GRADUATES OF DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HIGHER EDUCATION

All graduates of the doctoral program in Higher Education between 1971 and 2005 are listed below by year, with dissertation title and major professor. For abstract and full text of dissertations from summer 1999 to present, see University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations.

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2007

Carter, Paul R. (02/05/2007) Dunn
"Leadership Styles of Technical College Presidents in Georgia"

Wheeler, Jan M. (03/06/2007) Dyer
"A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion: The Desegregation of the College Entrance Examination Board Test Centers, 1960-1965"

McShane, Patricia D. (10/29/2007) Morris
"The Governor’s Teaching Fellows: A Case Study of Postsecondary Faculty Development"

2005

Webb, Karen A. (4/01/2005) Morris
"Aligning Policy and Practice: Information and Instructional Technology Planning in the University System of Georgia"

Boop, David (4/04/2005) Morris
"Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Introductory Online Courses"

Peters, Randall L. (4/18/2005) Thomas
"A Technical College Student Typology: Predicting Student Persistence and Attrition"

Thomas, Robert N. (05/08/2005) Simpson, R.
"The Development of the Board of Trustees of an Anglo-American College: A Case Study in Leadership and Governance"

Jones, Jackie H. (07/12/2005) Morris
"Evaluation of Critical Thinking Skills in an Associate Degree Nursing Program"

Sabine, Ginger M. (07/12/2005) Morris
"A Comparison of Student Learning and Student Satisfaction in an Online Distance Education Format and a Traditional Format in a Technical College in Georgia"

Wittig, Alexander H. (10/31/2005) Dunn
"Faculty and Administrator Perceptions of the Council on Occupational Education Accredition Self-Study in Georgia’s Technical Colleges"

Winstead, J. Lloyd (12-01/2005) Dyer
"College Singing in American College Life: 1636-1860"

2004

White, Ronald G. (5/5/04) Thomas
"Trustee Competence, Executive Leadership Styles, and Institutional Performance"

Knox, David K. (7/16/04) Dyer
"Non Sibi Sed Allis: The Dawn of the University of Georgia Graduate School"

Stec, Thomas Lynn (10/13/2004) Morris
"Group Process in the Context of a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum"

Carol S. Carmichael (11/12/2004) Morris
"Constructing the Concept of Contextual Competence in an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum"

2003

Wrightson, Katherine M. (6/23/03) Dyer
"Toward a History of Catholic Higher Education in the American South: Essays on Sources and Context"

2002

Simonetti, Elizabeth (3/14/02) Hutchinson
"Survey of Traditional and Distance Learning Faculty Members at Private Institutions in the Southeast: Implications for Policy Development"

Ford, Tracey (2/21/02) Morris
"Racial, Academic and Social Experiences of African American Students at the University of Georgia"

Achtemeier, Sue D. (6/6/02) Simpson
"An Investigation of Benchmarking As an Accountability Practice in Higher Education"

Snyder, Eugenia M. (7/1/02) Simpson
"Making Meaning out of Mission: A Case Study of Georgia College and State University"

Denero, Sandra J. (11/8/02) Morris
"Analysis of Revenue and Expenditure Strategies in Georgia's Technical Colleges"

2001

Sanders, Kenneth B. (6/13/01) Hutchinson
"Blending Eastern and Western Traditions in Drama Education: A Case Study of the Curriculum Design Process in the Undergraduate Theater Program at National Taiwan University"

Borkowski, Nancy (11/6/01) Simpson
"A Retrospective View of the Graduate Teaching Assistantship Experience"

2000

Sandor, Janet (3/24/00) Simpson
"An Analysis of the Implementation of a National Teaching Improvement Project at a Major Research University"

Pugh, Daniel (4/6/00) Morris
"College Student Leadership Development: Program Impact on Student Participants"

Kalivoda, Theodore (4/18/00) Simpson
"Computer Conferencing As a Communication Tool in the Large Collegiate Class"

Moon, Joseph C. (6/28/00) Dyer
"From Estrangement to Reconcilliation: A Biography of Oxford College of Emory University 1919-1976"

Waldrop, Kenneth C. (10/30/00) Morris
"An Examination of Governance Models in Higher Education in Divisions of Student Affairs"

Sansing, Joyce A. (11/2/00) Morris
"An Assessment of a Web-Based Instructional Program Developed for Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services"

Cash, Samuel G. (11/6/00) Dyer
"Private, Voluntary Support of Public Research Universities in the United States: 1785-1958"

1999

For abstract and full text of dissertations from summer 1999 to present, see University of Georgia Electronic Theses and Dissertations.

