[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2016

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

DATE:      February 29, 2016

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2016
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Tue., Mar. 1, 11:00 am, BIN 214, Janet Lewis, Final Defense
The Impact of Family Interaction Patterns and Identity Orientation on the Career Exploration and Decision-Making Processes of College Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Christian Hempelmann

Fri., Mar. 4, 12:00 pm, BIN 214, Trina Geye, Proposal Defense
Facilitation and Inhibition Components of the Size Congruity Effect in College Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tracy Henley
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Betty Block

Fri., Mar. 4, 1:00 pm, MPLX 120/ BA 248, Kisha McDonald, Proposal Defense
Thinking Outside the Book: Exploring the Use of iPads and Tenth Grade African American Males Reading Self-Perceptions and Reading
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Sennette
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jose Lopez

Mon., Mar. 7, 1:15 pm, BIN 214, Tammy Willis, Proposal Defense
Effects of Social Emotional Learning on School Functioning in Rural Disaster Affected Adolescents
Major Advisor:  Dr. DeMarquis Hayes
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Allan Headley

Tue., Mar. 8, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Samuel Ogbonna, Proposal Defense
Factors Beyond Instruction That Impact School Performance: Leadership Practices and School Culture in High Achieving and Low Achieving Public Schools
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nate Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Tue., Mar. 8, 3:30 pm, H of L 135, Geoffrey Clegg, Final Defense
Quantum Echoes: The Spaces Between Interdisciplinary Composition and the Teaching of Writing
Major Advisor:  Dr. Shannon Carter
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Michael Knight


Wed., Mar. 9, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Deborah Floyd, Final Defense
Teacher and Student Perspectives of College Readiness Preparation in a Urban Public College Preparatory Higher School
Major Advisor:  Dr. Madeline Justice
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Willie Edwards

Fri., Mar. 11, 10:30 am, EDN 108, Patricia Bush, Final Defense
Maintaining Humanistic Values of Caring During Orthopaedic Surgical Residency Through Effective Mentors
Major Advisor:  Dr. Joyce Scott
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Susan Stewart

Fri., Mar. 11, 11:00 am, BIN 214, Heather Quast, Final Defense
School Counselor Implementation of the Solution-Focused Family Support Model with High School Students Experiencing Behavioral Problems and Academic Failure
Major Advisor:  Dr. Amir Abbassi
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. William Kuracina

Fri., Mar. 11, 2:00 pm, BIN 214, Kerin Groves, Proposal Defense
The Role of Spirituality in Happy Fifty-Year Marriages
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Madeline Justice

Tue., Mar. 22, 9:00 am , BIN 214, Nelly Shora, Final Defense
On the Write Track: A Persuasive Writing Intervention to Support Students with Emotional And Behavioral Disorders
Major Advisor:  Dr. Brittany Hott
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Andrea Graham

Tue., Mar. 22, 2:00 pm, EDN 108, Mei-Ying Lin, Final Defense
Analysis of the Use of Course Management Systems in Online Courses at Public 4-Year Institutions in the State of Texas
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jon Travis
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Hunter Hayes

Thu., Mar. 24, 2:00 pm, H of L 134, Sara Miller, Final Defense
Of Planchettes and Pickets: Spiritualism, The New Woman, and Literacy Modernism, 1880-1920
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Carrie Klypchak

Thu., Mar. 24, 3:30 pm, H of L 134, Angela Strickland, Proposal Defense
Literacy in the Home (School): An Ethnographic Study of Homeschool Literacy Education as Viewed Through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tabetha Adkins
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sandy Kimbrough

Tue., Mar. 29, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Kathleen Golden, Proposal Defense
Nonverbal Communication in Education: Student Perceptions of Secondary Educators' Attire and Its Influence on Specific Teacher Attributes
Major Advisor:  Dr. Deborah Goodwin
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Chester Robinson



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