Client abstracts

This page contains links to the dissertation abstracts of clients with whom I have had the honor and privilege of working.

Jean C. Eells, PhD

Iowa State University, Agriculture Education, 2008.
The land, it’s everything: Women farmland owners and the institution of agricultural conservation in the U.S. Midwest

Sandra L. McGee, PhD

Iowa State University, Family and Consumer Science Education, 2008
Their voices emerged: A grounded theory of learning resilience among African American women in the formal education environment (UMI/CGS competition abstract)

Dr. McGee's dissertation was selected to represent Iowa State University in the Social Sciences category of the 2008 UMI/Counsel of Graduate Schools Distinguished Dissertation Award. For more information about this award, visit CGS/UMI - Distinguished Dissertation Award.

Jodi H. McKay, PhD

Iowa State University, Genetics, 2007
Dr. McKay's dissertation consisted of three journal articles about her work with HRas, a G-protein, with general introduction and general conclusions. HRas intracellular trafficking and signal transduction provides the overall dissertation abstract as well as the titles and abstracts of the journal articles.

Edwin J. Damman, PhD

Iowa State University, Agricultural Education and Studies, 2007
Communication apprehension, information technology fluency, and Internet access as factors affecting college students’ participation in in-class and online discussion

Cynthia C. Barnett, PhD

Iowa State University, Agricultural Education and Studies, 2006
The influence of an integrated course cluster on the communication skills, technical content knowledge, and problem-solving skills of upper-level college students