Guthrie, Leigh (3/31/99) Morris
"African American College Students: The Relationship Between Living Arrangements and Student Success and Satisfaction"

Finnegan, Brian (4/13/99) Simpson
"Faculty Beliefs on Fundamental Dimensions of Scholarship"

McCarthy, David (4/20/99) Morris
"An Examination of the Relationship Between Student Vocational Talents and Freshman Satisfaction, Academic Achievement, and Retention at a Small Private College"

Theokas, Mary (10/29/99) Fincher
"A Case Study of Introductory Courses in Twelve Women's Studies Programs in the Southeast United States"

Wilson, David (11/5/99) Fincher
"The Impact of Involvement in Campus Organizations on Student Satisfaction, Skill Development, and Perceived Personal Change"

McDade, Dina (11/11/99) Simpson
"Relationships Between Learning Styles and Critical Thinking Ability Among Health Professional Students"

1998

Randy Swing (3/10/98) Morris
"A Case Study of New Course Development in Higher Education"

Dyches, Cathy S. (5/14/98) Morris
"Clinical Teaching and Clinical Reasoning in a Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Program"

Solow, Robert S. (5/14/98) Hearn
"Faculty Athletic Committees As a Source of Intercollegiate Athletic Authority"

Landtroop, Dorman W. (5/14/98) Hearn
"Persistence in Master-Level, Theological, Distance Education: A Case Analysis"

Major, Claire C. (6/26/98) Dyer
"From Magic Lanterns to Teaching Machines: Myths and Symbols of the Instructional Technology Revolution in Higher Education"

Clow, Elizabeth D. (10/28/98) Morris
"Two-Year College Students in Interactive Distance Education Classes: The Relationship of Learning Strategies to Persistence and Performance"

1997

Binder, Ronald Stephen (2/7/97) Hearn
"Environmental Influences on Academic Achievement in Fraternities"

Eck, James C. (4/28/97) Hearn
"Statewide Variation in Postsecondary Enrollment Patterns: An Analysis of Community and Local Schooling Contexts"

Burke, Jonathan L. (5/12/97) Young
"Responding to Academic Dishonesty at a Two-Year, Multi-Campus College: A Study of Faculty Member Perceptions of, Responses to, and Attitudes Toward Academic Dishonesty and Academic Dishonesty Policy"

Lough, John R. (8/11/97) Morris
"Undergraduate Curricular Change Among Leading Collegiate Schools of Business As Measured by Conformity to the Ford and Carnegie Reports of 1959"

John J. Colson (11/13/97) Morris
"An Exploratory Study of Presidential Leadership in Selected Church-Related Colleges in the Southeast"

1996

Rogers, Betty Martha (7/24/96) Morris
"A Study of the Pedagogy and Curriculum of Introductory Mathematics Courses at Colleges and Universities in Georgia"

1995

Keenan, Maryagnes Frances (5/1/95) Fincher
"A Case Study Analysis of Student Health Services at a State Graduate Research University"

Little, Catherine Joanna (5/22/95) Fincher
"A Study of the Early Effects of the Hope Grant on Public Colleges and Universities in Georgia"

Marine, Ginger Minton (6/28/95) Hearn
"The College Decision-Making Process for Rural Students: Effects of Selected Background, School, Community Characteristics"

Weldon, Sheila Cleveland (11/28/95) Young
"The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Legal Aspects of Public Higher Education for Students with Hearing Impairment"

1994

Casey, John Michael (3/3/94) Fincher
"The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers: An Historical Evaluation of its Contributions to the Academy 1914 to 1990"

Letzring, Timothy David (5/2/94) Young
"The Legal Aspects of the Treatment of Faculty During Financial Exigency"

Griswold, Carolyn Puckett (5/10/94) Hearn
"Families, Education, and Equity: The Role of Social and Cultural Capital"

Davis, James Eugene (8/31/94) Fincher
"Re-Thinking the Institutional Ethos of Higher Learning"

1993

Daniell, Susan Jane (5/13/93) Young
"Graduate Teaching Assistants' Attitudes Toward and Responses to Academic Dishonesty"

Kalivoda, Patricia Lea (11/1/93) Simpson
"An Investigation of Factors That Influence Faculty Vitality at a Large, Public, Research University."

