Doctoral Candidate Brochures

College of Education, Health and Human Services

Doctoral Candidate Brochures - Fall 2025

Updated: 8/12/2025

Andrea D. Sanchez (Ph.D.) – 8/13

Unruly Literacies: Silence, Embodiment(s), and Becoming in Kindergarten Documentation Practices

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Curriculum and Instruction

August 13, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.

This study explores how young children make meaning through digital documentation practices in a public kindergarten classroom. Drawing on post-qualitative inquiry and critical posthumanist theory, 14 child co-researchers used iPads to document moments, materials, and relationships that mattered to them. Read more...

Stephanie L. Evans (Ed.D.) – 8/22

Examining the Perceptions of and Barriers to Cultural Competency Training for Division of Student Life Staff at ��㴫ý

For the degree of Doctor of Education, Interprofessional Leadership

August 22, 2025 | 9:00 a.m.

This study examined the Cultural Competency Committee (C3) programming for staff members in the Division of Student Life (DSL) at ��㴫ý. It examined the perceptions of the programming by the staff who have enrolled and participated and the barriers that they face that have inhibited them from participating. Read more...

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