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TLC STUDENT DISSERTATIONS

Spring 2023

• Chew, S., (2023). Intra-Ethnic Sociocultural Factors Affecting The Educational Experiences Of Transnational Populations Of Latin American Origin In The Borderlands. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso.  Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 30489454)  
  Committee:  Dr. Josefina V. Tinajero (Chair), Dr. Jose Maria Herrera, and Dr. Eduardo Barrera
• Gomez, M.A., (2023). El Que No Tranza, No Avanza: Exploring The Lived Experiences Of Mexican American Community College Students On The U.s.-Mexico Border In Becoming Philosophers. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 30490636)  
  Committee:  Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Christina Convertino, Dr. Maria Teresa de la Piedra, and Dr. Jules Simon
• Pickett, J. M., (2023). A Qualitative Case Study of the Role of Reflective Practices in Pre-Service Dance Teachers' Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Critical Consciousness. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 30521585)  
  Committee: Dr. Christina Convertino (Chair), Dr. Char Ullman, Dr. Sarah Jean Johnson, and Dr. Adriana Dominguez
• Garcia Soria, B., (2023). Experiencing Transition: Bilingual Teachers' Voices In A Dual Language Program. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 30521891)  
  Committee: Dr. Maria T. de la Piedra (Chair), Dr. Irasema Coronado, and Dr. Timothy Cashman
• Solis, J. H., (2023). A Mixed Method Approach To Explore Lecturers' Pedagogical And Content Knowledge, Students' Perspectives And Learning Experiences In Mathematics For Social Science Course. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 30494138)  
  Committee:  Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Christina Convertino, and Dr. Denise Lujan

Summer 2022

• Muciño Guerra, H., (2022). Consciousness To Teach Bilingual Education In The Borderlands: Pláticas With Latina Teacher Candidates. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 29327029)   
  Committee:  Dr. Christina Convertino (Chair), Dr. Erika L. Mein, and Dr. Maria T. de la Piedra, and Dr. Alberto Esquinca

Spring 2022

• Terán López, C.C., (2022). Testimonios Of First-Generation, Multilingual, Latina Doctoral Students At The U.S.-México Border (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 29207025) 
  Committee: Christina Convertino (Chair), Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Guillermina Gina Nuñez-Mchiri

Fall 2021

• Acevedo, F.D.R., (2021). ¡Sí Se Puede!: Understanding The Experiences Of Latina Students During Their Doctoral Journey At A Hispanic-Serving Institution (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28865458)
  Committee:Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Katherine S. Mortimer, and Dr. Irasema Coronado
•  Liao, Y-Y., (2021). Developing and Validating the Student Assessment-Based Feedback Literacy (SAFL) Instrument: A Mixed-Methods Approach (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. ()  
  Committee:Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Pei-Ling Hsu, Dr. Amy E. Wagler, and Dr. Erkan Er
• Velazquez, J. A., (2021). Engaging The Disengaged: The Zone Of Proximal Distance Between Deliberately Silenced Educators And Preferably Unheard Latino Immigrant Parents (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28718884)
  Committee:Dr. Char Ullman (Chair)

Summer 2021

• Teller, R. C., (2021). Student Learning Behaviors In A Biology Gateway Course: A Mixed Methods Examination Of An Adaptive Courseware Environment (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28713954) 
  Committee: Dr. William Robertson (Chair), Dr. Daniel Tillman, Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov, and Dr. Beth Brunk-Chavez

Spring 2021

• Lewis, M. E., (2021). A Phenomenological Case Study Exploring The In-Home Experiences Of African Americans Pursuing Stem Degrees At A Historically Black College (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28497391)
  Committee: Dr. Timothy Cashman (Chair), Dr. Ronald Wagler, Dr. David Carrejo, and Dr. Rodolfo Rincones

Fall 2020

• Dolsa, G., (2020).Discourses of Coloniality in the Understanding and Practices of Translanguaging Pedagogy (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28262436)
  Committee: Dr. Katherine S. Mortimer (Chair), Dr. Maria T. de la Piedra, Dr. Alberto Esquinca, and Dr. Alice Sagehorn
• Mendoza, L.E., (2020).  The Digital Literacy Practices Of Transfronterizx Esol College Students: Los De Esol (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28262217)
  Committee: Dr. Maria T. de la Piedra (Chair), Dr. Erika L. Mein, Dr. Guillermina Nuñez-Mchiri, and Dr. Alberto Esquinca
• Owens, A.V.E., (2020). Caregiver Experiences With The Dyslexia Identification Process In A Borderland Community In Texas (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28262591)
  Committee: Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Penelope P. Espinoza, Dr. Beverley A. Calvo, and Dr. Katherine S. Mortimer
• Valles, E., (2020). Border Crossing On Sacred Grounds: An Indigenized Decolonized Educational Research Paradigm For Use In Contemporary Globalized Schooling Systems (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28261789)
  Committee: Dr. Josefina V. Tinajero (Chair), Dr. Lawerence Lesser, Dr. William Medina-Jerez, and Dr. Patrick H. Smith
• Vidana Matus, V., (2020). Language Ideologies and Identities: Beliefs and Practices of College Level Spanish Students and an Instructor in a Spanish Heritage Language Classroom (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 28262065)
  Committee: Dr. Christina Convertino, Dr. Erika L. Mein, and Dr. Katherine S. Mortimer

