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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global™ database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from thousands of universities around the world.  Each month ProQuest posts the top 25 Most-Accessed Dissertations and Theses across all subjects, based upon total document views. Check out the current list of top titles (where a number is listed more than once, this indicates a tie in usage). View the Archives to see lists from previous months.

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One with the cloud: why people mistake the internet's knowledge for their own.

Ward, Adrian Frank, Harvard University, 2013, Ph.D. Subject: Psychology

Gender socialization in the family

Shearer, Cindy L., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007, Ph.D. Subject: Developmental psychology

Information sharing and collaboration in the United States intelligence community: An ethnographic study of the National Counterterrorism Center

Nolan, Bridget Rose, University of Pennsylvania, 2013, Ph.D. Subject: Organizational behavior

Servant leadership: A theoretical model

Patterson, Kathleen Ann, Regent University, 2003, Ph.D. Subject: Management

Teacher-Writer Perceptions on the Essence of Writing: Influences, Identity and Habits of Mind to Sustain a Writing Life

Daniels, Shari Lynn, The University of North Dakota, 2018, Ph.D. Subject: Teacher education

Anatolia in the Gap: Phrygia, Lydia, and Orientalizing Reconsidered

Tanaka, Kurtis T., University of Pennsylvania, 2018, Ph.D. Subject: Archaeology

Nothing Left Unfinished: A Transcendental Phenomenology on the Persistence of Black Women in Distance Education Doctoral Programs

Rogers, Sherrita Yolande, Liberty University, 2018, Ed.D. Subject: Higher education

The Effects of Unemployment on Black Youth in Gauteng, South Africa

Holmes, Corey W., Howard University, 2019, Ph.D. Subject: Social research

Improving decision making in healthcare operations

Dean, Matthew D., University of Connecticut, 2010, Ph.D. Subject: Management

THE TEAROOM TRADE: IMPERSONAL SEX IN PUBLIC PLACES

HUMPHREYS, ROBERT ALLAN LAUD, Washington University in St. Louis, 1968, Ph.D. Subject: Individual & family studies

El rol de Ia colaboracion y el Modelo de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos (ABPr) mediante el lente de la Teoria de Actividad (CHAT): un estudio de caso con estudiantes de 9no grado

Delgado Quinones, Isabel C., University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico), 2015, Ed.D. Subject: Science education

Teachers' perceptions regarding the use of Google Classroom and Google Docs and their impact on student engagement

Morquin, Demian, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 2016, Ed.D. Subject: Educational leadership

Social Media Technologies' Influence on Adolescent Social/Emotional Development Via Attachment

Davis, Cynthia A., The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2017, Psy.D. Subject: Clinical psychology

Social Media and Self-Evaluation: The Examination of Social Media Use on Identity, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Young Female Adults

Solomon, Michelle, William James College, 2016, Psy.D. Subject: Clinical psychology

Identifying as Husbands, Fathers, and School Leaders: A Phenomenology of Doctoral Persistence Among Limited Residency Students

Patterson, John, Liberty University, 2017, Ed.D. Subject: Educational leadership

Mentor and Candidate Attributes That Promote Doctoral Persistence and Postgraduation Scholarship in Limited Residency and Online Doctoral Programs

Spaulding, Maria T., Regent University, 2019, Ph.D. Subject: Higher education

Leadership influence on student motivation: A case study of prospective military musicians in training

Sciarini, Michael J., Regent University, 2003, Ph.D. Subject: Music education

Ngugi wa Thiong'o's drama and the Kamiriithu popular theater experiment

Ndigirigi, Josphat Gichingiri, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998, Ph.D. Subject: Theater

Dynamic mode decomposition: Theory and applications

Tu, Jonathan H., Princeton University, 2013, Ph.D. Subject: Mechanical engineering

The Impact of e-Books with Word Highlighting Features on Early Literacy Skills of Emergent Readers

Bell, Carla Anne, Regent University, 2018, Ph.D. Subject: Educational technology

Knowledge of sickle cell trait and disease among African-American college students

Harrison, Sayward E., East Carolina University, 2011, Ph.D. Subject: Clinical psychology

"The Classical School, Deterrence Theory, and Zero Tolerance": An analysis of a mandatory zero tolerance sanctioning policy in relation to The Classical School of Criminology and Deterrence Theory

Saeler, Adam, Nova Southeastern University, 2015, Ph.D. Subject: Criminology

Therapists' use of reflection of feeling with trauma survivors

Lapin, Joshua S., Pepperdine University, 2016, Psy.D. Subject: Clinical psychology

A Tale of Two Schools: Principal Practices That Support the Achievement of Low-Income Students in Demographically Diverse Schools

Brown, Goldy, III, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2012, Ph.D. Subject: Educational administration

The emergence of the dark hero in Scott and Byron: A Darwinian perspective

Jobling, Ian D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002, Ph.D. Subject: British & Irish literature

The Developmental Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants

Johnstone, Andrea, Pace University, 2012, Psy.D. Subject: Developmental psychology

Essential leadership competencies for U.S. Air Force wing chaplains

Costin, Dondi E., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008, Ph.D. Subject: Management

The current state of project risk management practices among risk sensitive project management professionals

Voetsch, Robert James, The George Washington University, 2004, Ph.D. Subject: Management

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