Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1987, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Education

Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Writing​, University of Findlay, 2017, English

American women began to organize in study or learning clubs in large numbers in the second half of the 19th century. Though varied in location and membership criteria, these learning/study clubs almost unanimously shared the goals of formalizing further educational opportunities and recording the history of the club in the minutes and programs produced. Little is written about the status of these women's learning clubs today; however, written rhetorical practices left by club members preserve the original intent of self-education and also document how the club members became active in philanthropy and political activity. The Thursday Conversational Club of Findlay, Ohio is a women's learning club with a 124-year history. The club's minutes, and many of the programs, photographs, and other documents have been preserved and are currently held in the archives of the Hancock Historical Museum. This thesis examines the rhetorical practices, via the club's minutes, of the Thursday Conversational Club over eight decades, from 1922-1993. These minutes are studied through a feminist rhetorical lens, in order to show that this particular club is representative of the broader women's club movement, that the sense of feminist community and collaboration is evident in both the written and social rhetoric of the club, and that these minutes have feminist historiographic value.

Committee: Christine Denecker PhD (Committee Member); Courtney Bates PhD (Committee Member); Kathy Mason PhD (Committee Member); Christine Tulley PhD (Advisor) Subjects: History; Rhetoric; Womens Studies

Master of Humanities (MHum), Wright State University, 2007, Humanities

This thesis is about the Women's Club Movement in Dayton, Ohio, using the music clubs as a case study. The dates encompassed range from the formation of the Mozart Club in 1888 to the formation of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in 1933. The formation of women's clubs, by both white and black women, was a national phenomenon, and Dayton exemplified what was going on throughout the United States. This thesis traces the roots of women's activism and association building from the early benevolent and religious reforms of the early nineteenth century to the formation of clubs, and finally the establishment of major cultural institutions, including orchestras. The research was collected by using primary sources such as local club records and nineteenth century women's memoirs, as well as secondary sources on the women's club movement and women's activism. The significance of this research reveals an interesting story about Dayton, and the major impact women had on fostering a love of culture in their city.

Committee: Ava Chamberlain (Advisor) Subjects:

Master of Education, Cleveland State University, 1987, College of Education and Human Services

This investigation surveyed program directors and staff members of commercial wellness and/or fitness clubs, and corporate wellness/ fitness programs in major United States cities. It assessed the five following areas: qualifications and certifications, salary, programs and facilities, in-service and staff development, and exercise programs. A total of 489 questionnaires were sent to program directors cities across the United States. The applicable percent of return was 19%. The information was coded and then analyzed using descriptive statistics. Five of the seven hypotheses were supported. Unexpected results, where variations could occur, were found within the hypotheses. The findings included: Whereas program directors in the corporate area had more formal education than commercial program directors, commercial directors had more ACSM certifications. The staff in both sectors had equivalent formal education, but commercial staff had more ACSM certifications. Bonuses are used as incentives for increased membership sales in the majority of commercial sectors. Over half of the corporate sector required a physical exam before starting an exercise program. Less than half of the commercial sector required some form of fitness evaluation. Whereas each sector used different techniques of assessment, both sectors regularly assessed their programs and clients. The commercial sector offered more initial/orientation and in-service programs for their staff than the corporate sector. There were differences in many areas between corporate and commercial program directors (age, years in present position, salary, recommendations). Even though the survey had a small return rate, the study indicated trends within the fitness industry.

Committee: Robert Sheehan (Advisor); James Klinzing (Advisor) Subjects: Physical Education

Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1960, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1962, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1969, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1963, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1967, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1970, Graduate School

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Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 1962, Graduate School

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PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2024, College-Conservatory of Music: Music (Musicology)

By the end of the nineteenth century, Bostonians had positioned themselves as leaders of sociocultural development in the United States. In 1885, one international visitor wrote about his trip to Boston and fondly recalled how he was particularly entertained by the “many musical entertainments showered upon Boston,” citing the Boston Orchestral Club and the Apollo Club as giving the most captivating performances. By this time, music clubs had woven themselves into the city's sociocultural tapestry, playing a critical role in securing the city's reputation as a national leader for musical development and progress. Despite achieving such an impressive reputation, Boston's concert tradition remained firmly tethered to the Germanic musical canon; an unintended result set forth by musical luminaries from decades prior, including those in music clubs, many of whom modeled Boston's musical life on contemporary German examples. Frustrated by their lack of a musical identity independent from European traditions, late nineteenth-century Americans experienced a national cultural awakening as citizens began wrestling with what it meant to be distinctly “American.” As Americans grappled with the elusiveness of their own national cultural identity, they turned to music as a medium that could play a crucial role in defining who they were as well as how they could distinguish themselves from European nations whose music had formed their programmatic backbone from decades prior. When it came to actualizing this vision of an American musical culture separate form European concert traditions, one key player remained involved: local music clubs. Due to their long history within the city's social landscape, by the turn of the twentieth century, Boston's music clubs—though varied in purpose, scope, and personnel—had rendered themselves the ideal space for addressing larger topical issues, such as national cultural identity. Using records preserved by the National Federation of Mus (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Jonathan Kregor Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Angela Swift Ph.D. D.M.A. (Committee Member); Stephen Meyer Ph.D. (Committee Member) Subjects: Music

