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

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

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

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, LaKeisha Rider, Proposal Defense
Informing Administrative Responses to Teacher Attrition in Middle to Late Career Professionals
Major Advisor:  Dr. Danna Beaty-Boudreaux
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Betty Block

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Pearl Garden, Final Defense
A Content Analysis of the Perceptions of Vocabulary Instruction by Early Grade Teachers
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tami Morton

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Adam Ray, Final Defense
The Impact of Video Games Modality on Grit and Immersion
Major Advisor:  Dr. Stephen Reysen

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Billy Pringle, Final Defense
Virtual Schooling and Low Socioeconomic Students in Texas Public High Schools: Perceptions of Texas Education Agency Approved
Virtual High School Campus Principals
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom/ Talbot 146, R. Mike Smith, Proposal Defense
Contact Zones: Interfaces, Surveillance, and Mapping William Gibson's The Peripheral
Major Advisor:  Dr. M. Hunter Hayes
Graduate Council Representative:   TBD

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, Nichole Ward, Proposal Defense
Examining Practices in a Charter School Setting
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Brooke Clemons

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, Brooke Mann, Proposal Defense
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School Age Children: A Validity Study of Diagnostic Assessments
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karin Tochkov
Graduate Council Representative:   Dr. Kathryn Dixon

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Brittany Drake, Final Defense
An Embedded Descriptive Case Study:  Exploring Urban Teacher Retention Through Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nathan Templeton

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Lindsey Lloyd, Final Defense
Phenomenological Study on Persistence at 4-year Public Universities Among Black or African American Military Veterans
Major Advisor:  Dr. Seung Won Yoon



Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, Erin Mayo, Proposal Defense
Understanding Lived Experiences of Educators with Implementing Standards-Based Grading Procatices in Public Scholls,
A Narrative Inquiry Qualitative Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ray Thompson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Cavender Campbell

Thursday, November 11, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Claudia Saenz, Final Defense
Reading Achievement of Third Grade English Learners and Low-Socioeconomic Students in Title 1
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide

Thursday, November 11, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Maryanne Piña Frodsham, Proposal Defense
Principals' Perceptions of Key Leadership Practices in a Low Performing Elementary School: An Interpretive Quantitative Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Nicole Farris

Monday, November 15, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Comfort Atanga, Proposal Defense
Secondary Teachers Understanding of Universal Design for Learning When Educating Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
Major Advisor:  Dr. Kelly Carrero
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Steve Armstrong

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, Deon Johnson, Proposal Defense
Not in This House: How Perceptions of Masculinity Affect the Marginalization of Same-Gender-Loving Members in Black Greek Letter Fraternities
Major Advisor:  Dr. Dimitra Smith
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Elvira White-Lewis

Friday, November 19, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, Sara Landaverde , Proposal Defense
Steinbeck's Travel Writing
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Matt Wood

Friday, November 19, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, Cara Malone, Proposal Defense
The Role of Assistant Superintendents in Principal Transformation: A Narrative Inquiry of Principals in One Urban School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ray Thompson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Tami Morton



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