Theses, Dissertations, and graduate student summative projects submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from Augsburg University
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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Community Capacity Building: How are Low-Income Families and Communities of Color Engaged in the Process?, Juanita Judie Cutler
Leadership for Inter-organization Collaboration, Dawn Cvengros
Best Practices for Retention of Nursing Assistants in Hospitals: The BUILD Model, Lynda R. Frayne
The Influences of Culture, Socioeconomics, and Migration on the Mexican Immigrant Experience, Jean M. Gunderson
Towards An Understanding of Church Social Work Practice, Luann K. Hanson
Retaining Volunteers, Nancy A. Hudson
Beyond the Mirror, Judith Thyen Jordan
Using Complexity Theory to Select Between Leaders and Managers, Michael W. Jordan
Examining Perceptions about Restorative Justice Among Correctional Managers and Leaders, Sigrun M. Klausen
The Leadership of the Domestic Violence Movement in Minnesota, Suzanne Koepplinger
Practitioner Perspectives on End-of-Life Planning, Katherine M. Krage
An Evaluation of the ISPCAN Inter-Sectoral Training: Child Abuse Protocols in South Africa, Amy Maheswaran
Leadership in Virtual Field Service Organizations, Charley Price
The Elder Family Meeting: Leading to the Heart of the Matter, Kathryn Ringham
Achieving Alignment Through Adaptive Leadership, Susan Schultze
Generation Xers and Boomers: How Evolving Work Values, Life Stages, and Generations Explain the Differences, Lucille A. Stoffels
Electronic Mail: What Leaders Need to Know, Marsha J. Thiel
Discipleship: Empowering Followers for the Modern Church, Gordon Thomas
An Exploration of Family Adjustment to Nursing Home Placement as Perceived by Nursing Home Social Workers, Alicia Ann Vandenberg
A Study of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Computer-Based Communication, Luann Watson
Client Satisfaction in a Battered Women's Shelter, Sandra Kathleen Womeldorf
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Factors in Childhood that Contribute to the Development of Resiliency: An Exploratory Study of Adult, Female Somalian Refugees, Joyce L. Arends
The 1998 Minnesota Legislation for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Policy Analysis, Mary J. Arfmann
A Hermeneutics Study: The Spirituality of Adults with a Terminal Illness in a Hospice Program, Ginny K. Backman
Stride and MFIP: Outcome Differences, Melissa A. Bate
Family Preservation and Reunification : Do our Nations Laws Support this Concept?, Bekah Saliterman Bauer
Public and Private Responses to Infant Abandonment, Jo C. Bauer
Minority Social Workers' Perspective Regarding the Recruitment and Retention of People of Color in the Social Work Profession, Dana M. Bennett
Spirituality and Disability : What are the Dynamics and Significance of Spirituality in the Lives of People with Physical Disabilities, Michele Berndt
An Exploratory Study Of Independent Living Skills Of Emancipated Treatment Foster Care, Christine Marie Beseman Durocher
Public Schools and Islam: Accommodating the Needs of Muslim Students in the Public Schools, Ethan Bleifuss
The Red Cross: Perceptions of an International Organization at the Local Level, Jennifer M. Bratsch
A Hermeneutic Study of Individuals with PTSD and Their Experiences with Bodywork, Linnea L. Buffie
Transformational Leadership: A Case Study of Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Denise Cleveland
Evaluating the Engagement Process of Involuntary Male Clients in a Court-ordered Domestic Abuse Program, Colleen Cunningham
Services Provided For Sexually Abused Children In Staffed Emergency Children's Shelters In the Metro Area, Kylie L. Davis
The Development of a Support Group Curriculum for Parents of Infants Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pamela L. Dehkes
Blinded by Vision, Craig A. Dowd
Social Support and Depressive Symptoms of Older Adults Residing in an Age Segregated Housing Complex, Erica M. Doyen
Florence Nightingale as Servant-Leader, Theresa Duffy
Nurse Manager as Leader: Creating Community within a Healthcare Organization, Theresa Marie Duffy
Implications of Early Brain Development on Child Care, Troy Dunkley
The Impact of Deinstitutionalization on Individuals Who Receive Services from Guild Incorporated, Meredith K. Foster
How Life Marker Events Affect The Grieving Process of Elderly Caregivers Who Have Lost Their Spouses: An Exploratory Study, Gayle E. Galarneau
Perceptions of Social Workers Concerning Possible Gaps in the Discharge Planning Process at Regional Treatment Centers, Kathleen A. Goblirsch
Leadership: Understanding and Adapting to Generational Differences and Core Work Values, Denise Gordon
Winning by Serving: A Case Study in Servant Leadership, Denise D. Gordon
Social Workers' Experience of Implementing Therapeutic Touch: A Hermeneutic Study, Sheila V. Greene
