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Doctoral Degrees School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Philippe Patrice Daniel Honore How Do LGBT Employees Assess Their Firm’s Organizational Culture Regarding LGBT Leadership? Nicholas Hurt Walking the Tightropes: Tensions In High School Religious Education Mehrnoush Jamshidi A Look At Nonprofit Finances And Government Funding: Balancing Mission And Money Rachelle Ann Garcia Martinez Belonging Is Resistance: Illuminating The Power Of Women Of Color Mid-Level Administrators In Higher Education Carmelin Rivera Exploring a Holistic Conceptualization Of Destructive Leadership: Perspectives From The Lived Experiences Of Latino Law Enforcement Command Staff Officers Gilbert A. Saguid Jr. Predicting Veteran Entrepreneurial Success With Effectuation Donna Denise San Miguel Latinas leading with Latinidad: Incorporating The Latina Identity Into Leadership

Michelle Quinn Schneider Becoming A Leader “On the Job”: An Exploratory Study Examining How Internal Interim Leaders Build Their Leadership Capacity When Nonprofit Executive Directors Are On Sabbatical Nant Thazin Shwe The Integration Struggles Of Myanmar/ Burmese-Catholic Youth Refugees In the United States Vanessa Elizabeth Smith Representation Of Alaskan Native People In Nonprofit Leadership Maria Trias Arraut Coming Back to Life: Inner Work, Intentional Containers And Feminine Leadership For Social Change An Anthropological Case Study Of A Social Change-Oriented Organization And The Self Filiberto Vargas Examining The Creative Process Of Visual Artists: A Phenomenological Study Study of the Development Dynamics Course Organized by Caritas India

Master’s Degrees School of Leadership and Education Sciences MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING, SPECIALIZATION IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING Itzel Aleman Donna Lee Arreguin Erel Ben Ishai Thomas Joseph Bowers Juliana Brozio Angelina Maria Capcino Siarah Marie Castillo Rebecca A. Curran Miguel Angel Garcia Dean Miguel C. Gonzales Vivian Nguyen Isaac E. Perez Emma Madeleine Phan Julia Rose Racanelli Divya Rajendran Nair Erica Kristen Ramos Aidan Michael Levin Nathalie Allaki Mea Andrea Rita Meza Marissa Victoria Moore Hopewell Blacker Lee Murphy

Violet Richardson Alexis Anne Roach Anairis Rodriguez Madeline Ryan Franeklina Shaya Riya Jeet Singh Savanna Lynn Smith Kathleen Auman Stinson Tyler Harrison Tony

Rocio Gonzalez Citlali G. Haro Isabella Shanti Hiller Chi Long Spencer Hung Rachael Marie Jarrell Madeline Rose Kerbs Elizabeth Copeland Landry

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