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, EDU Teaching and Learning

The aim of this dissertation is to examine how a Latinx speculative fiction book club can act as a figured world allowing individuals, including myself, to self-author their identities, especially Latinx identity in an intersectional way to other identities. Specifically I argue that the construction of the book club acts as a figured world, (Holland et. al., 1998), that allows for navigation of identity and a recognition of similar moves that the characters perform within the texts of Donna Barba Higuera's (2021) The Last Cuentista and Romina Garber's (2020) Lobizona. Examining these texts and book clubs as a construction of figured worlds (Holland et al., 1998) I argue then reveals potential stock stories, allowing for characters and readers to present counterstories (Martinez, 2014; 2020) to create an epistemic friction (Medina, 2017) that allows for reauthoring of one's own identities. In particular, I argue that Latinx young adult speculative fiction is particularly suited to defamiliarizing (Schlak, 2018) stock stories as well as acting as a critical fiction (Medina, 2008) for Latinx identity, in which characters are constantly moving through a Borderlands (Anzaldua, 1987/2012). Throughout my analysis of the texts as well as the book club, I argue for understanding the authoring of identities as constructed from a larger national level or field as well as navigation of these identities within the figured world and individuals themselves. The conclusions I reach are that there is a need for Latinx speculative fiction, for LaCtic scholarship within speculative fiction, for affinity groups for Latinx participants, and that there is a potential to reframe texts as a series of figured worlds in order to map the construction of identity throughout the texts. Moreover, I make the argument that LatCrit theorists and scholarships combined with Holland et al. (1998) allows for a broader and more nuanced reading of Latinx identity within texts and the (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Caroline Clark (Advisor) Subjects: Education; Literature

Specialist in Education (Ed.S.), University of Dayton, 2021, School Psychology

Extra-curricular activities (ECAs) have demonstrated positive effects on students' academic achievement, school experiences, motivation, and self-esteem, especially at the high school level. Students who participate in ECAs can develop different types of skills depending on the ECAs that they participate in. This study examined the relationship between time spent in extra-curricular activities (ECAs) and academic performance in a sample of (n = 43) high school seniors, who participated in ECAs, and those who did not. A survey completed by the students revealed their age, gender, participation in ECAs, types of ECAs, and time spent in ECAs in a typical week. Each student's English Language Arts grade was collected as part of the study. Results of a Chi-Squared Test of Independence indicate that there is not a relationship between time spent in ECAs and grade received in English Language Arts. Implications for future research and practice, specifically to school psychologists, are provided.

Committee: Sawyer Hunley (Advisor); Brittany Collins (Committee Member); Elana Bernstein (Committee Member) Subjects: Counseling Education; Education; Fine Arts; Psychology

BBA, Kent State University, 2018, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ambassador Crawford / Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Organizations throughout the country struggle to communicate with prospective members, current members, and other interested parties, including other organizations . Even with organizational fairs and existing social media, organizations often have difficulty attracting new members, promoting events, and marketing themselves to their schools and communities. Currently, no standardized platform exists to enable organizations to use to communicate. Instead, they rely on a non-standardized communication variety of tools. Clubhub101.com will provide a standardized platform in the form of a central website and mobile application for organizations, allowing them to easily connect and share information with interested parties across the country.

Committee: Denise Lee (Advisor); Don-John Dugas (Committee Chair); Jennifer Wiggins (Committee Member); Mary Heidler (Committee Member) Subjects: Business Administration; Business Costs; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Marketing

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, 2018, English

Examines George Orwell's engagement with popular literature throughout the 1930s and 1940s, decades of unprecedented efficiency in media production and dissemination. Argues that mass media technology informs Orwell's literary methods and anti-authoritarian politics as early as his first, overlooked novel, Burmese Days (1934). This novel is one of the first examples of the author's career-long critique of clubs, whose reliance on cheap journals and paperbacks promotes truncated, monochromatic language and ideology. The club environment for Orwell is therefore a synecdoche for totalitarian society. I focus on media ecology to address questions about conventional and even pro-colonial aspects in Burmese Days, arguing that Orwell uses tropes in his writing to suggest the impossibility of removing his work from the capitalist economy. My thesis will engage with larger questions about the interaction between politics and literature, focusing on points in Orwell's writing where he explores the dialectic between media economy and literary products. I position Orwell as a thinker interested in questions akin to those of the media critics Theodor Adorno and Marshall McLuhan, although Orwell began to arrive at similar conclusions before either Adorno or McLuhan published their seminal works.

Committee: Joseph McLaughlin (Advisor) Subjects: British and Irish Literature; Literature

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1997, Graduate School

Committee: Not Provided (Other) Subjects: Education

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1987, Graduate School

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Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1971, Graduate School

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Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1985, Graduate School

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