UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSES
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Julius J. Grayson
Woosah! Minoritized Student Affairs Professionals: Navigating Racial Battle Fatigue at a Predominantly White Institution
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. James Coaxum
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 4/11/2024 11:00:00 AM
Location: WebEx - https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m4688fca1f306a7bbd67d45d5ebc238e
Steven Hardy
Black Men Who Participate in an Urban Community College Men of Color Initiative: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: MaryBeth Walpole, PhD
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 4/10/2024 10:00:00 AM
Location: Zoom -
Nancy Holleweger
Unlocking Understanding: Enhancing Science Literacy Through Interdisciplinary Reading Strategies in High School Science Classes
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. James Coaxum
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 4/9/2024 01:00:00 PM
Location: Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/eyo-tgwp-jvq
Kimberly Kanner
From Crisis to Aftermath: The Role of the Nursing Professional Development Educator During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Realist Case Study
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Ane Turner Johnson
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 4/8/2024 11:00:00 AM
Location: Webex - https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=mcb03ad2a610e2b7d6f84c74c29fe62cd
Password:5jPmGPevY67
Jacqueline Beamen
Military Veteran Students' Perceptions of Support in College Writing Classrooms: A Qualitative Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Monica Reid Kerrigan
Committee Members: Dr. Drew Tinnin, Ed.D., and Dr. Sarah Ferguson. Ph.D.
Date and Time: 4/3/2024 11:00:00 AM
Location: Webex; contact kerriganm@rowan.edu for link
Amanda Coltri
Social Support of First-Generation College Applicants During the Transition to College Onboarding Phase: A Mixed Methods Sequential Explanatory Case Study
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Ane Turner Johnson
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 4/1/2024 11:00:00 AM
Location: Webex -
Latifa Sebti
”You have to first recognize that there's a problem before you can enact change”: A Mixed-methods Study of General and Special Education Co-teachers' Critical Consciousness and Agency in Enacting Socially-just Inclusive Practices
Major: Ph.D. in Philosophy
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Committee Members: Dr. Brent Elder and Dr. Nicole Edwards
Date and Time: 3/28/2024 12:00:00 PM
Location: James Hall Conference Room 3012 or Zoom link: https://rowan.zoom.us/j/94219633711?pwd=cUQ5RTd4aUs1c2twaXlKUHM1eGM5Zz09
Robert Chimenti
Towards a Practical Method for Monitoring Kinetic Processes in Polymers with Low-frequency Raman Spectroscopy
Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Dissertation Advisor: Sam Lofland
Committee Members: Dr. Joseph F. Stanzione III and Dr. Vince Z. Beachley
Date and Time: 3/26/2024 2:00:00 PM
Location: Science Hall, Room 150
Erin Hannah
The Experiences of Minoritized Students in a College Success Course: A Qualitative Case Study
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: MaryBeth Walpole
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 3/18/2024 10:00:00 AM
Location: Zoom - https://rowan.zoom.us/j/83379150489?pwd=bXNpWEZpdk9PUTlDVE9QMzdDK245QT09
Sharon E. McCann
Planning, Outcomes, Oversight: A Linguistic Analysis of New Jersey Statutes and Reports from 1970 Through 1999
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: James Coaxum
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 3/7/2024 1:00:00 PM
Location: James Hall, Room 3012
Manuela A Jimenez
The Journey to Ascension: Understanding the Narratives of Latinx Women in K-12 School Principalship
Major: Higher Education Administration, Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. MaryBeth Walpole, PhD
Committee Members: Dr. James Coaxum, PhD, Dr. Hajime Mitani, PhD
Date and Time: 2/28/2024 11:30:00 AM
Location: https://rowan.zoom.us/j/89815819210?pwd=Ym0ybWRMK2xHSnFDNFpuWmxKM1ByUT09
Ketan Gandhi
Investigation of the Regional Innovation System in Rural Region of New Jersey: A Qualitative Single Case Study
Major: Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Research
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Monica Reid Kerrigan
Committee Members: TBA
Date and Time: 2/26/2024 3:00:00 PM
Location: Webex - https://rowan.webex.com/rowan/j.php?MTID=m019296fd661879dacc8f37c87e096da6 Meeting ID: 2633 265 8123 Password: t2dYe8kPCY2
Scott Snowden
The Academic Disposition and Sense of Belonging of Food Insecure Students in Select New Jersey Public 4-Year Institutions: A Case Study
Major: Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
Dissertation Advisor: Ane Turner Johnson, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Sarah Ferguson, Ph.D. and Cecile H. Sam, Ph.D.
Date and Time: 1/24/2024 12:00:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact snowde43@students.rowan.edu for link
Graham Davis
Impairment of the glial phagolysosomal system drives prion-like propagation of Huntington's disease
Major: Complex Biological Systems
Dissertation Advisor: Nathaniel Nucci
Committee Members: Melissa Manners, Zachary Klase, Kenneth Myers, Yuanquan Song
Date and Time: 1/10/2024 1:00:00 PM
Location: Science Hall Rm 254
Eric Brennan
A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY: NCAA DIVISION III FIRST-GENERATION STUDENT-ATHLETES AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Major: Doctorate of Education
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Ane Turner Johnson
Committee Members: Dr. Monica Reid Kerrigan and Dr. Cristina Fink
Date and Time: 1/8/2024 3:00:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact brennane@rowan.edu
Tarah Trebino
Decoding BRAF Kinase: Unveiling Unique Domain Interactions and RAS Isoform Preferences
Major: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Dissertation Advisor: Subash Jonnalagadda
Committee Members: Zhihong Wang, Zhijun Li, Zhiwei Liu, Subash Jonnalagadda, Hao Zhu
Date and Time: 12/15/2023 10:00:00 AM
Location: Science Hall room 324, and zoom- contact trebin64@students.rowan.edu for zoom link