Selected Bibliography of
Completed Theses and Dissertations
Related to North Carolina Subjects

Compiled by Lang Baradell

This compilation continues the “Selected Bibliography of Completed Theses and Dissertations Related to North Carolina Subjects, 1974-1978” published in the January 1979 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review and supplements published annually in January since 1979. Titles included in this bibliography were derived from perusal of Dissertations Abstracts International: The Humanities and Social Sciences and Masters Abstracts: The Humanities and Social Sciences,¹ as well as from communication with graduate offices, history departments, and libraries at North Carolina’s universities.

Entries are listed alphabetically by author under the field in which the degree was awarded or in a closely allied field, followed by the title of the thesis or dissertation, the type of degree, the name of the university granting the degree, and the year in which the degree was awarded. Total pages (i.e., leaves) have been included when available.

In order to conserve space, the full titles of many universities have been shortened and the names of North Carolina’s universities have been abbreviated:

ASU             Appalachian State University, Boone

Duke             Duke University, Durham

ECU             East Carolina University, Greenville

NCSU          North Carolina State University, Raleigh

UNC-C        University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UNC-CH     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNC-G        University of North Carolina at Greensboro

UNC-W       University of North Carolina at Wilmington

WCU           Western Carolina University, Cullowhee

WFU            Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem

1. Dissertations Abstracts International and Masters Abstracts are published monthly and quarterly respectively by Bell & Howell Information and Learning, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. In addition, this data is available on their web site and on CD-ROM. Microfilm or xerographic copies of many of the dissertations included in this bibliography can be purchased from Bell & Howell; however, only a few of the master’s theses can be so purchased. Manuscript or microfilm copies of theses and dissertations usually may be read in the libraries of universities granting the degrees, and copies of some of the titles may be available through interlibrary loan.

African American Studies
Anthropology
Appalachian Studies
Art History
Biography
Economics
Education
Geography
History and Political Science
Literature
Music
Native American Studies
Religion
Sociology
Women's Studies

BEAL, LINDA M. African American Women, Domestic Violence, and the African American Church: An Exploratory Study of Domestic Violence in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. D.Min., Drew University, 2001. 109 pp.

BEAMAN, THOMAS E., JR. The “Castle” and the “Palace”: Comparing Artifact Patterns at Russellborough and Tryon Palace, Two Elite Residences of Colonial North Carolina. M.A., ECU, 2001. 116 pp.

FREDERICK, MARLA FAYE. The Cultural Politics of Religious Experience: African American Women’s Spirituality and Activism in the Contemporary United States South. Ph.D., Duke, 2000. 268 pp.

JORGENSON, MATTHEW W. Mount Pleasant Phase Pottery in the North Carolina Coastal Plain: Vessel Form, Function, and Foodways at the Wilson Bypass Site. M.A., ECU, 2001. 111 pp.

JOSEPH, JOHNMARK. The Longue Durée of Nineteenth-Century Fortifications in and around New Bern, North Carolina. M.A., ECU, 2001. 90 pp.

MCDONALD, JULIANA. Getting Older and Farming: An Ethnographic Study of Farmers in the Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2000. 249 pp.

TATE, JIMMY TERIELL. The Interpretation of the Cultural Landscapes of Pender County: The Architectural Heritage of Watha, St. Helena, Van Eeden, and Penderlea. M.A.L.S., UNC-W, 2001. 42 pp.

BROWN, LOGAN. An Historical Examination of Tourism Marketing Imagery in Western North Carolina and Its Impacts on Cultural Interpretation of the Landscape. M.A., ASU, 2001. 179 pp.

CHHABRA, DEEPAK. Heritage Tourism: An Analysis of Perceived Authenticity and Economic Impact of the Scottish Highland Games in North Carolina. Ph.D., NCSU, 2001. 187 pp.

NEWFONT, KATHRYN D. Moving Mountains: Forest Politics and Commons Culture in Western North Carolina. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2001. 294 pp.

