Doctoral Dissertations in Pedagogy and Education granted by the University of Chicago, 1900 – 1935
The information on this page comes from Richard Lee Smith's 1977 doctoral dissertation entitled George Herbert Mead and Sociology: The Chicago Years. Originally, the document was prepared as part of an review of Smith's methodology in American Sociology and Pragmatism. We include it here as tool for other researchers working on the period. We view this as a work in progress and it should be used as such.
| Year | Student | Dissertation title |
| 1900 | William Arthur Clark | Suggestion in Education |
| Ella Flagg Young | Isolation in the School | |
| 1901 | Samuel Bower Sinclair | Possibility of a Science of Education |
| 1902 | Katherine Elizabeth Dopp | The Place of Industries in Elementary Education |
| 1904 | Werrett Wallace Charters | Methods of History Teaching |
| John T. McManis | The Development of the Elementary Course of Study in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century | |
| 1906 | Albert Allison Farley | The Rise of the Free Public School Idea in America |
| Daniel Ambrose Tear | The Logical Basis of Education Theory from the Standpoint of Instrumental Logic | |
| 1909 | Lilla Estelle Appleton | A Comparative Study of the Play Activities of Adult Savages and Civilized Children, with Pedagogical Deductions Therefrom |
| Joseph Kinmont Hart | A Study of Moral Education from the Standpoint of Mental Development | |
| 1911 | John Addison Clement | Standardization of the Schools of Kansas |
| 1914 | Clara Schmitt | Standardization of Tests for Defective Children |
| 1915 | Fred Carleton Ayer | The Psychology of Drawing, with Special Reference to Laboratory Training |
| Edward Alanson Miller | History of Educational Legislation in Ohio from 1803 to 1850 | |
| Walter Scott Monroe | A History of Arithmetic in the United States with Emphasis upon the Influence of Warren Colburn in Directing the Development of Arithmetic as a School Subject | |
| Rolla Milton Tryon | Household Manufactures in the United States, 1640-1860. | |
| 1916 | George Sylvester Counts | Arithmetic Tests and Studies in the Psychology of Arithmetic |
| Clarence Truman Gray | Experimental Studies of Various Types of Readers | |
| William Scott Gray | Studies of Elementary School Reading through Standardized Tests | |
| Elsie Garland Hobson | Educational Legislation and Administration in the State of New York from 1775 to 1850 | |
| Leonard Vincent Koos | The Administration of Secondary-School Units | |
| Benjamin Floyd Pittenger | The Efficiency of College Students as Related to Their Age at Entrance and to the Size of High School from Which They Came | |
| William A. Schmidt | An Experimental Study in the Psychology of Reading | |
| William Anton Smith | An Experimental Study in the Psychology of Reading | |
| James Reed Young | Relation of the Church and Clergy to Education in the American Colonies | |
| 1917 | Rollo LaVerne Lyman | The Progress of English Grammar in American Schools to 1850 |
| 1918 | John Elbert Stout | Development of the High-School Curriculum in the North Central States, 1860-1900 |
| 1919 | William Leeds Richardson | The Administration of Schools in the Cities of the Dominion of Canada |
| 1920 | Guy Thomas Buswell | An Experimental Study of the Eye-Voice Span in Reading |
| Charles Myron Reinoehl | Analytic Survey of State Courses of Study for Rural Elementary Schools | |
| Lewis Wilbur Smith | Illinois High Schools — Their Organization, Maintenance, Administration, and Instruction, with Particular Reference to the Township High School | |
| Martin James Stormzand | The Content of School Courses in English Grammar | |
| Paul Washington Terry | An Experimental Study of the Reading of Isolated Numerals and of Numerals in Arithmetical Problems | |
| William Henigton Weathersby | A History of Educational Legislation in Mississippi from 1798 to 1860 | |
| 1921 | Thomas Dudley Brooks | The Intermediate Unit in State School Systems, with Especial Reference to New York |
