Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 227-231).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005. / "February 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-133).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1986. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-126).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-163, 250-256).

Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning / Jessica Canfield / Located eight miles from the heart of Dallas, The Dallas Air Naval Station is a 1045-acre decommissioned airfield site. Since its closure in 1998, it has predominantly sat idle, bringing little value to adjacent neighborhoods and the greater community. Due to prolonged site remediation and no formal redevelopment plan, the site’s full potential has yet to come to fruition. Current urban design models tend to primarily focus on achieving a singular, end-result. However, as cities and the environment become more complex and unpredictable, these types of models often lack the ability to respond to change. Adaptive design, on the other hand, allows for more exploration of innovative practices, tools, techniques and methods that are informed by ecological knowledge and research design. As means of illustrating how adaptive design can catalyze and benefit brownfield sites, this project proposes an urban design framework informed by ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are an essential component to human well-being and environmental health, and when used as a guiding principle in site design, can add resiliency and beneficial outcomes to a site. To inform the development of the Ecosystem Services Urban Design Framework, this project uses literature, a site analysis, an applicable ecosystem services analysis, and precedent analyses. The framework is then applied to an urban brownfield site, the Dallas Air Naval Station, to show its applicability for short-term and long-term adaptive design scenarios. Dallas’ current issues and needs are addressed by the short-term plan, whereas informed projections of future issues inform the long-term design scenarios. Collectively, this project illustrates the imperative for incorporating adaptability into urban design, and for the value of using ecosystems services as underlying foundation.

Agroecus compreende seis espécies, de distribuição Neotropical e hábito alimentar fitófago, sendo A. griseus Dallas, 1851 de importância econômica em cultivo de milho. Neste trabalho a monofilia do gênero foi testada sob o método de parcimônia usando caracteres discretos e caracteres contínuos e dois métodos de pesagem, pesagem igual e pesagem implícita. O gênero é monofilético em todas as quatro análises, com uma árvore encontrada. A revisão do gênero com descrição de genitálias de macho e fêmea baseada em caracteres morfológicos é feita. O macho de A. lizerianus, até então desconhecido, é descrito. A genitália interna de fêmea é descrita para todas as espécies conhecidas. Novas localidades são adicionadas ao conhecimento da distribuição de A. griseus, A. scabricornis, A. brevicornis e A. lizerianus. Ilustrações comparativas de genitália externa e interna das espécies e uma chave dicotômica para a identificação das espécies são fornecidas. / Agroecus comprises six species, has Neotropical distribution and phytophagous feeding habit, of which A. griseus is economically important for corn crops. In this work the monophyly of the genus was tested using parsimony based on discrete characters and continuous characters equal weighing and implicit weighing methods were used. Agroecus was recovered monophyletic in all the four analysis, with only one resulting tree. A review of the genus with emphasis on the male and female genitalia based in morphological characters was provided. The unknown male of A. lizerianus was described. The internal genitalia of the female was described for all the known species. New localities are added to the distribution of A. griseus, A. scabricornis, A. brevicornis e A. lizerianus. Comparative illustrations of the external and internal genitalia of the species and a dichotomous key to identify them were provided.

Agroecus compreende seis espécies, de distribuição Neotropical e hábito alimentar fitófago, sendo A. griseus Dallas, 1851 de importância econômica em cultivo de milho. Neste trabalho a monofilia do gênero foi testada sob o método de parcimônia usando caracteres discretos e caracteres contínuos e dois métodos de pesagem, pesagem igual e pesagem implícita. O gênero é monofilético em todas as quatro análises, com uma árvore encontrada. A revisão do gênero com descrição de genitálias de macho e fêmea baseada em caracteres morfológicos é feita. O macho de A. lizerianus, até então desconhecido, é descrito. A genitália interna de fêmea é descrita para todas as espécies conhecidas. Novas localidades são adicionadas ao conhecimento da distribuição de A. griseus, A. scabricornis, A. brevicornis e A. lizerianus. Ilustrações comparativas de genitália externa e interna das espécies e uma chave dicotômica para a identificação das espécies são fornecidas. / Agroecus comprises six species, has Neotropical distribution and phytophagous feeding habit, of which A. griseus is economically important for corn crops. In this work the monophyly of the genus was tested using parsimony based on discrete characters and continuous characters equal weighing and implicit weighing methods were used. Agroecus was recovered monophyletic in all the four analysis, with only one resulting tree. A review of the genus with emphasis on the male and female genitalia based in morphological characters was provided. The unknown male of A. lizerianus was described. The internal genitalia of the female was described for all the known species. New localities are added to the distribution of A. griseus, A. scabricornis, A. brevicornis e A. lizerianus. Comparative illustrations of the external and internal genitalia of the species and a dichotomous key to identify them were provided.

The primary motivation for conducting this study was the apparent conflict between Texas Education Agency guidelines for a vocational cooperative education program and the realities of actual program operation. In the program the mid-management student receives instruction, through a cooperative arrangement between the college and employers, in both academic courses and related vocational instruction.

This thesis discusses Mexican immigration into Texas, and the communities in which the immigrants settled. The focus is on Dallas, with particular emphasis placed upon the women of Little Mexico, a specific barrio there. Sources include interviews with the subjects and their descendants, newspaper articles, journals, unpublished theses about Little Mexico, and books.

Recent studies reveal that a considerable number of U.S. community college leaders will be retiring in the next several years. The concern is that with the large turnover, history, culture, and important lessons of leadership will be lost. The current research on the lives of presidents, their career paths, and experiences in community college leadership centers on approaches to the study of leadership at the macro level. Limited research exists in the published literature that reports and analyzes the development of individuals as community college leaders at the micro level. This results in a gap regarding understanding leadership development and strategies to prepare leaders. This study addresses this gap by providing a critical description of the leadership development of one individual who became a community college chancellor and who the literature on the community context indicates contributed to the local and national context for community colleges. Biography is gaining prominence as a legitimate and viable tool in the study of leadership. Few biographical studies currently exist which focus on leadership development in context at the micro level. This dissertation is a biographical, qualitative study of the leadership path and legacy of R. Jan LeCroy, a community college leader. The study combined two viable approaches to biographical inquiry: a scholarly chronicle and the realist approach. Data included the use of primary and secondary sources and included interviews, document analysis, and archival data such as newspaper articles, memos, and minutes of meetings. The data were analyzed and the findings discussed using the theoretical framework of Gronn's (1993) career model of leadership, Vaughan's (1986) study of the career paths of presidents, and Sullivan's (2001) study of four distinct generations of community college leaders. The leadership path of R. Jan LeCroy paralleled the four stages in Gronn's (1993) career model of leadership; he shared characteristics of the presidents surveyed in Vaughan's (1986) study; and he fit the profile of the second generation of community college leaders as described by Sullivan (2001).