| YEAR | GRADUATE | DISSERTATION TITLE |
| 1980 | Bonnie
Craft Plummer
(Elton) |
A Test of Holland's Theory Applied to University Administrative Positions |
| 1980 | Randel
Odell Martin
(Elton; Martin) |
The Relationship between Criteria of the Quality of Library Resources and Selected Indicators of Institutional Quality |
| 1980 | Katherine
O. Quick
(Sagan; Hesseldenz) |
The Nature of Scholarly Contribution in Higher Education as Determined by Citation Analysis |
| 1980 | Mary
Ellen Tolar
(Elton) |
Vocational Indecision Among College Freshman |
| 1980 | Neil
Cook Ward
(Burnett) |
An Analysis of Issues, Findings, and Impact: Mandated Studies of Public Higher Education in Kentucky Since 1932 |
| 1981 | Richard
K. Beam
(Burnett) |
A Comparative Study of Three Categories of American Protestant Seminaries |
| 1981 | Thomas
Graham Braun
(Elton) |
An Analysis of Geographic-Demographic Factors Associated with College Attendance |
| 1981 | David
A. Brewster
(Elton) |
A Study of Systematic Bias in Student Ratings of Their College Faculty |
| 1981 | Randall
W. Dahl
(Elton) |
Early Predictors of Alumni Giving: An Empirical Study of Selected Pre-Enrollment Characteristics and Collegiate Career Experiences in the Giving Behavior of Alumni of a Public University |
| 1981 | Victor
P. Gaines
(Burnett; Martin) |
The Resegregation of the Historically Black Four-Year Colleges and Universities in the Adams States |
| 1981 | Jules
Heisler
(Hesseldnez; Elton) |
A Model Provided to Explain the Factors Associated with the Demise of Independent Liberal Arts II Colleges Since 1970 |
| 1981 | James
B. Hudson III
(Sagan) |
The History of Louisville Municipal College: Events Leading to the Desegregation of the University of Louisville |
| 1981 | Mark
W. Lusk
(Hesseldenz) |
Higher Education in a Developing Nation: The Case of Social Work Education in Peru |
| 1981 | Doris
Lynn Moore
(Angelo; Warren) |
Benjamin Orr Peers and the Beginnings of the Public School Movement in Kentucky, 1826-1842 |
| 1981 | Edwin
Ockerman
(Burnett) |
Faculty Evaluation in Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Law and Engineering |
| 1981 | John
H. Scahill
(LaBrecque) |
The Cultural Reproduction Theories of Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu |
| 1981 | Eric
D. Watters
(Elton) |
Citation Counts as a Measure of Institutional Quality for Independent Liberal Arts Colleges |
| 1981 | Charles
D. Whitlock
(Burnett) |
An Analysis of Opinion About Public Higher Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky |
| 1982 | Jack
C. Blanton
(Burnett) |
An Empirical Account of the Decision-Making Role of Governing Boards at Two Large Public Universities |
| 1982 | Lauretta
F. Byars
(DeYoung; Denton) |
A Descriptive Study of the Educational Talent Search Programs at the University of Kentucky |
| 1982 | Kathleen
Harris
(Elton) |
Factors Affecting Selected Faculty Member's Decisions to Seek Funds From External Sources |
| 1982 | Julia
Damron Porter
(DeYoung) |
Factors Associated with Change in Educational Aspirations in University of Kentucky Community Colleges |
| 1982 | Saeed
Salehi
(Collins; DeYoung) |
A Longitudinal Study of Differential Achievement in Mathematics and Its Significance for Accessibility to Higher Education |
| 1982 | William
R. Threlkeld
(Collins) |
Subject Participation in Educational Research |
| 1982 | Elizabeth
E. Weiner
(Elton) |
Publication and Citation Analysis of Selected Nursing Faculty in American Higher Education |
| 1983 | Earlo
Anderson
(Sagan) |
Dissatisfaction of Black Students at Black and White Institutions |
