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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 May 2021<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, May 3, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Marcus Johnson</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Impact of Integrating a Literacy Intervention in a Pre-Kindergarten Physical Education Class<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Joyce Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, May 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Nona Batiste</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Museum’s Curriculum: Exploring Museums Via Eisner’s Educational Connoisseurship and Critical Analysis<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. Emily Newman<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Karla Pena</u></b>, Final 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Shaunise Robinson</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Content Analysis of Social and Emotional Learning in Mathematics Related Children’s Literature<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Joyce Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Robert Campbell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Meghan Gowin</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Sister Outsider: Lived Experiences of Black Women Early Childhood Educators Who Employ Culturally Relevant Pedagogy<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. Nate Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Christina Regian</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Finding Expert Consensus on the Components of Cooperating Teacher Training: A Quantitative Delphi Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Gilbert Naizer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Cynthia Lee</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study Examining Teacher’s Perspectives on the Changing Face of Play in Kindergarten<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. David Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Charlotte Hueter</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Teachers’ Perspectives on a Constructivist Paradigm and Their Use of Constructivist Strategies in the Classroom<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Danna Beaty-Boudreaux<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Anjum Najmi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, May 6, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Claudia Sáenz</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Reading Achievement of Third Grade English Learners and Low-Socioeconomic Students in Title I and Non-Title I 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. Kristan Pearce<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, May 6, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Litisha Haynes</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) on Completion Rates During the Ninth Grade Transition Year<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Danna Beaty-Boudreaux<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Chris Simpson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, May 6, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Kimberly Muñoz</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Factors Which Predict Reading Achievement for Hispanic Emerging Bilingual Students: A Sociocultural Perspective<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. David Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, May 7, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Sarvenaz Balali</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Narrative Inquiry into Cultural Discontinuity: The Case of Iranian Students in the United States<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Christian Hempelmann<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Ozum Yesiltas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 2:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Danielle Lawton</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Why Teachers Stay? A Narrative Inquiry of the United Experiences of Black Teachers Who Decide to Remain in an Urban School District in Southern California<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. Jacqueline Riley<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Rachel Sumrall</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Homosexuality and the United States Military<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">**to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor and request permission<o:p></o:p></p>
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