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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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for January 2020<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, January 16, 2020, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Shawn Perry</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Principal Leadership Beliefs: Grit and Principals’ Sense of Self-Efficacy<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. Donna McCrary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Holly Ferguson</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Qualitative Study Examining North Texas Women Leaders’ Ascension into the Superintendency<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ava Muņoz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Inelda Acosta</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Administrators’ Assessment of Bilingual Teachers’ Fidelity and Implementation of Bilingual Instructional Models at a North Texas School<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ava Muņoz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 2:00 pm, EDS 125, <b><u>Lucy Houston</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Study of the Impact of Contrastive Analysis Instruction The Metalinguistic and Phonological Awareness of Third Grade African American Language/Ebonics Speakers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Joyce Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Kevin Wortley</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Entrepreneurship Education and the Entrepreneurial Intent of Students at a Community College in Texas<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Katie Koo<o:p></o:p></p>
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