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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for December 2019<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 2, 2019, 11:00 am, BIN 225, <b><u>Desiree Stephens</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Factors That Predict Multicultural Teaching Competencies Among Counselor Educators<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Samuel Bore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Gilbert Naizer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 2, 2019, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Javetta Jones-Roberson</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Voices of Leaders: Examining the Underrepresentation of Diverse Students in Advanced Academic Programs Through a Culturally Responsive Leadership Lense<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 2, 2019, 1:30 pm, BIN 225, <b><u>Natalie Knox</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Self-Cutting: A Consideration of Protective Factors<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Samuel Bore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 2, 2019, 2:30 pm, EDS 125, <b><u>Kimberly Munoz</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Factors Which Predict Reading Achievement for Hispanic Emerging Bilingual Students<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. Flavia Belpoliti<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 11:00 am, EDN 107, <b><u>Marianella Moore</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>What Leadership Practices of Principals at Elementary Campuses Influence Bilingual Programs
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<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Art Borgemenke<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Ashley Sanders-Jones</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Black Heels of Higher Education: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study of the Career Pathways of Senior Administrators in Texas Higher Education Institutions<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Katie Koo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Alex Williams<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, <b><u>Dana Eldredge</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>College and Career Ready: A Comparison of SAT Scores of Career and Technical Education Coherent Sequence Completers and Non-Coherent Sequence Completers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Burchan Aydin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 2:15 pm, EDN 107, <b><u>Bartholomew Graves</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Professional Development for English Language Learners<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 5, 2019, 10:00 am, DTH 140, <b><u>Diana Hines</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Tapping the Well in Rural Texas: Negotiating Genre for Public Health<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Shannon Carter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 5, 2019, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Judith Ann Caskey</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>How Sole Rural Principals Use Distributed Leadership Practices to Build Capacity of Teacher Leaders: An Interpretive Qualitative Study<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 9, 2019, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Jamie Babineaux</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Administration Perceptions of the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) Toward Teacher Growth in a Medium-Size Suburban District
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<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 11:00 am, BIN 225, <b><u>Crystal Brashear</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Creative Supervision on Counselors-in-Training: A Single-Case Research Study<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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