EdD Dissertations

Candidates of The Doctor of Education in Leadership Program concludes with students writing, defending, and publishing their dissertation. The dissertations published by our candidates are as diverse as our candidates and can be located using Proquest. Some sample dissertation titles include:

• Recruiting Amidst Crisis: Exploring Police Recruit Motivations in A Post-Ferguson Era
• Building Principal Self-Efficacy through the Lens of Principal Preparation Programs and Principal Leadership Professional Development Experiences
• The Impact of Secondary Coursework on the Post-Secondary Academic Performance of First-Year Nursing Students
• Effective Strategies for Teaching Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Case Study

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