Aksornjarung, Patama. 1997.

An Ex-post Facto Study of the Acquisition of English Pronominal Anaphora by Thai EFL Learners: A UG-based Transfer Analysis. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3864A. (UMI No. 9811004)

Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Alam, Md. Monirul. 1992. 

The Use of L1 in L2 Writing: Case Studies of Kuwait University EFL Students.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 54.1338A.  (UMI No. 9825581)

Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Alfallaj, Fahad. 1998.

An Evaluative Study of the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language at the Junior College of Technology, Buraydah, Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 3432A. (UMI No. 9906817)

Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Al-Issa, Ahmad. 1998.

Sociopragmatic Transfer in the performance of Refusals by Jordanian EFL Learners: Evidence and Motivating Factors. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 467A. (UMI No. 9823511)

Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth.

Almozaini, Yousef. 1998.

A Descriptive Case Study of ESL Teachers' Beliefs About and Pedagogy in Computer-Assisted Writing Instruction. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 1884A. (UMI No. 9836030)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Al-Samawi, Ahmad. 1995.

Lexical Replacement in Extemporaneous Speech of Proficient L2 Male Arab Students in Western Pennsylvania: A Communication Strategy. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 3934A. (UMI No. 9605250)

Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson.

Aly, Mohammad.  1992. 

A Descriptive Study of Four EFL Teachers' Treatment of Writing Errors and Their Feedback in an Arab Country.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 53.429A. (UMI No. 9217752)

Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Al-Zahrani, Mohammad S. 1998.

Knowledge of English Lexical Collocations Among Male Saudi College Students Majoring in English at a Saudi University. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 468A. (UMI No. 9825581)

Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Angle, Kathleen B. 1983.

Phototgraphy as an Intervention Strategy in the Verbal Composing Process. Dissertation Abstracts International, 44, 300A. (UMI No. 8401349)

Director: Dr. Joan Yanuzzi

Asaad, S. B. 1984.

The Construction and Validation of a Multiple-Choice and a Performance Test of a Communicative Writing Ability for the EFL Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 45, 2880A. (UMI No. 8426550)

Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Atchade, Motcho Prosper. 1998.

An Exploratory Study of the Teacher Development Activities on EFL Teachers at a West African University. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 3433A. (UMI No. 9906818)

Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Aungpredathep, Chitra. 1998.

The Self-Reported Composing Experiences of Four Thai ESL Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 1969A. (UMI No. 3923912)
Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Austin, Wendy Warren. 2000.

The Research Paper in Cyberspace: Source-Based Writing in the Composition Classroom.

Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

Ballinger, Mary. 1994.

Collaborative Teaching Journals and Professional Development Among Women Teaching Associates. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 224A (UMI No. 9419143)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Barber, John. 1995.

Teaching and Learning Around the Electronic Campfire: An Ethnography of Writing Teachers Investigating Computer-Assisted Composition Within a Computer Conference. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 1333A, (UMI No. 9525296)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Barkman, Patricia. 1981.

The Role of the Planning Board in the Writing of College Freshmen. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 2112A. (UMI No. 8124468)

Director: Dr. Frank Como

Beall, Barbara Inman. 1998.

"Are Other Teachers Doing This?" -- Profiling Student Resistance to the Implementation of Ethnography in the First Year Composition Research Class: A Case Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 808A. (UMI No. 9826244)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Bell, Martha C. 1991.

A Comparative Study of Error in Compositions by First-year College Students Using Handwriting and Word Processing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 05A. (UMI No. 9131469)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Berry, Amy.  2002. 

Cybercollaboration: Portrait of an Online Writing Course.

Director: Dr. Gian Pagnucci

Birns, H. William. 1986.

Dialect in the Catskills: A Study in Language and Culture. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 2142A. (UMI No. 8621575)

Director: Dr. Richard E. Ray

Bishop, Wendy. 1988.

A Microethnography with Case Studies of Teacher Development Through a Graduate Training Course in Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 3347A. (UMI No. 8905333)

Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Black, Edward. 1997.

A Text Analysis of the Argumentative Writing in English by Spanish and English Bilingual College Students and by English Monolingual College Students in the Southest United States. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3112A. (UMI No. 9804504)

Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Boquet, Elizabeth. 1995.

Writing Centers: History, Theory, and Implications. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 1671A (UMI No. 9531331)

Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

Boudreaux, Marjorie A. 1998.

Toward Awareness: A Study of Nonverbal Behavior in the Writing Conference. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 1145A. (UMI No. 9828752)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Burkowski, Gayle. 1995.

A Description of Peer Interaction and Avoidance of Conflct in a First-year College Composition Class Writing on Computer. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 4202A. (UMI No. 9608013)

Director: Michael M. Williamson

Brock, Mark. 1993.

A Comparative Study of Computerized Text Analysis and Peer Tutoring as Revision Aids for ESL Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 912A. (UMI No. 9319421)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Brown, Donald. 1995.

The Perceived Insult: A Comparative Study of Offensive Langauge in the Perceptions of Black and White College Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 4378A. (UMI No. 9608012)

Director: Michael M. Williamson

Broughton, Esther. 1994.

Shadow and Substance: An Ethnographic Case Study of the Student Teaching Practicum of a Re-Entry Woman. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 1530A (UMI No. 9431343)

Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Bucha, Edward. 1994.

