SOE Excellence at the Highest Levels
19 Terminal Degrees Granted 2013-14
The SOE’s graduate programs are among the most productive in the University, calculated by publications and presentations. For the most recent year tallied (2012-13), the Department of Educational Psychology ranked No. 1 for academic publications per student in a Baylor doctoral program.
The doctoral students in Curriculum & Instruction ranked No. 1 for presentations at disciplinary meetings. Master’s students in Educational Psychology ranked No. 2 in the number of academic presentations given.
PHDs awarded 2013-14
103 Graduate Assistantships
79 Master's-Level Assistantships
24 Doctoral-Level Assistantships
Christina Crenshaw
Dissertation: Teaching for Transformation: Engaging a Christian Worldview in Teacher Education Courses to Address K-12 Social Issues
Mentor: Dr. Betty J. Conaway, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Laurel A. Littlefield
Dissertation: The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Postprandial Blood Lipids
Mentor: Dr. Peter W. Grandjean, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Brandon Lee Moore
Dissertation: Veterans as Teachers? A Qualitative Study of the Inhibitors and Enabling Factors for OIF/OEF-era Active Duty Veterans to Complete a Teacher Education Program and Initial Certification Using Military Educational Benefits
Mentor: Dr. Tony Talbert, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Bianca Romana Ochoa
Dissertation: Preparing Preservice Teacher Candidates to Differentiate Instructional Practices
Mentor: Dr. Susan K. Johnsen, Department of Educational Psychology
Neil Andrew Schwarz
Dissertation: Effect of Resistance Exercise Intensity on the Expression of GC-1 alpha Isoforms and the Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling Mediators, iGF-1 and Myostatin, in Human Skeletal Muscle
Mentor: Dr. Darryn S. Willoughby, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Micheil Brian Spillane
Dissertation: Effects of Lower- and Higher-Volume Resistance Exercise on Serum Testosterone and Skeletal Muscle Androgen Reception Content in Men: Subsequent Effects on the mRNA Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Peptide and Myostatin in Skeletal Muscle
Mentor: Dr. Darryn S. Willoughby, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
Anges Chi-Hung Tang
Dissertation: The representation of Asian Americans in Children’s Literature: A content Analysis of Texas Reading Basals
Mentor: Dr. Betty J. Conaway, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Lynn Woodward Wisely
Dissertation: Relationships Between College Knowledge and College-Going Beliefs of Eighth Grade Students
Mentor: Dr. Susan K. Johnsen, Department of Educational Psychology
EDDs awarded 2013-14
Jessica Padrón Meehan
Dissertation: Castañeda v. Pickard: The Struggle for an Equitable Education — One Family’s Experience with Resistance
Mentor: Dr. Betty J. Connaway, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Patricia Kathryn Patterson Nelson
Dissertation: Piano Curriculum: What Teachers Are Using and How It Aligns with Jerome Bruner’s Enactive, Iconic, and Symbolic Learning Theory
Mentor: Dr. Trena Wilkerson, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
James Byron Rodgers
Dissertation: An Examination of the Relationship between Football Coaches and the Teaching of Social Studies in the State of Texas
Mentor: Dr. J. Wesley Null, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Danielle Lea Shrock
Dissertation: Teachers’ Reasons for Including Field Trips in the Curriculum
Mentor: Dr. Betty J. Conaway, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Amanda M. Walker
Dissertation: Using Graphic Novels to Improve Literacy
Mentor: Dr. Gretchen E. Schwarz, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Allen Reeves Ware
Dissertation: Sentient Puppets and the Moral Imagination: A Descriptive Study of the Integration of Story with Puppetry Arts on Film via an Original Production Pilot Episode Featuring Phyzzlestapf the Dragon as Moral Instruction to Second Through Fifth Grade Children
Mentor: Dr. Douglas W. Rogers, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Education Specialist in School Psychology
Erin Kelly Butler
Cathryn Leigh Clark
Stacy Marie Miller
Megan Elise Stauffer
Nydia Denise Zamora
82 Master's Degrees Granted 2013-14