OWEN, HELEN MINTZ. The Significance of a Rural Education: An Examination of the Ways Work and Play Set Patterns for the Heritage of Learning of One Appalachian Family. Ed.D., WCU, 2000. 145 pp.

DENNISON, MARIEA CAUDILL. Art of the American South, 1915-1945: Picturing the Past, Portending Regionalism. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000. 479 pp.

ROBERTSON, WENDY LEE. The Discovery of a New Measure: Creative Institutions and the Visionary Arts from Black Mountain College to MOMA. Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2000. 334 pp.

BURKHART, DOROTHEA D. Catholicism, Confederacy, and Colonialism: A Study of Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan. Ph.D., UNC-G, 2001. 178 pp.

STOCKDALE, KAY LITTLE. Elizabeth B. Williams: Portrait of a Rural Missionary Educator. Ed.D., UNC-G, 2000. 136 pp.

DENAUX, ZULAL SOGUTLU. Taxes, Government Spending, and Endogenous Growth: A Theoretical Analysis with an Empirical Application to North Carolina. Ph.D., NCSU, 2001. 122 pp.

JOHNSON-WEBB, KAREN DENISE. Formal and Informal Hispanic Labor Recruitment: North Carolina Communities in Transition. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 157 pp.

OSTERMANN, JAN. Predicting the Effects of Additional Cardiac Surgery Providers in North Carolina on Market Structure, Patient Volume, and Access to Care. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 245 pp.

BARDEN, MARY ANNMARUCA. University of North Carolina Faculty Perceptions of the Degree to which They Apply the Principles of Adult Education within the Distance Education Environment and the Barriers to Becoming More Learner-Centered in Practice. Ed.D., NCSU, 2000. 183 pp.

BOWLING, DENISE CHRISTOPHER. Efficacy of the North Carolina Low Wealth Supplemental Funding Program in Meeting Goals and Improving School Finance Equity. Ed.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 211 pp.

BROWN, ANNETTE EDWARDS. Mobility and the Performance of Military and Civilian Students on the North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests for Reading and Math. Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 2000. 82 pp.

CARR, LINDA JEWELL. Instructional Programs Used in Home Schools in Five North Carolina Counties. Ed.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 153 pp.

CHASE, SUSAN MARIE. Perceptions of Teachers and Staff Developers on What Staff Development is Needed to Support Changes Mandated by the ABCs of Accountability in North Carolina: Implications for the Staff Developer. Ed.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2000. 165 pp.

CLARK, TERESA. A Study of the Relationship between Superintendents’ Use of Power toward Principals and Superintendent Effectiveness as Perceived by Superintendents and Principals in North Carolina. Ed.D., ASU, 2001. 175 pp.

CLARKE, DAVID CROSBY. Differences in Student Dropout Rate, Attendance Rate, and Grade Point Average after the Implementation of the North Carolina Dropout Prevention/Drivers License Law. Ed.D., UNC-C, 2001. 153 pp.

DEMERY, JAMES. The Relationship between Teachers’ Perceptions of School Climate, Racial Composition, Socioeconomic Status, and Student Achievement in Reading and Mathematics. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 98 pp.

DICKSON, MARY KATHY. Parental Perceptions of Public School Choice in a Southeastern North Carolina County. Ed.D., ECU, 2000. 94 pp.

FAULK, KATHRYN ANDERSON. Gateway to the Twenty-First Century of North Carolina Accountability Standards: Focused Intervention. M.S.A., UNC-W, 2000. 95 pp.

GIBSON, CARRIE WHITE. A Description of Services Provided by Community Colleges in North Carolina to Special Populations of Students as Defined by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. Ed.D., UNC-C, 2000. 98 pp.

GUNN, EDWIN ANTHONY. Reach for Tomorrow: A History of Rockingham Community College. Ph.D., UNC-G, 2000. 132 pp.

