University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-2013 Running among thorns : perspectives on Ethiopian/United States educational experiences. Bruce Whearty 1952- University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Recommended Citation Whearty, Bruce 1952-, "Running among thorns : perspectives on Ethiopian/United States educational experiences." (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1553. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/1553 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. RUNNING AMONG THORNS: PERSPECTIVES ON ETHIOPIAN/UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES By Bruce Whearty B.A., Montana State University, Billings, 1986 M.A., Montana State University, Billings, 1992 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Education and Human Development of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Middle & Secondary Education University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky August 2013 Copyright 2013 by Bruce Whearty All rights reserved RUNNING AMONG THORNS: PERSPECTIVES ON ETHIOPIAN/UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES By Bruce Whearty B.A., Montana State University, Billings, 1986 M.A., Montana State University, Billings, 1992 A Dissertation Approved on July 11, 2013 by the following Dissertation Committee: ________________________________________ Dissertation Director: Dr.