1992

Owens, Alice Rebecca (6/2/92) Simpson
"The Relationship Between Selected Effective and Cognitive Variables to Academic Achievement and Persistence with Peer Tutoring"

Hamilton, John Michael (8/3/92) Hearn
"Impact of Georgia's College Preparatory Curriculum of Academic Success at Gainesville College"

Holcomb, Todd Robert (11/30/92) Young
"Analysis of Honor Codes at Six Institutions of Higher Education"

1991

Sorrell, Geraldine Rogers (4/5/91) Simpson
"Career Development and Vitality at a Major Research University"

Macfie, Ian Carl (7/15/91) Fincher
"Southern Land-grant Universities and Their Efforts in Rural Economic Development in the 1980s"

Kalivoda, Karen Sue (7/24/91) Simpson
"The Determinants of Faculty Members' Intentions to Provide an Alternate Test to Students with an Acquired Brain Injury: Testing the Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior"

Lariscy, Michael Lee (8/8/91) Simpson
"An Investigation of the Documentation of Criteria Used for Promotion Decisions"

Hunt, Katheryn (10/21/91) Simpson
"An Assessment of Faculty Development Needs at a Two-year State College"

Smith, Kathleen B. (11/11/91) Simpson
"International Teaching Assistants Development As Successful Instructors in the Undergraduate Classroom"

1990

Schmitt, Craig A. (2/28/90) Young
"Student Affairs Officers to Determine Staff Development Practices and Patterns on Legal Issues Related to Student Affairs Professionals"

Albright, John William (3/5/90) Terenzini
"High School Courses and College Performances: A Study of State-mandated College Preparatory Curriculum Requirements for College Admission"

Bowen, Joel Thomas, Jr. (5/1/90) Dyer
"A Historical Analysis of the Physical Growth at the University of Georgia 1785 to 1990"

Core, Ronald James (5/22/90) Fincher
"A Study of the Relations Between Intercollegiate Athletics Participation and Students' Personal Development"

Perry, Melvin Jasper (5/22/90) Fincher
"Evaluating Local Postsecondary Programs for Hearing-impaired Students"

Fleischmann, John (5/23/90) Fincher
"Demographics of Feeder Counties As Predictors of Black Faculty within Public Higher Education in Georgia"

Brooks, Carolyn Julia (5/28/90) Fincher
"Change and Continuity in the Mission of Three Selected Women's Colleges"

Cottingham, James Albert (6/5/90) Fincher
"Patterns of Governance: A Study of the Establishment of the University System of Georgia, 1931-1943"

Wicker, Wesley Keel (8/27/90) Fincher
"Of Time and Place: The Odyssey of Dr. Henry King Stanford's Presidential Administrations"

1989

Ambrose, Charles M. (2/25/89) Young
"A Comparison of Faculty Members' and Administrators' Definitions of, and Attitudes Toward Academic Freedom"

Frost, Susan Henson (6/23/89) Fincher
"The Effects of Academic Advising and the Frequency of Faculty Contact on the Cognitive Development of College Freshmen"

1988

Best, Jenny W. (3/4/88) Fincher
"Characteristics and Activities of Georgia College and University Regents and Trustees"

Scales, Michael G. (5/9/88) Fincher
"Image Assessment for Church Related Colleges"

Marcus, Steven E. (5/6/88) Fincher
"A Career and Position Profile of Chief Development Officers at Doctoral Universities"

Munoz, Nestor (6/8/88) Dyer
"The Venezuelan University and Public Service: Implementing In-service Audio-visual Education in a Developing Nation"

Thornton, B. Terry (11/29/88) Young
"Enrollment Enhancement at Two-year Colleges: How Marketing Can Help Build and Maintain a Strong Foundation"

1987

Brandmeyer, Donna D. (5/15/87) Fincher
"Higher Education Activity and Life Satisfaction in the Older Adult"

Blalock, Carolyn W. (5/20/87) Fincher
"Administrative Development Needs of Department Chairmen and Selected Four-year Private Liberal Arts Colleges"

Booth, LeQuita (6/4/87) Fincher
"The University System of Georgia's Administrative Development Program: A Means to Increase the Pool of Black Administrators"

1986

Luckadoo, Deborah Collins (5/23/86) Young
"The Status of Black Women Faculty on Predominantly White College and University Campuses in Georgia"

Nichols, Robert, H. (5/23/86) Fincher
"Effects of Intensive, Intrinsic Faculty Advising on College Freshmen"

Sun, Sherry (6/12/86) Fincher
"An Analysis of Institutional Commitment to Learning Resources Centers in Southern Four-year Colleges and Universities"

Braswell, Martha C. (7/23/86) Young
"Legal Aspects of Religion and Public Higher Education in the State of Georgia"

Jou, Meei-Ling (Chen) (7/30/86) Fincher
"The Development of Program Assessment Methods for Developmental Studies"

