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

Nancy Willingham Solis

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Texas Special Education Due Process Hearing Decisions for Economically Disadvantaged School Districts: An Analysis of Trends and Patterns from 2018 through 2021

Date: March 31st

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

Committee: Robin Lock, Ph.D. (chair); Laura H. Brown, Ph.D.; Janna Brendle, Ph.D.

Brittany Withers

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: An Investigation of the Preparation of General and Special Education Teachers to Teach Students with High-Incidence Disabilities to use Speech-to-Text Software on the STAAR Assessment

Date: March 31st

Time and Location: 1:30 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Robin H. Lock, Ph.D. (chair); Janna Brendle, Ph.D.; Laura H. Brown, Ph.D.

Ryan Fitzgerald

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Narrative Exploration of the Experiences of Former Male Community College Student-Athletes Who Transitioned Away From Intercollegiate Athletics

Date: April 7th

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

Committee: Hugo Garcia, Ph.D. (Chair); Lucy Arellano, Ph.D.; Angela Lumpkin, Ph.D.

Krista McBrien

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Validated through Invisibility: A Narrative of Validating Experiences of First-Generation Women with a Chronic Illness Following Academic Probation

Date: April 11th

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

Committee: Hugo Garcia, Ph.D. (chair); Grant Jackson, Ph.D.; Laura Rendon, Ph.D.; Lucy Arellano, Ph.D.

Shannon Leaper

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Student and Librarian Perceptions of the Benefits of Collocating Academic Support Services with Academic Libraries: A Collective Case Study

Date: April 14th

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

Committee: Dr. Valerie Osland Paton (Chair); Dr. Stephanie J. Jones; Dr. Ryan Litsey

Heidi Smith

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Balancing Act: How University Chief of Staff Understand their Role as a Leader and Follower

Date: May 2nd

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

Committee: Dr. Jon McNaughtan (chair); Dr. Stephanie Jones; Dr. Rod Paige

Hesper Holland

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: The Impact of Embedded Language Strategies on an Untrained Adult's Implementation Fidelity During Shared Reading Tasks

Date: May 2nd

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

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

Brittany Hall

Dissertation Defense Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Nudge Theory and its Application to Parent Training Related to Gesture Use During a Shared Interactive Book Reading

Date: May 2nd

Time and Location: 1:30 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Robin H. Lock, Ph.D. (chair); Janna Brendle, Ph.D.; Laura H. Brown, Ph.D.