Spring 2020

• Sahr, A., (2020). Translanguaging Practices of Multilingual Learners in the German as a Foreign Language Class (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27962785)
  Committee: Dr. Timothy Cashman (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, and Dr. Jesus Cisneros
• Seda, C. M., (2020). Thinking through Children: Proposing Theory for Doing Critical Content Analysis of Multicultural Children's Literature (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27829653)
  Committee: Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, Dr. Katherine Mortimer, and Dr. Keith Polette

Fall 2019

• Alvidrez, M. (2019). From Mistakes, We Learn: Variations In Teacher Dis/position Toward Errors In Mathematics Classrooms (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27665012)
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Song An, and Dr. Nicole Louie
• Camberos Rangel, D. M. (2019). Analyzing Teachers' Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27666832)
  Committee: Dr. William Robertson (Chair), Dr. Song An, and Dr. Monika Akbar
• Martinez, I.T., (2019). Critical Political Correctness In The Era Of Properness (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27668127)
  Committee: Dr. Josefina V. Tinajero (Chair), Dr. William Medina-Jerez, Dr. Jose Maria Herrera, and Dr. Ernesto Castañeda
• Sotelo, H. Y., (2019). Escritura Crí­tica Orgánica Para Deconstruir La Opresión Femenina: Propuesta Nepantlera A Redefinir La Pedagogía De La Creación Literaria (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27668126)
  Committee: Dr. Josefina V. Tinajero (Chair), Dr. Elva Reza López, and Dr. Guillermina Nuñez-Mchiri
• Villarreal, E., (2019). Narcocultura As Cultural Capital For Latinx Youth Identity Work: An Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Ethnography (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 27666764)
  Committee: Dr. Katherine S. Mortimer (Chair), Dr. Amy J. Bach, Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Eduardo Barrera Herrera

Spring 2019

• Herrera-Rocha, L. (2019). Language Ideologies and Identities of Emergent Bilinguals in a Dual Language and a Transitional Bilingual Education Context: A Comparative Study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No.13882732).
  Committee: Dr. Maria de la Piedra (Chair), Dr. Char Ullman, Dr. Aurolyn Luykx, and Dr. Alberto Esquinca
• Graboski-Bauer, A. (2019). Psychologically Satisfying: Exploring Client Experiences with Dynamics of Shared Decision-Making in Care from Prescribing Psychologists (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 13864763)
  Committee: Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Chris Vento, Dr. Penelope Espinoza, and Dr. Olga Kosheleva
• Saldana Corral, C. (2019). Art as a Mediating Tool: Children and Learning in a Music and Arts-Based After School Program (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 13883765)
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair), Dr. Olga M. Kosheleva (Co-Chair), Dr. Char Ullman, Dr. Beverley Calvo, and Dr. Richard Siegesmund
• Serna, L. A. (2019). Newcomer English Language Learners in High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10686825)
  Committee: Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, Dr. Song An, and Dr. Kristin Lems

Fall 2018

• Ortega, M. N., (2018). Evolving Identity: A Case Study Of Mentor Science Teachers (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 13422956) 
  Committee: Dr. Reynaldo Reyes (Chair), Dr. Nicole Louie, Dr. William H. Robertson, and Dr. Laura F. Serpa
• Slade, J. D., (2018). Public School Based Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Their Approaches to Curriculum: A Naturalistic Case Study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 13421645)
  Committee: Dr. Alyse Hachey (Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca (Co-Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca, Dr. Erika Mein, Song An, and Dr. Sally Campbell Galman

Summer 2018

• Montoya, D. P. P. (2018). EFL teachers' identities and their teaching and assessment practices in a public university of a major city in Colombia (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10931145)
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair), Dr. Katherine Mortimer, Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Elana Shohamy