An Ethnographic Study of collaborative Writing in the Workplace. Dissertation Abstracts International,, 55, 3825A. (UMI No. 9511996)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson Butler, M. S. 1980.

Butler, M. S. 1980.

A Study of Credit Remedial English Courses in the Two-Year Colleges in the United States. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41,1043A. (UMI No. 8021205)

Director: Dr. Robert Johnson

Burford, Edith. 2002.

The Impact of Race and Culture on Teacher and Student Views of First-Year Composition at UTPA.

Director: Dr. Don McAndrew

Burkowski, Gayle.  1995.

A Description of Peer Interaction and Avoidance of Conflict in a First-Year College Composition Class Writing on Computer.

Director: Dr. Mike M. Williamson

Butler. M. S. 1980.

A Study of Credit Remedial English Courses in the Two-Year Colleges in the United States.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 411043A. (UMI No. 8021205)

Director: Dr. Robert Johnson

Campbell, Bruce E. 1998.

Coherence in the Expository Essays of Intensive ESL Students: A Textual Analysis of Topical Development. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 475A. (UMI No. 9824614)

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito.

Carpenter, Thomas W. 1990.

Three Basic Writing Classrooms: An Observational Study of the Interaction of Teachers and Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 743A (UMI No. 9217753)

Director: Dr. Patrick Hartwell

Chapman, Curtis L. 1996.

Naming Strategies in the Writing of Univeristy Students: Linguistic Variation across Quality and Audience. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 1601A. (UMI No. 9628260)

Director: Michael M. Williamson

Chard, John V. 1981.

The Influence of Heuristic Analysis on College Students' Levels of Cognitive Complexity. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 4749A. (UMI No. 8209398)

Director: Dr. Joan Yanuzzi

Chen, Marina Yueh-Ching.  2002.

Selected English Small Clause Types in the Interlanguage of Chinese/Taiwanese Adults.

Director: Dr. Jeannine M. Donna

Chitrapu, Devi. 1996.

Case Studies of Non-native Graduate Students' Research Writing in the Disciplines. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 4347A. (UMI No. 9706800)

Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Chiu, Su-Chen (Nancy). 2002.

Gender Differences in Conversational Interaction: Use of Discourse Markers in Conferencing Conversation.

Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Clark, Wilma. 1997.

Investigating Transfer of Writing Sophistication Expository Writings of American and Mexican Students in Their First and Foreign Languages. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 442A. (UMI No. 9722330)

Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Coleman, Cynthia. 1985.

Dominance Patterns in the Verbal Interaction of Black Students at Frostburg State College. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 3704A. (UMI No. 8529562)

Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Collins, Daniel F. 1998.

Critical Literacy and Cultural Studies: Mapping Transgressive Borders. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 476A. (UMI No. 9823438)

Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert.

Condravy, Joan C. 1992.

Women's Talk in a Women's Studies Reading and Discussion Group: A Descriptive Study of Coopertion and Competition. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 3767A. (UMI No. 9208271)

Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Conklin, Eleanor. 1982.

Writing Answers to Essay Questions: A Naturalistic Study of the Writing Process. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 1526A. (UMI No. 8224101)

Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Conrad, Timothy. 2000. 

An Exploration of Transformative Intercultural and Intracultural Interaction Among Middle-School Students of a Dual-Language Spanish/English Class.

Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Cowden, Jane Schlosnagle. 1998.

Conversations Between Elementary, High School, and University Writing Partners: A Qualitative Study of Cross-Grade Letter Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 110A. (UMI No. 9720509)

Director: Dr. Don A. McAndrew

Crawford, Bessie Foster. 1992.

Collaborative Learning and Collaborative Teaching: Nurturing Literacy in African-American ROTC Cadets. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 1776A. (UMI No. 9221126)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Cullum, Linda. 1998.

Caretalkers and Facesavers: An Ethnographic Study of Gender and Language in a Basic Writing Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 2003A. (UMI No. 9836031)

Director: Dr. Carole Bencich

Davis, Kevin. 1990.

Becoming Somebody New: A Phenomenological Investigation of Six Students. Entering New Discourse Communities Conversation. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 2342A. (UMI No. 9033459)

Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Davis, Wesley K. 1988.

The Effects of Process-Centered and Form-Centered Instruction on the Writing of College Freshmen. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 752A. (UMI No. 8810994)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Day, Kami. 1999.

Completion of Caring: A study of Successful Co-Authoring in Academia. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)

Director: Dr. Donald McAndrew

DeLuca, Emeric B. 1979.

The Effect of Writing in the Expressive Mode on the General and Specific Reading Comprehension of Underprepared College-Level Readers. Dissertation AbstractsInternational, 40, 5343A. (UMI No. 8007615)

Director: Dr. Marilyn Sternglass

Dolly, Martha R. 1987.

A Study of Solicit and Give Moves in the Management of Dialogue Journal Conversations by Adult ESL Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 3099A. (UMI No. 8802880)

Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Dreyer, Diana Y. 1992.

Responding to Peers: The Language of Native and Nonnative Speakers in Writing Groups. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 4237A. (UMI No. 9307521)

Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Dutch, William L. 1980.

A Comparison of the Use of Student-Generated Heuristics with the Use of Larson-Generated Heuristics in a College Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 6177A. (UMI No. 8012279)

Director: Dr. John Freund

Edkin, Wayne S. 1985.

