[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses and Final Dissertation Defenses for October 2016

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

DATE:      September 30, 2016

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for October 2016

Tue., Oct. 4, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Anthony Sawyer, Final Defense
The Relationship Between Economic Indicators and Texas Public Two-Year College Enrollment
Major Advisor:  Dr. JoHyun Kim
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jeff Herndon

Tue., Oct. 4, 1:00 pm, EDS 101/ MPLX 120, Laura Flynn, Final Defense
Examining the Dynamic of Classroom Management, Classroom Environment, and Student Choice:
An Action Research Ethnography
Major Advisor:  Dr. Sherri Colby
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Warren Ortloff

Tue., Oct. 4, 1:30 pm, HofL 134, Khimen Cooper, Proposal Defense
A Body of One's Own: A Textual Analysis of Women's Rhetorical Body Space
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tabetha Adkins
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Nathan Templeton

Thu., Oct. 6, 9:30 am, EDN 108, Wendy Morgan, Proposal Defense
Experiences of Highly Involved Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Madeline Justice
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Judy Ball

Thu., Oct. 6, 11:00 am, BIN 214, Kerin Groves, Final Defense
The Role of Spirituality in Happy Fifty-Year Marriages
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Christian Hempelmann

Fri., Oct. 7, 9:00 am, HEN 204, Tammy Willis, Proposal Defense
Examining Spacial Effects in Adolescent Acquisition of a Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
Major Advisor:  Dr. DeMarquis Hayes
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. John Smith

Fri., Oct. 7, 11:00 am, BIN 214, Candace Campbell, Proposal Defense
The Efficacy of Play Therapy Utilizing Interpersonal Neurobiology on Trauma Clients
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chris Simpson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Derald Harp

Tue., Oct. 11, 2:00 pm, HofL 134, Terri Nugent, Proposal Defense
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Tracing Conciliation as a Literacy Practice
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tabetha Adkins
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Chad King

Thu., Oct. 13, 1:30 pm, HEN 202, LaShondra Manning, Final Defense
The Perceptions of College Counselors Who Have Counseled College Students after Mass Crises:
A Phenomenological Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. David Scott

Thu., Oct. 13, 3:30 pm, BIN 214, Nancy Lamphere, Final Defense
A Longitudinal Study of the Metacognitive Abilities of AVID Participants at College
Major Advisor:  Dr. Raymond Green
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Mon., Oct. 17, 11:00 am, BIN 214, Lisa Couch, Proposal Defense
A Phenomenological Examination of the Lived Experience of Women After Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity:
Implications for Counseling
Major Advisor:  Dr. Stephen Armstrong
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Lisa Couch

Wed., Oct. 19, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, Gregg Weiss, Final Defense
The Challenges, Conflicts and Effective Practices of Rural East Texas Superintendents: A Phenomenological Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. William Holt
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Robin Reid

Thu., Oct. 20, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Leavetta Sasser, Final Defense
Informing Campus Principals: A Quantitative Investigation of the Differences Between Full or Partial Inclusion
on the Academic Achievement of Students with Special Needs
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. M. Hunter Hayes

Tue., Oct. 25, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Susan Harte, Proposal Defense
Administrators' Perceptions of Truancy in a Rural Texas School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Stephen Starnes

Tue., Oct. 25, 2:00 pm, BIN 214, Nicholas Patras, Final Defense
Lived Experience of Older Gay Men Who Fathered Children: Implications for Counseling
Major Advisor:  Dr. Linda Ball
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Mary Jo Dondlinger

Tue., Oct. 25, 2:30 pm, EDN 108, Kevin Wortley, Proposal Defense
Analysis of the Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on the Entrepreneurial Intent of U.S. Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jon Travis
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ben Jang

Thu., Oct. 27, 12:30 pm, BIN 214, Trina Geye, Final Defense
Facilitation and Interference Components of the Size Congruity Effect in College Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tracy Henley
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide

Fri., Oct. 28, 8:30 am , EDN 107, Darlene Waller, Final Defense
A Longitudinal Study of the Status of Women Faculty at Texas Public 4-Year Institutions (1985-2015)
Major Advisor:  Dr. Charlotte Larkin
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Tim Wilson

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