Dissertation Announcements

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To request an invitation to attend a dissertation presentation via teleconference, please contact the presenter and/or their committee chairperson.

Upcoming Presentations

Tanya Gilliam

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Improving Reading in Middle School: A Desing-Based Study On Using Authentic Data Teaming and Culturally Responsive Teaching via Professional Learning Communities

Date: June 11th

Time and Location: 10:30 a.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. Joseph Claudet (Chair); Dr. Vanessa DeLeon; Dr. Dusty Palmer

Miguel Salazar

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Exploring the Impact of a Distributed Leadership Model on School Climate and Culture in a Resource-Constrained Rural District

Date: June 12th

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

Committee: Dr. Dusty Palmer (chair); Dr. Zinab Munoz; Dr. Ricardo Molina

Susan Burt

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Strengthening Universal Inclusion: Evaluating a Teacher Training Program for Academically Advanced Students

Date: June 16th

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

Committee: Dr. Joseph Claudet (chair); Dr. Vanessa DeLeon; Dr. Fernando Valle

Maxine Barrera Gonzales

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: The Efficacy of Professional Learning Communities and Coaching on Elementary Mathematics Teacher Practice and Student Achievement

Date: June 16th

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

Committee: Joseph Claudet, Ph.D. (chair); Vanessa de León, Ed.D.; Fernando Valle, Ed.D.

Kristi Brown-Griffin

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Building Teacher Collective Self-Efficacy through Micro-Teaching Opportunities in Professional Learning Communities for Instructing Emergent Bilingual Students

Date: June 17th

Time and Location: 8:30 a.m. via Teams

Committee: Vanessa de León, J. D., Ed.D. (Chair); Irma Almager, Ph.D.; Dusty Palmer, Ed.D.

Larisa Henderson

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Adaptive Leadership and Data-Driven Coaching: Cultivating Collaborative Culture and Deepening Learning for Reading Achievement

Date: June 17th

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

Committee: Joseph G. Claudet, Ph.D. (chair); Vanessa de León, J. D., Ed.D.; Fernando Valle, Ed.D.

Julie Hendrickson

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Transforming High School Counseling: Integrating the National American School Counseling Association Model for Enhanced Student Support

Date: June 17th

Time and Location: 2:30 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Joseph G. Claudet, Ph.D. (chair); Vanessa de Leon, Ed.D.; Fernando Valle, Ed.D.

Christine Hall, B.A., M.Ed.

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: LGBTQ+ Community College Students’ Perceptions of their Sense of Belonging Related to Positive Campus Experiences and Effects on Well-Being and Success

Date: June 18th

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

Committee: Dr. Stephanie J. Jones (Chair); Dr. Valerie O. Paton; Dr. David V. Jones

Katherine Tovar

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Educating Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms: A Qualitative Study of Teacher Perspectives

Date: June 19th

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

Committee: Dr. Robin Lock (chair); Dr. Janna Brendle; Dr. Laura H. Brown

Lunie Nelson

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Teacher Effectiveness in Traditional and Non-Traditional Teacher Preparation Programs

Date: June 19th

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

Committee: Dr. Dusty Palmer (chair); Dr. Fernando Valle (co-chair); Dr. Ricardo Molina

Kennedy Wasonga Awuonda

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Conceptualization of Proactive Academic Advisement Framework: A Latent Variable Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Date: June 20th

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

Committee: Jaehoon Lee, Ph.D. (chair); Mary Hershberger, Ph.D.; Todd Little, Ph.D.

Topher Avila

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: How Topher Tophered While Translanguaging between Lengua de Señas Mexicana and American Sign Language: A Critical Autoethnography on Sign Language, Power, and Identity Formation

Date: June 24th

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

Committee: Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim (Chair); Dr. Jin Kyeong Jung; Dr. Carla Garcia-Fernandez; Dr. Lina Hou

Eveline Wanki

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Rethinking Adolescent Writing Instruction: A Case Study on Developing Writing Stamina in 9th Grade English Language Arts Classrooms

Date: June 25th

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

Committee: Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim (Chair); Dr. Mellinee Lesley; Dr. Rene Saldana

Aileen Hermes

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Special Education Teacher’s Autoethnography: Inclusion of Students with Disabilities Through Disability Critical Race Theory

Date: June 27th

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

Committee: Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim (Chair); Dr. Mihwa Park; Dr. Linnie Greenlees

Cecil Baskerville

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Bridging the Cultural Divide: Examining the Impact of Teacher Bias and Cultural Misunderstandings on Minority Student Achievement

Date: July 14th

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

Committee: Dr. Dusty Palmer (chair); Dr. Fernando Valle; Dr. Gabriel Gillespie