[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses and Final Defenses for October 2009

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty

 

FROM:     Vicky Turner

                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

 


DATE:       September 30, 2009


 

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for
October 2009

 

 

Thurs., Oct. 1, 10:30 am, EDN 108, Parinya Suwannakit, Proposal Defense

Collaboration in Community College Online Courses

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sue Espinoza

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. La Verne Raine

 

Thurs., Oct. 8, 9:00 am, EDN 113 E, Loyd Jason Smith, Final Defense

A Causal Comparative Study on the Effects of a Professional Development
Model Executive Leadership Academy for Superintendents on the Leadership
Orientation of Texas Superintendents

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Bingham

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Daniel Edelman

 

Thurs., Oct. 8, 9:00 am, EDN 107, Michael Preston, Proposal Defense

Measuring the Reflective Judgment of Civically Engaged College Students
at a Large, Public University

Major Adviser:  Dr. Joyce Scott

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Deena Harper

 

Thurs., Oct. 8, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Chaowanee Kumlerthik Moore, Proposal
Defense

Problems Encountered by International Asian Students and American
Students in American Online Classrooms

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sue Espinoza

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

 

Thurs., Oct. 8, 10:45 am, EDN 113-E, James Richey Jr., Final Defense

The TAKS Test and Teaching of the Formal Research Paper: Implications
for Student Success in Higher Education

Major Adviser:  Dr. Rodger Pool

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Christine Alexander

 

Fri., Oct. 9, 10:30 am, HEN 202, Devin Pierce, Proposal Defense

Risk Taking in Simulated Environments: Perceptual Signaling and
Motivational States

Major Adviser:  Dr. Shulan Lu

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sandy Kimbrough

 

 

 

 

Fri., Oct. 16, 9:00 am, EDN 113 E, Jeffery Horn, Final Defense

English Language Learners: A Case Study of the Perceived Influence of
Bilingual Education on Professional Occupational Success and Social
Standing

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wade Fish

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Susan Stewart

 

Fri., Oct. 16, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, Louis Glover, Final Defense

Comparison of Tuition Disparities Among City, Suburban, Town, and Rural
Public Community Colleges

Major Adviser:  Dr. L. Rusty Waller

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Shannon Carter

 

Fri., Oct. 16, 2:00 pm, HEN 202, Jennifer Flanagan, Final Defense

The Effect of Stereotype Threat on African-American and Hispanic
Participants on Academic and Non-Academic Tasks in Workplace Settings

Major Adviser:  Dr. Raymond Green

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Kathryn Jacobs

 

Fri., Oct. 23, 11:00 am, EDN 113-E, Jerome Nauyokas, Final Defense

A Mixed Methods Study Exploring the Nature of Effective Communication
Between Superintendents and Public School Boards in Texas

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jane MacDonald

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Daniel Creider

 

Fri., Oct. 23, 1:00 pm, Binnion 214, Timothy Gilliam, Final Defense

Spirituality and Counseling Supervision: Current Practices of Board
Approved Supervisors

Major Adviser:  Dr. Steve Armstrong

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Harvetta Robertson

 

Fri., Oct. 23, 3:00 pm, Binnion 234, Susan Bray, Final Defense

Relationship Between Master's-Level Counseling Students' Implicit
Attitudes Toward Race, Beliefs Concerning the Causes of Poverty, and
Multicultural Competency

Major Adviser:  Dr. Richard Balkin

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Josh Thompson

 

Thurs., Oct. 29, 1:00 pm, AGIT 233/MPLX 135, Margie Garcia, Final
Defense

Comprehension Instruction for Elementary and English-Language Learners:
A Content Analysis of Professional Literacy Texts

Major Adviser:  Dr. Mary Beth Sampson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sang Suh

 

Fri., Oct. 30, 10:00 am, AGIT 205/MPLX 135, Jill Culmo, Final Defense

The Impact of Structured Daily Independent Self-Selected Reading on
Second Grade Students

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Linek

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Derald Harp

 

 

 

 

Fri., Oct. 30, 10:00 am, Binnion 234, Ruth Whitely, Final Defense

Therapeutic Benefits of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for At-Risk
Adolescents

Major Adviser:  Dr. Linda Ball

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Laurence Angel

 

Fri., Oct. 30, 2:00 pm, H of L 146, Iris Johnson, Final Defense

Acts of Emancipation: Authority and Identity in Contemporary Slave
Narratives

Major Adviser:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jeff Kopachena

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.tamuc.edu/pipermail/vpaaetal/attachments/20090930/bf098493/attachment.htm