Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

The following sections list the names of clients with whom I have worked and their corresponding projects. Also included is additional information regarding various projects I have worked on. Many of the following documents are presented in PDF format. If you do not have a compatible reader, you can download Adobe Acrobat here.

Dissertations

An Analysis of a School Districts Initiative to Implement Full-day Kindergarten
Jeremy Bauer
The University of Toledo
May 2009

An Examination of DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency Scores and Their Relationship to Comprehension as Measured by the Third Grade Ohio Reading Achievement Test
Alicia Ruth Pangrac
The University of Toledo
May 2009

In Search of Race-Transcending Prophets: A Narrative Inquiry of the Role of Spirituality in the Leadership and Social Justice Practices of Black Men
Charles A. Montgomery, Jr.
Union Institute & University
Cincinnati, Ohio
2009

Exploring the Relationship between Professional Development and Improvement on Second-Grade Oral Reading Fluency
Martha S. Turnwald-Fether
The University of Toledo
May 2009

Exploring Self-Determination and Employment Options for Individuals with Disabilities
Gary M. Easterly
Northwestern University
(in progress)

Graduate Students

The Effect of a Short-term Intervention Strategy to Help Students Pass the Ohio Graduation Test
Michael Short, Ph.D.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of Data from a Measure Designed to Assess Stage of Change for Eatiing Behaviors
Sharon Foley, Ph.D.
University of Illinios at Chicago (UIC)
Chicago, IL

The Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS): Exploring the Relationship Between Professional Development and Second-Grade Students' Oral Reading Fluency Scores
Martha Fether, Ph.D.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Best Practices in Adult Higher Education: Institutional Resistance and its Impact on the Ability to Address Students' Needs in an Evolving Demographic
Melissa Lowdon, Ph.D. Candidate
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA

Emergency Response in
Two-Year Colleges
Michele Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

An Examination of Oral Reading Fluency Scores and Their Relationship to Comprehension as Measured by the Third-Grade Ohio Reading Test
Alicia R. Pangrac, Ph.D.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

The Educational Effect of
Forced Separation on Twins
Jamie Grime, Ph.D.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Envisioning a Swan Creek Riverwalk for Urban Toledo: Three Miles of Relative Tranquility
Eric Wagner, M.A.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

A Set of Recommendations for the Retention of Pell Grant Recipients at Owens Community College
Kari Ruhi, M.Ed.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Perceived Gender Roles in
Three Reality Television Shows
Erin Roth, M.A.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Inclusion in Urban High Schools: A Model for Collaborative Instruction (In progress)
Lyn Demkowski, M.A. Candidate
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Using the Technology-Embedded Science Inquiry (TESI) Model in Middle-School Classrooms (In progress)
Jennifer Budziak, Ph.D. Candidate
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Artificial Neural Network-Based for Modeling the Radiated Emissions from Printed Circuit Board Structures and Shields
David T. Kvale, M.S.
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Proofreading/Editing Credits

Brady, Frank. The Publisher. Paul Block: A Life of Friendship, Power, and Politics. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2001.

Hughes, Sherick, ed. What We Still Don’t Know About Teaching Race: How to Talk About it in the Classroom. New York: Edwin Mellen, 2005.

Articles by Russ Sprinkle, Ph.D.

Sprinkle, Russell. “Written Commentary and Reflective Teaching: A Systematic, Theory-Based Approach to Response.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College 31.2 (2004): 273-286.

---. “The Power of Aroma and the Olfactory Experience in the Classroom.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College 27.2 (1999): 188-193.

---. “Ethics and Authenticity in Student-Teacher Relationships” InLand: A Journal for Teachers of English Language Arts 20.2 (1997): 29-30.

---. "The Power of Publishing." InLand: A Journal for Teachers of English Language Arts 19.1 (1996): 24-26.

---. "Golden Oldies." Spokesman Review 17 Mar. 1995: D1+.

---. "What Measure of Man is This?" Christian Single Aug. 1994: 36-38.

---. "Catholic Priest Honored After 26 Years in Albanian Prison." News Network International 11 June 1991: 9-10.

---. "Kate Chopin's The Awakening: A Critical Reception." Domestic Goddess. <http://www. womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/index.html> 30 June 1998.

Conference Presentations
by Russ Sprinkle, Ph.D.

2007 Computers and Writing—Detroit, Michigan: “Online Writing Centers: Finding Our Virtual Voice.”

2006 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) — Chicago, Illinois: "We’re Writing Instructors, Not Therapists…" Oh Yeah?

2004 Midwestern Writing Center Association (accepted but not presented)—St. Cloud, Minnesota: “We’re Writing Instructors, Not Therapists… Oh Yeah?!”

2003 Behavioral Analysis Association of Michigan (BAAM)— Ypsilanti, Michigan: “Therapeutic Writing of Cancer Patients: A Thematic Analysis.” 1999 Midwestern Conference on Film, Language, and Literature — DeKalb, Indiana: “UNA-Rhetoric: Terrorism, Technology, and Text.”

1998 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) — Chicago, Illinois: "Self-Assessment for Writing Instructors: A Practical Guide to More Effective Written Commentary."

1996 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) — Albuquerque, New Mexico: "Diglot-Weave: An Experimental Study in Second Language Acquisition." (co-presented with David R. Miller).