[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for May 2021

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for May 2021

Monday, May 3, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Marcus Johnson, Final Defense
Impact of Integrating a Literacy Intervention in a Pre-Kindergarten Physical Education Class
Major Advisor:  Dr. Joyce Miller

Monday, May 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Nona Batiste, Proposal Defense
Museum's Curriculum: Exploring Museums Via Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Critical Analysis
Major Advisor:  Dr. Sherri Colby
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Emily Newman

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Karla Pena, Final Defense
A Narrative Inquiry on the Processes and Data Used by LPAC Administrators to Reclassify English Learners
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Shaunise Robinson, Proposal Defense
Content Analysis of Social and Emotional Learning in Mathematics Related Children's Literature
Major Advisor:  Dr. Joyce Miller
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Robert Campbell

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, Meghan Gowin, Proposal Defense
Sister Outsider: Lived Experiences of Black Women Early Childhood Educators Who Employ Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Major Advisor:  Dr. Sherri Colby
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Nate Templeton

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Christina Regian, Final Defense
Finding Expert Consensus on the Components of Cooperating Teacher Training: A Quantitative Delphi Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Gilbert Naizer

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Cynthia Lee, Final Defense
A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study Examining Teacher's Perspectives on the Changing Face of Play in Kindergarten
Major Advisor:  Dr. David Brown

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Charlotte Hueter, Proposal Defense
Teachers' Perspectives on a Constructivist Paradigm and Their Use of Constructivist Strategies in the Classroom
Major Advisor:  Dr. Danna Beaty-Boudreaux
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Anjum Najmi

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Claudia Sáenz, Proposal Defense
Reading Achievement of Third Grade English Learners and Low-Socioeconomic Students in Title I and Non-Title I Schools
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Kristan Pearce

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Litisha Haynes, Proposal Defense
The Impact of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) on Completion Rates During the Ninth Grade Transition Year
Major Advisor:  Dr. Danna Beaty-Boudreaux
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Chris Simpson

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, Kimberly Muñoz, Final Defense
Factors Which Predict Reading Achievement for Hispanic Emerging Bilingual Students: A Sociocultural Perspective
Major Advisor:  Dr. David Brown

Friday, May 7, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, Sarvenaz Balali, Proposal Defense
A Narrative Inquiry into Cultural Discontinuity: The Case of Iranian Students in the United States
Major Advisor:  Dr. Christian Hempelmann
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Ozum Yesiltas

Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 2:30 pm, Zoom, Danielle Lawton, Proposal Defense
Why Teachers Stay? A Narrative Inquiry of the United Experiences of Black Teachers Who Decide to Remain in an Urban School District in Southern California
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Jacqueline Riley

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Rachel Sumrall, Proposal Defense
Homosexuality and the United States Military
Major Advisor:  Dr. Raymond Green
Graduate Council Representative:  TBD


**to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor and request permission



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