Spring 2018

• Clark, K. S. (2018). The professional identities of child and youth program assistants (CYPAs) at a military Installation (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10823637) 
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca, Dr. Katherine Mortimer, and Dr. Louise Davis
• Michal, L. H. (2018). Beyond teacher knowledge: Connections between content knowledge, mindset for learning, and teaching in two-year college mathematics faculty (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10812947) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, and Dr. Art Duval
• Paugh, N. L. (2018). Language, literacy and project based learning: An ethnographic case study of a new tech classroom in a high school on the US/Mexico border (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10808665) 
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca, Dr. Christina Convertino, and Dr. David DeMatthews
• Siemssen, A. M. (2018). Using data mining to model student achievement on the 4th grade TIMSS 2015 mathematics assessment: A five nation study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10812051)
  Committee: Dr. Song An (Chair), Dr. Tim Cashman, and Dr. Arturo Olivarez
• Venegas, L. A. (2018). Analyzing school-wide, project-based learning in a middle school: From a cultural historical activity theory perspective (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10811829)
  Committee: Dr. Pei-Ling Hsu (Chair), Dr. Song An, and Dr. Angus S. Mungal

Fall 2017

• Salcedo Orozco, O. H. (2017). Towards a unified theory of engineering education (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10684547) 
  Committee: Dr. David J. Carrejo (Chair), Dr. Olga M. Kosheleva, Dr. Peter Golding, and Dr. Timothy G. Cashman
• Setra, A. (2017). Investigating mathematics self-efficacy beliefs of elementary pre-service teachers in a reform-based mathematics methods course (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10687057) 
  Committee: Dr. David Carrejo (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, Dr. Lawrence Lesser, and Dr. Arturo Olivarez

Spring 2017

• Monarrez, A. M. (2017). Teacher challenges in implementing cognitively demanding tasks in the mathematics and science classrooms (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10278789) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca, and Dr. Lawrence Lesser
• Ortiz Galarza, M. L. (2017). The influence of multiple representations on secondary students' understanding of trigonometric functions (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10285676) 
  Committee: Dr. David Carrejo (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, Dr. Elsa Villa, and Dr. Peter Golding
• Viera, J., Jr. (2017). Emergent bilinguals' engagement in an online mathematics course utilizing an intelligent tutoring system (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 102853s66) 
  Committee: Dr. Olga Kosheleva (Chair), Dr. Alberto Esquinca, and Dr. Amy Wagler

Spring 2016

• Martinez, V. (2016). Am I another statistic?: A phenomenological study of border region at-risk Latina/o youth (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10118198) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Arturo Olivarez, and Dr. Roberto Cortez-Gonzalez
• Valverde Flores, Y. M. (2016). Secondary mathematics teachers' disposition towards challenge and its impact on teaching practice (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10118175) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Maria de la Piedra, and Dr. Lawrence Lesser
• Wandermurem, L. S. (2016). Entering the world of university: The literacies and identities of Latino/a youth in their transitions from high school to college (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10118179) 
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair). Dr. Alberto Esquinca, Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf

Fall 2015

• Talamantes, M. D. R. (2015). "Es que nadie me quiere ayudar," affective factors in the schooling experience of recent immigrants and dual language instruction (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 10000773)
  Committee: Dr. María de la Piedra (Chair), Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Guillermina G. Nuñez-Mchiri

Summer 2015

• Ontiveros, C. C. (2015). Latina/o high school students' standpoint on environmental justice in a border community: A phenomenological study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3724936) 
  Committee: Dr. William Medina-Jerez (Chair), Dr. María de la Piedra, Dr. Elaine Hampton, and Dr. Bora Simmons

Spring 2015

• Babarinsa-Ochiedike, G. (2015). Challenges in assessing college students' conception of duality: The case of infinity (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3708533) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, and Dr. Helmut Knaust
• Fuentes, B. O. (2015). Dual language K-2 latina teachers: Juxtaposing linguistic identities and pedagogical practices on the U.S.-mexico frontera (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3708538)  
  Committee: Dr. Erika Mein (Chair), Dr. Elena Izquierdo, Dr. Char Ullman, and Dr. Guillermina Nuñez-Mchiri
• Gallardo, R. E. (2015). Borderland pedagogy study of high school mathematics teachers' lesson plan development and implementation practices (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3708539) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, Dr. Lawrence M. Lesser, and Dr. Ruby Lynch-Arroyo
• Huereca, K. (2015). High school mathematics teachers' connective knowledge of the challenges and possibilities in implementing the flipped learning model: An embedded mixed-methods study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3715436) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, and Dr. Eric A. Hagedorn
• McDermott, B. R. (2015). Pre-service elementary teachers' affective dispositions toward mathematics (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3708554) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Katherine Mortimer, and Dr. Kien Lim
• Navariz, D. N. (2015). Examining teachers' acceptance and use of mobile applications and iPads in instruction through the technology acceptance model: A mixed methods study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3609498) 
  Committee: Dr. Meilan Zhang (Chair), Dr. Julio Noboa, and Dr. Natalia Villanueva Rosales
• Saldana, R., Jr. (2015). Mobile professional development: Taxonomic levels of learning on teachers' TPACK perceptions and acquisition of technology competencies (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3708564) 
  Committee: Dr. Arturo Olivarez (Chair), Dr. Pei-Ling Hsu, Dr. Brian Giza, and Dr. Beverley Calvo

