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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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for June 2021<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 3, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Jennifer Collins</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>New to Profession Elementary Teachers’ and Mentors’ Perceptions of the District-Wide Mentoring<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Program: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Teresa Farler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. David Lee Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Rachel Callicoat</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Examination of Gerocounseling Competency of CACREP Graduate Counseling Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Edith Gonzalez<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, June 4, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>William Pleasant</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Effect of Distinctive Intern<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Curt Carlson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Alyssa Jones</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Effect of Filter Selection Methods on Lineup Fairness and Eyewitness Identification
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Curt Carlson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 7, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Alice Vasquez</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between Latina Daughters-in-law/Non-Latina White
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Mothers-in-law and Its Effect on Their Interracial Marriages<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Chester Robinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 7, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Thomas Brooks III</u></b>, Final 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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Terri Osborne</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Influential School Leadership: A Descriptive-Embedded Multi-Case Study of Two Principals’
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Effort to Promote Academic Resilience in ECHS<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Nathan Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Patricia Glaeser</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Culturally Responsive Leadership in the Postsecondary Readiness of Long-Term<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>English Learners<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ava Muņoz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Erin Kaszynski</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Predictors of Preparedness in Gatekeeping Among Doctoral Counselor Education and
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Supervision Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Chester Robinson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Fariba Ehteshami</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Effectiveness of the Use of the Big Five Personality Test and Gottman’s Seven Principles
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>for Making Marriage Work on Couples Relationship Satisfaction<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Linda Ball<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 10, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Jordan Guillory</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Do Co-Requisite Developmental Mathematics Courses Increase Course Sequence Completion
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>at a Community College<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Sarah Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 10, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Kristin Hebert</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Middle School Principal Perceptions of Readiness to Serve: A Phenomenological Self-Efficacy Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, June 11, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Robert Lockamyeir</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Weapons at a Distance: An Investigation of the Weapon Focus Effect as a Function of Distance<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Curt Carlson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, June 11, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Marie Heath</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Texas High School (Im)migrants Negotiating Acculturation: Measuring Bicultural Identity Integration<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>in a New Culture<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. Julia Meszaros<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 14, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Vanessa Colon</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Principal’s Measurement of Growth in Sociocultural Competence Within Their Dual Language
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Program<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Alexandra Babino<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Benton Pierce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 14, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Dimitria Roberts</u></b>, Final 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
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Education’s Evaluation Framework to Build Teacher Capacities<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ava Muņoz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Abiezer Cristales</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Academic and Social Experiences of Latinos Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Students
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>at a Community College<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Mary Jo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Josh Hawkins</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy on Parent Self-Esteem and Parenting Stress
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>on Homeless Parents<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: Dr. Brenda Moore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 17, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Levatta Levels</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Middle School Principals and Family Engagement: A Multifaceted Three-Dimensional Narrative
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Inquiry<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Shyulanda Randle-Flier</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>School Administrators’ Perceptions of House Bill 2308 and TIPP: Schools Reaching State
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Achievement Goals in Fighting Absenteeism and Truancy<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. Kibum Kwon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Linda Jena</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Experiences and Outcomes Associated With Students Who Self-Select Into Living-Learning
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Communities in a Northeast Texas University<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Ponton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Edith Gonzalez<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor and request permission<o:p></o:p></p>
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