CANDEL Graduates 2012

Congratulations to the CANDEL students who received their Doctorate in Educational Leadership at UC Davis, June 2012.

Thea Sweo Alvarado

“Adjunct Leadership and Job Satisfaction in California Community Colleges”

B.A., UC Berkeley, 2006
M.A., UC Irvine, 2007

Barbara Kenney Bickford

“What’s the Buzz? How Insider Professional Development Created a Context for Expanded Teacher Collaboration”

B.A., University of California, Irvine, 1972
M.A., University of California, Irvine, 1975
Ed.S., Mississippi State University, 2000
M.S., Nova Southeastern University, 2004

Susan Dennis Catron

“An Investigation of Online Educational Quality in Professional and Continuing Education Using the Community of Inquiry Framework”

B.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1989
M.P.P.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2005

Paul Michael Fawcett

“A Comparison of Salaries between Female and Male Administrators”

B.S., University of  California, Davis, 2004
M.A., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2008

Victoria Gabrielle Folks

“Learning to Relate or Relating to Learn? An Examination of Teachers’ Understanding of Relationships with Students that Support Engagement and Learning.”

B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1996
M.Ed., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000

Fredrick Leo Gaines

“African American Male Community College Football Student-Athletes: An
Exploration of Factors that Facilitate and/or Impede Academic Success. African“

B.A. Witchita State University 1994
M.A. California State University, Sacramento 2001

Patricia Margaret Merrill Law

“The Practice of Rational Response: Addressing Problems through Deliberate Delay”

B.A., San Francisco State University, 1990
M.A., Sonoma State University, 2005

Heather Luttrell

“Continuation High School Teachers and the CAHSEE”

B.A., California State University, Stanislaus, 1992
M.A., California State University, Fresno, 2001

Ray Cuadra Mapeso

“The PUENTE PROJECT:  A Case Study of the English and Counseling Faculty”

B.A., California State University, Sacramento,1989
M.S., California State University, Sacramento, 1999

Binh Thi Nguyen

“Face-to-face, Blended, and Online Instruction: Comparison of Student Performance and Retention in Higher Education”

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles 1996
M.F.T., University of Southern California, 1998

Matthew Perry

“Staying out of Silos: A Qualitative Study of Three Northern California Healthcare-Themed Academies”

B.S., University of California, Davis, 1987
M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2001

Shela Dawn Seaton

“Measuring Engagement in Learning Opportunities: Validation of the RSDSS 6 Instructional Time Survey”

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1992
M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2005

Kim Wallace

“Teachers & Technology: Identifying Uses, Barriers, and Strategies to Support Classroom Integration”

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993
M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles, 1994