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SPRING 2025 COMMENCEMENT
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GR ADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES IN
EDUCATION
Doctor of Education
(Ed.D.)
SPRING 2025
CANDIDATES
Educational Leadership
Beatriz Alcazar Alvarez
Silenced, Isolated, and Erased:
Narratives of Latina’s Initial
School Suspension
Connie Ayala
Misplaced Trust: A Latina’s
Leadership Journey in
Higher Education Through
Autoethnography
Vanessa Buitrago-Galvis
Mentorship Reimagined:
Creating Professional Spaces
for Chicanas/Latinas to Thrive
in High School Leadership
Marisa Severina Castro
“Community Will Take Care
of Us”: Confronting State
Repression and Advancing
the Movement for K-12 Ethnic
Studies
Stevie Cook
Disrupting Fascist Tendencies
in Educational Environments:
Educating @ The Edge,
Elucidating Conversations
with Self-Identified Antifascist
Educators
Michaela Edwards
Shifting the Lens: Exploring
College-Going Identity and
Aspirations Among Black and
Latino Boys
Silvia Figueroa
Platicas Con Hermanas:
Understanding Female
Preschool Teachers of Color
Perceptions of the Professional
Development They Receive
Towards the Implementation of
Desired Results Developmental
Profile (DRDP)
Asianya Jones
Shearing the Black Sheep They
Made Me Out to Be: Breaking
the Chains of the School-toPrison Pipeline with Mental
Health Justice
December Jones
“Using My Pain For Purpose”:
A Phenomenological Study
Amplifying the Voices of
Parents of AAB and Latinx
Students in Special Education
Nikki Khamsouksay
Get Lao’ducated on the
Stories of Being, Stories of
Resilience, Stories of Reclaiming
Lao’dness, Stories of Honoring
and Building Legacies: A
Narrative Inquiry on the Lived
Experiences of Lao American
College Students in California’s
Public Two and Four-Year
Postsecondary Institutions
Rosemary Mitchell
The Power of Place: A Mixed
Methods Study of Community
Schools in Rural Settings
Joseph Navarro
Understanding Health Literacy
Through Student and Teacher
Educational Experiences
Courtney Rasmussen
Authentic Learning with
Artificial Tools: A Case Study
of Integrating Artificial
Intelligence in First Year Writing
Curriculum
Yareli Ramírez Paredes
Las Adelitas de la Revolución
Educativa: Scholar Chisme on
the Experiences, Pedagogy,
and Sociocultural Competence
of Maestras Latinas in Dual
Language Immersion Schools
Sheila E. Stein
Can Threat Assessment
Implementation Practices
Reduce Disproportionate
Discipline in Northern and
Central California High Schools
Caroline Thao
Portraits of Cultural
Security: Toward a
Decolonial Framework for
HMoob Language Culture
Sustainability
Anya-Jael
Longsworth-Woods
You Can’t Teach Children You
Don’t Love: Phenomenological
Study of Black Mothers as
Subject Matter Experts in
Caring for and Educating Black
Youth
Education Specialist
in School Psychology
(Ed.S.)
SPRING 2025
CANDIDATES
School Psychology
Jordan Callahan
Building Resilience, Cultivating
Growth: A Trauma-Informed
Approach to SEL
Victoria Castillon
Addressing the General
Education Failure of “Slow
Learners”
Gilberto Contreras
Early Mental Health
Interventions for Latinx
Elementary Students with
Depression
Guillermo Contreras
Early Mental Health
Interventions for Latinx
Elementary Students with
Depression
Emily Fok
Restorative Justice – A Practical
Guide for Elementary and
Middle Schools
Ruha Heydari
From Admission to Graduation:
A Guide to Diversifying School
Psychology Graduate Programs
Wana Ayub Karzai
Building Bridges: Best Practices
for Supporting Refugee
Students in U.S. Schools
Myla Love
From Admission to Graduation:
A Guide to Diversifying School
Psychology Graduate Programs
Nati Lopez
Resource Guide for
Monolingual Spanish-Speaking
Parents of Children in Special
Education
Mayra Martinez-Serrano
Parent-School Partnerships:
Enhancing Success and
Reducing Behavioral Issues
Through Trainings
April Martos
The Impact of Trauma on
School-aged Children: A
Collective Case Study
Erin Olafsson-Goldberg
Building Resilience, Cultivating
Growth: A Trauma-Informed
Approach to SEL
Izac Parra
Equity in Well-Being: An
Educator’s Guide to Supporting
LGBTQIA+Students
Itzel Pineda-Torres
Parent-School Partnerships:
Enhancing Success and
Reducing Behavioral Issues
Through Trainings
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