Doctoral Dissertations at the Center for International Education
This folder contains the doctoral dissertations of students in the International Education doctoral program in the College of Education.
During the 50 year existence of the doctoral program associated with the Center for International Education at UMass Amherst almost 300 students have successfully completed their doctoral degrees. The majority of their dissertations will be available on this site..
The topics of these dissertations reflect the experience and research interests of the students. They also provide a good indicator of the commitment of CIE and its associated degree programs to working with education of all kinds, especially in conflict or emergency contexts.
Dissertation abstracts from 1969-2019, indexed by author, topic, and country can be found in the document link here. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cie_diss/1/.
Dissertations from 2006
Voices of rural women in Nepal : impact of literacy on the lives of women., Keshab Deep Thapaliya, Education
Dissertations from 2005
Educational technology : learning in a computer-mediated environment., Karin Moyano Camihort, Education
Literacy and numeracy practices of market women of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala., Joan B. Cohen-Mitchell, Education
Decentralization by an efficient information system : enabling efficient decisions for basic education in Malawi., Maxwell Suluma Nkhokwe, Education
"You don't have to have college knowledge to know it all" : meaning-making in a participatory adult education project., Sherry L. Russell, Education
Here I am now! : community service-learning with immigrant and refugee undergraduate students and youth : the use of critical pedagogy, situated-learning and funds of knowledge., Janna Shadduck-Hernández, Education
Education in post-apartheid South Africa : towards liberation or equity?, Tsoaledi Daniel Thobejane, Education
Dissertations from 2004
Content validity of independently constructed curriculum-based examinations., Elias Watson Jani Chakwera, Education
Family, community-based social capital and educational attainment during the doi moi process in Viet Nam., Van Thanh Duong, Education
Nonformal education in francophone West Africa : a case study of the Senegalese experience of community-based schools., Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye, Education
Collaborating with refugee and immigrant communities : reflections of an outsider., Dale M. Jones, Education
Learning milieu for primary school teachers in Malawi : perspectives, practices, & policies., Fritz. Kadyoma, Education
Using performance level descriptors to ensure consistency and comparability in standard setting., Dafter January Khembo, Education
Analysis of a complex policy domain : access to secondary education in Malawi., Samson L. W. MacJessie-Mbewe, Education
Indications of positive peacebuilding in education : a basic needs approach., Vachel W. Miller, Education
Voices from the field : auxiliary nurse-midwives of Nepal., Erica M. Piedade, Education
Organize or die : exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania teacher union., Fulgence S.S. Swai, Education
Modernizing English teacher education in China : faculty perspectives., Timothy W. Taylor, Education
Dissertations from 2003
Development discourse for socio-emotional well-being., Friedrich W. Affolter, Education
Sudanese refugee women becoming activists : the role of popular education., Magda M.A. Ahmed, Education
A pedagogy of disharmony : subjects, economies, desires., Kenneth Byrne, Education
Learning resistance in West Timor., Karen Campbell-Nelson, Education
Monitoring and evaluating adult education programs in the District of Columbia., Lulu Mary Davies, Education
Nurturance : an Andean Amerindian way of life as an alternative construct to development theory and practice., Cole D. Genge, Education
A conceptual framework for effective strategies for information and communication technologies in education : a case study of Mauritius., Papayah Guruvadoo, Education