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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. University 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. University 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. University 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. University 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. University 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. University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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 Online Ethnography (Doctoral Dissertation). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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). University 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