic Elementary Schools 

  Fernandez, Alexandra
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  This qualitative study examined the elements of professional learning communities within Catholic elementary schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate best practices of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) ...

• An Exploratory Investigation of the Relationship Between Academic Self-efficacy and Use of Supplementary Academic Resources 

  Heinrichs, Abigail
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  The purpose of this quantitative exploratory study was to examine academic self-efficacy at the postsecondary level as it relates to the use of supplementary academic resources. This study focuses on academic self-efficacy ...

• Women in Technology: College Experiences that are Correlated with Long-Term Career Success 

  Moreno, Melissa Gearhart
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Women are underrepresented in technology careers because they pursue technology degrees less frequently and leave technology careers at greater numbers than do men. By analyzing a representative dataset of college graduates ...

• Influence of a Hospital-Based, Internal Leadership Development Program on Leadership Effectiveness 

  Welch-Carre, Elizabeth
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  A search on Amazon revealed more than 6,000 books related to leadership development. The Business Source database has more than 700 articles with the word leadership in the title, published between 2005 and 2015. This ...

• Distance Education as Counter to Declining State Appropriations at Public Institutions 

  Anderson, Theresa
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Universities and colleges have experienced a reduction in state appropriations since the 2008 Great Recession. The purpose of this phenomenological dissertation in practice study was to examine whether distance education ...

• “Nameless Graces Which No Methods Teach”: Alexander Pope’s Eighteenth-Century Metapoetic Triplet 

  Nozicka, Rachel
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Alexander Pope’s calculated use of the triplet in his early poetry lays the foundation for educating the public about how to maintain high quality literature and how to once again form a community in their divided nation. ...

• Are Homeless Women With Children Accessing Available Resources: If Not, Why? 

  Chaney, Denise M.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  This qualitative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study explored the subjectivity of the phenomenon of homelessness among women with children. The study examined the perceived critical incidents homeless women ...

• The Effect of the Selfless Leadership Program 

  Tapia, Lee
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Emotional intelligence is understanding how the consequences of our actions have an effect on ourselves, and others. As an executive branch of the federal government the Department of Defense (DoD) is a complex world. ...

• Composite City: Towards A Theory of the Composite Urban In Contemporary Multi-/Ethnic Literature 

  Powell, Tierney S.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Contemporary writers are reconfiguring the space of the global, American city and challenging the spatial, theoretical, and literary representations of the urban. The space of the city has been a predominant figure in ...

• Purpose-driven Education: Social Entrepreneurship as a Pedagogical Tool for Student Success 

  Zabaneh, Rachel
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Across the United States, systems of education are failing, and this dysfunction is characterized by both academic underachievement and overachievement. This research was an investigation of whether a purpose-driven ...

• Contextual Meaning Given To The Family Heir Property Title Clearing Process 

  Thompson, Sandra
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  The economic vulnerabilities that result from fractured ownership inherent to family heir property (FHP) are eliminated through local county-based title clearing processes. It is generally known that FHP owners experience ...

• Clofazimine Loaded Solid Lipid Microparticles for Inhaled Tuberculosis Treatment 

  Albariqi, Ahmed H.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  Tuberculosis (TB), which killed 1.8 million patients in 2015, is still a real threat to public health despite the current therapy. The therapeutic success is limited due to, in part, mycobacterial resistance and side-effects ...

• Electromyography and 3-Dimensional Kinematics to Assess Body Posture in Dental Students 

  Zawadski, Patrick D.
  (Creighton University: Omaha, Nebraska, 2017)

  INTRODUCTION: Seated posture in dentistry is an important area, which has received little investigation. Poor postural seated positions have long been documented to cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Back pain is a ...

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