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.
“Influences of Psychocultural Factors and Self-stigma of Seeking Psychological Help on Multiracial Individuals’ Counseling Utilization”
Mary Huffstead
March 25, 12-2 p.m., CEHD room 981
“Therapeutic Alliance Among Individuals Who Experienced Childhood Interpersonal Trauma: The Role of Therapeutic Presence, Cultural Humility and Attachment Style”
Ramona I. Grad
April 8, 12-2 p.m., CEHD room 1030
“Perfectionism and Psychological Flexibility in University Students and Counseling Clients”
Kathleen McKinney Clark
April 12, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 1025
“Latinx Sexual Minority Men: Centralizing their Experiences and Testing the Minority Stress Psychological Medication Framework”
David G. Zelaya
April 12, 12:30-2:30 p.m., CEHD room 1025
“The Manifestation of the African-Centered Philosophy in the Pedagogical Practices of an Elementary Education Science Teacher”
Akua Appiagyei
March 12, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
“Educational Social Justice Agnostic to Zealot: One White Male Elementary Principal’s Journey”
Jamie C. Hitzges
March 8, 11 a.m., CEHD room 496
“Writing HERstory: Examining the lntersectional Identities of Black Women in Educational Leadership”
Natasha N. Johnson
March 12, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 409
“The Impact of Transformational Leadership Practices on Culturally Responsiveness of Academic Parent Teacher Teams Implementation”
Sally Lehmann
March 12, 12-2 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Mechanisms of Impact: An Exploration of Leadership for Sustained World Language Enrollment in U.S. Higher Education”
Tim Jansa
March 14, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“Teacher Mobilization: Organizational Factors and the Movement of Teachers Within an Urban District”
Jason Patterson
March 25, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“Empty Seats at Circle Time: A Phenomenological Perspective of Social-Emotional Learning in Preschool”
Alicia Burford
March 26, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 481
“A School Like Me: Culturally Responsive School Leadership and Organizational Learning in a Secondary School Serving Traditionally Marginalized Students”
Joshua Sturtevant
March 28, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Amazing Dimensions of Academic Persistence: A Transfer Student Program at a Public University in California”
Bobby Thomas Tyner II
March 28, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“Declassification of Students With Disabilities”
Kristin Willis
March 28, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Examination of the Development, Implementation, and Monitoring of One Instructional Coaching Program in an Urban, Title I Elementary School”
Joseph Sanfillippo
March 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 409
“The Perceptions and Experiences of Elementary Georgia Science Ambassadors: What Educational Leaders and Policymakers Need to Know”
Charles E. Harper, Jr.
April 2, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“It Takes a Village: Toward the Development of a Valid and Reliable Instrument for Measuring Family Engagement Using Q-Methodology”
Amber N. Mason
April 2, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Examining Professional Learning Committees in a Title I High School”
Ronald Scott Wynn
April 9, 3-5 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Culturally Responsive School Leadership and Gifted Identification in a School with a Diverse Student Body”
Kimberly M. Kranzlein
April 10, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Exploring the Role of Data Management System Technology in Utilization-Focused Participator Evaluation Practice”
Syreeta Skelton-Wilson
April 10, 3-5 p.m., CEHD room 409
“A Comparison of Student Growth Percentile and Value-Added Models on School Quality Measures”
Qi Qin
April 11, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Examining the Relationship Between Teacher Preparation Program Quality and Beginning Teacher Retention”
Brittany Cunningham
April 12, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“Benefits and Constraints of Participation in Collegiate Recreation Programs and Services for Trans-Identifying Students”
Jennifer Ann Pecoraro
April 11, 3-5 p.m., Sports Arena 182
“Parents’ and Children’s Oral Language During Three Play Contexts”
Dariush Bakhtiari
March 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 232
“I Am Not Your Student-Athlete: Social Identity Complexity as a Stereotype Threat Mitigation Strategy”
Jacob English
April 9, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 796
“Mentors ‘ Experiences in an Informal Computer Science Mentorship Program”
Amy Salter
April 10, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 232
“Examining the Dimensionality and Contributors of Kindergarten Composition”
Molly Duncan
May 1, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 830
“Remixing Pedagogy: How Teachers Experience Remix as a Tool for Teaching English Language Arts”
Stephanie Loomis
March 25, 3-5 p.m., CEHD room 630
“Navigating Mobile Learning: English Learners’ Language Learning and Literacy Practices”
A. Ram Cho
March 26, 9:30-11:30 a.m., CEHD room 650
“Doing Science: Data Enactments in Mathematics Education and Qualitative Research”
Susan Ophelia Cannon
March 28, 9-11 a.m., CEHD room 650
“Critical Conversations: A Social Justice-Driven Professional Learning Community”
Felicia Baiden
March 29, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., CEHD room 630
“Examining the Effect of Group Assignment on Upper Elementary Students’ Experiences in a Technology-Mediated Collaborative Compositional Activity”
Samuel C. Holmes
April 1, 12-2 p.m., Haas Howell room 624
“A Narrative Inquiry of Black Middle-Class Children’s Experiences with School Writing”
April L. Poindexter
April 1, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 650
“Becoming Mentors: Mentor Praxis and Self-Directed Development”
Hafeez M. Merchant
April 2, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 630
“Culturally Relevant Science – A Multiple Case Study on the Beliefs, Experiences and Practices of Pre-Service Teachers in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Classrooms”
Suzanna Roman
April 10, 12-2 p.m., CEHD room 630
“A Phenomenological Exploration of the Impact of Pre-Service Music Teacher Preparation on Urban Band Directors’ Preparation to Teach in an Urban Setting”
Gregory Lamar Denson
April 11, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Hass Howell room 624
“The Intersection of Young Children’s Play Activities and Multimodal Practices for Social Purposes”
Rebecca Rohloff Clough
May 17, 9-11 a.m., CEHD room 640
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.
