[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2011

[Academic Affairs]

TO:            All Graduate Faculty

 

FROM:      Vicky Turner

                  Doctoral Degree Coordinator

 


DATE:       February 28, 2011


 

RE:           Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March
2011

 

Tues., March 1, 10:00 am, EDN 113-E, Laura Merchant, Proposal Defense

An Exploration of High School Redesign

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wade Fish

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Robert Williams

 

Wed., March 2, 10:00 am, EDN 113-E, Daniel Crawford, Final Defense

Perceptions and Usage of Local Policy Exemption by Texas Public School
Districts allowing Less-Than-Annual Appraisals in Place of the
Professional Development and Appraisal System

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jane MacDonald

Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Tim Wilson

 

Wed., March 2, 10:00 am, Binnion 234, Trigg Even, Final Defense

Differences Between National Accreditation Standards and Graduate Ethics
Training Pedagogy Among Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) Receiving
Board Sanctions for Ethics Violations

Major Adviser:  Dr. Chester Robinson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Joyce Scott

 

Wed., March 2, 2:00 pm, EDN 108, Anjeanette Newville, Final Defense

Strengths and Weaknesses of Teacher Preparation: Perspectives of First
Year Teachers in a Northeast Texas School District From Traditional,
Field-Based, and Alternative Certification Programs

Major Adviser:  Dr. Leah Wickersham

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lawrence Angel

 

Thurs., March 3, 10:00 am, EDN 107, Chaowanee Kumlertluk Moore, Final
Defense

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

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jon Travis

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Judy Ford

 

Thurs., March 3, 10:00 am, EDN 113-E, Justin Terry, Final Defense

Where Does Money Matter: The Impact of Expenditures on Student
Achievement

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wade Fish

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. David Anderson

 

Thurs., March 3, 11:00 am , EDN 108, James Thomas Hooten, Final Defense

An Analysis of Science VS Pseudoscience

Major Adviser:  Dr. Joyce Scott

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jiaming Sun

 

Thurs., March 3, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, Barbara Lynn Veitch, Final Defense

Developmental Education and Emotional Intelligence in Three Rural East
Texas Community Colleges

Major Adviser:  Dr. Madeline Justice

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Josh Thompson

 

Fri., March 4, 1:00  pm, HofL 134, Lisa Hull Reed, Final Defense

Childhood Memoir's Coming of Age

Major Adviser:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sam Roberson

 

Tues., March 8, 12:30 pm, EDN 113E, Michael McMoran, Final Defense

Effect of Early College Participation on High School Student Academic
Performance in the State of Texas

Major Adviser:  Dr. Casey Brown

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Daniel Creider

 

Tues., March 8, 1:30 pm, EDN 108, Belinda Prihoda, Final Defense

Science Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate African American Students
Enrolled in Freshman Level Physical Science Courses in Historically
Black Colleges and Universities

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jason Davis

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Michael Hanna

 

Tues., March 8, 2:00 pm, EDN 113E, David Del Bosque, Final Defense

The Effect of Texas House Bill 3646 on Texas Public School Funding
Equity

Major Adviser:  Dr. Wayne Bingham

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Scott Waltemyer

 

Wed., March 9, 10:00 am, HofL 134, Jonne Thomasson Akens, Final Defense

Mastering the Signifier: Whiteness Recast in Young Adult Literature

Major Adviser:  Dr. Susan Stewart

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Wayne Linek

 

Wed., March 9, 1:00 pm, Binnion 234, Teri Ann Sartor, Proposal Defense

The Relationship Between Vicarious Trauma and Self-Efficacy Amongst
Mental Health Professionals

Major Adviser:  Dr. Steve Armstrong

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Chris Stewart

 

 

 

Thurs., March 10, 11:00 am, EDN 108, Michael Preston, Final Defense

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

Major Adviser:  Dr. Joyce Scott

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jim Heitholt

 

Fri., March 11. 11:00 am, Henderson 202, Sara Lawrence, Final Defense

Role of Observational Learning in Facilitating Category Development in
Young Children

Major Adviser:  Dr. Steve Ball

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jon Travis

 

Fri., March 11, 1:00 pm, Binnion 234, Cynthia Owen-Matthews, Proposal
Defense

Second Generation Adult Former Cult Group Members' Recovery Experience:
Implications for Counseling

Major Adviser:  Dr. Carmen Salazar

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lauren Hensley Maloney

 

Mon., March 21, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Shikun Zhang, Final Defense

Attitudes of ESL Students Toward the Use of Computer-Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) in a University in China

Major Adviser:  Dr. Jason Davis

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sandy Kimbrough

 

Thurs., March 24, 9:00 am, EDN 113, Tina Harris, Final Defense

An Integrated Learning System Impact on At-Risk Students Ninth Grade
TAKS Mathematics Achievement

Major Adviser:  Dr. Sam Roberson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Hunter Hayes

 

Thurs., March 24, 2:00 pm, Hof L 302, Sandra Shu-Chao Liu, Final Defense

The Utilization of English in the Linguistic Landscape to Increase
Taiwanese Students' Interest in Learning English

Major Adviser:  Dr. Robert Baumgardner

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jay Leist

 

Thurs., March 24, 2:00 pm, Hof L 134, Scott Lancaster, Final Defense

A Larum for London: A Critical Edition of the Performative Text

Major Adviser:  Dr. Kathryn Jacobs

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Wade Fish

 

Thurs., March 24, 2:30 pm, EDS 101/Metroplex 120, Sara McCoy, Final
Defense

The Mirror and the Window: The Portrayal of African Americans in Texas
State-Adopted Reading Textbooks

Major Adviser:  Dr. Mary Beth Sampson

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Rodger Pool

 

 

Fri., March 25, 1:30 pm, Binnion 234, Marcus Chidozie, Final Defense

An Examination of Spirituality as a Possible Predictor of Couples'
Marital Satisfaction

Major Adviser:  Dr. Amir Abbassi

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Laverne Raine

 

 

 

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