| 1983 | Carol
Gallagher
(Angelo) |
Scottish Contributions to American Higher Education: The St. Andrews Society of New York, 1756-1806 |
| 1983 | Joanne
B. Ries
(Elton) |
Sources of Faculty Power and Decision Outcomes |
| 1983 | Sandra
L. Sayers
(Elton) |
The Use of Co-Citation Analysis to Identify the Cognitive Structure of Clinical Nutrition |
| 1983 | Joann
Thompson
(Elton; Gardner) |
On the Idea of the University: An Analysis of Selected Themes Found in the Literature on Higher Education, 1962-1972, with Special Reference to the Relationship of the Modern Themes to Those Found in Nineteenth Century English Thought |
| 1984 | David
William Forman
(Elton) |
The Kentucky Grant Study: The Effects of State Grants on Access and Choice in Higher Education |
| 1984 | Josephine
G. Lane
(Elton) |
Mapping the Cognitive Structure of Mathematics Education Using Co-Citation Analysis |
| 1984 | Jacquelyn
Milman
(Griffin) |
Case Study of a Bilingual School in Mexico |
| 1984 | Elizabeth
P. Pressler
(Denton) |
The Meaning of ‘Competence’ in the Education of the Helping Professions |
| 1984 | Marguerite
Rivage-Seul
(Denton) |
Moral
Imagination and Peace Education: Paulo Friere’s Third World Perspective
Dr. Rivage-Seul's dissertation won the 1986 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award of the American Educational Research Association |
| 1984 | Mittie
D. Southerland
(Denton) |
The Active Valuing of Education by Police Organizations |
| 1985 | Paulette
F. Adams
(Elton) |
Holland's Theory of Careers Applied to Nursing Faculty Teaching in Community Colleges and Universities in Kentucky |
| 1985 | Donna
Lee Hill
(Baird) |
Tinto Tested in the Community College: A Revised Model |
| 1985 | Frances
Morris
(Sagan) |
Academic Planning in Health Sciences Education: Development of a Manpower Demand Model |
| 1986 | William
Beard
(Elton) |
A Study of Attitudes of Graduates of Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Engineering & Engineering Technology |
| 1986 | Robert
Lewis Dean
(Sagan) |
Preparing for Educational Technologies: An Empirical Evaluation of the Cognitive, Pedagogical, and Financial Implications of Electronic Text Processing in a University Freshman English Composition Program |
| 1986 | Gary
Martin Green
(Baird) |
The Quality of Student Interaction with Faculty: A Community College Perspective |
| 1986 | David
K. Kennedy
(Denton) |
Young Children's Thinking: An Interpretation from Phenomonology |
| 1986 | Charles
E. Shirley
(Baird) |
A Longitudinal Validation of Tinto's Model of Attrition Using a Multi-Institutional Sample |
| 1986 | Karen
Ann Williams
(Sagan) |
A Study of Faculty Members’ Attitudes Toward Women Faculty Members |
| 1987 | Christine
D. Baum
(Baird) |
The Impact of Feminist Thought on American Librarianship 1965-1985 |
| 1987 | Jan
P. Bellack
(Collins) |
A Philosophical Analysis of the Relationship Between Nursing Science and Nursing Practice: A Non-Foundational Alternative |
| 1987 | Angela
B. Hurley
(Collins) |
Children as Reader-Critics: Literary Heroes and Moral Education |
| 1987 | Carolyn
H. O'Daniel
(Elton) |
A Study of Respiratory Therapy Educational Programs and Graduate Performance on the National Board for Respiratory Care 1984 Entry-level Examinations |
| 1987 | Betty
H. Olinger
(Fleming; Elton) |
The Inclusion of Cultural Diversity Content in the Curricula of Generic Undergraduate Nursing Programs |
| 1987 | Margaret
E. Saunier
(Baird) |
Salary Levels and Library Resources as Predictors of Change in Reputational Ratings |
