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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b>TO: All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<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>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">DATE: June 3, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for June 2016<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mon., June 6, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Justin Willis</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>An Investigation of the Influence of Leadership Styles on the Establishment and Sustainability of Professional Learning Communities in Rural East Texas: The Principal’s Perspective<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Nathan Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mon, June 6, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>David Gamboa</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Responding to the Needs of the Linguistically Different: A Phenomenological Investigation<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Nathan Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., June 7, 11:30 am , HofL 134, <b><u>Rachel Noel-Marie Cantrell</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Social Media Users and Competing Literacy Sponsors in the Occupy Wall Street Movement<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tabetha Adkins<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">Tue., June 7, 2:00 pm, HofL 134, <b><u>Laura McBride</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Prescribed Curriculum, Literacy, and the Pedagogy of Reading and Writing<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tabetha Adkins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Charlotte Larkin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wed., June 8, 10:00 am, EDN 107 , <b><u>Ehrikka Hodge</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Parent Perceptions of Parental Involvement Within School Districts With and Without Significant Disproportionality in Special Education<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Charlotte Larkin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., June 16, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Katherine Mead</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Form to Function: A Requisite Analysis of University-Based Equine Centers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Derek Lester<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Brittany Hott<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mon., June 20, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Jasmine Ervins</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Mathematics Achievement of African American and Hispanic Middle School Students in Title 1 and Non-Title 1 Schools<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Melissa Arrambide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Michael Knight<o:p></o:p></p>
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