► ED.D. FINAL ORAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Exam Date:  Monday, March 4, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.
Student:  Scott Lowrey
Department:  Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Thesis Title:  Canada's Outstanding Principals:  A Mixed-method Investigation of Leadership Development, Principal Efficacy and Transformational Leadership
Supervisor:  Professor Blair Mascall


Exam Date:  Monday, February 25, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Cindy Salituri
Department:  Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Thesis Title:  Making Sense of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit Education Policy
Supervisor:  Professor Joseph Flessa


Exam Date:  Monday, January 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Carolyn Joyce Ione Carlson
Department:  Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Thesis Title:  Relationships in Elementary Public School Councils in Ontario:  Patterns of Interaction
Supervisor:  Professor Nina Bascia 

Exam Date:  Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Lok Fung Leung
Department:  Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Thesis Title:  A Study of the Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Effects of Collegial Approach to Implementing School Self-Evaluation in Selected Hong Kong Schools
Supervisor:  Professor Lorna Earl 


Exam Date:  Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Peng Liu
Department:  Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
Thesis Title:  Motivating Teachers' Commitment to Change by Transformational School Leadership in Urban Upper Secondary Schools of Shen Yang City, China
Supervisor:  Professor Blair Mascall


Exam Date:  Friday, November 30, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Sandra Zichermann
Department:  Humanities, Social Sciences & Social Justice Education
Thesis Title:  The Effects of Hip-Hop and Rap on Young Women in Academia
Supervisor:  Professor Kari Dehli


Exam Date:  Friday, September 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Lorna Gordon-Muir
Department:  Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Thesis Title:  Some Black Male Teachers' Perspectives on Underachievement Problems for Black Male Students
Supervisor:  Professor Lance McCready


Exam Date:  Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Laurelle Jno Baptiste
Department:  Theory & Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  Stories of Racialized Internationally Trained Post-Secondary Educators Re-entering their Professions
Supervisor:  Professor Reva Joshee


Exam Date:  Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Meera Mather
Department:  Theory & Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title: Internationally Trained Immigrants and Ontario Colleges
Supervisor:  Professor Nina Bascia


Exam Date:  Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  John Malloy
Department:  Theory & Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title: Effects of Distributed Leadership on Teachers' Academic Optimism and Student Achievement
Supervisor:  Professor Ken Leithwood


Exam Date:  Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Rocky Landon
Department:  Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
Thesis Title:  We Can Do It (Education) Better:  An Examination of Four Secondary Schools in Northwestern Ontario
Supervisor:  Professor Jean-Paul Restoule


Exam Date:  Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Renee Rawlins
Department:  Adult Education and Counselling Psychology
Thesis Title:  Black Women Coping with Divorce:   Family Perspectives
Supervisor:  Professor Mary Alice Guttman


Exam Date:  Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Akhtar Hassan Malik
Department:  Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  A Comparative Study of Elite-English-Medium Schools, Public Schools, and Islamic Madaris in Contemporary Pakistan
Supervisor:  Professor David Livingstone


Exam Date:  Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Dawn Penner
Department:  Adult Education and Counselling Psychology
Thesis Title:  Surviving the War:  The Congolese Refugee Experience
Supervisor:  Professor Jeanne Watson


Exam Date:  Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Virginia Stead
Department:  Theory and Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  Teacher Candidate Diversification through Equity-Based Admission Policy Reform
Supervisor:  Professor Nina Bascia


Exam Date:  Monday, April 2, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
Student:  Krista Zupan
Department:  Theory and Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  Values, Conflicts & Values Conflict Resolution:  An Investigation of the Experiences of Educational Administrators
Supervisor:  Professor Suzanne Stiegelbauer


Exam Date:  Friday, March 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
Student:  Glenna Knutson
Department:  Theory and Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  Nurses' Ethical Problem Solving
Supervisor:  Professor Nina Bascia


Exam Date:  Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Student:  Patricia Sevean
Department:  Theory and Policy Studies in Education
Thesis Title:  Learning to Transition:  Nurses' Entry into Cancer Nursing Practice
Supervisor:  Professor Nina Bascia

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