ETD -- Doctoral Dissertations: Recent submissions
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TWO STUDIES IN GREEN FINANCE: HAVE GREEN BONDS BEEN DELIVERING ON THEIR PROMISE TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT MORE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE? AND DO ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE LABELLED FUNDS CREATE A DIFFERENT INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE OR ARE THEY MORE OF THE SAME?
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-02-11)Throughout the 20th century it became clear that anthropogenic activity is the main factor in the rapid climate shift resulting from temperature increases. In capital markets this challenge has been dealt with mainly through ... -
The Active Measures Working Group: a Study of U.S. Government Responses to Soviet Disinformation During the Reagan Era
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-02-02)Allegations of Russian meddling after the 2016 U.S. presidential elections popularized the terms “disinformation” and “foreign influence” in popular culture. However, the terms are not new; in fact, they correspond to the ... -
What do African Citizens of Different Income Levels think of Chinese Investment? 2015-2019 A study of three countries in Africa
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2022-01-06)This study focused on determining the relationship between occupation, education and perception on Chinese investment in Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria. It used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research to ... -
ENABLING EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED ACCESS TO LARGE SCALE GENOMIC EXPRESSION AND SPLICING DATA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2020-10-14)As more and larger genomics studies appear, there is a growing need for comprehensive and queryable cross-study summaries. We focus primarily on nearly 20,000 RNA-sequencing studies in human and mouse, consisting of more ... -
A Qualitative Analysis of the Recommended Implementation and Replication of the Cure Violence Model According to New York City and Chicago Program Staff Interviews
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-08)Gun violence is a significant threat to the health and safety of many urban youth in the United States. Gun violence also has a high social and economic cost. One analysis estimated that the annual cost of gun violence in ... -
UNDERSTANDING MULTISECTORAL COLLABORATION FOR STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH CAPACITIES IN ETHIOPIA
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-11-23)Background: Multisectoral collaboration is critical to capacity strengthening efforts for improved global health security, enabling stakeholders to achieve successes they may be unable to attain alone. While there has been ... -
BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO AUTOMATED PATIENT SELF-SCHEDULING FOR HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS: SCOPING REVIEW, CONSENSUS FROM A DELPHI PANEL OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS, AND EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-10-13)Appointment management in the outpatient setting is important for provider organizations as waits and delays lead to poor outcomes and inefficiencies. Automated patient self-scheduling of outpatient appointments has ... -
Examining the Spillover Effects of Mass Incarceration and the Practices that Bolster It
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-10-18)Introduction Previous research inquiries suggest that the incarceration of a network member may contribute to a new type of weathering. The weathering hypothesis proposed by Geronimus asserts that Black people are burdened ... -
Assessing social and behavioral data in electronic health records: Availability, Accuracy, and Applicability
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-09-27)Problem statement: There is an increased appreciation of the importance of social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDH) on health outcomes, but no standards for collecting this information in various clinical data ... -
WINNING WITHOUT WARRING?: THE GEOSTRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF CHINA'S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS ON SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SOUTH CHINA SEA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-10-15)Convention holds that China’s deepening investments and growing trade imbalances in Southeast Asian countries has increased regional economic dependency on China. Less clear is whether increased Chinese investments have ... -
CHINA'S ALLOCATION OF FOREIGN AID TO SOUTHEAST ASIA: AN EMPIRICAL, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AID DONORS
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-09-20)China is generally perceived as a donor that provides aid to countries that are deemed corrupt and politically unstable. Also, what invites criticisms against China is its use of aid beneficial only its own economy and its ... -
U.S. Seasonal Worker Policies: What changes can the U.S. immigration authorities make to the H-2B visa program to more effectively address employers’ needs?
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-09-07)Although international labor mobility represents one of the most effective ways of addressing worker scarcity in high-income countries, growing anti-immigration attitudes have made it difficult to advocate in favor of ... -
ADDRESSING THE USE OF COACHING OF DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO INCREASE RETENTION RATES
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-01)Students selected for developmental education courses achieve lower than average completion rates within community colleges. Coaching programs that help these students navigate the college environment can improve student ... -
THE EFFECTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN GENDER RESPONSIVE PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTION
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-01)This intervention considers the impact of professional development in gender responsive methodologies, interactive engagement strategies, on elementary teachers’ instructional practice in gender separate classes. Three ... -
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Utilization of Analogical Reasoning to Reduce Opportunity Gaps in Universal Screening for Gifted Education
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-01)Gifted identification measures in the U.S. have persistently failed to achieve proportionate representation across racial and socioeconomic strata due opportunity gaps perpetuated within education systems (Campbell, 2012; ... -
The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Teacher Attrition in a Rural Alaska School District
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-01)Teacher attrition is a significant problem in rural Alaska. The annual exodus of teachers out of rural communities is expensive and has implications for student achievement. Exploration of the teacher attrition literature ... -
Technology Integration Leaders: A Leaders’ Community of Practice to Negotiate Meaning, Craft a Vision, and Establish Value
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-12-02)Because leaders influence teachers’ pedagogical development, a team of administrative and technological leaders participated in a community of practice (CoP) at an international school in the Netherlands. The purpose was ... -
DEVELOPING ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PHYSICIANS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC: GROUP SALIENCE, COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AND STRESS REDUCTION
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-11-30)Professional education for physicians remains an important research topic. However, the influence of physician identity development when creating education content is not widely researched. Indeed, varying levels of social ... -
The Role of Social Capital in Activating Entrepreneurial Intention and Learning: A Case Study of Rural Kyrgyzstani Women
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-11-30)This case study examines the role of social capital in addressing the problem of persistent unemployment among rural Kyrgyzstani women. Social capital, connections to others who may help or connect one to needed resources ... -
Addressing Barriers to Wraparound Care and Integrated Case Management
(Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA, 2021-11-19)Wraparound care, a teaming approach to connecting students and their families with needed supports and interventions, has been shown to improve outcomes for students experiencing significant mental health and/or behavioral ...