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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 July 2022<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, July 1, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Janet Kimbriel</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>University Supervision EDTPA Training and the Effect on Preparedness for that Role<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Kathryn Dixon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Lisa Castillo</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Early College High School Models: An Inductive, Emergent, Qualitative Study on Organizational Resilience While Planning for Post-Secondary Readiness and Overall School Success<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Peter Williams<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Joyce Miller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, July 7, 2022, 10:30 am, Zoom, <b><u>Comfort Atanga</u></b>, Final 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, July 7, 2022, 11:00 am, David Talbot 146, <b><u>Daniel Jones</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Digging Up the Past: Famines in Irish Gothic Literature Since the Early Nineteenth Century<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: Dr. Andrew Baker<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, July 8, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Shaunise Robinson</u></b>, Final 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, July 11, 2022, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Brandi Sawyer</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Experiences of Rural Mental Health Counselors During the COVID-19 Pandemic<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Torri Bryant</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Impact and Influence: A Content Analysis of Contemporary Multicultural Picturebooks and Their Portrayal of the Main Character’s Self-Efficacy<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Tami Morton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Karen Roggenkamp<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, July 14, 2022, 1:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>La Vonda Loney</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Principal Hiring Process: A Study of the Use of Fit to Select Leaders for Low-Achieving Campuses<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. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 11:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>John Gibbons</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Exploring the Use of Perusall to Support Academic Reading and Writing<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Mimi Li<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, July 25, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Barbara Solberg</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Narrative Study: Evaluator Perceptions of How Their Transformational Leadership Affects Teacher Performance Specifically in the Learning Environment Domain of T-TESS<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ava Muņoz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*if you wish to request to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor listed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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