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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>
<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: September 30, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for October 2016
</u></b><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 4, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, <b><u>Anthony Sawyer</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Relationship Between Economic Indicators and Texas Public Two-Year College Enrollment<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. JoHyun Kim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Jeff Herndon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 4, 1:00 pm, EDS 101/ MPLX 120, <b><u>Laura Flynn</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Examining the Dynamic of Classroom Management, Classroom Environment, and Student Choice:
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>An Action Research Ethnography<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Sherri Colby<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Warren Ortloff<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 4, 1:30 pm, HofL 134, <b><u>Khimen Cooper</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Body of One’s Own: A Textual Analysis of Women’s Rhetorical Body Space<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. Nathan Templeton <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 6, 9:30 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Wendy Morgan</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Experiences of Highly Involved Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Madeline Justice<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Judy Ball<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 6, 11:00 am, BIN 214, <b><u>Kerin Groves</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Role of Spirituality in Happy Fifty-Year Marriages<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Chester Robinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Christian Hempelmann<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fri., Oct. 7, 9:00 am, HEN 204, <b><u>Tammy Willis</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Examining Spacial Effects in Adolescent Acquisition of a Social Emotional Learning Curriculum<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. DeMarquis Hayes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. John Smith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fri., Oct. 7, 11:00 am, BIN 214, <b><u>Candace Campbell</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Efficacy of Play Therapy Utilizing Interpersonal Neurobiology on Trauma Clients<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Chris Simpson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Derald Harp<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 11, 2:00 pm, HofL 134, <b><u>Terri Nugent</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Tracing Conciliation as a Literacy Practice<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. Chad King<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 13, 1:30 pm, HEN 202, <b><u>LaShondra Manning</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Perceptions of College Counselors Who Have Counseled College Students after Mass Crises:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Phenomenological Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Chester Robinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. David Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 13, 3:30 pm, BIN 214, <b><u>Nancy Lamphere</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Longitudinal Study of the Metacognitive Abilities of AVID Participants at College<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Raymond Green <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">Mon., Oct. 17, 11:00 am, BIN 214, <b><u>Lisa Couch</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Phenomenological Examination of the Lived Experience of Women After Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity:
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Implications for Counseling<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Stephen Armstrong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Lisa Couch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wed., Oct. 19, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Gregg Weiss</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Challenges, Conflicts and Effective Practices of Rural East Texas Superintendents: A Phenomenological Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. William Holt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Robin Reid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 20, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Leavetta Sasser</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Informing Campus Principals: A Quantitative Investigation of the Differences Between Full or Partial Inclusion
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>on the Academic Achievement of Students with Special Needs<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. M. Hunter Hayes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 25, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Susan Harte</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Administrators’ Perceptions of Truancy in a Rural Texas School District<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. Stephen Starnes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 25, 2:00 pm, BIN 214, <b><u>Nicholas Patras</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Lived Experience of Older Gay Men Who Fathered Children: Implications for Counseling<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Linda Ball<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Mary Jo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue., Oct. 25, 2:30 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Kevin Wortley</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Analysis of the Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on the Entrepreneurial Intent of U.S. Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Jon Travis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Ben Jang<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu., Oct. 27, 12:30 pm, BIN 214, <b><u>Trina Geye</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Facilitation and Interference Components of the Size Congruity Effect in College Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tracy Henley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Melissa Arrambide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fri., Oct. 28, 8:30 am , EDN 107, <b><u>Darlene Waller</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Longitudinal Study of the Status of Women Faculty at Texas Public 4-Year Institutions (1985-2015)<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Charlotte Larkin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Tim Wilson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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