Fall 2014

• Al-Salmi, L. (2014). Digital biliteracy: Digital technologies as homes for arab immigrant children's biliteracy development (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3682448) 
  Committee: Dr. Patrick Smith (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, and Dr. Guillermina Nuñez-Mchiri
• Espitia Mendoza, V. (2014). The challenges latino parents of english language learners encounter in their child's schooling: The politics and the praxis (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3682459). 
  Committee: Dr. Elena Izquierdo (Chair), Dr. María de la Piedra, Dr. Erika Mein, and Dr. Beverley Argus-Calvo
• Cruz Quinones, Maria de,los Angeles. (2014). Relationship between cognitive types of teacher content knowledge and knowing-to act: A mixed methods study of mexican borderland middle school teachers (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3682455) 
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, Dr. Arturo Olivarez, Dr. Lawrence Lesser, and Dr. Ana Macías
• Paez Paez, C. R. (2014). Views from a community college on the U.S.-mexico border: Mexican/Mexican-american postsecondary students' perceptions of K-16 mathematics education (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3682478)   
  Committee: Dr. Judith Munter (Chair), Dr. Olga Kosheleva, Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov, and Dr. Art Duval

Summer 2014

• Kerney, D. Y. (2014). True blue: A narrative inquiry exploring instructional practices used during reading instruction in a title I 2010 national blue ribbon school in new mexico (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3636272)
  Committee: Dr. Char Ullman (Chair), Dr. Reynaldo Reyes, and Dr. Richard Sorenson

Spring 2014

• Click-Cuellar, H. (2014). Mentor preparation: A qualitative study of STEM master teacher professional Development (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3623386) 
  Committee: Dr. Brian Giza (Chair), Dr. Bill Robertson, and Dr. Zulma Mendez
• Al-Salmi, L. (2014). Digital biliteracy: Digital technologies as homes for arab immigrant children's biliteracy development (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3682448) 
  Committee: Dr. Patrick Smith (Chair), Dr. Erika Mein, and Dr. Guillermina Nuñez-Mchiri
• Maxsom, S. C. (2014). The lived experiences of hispanic first-generation college goers in a summer bridging program: A phenomenological study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3626890) 
  Committee: Dr. Judith Munter (Chair), Dr. Elena Izquierdo, Dr. Olga Kosheleva, and Dr. Don P. Schulte

Fall 2013

• Muro, A. (2013). The development and validation of a domestic violence scale administered to GED program participants to determine the effect on test performance (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3609498) 
  Committee: Dr. Arturo Olivarez (Chair), Dr. Ana Macias, Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov, Dr. Erika Mein, and Dr. Aurolyn Luykx
• Lynch-Arroyo, R. (2013). Complexity of affective disposition and reflective transphenomenality: An exploratory study of middle school mathematics teacher and student self-positioning and positioning-by-others toward mathematics, mathematics teaching, and learning (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3609495)
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. William Medina-Jerez, and Dr. Lawrence Lesser
• Valverde Valenzuela, A. (2013). Expanding the pipeline for latino bilingual teachers: A mixed methods study (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3609507)
  Committee: Drs. Judith Munter (Co-Chair), Arturo Olivarez (Co-Chair), Dr. Patrick Smith, Dr. Kathleen Staudt, and Dr. Cathe Lester

Summer 2013

• Falcon, R. (2013). Connected mathematics learning and gender equity in predominately Latino/a high schools: Case of spatial reasoning (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3594335)
  Committee: Dr. Mourat Tchoshanov (Chair), Dr. Cesar Rossatto, Dr. Olga Kosheleva, and Dr. Lawrence M. Lesser

Spring 2013

• Lucero, A. L. (2013). An exploration of social media use among multiply minoritized LGBTQ youth. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3565919)
  Committee: Dr. Brian Giza (Co-Chair), Dr. Char Ullman (Co-Chair), and Dr. Brenda Risch

Summer 2012

• Serrano, M. A. (2012). Professional learning communities as a critical structure for ELL schooling (Doctoral Dissertation). Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas, El Paso. Retrieved from Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI ProQuest No. 3525792)
  Committee: Dr. Elena Izquierdo (Chair), Dr. Ana Macias, Dr. Arturo Olivarez, and Dr. Don Schulte