The Transactive-Developmental Writing Process: An Instructional Theory in Response to Competency Testing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 1177A. (UMI No. 8614516)

Director: Dr. Patrick M Hartwell

El Omari, Laila.  2002.

Discovering a Discipline: A Philosophical Hermenutic Reading of Composition Studies.

Director: Dr. C. Mark Hulbert

El-Sayed, Ali M. M. 1982.

An Investigation into the Syntactic Errors of Saudi Freshmen's English Compositions. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 3306A. (UMI No. 8305222)

Director: Dr. Robert Whitmer

El-Shafie, Ahmed. 1990.

English Writing Development of Arab Twelfth Grade Students: Case Studies of Six EFL Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 3653A. (UMI No. 9109511)

Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Eodice, Michele.  1999. 

Barn-Raising and Barn-Burning: A Study of Co-Authoring in a Developmental Writing Classroom.

Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Escoffery, Bertha Taylor. 1992.

The Influences of the Writing Center on Black College Students' Perceptions of the Functions of Written Language. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 3885A. (UMI No. 9305311)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Etchison, Craig. 1985.

A Comparative Study of the Quality and Syntax of Compositons by First Year College Students Using Handwriting and Word Processing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 163A. (UMI No. 8606203)

Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Farrell, Thomas S. C. 1996.
A Qualitative Study of a Group of English as a Foreign Language Teachers in Korea as They Reflect on Their Work. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 3005A. (UMI No. 9636926)
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Fischer, Ruth Overman. 1997.
An Investigation of the Long Term Effects on Teachers of Participation in the 1991 Summer Institute of the Metropolitan Area Writing Projec. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 2166A. (UMI No. 9735262)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Fink, Darlynn R. 1987.
A Descriptive Study of Teacher and Student Questioning Patterns in University ESL and Native Writing Classes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 2007A. (UMI No. 8724232)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Fowler, Cynthia G. 1995.
Protocoling Protocol Analysis: A Descriptive Study of the Strategies, Procedures, and Theories Analyzing a Think-Aloud Protocol. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 1756A. (UMI No. 9531628)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Friedmann, Jane F. 1979.
On Developing an Affective Heuristic in Literary Response. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 3278A. (UMI No. 7927102)
Director: Dr. Frank Como

Gaunder, Eleanor Parks. 1987.
Revision Using the Word Processor: Three Case Studies of Experienced Student Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 3064A. (UMI No. 8802881)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Gawienowski, M. F.  2002.

The Role and Function of Intensive English Program Directors.

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Giles, Lydia. 1996.
A Study of Cultural Adjustment Processes of Latino Students at a Midsize State University. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 2996A. (UMI No. 9639845)
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Gibson, Wavie. 1989.
The Effects of Current-Tradtional Instruction and New Rhetoric Instruction on the Holistic Quality and Audience Adaptation in College Freshmen's Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 68A (UMI No. 9011331)
Director: Dr. Patrick Hartwell

Glossner, Alan. 1990.
College Writers' Personal Constructs for Writing and Learning to Write: A Descriptive Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 2297A (UMI No. 9033460)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Goldberg, Marilyn K. 1979.
Literature as Encounter: Theories of Criticism, Cognition, and Teaching in the College Classroom and a Description of Interpretive Inquiry, A Technique for Leading Discussion. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 5039A. (UMI No. 8005744).
Director: Dr. Frank Como

Grant, Gary Lyndell. 1988.
Order of Events in a Trickster Narrative: Experiments in the Recall of Arrangement and Strength of Story Grammar Episode Connections. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 1130A. (UMI No. 8811244)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Greenwood, Claudia M. 1987.
Factors Which Influence Re-Entry Women in College Composition Classes: A Descriptive Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 3064A. (UMI No. 8802882)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Han, Ai Guo. 1996.
A Qualitative Study of ESL Student Perceptions of Student-Teacher Writing Conferences. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 2993A. (UMI No. 9639846)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Hartnett, Carolyn G. 1980.
Cohesion as a Teachable Measure of Writing Competence. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 2086A. (UMI No. 8026168)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Harwick, John. 1989.
Do Readers Perceive Differences in the Treatment of Men and Women in Texts? Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 665A. (UMI No. 9022133)
Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Haskell, Kathy P. 1997.
"The One-Eyed Doe": A Study of Connections Among Teacher Training, Pedagogy, and Student Resistance. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 1689A. (UMI No. 9733782)
Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth

Hayward, Nancy M. 1991.
The Reluctant Writer: A Descriptive Study of Student Behavior and Motivations in the Composition Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 2054A. (UMI No. 9132125)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Henderson, Maurice M. 1980.
A Study of the Structure of the Writing Laboratory Programs in Two-Year Community Colleges. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 3924A. (UMI No. 8106586)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Hibbison, Eric. 1990.
Prompting Interference: Two Ways to Write College Mulitple-choice Comprehensive Questions for a Complete Article. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 1560A (UMI No. 9022650)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Hock, Dennis. 1990.
A Correlational Study of Computer-Measured Traits and Holistic Assessment Ratings of First-Year College Students' Essays. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 1596A. (UMI No. 9028699)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Hollandsworth, Linda P. 1990.
A Needs Assessment Model for College Writing Programs Evaluation. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 770A. (UMI No. 9022589)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Holmes, Ophelia M. 1987.
Literacy Among Pre-Schoolers: The Print Connection. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 782A. (UMI No. 8810996)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Holzman, S. 2002.

