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Dissertation Announcements

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Upcoming Presentations

Kassidy E. Wagner

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Resonating with Teachers' Realities: An Exploration of Emotional Support in Secondary Mathematics Coaching Relationships

Date: February 14th

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

Committee: Dr. Shirley Matteson (chair); Dr. Weverton Ataide Pinheiro; Dr. Holly Ferguson; Dr. Lacy Brice

Jesus Esquibel

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Computational Thinking Unplugged: An Exploratory Case Study

Date: February 14th

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

Committee: Dr. Rebecca Hite (chair); Dr. Gina Childers; Dr. Vance Kite

Melissa Hedges

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Social and Cultural Capital Factors Contributing to Emirati Women’s Perceived Self-Efficacy to Lead in Higher Education

Date: February 20th

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

Committee: Dr. Alexander Wiseman (chair); Dr. Jessica Gottlieb; Dr. Hugo Garcia

Michael Scott Tatum

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Selecting Students for College and Career Persistence at Member High Schools in the Arts Schools Network: A Comparative Case Study

Date: February 27th

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

Committee: Alexander W. Wiseman, Ph.D. (chair); Jessica Gottlieb, Ph.D.; Rosa Chávez, Ph.D.

Tressia V. Thompson

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Emergent Literacy Development in the Absence of Parent Involvement: How Teachers Recognize the Literacies of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students

Date: March 3rd

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

Committee: Dr. Faith Maina (chair); Dr. Rene Saldana; Dr. Aretha Marbley

Matiana Wiley

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Design Development Study of Integrating an Instructional Coaching Literacy Program to Promote Reading Achievement Among Low-Socioeconomic and English Language Learners in an Urban High School

Date: March 7th

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

Committee: Dr. Joseph Claudet (chair); Dr. Irma Almager; Dr. Vanessa Deleon

Josh Howard

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: The Effects of Middle School Mathematics Acceleration Methods on Algebra I Student Achievement: A New Framework for Middle School Mathematics Acceleration Policies in Texas

Date: March 7th

Time and Location: 10:00am via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Alexander Wiseman (Chair); Dr. Jessica Gottlieb; Dr. Jaehoon Lee

Angela Spoto

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Perceptions of Adult Student Learners in Media Arts Online Learning Environments

Date: March 28th

Time and Location: 10 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Valerie Paton (chair); Dr. Grant Jackson; Dr. Adam Watkins