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Barriers and Catalysts in Awareness-Based Learning: A Study of Transfer of Learning in Equity-Focused Leadership Development Programs
(2020-12)
Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) topics have become central areas of focus in leadership development programs across industries and fields. EDI leadership training efforts often involve significant focus on ...
Capstone Teaching Portfolio
(2020-12)
In this teaching portfolio, I showcase my qualifications as an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher candidate ready to begin teaching independently. I first articulate my teaching philosophy, which prioritizes a ...
Assessing the Impact of a Faith-based Grantmaking Program
(2020-12)
This study was designed to help Hope for San Diego (HFSD), a faith-based grantmaking organization in San Diego, California, measure the impact of their grantmaking program on the grantee organizations. Coffman and Beer’s ...
Restructuring Elementary Literacy Instruction in Hamilton County Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-05)
This study was a one-year investigation into the implementation of two pilot literacy curricula in
Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Surveys, interviews, and student performance
data were analyzed to ...
Leading the Occupational Therapy Profession Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(2020-12)
Like many national professional organizations, the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA) membership does not reflect the national demographics in terms of diversity. Throughout the years, the AOTA has published ...
Learning to Improve: An Assessment of an Institution of Higher Education Across the Dimensions of the Learning Organization
(2020-12)
Savannah State University faces several financial and operational challenges and is looking to improve its capacity to react to those challenges and to define and achieve its goals. The literature suggests that adopting ...
Catalyzing Transformation: Reconceptualizing Climate Resiliency Planning through Participatory, Community-Engaged Practices
(2020-12)
The compounding effects of inequitable decisions, policies, and investments within urban areas has functioned to exclude, dispossess, and remove residents of low-income communities and communities of color. As a result of ...
Governing in Crisis: Sensemaking and Sensegiving in Virginia School Districts During COVID-19
(2020-12)
COVID-19 caused the entire world to shut down. School systems especially were significantly impacted. On March 23rd, the governor of Virginia ordered schools to close for the rest of the year. Suddenly, school leaders in ...
Outsourcing Online Programs: Exploring the Organizational Impact & Planning for the Future in OPM Partnerships at a Private University
(2020-12)
Grounded in a framework of outsourcing theory and an understanding of the Online Program Management (OPM) company market, this research explores the nature and quality of OPM partnerships at a private university. Through ...
An Investigation of the Innovation Culture Driving Transformation at a Higher Education Institution
(2020-12)
The Innovation Center at the center of this work has a dynamic and unique culture that drives organizational transformation. This capstone aims to develop an understanding of the elements that comprise their innovation ...