Reading English as a Foreign Language with an Electronic Dictionary: An Exploratory Study of the Processes of L2 Classroom Reading by L1 Hebrew Speaking college Students in Israel.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 4, 1263A.  (UMI No. 9968464)

Honeman, Diane E. 1995.
Simultaneous Functions of the Discourse Marker OK in Daytime Television Talk Shows. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 2659A. (UMI No. 9537726)
Director: Michael M. Williamson

Honeman, Robert. 1994.
An Ethnographic Study of the Effects of a Mulit-Cultural Focus in a Freshman Compostion Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 267A. (UMI No. 9419174)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Huber, Lois Elaine. 2002.

Unexplored Territory: Writing Instruction in Pennsylvania Homeschool Settings, Grades 9-12.

Director: Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

Hunter, Kathleen. 1994.

Tutor Talk: A Study of the Linguistic Factors Affecting Tutor-Tutee Interaction in a University Writing Center. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 3727A (UMI No. 9407522)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Huot, Brian A. 1988.
The Validity of Holistic Scoring: A Comparison of the Talk-Aloud Protocols of Expert and Novice Holistic Raters. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 2188A. (UMI No. 8817872)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Hurley, Paul B. Jr. 1982.
The Correlation of Holistic Writing Scores of Adult Communty College Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 1525A. (UMI No. 8223261)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Ibrahim, Abdul-Latif M. Sheikh. 1986.
The Interlanguage Stress Phonology of Arab Learners of English: Influence of Universals as Well as Dialect, Distance, and Task. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 2569A. (UMI No. 8623645)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Jacob, Greg. 1982.
An Ethnographic Study of the Writing Conference Pertaining to the Degree of Active Student Involvement in the Writing Process. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 386A. (UMI No. 8216050)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Jazzar, Mohammed Riyad. 1991.
A Probe Into Arab Home Literacy and Its Impact on college Students' Reading Ability in Arabic and English. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 2101A (UMI No. 9132157)
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Jennings, Nadine N. 1998.
In the Spirit of the Kaswenta: Cultural Literacy in Akwesasne Mohawk Culture. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 2004A. (UMI No. 9838805)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Johnson, Dolores. 1995. Not a Story to be Told: Discourse, Race, and Myth in Huntington, WV Newspapers, 1872 and 1972. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 1756A. (UMI No. 9531332)
Director: Dr. Carole B. Bencich

Johnson, Jean L. 1991.
A Comparative Ethnography of the Linguistic Taboo: Profanity and Obscenity Among American Undergraduate College Women. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 2127A. (UMI 9132188)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Johnson, Richard M. 1995.
A Dramatistic Study of College Composition and Communication and Research in the Teaching of English from 1985 through 1989. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 3104A. (UMI No. 9542647)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Jones, Dan C. 1979.
Improving Cognition of Lyric Poems: An Integrated Approach for the Teacher of English. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 5034A. (UMI No. 8007094)
Director: Dr. Frank Como

Jouhari, Abdulmojeeb. 1996.
A Process Approach for Teaching English Composition at a Saudi University: Six Case Studies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 2918A. (UMI No. 9638575)
Director: Dr. Ali A. Aghbar

Kamel, Gehan M. W. 1989.
Argumentative Writing by Arab Leaners of English as a Foreign and Second Language: An Empirical Investigation of Contrastive Rhetoric. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 677A. (UMI No. 8912392)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Keiser, Samuel E. 1980.
Teaching Developmental Writing and the Natural Composing Process. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 1986A. (UMI No. 8024827)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Kerr, Jo-Anne. 1997.
A Qualitative Description, Analysis, and Evaluation of an Eighth Grade Writing Workshop. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 1690A. (UMI No. 9733874)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Kessler, Kathy Jo. 1992.
Peer Dialogue Journals: An Ethnographic Study of Shared Reader Response to Holocaust Literature. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 3490A. (UMI No. 9303443)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Kokolis, James F. 1987.
Revisiting Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Dialect Through Kittanning High School Seniors. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 1118A. (UMI No. 8709944)
Director: Dr. Richard E. Ray

Kotapish, Sharon R. 1997.
Native Culture Influence in Reader Response to Translated Literature. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3493A. (UMI No. 9809555)
Director: Dr. Ali Aghbar

Krug, Todd. 1996.
Collaborative Workplace Writing: An Investigation into the Production of Class I, Class II, and Class III Writing Among Professionals Who Write. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 2802A. (UMI No. 9638576)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Kwon., Yung-Hwan. 1999.
Opportunities to Gain Communicative Competence: A Qualitative Study of Interaction Inside and Outside ESL Classrooms. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Lamm, Jill. 1981.
Sentence Combining: A Case Study of Its Effects on Reading Ability. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 1958A. (UMI No. 8226163)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Landry, Drew C. 1981.
A Psycholinguistic Study of Metaphor: An Examination of Response Styles of Students of English as a First and a Foreign Language. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 3584S. (UMI No. 8201594)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Lavendel, Brian J. 1999.
Historical Themes in Early Standardized Writing Assessment, 1912-1925. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Lee, Margaret G. 1997.
An Historical, Semantic, and Contextual Analysis of the Lexical Borrowing of Black Verbal Expressions in a Mainstream Newspaper. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 1261A. (UMI No. 9728881)
Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Leech, Nancy. 2000.