| 1987 | Carolyn
Clay Turner
(Angelo) |
Patterns of Educational Initiative, Reorganization and Decline in Eastern Kentucky, 1889-1940: Pikeville Collegiate Institute, Sandy Valley Seminary, and Caney Community Center |
| 1987 | Diane
L. Vachon
(Elton) |
Working and Retired College Professors Age 65 to 70: A Comparison of Professional Characteristics After Age 50 of Faculty Employed in Four Types of Institutions |
| 1987 | Doris
Weathers
(LaBrecque) |
University of Kentucky's Office of Minority Affairs Policies & Programs for Recruiting & Retaining Minority Students 1971-1985 |
| 1987 | Lawrence
V. Weill
(Denton) |
Gaston Bachelard and the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Defense of the Arts and the Humanities Based on the Primacy of Images |
| 1988 | Sherry
Cox
(Baird) |
Values Change as an Index of Development in the Berea College Class of 1966: A Longitudinal Study of Values Preferences Using the Study of Value |
| 1988 | Florence
Estes
(Angelo) |
Cora Wilson Stewart and the Moonlight Schools of Kentucky, 1911-1920: A Case Study in the Rhetorical Uses of Literacy |
| 1988 | Carolyn
S. Jenkins
(Elton) |
Overeducation: Job Satisfaction, Job Security, and Attitudes Toward Education |
| 1988 | Michael
Nowicki
(Baird) |
Graduate Programs in Health Administration Faculty Reputational and Faculty Research Reputation by Program Location and Program Reputation |
| 1988 | Dan
Smith
(DeYoung) |
Appalachia's Last One-Room School |
| 1988 | Patricia
Terrell
(Sagan) |
Utilization and Effectiveness of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program Freshman Survey and Its Impact on Participating Institutions |
| 1989 | Ryan
K. Brown
(Baird) |
Perceptions of Quality in Industrial Technology Programs |
| 1989 | Daniel
J. Connell
(Elton) |
A Comparison of Job Satisfaction Among Clerical Employees at Four Different Types of Higher Education Institutions |
| 1989 | Wayne
Goodwin
(Collins) |
Theological Education and the Reorganization of Consciousness |
| 1989 | Margot
D. McCullers
(Elton) |
An Institutional Analysis of Biomedical Predoctoral Fellowship Applicants |
| 1989 | Jane
Anne Redmon
(Elton) |
Personality Traits of Family Practice Teachers and Private Practitioners: Effects of Role Modeling on Specialty Choice Selection |
| 1989 | Elizabeth
L. Rompf
(DeYoung; Goldstein) |
The Local Dynamics of Educational Planning: Acting on Toyota’s Arrival in Rural Kentucky |
| 1990 | Joy
Allameh
(DeYoung) |
An Investigation of Trends and Emerging Issues in Foreign Student Enrollment in United States Higher Education with Major Emphasis on Language Concerns and a Case Study Comparing the Performance of Native Students with Non-Native Students on the Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| 1990 | Karen
Waite Carey
(Baird) |
Changes in Mathematical Ability of Berea College Graduates: A Twenty-Four Year Longitudinal Study |
| 1990 | Patsy
T. Daugherty
(Elton) |
An Exploratory Study of the Relationships Between Expenditures and Institutional Effectiveness For Colleges and Universities |
| 1990 | Denise
Dickerson-Gifford
(Baird) |
A Comparison of Values of Two Subcultures Within Higher Education: Academic Administrators and Student Affairs Administrators |
| 1990 | Mohammad
Edjlali
(Collins; Smith) |
The Effects of Competency Based Mastery Learning on Aptitude, Motivation, Self-Esteem, and Math Anxiety |
| 1990 | Carol
Lynn Elam
(Elton) |
Applicability of the Holland Theory of Vocational Personalities To Medical School Graduates' Specialty Choices |
| 1990 | Rhonda
England
