EdD Student Dissertation Directory

The Doctor of Education in leadership program concludes with students writing and defending their dissertations. The following is a directory of EdD leadership program graduates at Charleston Southern University, their topics of interests, and public dissertations.

Note: This is an opt-in directory and does not represent all enrolled doctoral students.

Dissertations by Graduating Classes

May 2022

• Blanco, Glorimar: Retaining Latinx Faculty in Higher Education
• Crook, Rebecca: A Quantitative Study of The Impact of Four-Day School Weeks on Teacher Retention in Rural Public-School Districts
• Enloe, Emily Irene: Girls Need to Jam: A Somatics-Based Hip-Hop Dance Intervention and Its Impact on Adolescent Females
• Furrow, Christina: Building Principal Self-Efficacy Through the Lens of Principal Preparation Programs and Principal Leadership Professional Development Experiences
• Scott, Abbie Rebecca: Course Scheduling’s Impact on the NCAA Initial Eligibility of Male Student Athletes
• Scott, Skylette: Examining the Impacts of Covid-19 on Upper Elementary Students’ Academic Achievement in South Carolina Rural Title I Schools: Pre-pandemic Versus Pandemic
• Simpson, Kelly: A Case Study on Creating and Sustaining Organizational Culture in a Startup Company
• Simons-Profit, Vivian: The Development of Leadership Styles of African American Women Human Resources Administrators and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
• Sistare, Stephen: Overcoming Resistance Through Organizational Change Models and Leadership Strategies

December 2021

• Behrens, Micah: Factors Associated with Teachers’ Decision Making and Response to Intervention Tier 1 Implementation
• Browne, Paula M.: A Study of Soft Skills Acquisition of High School Students as Perceived by School Counselors
• Creech, Courtney: The Effects of the 4 K Child Development Program on School Readiness
• Dantzler, Quencenia: Systems Thinking for Online Education
• Davis, Jerome: The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs on Student Achievement in Title 1 Middle Schools in the Southeast Region of the United States
• Dial, Sherry: Is Web-Based Learning Effective in Preparing the Nursing Graduate to Meet Competency Objectives in The Nursing Profession: Faculties’ Perception
• Jarrett, Keely: Preferred Principal Leadership Styles Conducive to Teacher Retention
• Jenkins, Mervin: The Effect of Hip-Hop Pedagogy on the Teacher-Student Relationship, Particularly of Black Boys
• Johnson, Priscilla: Intervention Before Identification: An Analysis of Culturally Response Teacher Self-Efficacy and Teacher Preparedness to Reduce Disproportion of Black Males in Special Education
• Lauer, Donald: GRIT: A Comparison of Military Versus Non-Military Students at A Private Christian University
• Moreau, Danielle: Effective Strategies for Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study
• Neuroth, Delane: Tomorrow’s National Security: A Study on The Relationship Between Screen Time and The Health Motivation of College-Aged Youth at A Military Institution
• Payne, Jeffrey: Crisis in the Hallways: A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Crisis Intervention Training for School Resource Officers
• Sanders, April C.: Academic Performance of Local vs State Identified Female Gifted Students in South Carolina
• Seaboldt, Gary M.: Elementary Music Teachers’ Perspectives of Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Simmons, Aretha D.: The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Student Learning in South Carolina Rural Schools: An Examination of Inequalities
• Smith-Thompson, Tammy: Caring for the Care Teams: Nurses Thriving and Innovating by Design
• Snipe, Amanda: Factors Influencing Minority Teacher Retention Decisions in Two South Carolina Lowcountry School Districts
• Taylor, Erica: A Study to Understand the Barriers Encountered by African American Women Education Superintendents in South Carolina
• Timko, Donna: The Impact of Secondary Coursework on the Post-Secondary Academic Performance of First-Year Nursing Students
• Tucker, Angel: Digesting Diversity: Integrating Foodways to Create a Culturally Relevant Education in Secondary Schools
• White, Shene: Impact of Selected Reading Intervention Strategies on State-Required Reading Assessments
• Wojslawowicz, Ashleigh: Recruiting Amidst Crisis: Exploring Police Recruit Motivations in A Post-Ferguson Era