[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2023

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Vicky Turner
                   Doctoral Degree Coordinator

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2023

Thursday, March 2, 2023, 9:00 am, Zoom, Crystal Deaver, Final Defense
Disparity Representation on the Pathway to Principalship: A Lesson from Texas Female High School
Major Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Arrambide

Monday, March 6, 2023, 10:45 am, Zoom, Ian Radzinski, Final Defense
The Rashomon Effect: The Appropriation of Akira Kurosawa's Cinematic Technique in Recent Cinema
Major Advisor:  Dr. Hunter Hayes

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:00 am, Zoom, Rebekah Shuck, Final Defense
Examining Perceptions of Teachers and Administrators on Processes for Using and Supports Needed to Implement Restorative Practices in an Urban Elementary School in Central Texas
Major Advisor:  Dr. Elsa Villarreal

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 11:00 am, Zoom, Sheri Campbell-Kaiser, Final Defense
Job Satisfaction: Levels of Special Education Assessment Personnel: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 1:00 PM, Zoom, Alice Wilson, Final Defense
Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Practices That Lead to Academic Success in Suburban Schools: an Interpretive Qualitative Research Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 11:00 am, Zoom, Uchechi Okafor, Final Defense
The Lived Experiences of Assistant Principals Who Participated in Their District-Based Principal Leadership Academy
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nate Templeton

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 1:00 pm, Zoom, James Mondragon, Final Defense
A Qualitative Analysis of How One Texas School District views the Psychological Safety Provided by School Counselors and the Benefits of Providing Virtual Access to Licensed Professional Counselors
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger

Monday, March 20, 2023, 10:00 am, Zoom, Menetra Milligan, Final Defense
Achieving Communicative Competence in Students of Languages Other Than English in Virtual Language Learning Environments
Major Advisor:  Dr. Jennifer Dyer

Monday, March 20, 2023, 11:00 am, Zoom, James Wilkins, Final Defense
Social Interaction Experiences of Neurodivergent Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Major Advisor:  Dr. James Devlin

Monday, March 20, 2023, 12:00 pm, Zoom, Preston Woo, Final Defense
Narrowing the Literacy Gap: The Relationship Between Self-Selected Independent Reading and the Reading Motivations of Black and Hispanic Secondary Students - A Program Evaluation
Major Advisor:  Dr. Peter Williams

Monday, March 20, 2023, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Samantha Culbertson, Final Defense
Latina AVID Student Perception on College Readiness
Major Advisor:  Dr. James Devlin

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 9:00 am, Zoom, Lisa Castillo, Final Defense
Early College High School Models: An Interpretive Qualitative Study on Leading for Organizational Resilience
Major Advisor:  Dr. Peter Williams

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 10:00 am, Zoom, Jesi McMurray, Final Defense
Analyzing Trauma in the Genre of Adolescent 9-11 Fiction
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 2:00 pm, Zoom, La Vonda Loney, Final Defense
The Principal Hiring Process: A Study of the Use of Fit to Select Leaders for Low-Achieving Campuses
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger

Thursday, March 23, 2023, 9:00 am, Zoom, Dana Curry, Final Defense
An Investigation of Factors That Influence Fraudulent Academic Excuse Making
Major Advisor:  Dr. Lacy Krueger

Thursday, March 23, 2023, 10:00 am, Zoom, Todd Linder, Final Defense
Choosing the Theory: Factors Influencing Early Career Professional Counselors: An Exploratory Factor Analysis
Major Advisor:  Dr. Zaidy Mohdzain


Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 11:00 am, Zoom, Brenda Carter, Proposal Defense
Organizational Commitment: Describing Meaning Via the Lived Experiences of Adjunct Faculty at a North Texas College District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Dimitra Smith
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Srinavas Nippani

**if you are a student and want to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor**

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