Pilgrims on a Stony Path: Seeking Enhanced Literacy at the Community College.

Director: Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

LeVan, Sally L. 1992.
National Writing Projects and Teacher Change. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 3501A (UMI No. 9302433)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Leyenberger-Pfohl, Emily. 1987.
A Case Study of the Composing Process of Two Congenitially Blind Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 3089A. (UMI No. 8802884)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Liu, Rong. 1992.
An Exploratory Study of Interaction Patterns in the ESL Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 3512A. (UMI No. 9301121
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Longo, Judith A. 1981.
The Relative Readability of Ten Collegiate English Handboks with a Validation of the Fry Readability Graph for Levels 13-17. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 2049A. (UMI No. 8124322)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

LoPresti, Eugene F. 1987.
Four Basic Skills Students: A Naturalistic Study of Reading / Writing Models They Bring to College. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 585A. (UMI No. 8711951)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Mackall, Joe. 1997.
Porch Stories: A Narrative Look at the Stories and the Storytelling Traditions of the Places My Students and I Call Home. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3911A. (UMI No. 9811006)
Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth

Macauley, Jr., William J. 1999.
Studio Pedagogy and First -Year Composition: A Qualitative Study of Studio-Based Learning, Student Empowerment, and the Application of Studio Pedagogies to College- Level Composition. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

Magee, Jayne M. 1995.
Grace Under Pressure: A Qualitative and Quantitative Case Study of the Revision Process of a Corporation President. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 4375A. (UMI No. 9606997)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Malicka, Agnes. 1996.
Tasks, Interaction, Affect, and the Writer's Development: A Descriptive Study of an ESL Compositon Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 1061A. (UMI No. 9621554)
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Marler, Michael G. 1990.
The Learning of New Words from Context by College-Level Developmental Readers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 3655A. (UMI No. 9111525)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Matsumoto, Dianna G. 1997.
The Writing Workshop: An Interactive, Language-Rich Context for Teaching Nonnative English Speakers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 1691A. (UMI No. 9733783)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

McCarren, Joseph V. III. (1996).
Rater Talk: Finding Common Ground in a University Placement Program. A Naturalistic Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 439A. (UMI No. 9722779)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

McClure, Susan. 1990.
An Observational Study of the Behavior of First Semester College Students as Tutors in a Writing Center. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 771A. (UMI No. 9022657)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

McCullough, Karen. 1996.
The Hidden Discourse in the Composition Classroom: A Theoretical Exploration of Silence and SilencingAmong Student Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 112A. (UMI No. 9721517)
Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

McCormick, Guy. 1993.
A Criticism of Computer Assisted Composing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 849A (UMI No. 9318340)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Mei, Deming. 1994.
A Study of Mixed Headedness and V'Internal Word Orders. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 550A. (UMI No. 9420745)
Director: Dr. Jeannine L. Heny

Melendez, Mildred G. 1982.
Phonological Variants in the English Speech of Northern New Mexico Bilinguals. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 3308A. (UMI 8305223)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Mian, Hafeez. 1998.
Motivation and Attitudes of Beginning and Intermediate Level Panjabi Students Learning English as a Second Language. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 3428A. (UMI No. 9908058)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Miles, Celia H. 1980.
Selected Verb Features in Hayward County, North Carolina: A Generational Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 2089A. (UMI No. 8026165)
Director: Dr. Richard E. Ray

Miller, Bernice J. 1981.
A Survey of the Advanced Composition and English Language and Linguistics Courses in Teacher Education Colleges and Universities in Selected States. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 1035A. (UMI No. 8117202)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Miller, Frankie F. 1983.
Legal Writing Perspectives: Delaware Research. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 916A. (UMI No. 8512042)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Miller, M, Linda. 1997.
The Rhetorical Construction of Public Policy: Public Argument and the Florida Legislature's Debate Over Lay Midwifery and Homebirth, 1950-1992. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 339A. (UMI No. 9721824)
Director: Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

Murdick, William M. 1991.
Writing-to-Learn in College Art Classes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 52, 3847. (UMI No. 9208272)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson Murdock, Lee Philip 1990.
The Dynamics of Collaboration: An Ethnographic Study of Scientific Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 833A. (UMI No. 9023024)
Director: Dr. Richard Ray

Myers, Carrie F. 1996.
Writing in the Dark: Composition and Motherhood. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 1124A.. (UMI No. 9623503)
Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

Narney, Pamela. 1994.
A Necessary Tension: Cognitive Conflict as Catalyst in Writers' Peer Response Groups. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 82A, . (UMI No. 9417666)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth N

Nigro, Marie A. 1992.
Responses to Two Short Stories by Freshman and Sophomore Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 487A. (UMI No. 9218672).
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Norton, D. P.  2000

Electronic Mentoring: A Qualitative Study on Mentoring Preservice English Language Teachers through Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 9, 3521A.  (UMI No. 9987960)

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Nugent, Harold E. 1979.
The Role of Audience Awareness in the Writing of College Freshmen. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 3279A. (UMI 7927103)
Director: Dr. Marilyn Sternglass

Nugent, Susan. 1980.
A Comparative Analysis of Two Methods of Invention. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 4018A. (UMI No. 8106305)
Director: Dr. Joan Yanuzzi

