[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal and Final Disseratation Defenses for October 2010

[Academic Affairs]

TO:       All Graduate Faculty

 

FROM:     Vicky Turner

                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

 


DATE:     October 1, 2010


 

RE:       Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for October
2010

 

Mon., Oct. 4, 10:00 am, EDN 108, David Barrett, Final Defense

Using Chess to Improve Math Achievement for Students Who Receive Special
Education Services

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wade Fish

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Hayden Fox

 

Tues., Oct. 5, 9:30 am, EDN 113E, Robert O'Connor, Proposal Defense

North Texas School Superintendents' Perspectives on Strategies to Hold a
Successful Tax Ratification Election

Major Adviser:  Dr. Casey Brown

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Yvonne Villanueva Russell

 

Tues., Oct. 5, 11:00 am, EDN 108, Bruce King, Final Defense

A Case Study of a Community College-University Teacher Recruitment
Partnership

Major Adviser:  Dr. Rodger Pool

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Amir Abbassi

 

Tues., Oct. 5, 11:00 am, EDN 113, Kim Broadway, Final Defense

Student Achievement: Impact of Teacher Certification Method, School
Climate and Culture, and Level of Support Experienced by First-Year
Teachers

Major Adviser:  Dr. James Vornberg

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Lawrence Clinton

 

Thurs., Oct. 7, 10:00 am, EDN 113E, Alan Bryant, Final Defense

Funding Equity in Oklahoma Public Schools and Its Impact on Student
Academic Achievement on Algebra I End of Instruction Tests

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Bingham

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Willie Edwards

 

Thurs., Oct. 7, 2:00 pm, EDN 108, Brandy Fair, Final Defense

Are Students "READI" for Online Classes? Examining the READI Assessment
as a Possible Predictor of Student Success in an Online Communication
Course

Major Adviser:  Dr. Leah Wickersham

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Derald Harp

 

 

 

Fri., Oct. 8, 11:00 am, HEN 202, Terence Leary, Final Defense

The Relationship Among Dysfunctional Leadership Dispositions, Job
Satisfaction, and Employee Engagement and Burnout

Major Adviser:  Dr. Raymond Green

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lamar Bridges

 

Mon., Oct. 11, 3:00 pm, HL 134, Stella Brown, Final Defense

Constructions of Gender and Sexualities in J.R.R. Tolkien's The
Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings

Major Adviser:  Dr. Robin Reid

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Daniel Creider

 

Fri., Oct. 15, 10:00 am, EDS 101 and MPLX 135, Silvia Graham, Proposal
Defense

The Role of First Language in Second Language Comprehension of
Informational Text: A Study of Fourth and Fifth Grade Bilingual Hispanic
Students

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Linek

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Stephen Armstrong

 

Fri., Oct. 15, 10:30 am, HEN 202, Tracy Anderson-Clark, Final Defense

Impact of Collective Self-Esteem as a Predictor of Name Identification
for Mothers of Newborns and Toddlers

Major Adviser:  Dr. Raymond Green

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Judy Ford

 

Fri., Oct. 15, 1:00 pm, BIN 234, Shahab Dean Aslinia, Final Defense

A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Relationship Among Perceived Sex
Roles, Marital Values, and Marital Satisfaction

Major Adviser:  Dr. Amir Abbassi

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Linda Matthei

 

Tues., Oct. 19, 12:00 pm, EDS 101 and MPLX 135, Kishawna Wiggins, Final
Defense

Effective Support for Teachers: The Impact of a Two-Year Beginning
Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program in a Small Urban School District

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jennifer Sennette

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jane MacDonald

 

Mon., Oct. 25, 3:00 pm, HEN 202, Nicholas Smith, Final Defense

Digital Literacy: Stereotypes and Stereotype Threat

Major Adviser:  Dr. Raymond Green

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Robin Reid

 

Tues., Oct. 26, 1:30 pm, EDN 113, Atticus Wisener, Proposal Defense

Experiential Pedagogy: A Theoretical and Practical Interpretation of
John Dewey's Experience and Education

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sam Roberson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. John Hanners

 

Fri., Oct. 29, 11:00 am, EDS 101/ MPLX 135, Evelyn Lawson, Final Defense

Teacher Attitude Toward Black English and Its Impact on Reading
Achievement

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Linek

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jane MacDonald

 

Fri., Oct. 29, 1:00 pm, BIN 234, Vickie Sutherland, Proposal Defense

The Relationship Among Alexithymia, Attachment Styles, and Racial
Identity of African American Women in a Residential Substance Abuse
Treatment Facility

Major Adviser:  Dr. Carmen Salazar

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Gil Naizer

 

 

 

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