| Julian Ashby Burruss | A Study of the Business Administration of Colleges, Based on an Examination of the Practices of Land-Grant Colleges in the Making and Using of Budgets | |
| Frederick Butler Harrington | History of Educational Legislation in New Jersey from 1776 to 1867 | |
| Charles Sutphin Pendleton | An Inquiry into the Current Specific Social Objectives of Instruction in English in the Public Elementary School and High School | |
| Ward Glen Reeder | The Organization of State Departments of Education | |
| Willis Lemon Uhl | Scientific Determination of the Content of the Elementary School Course in Reading | |
| 1922 | Adam Raymond Gilliand | Experimental Studies of the Effects on Reading of Changes in Sensory Factors |
| Karl John Holzinger | The Indexing of a Mental Characteristic | |
| Ling Su Loh | Status of Primary Education in China | |
| Frederick Dean McClusky | An Experimental Comparison of Different Methods of Visual Instruction | |
| Var Laren Tanner | The Comparative Opportunity of Bright and Dull Pupils during the Class Period | |
| Ralph Edmond Wager | A Method of Measuring Fatigue of the Eye | |
| Paul Vining West | An Experimental Investigation of the Characteristics of Handwriting Movements, with Special Reference to the Duration and Speed of Such Movements | |
| 1923 | William Hiddleson Andrews | A Study of the Educational Legislation and the Administration of the Public School System of Kansas |
| Lloyd E. Blauch | Federal Cooperation in Vocational Education | |
| Thomas Milton Carter | A Study of Radiographs of the Bones of the Wrist as a Means of Determining Anatomical Age | |
| Newton Edwards | The Constitutional Basis of Public School Administrication, 1776-1917 | |
| Walter Scribner Guiler | Specific Objectives and Pupil Activities in Arithmetic | |
| Nelson Bollinger Henry, Jr. | The Relationship of Expeditures for Schools to the Cost of Other Municipal Enterprises. | |
| Roy Ivan Johnson | English Expression: a Junior College Curriculum Study | |
| William Harding Johnson | The Mental Growth Curve of Secondary School Students | |
| Hubert Wilbur Nutt | Current Problems and Practices in the Supervision of Instruction in Public Schools | |
| Charles Partridge Russell | The Economic and Fiscal Requirements of Universal Education in the Kingdom of Egypt | |
| Tenje Henry Schutte | History of Educational Legislation in Pennsylvania, 1775-1850 | |
| George Walter Willett | Indebtedness in the State of Illinois for Public Elementary Schools and High Schools | |
| Ernest Richard Wood | A Graphic Method for Obtaining Parial Correlation Coefficients and Partial Regression Coefficients of Three or More Variables | |
| 1924 | Elam Jonathan Anderson | Factors Determining Success in Teaching English to Chinese Students |
| William Henry Burton | The Nature and Amount of Civic Information Possessed by Chicago Children of Sixth Grade Level | |
| Lorimer Victor Cavins | A Study of American Poems by Means of Standardized Tests for the Purpose of Grading Such Selections for School Use | |
| Claude C. Crawford | A Quantitative Study of the Results of Note-taking in College Classes | |
| Shigeru Otomo | An Experimental Study of the Eye Movements Made by Various Persons in Reading Japanese Texts of Different Forms | |
| Homer Price Rainey | A Study of School Costs in Ten High Schools in Illinois | |
| Eston Valentine Tubbs | A Study of Certain Items of Expenditure of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago | |
| 1925 | Henry Eastman Bennett | A Study of School Postures and Desk Dimensions |
| Nelson Louis Bossing | The History of Educational Legislation in Ohio from 1851 to 1900 | |
| James Bartlett Edmonson | The Legal and Consititutional Basis of the Public School System in Michigan | |
| Carter Victor Good | An Experimental Study of the Merits of Extensive and Intensive Reading in the Social Sciences | |
| Harvey Christian Lehman | The Play Activities of Persons of Different Ages | |
| William Claude Reavis | The Unit of School Finance in Illinois | |