(Angelo) |
Voices From the History of Teaching: Katherine Pettit, Mary Stone, and Elizabeth Watts at Hindman Settlement School, 1899-1957 |
| 1990 | Roger
C. Noe
(Elton) |
An Analysis of Benchmark Selections Among Public Doctoral Granting Institutions |
| 1990 | Jeanne
S. Osborne
(Elton) |
A Strategy Toward Accountability: Identifying Faculty Salary Policies at Kentucky Public Regional Universities |
| 1990 | Keith
Stephens
(Elton) |
An Analysis of the Variables Affecting Community College Faculty Satisfaction and Morale |
| 1990 | Marda
Lea Stribling
(Elton) |
The Influence of Mathematics Background and Continuity of Coursework on Success in College Calculus |
| 1990 | David
Wright
(Angelo; Goldstein) |
"Serve the Church, Reach the World:" Tradition and Innovation in the Preparation of Parish Ministers at Asbury Theological Seminary |
| 1990 | Daisy
Lee Yang
(Elton) |
The Dynamics of a Foreign Alumni Association: The Case of the Korean Association of the East-West Center Alumni |
| 1990 | Pamela
A. Collins
(Goldstein) |
Campus Security: An Historical Analysis of the Campus Infrastructure with Emphasis on Service/Enforcement Orientation and its Relationship to Policies and Procedures |
| 1991 | David
Patrick Ecker
(Angelo) |
A History of Jefferson Community College, 1960-1977: The Promise and the Complications of "La Porta" |
| 1991 | Deborah
A. Hall
(Angelo) |
"Coming of Age" in the Progressive Era: The Role of Southern Women's Higher Education Between 1900 and 1917 |
| 1991 | Donald
Mason
(Baird) |
A Study of Motivation Factors Which Result in the Selection of Ministry as a Vocation for First Year Seminarians as Related to Persistence in the Ministry |
| 1991 | Victor
M. Valdez
(LaBrecque) |
Can Adequate Medical Services Be Delivered to Army Personnel and Dependents Despite a Shortage of Physicians? A Policy Analysis |
| 1992 | John
R. Groves, Jr.
(Angelo) |
An Examination of Major Initiatives in Campus Planning at the University of Kentucky: 1919-1991 |
| 1992 | Helen
Frishe Hodges
(Denton) |
Competing Discourses of Nursing Education: An Explication Based on Seung and Liszka |
| 1992 | Drema
Howard
(Baird; Goldstein) |
Perceptions of Higher Education in a Banking World |
| 1992 | Victoria
R. Johnson
(Angelo) |
Utilizing Prolific Writers and Their Interconnections when Expanding on the Histories of a Discipline: American Geography as a Case Study |
| 1992 | Linda
Nell Mayhew
(Elton) |
Analysis of the Ohio State Early Mathematics Placement Test as a Predictive Device for Kentucky Colleges |
| 1992 | Aghajan
Mohammadi
(Baird) |
Assessing Faculty and Administrators' Perceptions of Community College Missions and Processes/An Organizational Effectiveness Perspective |
| 1992 | James
Ploskonka
(Baird) |
An Exploratory Model of Doctoral Completion: A Description of Characteristics and Their Relationship to Time to Degree |
| 1993 | Ronald
Lee Burdon
(Baird) |
The Influence of Elder Care on Higher Education Employees: An Evaluation Study of the University of Kentucky Elder Care Consultation and Referral Service Employee Benefit |
| 1993 | Janet
Hurley
(Goldstein) |
Women's Experience as Professional Administrators at the University of Kentucky |
| 1993 | Jacqueline
Sanders
(Sagan) |
Factors which Enhance and Constrain Implementation of Total Quality Management in Two-Year Colleges |
| 1993 | David
Searles
(Davis-Nordin) |
Alice Lloyd and the Betterment Movement in Appalachia |
| 1993 | Karen
Tice
(Angelo) |
Tales of Wayward Girls and Immoral Women: Social Case Records and the Construction of Professional Knowledge |
