DISABILITY STUDIES DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS Editor’s Note: The information for this section of RDS is provided by Jonathon Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh. A full list of disability-related dissertation abstracts may be found at http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/dissertations/ Disability in the Methodist tradition: An exploratory study analyzing the understanding of and response to the disabilit rights movement by the General Conference of the UMC (1968-2004) Pridmore, John Eric. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- New Jersey: Drew University; 2010. Publication Number: 3420022. Global ethnography with disabled refugees: Combining individual narratives with systems & policy analysis Mirza, Mansha Parven Qamar Husain. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Illinois: University of Illinois at Chicago, Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health; 2010. Publication Number: 3417523. Canadian public discourse around issues of inadmissibility for potential immigrants with diseases and/or disabilities 1902-2002 Capurri, Valentina. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. Canada: York University; 2010. Publication Number: NR64897. The effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the health coverage and post-secondary education of people with disabilities Honeycutt, Todd C. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- New Jersey: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; 2010. Publication Number: 3418767. On the other side of hyperactivity: An anthropology of ADHD Goodwin, Marc Andrew. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- California: The University of California, Berkeley; 2010. Publication Number: 3413376. Tongueless: Representation of the mentally disabled and the novel Cline, Brent Walter ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Michigan: Western Michigan University; 2010. Publication Number: 3424850. Degeneration nation: The body, medicine, and the culture of biofuturity in American literature, 1883-1928 Stuckey, Michelle Ann. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- California: University of California, San Diego; 2010. Publication Number: 3426445. Constructing a disabled identity: The influence of impairment, social factors and reflected appraisals Ridolfo, Heather. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park; 2010. Publication Number: 3426291. Andi's story: An oral history of a woman labeled learning disabled Polo, Maude Ann. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- New York: Teachers College, Columbia University; 2010. Publication Number: 3436220. Cultural interpretation of disability: Perspectives on home-school partnerships Cantor, Laurelyn Hope Morry. Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. Canada: University of Manitoba; 2010. Publication Number: NR64271. Including preschool age students with disabilities: Perceptions and beliefs of community-based early childhood providers Bond, Christine. Dissertations & Theses 2010. [Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Florida: University of Florida; 2010. Publication Number: 3416657. Community-based theater and persons with psychiatric disabilities: An investigation of individual and group development, social activism, and community integration Faigin, David A. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Ohio: Bowling Green State University; 2010. Publication Number: 3417188. An analysis of Haitian parents' perceptions of their children with disabilities Gregoire, Josee. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Florida: Florida International University; 2010. Publication Number: 3470219. Deaf community mobilization in Uruguay Lockwood, Elizabeth. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Illinois: University of Illinois at Chicago; 2010. Publication Number: 3417527. Creativity and the schizophrenia spectrum unveiled: The similarities and the differences Michalica, Kerri. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. Canada- Brock University; 2010. Publication Number: NR64560. Cripping the workspace: Performing physically disabled professional identity in personal narrative Scott, Julie-Ann. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Maine: The University of Maine; 2010. Publication Number: 3415488. Effects of social story interventions on preschool age children with and without disabilities More, Cori Michelle. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States-Nevada: University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 2010. Publication Number: 3412390. Under the cover: Disability and children's literature Karambatsos, Sofia. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. Canada: York University; 2010. Publication Number: NR64914. The impact of social policy and social networks on the employment status of persons with disabilities Seibert, Julie Hayes. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2010. Publication Number: 3418609. The relationship of perceptions of service and support adequacy to family quality of life for families of children with deafblindness Kyzar, Kathleen. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Kansas: University of Kansas; 2010. Publication Number: 3412876. Mirror, memory, mother: The absent madness in writing schizophrenia Kim, Jungah. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- New York: Columbia University; 2010. Publication Number: 3420684. Material witnesses: A feminist disability theory of testimonial voices Schriempf, Alexa. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University; 2010. Publication Number: 3420280. The impact of the physical environment on the social integration of individuals with disabilities in community Christensen, Keith M. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Utah: Utah State University; 2010. Publication Number: 3419189. Toward a disability studies oriented framework for social justice leadership in education McKinney, Sarah A. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin – Madison; 2010. Publication Number: 3424250. "First we crawled, then we walked, now we want to run": An examination of the transition processes used by inclusive camps Tucker, Teresa W. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- South Carolina: Clemson University; 2010. Publication Number: 3419301. We are the same but different: Navigating African American and Deaf cultural identities Clark, Heather D. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Washington: University of Washington; 2010. Publication Number: 3421743. The impact of unemployment on women with physical disabilities in Tamale, Ghana Naami, Augustina. Dissertations & Theses 2010.[Ph.D. Dissertation]. United States- Utah: The University of Utah; 2010. Publication Number: 3428490.