| Charles Henry Thompson | Objective Determination of a Curriculum for the Training of Kindergarten Primary Teachers | |
| Oscar Adolf Tingelestad | The Religious Element in American School Readers up to 1830: A Bibliographical and Statistical Study | |
| 1926 | Ernest Rudolf Breslich | A Critical Examination and Experimental Reconstruction of Secondary School Mathematics |
| William Arthur Brownell | An Experimental Study of the Development of Number Ideas in the Primary Grades | |
| Joseph Cooper McElhannon | The Financial Condition of Public-School Systems in Certain Texas Counties | |
| Douglas Edgar Scates | Selective Admission and Selective Retention of College Students at the University of Chicago | |
| 1927 | Carl B. Althaus | The Distribution of the Tax Burden of Township and Community High Schools in Illinois |
| Ralph Montague Hogan | The Technique of Activity and Trait Analysis Applied to YMCA Executive Secretaties as a Basis for Curricular Materials | |
| Milton Ezra Lazerte | A Diagnosis of Difficulties Encountered in Solving Problems in Arithmetic | |
| William Joseph McGucken | Jesuit Secondary Education in the United States | |
| Ralph Winfred Tyler | Statistical Methods for Utilizing Personal Judgements to Evaluate Activities for Teacher-Training Curricula | |
| James Vaughn | An Experimental Study of the Effects of Various Types of Instruction on Behavior | |
| 1928 | Fred Hayes Barber | A Study of the Constitutional and Legal Basis of Public School Administration in Tennessee |
| Clarence Leon Clarke | Tenure of Teachers in the Profession with Special Reference to Wisconsin | |
| James Willis Clarson | The Ability of High-School Students in Silent Reading and Its Correlation with Achievement in High School Subjects | |
| Oscar Berry Douglas | The Relation of Peripheral Vision to Reading | |
| I Hu | An experimental Study of the Reading Habits of Adult Chinese | |
| John Munroe | The Inconstancy of the Intelligence Quotient and the Influence of Environment upon Intelligence | |
| John Marshall Newcomb | A Comparative Study of Courses for the Training of Teachers | |
| Edward Frederick Potthoff | A Statistical and Analytical Study of the Selective Admission of College Students | |
| Harold Herman Punké | The Courts and Public-School Property | |
| Calvin Schwartz Smith | Public-School Land Policies of the State of Utah | |
| 1929 | Aaron John Brumbaugh | The Authority of Boards of Eduction in the Administration of Pupils and Teachers as Defined by the Courts |
| Russell Lewis Carl Butsch | A Comparative Study of the Effects of Different Types of School-Building Ventilation on the Health of Pupils | |
| Edgar Dale | A Factual Basis for the Reorganization of the Curriculum in Arithmetic with Special Reference to Business Terms | |
| William Henry Gray | An Experimental Comparison of the Movements in Manuscript Writing and Cursive Writing | |
| James Maurice McCallister | An Analytical Study of Reading Deficiencies for Junior High School Pupils | |
| Howard Yale McCluskey | An Experimental Analysis of the Influence of Certain Conditions on the Reading of College Students | |
| Josephine H. MacLatchy | Attendance at Kindergarten and Progress in the Primary Grades | |
| Ralph Henry Ojemann | A Study of the Relation of Handedness to Speech with Emphasis on the Technic of Testing Handedness | |
| Gordon Nevin Sanson | The Diagnostic Value of a Test in Relation to Its Difficulty | |
| 1930 | Wilbur Lee Beauchamp | An Analytical Study of Attainment of Specific Learning Products in Elementary Science |
| Warren Daniel Bowman | The Constitutional and Legal Basis of Public-School Administration in Virginia | |
| Edwin Scott Lide | Legal Basis of the Organization, Support and Control of City Schools | |
| Harmon Luther Lowman | The History of the Teacher-Training Institutions of the Gulf States | |
| Herbert Theodore Olander | Experimental Determination of the Degree of Transfer between Taught and Untaught Combinations in Simple Addition and Subtraction | |
