2025 USD Graduate Commencement Program

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO 2025 Graduate Commencement

Doctoral Degrees School of Leadership and Education Sciences

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Fredericka R. Butler Black Parents’ Use of Educational Advocates: Disrupting Structural And Systemic Racism In Education Christopher Steven Dennis Culturally Affirming Independent School Board Governance (CAISBG): Narratives Of Board Members of Color In K-12 Independent Schools Richard William Hurt III Restricted Access: Structural Gatekeeping And The Black Student Experience In Accounting Education Kelly León Ethnic Studies For Secondary Schooling: Collaborative Curricular Insights From A Working Collective Francisco López Challenging Dominant Ideologies: Transforming Teaching And Learning That Support Classroom Learning Environments Of Latinx Students Kamala J. Mallipudi Liberatory Love: Exploring Educators’ Perspectives In Alternative Education Jennifer Soriano Manglicmot Constructing Portraits Of Elementary Teachers Of Ethnic Studies: Examining The Narratives Of Anti-Racist Educators In An Era Of Common Core Curriculum And Instruction Ymasumac Marañón-Davis Familias Indigenas Entre Mundos Standing In Pachakuti Living In Chi’xi Within The Constellation Of Their Comunidad De Saberes Samantha Rummage Massey How We Show Up Matters: Transformative Adult Social Emotional Learning To Build Equity-Centered Schools Tanner G. Mizel The Lived Experiences Of Disabled Students In Inclusive Classrooms Emily E. Packer Understanding and Engaging In Equity Work: A Phenomenological Action Research Study Of Community College ESOL Instructors

Lara L. Ray Anchored Networks: Navigating Formal And Informal Pathways To Access Educational Resources In Transient And Military Families Mabelle Reynoso Reimagining Pedagogies Of The Prison Yard: Using Ethnotheatre To Embody Transcarceral Conocimiento Graciela Rubalcaba-Muñoz An Autoethnography Of A Social Justice Minded Teacher In Corrections LaTasha Tomay Varlack-Butler Becoming A Beloved Community: A Restorative Reckoning For A Radical Conversion To Transform Discourse In Higher Education Myeshia Etia Whigham Hire Outcomes: The African American Educators’ Experience Of Equity And Diversity In Education Edwina Marie Williams Advancing Equity In Financial Aid For Black Students: A Document Analysis Study Of Student Equity Plans In California Community Colleges Jasmine E. Williams Post Racial Reckoning: Montessori Instructors’ Perspectives On Teaching Through An Antibias Antiracist Lens DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN LEADERSHIP STUDIES Johana Bielma Leading Through Crisis: San Diego County Schools’ Response To The Social-Emotional Needs Of All Students Ariela M. Canizal Latinas In Higher Education: Paving & Weaving Wholeheartedly Susan Lynn Flaming Yeats Exploring the Experience Of Embodiment Of Diverse Leaders Valerian Goguadze Acquisition of English By Additional Language Learners In Inquiry-Based Classrooms Within International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Schools David R. Haigh

Virtual Reality and Nursing Education: A Randomized Control Trial Of The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality As A Simulation Modality

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