GSLC LibGuides: Selected GSLC Dissertations by Subject: Storytelling / Arts-Based Research

All GSLC dissertations can be found at the link below. Search by author, keyword, topic, etc. Our dissertations are published in Open Access.

https://aura.antioch.edu/mlphdlcuw/

My Heart is in the East: Exploring Theater as a Vehicle for Change, Inspired by the Poetic Performances of Ancient Andalucía by Jessica Litwak
Publication Date: 2015

Method: performance ethnography, auto ethnography, arts-based research
Keywords: theater; theatre; drama therapy; applied theater; history;Middle East; Muslims; Jews; poetry; social change; arts; performance ethnography; autoethnography; performative writing; arts-based research; playwriting; HEAT Collective;
Young, Gifted, and Brown: Ricanstructing Through Autoethnopoetic Stories for Critical Diasporic Puerto Rican Pedagogy by Ángel Luis Martínez
Publication Date: 2015

Method: poetic performance ethnography,
Keywords: performance ethnography; poetry; poetic inquiry; college; Associate degree students; Puerto Rican Studies; Diaspora Studies; Latina Latino Studies; educational leadership; aesthetic leadership; higher education; leadership
Creating Space for an Indigenous Approach to Digital Storytelling: "Living Breath" of Survivance Within an Anishinaabe Community in Northern Michigan by Brenda K. Manuelito
Publication Date: 2015

Method: Indigenous methodologies, community-based participatory research, and portraiture
Keywords: Digital Storytelling; Native Americans; American Indians; Community-Based Participatory Research; Phenomenology; Portraiture; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous Resilience; Historical Trauma; Indigenous Film; Substance Abuse Recovery; Survivance
Understanding Relational Agility: Exploring Constructs of Relational Leadership Through Story by David M.I. McLean
Publication Date: 2014

Method: Organizational storytelling
Keywords: relational practice; leadership; relational agility TM; return on positivity; ROP TM; positive psychology; culture of leadership; triadic expressions of leadership; organizational storytelling; relational leadership; organizational culture; change
Rhythms of Rebellion: Artists Creating Dangerously for Social Change by Susan J. Erenrich
Publication Date: 2010

Method: Portraiture
Keywords: social change; social justice; popular education; portraiture; qualitative; arts; creating dangerously; transformational leadership; history; activism; social movements; dissent; liberation; narrative; civic engagement; community organizing; rebellion
Inside Story: An Arts-Based Exploration of the Creative Process of the Storyteller as Leader by Heather Forest
Publication Date: 2007

Method: arts-based research
Keywords: storytelling; leadership training; creative thinking; change leader; arts-based research; autoethnography; communication skills
Organizational Trauma: A Phenomenological Study of Leaders in Traumatized Organizations by Shana Hormann
Publication Date: 2007

Method: phenomenology
Keywords: organizational trauma; phenomenology; sexual assault; non-profit leadership; organization development; spirituality; secondary trauma