As the Doctoral Coordinator for the Department of Educational Leadership I have had the unique vantage point of spearheading the effort to recruit and admit talented and diverse student cohorts; teach in the doctoral program; help to design coursework and internship experiences; advise a group of doctoral students in various stages of their program; supervise doctoral research graduate assistants; and facilitate events that celebrate their accomplishments.  All of these pieces contribute to the growth and development of our doctoral students.  Additionally, I teach and advise in the Masters and Specialist programs. 
Doctoral Students - I spent a lot of time working individually with each of the doctoral students listed below advising them on their research design, editing their drafts, supporting them through their doctoral internships, proposals, IRB applications, and their final defenses. 
Doctoral Graduates
Dr. Padam Chauhan
Dr. Katie Schultz
Dr. Quennel Cooper
Dr. Kirk Morris 
​Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams
Doctoral Candidates
Jennifer Westmoreland
Maria-Renée Grigsby
Chreese Jones
Doctoral Advisees
Kelly Wright
Crystal Yang
Paul Collier
Eddie Blaylark
Non-advisee Dissertation Committees for:
Dr. Valora Unowsky
​Sandra Saucedo-Falagan
​Isreal Moses, IV
Supervising Doctoral Graduate Research Assistants
After being chosen from a highly competitive field of applicants, I train our doctoral graduate assistants to do library literature research and other duties so that they are of help to department faculty in their scholarly work. This artifact is just one example of the library work that students engage in.
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Specialist Internship and Portfolio Defense
Advising Specialist cohort students involves not only teaching their introductory course, but following them through their two internship courses where we co-create with their site supervisors competency-based experiences that will allow them to log the minimum 320 hours required by the Board of School Administrators (BOSA) and to create and defend an electronic portfolio showcasing their accomplishments. This feat involves a lot of communication, coaching, and practice.  This artifact is a sign up for mandatory practices and a final defense date with the student, a similarly licensed practitioner- panelist, and me. 
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Masters Student Individual Study - Cher Vang Fall, 2022
Due to issues with COVID-19, a student was not able to finish her final master's portfolio class and would have had to wait another year until that course was offered again.  I agreed to take her on as an individual study student to work with her as she finished and presented her final project and her complete portfolio.  She did marvelous work and was so happy to be able to finish her degree given the interruption in her education.  This artifact shows her electronic portfolio and project.
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