KNIGHT, MARGARET DEVREAUX. The Effectiveness of North Carolina’s Accountability Model, the ABCs, on the North Carolina Northeast Region School Districts’ Grade Seven Reading Comprehension and Mathematics and End-of-Grade Developmental Scale Scores (Ethnicity, Socioeconomic, and District Enrollment). Ed.D., George Washington University, 2000. 146 pp.

LEFTWICH, PHILIP ROBBINS. Transformational Leadership at the Department Chair Level in North Carolina Community Colleges. Ed.D., NCSU, 2001. 120 pp.

MILLER, BRIAN PHILIP. Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Managing Change:A Case Study of North Carolina’s Johnston Community College. Ed.D., NCSU, 2001. 134 pp.

NOLAN, CHARLES WALTER, II. The Development of Interagency Boards: A Study of Local Smart Start Partnership Steering Committees. Ed.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 118 pp.

PEARSON, DWIGHT. The Application of Research-Based Staff Development Practices in Rural North Carolina Elementary and Middle Schools: A Comparative Analysis of the Perceptions of Teachers from High-Standard and Low Achieving Schools. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 127 pp.

PETWAY, RENITA G. An Analysis and Comparison of Three Eighth-Grade Mathematics Assessments: Third International Mathematics and Science Study, National Assessment of Educational Progress, and North Carolina End-of-Grade Test. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 210 pp.

REED, BETTY JAMERSON. The Brevard Rosenwald School: An Historical Case Study. Ed.D., WCU, 2000. 218 pp.

ROCHA, KIM. Attitudes of Parents and Guardians toward Year-Round Schools in Scotland County, North Carolina. Ed.D., NCSU, 2000. 231 pp.

SAIN, COLLEEN T. North Carolina’s 1996 ABC Accountability Reform: The View from the Classroom. Ph.D., UNC-G, 2000. 219 pp.

SWENCKI, JESSICA B. A Systematic Analysis of the Teaching Profession: North Carolina Teacher Attrition and Retention. M.S.A., UNC-W, 2000. 86 pp.

WARE, ANITA. A Study of Perceived Characteristics of Professional Relationships, Teacher Efficacy, and Teacher Responsibility Contributing to Student Academic Success in Four North Carolina Turnaround Schools. Ed.D., ASU, 2000. 170 pp.

WOMBLE, MICHAEL BROCK. Teacher Absenteeism: The Relationship between Teacher Absence Due to Illness and School Performance Level Ranking on the 1998-1999 North Carolina ABCs Accountability K-8 Plan Model. Ed.D., ECU, 2001. 226 pp.

BURKE, JAMES C. A Cultural Geography of the Lower Cape Fear Basin Region of Bladen County. M.A.L.S., UNC-W, 2001. 120 pp.

ARTHUR, DAVID ERIC. Carolina Chameleons: North Carolina Confederate Soldiers Who Joined the Union Army. M.A., University of Richmond, 2000.

BIRCHFIELD, APRIL D. Peonage on the South and Western Railway in North Carolina. M.A., WFU, 2001. 102 pp.

BRYANT, JAMES KENNETH, II. The Model 36th Regiment: The Contribution of Black Soldiers and Their Families to the Union War Effort, 1861-1866. Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2001. 397 pp.

DRURY, DOREEN MARIE. “Experimentation on the male side”: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Pauli Murray’s Quest for Love and Identity, 1910-1960. Ph.D., Boston College, 2000. 291 pp.

EDWARDS, PAMELA CAYE. Pacific Mills in New England and the South: Comparative Case Studies of Regional Industrial Development. Ph.D., University of Delaware, 2000. 412 pp.

FRAZIER, KEVAN DELANY. Big Dreams, Small Cities: John Nolen, the New South, and the City Planning Movement in Asheville, Roanoke, and Johnson City, 1907-1937. Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2000. 246 pp.

HECKSCHER, JURRETTA JORDAN. “All the mazes of the dance”: Black Dancing, Culture, and Identity in the Greater Chesapeake World from the Early Eighteenth Century to the Civil War. Ph.D., George Washington University, 2000. 455 pp.

