Early Thesis/Dissertations

Examples of Doctoral Dissertations in Education 1900s

Samuel Bower Sinclair, Inspector of Auxiliary Classes for the Ontario Department of Education in Toronto, Canada, completed a dissertation titled "Possibility of a Science of Education".

Katherine Elizabeth Dopp, author and resident of 5705 Kimbark Ave. in Chicago, Illinois, completed a dissertation titled "The Place of Industries in Elementary Education."

Werrett Wallace Charters, Professor of Education and Director of the Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, completed a dissertation titled "Methods in History Teaching".

John T. McManis, Teacher of History at the High School in Fullerton, California, completed a dissertation titled "The Development of the Elementary Course of Study in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century".

Albert Allison Farley, Professor of Education at State Normal School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, completed a dissertation titled "The Rise of the Free Public School Idea in America".

Daniel Ambrose Tear, resident of 3701 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., completed a dissertation titled "The Logical Basis of Educational Theory from the Standpoint of Instrumental Logic".

Lilla Estelle Appleton, resident of Chicago, Illinois, completed a dissertation titled "A Comparative Study of the Play Activities of Adult Savages and Civilized Children, with the Pedagogical Deductions Therefrom".

Joseph Kinmont Hart, Professor of Education and Head of the Department of Education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, completed a dissertation titled "A Study of Moral Education from the Standpoint of Mental Development".

John Addison Clement, Professor of Education at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, completed a dissertation titled "Standardization of the Schools of Kansas".

Clara Schmitt, Supervisor of the Psychological Clinic for the Public Schools in Los Angeles, California, completed a dissertation titled "Standardization of Tests for Defective Children".

Fred Carleton Ayer, Chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, completed a dissertation titled "The Psychology of Drawing, with Special Reference to Laboratory Teaching".

Edward Alanson Miller, Professor of Education at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, completed a dissertation titled "History of Educational Legislation of Ohio from 1803 to 1850.

Source: University of Chicago. (1931). Register of Doctors of Philosophy, 1893-April, 1931. University of Chicago Press.

Examples of Doctoral Dissertations in Religious Education 1949-1950

BROWN, ARCHIE E., The History of the Baptist Brotherhood of the South. D.R.E. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. 1950. 356 pages.

KEMPF, GRATIA, A Study of the Correlation Between Beliefs and Attitudes, 1910-29. Ed.D., Union Theological Seminary and Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. 1949.

LANG, LEON S., An Integrated Unit Study Program for Jewish Education. D.R.E., Dropsie College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1950. 190 pages.

LANGSTON, PERRY Q., The Development of a Southern Baptist Jewish Sunday School Curriculum. D.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. 1950. 310 pages.

LEWIS, ARNOLD R., Religious Development of the Child in the First Three Years. PhD., University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. 1950. 361 pages.

MADDEN, WARD ELLIS, The Development of Religious Quality in Experience. Ed.D., New York University, New York. 1950.

OLSEN, STANLEY I., A Lutheran Appraisal of the Educational Philosophy of William Clayton Bower from a Lutheran Point of View. PhD., New York University, New York. 1950.

see more: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations in Religious Education 1949-1950 assembled by - ProQuest

Spaulding, H. F. (1950). Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations In Religious Education 1948‐1949. Religious Education, 45(2), 101–114.

Theses and Dissertations Within the SCMLA Region 1972-1973

Anderson, Russell. "Assiniboines: Some Ethno Historical and Ethno Linguistic Considerations" UT Austin (1971) Troike.

Ball, Margaret. "Prestige Languages and Word Borrow- ing: The Changing Status of Arabic and English in Kenya" PhD UT Austin (1971) Polome.

Barton, Henry. "The Structure of Language Use in Ilala" PhD UT Austin ( 1972) Polome.

Elerick, Charles. "A Generative Phonology in Latin Nouns and Allied Sub-classes" PhD UT Austin (1972) Harms.

Frausto, Manuel. "Vocabulario espaiiol de San Marcos, Texas" SwTSU (1969) Galvan.

Garcfa, Lucy. "Vocabulario selecto del espaiiol regional de Brownsville, Texas" SwTSU(1972) Galvan

Sheldon, Amy. "The Acquisition of Relative Clauses in English" PhD UT Austin (1972) Smith.

Smith, Frances. "A Clarification and Evaluation of Some Diverse Phonological Theories Concerning the English Glides in Complex Syllabics" UT Arlington (1972) Sewell.

Smith, Riley. "Some Phonological Rules in the Negro Speech of East Texas" PhD UT Austin (1973) Troike.

See more: Theses and Dissertations within the SCMLA Region 1972-1973

Shillingsburg, M., Shillingsburg, P., & Takacs, Z. (1974). Theses and Dissertations within the SCMLA Region 1972-1973. The South Central Bulletin, 34(1/2), 34–57.

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