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Dissertation Announcements

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Upcoming Presentations

Travis Turgeon

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Case Study In Blended Learning in Texas

Date: March 18th

Time and Location: 12:30 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jessica Gottlieb (chair); Dr. Alexander Wiseman; Dr. Kristin Whittenburg; Dr. Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer

Stephanie Welch

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Teachers' Understanding and Implementation of Culturally Responsive Math Teaching in Formal, Intended, and Enacted Curriculum Stages: A Multiple Case Study

Date: March 19th

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jian Wang (chair); Dr. Kamau Siwatu; Dr. Amani Zaier; Dr. Weverton Ataide Pinhero

Zohre Allawzi

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Narrative Inquiry into Jordanian EFL Preservice Teacher Identity Development

Date: March 21st

Time and Location: 9:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jeasik Cho (Chair); Dr. Jairo Funez; Dr. Salam Maaiah

Kara Page

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Impacts of College Teaching Adaptability and College Teaching Self-Efficacy on Higher Education Faculty Job Satisfaction

Date: March 21st

Time and Location: 11:30 a.m. EDUC 152 and Zoom

Committee: Dr. Kamau Siwatu (Chair); Dr. Todd Little; Dr. Mary Hershberger

Britney Matheny

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: The Effectiveness of Georgia Special Education Services by Service Model: Increasing standardized test scores among students with disabilities

Date: March 21st

Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jessica Gottlieb (chair); Dr. Alexander Wiseman; Dr. Jennifer Hamrick

Ryan Eshleman-Robles

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Language Ideologies of Mennonite Preservice Teachers: A Practitioner Inquiry Study

Date: March 22nd

Time and Location: 11:30 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jin Kyeong Jung (Chair); Dr. Jeasik Cho; Dr. Catherine Lammert

Gabriella Fecher

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Multiple-Case Study Exploring the Challenges, Support, and Continued Expectations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Measures in Predominantly Rural Vermont School Districts

Date: March 22nd

Time and Location: 2:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jeasik Cho (Chair); Dr. Jin Kyeong Jung; Dr. Aletha R. Cherry

Paula Richard

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Transforming Academic Writing Process for African American Male Students

Date: March 25th

Time and Location: 11:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Julie Smit (chair); Dr. Faith Mania; Dr. Rene Saldana

William Lopez

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Student Service Fees at Land-Grant Institutions

Date: March 26th

Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jon McNaughtan (Chair); Dr. Valerie Paton; Dr. Amy Murphy

Kirk Evans

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Discovering Our Place through Environmental Education in Elementary Science Classrooms: A Phenomenological Inquiry

Date: March 26th

Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim (Chair); Dr. Julie Smit; Dr. Rina Kundu Little

Sarah Barron Lundgren, B.S., M.Ed.

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Through the Lens of Mother-Scholars: A Narrative Exploration of their Doctoral Journeys

Date: March 28th

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Stephanie J. Jones (Chair); Dr. Valerie Osland Paton; Dr. Tricia Ryan-Pal

Allison Garrett Navas

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Gifted Student Underachievement: A Mixed Methods Study on Educator Perceptions and Awareness of Instructional Strategies to Mitigate This Phenomenon

Date: March 29th

Time and Location: 8:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Jaehoon Lee (chair); Dr. Soohyun Yi; Dr. Amani Zaier

Kadoria Burgess

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Addressing the Academic Engagement and Disciplinary Referral Rates of Elementary Boy Learners of Color: A Design Development Study of PLCs, Instructional Coaching, and Culturally Responsive Teaching

Date: March 29th

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Irma Almager, (Chair); Dr. Selenda Cumby; Dr. Vanessa deLeon