Kniess, John M. (7/29/86) Fincher
"A Comparison of the Perceptions of Department Heads of Recreation, Leisure Service, and Resource Curricula with Chief Academic Officers of Selected Institutions Regarding the National Recreation and Parks Associations Accreditation Process"

1985

Neely, William G. (5/23/85) Fincher
"An Analysis of Curricular Change at Four-year United Methodist Church Related Colleges, 1970-1979"

Bretscher, Ann Smith (7/22/85) Young
"Policies, Practices, and Perceptions of No-need Scholarships in Southern Institutions of Higher Education"

1984

Greene, Laura L. Crocker (6/21/84) Fincher
"Policies and Programs for School and College Cooperation in Georgia Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions"

Bass, Randall Vivrette (8/30/84) Young
"A Study of Student Work Programs at Selected Colleges Traditionally Emphasizing Student Work"

Rose, Richard Mansfield (8/30/84) Dyer
"For Our Mutual Benefit: AnteBellum Georgia College Student Organizations"

1983

Jarrett, Kenneth Howard (5/16/83) Young
"Experimental Education Programs in Liberal Arts Curricula at Selected Four-year Institutions in the SREB States."

Nye, Roger Dale (5/27/83) Young
"The Development of Higher Education Programs for the Preparation of Georgia Law Enforcement Officers"

Shealy, Dan W. (5/27/83) Fincher
"The Analysis of Various Organizational Structures for the Offices of the Registrar and the Admissions Officer"

Pippin, James Arthur (5/27/83) Fincher
"An Exploratory Investigation Into the Nature of Work-study Master of Social Work Students"

Baker, Paul Stanley (6/14/83) Young
"Evaluation Policies and Practices for Academic Department Heads in Four-year Institutions of Higher Education"

Burkhalter, James P. (12/15/83) Young
"The Career Patterns of Chief Student Personnel Administrators"

1982

Cooper, Bobbie Page (4/9/82) Young
"An Attitudinal Study of Tenure in the Two-year and Four-year Institutions of the State of Georgia"

Cumiskey, Carol Chrisman (5/20/82) Fincher
"The Relationship of Program Characteristics and State Board Examination Performance of Selected Associate Degree Nursing Programs in the Southern Regional Education Board States"

Galvin, Marc Alan (5/26/82) Fincher
"Policies and Practices for Transfer Credit and Credit-by-examination in Georgia Post-secondary Institutions"

Huss, Robert W. (8/9/82) Fincher
"A Study of Professional Orientation and Administrative Styles for Selected Administrators in Georgia Colleges"

Andersen, Barbara K. (8/4/82) Young
"Curriculum and In-service Education within Georgia Schools of Nursing Related to the Legal Implications of the Professional Practice of Nursing"

1981

Weast, Philip G. (4/15/81) Young
"A Profile of Interinstitutional Cooperation Among Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education in Georgia"

Barth, Elizabeth A. (5/25/81) Fincher
"A Study of Academic Programs for Superior Students in Georgia Colleges and Universities"

Boardman, Katherine B. (5/25/81) Fincher
"Employer Perceptions of Educational Outcomes from Georgia Colleges"

Jones, Roy I. (6/1/81) Fincher
"Attitudes and Opinions of Department Chairpersons in Selected Public and Private Southeastern Colleges Toward Affirmative Action For Black Faculty in Higher Education"

Davis, Margaret C. (6/30/81) Fincher
"A Survey of Community Services Policies, Procedures, and Practices in Institutions of Higher Education in Georgia"

Holloway, Jerry D. (9/15/81) Fincher
"A Study of the Role Behavior of Administrative Teams in Two-year Public and Private Colleges"

Holbrook, Margaret Willisia (10/31/81) Fincher
"An Analysis of Policies and Programs for Increasing Student Retention in Institution of Higher Education in Georgia"

1980

Plexico, Walter M., Jr. (5/21/80) Fincher
"An Analysis of the Learning Resources Center Concept in the Two-year Institution of Selected Southeastern States"

McGinnis, Dennis R. (5/26/80) Fincher
"A Study of Fundraising Programs at Selected States Colleges and Regional Universities"

Smathers, Diane G. (7/29/80) Fincher
"A Study of the Impact of Mandatory Retirement Age Legislation on Selected Faculties"

McIntyre, Benjamin Broox (7/31/80) Fincher
"The Environment of Academic Unionism: A State Comparative Analysis"

Whiteis, David H. (11/19/79) Fincher
"Analysis of Categorical Expenditures in Georgia Institutions of Higher Education and Its Implications for Statewide Planning and Public Policy"

