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.
There are no dissertation defenses scheduled for the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at this time.
“Cognitive Dissonance and Special Education Teachers: Examining Instructional Decisions in a High-Stakes Testing Era”
Alyse Haliburton Showers
Dec. 4, 8-10 a.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 569 020 9735; password: 0816)
“A Document Analysis of the Presence and Relationships Between Schwab’s Four Commonplaces in a Literacy Curriculum Adopted in High-Needs Schools”
Cletis Geraldine Kenya Allen
Dec. 14, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 967 4122 9191; password: kn2Dc8)
“Using Differential Item Functioning Anchoring Vignettes to Examine the Fairness of Achievement Motivation Items”
Jacquelyn A. Bialo
Nov. 5, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., WebEx presentation
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.
“Investigating the Use of Social Media in Undergraduate and Graduate University Music Students’ Practice Routine”
Lindsay Heston McCranie
Oct. 14, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zoom presentation
“A Mixed-Methods Study Teacher Education Faculty’s Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs”
Shaneeka Favors-Welch
Oct. 15, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 874 4597; password: RCmGMkrb332)
“Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China: A Narrative Inquiry of Expatriate Teachers’ Experiences”
Lisa L. McLeod-Chambless
Oct. 27, 9-11 a.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 176 4610; password: UMf3yE7CD2M)
“Stories from the Bridge: Special Education Teachers’ Experiences with Inclusion and High Quality Instruction for Students with Severe Disabilities”
Rebecca Lane Eswine
Oct. 28, 9-11 a.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 893 4214 1749; password: 517355)
“Teachers’ Experiences Incorporating Students’ Funds of Knowledge into Scripted Curricula”
James Mead
Oct. 28, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 859 9102 9340; password: defense)
“Teacher Stories of Participation in a Diverse Elementary School Mentorship Program: Professional Capital, Cultural Proficiency and Procedural Knowledge”
Danielle Floody
Oct. 28, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 800 9858; password: vaM6933swx7
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.
“Academic Enabling Behaviors of Students with Intellectual Disability in Inclusive Postsecondary Education Programs”
Katherine McLendon
Sept. 1, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Zoom presentation
“The Role of Self-Determination in Supporting Student Transition from Post-Secondary Education to Employment”
Dustin Ducharme
Sept. 14, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Zoom presentation
“Development of the Posttraumatic Play Screening”
Galina K. Tobin
Oct. 6, 12-2 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 857 6372 5459; password: 267627)
“An Online Mindfulness-Based Loving-Kindness Meditation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Pilot Study”
Edison Wolf
Oct. 15, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Zoom presentation
“Practicing What We Preach: Exploring the Relationships Among Spiritual Competence, Cultural Humility, Spirituality in Supervision and Integration of Spirituality/Religion in Counseling”
Nicolas Williams
Oct. 21, 12-2 p.m., Zoom presentation
“Examining the Interaction Between Mental Health Stigma, COVID-19 Traumatic Stress and Race in Predicting Help-Seeking”
Jaleh Davari
Oct. 22, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 925 5082 9886; password: 993570)
“Does Humility Help in Cross-Cultural Adaptation?: A Moderated Mediation Model of Humility, Acculturation/Enculturation, Social Integration and Well-Being”
Aaron McLaughlin
Oct. 27, 3-5 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 883 2074 3283; password: 937840)
“Evaluating the Construct Validity of the General Intellectual Humility Scale”
Charles Westbrook
Oct. 28, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 786 6878 1465; password: 341933)
“Impact of Social Interaction, Connection and Isolation on Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults”
Mary Chase Breedlove Mize
Nov. 12, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 861 2979 7959; password: 165182)
