This page serves as a listing of the Graduates of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership program with each dissertation title and, when available, a link to the ScholarWorks listing for the dissertation.

Isabel Acosta, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
You made it, Are you still facing it? Educated Latinas Experiencing Impostor Phenomenon and Racial Microaggressions in the Workplace.

Adelma Barragan Alvarez, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Attaining Equity and College Access for Latinx Students: Expanding College Pathways Through the Promotion of Parental Involvement

Olga L. Arellano-Simms, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Beyond Chronic Absenteeism

Sarah Elizabeth Billingsley, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
“Students Like You Get in the Way“: Examining Nontraditional Student Perceptions of Institutional Effectiveness

Position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President, CSUS

Awards: Graduate with Distinction

Booker Cook, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Assessing Community College Orientations

Cassie Donnelly, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Guiding the Path to Institutional Change: Examining Community College Leaders' Role in Facilitating Guided Pathways Framework

Awards: Outstanding Dissertation | Higher Education

Nathan J. Dutra, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Including the Deaf Child at the Dinner Table: When and Why Hearing Parents Learn Sign Language

Awards:
Outstanding Dissertation | K-12
Graduate with Distinction

Fatma Ahmed Elsawaf, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
The “Other” Whites: How Second-Generation Muslim Egyptian American Students Navigate Racial Erasure and Cultural Bifurcation

Caren Fernandez, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Improving Success for First-Generation Reverse-Vertical Transfer Students

Isabell W. Flores, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Self-Leadership and SuperLeadership: Examining the Leadership Development of University Undergraduate Students Using the Abbreviated Self-Leadership Questionnaire (ASLQ)

David Gutierrez, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Pocos pero locos: Xicanx principals and administrators, torchbearers on the quest for self preservation

Amy Leung, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Transformative Leadership: Asian American Women in California Community College Administration

Jacquelin J Mamola, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Lived Experiences Of Filipino American Women In Higher Education Leadership: Toward The Development Of Filipino Critical Race Theory

Selene Barceló Monroy, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Assessing The Role Of Social Capital On The Academic Performance Of Mexican Diaspora University Students In California

Morgan Murphy, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Latinos Achieving Online: An Exploration at a Hispanic Serving Institution

Noehly Padilla, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Marked by the Carceral System: The Experiences of Community College Students Rejoining Society and Seeking to Acquire Higher Education

Alicia Eileen Barros Souza, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
Transcending a Culture of Silence: Educational Leadership's Role in Actualizing a Culture of Empowered Consent

Irit Winston, Ed.D.

Dissertation:
A Case Study On Sociopolitical, Cultural Influences, Teacher Dispositions And Teacher Efficacy In Classrooms In Israel And The United States