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Dr. Laura Shears

Shears Recognized as the 2022 Naylor Award Recipient
Dec 12, 2022

During the annual Doctoral Symposium, Dr. Laura Shears was awarded the Alice P. Naylor Outstanding Dissertation Award for the 2021-2022 academic year....

Olivia Sikes and Committee Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Olivia Sikes
Nov 21, 2022

Defense Date:  October 28, 2022Dissertation Title:  The Intersectionality of Motherhood and Educational LeadershipDissertation Committe...

Gwynne Shoaf and Committee Chair and Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Gwynne Shoaf
Nov 21, 2022

Defense Date:  October 27, 2022Dissertation Title:  Problematizing the Deficit Discourses of People with Autism and Autism Parents: A P...

Rachel Nelson and Committee Chair and Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Rachel Nelson
Nov 21, 2022

Defense Date:  October 26, 2022Dissertation Title:  Learning to Teach in Troubling Times: A Critical Narrative Analysis Exploring Becom...

Deidre Isom and Committee Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Deidre Isom
Nov 21, 2022

Defense Date:  October 24, 2022Dissertation Title:  Fostering Social Emotional Competence of Educators Through a Virtual Professional Learni...

Candie Greer and Committee Chair and Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Candie Greer
Nov 17, 2022

Defense Date:  October 24, 2022Dissertation Title:  Teacher Preference of Administrator's Transformational or Transactional Leadership ...

Whitney Greene and Committee Members

Successful Dissertation Defense by Whitney Greene
Nov 17, 2022

Defense Date:  October 3, 2022Dissertation Title:  Shifting the Narrative from Broken Youth to a Broken System: Dismantling Deficit-Bas...

Dr. Erin West

Dr. Erin West promoted to Principal, participates in fellowship, and is presenting research
Sep 21, 2022

A recent graduate of the doctoral program, Dr. Erin West, was promoted on June 19th to Principal of  Green Ridge Elementary School in Biscoe...

Megan DePasquale Named Principal of North Stanly Middle School
Jun 14, 2022

Current Doctoral Student, Megan DePasquale, has been named the Principal at North Stanly Middle School.North Stanly Middle School, with Stanly County ...

Doctoral Program Graduate Impacts Education at Western Carolina University
Jun 14, 2022

Dr. Dustin Evatt-Young, a 2019 graduate of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, recently accepted a new faculty position as an Assistant Pr...