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Challenge Friday - Achieving Doctoral Candidacy: Reflecting on the Facilitators and Obstacles When Writing A Problem of Practice Dissertation Literature Review and Methodology
Friday, March 03, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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CPED Challenge Friday

 Achieving Doctoral Candidacy: Reflecting on the Facilitators and Obstacles When Writing A Problem of Practice Dissertation Literature Review and Methodology

Date: Friday, March 3, 2023

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

In this session, we will reflect upon the structures and support systems used to support students in writing their literature review and methodology dissertation chapters, and subsequently obtaining doctoral candidacy by the end of their first trimester in the dissertation process. We will draw upon our experience in the Baylor University EdD in Learning and Organizational Change program with designing and subsequently testing our student support system, which includes an in-house Research and Writing Development Center. Session attendees will be invited to critically reflect upon the identified facilitators and obstacles to student writing success in this critical early stage of the students’ dissertation writing process.

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Co-Facilitators:

Laila Sanguras 

Laila Y. Sanguras, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the department of Curriculum & Instruction and graduate program director of the EdD in Learning and Organizational Change at the Baylor University. Dr. Sanguras earned a B.S. in education from Western Oregon University, followed by a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Portland State University and Ph.D. in educational research from the University of North Texas. Dr. Sanguras’ areas of teaching include educational evaluation and mixed methods research. She won the Award for Outstanding Teaching from Baylor University for the 2020-2021 school year and is a faculty advisor to students in cohorts 4 and 9.Dr. Sanguras’ primary scholarly interest is the development of psychosocial skills, particularly grit and coping, and how teachers and parents can support their children to succeed academically and personally. Additionally, she is passionate about equity, particularly focused on how the current methods of identifying students for gifted programs can be revised to ensure equitable representation. She works closely with school districts and parent organizations to bring research to practice. Dr. Sanguras also presents at numerous professional conferences and enjoys mentoring students on their personal research projects.

Corina Kaul

Corina R. Kaul, Ph.D., serves as a lecturer in the Online Ed.D. in Leadership and Organizational Change program at the Baylor University. Dr. Kaul serves on graduate faculty in the department of Curriculum & Instruction and as the lead faculty for the Ed.D. Online statistics course (EDP 5334), a course she redesigned to incorporate principles of andragogy. Dr. Kaul received her B.S. from the University of Oregon in Management, Marketing, and Psychology. She earned her M.A. and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Baylor University. Previously, Dr. Kaul worked in the fields of insurance, human resources, and education.Dr. Kaul teaches statistics, research methods, learning, and human development courses for undergraduates and graduates at Baylor University. Dr. Kaul is passionate about teaching and earned the Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award while working on her doctorate. Dr. Kaul’s research interests include the persistence and retention of online doctoral students, the education of gifted learners, the development of numeracy skills, STEM learning, as well as the intersection of faith and learning. In addition to publishing in scholarly contexts and presenting at professional conferences, Dr. Kaul enjoys mentoring students in the research process.

 

Nicholas Werse 

Nicholas R. Werse combines his extensive experience in academic writing and publishing with his passion for student development in his role as the founder and Director of the Ed.D. in Learning and Organizational Change Research and Writing Development Center at the Baylor University. Dr. Werse's program-level research primarily focuses on scholarly-practitioner writing development, academic writing and publishing trends, and the dissertation genre. Dr. Werse has presented on various aspects of academic writing, graduate student writing, and the graduate student experience at conferences around the nation. He is both an instructor and a practitioner of the craft of writing, having written in his primary field of historical religious studies for publishers such as Oxford University Press, Routledge Press, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Sage Publications, Brill Publishers, and others. His current book project focuses on the intersection of rhetoric and symbols of violence and ecological crisis in the Hebrew Bible. Beyond his service in the EdD-LOC program, Dr. Werse has also taught Hebrew and introductory religion courses at Baylor University.

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