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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>TO: All Graduate Faculty<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>FROM: Vicky Turner<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b> Doctoral Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>DATE: January 30, 2013</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><b>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for February 2013<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., Feb. 1, 9:00 am, EDS 101, <b><u>Faustina Gallagher</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Quantitative Analysis: Creative Arts Learning and College Readiness<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Chester Robinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., Feb. 1, 2:00 pm, EDS 101, <b><u>Laina McDonald</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>CSCOPE: A Curriculum Model Supporting Hispanic College Readiness<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Susan Stewart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 5, 9:00 am, EDS 101, <b><u>Patricia Ray</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Medical-Model Professional Development School: Effects of Training Experience on the First Year of Teaching<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Judy Ford<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 5, 10:00 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>Amy Blanton</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Inhibiting and Motivating Factors in the Assistant Principals’ Decision to Pursue the Principalship<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Casey Brown<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. David Anderson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 5, 1:30 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Gail Caruth</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Andragogy: Ascertaining Where Adult Learners are in the Higher Education System<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Joyce Scott<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Yvonne Villanueva-Russell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 5, 2:00 pm, EDS 101, <b><u>Jerry Thomas</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Factors Promoting Academic Success Among African American Males<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Curtis Jones<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Feb. 6, 9:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Kathy Berry</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Virtual College of Texas: An Historical Analysis<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Rick Lumadue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Allan Headley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thurs., Feb. 7, 10:00 am, AGIT 205/MPLX 121, <b><u>Sonja Ezell</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Early Head Start, Curriculum Intervention and Outcome Measures<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. David Brown<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Quynh Dang<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri., Feb. 8, 1:00 pm, BIN 234, <b><u>Oscar Manning </u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>A Qualitative Study of the Addiction Recovery Process: Years Two Through Five<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Steve Armstrong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Karen Roggenkamp<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 19, 10:00 am, EDN 113E, <b><u>Dina Rowe</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Effect of Elementary Students Participation in the Rachel’s Challenge Program on Student Attendance and Academic Performance<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Art Borgemenke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Carmen Salazar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 19, 1:00 pm, EDS 101, <b><u>Jennifer Miley</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Bilingual and English as a Second Language<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Maria Hinojosa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Jennifer Schroeder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues., Feb. 19, 1:00 pm, EDN 113E, <b><u>Jennifer Hammett</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Examining Teacher Burnout Using Emotional Intelligence Quotients: A Correlational Study<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Art Borgemenke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Jeff Kopachena<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Feb. 27, 2:00 pm, HEN 202, <b><u>Paweena Kosito</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Role of Bodily States in Spatial Perspective Taking<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. Shulan Lu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Kriss Kemp-Graham<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed., Feb. 27, 3:30 pm, HofL 134, <b><u>Baker Bani-Khair</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Gothic Masks in Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and Wilde’s “Picture of Dorian Gray”<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Major Advisor: Dr. M. Hunter Hayes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Jon Travis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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>