Nunnally, Gladys Collins. 1996.
First-year College Developmental Reading Students' Use of Elaboration during Reading-to- Write Tasks. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 1061A. (UMI No. 9621556)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

O'Brien, Marie. 1987.
A Naturalistic Study of Newspaper Editing: Six Case Studies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 1567A. (UMI No. 8723519)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Okawa, Gail. 1995.
Expanding Perspectives of Teacher Knowledge: A Descriptive Study of Autobiographical Narratives of Writing Teachers of Color. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 2217A. (UMI No. 9532076)
Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Olson, Gary A. 1980.
The Subjective Statement, Part 1. The Subjective Statement, Part 2. Dissertation Abstracts International, 41, 2094A. (UMI No. 8026164).
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Ott, C. Ann. 1997.
The Politics of Travel in a Composition Class: A Cultural Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3506A. (UMI No. 9809556)
Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

Palacios, I. G.  2001.

An ESL/Literacy Center: A Qualitative Study of Perspectives and Practices of Immigrant Adults and Literacy Facilitators.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 9, 3030A.  (UMI No. 3026618)

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Phillips, Connie R. 1992.
The Function of Discourse Events in a Graduate Seminar: Reading, Writing, and Talk as Symbolic Action. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 1893. (UMI No. 7900112)
Director: Dr. Michael Williamson

Plec, Robert T. 1987.
A Case for Content: An Experimental Study of the Psycholinguistic Nature of the Relationship Between Topic and Caliber of Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 39, 4219A. (UMI No. 7900112)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Plummer, Herbert Joseph. 1994.
Getting it Together: One Teacher's Combining Process--Writing and Newswriting in a Journalism Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 406A (UMI No. 9419175)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Pratt, Ellen. 1999.
A Study of Peer Respone Among ESL Writers in Puerto Rico. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Porter, Frank Lee. 1990.
The Elder Sophists: Virtuoso Rhetors and Philosophers of Their and Ours. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 3727A. (UMI No. 9109507)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Pula, Judith. 1990.
The Function of Personal Background, Professional Training, and Work Experience on Rater Performance in Holistic Scoring Sessions: A Study of Disciplinary Enculturation and Placement Context. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 3714A. (UMI 9110445)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Puma, Vincent D. 1986.
The Effects of Degree of Audience Intimacy on Linguistic Features and Quality in the Audience-Specified Essays on First-Year College Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 3343A. (UMI No.8700548)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Putnam, Mark. 1999.
A Descriptive Study of a Supervised MasesolInternship. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Rammal, Samir Muhammad. 1995.
Investigating the English Writing Skills Curriculum at Hebron University. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 4383A. (UMI No. 9606998)
Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Reagles, Steven. 2001.

Rhetorical Redolence: Solo-Semiotic Explorations of the Multimodal Effects of Odor on Verbal/Visual Rhetoric.

Dr. Benneth A. Rafoth

Reeves, LaVonna. 1989.
Teaching Analytic Writing: An Experimental Study at the College Level. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 1145A. (UMI No.9015225)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Reid, Margaret. 1980.
A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Black Protest Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and of the Sixties. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 1129A. (UMI No. 8118939)
Director: Dr. James L. Gray

Reinhardt, Alan Jeffrey. 1983.
Breaking Ground: A Study in Interdisciplinary Writing at a Rural Community College. Dissertation Abstracts International, 44, 2133A. (UMI No.8325020)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Rhodes, Barbara. 1993.
Learning Through Writing: Teachers' Perceptions of Writing and Pedagogical Strategies of Writing in Three Academic Disciplines at a Community College. Dissertation Abstacts International, 54, 68A, (UMI No. 9312987)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Richardson, Leonard E. 1983.
Does the New Rhetoric Work? A Comparison of Freshman Writing Performance Under Instructors Trained in the New Rhetoric with Instructors not Trained in the New Rhetoric. Dissertation Abstracts International, 44, 3052A. (UMI No.8329121)
Director: Dr. James DeGeorge

Rider, Janine. 1992.
Memory as Muse: Recomposing Memory in Rhetoric and Composition. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 2789A. (UMI No. 9237442).
Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

Ritter, J. J. (2002).

Negotiating the Center: An Analysis of Writing Tutorial Interactions between ESL Learners and Native-English Speaking Writing Center Tutors.

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Rivers-Fritch, Joyce. 1998.
The Basic Writing Student: An Observational Study of the Literacy Backgrounds, Writing Models, and Classroom Development of Basic Writing Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 59, 477A. (UMI No. 9824200)
Director: Dr. Patrick Hartwell.

