[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2018

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator
DATE:      March 1, 2018

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2018

Monday, March 5, 2018, 1:00 pm, BIN 214, Corben Bloomfield, Final Defense
School Counselors as Supervisors: Examining Qualitative Perspectives of Site-Based Internships
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson
Monday, March 5, 2018, 1:00 pm, HEN 202, Jane Bednarz, Final Defense
Practice Makes Perfect: An Investigation into the Enhancement of Eyewitness Predictive Confidence
Major Advisor:  Dr. Curt Carlson
Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 10:00 am, EDN 107, Jena Dunn, Proposal Defense
Institution, Student, and Employer Perceptions of Religious Educational Certificates and Diplomas
Major Advisor:  Dr. Johyun Kim
Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 10:00 am, EDN 108, Angela Barton, Final Defense
Perceptions of RTI Implementation Among Administrators in Rural Elementary Texas Public Schools
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chuck Holt
Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 1:00 pm, BIN 214, Rachel Sloan, Final Defense
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Affirmative Couple, Marriage, and Family Counseling Training at CACREP-accredited Counselor
Education Programs in Texas: What Factors Influence Student Perceptions?
Major Advisor:  Dr. Amir Abbassi
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 10:00 am, EDN 107, Darlene Waller, Final Defense
A Longitudinal study of the Status of Women Faculty at Texas Public 4-Year Institutions (1990-2011)
Major Advisor:  Dr. Charlotte Larkin
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Erica Redman, Final Defense
Teacher Perceptions of Professional Evaluation and Its Impact on Classroom Instruction
Major Advisor:  Dr. Deborah Goodwin
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Lee DeBoer, Final Defense
The Effects on Student Perceptions Regarding Campus Safety and Carrying Concealed Handguns on a University Campus
Major Advisor:  Dr. Johyun Kim
Friday, March 9, 2018, 11:00 am, BIN 220A, Damion Davis, Proposal Defense
A Measure of the Cultural Competence of White and Minority Counselors Working With African American Clients
Major Advisor:  Dr. Same Bore
Friday, March 9, 2018, 12:15 pm, HEN 202, Jennifer Shaw, Final Defense
The Correlations of Consensually Non-Monogamous Sexual Relationships and Mental Health
Major Advisor:  Dr. Stephen Reysen
Friday, March 9, 2018, 1:00 pm, BIN 214, Lisa Couch, Final Defense
A Phenomenological Examination of the Lived Experience for Women After Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Implications for Counseling
Major Advisor:  Dr. Steve Armstrong
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 10:00 am, EDN 108, John Kuhn, Final Defense
Empty Seats: The Impact of Texas House Bill 2398 on Absence Rates Among Low Socioeconomic Status Students in a Rural School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chuck Holt
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 107, Kimberly Baker, Final Defense
School Personnel Perceptions of Gang Presence and Activity of Fifth Graders in a North Texas Urban School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ava Munoz
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, Dameon Gray, Final Defense
The Effects of RTI on Math Success Among Fourth Grade Students: A Causal Comparative Action Research Design
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, Andy Smith, Final Defense
Capturing the Narrative: Campus Administrators' Understanding of Cultural Mismatch and Discipline in the School
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 2:30 pm, EDN 108, Ashley Abke, Final Defense
The Effect of Pay-To-Play Models on Student Academic Achievement and Attendance
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 3:30 pm, HEN 202, Jason McCain, Final Defense
Objects are Incompetent: Exploring the Impact of Reduced Agency on Men's Experience of Self-Objectification
Major Advisor:  Dr. Benton Pierce
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 3:00 pm, Talbot 146, Victoria Scholz, Final Defense
Trans-Fairy Tales: Transformation, Transgression, and Transhuman Studies in 21st Century Fairy Tales
Major Advisor:  Dr. Susan Stewart

Friday, March 23, 2018, 11:00 am, HEN 202, DeAnna Reed, Proposal Defense
The Relations of Learning Strategies and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Major Advisor:  Dr. Lacy Krueger
Friday, March 23, 2018, 1:00 pm, HEN 202, Claire Casteel, Final Defense
The Relationship Between Certification Type and Burnout, Perceived Support, Job Satisfaction, and Life Satisfaction in Special Education Teachers
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Schroeder
Friday, March 23, 2018, 1:30 pm, Talbot 146, Luca Morazzano, Final Defense
John Sayles and James Cameron: Mastering Autonomy in Mainstream and Independent American Cinema
Major Advisor:  Dr. Gerald Duchovnay
Friday, March 30, 2018, 11:00 am, Talbot 148, Amanda Cruz, Proposal Defense
Using Memoirs to Construct Reality From the Depressed Teenage Mother's Point of View: Rhetorical Analyses of Lee Campbell's Stow Away, Sallie Foster's
One Girl in Ten, and Farrah Abraham's My Teenage Dream Ended
Major Advisor:  Dr. Shannon Carter





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