[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for April 2013

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty

 

FROM:     Vicky Turner

                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

 


DATE:       March 28, 2013


 

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for April
2013

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Mon., Apr. 1, 10:00 am, EDS 101/MPLX 131/TEXK 235, Debra Buchanan,
Proposal Defense

The Effect of Professional Learning Communities and Online Professional
Development Models on Student Achievement on Statewide Reading and Math
Achievements

Major Advisor:  Dr. Maria Hinojosa

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Gregory Wilson

 

Mon., Apr. 1, 2:00 pm, H of L 140, Tonja Mackey, Proposal Defense

Academic Libraries and Writing Programs: Partnering for Student Success

Major Advisor:  Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Stephen Starnes

 

Fri., Apr. 5, 9:00 am, EDS 101/MPLX 131/TEXK 235, Coral Wilkins,
Proposal Defense

Emotional Intelligence: The Correlation Between Implementing Leader in
Me and 5th Grade Achievement

Major Advisor:  Dr. Maria Hinojosa

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Maria Fernandez-Lamarque

 

Fri., Apr. 5, 10:00 am, H of L 134, Jennifer Collar, Proposal Defense

Literary Sponsors of Secondary Students: How Literacy Sponsors Affect
Approaches to Composition and College Readiness

Major Advisor:  Dr. Bill Bolin

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Madeline Justice

 

Fri., Apr. 5, 11:00 am, EDN 108/MPLX 131/TEXK 235, Teresa Thacker,
Proposal Defense

A Comparison Study: the Effects of Professional Learning Community
Implementation on Special Education Student Achievement in 

Grades 3-5 in 
Two Texas School Districts

Major Advisor:  Dr. Maria Hinojosa

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Steve Armstrong

 

 

Mon., Apr. 8, 10:00 am, EDN 113, Scarlet Anderson, Proposal Defense

The Effectiveness of Texas Teacher Certification Programs as Evidenced
Through Pass Rates on TEXES PPR 160 Exam

Major Advisor:  Dr. L. Rusty Waller

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lon Johnston

 

Wed., Apr. 10, 11:00 am, EDN 108, Myrtle Dixon, Proposal Defense

Institutional Factors Affecting Doctoral Degree Completion at Selected
Texas Public Universities

Major Advisor:  Dr. Joyce Scott

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Willie Edwards

 

Tue., Apr. 16, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Kevin Rose, Proposal Defense

A Longitudinal Study of Revenue Sources of Texas Community Colleges
Prior To and After Adoption of the Closing the Gaps

Major Advisor:  Dr. L. Rusty Waller

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith 

 

Tue., Apr. 16, 10:00 am , EDN 113E, Alana Sloan, Proposal Defense

Going the Distance or Dropping Out: An Ethnographic Portrait of One
Family's High School Journeys

Major Advisor:  Dr. Art Borgemenke

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Matt Wood

 

Wed., Apr. 17, 11:00 am, EDN 113E, Lance Groppel, Proposal Defense

Effect of Tax Ratification Elections on Student Achievement

Major Advisor:  Dr. Chuck Holt

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sandy Kimbrough

 

Wed., Apr. 17, 2:00 pm, EDN 113E, Jason Johnston, Proposal Defense

Impact of Professional Development Expenditures on Student Achievement
in Texas Public Schools

Major Advisor:  Dr. Chuck Holt

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Christian Hempelmann

 

Fri., Apr. 19, 9:00 am, EDS 101/MPLX 120/TEXK 235, Juan Solis, Proposal
Defense

Character Education in Texas Middle Schools: An Analysis of Student
Achievement, Attendance, and Discipline

Major Advisor:  Dr. Maria Hinojosa

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Willie Edwards

 

Tue., Apr. 30, 3:00 pm, H of L 134, Mary Couzelis, Proposal Defense

Counter-Storytelling and Ethnicity in Twenty-First-Century American
Adolescent Historical Fiction

Major Advisor:  Dr. Susan Stewart

Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Barbara Hammack

 





 

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