HOEFFERLE, CAROLINE M. A Comparative History of Student Activism in Britain and the United States, 1960 to 1975. Ph.D., Central Michigan University, 2000. 528 pp.

LAFFIN, SETH MCCLELLAN. Spit Swapping in Western North Carolina: The Effects of the 1918 Flu Pandemic. M.A., WCU, 2001. 93 pp.

LANGSTON, SCOTT MICHAEL. Negotiating the Boundaries of Power: Governor Thomas Burke as Mediator in Revolutionary North Carolina. M.A., University of Texas-Arlington, 2000. 148 pp.

MCGEE, DAVID HOWELL. “On the Edge of the Crater”: The Transformation of Raleigh, North Carolina, during the Civil War Era. Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2000. 317 pp.

MCGUINN, PHILLIP HORNE. Shell Castle, A North Carolina Entrepôt, 1789-1820: An Historical and Archaeological Investigation. M.A., ECU, 2000. 452 pp.

MARCINKO, TOM. Federal Operations at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, 1861. M.A., ECU, 2000. 108 pp.

NEIDINGER, ADRIANE ASKINS. Archaeological and Historical Site Investigation/Thesis of the John’s Island Wreck (EDS0001). M.A., ECU, 2000. 130 pp.

STERTZER, JENNIFER. An Agrarian Transformation: Environment and Civil War in Cherokee and Macon Counties, North Carolina. M.A., ASU, 2001. 113 pp.

THOMPSON, MICHAEL D. High on the Hog: Swine as Culture and Commodity in Eastern North Carolina. Ph.D., Miami University, 2000. 195 pp.

TUBBY, RAYMOND. Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the 1750 Spanish Plate Fleet Vessel El Salvador. M.A., ECU, 2000. 173 pp.

VAN TUYLL, DEBRA REDDIN. Gray Ladies of the Confederacy: Newspaper Culture in the Old South, 1860-1865. Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2000. 457 pp.

VANDERBURG, TIMOTHY WARREN. Cannon Mills: A Case Study of Southern Industrialization. Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 2001. 371 pp.

WALBERT, KATHRYN LYNN. “Now It is My Duty to Teach School”: Gender, Race, and Reading in the Mid-Nineteenth Century South. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 294 pp.

WESCOTT, JOSEPH WARREN, II. Reaching the Forgotten: The Industrial Education Centers in North Carolina, 1957-1963. M.A., WFU, 2000. 147 pp.

YEAGER, KEVIN LEE. The Power of Ethnicity: The Preservation of Scots-Irish Culture in the Eighteenth-Century American Backcountry. Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2000. 422 pp.

ZIPF, KARIN LORENE. Labor of Innocents: Parents, Children, and Apprenticeship in Nineteenth-Century North Carolina. Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2000. 157 pp.

WILDS, BRIGETTE M. Donning a New Pair of Critical Glasses: The Bildungsroman and Contemporary Southern White Male Writers. Ph.D., UNC-G, 2000. 170 pp.

GUTHMAN, JOSHUA. From the Mills to Manhattan: Charlie Poole and the Cultural Imagination of Hillbilly Musicians. M.A.. UNC-CH, 2000. 46 pp.

HUBER, PATRICK J. The Modern Origins of an Old-Time Sound: Southern Millhands and their Hillbilly Music, 1923-1942. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 290 pp.

GREENE, ANTHONY SCOTT. When Two Worlds Collide: The Civilization Policy and the Transformation of the Cherokee Indians, 1785-1838. M.A., NCSU, 2001. 168 pp.

LOWERY, AMYNOLENE. Edenic Qualities, Regional Characters, and Native Americans in the American Southeast: Common Threads in the Works of John Lawson, William Byrd II, and William Bartram. M.A., NCSU, 2001. 80 pp.

