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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 November 2021<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>LaKeisha Rider</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Informing Administrative Responses to Teacher Attrition in Middle to Late Career Professionals<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. Betty Block<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Pearl Garden</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Content Analysis of the Perceptions of Vocabulary Instruction by Early Grade Teachers<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tami Morton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Adam Ray</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Video Games Modality on Grit and Immersion<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">Thursday, November 4, 2021, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Billy Pringle</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Virtual Schooling and Low Socioeconomic Students in Texas Public High Schools: Perceptions of Texas Education Agency Approved
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Virtual High School Campus Principals <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Melissa Arrambide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom/ Talbot 146, <b><u>R. Mike Smith</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Contact Zones: Interfaces, Surveillance, and Mapping William Gibson’s The Peripheral<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. M. Hunter Hayes<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">Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Nichole Ward</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Examining Practices in a Charter School Setting<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. Brooke Clemons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Brooke Mann</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in School Age Children: A Validity Study of Diagnostic Assessments<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Karin Tochkov<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Kathryn Dixon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Brittany Drake</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>An Embedded Descriptive Case Study: Exploring Urban Teacher Retention Through Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction<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">Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Lindsey Lloyd</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Phenomenological Study on Persistence at 4-year Public Universities Among Black or African American Military Veterans
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Seung Won Yoon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Erin Mayo</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Understanding Lived Experiences of Educators with Implementing Standards-Based Grading Procatices in Public Scholls,
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Narrative Inquiry Qualitative Study<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. Cavender Campbell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 11, 2021, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Claudia Saenz</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Reading Achievement of Third Grade English Learners and Low-Socioeconomic Students in Title 1<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Melissa Arrambide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 11, 2021, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Maryanne Piņa Frodsham</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Principals’ Perceptions of Key Leadership Practices in a Low Performing Elementary School: An Interpretive Quantitative 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: Dr. Nicole Farris<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, November 15, 2021, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Comfort Atanga</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Secondary Teachers Understanding of Universal Design for Learning When Educating Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Kelly Carrero<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Steve Armstrong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 12:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Deon Johnson</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Not in This House: How Perceptions of Masculinity Affect the Marginalization of Same-Gender-Loving Members in Black Greek Letter Fraternities<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Dimitra Smith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Elvira White-Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, November 19, 2021, 9:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Sara Landaverde
</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Steinbeck’s Travel Writing<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Karen Roggenkamp<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Matt Wood<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, November 19, 2021, 1:30 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Cara Malone</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Role of Assistant Superintendents in Principal Transformation: A Narrative Inquiry of Principals in One Urban School District<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. Tami Morton<o:p></o:p></p>
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