The 2018 Doctoral Symposium was held in person on March 23rd. This year was centered around the 10th Anniversary of the creation of the Alice P. Naylor Award. The Naylor Award began in 2009 and was established by Dr. Jim Killacky as a way to both honor former Doctorate Program Director Dr. Alice Naylor and to recognize students with outstanding dissertations.
The main panel was comprised of former Naylor Award winners and was moderated by Dr. Alice Naylor and Dr. Jim Killacky. The panel sought to discuss their role as leaders as well as question whether or not they were doing enough for their communities. Panel members included:
Dr. Angela Wright, Senior Director of the Office of Grants and Strategic Advancement for Wake County Public Schools
Dr. Susan McCracken, Director of Career Development at Appalachian State University
Dr. Danielle Madrazo, Associate Professor and Director of Teacher Education at NC Wesleyan College
Dr. Wayne Matthews, Director of Operations at Surry Community College
Dr. Amie Snow, Instructional Facilitator at Ibraham Elementary School in Winston Salem
Dr. Fran Bates Oates Director of Field and Clinical Experiences at Winston Salem State University
Dr. Leslie McKesson, Dean of Business, Public Services, and Academic Support at Western Piedmont Community College
The 2018 Alice P. Naylor Awards were presented to Dr. Star Brown for her dissertation entitled “Doing, Undoing, and Redoing Collegiate Athletics: Conceptual Tales of Marginality and Mattering” and to Dr. John Robinson for his dissertation entitled “A Postmodern Analysis of the Practice of Using Value-Added Measures to Determent Teachers Effectiveness.”