“Improving Reading Comprehension: An Investigation of Two Intervention Procedures and the Social Validity of the ‘Ask-Read-Tell’”
Quynh-Nhu Doan Wellons
Jan. 15, 12-2 p.m., Zoom presentation
“Black Like Me: Affirming the Mathematics and Racial Identities of Black Elementary Fifth Graders”
Amber Heath
Oct. 14, 2-4 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 632 587 0843; password: gsu)
“Beyond Bandwidth: An Examination of Making Learning Accessible for All Students”
Christal Walker
Oct. 19, 12-2 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 268 877 1203; password: Walker)
“When They See Us in the Pages: The Representation of Black and Brown Males in Children’s Literature”
Quintin R. Bostic, II
Oct. 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 839 9234 9120)
“How White Racial Identity Changes in Time and Context for One Teacher (Educator)”
Melissa Claire Nicolatos Schellenberg
Dec. 10, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 266 9931; password: mwG9fpAfP47)
“If These Ivory Tower Walls Could Talk: Examining the Experiences of First-Generation Ph.D. Students in Education”
Kerry Ann Wallaert
Oct. 5, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Accuracy of Estimates in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models: Considering Larger Datasets and Cohort Selection Mechanisms”
Brandon K. Attell
Nov. 2, 12-2 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting ID: 120 011 8063; password: jZRx3UnMv88)
“A Critical Examination of the Advanced Placement Program as an Urban Education Reform”
Angelann Stephens
Nov. 30, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 379 1091; password: HPxR6K23TcH)
“African American Muslim Educational Connections Through Traditional Qur’anic Education in Sengal”
Ahmad Ferguson
Dec. 1, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 127 2459; password: QhpRHfUN949)
“Access, Participation and Empowerment: Exploring Leadership Practices that Promote Social Inclusion at an Inclusive Postsecondary Education Program”
Ashley McKeen
Dec. 8, 12-2 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 445 9510; password: defense)
“Biomechanical Analysis of Ballroom Dancing”
Meredith Wells
Sept. 25, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Effects of Eccentric Contraction-Induced Injury on Individual Quadriceps Muscles: Impact on Muscle Activation and Motor Control”
Christopher Rawdon
Dec. 3, 1-3 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting ID: 120 226 1580; password: AMm4PKRr6S2)
“Analysis of the Virtual Program Effects on School Employees’ Notions of Effort-Reward Imbalance and Physical Activity Minutes”
Marcel Benetti de Lima
Dec. 18, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 988 1772; password: TEAMprogram2021)
“Examining the Relationship Between Workplace Informal Learning, Years of ICT Experience and Occupational Self-Efficacy Among a Group of University Information and Communications Technology Workers: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Design”
Charles Edgar Hampton
Sept. 9, 2-4 p.m., WebEx presentation
“Examining the Use of Spreadsheets and Problem-Based Learning in a High School Statistics Course as it Relates to Participant Attitudes”
Aaron Rafter
Sept. 30, 2-4 p.m., WebEx presentation
“A Review and Analysis of Instructional Design Competencies”
Molly Lance
Nov. 30, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 570 2788; password: MLdissertation)
“Critical Consciousness Development and Literacy Perceptions Among Black Youth Doing Youth Participatory Action Research”
Glenda D. Chisholm
Sept. 14, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Zoom presentation
“The Impact CRP Has On The Continued Participation of African American Male Chorus Students In a Choral Classroom”
Lawrence Robinson
Nov. 12, 3-5 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 920 3034 2966; password: 000881)
“Active Learning in Online Synchronous Train-the-Trainer Mathematics Professional Development”
Shannon Hart
Dec. 2, 9-11 a.m., Zoom presentation
“Critical Arts Integration: Critical Curriculum”
Kathleen W. Zackery
Dec. 2, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Zoom presentation (meeting ID: 984 8089 5960; password: 687999)
“Teachers’ Perspectives and Facilitation of Equitable Learning Spaces for English Language Learners in Science Classrooms”
Jamie Daniels-Favors
Dec. 14, 2-4 p.m., WebEx presentation (meeting number: 120 283 7897; password: vGNE25Z2MpW)