COEHD boasts highest graduating doctoral class in its history
Share this Story(May 11, 2015) -- Nearly 200 graduate students from the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) graduated at Spring Commencement on May 9. Twenty of these graduate students received their doctoral degree, marking the college’s largest graduating doctoral class.
“This is a historic moment for both the college and the university,” said COEHD Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Page Smith. “It’s an affirmation of the quality of faculty we have and the high level of scholarship produced by UTSA doctoral students.”
According to COEHD, among the degrees conferred, seven students received their Ph.D. degrees in Counselor Education and Supervision; seven students received their Ed.D. degrees in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; and three students received their Ph.D. degrees in Culture, Literacy and Language. An additional three students received their Ph.D. degrees in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching.
“We are producing quality graduates that are making direct impacts on the San Antonio community and beyond,” said Smith. “Under Dean Betty Merchant’s leadership, we have experienced both exponential growth and maturation of our graduate programs. Without question, our COEHD doctoral productivity is a testimony to a committed and focused faculty.”
Currently, the COEHD offers four doctoral programs, the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, Counseling, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, and Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching. The college continues to increase the numbers of current doctoral students and graduates.
Tafolla has been a part of the UTSA faculty for many years. Prior to serving as an associate professor of practice with the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, she served as a UTSA writer-in-residence for COEHD.
“In the College of Education and Human Development, we take a vested interest in the success of every single student that pursues doctoral studies,” said Smith. “Dean Merchant has established a culture of caring and commitment to both our students and the outstanding COEHD faculty.”
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