Roberts, David H. 1982.
Individualized Writing Instruction in Southern West Virginia Colleges: A Study of the Acquisition of Writing Fluency. Dissertation Abstracts International, 43, 1525A. (UMI No.8224102) Direclor: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Rowshan, Cyrus. 1988.
Student, Alumni, and Faculty Perceptions of Quality-Related Characteristics of the Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Linguistics) at IUP. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 128A. (UMI No.8905336)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Sadlon, John A. 1978.
The Effect of an Auxiliary Writing Skills Center Upon the Writing Improvement of Freshman Community College Composition Students. Dissertation Abstracts International, 39, 4081A. (UMI No. C7900113)
Director: Dr. Mairlyn Steruglass

Sato, Taeko 1990.
Revising Strategies in Japanese Students' Writing in English as a Foreign Language. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 2005A. (UMI No.9030677)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Savale, Zoila A. 1984.
Statewide Minimum Competency Tests in Writing Skills: How Competent are the Tests? Dissertation Abstracts International, 45, 1671A. (UMI No.8420012)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Schum, Judith A. 1994.
A Naturalistic Study of the Functions of Preschool Children's Writing at Home and at School. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55 ,3831A. (UMI No. 9512226)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Seymour, Celine. 1998.
Use of Instructional Texts in College Writing Courses as a Reflection of Teacher's Pedagogical Belief. Dissertations Abstracts International, 59, 410A. (UMI No. 9824615)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson.

Sharpe, Rudolph. 1995.
The Writing Process Model: A Paradigm for the Teaching of Gifted Adolescents. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 1308A. (UMI No. 9528443)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Shepardson, R. G. 2002.

An Investigation of the effects of topic familiarity and a Communication Strategy Treatment on Taiwanese College ESL Learners' Spoken Performance.

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Shi, Huifen (Holly). 1993.
Freshman Writing Quality and the Relationship Between Cohesion, Functional Roles, and Cognitive Strategies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 910A. (UMI No. 9321835).
Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth

Shook, Ronald. 1981.
One-To-One: An Examination of a Stage/Process Tutorial Model for Teaching English Composition. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 2004A. (UMI No 8124323)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Simmons, Kathryn A. 1986.
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Stylistic Imitation on the Writing Quality and Syntactic Fluency of High School Seniors. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 168A. (UMI No.8607695)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Singleton, Donna Hampton. 1998.
Drawing on Art: Blurring the Boundaries Between Composition and Art Education. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3912A. (UMI No. 9812451)
Director: Dr. C. Mark Hurlbert

Sitler, Helen Collins. 1997.
Edge Effect Learning Zones: Literacies of School, Work, and Home in Dialogue Journals and Class Discussion. Disssertation Abstracts International, 58, 154A. (UMI No. 9721519)
Director: Dr. Carol B. Bencich

Smith, Alvin. 1994. The Writing Dance:
A Functionalistic Inquiry into the Role of Writing in the Enculturation Process of Four First-Year Doctoral Students in a Summer Intensive Program in Rhetoric and Linguistics. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 1847A. (UMI No. 9433790)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Smith, Penelope L. 1994.
Dimensions of Audience in Two Composition Classrooms: Reader / Writer / Text Interactions. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56 1760A. (UMI No. 9528868)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Smith, Ronald E. 1988.
Writing in the Workplace: A Case Study of an Organization. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 2955A. (UMI No.8827456)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Song, Min-Jong. 1997.
The Effect of Dialogue Journal Writing on Overall Writing Quality, Reading Comprehension, and Writing Apprehension of EFL College Freshmen in Korea. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 781A. (UMI No. 9724560)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Steinberg, Daniel R. 1979.
A Comparison of Errors Made on the WEEPT and Those Found in Student Writing Samples as Bases for Placement in Freshman Composition Classes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 40, 2033A. (UMI No.7922196)
Director: Dr. Marilyn Sternglass

Stonicher, Raymond R. 1981.
An Analysis of the Role of the English Department Chairperson in Selected Public Community/Junior Colleges. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42. 976A. (UMI No.8117747)
Director: Dr. Robert Johnson

Strickland, K. James. 1984.
A Comparative Study of Systematic and Unsystematic Heuristic Strategies in Computer-Assisted Instruction and Traditional Instruction. Dissertation Abstracts International, 45, 2749A. (UMI No.8426552)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Strickland, Kathleen. 1993.
A Microethnography of Literature- Based Reading and Writing Instruction in a Whole Language Classroom with "At-Risk" Adolescents. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 878A. (UMI No. 9319452)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Sydow, Debbie. 1994.
Traditional and Techno-Talk: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communication in Student Writing Groups. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 548A. (UMI No. 9421541)
Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth

Takagaki, Tashiyuki. 1999.
The Revision Process of L1 and L2 Writing by Bilingual Japanese Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx,xxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Taki El-Din, Shaker R. 1985.
The Effectiveness of Sentence Combining Practice on Arab Students' Overall Writing Quality and Syntactic Maturity. Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 3022A. (UMI No.8621576)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Tannacito, Terry. 1999.
Electronic Peer Groups: Case Studies of Computer-Mediated Communication in a Composition Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Tezel, Zubeyde. 1999.
The Acquisition of Restrictive Relative Clause Configurations in English as a Second English. Dissertation Abstracts International, xx, xxxx. (UMI No. xxxxxx)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Thamraksa, Chutima. 1997.
A Descriptive Study of Teacher's Questioning Behaviors in Thai EFL Classrooms. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 378A. (UMI No. 9721837)
Director: Dr. Jerry G. Gebhard

Thelin, William. 1996.
A Participant Observational Study of a Writing Classroom Using Politicized Readings as a Corpus for Essay Assignments. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 154A. (UMI No. 9720877)
Director: Michael M. Williamson

Thomas, Dorothy Worthy. 1997.
The Questioning Behavior of Males and Females in an Undergraduate Language Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 3508A. (UMI No. 9809557)
Director: Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth

Thomas, Jacinta. 1992.
The Affective Experience of ESL Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 2353A. (UMI No. 9234477).
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Thompson, Mertel E. 1984.
Sociolinguistic-Centered In-Service Education for Jamaican Teachers of the Language Arts: A Viable Solution to the Problem of Literacy for Creole Speakers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 45, 818A. UMI No. 8414587)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Trupe, Alice. 1996.
Back to School in the Virtual Age: An Ethnographic Study of Reentry Women Students in the Computer Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 444A. (UMI No. 9721826)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Tuzi, F. L.  2001

The Impact of Electronic Response on ESL Writers' Revisions.

