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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 December 2022<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 5, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Maria Garcia</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>21st Century Educator’s Practices and Ideologies of Bilingual Education and Emergent Bilingual Students in Rural Schools in Texas<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Dyer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Flavia Belpoliti<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, December 5, 2022, 3:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Victor Freeze</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Bounded Case Study of Texas Community College Library Deans Seen Through the Lens of Transformational Leadership Theory<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Kibum Kwon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Nate Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Robin Donovan</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Study of Community College Registered Apprenticeship Program Implementation<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. JoHyun Kim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: Dr. Julia Ballenger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Shannon Trejo</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Impact of Texas Reading Academy Training on Reading Scores for African American Elementary Student in a North Texas School District<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. Christian Hempelmann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 8, 2022, 12:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Raytosha Jones</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Exploring the Relationship Between Earned College Readiness Indicators and First-To-Second-Year College Persistence in Under-Resourced Students<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 8, 2022, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Marcia Louis</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>An Investigation of the Relations Between Self-Efficacy and Transition Programs<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. DeMarquis Hayes<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, December 12, 2022, 2:00 pm, Zoom, <b><u>Mark Letterer</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Crisis Leadership and the Role of the Superintendent in the COVID-19 Pandemic<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: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, December 15, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Pelvis Guice</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Pushout of African American Girls: Restorying the Perceptions of African American Girls’ Out-of-School Suspension Experiences<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">Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:00 am, Zoom, <b><u>Yashira Valentin-Rosas</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Descriptive Study of Individual-Level Factors That Influence Secondary Content Teacher Ideologies<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Sarah Guthery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Council Representative: TBD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*** if you wish to attend a defense, please contact the Major Advisor listed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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