| 1993 | Gary
John Vitali
(Guskey) |
Factors Influencing Teachers' Assessment and Instructional Practices in an Assessment Driven Educational Reform |
| 1994 | Terry
Birdwhistell
(Angelo) |
An Educated Difference: Women at the University of Kentucky Through the Second World War |
| 1994 | Harold
G. Jeffcoat
(Angelo) |
University Presidents, as Autobiographers |
| 1994 | Steven
D. Milburn
(Baird) |
An Analysis of the Influences of Gender, Race and Age on Student Preferences for the Delivery of Academic Advising Services |
| 1994 | Terisa
Laine Scales
(Goldstein) |
All That Fits A Woman: The Education of Southern Baptist Women for Missions and Social Work at the Woman's Missionary Union Training School, 1907-1926 |
| 1995 | Sarah
Carrigan
(Davis-Nordin) |
Differences Between Women’s College Students and Coed College Women At Less Selective Campuses in Rural Settings |
| 1995 | Barbara
Hulsmeyer
(Goldstein) |
Nurses in Transition: First Year Challenges |
| 1995 | Steve
Parker
(Sagan) |
The Effect of Athletic Probation on Donor Contributions to the University's Development Office |
| 1995 | Karen
Skaff
(Collins) |
A Case Study Exploring the Ways in which Health Professions Students Describe Ethical Dilemmas |
| 1995 | Roger
Michael Weis
(Sagan) |
The Pedagogical Implications of Curriculum-Based Service Learning for Student Development in Higher Education |
| 1995 | Pamela
Wells
(Kifer) |
Conceptual Understanding of Major Topics in First Semester Calculus: A Study of Three Types of Calculus Courses at the University of Kentucky |
| 1996 | Lana
Carnes
(Sagan) |
Careers in Higher Education Fund Raising: Perceptions and Experiences of Middle- and Senior-Ranked Female Development Officers |
| 1996 | Deborah
Cox
(Baird; Scollay) |
The Role and Worklife of Women in Higher Education: Examples from a Community College System |
| 1996 | Kevin
Jones
(Bieber; Angelo) |
Undergraduate Retention in the Commonwealth of Kentucky: An Examination of Academic, Social, Financial, and Psychological Elements |
| 1996 | Michael
A. Longinow
(Collins) |
Mysterious and Spontaneous Power: Shaping of an Evangelical Social Culture for Revivalist Higher Education in Henry Clay Morrison's Pentecostal Herald, 1910-1942 |
| 1996 | Marilyn
Miller
(Goldstein) |
Creating Cross-Cultural Roommate Relationships Between American and Foreign Undergraduates |
| 1996 | Sara
Jane Montgomery
(Angelo) |
Rackyte Cox, Cowax Cowax: The Student Culture of Centre College, 1865-1915 |
| 1996 | David
Musick
(Davis-Nordin) |
Ethics Education at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
| 1996 | Bee
Lan Ong
(Goldstein) |
Reconstructing Knowledge and the Power of Self-Consciousness: Perspectives of Women Graduate Students from the Third World |
| 1996 | Gregory
Waltermire
(Collins) |
Academic Freedom in the Southern Baptist Seminaries: A Study in Epistemology and Response to Modernism |
| 1997 | Sheila
Jackson-Fobbs
(Sagan) |
Significant Steps for Instituting Mergers in Higher Education |
| 1997 | Lori
Frances Kincaid
(DeYoung) |
The Influence of the Educational Trust on a State's Educational Reform Movement: The Connection Between Teachers College, Columbia University and Education in Kentucky |
| 1997 | JoAnn
A. Smith
(Goldstein/Bieber) |
Faculty Scholars: Four Who Bridge University Academics and Administration |
| 1997 | Michael
Stocker
(Sagan/Payne) |
A Workforce Training Model for the Community College |
| 1998 | Mitzi
Lowe
(Goldstein) |
The Phenomenology of Student Engagement During High School Restructuring |