Pirkle, Leon M. (12/10/80) Young
"A Survey of the Efforts of Accredited, Private Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities in the Southern Region to Accommodate Physically Handicapped Students"

Lott, Stanley G. (12/18/80) Fincher
"The Perceived Need for Preservice Preparation for College Teachers by Chief Academic Officers in Selected Southern Colleges"

1978

Farokhi, Helen E. (5/12/78) Fincher
"A Study of the Effect of State Financial Aid on the Private Colleges and Universities in the State of Georgia, 1971-1977"

Redmon, Thomas R. (5/29/78) Fincher
"The Emergence of Policy As an Organizing Concept for Academic Planning and Governance"

Swann, Claire C. (11/27/78) Fincher
"An Educational and Occupational Study of 1971 Certificate of Merit Women"

Lockyer, Lois H. (5/24/79) Fincher
"Patterns of Lower-division Curriculum at the University of Georgia"

Ellis, Linda A. (7/25/79) Young
"A Descriptive Study of Faculty's and Students' Perceptions of the Role of Students in Academic Decision-making"

Pine, John C. (7/25/79) Young
"Non-degree Credit Adult and Continuing Education Programs in Selected Public Institutions of Higher Education in the Southern Region"

Reiff, Richard F. (8/3/79) Young
"A Study of International Services and Programs at Higher Education Institutions in Georgia"

1977

Jones, Walter M., Jr. (5/20/77) Young
"Applications of the Law Governing the Student Newspaper in the Policies and Practices of Selected Institutions of Higher Education"

Benson, Michael A. (7/29/77) Young
"The Legal Status of Student Activity Fees, and Policies Regarding Their Use in Selected Institutions of Higher Education"

1976

Buck, Joseph A. (7/29/76) Fincher
"Perceptions of Selected Corporate Officials in Five Southeastern States Which Influence Their Corporation's Giving to Higher Education"

Miller, Timothy T., Jr. (11/22/76) Fincher
"A Sex-differentiated College Admissions Model for a Public State University"

1975

Piper, William E. (3/14/75) Young
"A Comparative Survey of the Continuing Education Unit and its Implementation and Utilization in Selected Public Colleges and Universities"

Meredith, Jim W. (5/2/75) Fincher
"Clientele Satisfaction with the University of Georgia's Public Service Programs: An Empirical Survey"

Nauright, Linda P. (11/3/75) Fincher
"Faculty Development Procedures and Practices in Programs of Professional Nursing Education"

1974

Moore, Neil D., Jr. (5/13/74) Fincher
"The Role of Brunswick Junior College in Community Development"

Hopkins, David R. (5/15/74) Fincher
"The Development of the Six Regional Voluntary Accrediting Associations in American Higher Education: An Historical Analysis"

Jarrett, Herbert H., Jr. (5/21/74) Fincher
"Competency-based Education in the Liberal Arts"

1973

Bonnono, John (7/13/73) Young
"An Analysis of the Nature and Extent of Academic Due Process at Southeastern Colleges"

Portfleet, Terrence K. (7/12/73) Sorrells
"A Comparative Analysis of Perceived Institutional Functioning in a Consortium of Christian Colleges"

1972

Smith, Robert E. (6/26/72) Sorrells
"A Study of Community Service Programs at Selected Public Two-year Institutions"

Goodsell, David R. (6/28/72) Feltner
"Relationships Between Academic Dean Leader Behavior and Institutional Functioning As Perceived by the Faculty and Academic Deans of Selected Junior Colleges"

Davis, Jerry S. (8/1/72) Fincher
"A Theoretical Model for the Analysis of Governance of Colleges and Universities"

Denning, Richard G. (7/13/72) Robins
"A Study of Five Selected State-supported Four-year Colleges Which Have Been Expanded from Junior Level Institutions: An Analysis of Some Resulting Quantitative Changes"

1971

Gehring, Donald David (7/12/71) Sorrells
"Need Characteristics of Students Who Voluntarily Enrolled in Independent Study Courses: A Comparative Analysis"

Hill, Patrick H. (7/27/71) Sorrells
"An Investigation of the Faculties of Accredited, Private Junior Colleges in the South in Relation to the Following Aspects: Professional Training, Professional Experience, Job Satisfaction, and Mobility"

Moore, George R. (7/9/71) Fincher
"Presidents' Perceptions of Institutional Researchers in Southeastern Junior Colleges"

Dent, Jack E., Jr. (7/14/71) Young
"A Descriptive Study of the Administration, Organization, and Staffing of Georgia Area Vocational-technical Schools"

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