NOWELL, JEREMIAH JAMES, JR. Red, White, and Black: Race Formation and the Politics of American Indian Recognition in North Carolina. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2000. 313 pp.

WOODS, RUTH DIAL. Growing Up Red: The Lumbee Experience. Ph.D., UNC-CH, 2001. 223 pp.

ALLEN, ANTHONY WAYNE. Dr. Olin Trivette Binkley (1908-1999): Pastor, Educator, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. M.Th., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001. 92 pp.

CREECH, JOSEPH WHITFIELD, JR. Righteous Indignation: Religion and Populism in North Carolina, 1886-1906. Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2000. 700 pp.

HASLAM,MATTHEW J. Mormon Literacy: Reading and Writing in a Religious Context. Ph.D., UNC-G, 2000. 244 pp.

NAJAR, MONICA ELIZABETH. Evangelizing the South: Gender, Race, and Politics in the Early Evangelical South, 1765-1815. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000. 252 pp.

ROUTH, CORNELIUS BRIGHT. Finding Christian Community: A Model for Interracial Dialogue among Christians in Mount Airy, North Carolina. D.Min., Drew University, 2000. 96 pp.

VESS, DAVID RAY. Snake Handling for the New Millennium: Preparing First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine for Cultural and Community Change. D. Min., Drew University, 2001. 300 pp.

AMMONS, SAMANTHA KAY. Working at Home: A Study of Skilled White-Collar Workers. M.A., UNC-G, 2000. 139 pp.

KEANE, MICHAEL E. Homelessness: The Changing Landscape in Wilmington, North Carolina. M.A.L.S., UNC-W, 2001. 54 pp.

MCLEAN, ANDREW NILES. Collective Identity and Institutional Change in the Campus Ministry, 1964-1973: Weaving the Cloak of Righteousness. Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 2000. 421 pp.

MCMILLAN, MARYBE. “Your Freedom Ends Where My Nose Begins”: Conflicting Views of Large-Scale Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 199 pp.

MONBUREAU, TIMOTHY OLIVIER. Variation in Perception of Criminal Injustice in North Carolina: Identifying Interaction Effects Involving Race, Gender, and Class. M.S., NCSU, 2000. 78 pp.

ROBINSON, KENNETH LEOTIS. Sunset over the Sunbelt: An Empirical Analysis of Two Alternative Theories of Development in the Southern United States. Ph.D., Cornell University, 2001. 177 pp.

ROBINSON, ROBERT. Construction Workers’ Reactions to Structural Alienation and Inequality. M.S., NCSU, 2001. 105 pp.

STIFFLER, MARGARET ELIZABETH. Parental Involvement and Adolescent Academic Achievement. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 148 pp.

CHAVIS, PRISCILLA. Perceived Barriers of Women to Careers in Rural Law Enforcement in North Carolina. Ed.D., NCSU, 2001. 113 pp.

GORHAM, LAURA SCHMIDT. The North Carolina Community College Leadership Program: Impact on Career Achievement as Perceived by Women Participants. Ed.D., NCSU, 2000. 98 pp.

HUSCUSSON, PEGGY RUANNE. Assistant Principals in a Southern Appalachian Setting: A Study of Career Orientation and Gender. Ed.D., WCU, 2001. 185 pp.

LATHAN, GRENITA FOSTER. A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Selected Female Superintendents of Schools in Illinois and North Carolina. Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2000. 145 pp.

LEACH, MONICA TERRELL. Career Path Profiles of Female Administrators in the University of North Carolina System. Ph.D., NCSU, 2000. 207 pp.

ROUBANIS, JODY LYNN. An Investigation of the Pathways Women Have Taken to the Presidency of Higher Education Institutions in the Raleigh-Durham Metropolitan Region of North Carolina. Ed.D., NCSU, 2000. 252 pp.

WALLACE, MELVIA LYNN. Factors that Influence Black Professional Women’s Participation in Continuing Professional Education. Ed.D., Rutgers, 2000. 149 pp.