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Zhuoyao Liu, Ph.D.

Title: A Quasi-experimental Study on How Free College Influences Educational Equity in the US Based on the Analysis of Statewide Promise Programs

Committee:
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Hillary Morgan, Ph.D.

Oral Defense: May 13, 2021 @ 9am

Teams link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85487490809?pwd=NUFXYkJFY3YvNEllSkNkUkZ4RTlJZz09
Meeting ID: 854 8749 0809
Passcode: 215065
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Leslie Rippon, Ph.D.

Title: A National Study on the Relationship between Programmatic Factors and Athletic Training Education Board of Certification Pass Rates

Committee:
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Dr. Richard Boergers

Oral Defense: May 10, 2021 @ 11:00am

Michael Carhart, Ph.D.

Title: Who gets to protest? Understanding the relationship between resources in institutional characteristics and student mobilization in higher education institutions

Committee:
Rong Chen, Ph.D.
Robert Kelchen, Ph.D.
Richard Blissett, Ph.D.

Oral Defense: May 5, 2021 @ 9am

Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODY2YmU4NDItYWNkNC00Nzk0LTlmNTktZDI5ODAzY2I3NDMz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251f07c22-53b7-44df-b97c-a13261d71075%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2224a2f9cb-85ff-4d63-a7d3-bfedb293c13f%22%7d

Charles Rowan, Ed.D.

Title: The Influence of the Length of the School Day on the Percentage of Students who Met Expectations and Exceeded Expectations Scores on the 2018 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for Algebra II

Committee:
Dr. Daniel Gutmore, Ph.D.
Dr. Christopher Tienken, Ed.D.
Dr. Jamil Maroun, Ed.D.

Oral Defense: April 29, 2021 @ 11:00am

Research Aligned Mentorship Program (RAM) Counselor, Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale State College seeks to hire a full-time Academic Advisor who will advise and serve Farmingdale students as a professional staff member in the college’s Research Aligned Mentorship Program (RAM). The RAM program at Farmingdale State College is an extremely prestigious program founded by a US Department of Education initiative to support minority, low- income and first-generation students to embolden them with a passion for research and applied learning as a means to keep them on track through their college careers. The RAM Program currently has over 800 RAM student scholars benefiting from additional advisement, coursework, and special workshops and events. RAM student scholars are paired with a faculty mentor or off-campus supervisor to engage in hands-on research, internship, or project-based learning experience. The RAM counselor will work closely with the 5 members of the RAM staff and will collaborate with administrators, faculty, staff, and offices across the College.

For more info: https://farmingdale.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp;jsessionid=3921EA5B7504E9838751BF6F77C889B0?JOBID=128704

Jodi Bailey, Ph.D.

Title: Grit as a Predictor of Retention for First-Year Latino Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Committee:
Dr. Rong Chen (Mentor)
Dr. Robert Kelchen
Dr. Michael Kuchar

Oral Defense: March 5th, 2021 @ 10am