[Vpaaetal] Schedule of Proposal & Dissertation Defenses for May 2006

[Academic Affairs]

TO:                 All Graduate Faculty

 

FROM:           Natalie Henderson

                        Doctoral Degree Coordinator

 


DATE:            April 28, 2006


 

RE:                 Schedule of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses

 

May 1 - 10:00 am, EDN 107, Henry Ross, Proposal Defense

The Major Concerns of African American Faculty Employed at Predominately
White, Doctoral Extensive Universities

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jon Travis

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jon Jonz

 

May 1 - 3:00 pm, HL 141, Sonja Andrus, Proposal Defense

No Longer Just Visiting the Borderland:  A Case Study of First-Year
Composition Instruction at a Two-Year College

Major Adviser:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Paul Lenchner

 

May 3 - 1:30 pm, Metroplex 135 & AGIT 233, Brenda Floyd, Proposal Defense

A History of Regional Education Service Centers

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sherion Jackson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ben Doughty

 

May 3 - 3:00 pm, Metroplex 135 & AGIT 233, Rebecca Good, Proposal Defense

The Dallas Collaborative Model:  Analyzing the Impact of a Data Analysis
Process to Impact Instruction Over a Three Year Period of Time

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sherion Jackson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Keith West

 

May 4 - 9:00 am, EDN 107, James Russell, Final Defense

Secondary School Biology Teaching, 1983-2004 Objectives as Stated in
Periodical Literature

Major Adviser:  Dr. Joyce Miller

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. David Crenshaw

 

May 5 - 10:00 am, EDN 113E, Deborah Crawford, Proposal Defense

Characteristics Leading to Student Success:  A Study of Online Learning
Environment 

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sherion Jackson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Dan Creider

 

May 5 - 1:00 pm, EDN 113E, Donna Kincaid, Final Defense

Selected Factors Affecting Instructional Leadership Skills of Elementary
School Principals in Public, Private and Charter Schools

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sherion Jackson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Hunter Hayes

 

May 5 - 1:00 pm, EDN 202C, Yu-Pei Shen, Proposal Defense

The Impact of School-Based Group Sandtray Therapy on the Self-Esteem of
Young Adolescent Girls

Major Adviser:  Dr. Stephen Armstrong

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith

 

May 8 - 3:30 pm, BA 338 & Metroplex 120, Sharonda Pruitt, Proposal Defense

Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of Quality After-School Program
Factors

Major Adviser:  Dr. Mary Ann Gaines

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Linda Matthei

 

May 9 - 3:00 pm, EDS 205, Janice Lombardi, Proposal Defense

Teacher Perceptions of Factors Affecting Vocabulary Performance

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Linek

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Paul Zelhart

 

May 10 - 3:30 pm, EDN 113E, Marty Crawford, Proposal Defense

The Millennium Superintendent:  The Nation at Risk Nexus, a Study of the
Texas Public School Superintendent as a Transformational Leader

Major Adviser:  Dr. Rex Carr

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jeff Kopachena

 

May 10 - 4:30 pm, EDN 113E, Carol Brown, Proposal Defense

Leadership and Followership:  A Gender Perspective

Major Adviser:  Dr. Rex Carr

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sharon Chambers

 

May 11 - 9:00 am, HL 141, Hsuehching Shih, Final Defense

Connecting the Critical Pedagogy in Basic Writing to College EFL Teaching:
A Content Analysis English Learning Magazines as Freshmen English Teaching
Material in Taiwan

Major Adviser:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. John Hanners

 

May 11 - 2:00 pm, EDN 107, Jeremy McMillen, Final Defense

Learning Outcomes Enhancement, Campus Culture, and Change in the
Learning-Centered Community College

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jon Travis

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Chester Robinson

 

May 12 - 3:00 pm, EDN 113E, Robert Rich, Proposal Defense

Texas Superintendents:  Facilitators of Organizational Excellence

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sherion Jackson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ken Washer

 

May 12 - 1:00 pm, EDS 205, Jane Moore, Final Defense

A Historical Examination of Oral Language

Major Adviser:  Dr. Mary Beth Sampson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom

 

 

 

 

Natalie Henderson
Doctoral Degree Coordinator
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Graduate Studies & Research
P O Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Phone: 903/886-5161
Fax: 903/886-5165

The Mission of Graduate Studies and Research is to provide leadership and
direction for all aspects of graduate education and to promote research at
Texas A&M University-Commerce. 

As a major Doctoral/Research Intensive university in the Northeast Texas
region, we are committed to embody and model the best practices in graduate
education and research to meet the needs of a constantly changing regional,
national, and global environment.

 

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