[VPAAEtal] Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2024

[Academic Affairs]

TO:           All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students

FROM:     Dayla Burgin
                  Admissions Supervisor

RE:            Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for March 2024

Friday, March 1, 2024, 8:00 am, Zoom, Laura Sladky, Final Defense
Biofeedback as Prevention for Distress Within Traditional Undergraduate College Students: A Single-Case Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Zaidy Mohdzain

Friday, March 1, 2024, 11:00 am, Zoom, Joann Jackson Powell, Proposal Defense
The Underrepresentation of African American Males Enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. LaVelle Hendricks

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 2:00 pm, Zoom, Tawnya Hillin-Smith, Proposal Defense
Elephant in the Classroom
Major Advisor:  Dr. Shannon Carter
Graduate Council Representative:  TBD

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 11:00 am, Zoom, Alexis Duggan, Proposal Defense
Self-Advocacy for Students with Mental  Health Diagnosis in Higher Education
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tony Lee
Graduate Council Representative:  TBD

Wednesday, March 6 2024, 12:00 pm, Zoom, Clinton Dennard, Proposal Defense
Investigating the Effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies on Tilt and Decision-Making in Poker
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tracy Henley
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Daniel Hsiao

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Kristina Feldner, Final Defense
MAPing Success: MAP as an Indicator of Performance on STAAR and TELPAS for English Learners in Grades 8 and 9
Major Advisor:  Dr. Kyung Hong-Nam

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Margaret Dwiggins, Final Defense
Classroom Learning
Major Advisor:  Dr. Lacy Krueger

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Brian McShane, Final Defense
Producing Activists: A Punk Rock Counterstory
Major Advisor:  Dr. Shannon Carter

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 10:00 am, Zoom, Jessica Mullins, Proposal Defense
Exploring Campus Leaders Experiences With Instructional Rounds: An Interpretive Qualitative Study
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ray Thompson
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Julie Mills

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 11:00 am, Zoom, Richard Dodson, Proposal Defense
An Interpretive Qualitative Study of Campus Administrators' Perceptions and Use of the Texas-Teacher Evaluation and Support System
Major Advisor:  Dr. Nate Templeton
Graduate Council Representative:  TBD

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Rachel Jennische, Final Defense
"But They're Just Kids!" A Comparative Academic Analysis of Early College High School Students and Traditional College Students at a Texas 2-year Institution
Major Advisor:  Dr. Kibum Kwon

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 1:00 pm, Zoom, Cynthia Jackson, Proposal Defense
A Causal Comparative Study of Positive Behavior Intervention Supports on End of Course Testing for All Students In A Small Rural School
Major Advisor:  Dr. Julia Ballenger
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sherri Colby

Friday, March, 8, 2024, 10:00 am, Zoom, China Pippin, Final Defense
A Quantitative Study of Kindergarten Teachers' Perspective of Kindergarten Readiness Indicators
Major Advisor:  Dr. Tami Morton

Friday, March 8, 2024, 10:00 am, Zoom, Donna Hale, Final Defense
A Casual-Comparative Quantitative Study to Examine School Funding Equity Under Texas House Bill 3
Major Advisor:  Dr. Ray Thompson

Monday, March 18, 2024 2:00 pm, Talbot Hall Room 146, Daniel Jones, Final Defense
Digging Up the Past: Famines in the Irish Gothic Literature Since the Early Nineteenth Century
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Monday, March 18, 2024, 2:30 pm, Zoom, Rocio Almanza, Final Defense
A Comparative Case Study of Kindergarten Teachers Mobilizing Translanguaging to Promote Engagement, Biliteracies, and Critical Consciousness
Major Advisor:  Dr. Sherri Colby

Monday, March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm, Zoom, Carla Moffitt, Final Defense
The Client Experience of Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Motivational Interviewing: A Case Study Reflection
Major Advisor:  Dr. Lavelle Hendricks

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 8:30 am, Zoom, Diana Rodriguez, Final Defense
¿Hablas Español?: The Experiences of Recently Graduated Bilingual Counselors Providing Spanish Language Counseling Services to the
Latinx/e Population
Major Advisor:  Dr. Zaidy MohdZain

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 11:00 am, Talbot Hall-Conference Room, Sara Landaverde, Final Defense
Traveling A New Path: Steinbeck's Experimentation With Narration in Sea of Cortez, A Russian Journal, and Travels With Charley
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10:00 am, Zoom, Jana White, Proposal Defense
Exploring the Perceptions of Superintendents Regarding the Practices Used to Recruit and Retain Teachers in Rural School Districts
Major Advisor:  Dr. Teresa Farler
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Bob Williams

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:00 am, Zoom, Brooke Mann, Final Defense
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School Aged Children: a Validity Study of Diagnostic Assessments
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karin Tochkov

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 2:00 pm, Talbot hall-Conference Room, Marzieh Keshavarzmosalmanshiraz, Final Defense
Probing Short Story Cycles: Interpreting Dubliners and Winesburg, Ohio Through Nietzsche's Philosophical Concepts
Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen Roggenkamp

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:00 am, Zoom, LeWanna Hobbs, Final Defense
A Case Study on the Role of Student Services During Covid-19 Pandemic and Their Impact on Persistence of African American Women Graduates at a Public Institution
Major Advisor:  Dr. Dimitra Smith

Friday, March 22, 2024, 2:00 pm, Zoom, Sinjin Roming, Proposal Defense
Intervention to Improve Wellness of Teachers in a Rural Texas School District
Major Advisor:  Dr. Kelly Carrero
Graduate Council Representative:  Dr. Sarah Mitchell


**if you are a student and want to attend a defense, please contact the major advisor**
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