Narrative Therapy: A Multi-dimensional Case Evaluation, Brad Hanson
The Effects of Client Suicide on a Therapist, Jennifer Gail Ranum Hilgers
Qualitative Study of Prenatal Care and Low Income Women, Amy B. Hoppe
An Exploratory Internet Study Of Perceptions Of Academic Accommodations Among Post-Secondary Students With Disabilities, Lance Hotchkiss
Program Evaluation of Integrated Community Services, Julie R. Humbert
Family Members of Gays and Lesbians Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, Diane M. Jorgensen
Mission, Vision, Values, and Spirituality: A Case Study, Jean Kelly
A Case Study of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's Leadership, Jim L. Kline
Leadership in the Continuous Improvement Process, Jim L. Kline
The Experience of Family Adaptation of Hypertechnical Communications as it Relates to Normative Parent-Adolescent Conflict, Robert M. Lawlor
A Content Analysis of the Leadership Themes Portrayed in the Dilbert Comic Strip, Stephanie L. McCollum
A Hermeneutical Study: The Personal Meaning of the Dying Experience of Individuals with a Terminal Illness, Maurine E. McCort
The Interaction Between Therapist Personal Sexual Trauma History And Client Sexual Trauma Material, Jennifer L. McVay
Adult Children with Developmental Disabilities: The Impact on the Mothers, Tracy J. E Mitchell
A Case Study of Attachment Behaviors In A Therapeutic Milieu, Dana Elizabeth Niklaus
A Pilot Study on the Comprehensiveness of the Minnesota Family Investment Program, Tracy L. Norstad
Health Start School-Based Clinic Staff and Hmong Adolescents: Does the Servant Leadership Theory Apply?, Tie H. Oei
Crow Wing County Family Services Collaborative Service Worker Program Evaluation - A Parent's Perspective, Sandra Olson Larson
The Attitudes of Business Owners and Employees Towards Adults with Developmental Disabilities as Customers: An Exploratory Study, Rachel K. Olson
Sense of Humor, Stress, and Burnout in Medical Social Workers, Kerby Plante
Heroic Leadership: A Native American Legend, Sitting Bull 1831 - 1890, Charley Price
Volunteer Motivations for College Students: Reasons for Initial and Continued Involvement in Voluntary Community Service Organizations, Tanya K. Refshauge
What It Takes For a Woman To Start Her Own Business: My Personal Quest, Kristi Rinehart
Reweaving the Web of Life: A Case Study of a Feminist Leader in a Feminist Organization, Kathryn Ringham
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents With an EBD Label: an Exploratory Study, Melanie Rivers
Establishing a 'Place of Hope' In a Homeless Shelter for Families and Children, Annette E. Rodriguez
Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of Minnesota's Mandatory Reporting law of Child Maltreatment, Kara Jean Rogers
An Exploratory Study of Patient Satisfaction and Servant Leadership, Carol L. Watson Saunders
A Hermeneutic Study: The Impacts of the Harm Reduction Approach on Women Living In Abusive Relationships, Darla Segelstrom
A Summative Evaluation of Hennepin County's Parent Support Project's Healthy Relationship's Parent Education Class, Tina Sorenson-Ford
A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between Personal Resources and Nursing Home Admissions, Vickie Stohr
The School Experience of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students, Lisa Stromquist
Disruptive Behavior Disorders and School Based Intervention Services, Peggy S. Swenson
The Experience of Alcohol Use in Adolescence: A Hermeneutic Study, Stacy O. Swenson
Followership: Why Leadership Works, Gordon Thomas
The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Attrition in Youth Care Workers, Cole Trimble
The Refugee Experiences of Somali Women: A Qualitative Study, Lisa Valiquet
An African-Centered Model for the Group Treatment of Domestic Violence, Robert John Wehling
Female Marketing and Communications Professionals: Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Leadership, Wendy Celaine Wehr
A Hermeneutic Study: Adult Survivors' Lived Experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Traci Weise
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
A Historical Comparison of Treatment Between Male and Female Sex Offenders in the Correctional System, Weida Y. Allen
Parental Influence Factors Affecting Christian Faith Maturity of Children through Adolescence, James W. Anderson
Social Support of Sudanese Refugees in Anoka County, Minnesota, Leslie Kay Anderson
Community Assessment: Strengths and Challenges of American Indian Youth, Yvonne L. Barrett
Somali Immigrant Families: A Foreign Life Experience in the United States, Elizabeth Moleye Bel
Rural Pregnant and/or Parenting Teenagers and Their Informal Support Systems, Rhonda Burns
Surveying Parents Perceptions of Wraparound Services in a Special Education Setting, Brenda Chapman
Risk and Resilience Factors Linked to Problem Behavior Among Urban Culturally Diverse Adolescents, Stephanie L. Crosby