Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 5-2015 "It is not in the Stars to Hold our Destiny but in Ourselves": Tales of Saudi Muslim Women Maintaining their Identities in U.S. Higher Education Debi Sheridan Utah State Unviversity Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons Recommended Citation Sheridan, Debi, ""It is not in the Stars to Hold our Destiny but in Ourselves": Tales of Saudi Muslim Women Maintaining their Identities in U.S. Higher Education" (2015). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 4635. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4635 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “IT IS NOT IN THE STARS TO HOLD OUR DESTINY BUT IN OURSELVES”: TALES OF SAUDI MUSLIM WOMEN MAINTAINING THEIR IDENTITIES IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION by Debi Sheridan A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Education Approved: Spencer Clark, Ph.D. Sylvia Read, Ph.D. Major Professor Committee Member Sue Kasun, Ph.D. Abdulkafi Albirini, Ph.D. Committee Member Committee Member _________________________________ Sherry Marx, Ph.D. Mark R. McLellan, Ph.D. Committee Member Vice President for Research and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2015 ii Copyright © 2015 Debi Sheridan All rights reserved iii ABSTRACT “It Is Not In the Stars to Hold Our Destiny but In Ourselves”: Tales of Saudi Muslim Women Maintaining Their Identities in U.S.