| Mary Christine Pavey | Discrimination Difficulties in the Learning of Tense Forms in Irregular Verbs and of Case Forms of Pronouns | |
| Herman Glenn Richey | The Blood Pressure in Boys and Girls before and after Puberty and its Relation to Growth and Maturity | |
| Dott Earl Zook | A Study of the Physical Growth of Boys by Means of Water Displacement | |
| 1931 | John L. Blair | Significant Factors in the Prediction of the Success of College Freshman |
| Luther C. Gilbert | An Experimental Investigation of Eye Movements in Learning to Spell Words | |
| Herbert M. Hambin | A Case Study of Teacher Training in a Separate Land-Grant College | |
| William C. Hoppes | The Development of Written Expression among Children of Elementary School Grades | |
| Raymond W. Porter | A Study of the Musical Talent of Chinese Attending Public Schools in Chicago | |
| Henry C.Witherington | A History of State Higher Education in Tennessee | |
| 1932 | Helen C. Davis | Specific Values of Educational Films Used as Supplementary Aids |
| Lee O. Garber | The Legal Implications of the Concept of Education as a Function of the State | |
| Katherine L. McLaughlin | A Study of Number Ability in Children of Ages Three to Six | |
| Harry A Perrin | The Administration of the State Distributive Fund in Illinois | |
| Herber H. Ryan | A Study of the Concomitants of Disparity between Scholarship and Ability in a Secondary School | |
| Robert C. Scarf | Special Disability in Reading and Arithmetic | |
| Clem O. Thompson | The Extension Program of the University of Chicago | |
| Arthur E. Traxler | The Measurement and Improvement of Silent Reading at the Junior-High-School Level. | |
| 1933 | Ethel M. Abernathy | Relationship between Mental and Physical Growth |
| Arthur C. Boyce | A Comparison of Two Forms of Persian Writing by Means of Scales Constructed and Standardized for the Purpose | |
| Charles D. Flory | The Physical Growth of Mentally Deficient Boys | |
| Beatrice E. Leary | Elements of Reading Materials Contributing to Difficulties in Comprehension on the Part of Adults | |
| Clifford R. Maddox | Marking Practice in Undergraduate Courses of the Various Departments of the University of Chicago | |
| John A Nietz | The Constitutional and Legal Bases of the Public School System of Pennsylvania | |
| Arlyn Rosander | The Construction of Social Attitude Scales | |
| Fung C. Wang | An Experimental Study of the Eye-movements in the Silent Reading of Chinese | |
| 1934 | Ivan A Booker | The Measurement and Improvement of Silent Reading among College Freshmen |
| Vincent A. Davis | The Literature of Advanced School Readers in the United States, 1785-1900. | |
| Joseph a. Humphreys | Changes in Certain Aspects of the College of the University of Chicago Following the Inauguration of the New Plan (1931). | |
| Santo A. Isidroy | The Development of Written English Expression of Filipino Children | |
| George C. Phipps | An Experimental Study of the Reading of Shorthand | |
| Paul R. Pierce | The Origin and Development of the Public School Principalship | |
| Stephen P. Ryder | An Experimental Study of Potential Failures in College | |
| Ernest T. Walker | The Relationship of the Housing of Students to Success in a University | |
| 1935 | Jordon Cavan | The Student and the Financing of College; A Study of Student Fees, Student Aid, and Factors Affecting the Proportion of the Cost of Higher Education Born by the Student |
| Minnie Giesecke | The Genesis of Hand Preference | |
| Thomas M. Gilland | The Origin and Development of the Power and Duties of the City-School Superintendent | |
| Harold B. Lamport | A History of the Teaching of Beginning Reading | |
| Rhey B. Parsons | Teacher Education in Tennessee | |
| Alfred J. Pyke | Functional Thinking and the Study of Functional Relations in Elementary Algebra | |
| Donald L. Simon | Turnover Among Teachers in the Smaller Secondary Schools of Indiana | |
| James F. Webb | A Study of the Business Administration of Teachers Colleges | |
| David S. Woods | Financing the Schools of Rural Manitoba |
