Dissertation Announcements

To request a dissertation announcement, please fill the out Dissertation Announcement Request Form.

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

Upcoming Presentations

Susan Arminio

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Tier 2 Math Interventions in Middle School Lesson Plans

Date: December 1st

Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. via Teams

Committee: Vanessa de León, J.D., Ed.D. (Chair); Zinab Muñoz, Ed.D; Fernande Valle, Ed.D.

Rebecca Clesse

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Honeycombs and Fig Trees: A Critical Poetic Inquiry of Belonging and Resistance

Date: December 1st

Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. via Zoom

Committee: Dr. René Saldaña, Jr. (chair); Dr. Joshua Cruz; Dr. Weverton Ataide Pinheiro

Lacy Holocker

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Incentivizing Equity: Perspectives of Secondary Level Educators on Teacher Incentive Allotment and Emergent Bilinguals in South Texas

Date: December 2nd

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

Committee: Dr. Vanessa de León (Chair); Dr. Fernando Valle; Dr. Irma Almager

Elizabeth Minto-Bauer

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: The Role of Lever Leaders: A Case Study on the Impact of Shaping Novice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy with At-Risk Students in State Tested Content Areas

Date: December 2nd

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

Committee: Dr. Vanessa de León (Chair); Dr. Zinab Muñoz; Dr. Dusty Palmer

Edna De La Fuente

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Newcomer Students’ Experience: From Stress to Belonging

Date: December 2nd

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

Committee: Dr. Jeasik Cho (Chair); Dr. Cristian Aquino-Sterling; Dr. Jared Lau

Justin Chambers

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Pathways to Rural Practice: A Mixed-Methods Study of Homophily in Rural School Psychology

Date: December 9th

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

Committee: Dr. Jessica Gottlieb (chair); Dr. Tara Stevens; Dr. Alexander Wiseman

Cynthia Coreño

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: Who Wrote Me? Exploring Teacher Identity Through Culturally Relevant Literature

Date: December 10th

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

Committee: Dr. René Saldaña, Jr. (chair); Dr. Cristian Aquino-Sterling; Dr. Delia Carrizales

Staci Tharp

Dissertation Proposal Presentation to Doctoral Committee

Title: A Literacy Practitioner’s Twilight Year Before the Dawn of a New Beginning: A Feminist Rhizomatic Reflection on Building Identity from the Bookshelves of My Life

Date: December 12th

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

Committee: Dr. Mellinee Lesley (chair); Dr. Rene Saldana; Dr. Joshua Cruz