[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2017

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

DATE:      March 7, 2017

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2017

Wed., Mar. 1, 2:00 pm, EDN 107, Jeremiah Shipp, Final Defense
Pressing Toward the Mark: The Influence of Spiritual Meaning on the Retention of African American Male Graduate Students at a Public University
Major Advisor:  Dr. Charlotte Larkin
Thu., Mar. 2, 1:00 pm, AGIT 222, Lori Douglas, Proposal Defense
Medicine as an ISA: An Exploration of American Healthcare through Narrative Medicine and Life Writings of Patients and Physicians
Major Advisor:  Dr. Christopher Gonzales
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Paul Zelhart

Fri., Mar. 3, 11:45 am, HEN 202, James Tyler Skidmore, Proposal Defense
The Effects of Gestalt-Based Equine Facilitated Therapy on Marital Satisfaction in Relationships in which One Member is a Combat Veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Paul Zelhart

Mon. Mar. 6, 10:00 am, One Stop Shop, Khimen Cooper, Final Defense
A Body of One's Own: A Textual Analysis of Women's Rhetorical Body Space
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tabetha Adkins
Mon. Mar. 6, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Cheryl Urbanovsky, Final Defense
Examining Administrator Perceptions: Maintaining Sociologically Diverse Gifted and Talented Programs in PK-12 Settings
Major Advisor:  Dr. Arthur Borgemenke

Mon. Mar. 6, 2:00 pm, OSS 176, Terri Nugent, Final Defense
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Tracing Conciliation as a Literacy Practice
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tabetha Adkins

Tue. Mar. 7, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, Shirley Oliver, Final Defense
Analyzing the Pedagogical Beliefs and Practices of Texas Teachers to Determine if They Subscribe to a Constructivist Paradigm
Major Advisor:  Dr. Deborah Goodwin

Wed., Mar. 8, 2:00 pm, EDN 108, Meredith L Clements-Bilbo, Final Defense
An Examination of First-Generation Female College Students Participating in a Rural East Texas Upward Bound Program
Major Advisor:  Dr. Madeline Justice

Thu. Mar. 9, 2:00 pm, BA 248/ MPLX 131, Kisha McDonald, Final Defense
Exploring Factors That Influence African American Males' Reading Performance and Reading Self-Perception
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Sennette

Thu., Mar. 9, 2:00 pm, BIN 214, Traci Uncel, Proposal Defense
Predictors of Burnout in Community Corrections
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Paul Zelhart

Fri., Mar. 10, 1:00 pm, BIN 214, Timothy Brown, Proposal Defense
An Analysis of the Factors Influencing School Counselor Ethical Decision Making
Major Advisor:  Dr. Steve Armstrong
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Paul Zelhart

Mon. Mar. 20, 1:30 pm, HEN 202, Jennifer Dias, Final Defense
Eyewitness Identification and the Weapon Focus Effect: Effects of Weapon Presence, Concealment, and Exposure
Major Advisor:  Dr. Curt Carlson

Tue. Mar. 21, 11:00 am, EDN 108, Susan Harte, Final Defense
Administrators' Perceptions of Truancy in a Rural Texas School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. M. Nathan Templeton

Tue. Mar. 21, 2:30 pm, BIN 214, Michelle Smith, Final Defense
Relationships Between Race, Racial Microaggressions, Academic Motivation, and Academic Self-Efficacy
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Schroeder
Thu. Mar. 23, 9:00 am, AGIT 222K, Elisa Gironzetti, Final Defense
Multimodal and Eye-Tracking Evidence in the Negotiation of Pragmatic Intentions in Dyadic Conversations: The Case of Humorous Discourse
Major Advisor:  Dr. Salvatore Attardo

Thu. Mar. 23, 10:00 am, AGIT 222K, Michael Baker, Final Defense
Costume Culture: Visual Rhetoric, Iconography, and Tokenism in Comic Books
Major Advisor:  Dr. Christopher Gonzalez
Thu., Mar. 23, 10:00 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

Fri., Mar. 24, 8:00 am, EDN 108, Cristal Joslin, Final Defense
SOS: Save our Staff-Texas Teacher Attrition-A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Johyun Kim

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