Dissertation Defenses
College of Education & Human Development doctoral students present and defend their final dissertations in public presentations that are open to faculty and other graduate students in the program.
There are no dissertation defenses scheduled for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at this time.
“Optimizing the Aging Network to Identify and Respond to Older Adults at Risk of Suicide”
Mary Chase Breedlove Mize
March 8, 1-3 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 844 9612 6870; password: 295533)
There are no dissertation defenses scheduled for the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at this time.
“Exploring the Collision of Instructional Leadership and Destructive Leadership”
Amanda Merritt
Feb. 15, 2-4 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Principal Empowerment: Leader Perspectives in Rural Georgia Charter Systems”
Brock Robert Holley
March 22, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting ID: 120 938 5571; password: EsBf6nDp77M)
“Creating Digital Content for the Individual Learner: A Personalized Approach to Online Learning”
Genna Sengstacke McCurley
March 23, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting ID: 120 165 5385; password: GennasDefense)
“Leading Against the Grain: An Exploration of an Educational Leader’s Experience with Consent in the Sex Education Curriculum”
Jaray E. Mazique
March 25, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Individual Mobility Across Clusters: The Impact of Ignoring Cross-Classified Data Structures in Discrete-Time Survival Analysis”
Christopher Cappelli
March 26, 12-2 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting ID: 120 904 8099; password: jJ3aNMeSV42)
There are no dissertation defenses scheduled for the Department of Kinesiology and Health at this time.
There are no dissertation defenses scheduled for the Department of Learning Sciences at this time.
“(Re)claiming and (Re)framing: Exploring How Black West African Immigrant Girls Depict Their Understandings of Self-Identity and Representation Through Multimodal Literacy”
Maima Chea Simmons
March 10, 12-2 p.m., Zoom presentation
“Is Race a Criteria?: A Case Study on Algebra I Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Equity In Track Recommendations”
Pam Liu
March 22, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 998 8568 0970; password: Defense)
Prospectus Presentations
College of Education & Human Development doctoral students present and defend their prospectus presentations in public presentations that are open to faculty and other graduate students in the program.
There are no prospectus presentations scheduled for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at this time.
“Improving Reading Comprehension: An Investigation of Two Intervention Procedures and the Social Validity of the ‘Ask-Read-Tell’”
Quynh-Nhu Doan Wellons
Jan. 15, 1-3 p.m., Zoom presentation
There are no prospectus presentations scheduled for the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at this time.
“Exploring a Model of Clinical Leadership Grounded in Radiography: Development Clinical Radiography Leaders”
Kerry O. Dunn
March 11, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Analysis of the Virtual Program Effects on School Employees’ Notions of Effort-Reward Imbalance and Physical Activity Minutes”
Marcel Benetti de Lima
Jan. 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 988 1772; password: TEAMprogram2021)
“An Investigation of the Professional Socialization Phase and Grading in Secondary Physical Education”
Casey Hollibaugh
Jan. 22, 2-4 p.m., Zoom presentation
There are no prospectus presentations scheduled for the Department of Learning Sciences at this time.
“Multilingual Language Learners, Identities and a YPAR Collaborative: A Critical Ethnographic, Arts-Based, YPAR Study”
Amita Jyoti Hanagud Kaneria
Feb. 12, 1-3 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 872 6039 1903; password: 687008)
“Collaborating for Criticality: Action-Based Critical Literacy Writing Instruction for Secondary Black Students”
Brooks Salter
Feb. 15, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 990 1282 3995; password: 853829)
“Can You Hear Me Now? An Exploratory Case Study of Black Women Composers and Their Lived Experiences”
Brittney Elizabeth Boykin
Feb. 18, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 919 2748 0487; password: music)
“Together We Can: A Collaborative Community as a Means to Improve Instructional Practice”
Jillian Lee
March 8, 2-4 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 923 5894 4330; password: defense)