Doctoral Graduates
STUDENT DEGREE ROLE TOPIC GRADUATION DATE
- Abner, Monte, Ed.D., Chair. Improving the Academic Success of African American Males. Fall 2017
- Abston, Les, Ed.D., Chair. Faculty Trust in the Principal and Organizational Commitment. Spring 2015
- Adomnik, Jeremy, Ed.D., Chair. The Effects of Self-determination, Identification with School, and School Climate on Middle School Students’ Aspirations for Future Education. Spring 2012
- Arrington, Denise, Ed.D., Chair. The Effects of the Instructional Partnership Program on Teacher Academic Optimism and Collaboration in Elementary Schools in North Central Alabama. Summer 2016
- Baggett, Gina, Ed.D., Co-chair. Studying the relationship between transformational leadership and psychological empowerment of teachers in Northwest Alabama elementary schools. Spring 2015
- Bishop, Vivian, Ed.D., Chair. Trust, collaboration and effectiveness. Fall 2015
- Blankenship, Tina, Ed.D., Co-chair. Effects of delegated decision making & collective trust on organizational citizenship: An investigation of relationships. Spring 2014
- Gray, Julie, Ph.D., Co-chair. Professional Learning Communities and the Role of Enabling School Structures and Trust. Fall 2011
- Harper, Kendra, Ed.D., Chair. Shared Decision Making and Its Relationship to Job Satisfaction and Organizational Climate. Spring 2018
- Harrison, Larenda, Ed.D., Chair. Induction experiences of minority educators in a rural Mississippi district. Fall 2017
- Hinson, Jennifer, Ed.D., Chair. Transformational Leadership, Trust, and Collective Efficacy: Predictors of Teacher Job Satisfaction. Fall 2018
- Hosey, Ashley, Ed.D., Chair. A Case Study Exploring how Schools Foster Parent Trust. Fall 2014
- Jackson, Zawdie, Ed.D., Chair. The Challenges of The Emerging Use Of Technology In Schools: An Analysis Of A Selected Urban School System In Georgia. Spring 2014
- Lankford, Keith, Ed.D., Chair, Central office leadership: The impact of district climate and teacher commitment. Fall 2018
- Rosato, Jennifer, Ed.D., Chair, Professional development practices and the relation to teachers’ self-efficacy. Spring 2019
- Scott, Melissa, Ed.D., Chair. The Development and Implementation of Academic Optimism and Parent Involvement: A Case Study. Fall 2015
- Schneider, Brittany, Ed.D., Chair. Instructional coaching as a predictor of collective efficacy. Spring 2018
- Shamery, Tameka, Ed.D., Chair. Measuring the effect of the Instructional Partnership Network on teacher efficacy, teacher trust in colleagues, and teacher trust in the principal. Spring 2018
- Smith, Jon Bret, Ed.D., Co-chair. The Relationship between Organizational Citizenship and Academic Press. Fall 2014
- Southern, Keith, Ed.D., Chair. Teacher autonomy and centralization: Predicting school effectiveness in elementary schools. Fall 2016
- Thorn, Leslie, Ed.D., Chair. School academic optimism and physical fitness. Spring 2018
- Terry, Paige, Ed.D., Chair, Faculty Trust, Collegial Principal Leadership, and Collective Responsibility. Fall 2014
- Thomas, Abifee, Ed.D., Chair. Breaking Through the Invisible Ceiling to the Superintendency for Black Women in Georgia. Spring 2014
- Turner, Brandon, Ed.D., Chair. Organizational citizenship behavior of teachers: Relationships to organizational justice and enabling school structure. Spring 2018
- Vaux, Nicole, Ph.D., Chair. Academic Optimism and Organizational Climate as predictors of academic achievement and effectiveness. Spring 2015
- Williams, Marla, Ed.D., Co-chair. Conflict and collaboration: The importance of trust, principal leadership, and teacher professionalism. Fall 2014
- Willis, Jeffrey, Ph.D., Chair. The effects of academic optimism, pupil control ideology and school disciplinary climate on school discipline rates. Spring 2019
- Zhang, Sijia, Ph.D., Chair. How principal leadership, disciplinary climate, and parental involvement work collectively as predictors of student reading achievement and their perceptions on reading cross-culturally. Spring 2018