Director: Dr. Dan Tannacito

Valentino, Marilyn. 1992.
Writing in the Workplace: A Descriptive Study of How Writers Perceive the Effects of Information and Structure. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 1895A. (UMI. 9229032).
Director: Dr. Richard E. Ray

Walelign, Adamu. 1996.
Aspects of Local and Global Coherence in the English Essays of Amharic-Speaking Basic Writers: A Text-Based Exploratory Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 1121A. (UMI No. 9624001)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Walsh, John A. 1985.
An Ethnographic Study of the Role of the Informal Environment in the Acquisition of Yapese by Ulithians with Implications for Language Teaching. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46, 961A. (UMI No.8511737)
Director: Dr. Dan J. Tannacito

Walter-Burnham, Molly L. 1988.
A Comparison of the Oral and WrittenCompositons of Remedial and Conventional Freshman Writers:Using the Herber Reading Comprehension Model to Expand theDescriptions of Freshman Writers and Their Comprehension Levels for Two Short Stories. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 2136A. (UMI No. 8818890)
Director: Dr. Patrick Hartwell

Wang, Chaobo. 1992.
Paragraph Organization in English and Chinese Academic Prose: A Comparative Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 796A. (UMI No. 9220229).
Director: Dr. Jeannine L. Heny

Wansor, Collin T. 1990.
The Rhetorical Dynamics of Teacher Written Response to Student Writing: A Descriptive and Protocol Study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 1900A. (UMI No. 9022645)
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Walters, Larry. 1994.
A Descriptive Study of Asian American Basic Writers. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 2132A. (UMI No. 9328628)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Weiland, Sharon. 1988.
Changes in Middle School Students' Perceptions of the Writing Process and of Themselves as Writers in a Middle School Language Arts Classroom. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49, 2136A. (UMI No.8817873)
Director: Dr. Donald McAndrew

Woo, Choong-Whan. 1995.
Rules of Speaking: Analysis of Conversational Politeness in an ESL Communication Class. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 4385A. (UMI No. 9605779)
Director: Dr. Jerry Gebhard

Woods, Willie G. 1995.
The Status of Students up to Six Years after Completing a College Basic Writing Course. Dissertation Abstracts International, 56, 3427A. (UMI No. 9601095).
Director: Dr. Donald A. McAndrew

Wong, Lian-Aik. 1992.
A Descriptive Analysis of the Varieties of Singapore English: As Recreated by Singapore Writers of Fiction. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 1897A. (UMI No. 9230659).
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Wright, Stephen C. 1983.
The Native Chord: Progression of Critical Thinking and Writing. Dissertation Abstracts International, 44, 736A. (UMI No.8315537)
Director: Dr. Malcolm Hayward

Xu, Qiaoqi (George). 1990.
An Ex Post Facto Study of the Difference in the Structure of Standard Expository Paragraphs Between Written Compositions by Native and Non-native Speakers of English at the College-Level. Dissertation Abstracts International. 51, 1942A. (UMI No.9022655)
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Yahner, William A. 1990.
A Comprative Analysis of Text Level Rhetorical Structures of First Year College Students' Texts Produced on Word Processors and by Handwriting: A Macrostudy. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 3401A. (UMI No. 9108040)
Director: Dr. Michael M. Williamson

Yahya, Noorchaya. 1994.
A Comparative Study of Multilingual Writers' Composing Processes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 553A. (UMI No. 9421544)
Director: Dr. Bennett Rafoth

Yakoubou, Norou. 1994.
A Sociolinguistic Inquiry into Language Maintenance and Language Shift Among Sub-Saharan Africans in the U.S.A.: An Example in Western PA. Dissertation Abstracts International, 55, 83A. (UMI No. 9412974)
Director: Dr. Barbara Hill Hudson

Yang, Patricia Pei-Chun Che. 1993.
A Study of the Structure of Lexical Knowledge of Taiwanese Students Learning English as a Second/Foreign Language. Dissertation Abstracts International, 54, 2930A. (UMI No. 9334198)
Director: Dr. Jeannine L. Heny

Yaronczyk, Andrew F. 1988.
An Experimental Study of Writing Collaboration at the Middle School: Its Effects on Overall Writing Quality, Performance, Apprehension, Concepts and Attitudes. Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 1931A. (UMI No. 8917213).
Director: Dr. Patrick M. Hartwell

Zeng, Guangping. 1992.
The English Aux: With Implications for Teaching English to Chinese ESL Learners. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53, 485A. (UMI No. 9218673).
Director: Dr. Jeannine L. Heny

Zhang, Weishan. 1998.
The Acquisition of the english Lexicon from Context: an Empirical Study of Chinese Adult ESL Learners. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 4257A. (UMI No. 9816761)
Director: Dr. Jeannine M. Heny