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

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

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

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Jennifer Collins, Proposal Defense
New to Profession Elementary Teachers' and Mentors' Perceptions of the District-Wide Mentoring
Program: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design
Major Advisor:  Dr. Teresa Farler
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. David Lee Brown

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Rachel Callicoat, Proposal Defense
The Examination of Gerocounseling Competency of CACREP Graduate Counseling Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Edith Gonzalez
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith

Friday, June 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, William Pleasant, Final Defense
The Effect of Distinctive Intern
Major Advisor:  Dr. Curt Carlson

Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Alyssa Jones, Final Defense
The Effect of Filter Selection Methods on Lineup Fairness and Eyewitness Identification
Major Advisor:  Dr. Curt Carlson

Monday, June 7, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Alice Vasquez, Final Defense
A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between Latina Daughters-in-law/Non-Latina White
Mothers-in-law and Its Effect on Their Interracial Marriages
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson

Monday, June 7, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Thomas Brooks III, Final Defense
Conformity of Scripts: Mortality Salience and Sexual Scripts
Major Advisor:  Dr. Stephen Reysen

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Terri Osborne, Final Defense
Influential School Leadership: A Descriptive-Embedded Multi-Case Study of Two Principals'
Effort to Promote Academic Resilience in ECHS
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Patricia Glaeser, Final Defense
The Impact of Culturally Responsive Leadership in the Postsecondary Readiness of Long-Term
English Learners
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ava Muñoz

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Erin Kaszynski, Final Defense
Predictors of Preparedness in Gatekeeping Among Doctoral Counselor Education and
Supervision Students
Major Advisor:  Dr. Chester Robinson



Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Fariba Ehteshami, Final Defense
The Effectiveness of the Use of the Big Five Personality Test and Gottman's Seven Principles
for Making Marriage Work on Couples Relationship Satisfaction
Major Advisor:  Dr. Linda Ball

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, Jordan Guillory, Final Defense
Do Co-Requisite Developmental Mathematics Courses Increase Course Sequence Completion
at a Community College
Major Advisor:  Dr. Sarah Rodriguez

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Kristin Hebert, Final Defense
Middle School Principal Perceptions of Readiness to Serve: A Phenomenological Self-Efficacy Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ray Thompson

Friday, June 11, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, Robert Lockamyeir, Final Defense
Weapons at a Distance: An Investigation of the Weapon Focus Effect as a Function of Distance
Major Advisor:  Dr. Curt Carlson

Friday, June 11, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Marie Heath, Proposal Defense
Texas High School (Im)migrants Negotiating Acculturation: Measuring Bicultural Identity Integration
in a New Culture
Major Advisor:  Dr. Juan Araujo
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Julia Meszaros

Monday, June 14, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, Vanessa Colon, Proposal Defense
Principal's Measurement of Growth in Sociocultural Competence Within Their Dual Language
Program
Major Advisor:  Dr. Alexandra Babino
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Benton Pierce

Monday, June 14, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Dimitria Roberts, Final Defense
A Nation at Stake: A Case Study to Explore How Principals Use the Virginia Department of
Education's Evaluation Framework to Build Teacher Capacities
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ava Muñoz

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, Abiezer Cristales, Proposal Defense
The Academic and Social Experiences of Latinos Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Students
at a Community College
Major Advisor:  Dr. Mary Jo Dondlinger
Graduate Council Representative:  TBD

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Josh Hawkins, Proposal Defense
The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy on Parent Self-Esteem and Parenting Stress
on Homeless Parents
Major Advisor:  Dr. Steve Armstrong
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Brenda Moore

Thursday, June 17, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, Levatta Levels, Final Defense
Middle School Principals and Family Engagement: A Multifaceted Three-Dimensional Narrative
Inquiry
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Shyulanda Randle-Flier, Proposal Defense
School Administrators' Perceptions of House Bill 2308 and TIPP: Schools Reaching State
Achievement Goals in Fighting Absenteeism and Truancy
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Kibum Kwon

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, Linda Jena, Proposal Defense
Experiences and Outcomes Associated With Students Who Self-Select Into Living-Learning
Communities in a Northeast Texas University
Major Advisor:  Dr. Michael Ponton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Edith Gonzalez


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


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