{"id":8054,"date":"2013-12-12T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/?p=8054"},"modified":"2013-12-12T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:20:42","slug":"four-doctoral-degrees-to-be-awarded-at-esus-winter-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/four-doctoral-degrees-to-be-awarded-at-esus-winter-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Doctoral Degrees to be Awarded at ESU\u2019s Winter Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four doctoral degrees in administration and leadership studies will be awarded during winter commencement exercises at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania on Friday, December 13, at 7 p.m. in Koehler Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea J. Farina of Harleysville, Pa., Lori Ann Kuhns of Allentown, Pa., Lisa Michele LoBasso of Honesdale, Pa., and W. Anthony Parks of Mechanicsburg, Pa., earned their degrees through the ESU and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) collaborative doctoral degree program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Doctoral-Farina.jpg\" alt=\"Doctoral-Farina\" width=\"175\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8061\" \/>Mrs. Farina, a principal of the Palisades Middle School in Kintnersville, Pa., wrote her doctoral dissertation on the topic \u201cA Mixed-Method Exploration of the School Organizational and Social Relationships Factors that Influence Dropout Decision Making in a Rural High School.\u201d She earned her master of education degree from East Stroudsburg University in 2004 and a bachelor of science degree from ESU in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Doctoral-Kuhns.jpg\" alt=\"Doctoral-Kuhns\" width=\"175\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8062\" \/>Mrs. Kuhns, an elementary school principal at Lehigh Elementary School in the Northampton School District, wrote her doctoral dissertation on the topic \u201cFactors that Promote Persistence and Motivation among Successful, High Poverty, Urban High Schools Students.\u201d She earned her master of science degree from Wilkes University in 2003, her master of education degree from Bloomsburg University in 1999 and a bachelor of science degree from West Chester University in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Doctoral-LoBasso.jpg\" alt=\"Doctoral-LoBasso\" width=\"175\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8063\" \/>Mrs. LoBasso, the assistant dean of online and off-campus programs in the College of Graduate and Continuing Education at the University of Scranton, wrote her doctoral dissertation on the topic \u201cAn Investigation into the Training of Instructors of Online Graduate Education Courses at Institutions of Higher Education.\u201d She earned her master of education from East Stroudsburg University in 2000, her bachelor of science from East Stroudsburg University in 1993 and her associate degree in science from Keystone College in 1991.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quantumnew.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Doctoral-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"Doctoral-Parks\" width=\"175\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8064\" \/>Mr. Parks, elementary school principal in the Cumberland Valley School District, wrote his doctoral dissertation on the topic \u201cA Case Study on the Effects of 4\/4 Block Scheduling on Achievement in Mathematics Based on State Standardized Testing in Pennsylvania for High School Students.\u201d He earned his master of science degree from Wilkes University in 2002 and his bachelor of arts degree from Southeastern University in 1995.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Doctoral Program in Education Administration and Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>The Professional and Secondary Education Department at ESU developed the idea for the collaborative doctoral degree program with Indiana University in 1999. The collaborative delivery program provides accessibility to the program for students who live in proximity to East Stroudsburg and northeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year academic package is designed to provide continuous skill development in leadership, writing, reading and research.\u00a0The program is intended for leaders in education wishing to further their knowledge, skills and expertise in the area of educational leadership.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the doctoral program, including applying for admission\/acceptance, contact Kevin Quintero, graduate admissions coordinator at 570-422-3890 or <a href=\"mailto:kquintero@esu.edu\">kquintero@esu.edu<\/a> or Doug Lare, Ed.D., professor of professional and secondary education, at <a href=\"mailto:dlare@esu.edu\">dlare@esu.edu<\/a> or 570-422-3374.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Doctoral Degrees to be Awarded at ESU\u2019s Winter Commencement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8065,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions\/8065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}