Alumni

Joint Doctoral Program, Ph.D. in Education

Graduate Spotlight

Discover the transformative power of doctoral research: explore the diverse careers of our alumni and their lasting impact on education.

Dr. Blevins

Dr. Darielle Blevins

Start with Equity Fellow and Children's Equity Project Postdoctoral Research Scholar. Doctoral Student of the Year AY 2019/2020. Placed second in the CSU Competition for her research on how black adolescent girls negotiate their identity at school via self-portraits that represent how they feel about themselves on the inside, and how their teachers view them.

Dissertation title: Visibility and the Power of the Black Girl Gaze to Understand Black Adolescent Girls' Identity
Dr. González

Dr. Verónica González

Assistant Professor of Bilingual/ Multicultural Education in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Cal State LA. 

Dissertation title: Beyond Language: Critical and Sustainable Sociocultural Competence in a Dual Language Program
Dr. Henry

Dr. Rhianna Henry

Earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Sonoma State University.

Dissertation title: Elementary Student's Perceptions of School Belongingness and (Bi)cultural Identity in English-only and Dual Language Strands
Dr. Darling

Dr. Justine Andreu Darling

Lecturer, San Diego State University 

Dissertation title: Social Justice in Restorative Justice Practices Trainings in California K-12 Public Schools
Dr. Drake

Dr. Cassandra J. Drake

Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, California State University Stanislaus

Dissertation title: Toward a social justice orientation: Exploring the development of teacher-candidate cultural competence
Dr. Washington

Dr. Michael Louis Washington

Online instructor (P/T), Career and Technical Studies at CSU Sacramento, College of Continuing Education, Bachelors of Science in Career and Technical Studies

Dissertation title: Towards a Culturally Critical Andragogy: An Exploratory Study of the Black Male Experience in Higher Education
Dr. Bolaños

Dr. Rogelio Bolaños

Spanish Teacher, Singapore American School

Dissertation title: Education Investment and the 3x1 Program in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico
Dr. Hoyt

Dr. Helina Hoyt

Nursing Program Coordinator, San Diego State University-Imperial Valley 

Dissertation title: Virtual Standardized Patient (VSP) Simulation: A Comparison of Pedagogical Methods to Improve Nursing Student Knowledge & Skill
Dr. Cho

Dr. WonYoung Cho

Assistant Professor, Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy Program, Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling in Portland, OR

Dissertation title: Context Filtering: Clinical and Linguistic Practices of Asian American Multilingual Mental Health Clinician