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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>TO: All Graduate Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>FROM: Vicky Turner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Doctoral Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>DATE: May 4, 2011</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for May 2011<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thurs., May 5, 1:30 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Holly McGowan</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Standardized Criteria and the Responsibilities of the Instructor in a Community College English Composition Course<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. L. Rusty Waller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Steven Ball<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., May 6, 10:45 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Karl E. Payton</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Homeschooling as a Predictor of Communication Apprehension Among College Freshman<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. Joyce Scott<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Brenda Moore<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., May 6, 3:30 pm, HofL 134, <b><u>Carl Wade Thompson</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Past in Use: A Critical Examination of Representations of Alienation and Violence in Selected Working Class Memoirs<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Jiaming Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mon., May 9, 10:00 am, EDS 101/MPLX 135, <b><u>Leslie Haas</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Leveled Vocabulary Embedded Within Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG): A Content Analysis<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. Wayne Linek<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Paul Lenchner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., May 10, 1:30 pm, EDN 113E, <b><u>Catherine Kirkland</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Leveling Hispanic Family-School Barriers<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. James Vornberg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Daniel Edelman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., May 11, 9:00 am, EDS 101/MPLX 135, <b><u>Deborah J. Williams</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Impact of Professional Learning Communities on Urban Teachers and Their Students’ Reading and Math Achievement<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. Wayne Linek<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Stephen Reysen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., May 11, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Heather Allen</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Postsecondary Developmental Mathematics Teaching, 1965-2009: Objectives as Stated in Periodical Literature<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Adviser: Dr. Jason Davis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Lloyd Basham<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>