“Moral Distress, Wellness, and Professional Quality of Life in Play Therapists”
Ashley Michele Tolleson
Feb. 4, 9:30-11:30 a.m., CEHD room 981
“Pressure to Forgive: How Religious Pressure Effects Moving from Decisional to Emotional Forgiveness”
Elise Choe
April 30, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 926
“A Critical Feminist Examination of Black Women Teachers and Critical Literacy Education”
Francheska Starks
May 16, 12:30-2:30 p.m., CEHD room 509
“Roots and Wings: African-American English Language Awareness in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Program Focused on Preparing Teachers to Serve in Urban Schools”
Nicole Dukes
May 22, 1-3 p.m., ECEE conference room
“Aqui Estamos: A Portraiture of the Lived Experiences of Latino School Administrators in Georgia”
Taylor Barton
April 18, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 481
“The Implementation of Organizational Processes to Reduce Novice Teacher Attrition: A Case Study of One High-Needs School”
Eldread Nunnally, Jr.
April 24, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“Exploring The Preparedness Of Assistant Principals To Lead Diverse Schools As Culturally Responsive Leaders In An Urban School District”
Catana L. Harris
April 25, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 409
“What’s Culture Got to Do With It? Leadership for Culturally Responsive Social and Emotional Learning”
Lindsay Welles Wyczalkowski
April 25, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Perceptions of Transformational Leadership: The Effects of Organizational Justice for English Language Learners”
Graham Oakley
April 25, 3-5 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Perceptions of How Leadership Interactions Influence the Development of Collective Efficacy in Professional Learning Communities”
Toni Ross Weir
April 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Investigating the Performance of (Multiple-Factor) Multiple-Group Methods for the Detection of Differential Item Functioning”
Theresa L. Dell-Ross
April 29, 3-5 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Understanding the Impact of K-12 Principals on African-American Male Teachers’ Educational Self-Efficacy”
Sean Antonetti
May 3, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Educational Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
Matthew Tyson
May 7, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., CEHD room 481
“Moringa oleifera as a Potential Ergogenic Aid in Skeletal Muscle”
Siobhan M. Eze
May 3, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Sports Arena large conference room
“Effects of Consumed Vitamin D and Sunlight Exposure on Muscle Soreness 48 Hours After Physical Activity in Trained Postmenopausal Women”
Doris Joy Morris
May 3, 12-2 p.m., CEHD room 1025
“The Effects of Walking on Serum Lipids in Overweight and Obese Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
Anjulyn M. Ballard
May 7, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 1025
“Partitioned Pricing in Sports: Effects of Fees on Ticket Purchasers”
Armin Marquez
May 22, 1-3 p.m., Kinesiology and Health large conference room
“A Review and Analysis of Process at the Nexus of Instructional and Software Design”
Eric Scott Sembrat
April 17, 1-3 p.m., CEHD room 232
“Captains at the STEM of Their Own Ship: An Examination of Underrepresented Minority Student Motivation, Retention, and Interest in a Self-Directed After School Program for STEM/ICT”
Timothy Hicks
May 1, 2-4 p.m., CEHD room 232
“An Action Research Study of Latinx Students’ Experiences with Culturally Relevant Morning Meetings”
Darline Douangvilay
March 11, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., CEHD room 630
“Art Talk/Creative Talk Time (C.T.T.): A Framework for Using Student-Teacher Conversation as an Instructional Tool in the Art Room”
Erica Hicks-Fletcher
April 15, 3-5 p.m., Department of Arts and Humanities, room 515
“Secondary Mathematics Teacher Perspectives of Mathematical Modeling”
Simone Wells-Heards
May 7, 2-4 p.m., CEHD room 608