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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 November 2020<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Thomas Brooks</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Conformity of Scripts: Mortality Salience and Sexual Scripts<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Stephen Reysen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Marcella Smith<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 5, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Natalia Assis</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Character Strengths and Virtues: A Global Citizenship<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Stephen Reysen<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">Thursday, November 5, 2020, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Chris Bradshaw</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>East Texas Rural School Principals: Their Lived Experiences With Transformational Leadership Practices<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. Guclu Atinc<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 5, 2020, 4:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Tobi Fuller</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>As (S)he Thinks, So (S)he Is: Mindset as a Moderator for Stereotype Threat and Impostor Phenomenon in Black Women Doctoral Students<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. Nicole Farris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, November 6, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Joel Blaylock</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Voices From the Alternative Campus: Students Speak<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Juan Araujo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Seung Won Yoon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Adrian Leday</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>An Analysis of Color-Blindness in Campus Administrators and Its Impact on Discretionary Discipline<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. William Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Dimitria Roberts</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Nation at Stake: A Case Study to Explore How Principals Use the Virginia Department of Education’s Evaluation Framework to Build Teacher Capacity Within K-12 Virginia Public Schools<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: Dr. William Masten<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 12, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Sara Avrit</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Descriptive Qualitative Multi-Case Study Exploring the Use of the Content-Area Reading Strategies Implemented by Beginning Secondary Teachers in a Rural Texas School District<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tami Morton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 12, 2020, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Stacee Johnson</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Perceptions of Teachers and Facilitators Regarding Online Professional Learning: An IPA Approach<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. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, November 13, 2020, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Karla Pena</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Narrative Inquiry on the Processes and Data Used By LPAC Administrators to Reclassify English Learners<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. Jacqueline Riley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>** if you would like to attend a defense show on the schedule, please contact the Major Advisor and if approved, they will share the Zoom link with you.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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